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...ted the Declaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were con...

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...etion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the prin- ciples of government... ...sitions and true doctrines relating to subjects that have slumbered in the minds of the people until they were suddenly forced on our attention by une... ...abatedly, and daily driven onward by the hand of God!” 11 Tocqueville The mind of M. de T ocqueville had the candor of the pho- tographic camera. It ... ...ifeless bark. Thus decay gave its assistance to life, and their respective productions were mingled together. The depths of these forests were gloomy ... ... human bones, strange instruments, arms and utensils of all kinds, made of metal, or destined for purposes unknown to the present race. The Indians of... ...ifeless bark. Thus decay gave its assistance to life, and their respective productions were mingled together. The depths of these forests were gloomy ... ... human bones, strange instruments, arms and utensils of all kinds, made of metal, or destined for purposes unknown to the present race. The Indians of... ...the State. The Constitution of the United States is like those exquis- ite productions of human industry which ensure wealth and renown to their inven... ...er. A sort of barbarous luxury set off the costume of the Indian; rings of metal were hanging from her nostrils and ears; her hair, which was adorned ...

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...Preface: What is exaggeration to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly called a long-sight, perceives in a prospect innumerable features and bearings non-existent to a short-sighted person. I sometimes ask myself whether th...

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...Chuzzlewit by Charles Dickens PREFACE WHAT IS EXAGGERATION to one class of minds and perceptions, is plain truth to another. That which is commonly ca... ...morable event in En- glish History, which must carry conviction, even to a mind (if such a mind there be) remaining unconvinced by these presumptive p... ...e remarkable words wrought (as well they might) a strong impression on his mind, and he was in the habit of repeating them very often. The just interp... ... that by the golden standard which I bear about me, I am doomed to try the metal of all other men, and find it false and hollow.’ Mr Pecksniff shook h... ... your telling me “I think so,” I recognize the true unworldly ring of your metal. I tell you, man,’ he added, with increasing bitterness, ‘that I have... ...enius, even when it was coupled with the alloy occasionally visible in the metal of his friend Slyme; and on behalf of that friend, he thanked them; a... ...d not half pretty enough; though, as hath been mentioned in its place, the artists always made those sketches beautiful, and he had drawn at least a s... ...- ing her pocket into its accustomed sphere, merely recommended that these productions of nature should be sliced up, for immedi- ate consumption, in ...

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...d puzzling phenomenon, which doubtless no one has yet forgotten. Not to mention rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of ...

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...tion rumours which agitated the maritime population and excited the public mind, even in the interior of conti- nents, seafaring men were particularly... ...t was an undeniable fact; and, with that tendency which disposes the human mind in favour of the marvellous, we can understand the excitement produced... ... and the scientific journals. “The question of the mon- ster” inflamed all minds. Editors of scientific journals, quarrelling with believers in the su... ...hat supported me was smooth, polished, without scales. The blow produced a metallic sound; and, incredible though it may be, it seemed, I might say, a... ...00 Leagues Under the Sea “We shall see,” said Conseil. The dishes, of bell metal, were placed on the table, and we took our places. Undoubtedly we had... ...Ned Land roared. Just then a noise was heard outside. Steps sounded on the metal flags. The locks were turned, the door opened, and the steward appear... ...cases, fixed by copper rivets, were classed and labelled the most precious productions of the sea which had ever been presented to the eye of a natu- ... ... of the Red Sea; green pearls, yellow, blue, and black pearls, the curious productions of the divers molluscs of every ocean, and certain mussels of t... ... even than it would have been in the arctic or tropical zones, where these productions are not so plentiful. But for some minutes I involuntarily conf...

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...e of the Dying Gladiator, just sinking into his death-swoon. Around the walls stand the Antinous, the Amazon, the Lycian Apollo, the Juno; all famous productions of antique sculpture, and still shining in the undiminished majesty and beauty of their ideal life, although the marble that embodies them is yellow with time, and perhaps corroded by the damp earth in which they ...

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... stand the Antinous, the Ama- zon, the Lycian Apollo, the Juno; all famous productions of antique sculpture, and still shining in the undiminished maj... ...and ask little reason wherefore. Of these four friends of ours, three were artists, or con- nected with art; and, at this moment, they had been simul-... ...ion had been carried on in a mood in which all imaginative people, whether artists or poets, love to indulge. In this frame of mind, they sometimes fi... ...native people, whether artists or poets, love to indulge. In this frame of mind, they sometimes find their profoundest truths side by side with the id... ...a warmth and passionateness, which she had the faculty of putting into her productions, and which all the world could feel. Her nature had a great dea... ...ugnance to graves and skulls, and to all that ghastliness which the Gothic mind loves to associate with the idea of death. He shuddered, and looked fe... ...ht have meant nothing, however, had it not suggested a despondent state of mind, which was like- wise indicated by many other tokens. Miriam’s friends... ...t it is more delightful to believe that, from first to last, they were the productions of a beautiful imagination, dealing with the warm and pure sugg... ...h gold as we see on the leaf of a bright flower than the burnished glow of metal from the mine. Or, if metallic, it looked airy and unsubstantial, lik...

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...ovided the imagination of the writer does not distort essential facts. The mind is enabled by rigid deduc- tion to link it with the past; and to man, ... ...where the throbbings of the heart are so well regu- lated that superficial minds deny the heart’s existence. The crowd prefers the abnormal force whic... ... Capello, Mademoiselle de la Valliere, Beethoven, and Paganini. Far-seeing minds alone disapprove such excess, and respect only the energy represented... ...d all things, even the effects of climate. If we observe at- tentively the productions of various parts of the globe, we are surprised to find that th... ...orcibly from a smiling future and plunge him into a materialism hideous to artists and great men? T o her, Balthazar Claes was a Titan of science, a m... ...up our beautiful inlaid fur- niture for the mere value of the wood and the metal. The fact is, society wants to change its skin. Everything is being ... ...e gases, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen, and another simple substance, non-metallic and solid, carbon. Inorganic nature, on the contrary, so simple, d... ...mposed many substances hitherto considered simple; I have discov- ered new metals. Why!” he continued, noticing that his wife wept, “I have even decom... ...ur heart, that influence which is so needful to the happiness of suffering artists, to the troubled minds of great men. Y ou may be harsh to me, angry...

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..., even reverencing this region as one of the noblest works of the Creator. Minds endowed by study with an inward sight, and whose quick perceptions br... ...imes upright, sometimes half-sunken beneath the rocks. It may be that such minds alone can dwell upon the smiling scenes nestling among the lower hill... ...tions imprinted on his face? Who would have divined, even in the dreams of artists, where all things become possible, the shadow cast by some mysterio... ...—as we render to God the meditations with which his spirit nour- ishes our minds. I would be thine alone.” “Minna, a constant desire is that which sha... ...overed and applied the simplest methods of ex- tracting ore and of working metals. In fact he studied no science without advancing it. In youth he lea... ... is seen as the precursor of modern chemistry by the announcement that the productions of organized nature are decomposable and resolve into two simpl... ... Works,’ published in 1734, is in three 40 Seraphita folio volumes. These productions, which prove the incon- testable knowledge of Swedenborg, were ... ... filaments of heat or light conducted and pro- jected by the affinities of metal or vitrified flint. You obtain none but dead substances, from which y... ...ostles would have told you whence come those vast trains of gas and melted metals, at- tached to cores which revolve and solidify as they dart through...

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...ells, anything in short which the destruction of buildings afforded of old metals, persons in- terested in the relics of the old town noticed signs of... ...articles of the poorest households, —for old iron, brass, and lead, or any metal under any shape it might lurk in. The Auvergnat would give, for insta... ...d bells and rusty bars, chains and scales, his twisted leaden gutters, and metal rubbish of all kinds. We must do him the justice to say that he knew ... ...ory that the cost of any article, were it only a farthing, remained in his mind year after year, together with its ac- crued interest. Except during t... ...r beauty. Every one admired her face, which promised much to the pencil of artists who are always seek- ing a noble ideal. She was called “the Little ... ...ns’ worth of furniture in it! But when a man has but one child, he doesn’t mind. The little we own will all go to her.” “The little! Why, you must be ... ...o their daughter, and admiring her with all the powers of their contracted minds, obtuse to everything that was not business or religious faith. 14 T... ... the most part on chestnuts. 73 Balzac Any one who has studied zoological productions in a mu- seum, or become personally aware of the indescribable ... ...serves in the family the active forces of a nation, and supplies the great productions necessary to the State. The house of Bourbon, feeling that it w...

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...native writer. I wrote that book in order to clear up the muddle in my own mind about in- numerable social and political questions, questions I could ... ...s did not achieve its end. I have a slow con- structive hesitating sort of mind, and when I emerged from that undertaking I found I had still most of ... ...ulars, and to give the general picture of a Utopia that has grown up in my mind during the course of these 4 A Modern Utopia speculations as a state ... ...an agree- able little Utopia, that like the holy families of the mediaeval artists (or Michael Angelo’s Last Judgement) should compli- ment one’s frie... ...clares it one Lion, equal to “twaindy” bronze Crosses. Unless the ratio of metals is very different here, this latter must be a token coin, and theref... ...- fessors, and I can claim neither a patient student’s intimacy with their productions nor—what is more serious—anything but the most generalised know... ...t, con- vey and distribute labour, control, let, or administer all natural productions, pay for and secure healthy births and a healthy and vigorous n... ...red by a substance like soft oilcloth; one warms the mattress (which is of metal with resistance coils threaded to and fro in it); and the others warm... ... strokes of a mechanical sweeper. The door frames and window frames are of metal, rounded and impervious to draught. You are politely requested to tur...

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...de a husband’s task all the more difficult. What coolness and composure of mind were needed to rule such a woman! Commonplace suitors held back in fea... ...wn language; her talents were real; she showed an independent and elevated mind; her conversation charmed as much by its variety and ease as by the od... ..., even if they sometimes weary others. T o satisfy the requirements of her mind Madame Rabourdin took a weekly reception-day and went a great deal int... ...ts, women purely spiritual or purely material; just as there are soldiers, artists, artisans, mathematicians, poets, merchants, men who un- derstand m... ...s; few officials have not conceived the like; but among officials as among artists there are more mis- carriages than births; which is tantamount to B... ...e portion of it as a point of departure 21 Balzac in case of war; but the productions of the soil were freed, and industry, finding raw material at a... ...k, had found immediate employ- ment with the firm of Brezac, collectors of metals and other relics from all chateaux in the provinces. About twenty-se... ... wooden footstool under his feet; the man with a bilious temperament has a metal mat; the lymphatic being who dreads draughts constructs a fortifica- ... ...s softer.” The usurers all applauded these doctrines with a shake of their metallic heads. An onlooker would have fancied he heard the creaking of ill...

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...ks, and a shop-boy. A prey to the nightmare, which still lasted though her mind was wide awake, she forgot her daugh- ter peacefully asleep in an adjo... ...ire; but perceiving a red fou- lard which looked like a pool of blood, her mind turned exclusively to burglars, especially when she thought she saw 6... ...rd into prominence. I belong to the government; it is my duty to study its mind, and fur- ther its intentions by developing them. The Duc de Richelieu... ...ave one hundred good thousand francs invested outside of our business, our productions, our merchandise. If you want to increase your fortune, do as t... ... at full gallop up the stairway of the orangery at Versailles. Writers and artists died in the hospi- tal, as a natural consequence of their eccentric... ...d wrapped in a gray woollen dress- ing-gown, watching his milk in a little metal heater on the edge of his fireplace, while his coffee-grounds were bo... ...; extremes meet. Now see, my boy, commerce is the intermediary between the productions of the vegetable king- dom and science. Angelique Madou gathers... ...es to a laughable extent. “Nine things!” cried Birotteau. “What! are there metals and oils in hair? Unless I heard it from you, a man I vener- ate, I ... ...dal and of the same stern char- acter—took a deep bronze tone, such as the metal itself takes 163 Balzac under the oscillating tool of a coiner; he r...

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...nst my own opinion, to suffer my travels to be published. Pray bring to your mind how often I desired you to consider, when you insisted on the mo ti... ...cket about me, except my two fobs, and another secret pocket, which I had no mind should be rearched, wherein I had some little necessaries that were ... ...ate. In the left pocket we saw a huge silver chest, with a cover of the same metal, which we, the searchers, were not able to lift. We de sired it sh... ... pocket on the right side, were sev eral round flat pieces of white and red metal, of differ ent bulk; some of the white, which seemed to be silver,... ...ain; which appeared to be a globe, half silver, and half of some transparent metal; for, on the transparent side, we saw certain strange fig ures cir... ... good progress in understanding and speaking the language. The emperor had a mind one day to entertain me with several of the country shows, wherein t... ...s, and, among the rest, a young girl born; about three years ago: that these productions were not peculiar to any family, but a mere effect of chance;... ... Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 222 animals had a title to their share in the productions of the earth, and especially those who presided over the rest... ...itution (merely for the sake of money), whom they hate and despise. That the productions of such marriages are generally scrofulous, rickety, or defor...

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... In the little game of new sensations that I was playing with my ingenuous mind I wished to keep my visit to the author of “Beltraffio” as a trump-car... ...an the beauty of certain pages in the works of Mark Ambient. I carried his productions about in my trunk—they are not, as you know, very numerous, but... ...n places which, in the past, had echoed with life; he understood the great artists, he understood the spirit of the Renaissance; he understood everyth... ...smiled at me and said: “You must be—a—YOU, I think!” and asked if I should mind going on foot to his house, which would take but a few minutes. I reme... ...e way 7 Henry James many things struck me at that time, in England—as re- productions of something that existed primarily in art or literature. It wa... ...they should gratify the po- etic fancy—women with dull faces and glutinous minds, who were none the less, however, excellent wives. But 9 Henry James... ...ssed me with the night before. Was it the sorry truth that she thought his productions objectionable? “She doesn’t usually come out with that so soon!... ...l; and oh how it worries me, the shaping of the vase, the hammering of the metal! I have to hammer it so fine, so smooth; I don’t do more than an inch...

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... timely expiation for his strange exploit by the tears he shed, calling to mind that it was with a frater- nal hand that he had slain the tyrant; and ... ...such violent actions: and it was only possible for such a steadfastness of mind as that of Epaminondas therein to mix sweetness and the facility of th... ...uero fait? Vel cur his animis incolumes non redeunt genae?” [“What my mind is, why was it not the same, when I was a boy? or why do not the cheek... ...t manifestly appear stupefied and asleep; there is no sprightliness in its productions, if there be not at the same time an equal proportion in the bo... ...s, quorum sceleri non invenit ipsa Nomen, et a nullo posuit natura metallo;” [“And, worse than the iron ages, for whose crimes there is no sim... ... the iron ages, for whose crimes there is no similitude in any of Nature’s metals.”—Juvenal, xiii. 28.] but not to my own. I am, in particular, too mu... ... it to their own will, the more they irritate the liberty of this generous metal; it evades their en- deavour and sprinkles itself into so many separa... ... to avoid and what I am to follow. Also in my friends, I discover by their productions their inward inclinations; not 333 Montaigne by arranging this... ...sdom only is wholly within itself”—Cicero, De Fin., iii. 7.] I leave it to artists, and I know not whether or no they will be able to bring it about, ...

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... words sufficiently for your kindness to me on that fearful and appalling day. Will you tell me what I can do for you, and will you write me a consoli... ...d, and I think I could then have been comparatively resigned. I fear now there is but little prospect, and I mourn as one without hope. The only conso... ...ir course of procedure respecting the fancy-dressing and pantomime-posturing at St. George’s in that quarter: which is usually, to discuss the matter ... ... were comfortable things to see in conjunction with the toll- keeper; also his brisk wakefulness was excellent company when he rattled the change of h... ...dfather before him.’ Says Chips, ‘I like the copper, and I like the nails, and I don’t mind the pot, but I don’t like the rat.’ Says the Devil, fierce... ...opolis. Firstly, that he have his boots cleaned. Secondly, that he eat a penny ice. Thirdly, that he get himself photographed. Then do I speculate, Wh... ...ch to that instrument, whose right arm instantly appears, and quenches this arithmetical fire. Tell me something about Great Britain, tell me some- th... ... so forgot- ten, except by the few people who ever look down into them from their smoky windows. As I stand peeping in through the iron gates and rail... ...heatrical arrondissement of the department of the North,’ invited French-Flemish mankind to come and par- take of the intellectual banquet provided by...

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...linging lichens and yellow moss; and the immemorial growth of these kindly productions rendered the general hue of the tower soft and venerable, and t... ... idea of this gloomy staircase and these ghostly, dimly lighted rooms, re- minded Kenyon of the original Donatello, much more than his present custom ... ...it invested some of the cheerfullest ideas and emotions of which the human mind is susceptible with the external reality of beautiful form, and rich, ... ...re. He fancied a resemblance in it to Donatello himself; and it put him in mind of one of the purposes with which he had come to Monte Beni. “My dear ... ...h gold as we see on the leaf of a bright flower than the burnished glow of metal from the mine. Or, if metallic, it looked airy and unsubstantial, lik... ...y a hint of design or expression can glimmer through the dusk. Those early artists did well to paint their frescos. Glowing on the church-walls, they ... ...middle region of princes, cardinals, and ambassadors, and an upper tier of artists, just beneath the unattainable sky,—left her, worn out 91 Hawthorn... ...s like the above that galleries, in Rome or elsewhere, are made up, but of productions immeasur- ably below them, and requiring to be appreciated by a... ...h the prolific originality of former 176 The Marble Faun V ol 2 times, in productions of a scenic and ceremonial character, whether grave or gay. T o...

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...thing con tained in these pages. I have done my best, in one of my former productions, to do justice to them; and I trust, in this, they will do just... ...nother year of absence, I can at once work out the themes I have now in my mind, without inter ruption: and while I keep my English audience within s... ...nd to be a very tight fit, but just a possibility, and no more—as I am re minded every day, by the sight of various large holes which it punched in t... ...u don’t see much of the prospect within doors. As for the flies, you don’t mind them. Nor the fleas, whose size is prodigious, and whose name is Legio... ...; dim with the smoke of incense; costly in treasure of precious stones and metals, glit tering through iron bars; holy with the bodies of deceased sa... ...es of wrought steel and iron, to make the gallant horse a monster cased in metal scales; and one spring weapon (easy to be carried in the breast) desi... ...enting the principal events in the life of the saint. Jewels, and precious metals, shine and sparkle on every side. A wind lass slowly removes the fr... ...ard, abound; and which are, I verily believe, the most detestable class of productions in the wide world. I would infinitely rather (as mere works of ... ... sporting, working at trades; the atrical rehearsals; poets reading their productions to their friends; inscriptions chalked upon the walls; politica...

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...vided with a harp on which he played a prelude, to elevate and inspire his mind, and with which he accompanied the song when begun. His voice probably... ... nothing similar is found, it is difficult to represent such scenes to the mind; but whoever has had an opportunity of listening to the improvisation ... ...orks is lost in doubtful obscurity, as is the history of many of the first minds who have done honour to humanity, because they rose amidst darkness. ... ... greater. It is like a copious nursery, which contains the seeds and first productions of every kind, out of which those who followed him have but sel... ...onderous hammer loads his better hand, His left with tongs turns the vex’d metal round, And thick, strong strokes, the doubling vaults rebound. Then f... ...angling clusters show, And curl’d on silver props, in order glow: A darker metal mix’d intrench’d the place; 356 The Iliad of Homer And pales of glit... ...ld, But stopp’d, and rested, by the third repell’d. Five plates of various metal, various mould, Composed the shield; of brass each outward fold, Of t... ...ull six measures held, By none in weight or workmanship excell’d: Sidonian artists taught the frame to shine, Elaborate, with artifice divine; Whence ... ...ow’d Among his spoils this memorable load. For this, he bids those nervous artists vie, 429 Pope That teach the disk to sound along the sky. “Let him...

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...e?’ Now, I had had no thoughts of the sort. I do not think that my turn of mind qualifies me to make a good tradesman; my taste, my ambition does not ... ...rom the glowing coals, and the cinders fall at intervals on the hearth, my mind busied itself in conjectures concerning the meeting about to take plac... ...rd speculation on the differences which exist in the constitution of men’s minds. I do not know what infer- ence Mr. Crimsworth drew from my silence—w... ...egle, une belle brune.” “Exactly.” “Lovely creatures all of them—heads for artists; what a group they would make, taken together! Eulalie (I know thei... ...able substance enough; very hard too sometimes, and often heavy; there was metal in it, both lead and iron. Let the idealists, the dreamers about eart... ...hough shrewd upper lip, no coward shame on her austere forehead! “There is metal there,” I said, as I gazed. “Would that there were fire also, living ... ...h occupation seemed the very breath of her nostrils, and soon her improved productions wrung from me the avowal that those qualities in her I had term...

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...gland’s Eliza- beth. I have endeavoured to describe her as at once a high- minded sovereign, and a female of passionate feelings, hesi- tating betwixt... ... Old England; and so ever gramercy mine own fireside.” “This is but a mean mind of yours, mine host,” said the stranger; “I warrant me, all your town’... ...sooth,” answered Giles Gosling, “if such trouble- some thoughts haunt your mind, and will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Fat... ... so far as I know, he has, nevertheless, a just respect and admiration for artists of our class. He will come to in time, as seldom fails; but as yet ... ... the ante-chamber was sup- plied by a huge chandelier of the same precious metal. The floor was covered with a Spanish foot-cloth, or carpet, on which... ..., that as soon as I should commence the grand work of the transmutation of metals, the explosion should transmute the vault and all in it into a heap ... ...evil ever had such a hand among ye, as to snatch away your smiths and your artists from under your nose, when the good Abbots of Abingdon had their ow... ...s fitting.” “Patience and Varney,” said Mumblazen, “is worse heraldry than metal upon metal. He is more false than a siren, more rapacious than a grif... ...f light which shall show Nature watching her richest and her most glorious productions in the very cradle—one step be- twixt dependence and the power ...

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...ed, per- haps a little pompous, he was a man of a singularly well-informed mind, the least sailor-like in outward aspect, but certainly one of the bes... ...a. Was he looking out for a strange Landfall, or taking with an untroubled mind the bearings for his last Departure? It is hard to say; for in that vo... ...mined silences, seemed to imply—and, I believe, they did imply—that to his mind the ship was never safe in my hands. Such was the man who looked after... ...ct, the servants of our creations. We remain in everlasting bondage to the productions of our brain and to the work of our hands. A man is born to ser... ...g composition to keep her bottom clean with the smooth cleanness of yellow metal sheeting. After a spell of a few weeks at sea, an iron ship begins to... ...tle houses for somebody’s good, for the sick or the sorry, for broken-down artists, cleaned-out gamblers, tem- porarily unlucky speculators—vieux amis...

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...had been warm and transparent through the whole of the bright day. Shining metal spires and church-roofs, dis- tant and rarely seen, had sparkled in t... ... I will enlarge those bounds. Monsieur could not realise, perhaps, how the mind accommodated itself in such things to the force of necessity. ‘It is t... ...is lonely here; but I am afraid you will feel the cold too much.’ ‘I don’t mind cold. I am not delicate, if I look so.’ She quickly moved one of the t... ... her means so much diminished, that, but for the perfect regulation of her mind, she might have felt disposed to question the accuracy of that por- ti... ...traitor in the camp of those dear, gifted, good, noble fellows, my brother artists, by not doing the hocus-pocus better. But I have not been brought u... ...a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. It came to pass,... ...m. When they can be got to believe that the kettle is made of the precious metals, in that fact lies the whole power of men like our late lamented. No...

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...anquet-hall of the inhabitants. To some houses water is brought down the mountains in bamboo pipes, perforated for the sake of sweetness. With the Hig... ...o more of any race whatever, and (what oddly touched me) no more literary works and no more readers. CHAPTER IV—DEATH THE THOUGHT OF DEATH, I have sai... ...d they displayed so much activity. 26 In The South Seas In their despondency there is an element of dread. The fear of ghosts and of the dark is very... ...; they were everywhere received with feasting; wore fine clothes; sang, danced, acted; gave ex- 29 Robert Louis Stevenson hibitions of dexterity and ... ...g cable, the coral patches, and the many-coloured fish. Fakarava was chosen to be the seat of Government from nautical considerations only. It is ecce... ...toll of Namorik in the Marshall group, and stands alone in my experience. To give the opposite extreme, which is yet far more near the average, I will... ...p is for the more part of broken coral lime-stone, like volca- nic clinkers, and excruciating to the naked foot; in some atolls, I believe, not in Fak... ... and, 131 Robert Louis Stevenson time pressing, he was buried the same day at four. The cemetery lies to seaward behind Government House; bro- ken co... ...le of weird stories sprang from the burial and the woman’s selfish conjuration. I was dissatisfied with what I heard, harped upon questions, and struc...

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...nity which Nature, in one shape or another, stamps ineffaceably on all her productions, either to imply that they are temporary and finite, or that th... ...ect, my husband; for by all means I would have you recall that dream.” The mind is in a sad state when Sleep, the all involving, cannot confine her sp... ...s wife’s presence with a guilty feeling. T ruth often finds its way to the mind close muffled in robes of sleep, and then speaks with uncompromising d... ... not been aware of the tyrannizing influence acquired by one idea over his mind, and of the lengths which he might find in his heart to go for the sak... .... It was to be effected by rays of light striking upon a polished plate of metal. Georgiana assented; but, on looking at the result, was affrighted to... ...e of a hand appeared where the cheek should have been. Aylmer snatched the metallic plate and threw it into a jar of corrosive acid. Soon, however, he... ...ubepine WE DO NOT REMEMBER to have seen any translated specimens of the productions of M. de l’Aubepine—a fact the less to be wondered at, as his v... ...arth. We will only add to this very cursory notice that M. de l’Aubepine’s productions, if the reader chance to take them in precisely the proper poin... ...copper head and had been generated by the immense quantities of that base metal with which he daily defiled his fingers. Again, he assaulted a man of...

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...tobacco and eying the seaward horizon with an inveteracy which superficial minds interpreted as a sign of repentance. At last, one evening, he disappe... ...anded. “It ‘s only Mr. Hudson.” “Very well, I want to see him.” “Oh, never mind him!” said Bessie, with the brevity of contempt. “You speak as if you ... ...s, in making figures of people without their clothes on. Sculpture, to her mind, is an insidious form of immorality, and for a young man of a passiona... ...t ‘s all I can get out of her. A more regular damnation! Is it a fact that artists, in general, are such wicked men? I never had the pleasure of knowi... ...have given a silver tip to leaden days. I don’t say he is of a more useful metal than other people, but he is of a different one. Of course, however, ... ...beauty reminded his companion of the flexible temperament of those Italian artists of the sixteenth century who were indifferently painters and sculpt... ...im by stealth. Singleton had expressed a fervent admiration for Roderick’s productions, but had not yet met the young master. Roderick was lounging ag... ...the shortness of their acquaintance, Rowland was bound to appreciate. “The artists are all crazy about her. When she goes into a studio she is fatal t...

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...rgain. My dear fellow, if you receive this letter in the morning, let your mind travel, as you lie in bed, fifty leagues or thereabouts from Paris, al... ...a-ha, the edges of which bristle with angry spikes,— regular porcupines in metal. The railing is closed at both ends by two porter’s-lodges, like thos... ...a primitive air; it is rustic, and has that decorative simplicity which we artists are forever seeking. In the far distance is the 11 Balzac little t... ...ccasion under his roof. How many ardent pas- sions, how many distinguished minds, how many fortunate circumstances have contributed to make this beaut... ...pring the garlands of the ceiling. Charming paintings, the work of unknown artists, fill the panels between the female figures, representing the luxur... ...ewspapers brings you to. Here am I writ- ing a downright article. Does the mind have its ruts, like a road? I stop; for I rob the mail, and I rob myse... ...ike a spark. La Tonsard came out of her bedroom, attracted by the music of metal. “You are always rough to my poor father,” she said to her husband, “... ...tooped and rose again the old man missed the coin out of his pocket, where metal was so uncommon that he was likely to notice its presence or its abse... ... distance of about one hundred and fifty miles. At that point agricultural productions for the markets of Paris, which warrant rentals on long leases ...

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... world’s allowed. Both of them united with strength of body an equal vigor mind; and of the two most famous cities of the world the one built Rome, an... ...by the tokens that he brought with him, the shoes and the sword. With this mind and these thoughts, he set forward with a design to do injury to nobod... ...t a triumph, the other is proper to people in consternation or disorder of mind. Theseus, after the funeral of his father, paid his vows to Apollo the... ...ere shut up at home doing nothing. And in this way they became excel- lent artists in common, necessary things; bedsteads, chairs, and tables, and suc... ...l, turned the edge of their weapons, being made of a soft and ill-tempered metal, so that their swords bent and doubled up in their hands; and their s... ...is charge, and he had, as we have said already, the oversight over all the artists and work- men, through Pericles’s friendship for him; and this, ind... ...was little reckoning made either of brass or iron, so abundant were better metals, and so common were silver and gold Passing over the river, they bec... ...ey are refuted by the fact that men who dig mines, either in sieges or for metals, meet with rivers, which are not collected by little and little (as ... ...ght his ignorant countrymen to esteem and admire the elegant and wonderful productions of Greece. But when the envious opposed his being brought trium...

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...in which I am endeavoring to depict every form that can serve as a garb to mind. Most human quarrels arise from the fact that both wise men and dunces... ...ty school of Raphael; but the execution was in the style of the Florentine metal workers—the school created by Donatello, Brunelleschi, Ghiberti, Benv... ... of four years’ study and toil. He has served as ap- prentice to founders, metal-casters, and goldsmiths.—There he has paid away thousands and hundred... ...uld be made if one of them would buy or even look at the wretched piece of metal. The poor fellow is sure that it might be mistaken for old work, and ... ...the young Frenchman, as he has been moulded by the Revolution of 1830; his mind infatuated with politics, respectful of his own hopes, and concealing ... ...ut this is getting rather warm, especially for this part of Paris. We must mind what we are at.” As he got into the milord, he looked up, and the lady... ..., “but for you I should long since have ceased to live. But, my dear lady, artists require relax- ation—” “Ah! there we come to the point!” cried she,... ...d as too eccentric. Their busi- ness was to copy the works of the greatest artists, but they did not teach the craft. The old maid’s persistent obstin... ...familiar with Imperial luxury, which was undoubtedly prodigious, while its productions, though not durable in kind, had nevertheless cost enormous sum...

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...k with the harbor-master, Captain Leclere left Naples greatly disturbed in mind. In twenty-four hours he was attacked by a fever, and died three days ... ...out her captain!” cried Dantes, his eyes sparkling with ani- mation; “pray mind what you say, for you are touching on the most secret wishes of my hea... ...s father. “What are you doing?” “You have wounded me to the heart.” “Never mind it, for I see you once more,” said the old man; “and now it’s all over... ... waiting.” As he said this, the man came towards Edmond, who heard a heavy metallic substance laid down beside him, and at the same moment a cord was ... ...arved as things were carved at that epoch, when art rendered the commonest metals precious. Dantes seized the handles, and strove to lift the coffer; ... ...ly for his taste and skill in the choregraphic art — one of those masterly productions of grace, method, and elegance in which the whole corps de ball... ...ed his guest into the salon. The salon was filled with the works of modern artists; there were landscapes by Dupre, with their long reeds and tall tre... ... several fine statues by Thorwaldsen, Bartoloni, and Canova? — all foreign artists, for, as you may perceive, I think but very indifferently of our Fr...

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...ility of rendering a ficti- tious personage interesting by mere dignity of mind and rec- titude of principle, assisted by unpretending good sense and ... ...eneralize the portraits, so that they should still seem, on the whole, the productions of fancy, though possessing some resem- blance to real individu... ...and wishes upon literary suc- cess, lest I should endanger my own peace of mind and tran- quillity by literary failure. It would argue either stupid a... ...th which he laboured to uphold its respectability, and to impress upon the minds or his brethren, not only the necessity, but the blessing of independ... ...it will recover its better qualities when it gets into the hands of better artists.” “Umph!” said Mrs. Baliol, tapping her box, “we are happy in our o... ..., as weill apperis; for thair is na man can schaw of quhat mater it is of, metal or tre. Sone eftir, the king returnit to his castell; and in the nich... ...y , starting out a little from the door, and bore a small ring of the same metal, which an applicant for admittance drew rapidly up and down the nicks...

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...n; but that there were many such persons, and those among the very highest minds of their time, no one can have any doubt after reading such lives as ... ...ng the very same fat, sourkrout-cooking, pewter-scrubbing housewife of thy mind’s eye?” “I have heard nothing of thy designs as yet, brother Hugh, sav... ...father, and see if he doth not call it a sending of a lamb among wolves.” “Mind’st thou the carving I did for Father Balthazar’s own ora- tory?” repli... ...re taking their places—or rather tumbling into them. A battered, shapeless metal ves- sel seemed to represent the salt-cellar, and next to it Hugh Sor... ...the use of the longbow, building from architects and masons, painting from artists, and, more imaginatively , astrology from a wonderful flaming spher... ... adding that he heard there was a rare lad, one Durer, at Nuremburg, whose productions were already wonderful. “And what is this?” he asked; “what is ... ...ounded outlines, prove it to be no produce even of one of the great German artists of the time, but to have been wrought, under an Italian sky, by suc...

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...Paris knew that you had traveled together, the whole world that you have a mind to see would point the finger at you. “And, Nais, do not make these sa... ...you will be with me, and no one can say a word.” A few kisses set Lucien’s mind completely at rest. An hour later Gentil brought in a note from Chatel... ...n in his miserable little room, and could not help comparing it in his own mind with Louise’s sumptuous apartments. Just as he came away the Baron du ... ...ted from his mother the invaluable physi- cal distinction of race, but the metal was still in the ore, and not set free by the craftsman’s hand. His h... ...were learned naturalists, young doctors of medicine, political writers and artists, a number of ear- nest students full of promise. D’Arthez earned a ... ... edy than this poet, careless of fame, who will fling his more commonplace productions to theatrical managers, and keep the most charming scenes in th... ... of the flower to come; the girl of sixteen could only delight the eyes of artists who prefer the sketch to the picture. All the quick subtlety of her... ... Nucingen, Beaudenord, Philippe Bridau, Conti, the great musician, all the artists and speculators, all the men who seek for violent sensations as a r...

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...al prospect; he had already a certain reputation as a poet; he made up his mind, therefore, to cast his lot with literature, and for a first venture c... ...y may be obtained from the scrutiny of Chapter VII, if the reader bears in mind that only a portion of the romances belonging to by far the largest gr... ...kind and the other, no doubt “Don Quixote” is a sad book; no doubt to some minds it is very sad that a man who had just uttered so beautiful a sentime... ...d, for example, by the illustrators. To be sure, the great majority of the artists who illus- trated “Don Quixote” knew nothing whatever of Spain. To ... ...or three obliging friends, I know they would give me them, and such as the productions of those that have the highest reputation in our Spain could no... ...risk his life for our freedom; and so saying he took out from his breast a metal crucifix, and with many tears 315 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. swor... ...ged into an ape of brass, and he into a horrible crocodile of some unknown metal; while between the two there stands a pillar, also of metal, with cer...

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...al prospect; he had already a certain reputation as a poet; he made up his mind, therefore, to cast his lot with literature, and for a first venture c... ...y may be obtained from the scrutiny of Chapter VII, if the reader bears in mind that only a portion of the romances belonging to by far the largest gr... ...kind and the other, no doubt “Don Quixote” is a sad book; no doubt to some minds it is very sad that a man who had just uttered so beautiful a sentime... ...d, for example, by the illustrators. To be sure, the great majority of the artists who illus- trated “Don Quixote” knew nothing whatever of Spain. To ... ...or three obliging friends, I know they would give me them, and such as the productions of those that have the highest reputation in our Spain could no... ...risk his life for our freedom; and so saying he took out from his breast a metal crucifix, and with many tears swore by the God the image represented,...

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... thin silver bracelets upon his arms, and on his neck a collar of the same metal bearing the inscription, “W amba, the son of Witless, is the thrall o... ... quoth Gurth; “expound that to me, Wamba, for my brain is too dull, and my mind too vexed, to read riddles.” “Why, how call you those grunting brutes ... ...ening to the trampling of several horses which became then audible. “Never mind whom,” answered Gurth, who had now got his herd before him, and, with ... ...endants wore silver collars round their throats, and bracelets of the same metal upon their swarthy arms and legs, of which the former were naked from... ...not so bad a woodsman as to show the dog where the deer lies, if I have no mind he should chase him.” “Thou art right,” said Gurth; “it were ill that ... ...bracelets of gold upon his arms, and a broad collar of the same pre- cious metal around his neck. About his waist he wore a richly- studded belt, in w... ... strangers our bosom friends, our confidential servants; we borrowed their artists and their arts, and despised the honest simplicity and hardihood wi... ... some mode could be devised to give an appearance of novelty to subsequent productions. Scottish manners, Scottish dialect, and Scottish characters of... ...herefore remind you, that when we first talked over together that class of productions, in one of which the private and family affairs of your learned...

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...intensely as he loathed Mrs. Jennett; and this is not a wholesome frame of mind for the young. Since she chose to regard him as a hopeless liar, but a... ... the wood- wreathed piles. ‘Throws high and to the right. You try, Maisie. Mind, it’s loaded all round.’ Maisie took the pistol and stepped delicately... ...I’m not supposing.’ ‘Let’s go home,’ said Maisie, weakly. But Dick was not minded to retreat. ‘I can’t say things,’ he pleaded, ‘and I’m awfully sorry... ...t anything you do,’ he answered. ‘I’ll be an artist, and I’ll do things.’ ‘Artists always want money, don’t they?’ ‘I’ve got a hundred and twenty poun... ... wish I had; but I forgathered with some men of sorts. They said they were artists, and I knew some of them could draw,—but they wouldn’t draw. They g... ..., and then to criticise and advise upon them as he realised that they were productions on which advice would not be wasted. Sunday after Sunday, and h... ...d, and yet rigid 110 The Light That Failed As though a shell of burnished metal frigid, Her feet thick-shod to tread all weakness down.’ There was no... ...at they call an artist by profes- 117 Rudyard Kipling sion. You know what artists do?’ ‘They draw the things in red and black ink on the pop-shop lab...

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...s, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of greater importance in Boswell?s day than now. I have kept in mind an old habit, common enough, I dare say, among its devotees, of opening the book of random, and reading wherever the eye falls upon a passage of especial interest. All such passages, I hope, have been retained, and enoug...

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...which were of greater importance in Boswell’s day than now. I have kept in mind an old habit, common enough, I dare say, among its devo- tees, of open... ...ook 4 Boswell’s Life of Johnson to illustrate all the phases of Johnson’s mind and of his time which Boswell observed. Loyal Johnsonians may look upo... ... performance. When his work appeared Boswell himself said: ‘The stretch of mind and prompt assiduity by which so many conversations are preserved, I m... ...at part of his labour which consisted in emendation and improvement of the productions of other contributors, like that employed in levelling ground, ... ...g to rouse the natural indolence of his constitution, we owe many valuable productions, which otherwise, perhaps, might never have appeared. He had sp... ...our people by the news-papers.’ Sir Adam mentioned the orators, poets, and artists of Greece. Johnson. ‘Sir, I am talking of the mass of the people. W... ...ith additions and corrections; nor did he, so far as is known, furnish any productions of his fertile pen to any of his numerous friends or dependants... ...ths; and the dark colour, from which he never deviated, was en- livened by metal buttons. His wigs, too, were much better; and during their travels in...

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...oving in Society 21. Mr Merdle?s Complaint 22. A Puzzle 23. Machinery in Motion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody?s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody?s Disappearance 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes on Dreaming 30. The Word of a Gentleman 31. Spirit 32. More Fortune-Telling...

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...tion 24. Fortune-Telling 25. Conspirators and Others 26. Nobody’s State of Mind 27. Five-and-Twenty 28. Nobody’s Disappearance 29. Mrs Flintwinch goes... ...t block of the former prison, but as preserving the rooms that arose in my mind’s-eye when I became Little Dorrit’s biographer. The smallest boy I eve... ...appeared (though with- out any ill-nature) to be in that peculiar state of mind in which the last word spoken by anybody else is a new injury. ‘Over! ... ...seemed reserved for her. As there are degrees of hardness in the hard- est metal, and shades of colour in black itself, so, even in the asperity of Mr... ...d upon that. ‘W ell then,’ said Doyce, with a sigh, ‘as I know what such a metal will do at such a temperature, and such a body under such a pressure,... ...ce, often heavily beating like a bleeding heart of iron, with the clink of metal upon metal. The opinion of the Y ard was divided respecting the deriv... ...shrugging her shoulders, ‘a very respectable pursuit, I dare say, and some artists are, as artists, quite superior persons; still, we never yet in our... ...traitor in the camp of those dear, gifted, good, noble fellows, my brother artists, by not doing the hocus-pocus better. But I have not been brought u... ...a grain of reality, like the smallest portion of some other scarce natural productions, will flavour an enormous quantity of diluent. It came to pass,...

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... tools. The different op- erations into which the making of a pin, or of a metal button, is subdivided, are all of them much more simple, and the dext... ... When he first begins the new work, he is seldom very keen and hearty; his mind, as they say, does not go to it, and for some time he rather trifles t... ...readier methods of attaining any object, when the whole attention of their minds is directed towards that single object, than when it is dissipated am... ...nce is considerably increased by it. It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the differ- ent arts, in consequence of the division of ... ...rt of it. But they have nothing to offer in exchange, except the different productions of their respective trades, and the butcher is already provided... ... by irresistible reasons to give the preference, for this em- ployment, to metals above every other commodity. Metals can not only be kept with as lit... ...e was to give for it could seldom be divided without loss; and if he had a mind to buy more, he must, for the same reasons, have been obliged to buy d... ... two or three sheep. If, on the contrary, instead of sheep or oxen, he had metals to give in 27 Adam Smith exchange for it, he could easily proportio... ...value, to those who pos- sess it, and who want to exchange it for some new productions, is precisely equal to the quantity of ’ labour which it can en...

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... fortu- nately somewhat rubbed at the brim, showed clearly enough that his mind was yet untainted; and the little old man, who had wallowed from his y... ...s beset with such thoughts as these, which passed in fragments through his mind, like tattered flags flut- tering above the combat. If he set aside fo... ...out him. A death in broad daylight seemed degrading to him; he made up his mind to die at night so as to bequeath an unrec- ognizable corpse to a worl... ...of an immense suite of rooms, all decorated and gilt by eighteenth century artists. “Thousands of millions, you might say,” said the florid shopman; “... ...es of every people seemed gathered up in his passive face, just as all the productions of the globe had been heaped up in his dusty showrooms. He seem... ...Jesus Christ, mon- sieur?” the old man asked politely. There was something metallic in the clear, sharp ring of his voice. He set the lamp upon a brok... ...felt the emblematical skin curiously. It was almost as rigid as a sheet of metal. The old merchant set the lamp back again upon the col- umn, giving t... ... wax-lights in a golden chandelier, round about a table inlaid with gilded metal, a group of women, whose eyes shone like diamonds, suddenly met the s... ... a half Russian Parisienne, or a half Parisian Russian. All the ro- mantic productions that never get published are brought out at her house; she is t...

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... with a keen interest in gimp and artificial pro- trusions of drapery. Her mind was theoretic, and yearned by its nature after some lofty conception o... ...held in this part of the county to have contracted a too rambling habit of mind. Mr. Brooke’s conclusions were as difficult to predict as the weather:... ...oney as possible in carrying them out. For the most glutinously indefinite minds enclose some hard grains of habit; and a man has been seen lax about ... ...ld do for them. Every man would not ring so well as that, if you tried his metal. Yo u would, Chettam; but not every man.” “I don’t know,” said Sir Ja... ...ill as a distinguishable vigorous enthusiasm in certain long-haired German artists at Rome, and the youth of other nations who worked or idled near th... ... It is too one-sided a life. I have been seeing a great deal of the German artists here: I travelled from Frankfort with one of them. Some are fine, e... ...ned by Brasenose and a less formidable pos- terity. These minor monumental productions were always ex- citing to Mr. Casaubon; digestion was made diff... ... Too large for you to stir? Let but a flute Play ‘neath the fine-mixed metal listen close Till the right note flows forth, a silvery rill. ... ... was, for some minds, melted into the mass of mys- tery, as so much lively metal to be poured out in dialogue, and to take such fantastic shapes as he...

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...-Nicolas Sechard had the luck to dis- cover a noble Marseillais who had no mind to emigrate and lose his lands, nor yet to show himself openly and los... ... never lost their cunning even when disguised in drink. Sechard put you in mind of one of La Fontaine’s Franciscan friars, with the fringe of grizzled... ...ive in them. I haven’t book-learn- ing like you, but you keep this well in mind, the life of the Stanhope is the death of the type. Those three presse... ...t is what I call a typefounder! M. Vaflard is an honest man, who uses hard metal; and, to my way of thinking, the best typefounder is the one you go t... ...r their Cicero! These nail-heads of yours will only fetch the price of old metal—fivepence a pound.” “You call M. Gille’s italics, running-hand and ro... ...- pia; he disfigured the walls of his friends’ rooms with a swarm of crude productions, and spoiled all the albums in the de- partment. M. Alexandre d... ...ugle, which proved too great a strain upon the average intellect. None but artists or those endowed with the artistic tempera- ment can understand and...

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...dead organic matter — mocking, also, in shape, some of the lower vegetable productions. We found on St. Paul’s only two kinds of birds — the booby and... ... really similar circum- stances. The origin, however, of these coatings of metallic oxides, which seem as if cemented to the rocks, is not understood;... ...leared, yet almost every acre was capable of yielding all the various rich productions of a tropi- cal land. Considering the enormous area of Brazil, ... ...feelings of wonder, astonishment, and devotion, which fill and elevate the mind. April 19th.—Leaving Socego, during the two first days, we retraced ou... ... how to express his feelings. The general effect frequently recalled to my mind the gayest scenery of the Opera-house or the great theatres. I never r... ...l climates. It is sufficient to disturb the composure of an entomologist’s mind, to look forward to the future dimensions of a complete cata- logue. T... ...abits the Carranchas. They live on the flesh of dead animals and on marine productions; and on the Ramirez rocks their whole sustenance must depend on... ...some points are of a black colour, and from their glossy surface possess a metallic lustre. The thickness of the wall of the tube varies from a thirti... ... on each side of the line where the bell-wires had run, was blackened. The metal had been fused, and although the room was about fif- teen feet high, ...

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...lifford Pyncheon. In all probability Hawthorne connected with this, in his mind, the murder of Mr. White, a wealthy gentleman of Salem, killed by a ma... ... remi- niscences of all three may have blended with the ideal image in the mind of Hawthorne. He, it will be seen, remarks in the Preface, alluding to... ...d or destroyed. Here, as elsewhere, he exercised the liberty of a creative mind to heighten the probability of his pictures without confining himself ... ...uire a look which an artist (if he have anything like the compla- cency of artists nowadays) would never dream of presenting to a patron as his own ch... ...er one’s eyes, to come into it. But would you like to see a specimen of my productions?” “A daguerreotype likeness, do you mean?” asked Phoebe with le... ...d grace of which had almost transcended the skill of the most exquisite of artists. It could the more adequately be known that the soul of the man mus... ...ithin a long day’s flight, or as if the soil of Hepzibah’s garden gave its productions just the very quality which these laborious little wizards want... ...irable powers,—so little harmed, too, by the many tests that had tried his metal,—it was pleasant to see him in his kindly intercourse with Phoebe. He... ...mptiness; it is a touchstone that proves the gold, and dishonors the baser metal. Could the departed, whoever he may be, return in a week after his de...

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...hat each may obtain their mutual safety; for a being who is endowed with a mind capable of reflection and forethought is by nature the superior and go... ...ural difference between a female and a slave: for na- ture is not like the artists who make the Delphic swords for the use of the poor, but for every ... ...rnment; for the soul governs the body as the master governs his slave; the mind governs the appetite with a po- litical or a kingly power, which shows... ...that the body should be governed by the soul, and the pathetic part by the mind, and that part which is possessed of reason; but to have no ruling pow... ...r no fruit, are yet useful, such as selling of timber and the whole art of metal- lurgy, which includes many different species, for there are various ... ...ion from the moment of their birth: but those who are to be husbandmen and artists, brass and iron; be- sides, though he deprives the military of happ... ...Painting also seems useful to enable a man to judge more accurately of the productions of the finer arts: nor is it like the gymnastic exercises, whic... ...inent spectator is accustomed to make them change their music; so that the artists who attend to him regulate their bodies according to his motions. C... ...le extent, 39; his com- parison of the human species to different kinds of metals, 40; his account of the different orders of men in a city im- perfec...