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...Excerpt: Yes indeed, I say to myself, pen in hand, I can keep hold of the thread and let it lead me back to the first impression. The little story is all there, I can touch it from point to point; for the thread, as I call it, is a row of colored beads on a string. None of the beads are missing--at least I think they?re not: that?s exactly what I shall amus...

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...at.? ?Just as I am?? the visitor inquired, presenting himself with rather a work-a-day aspect. Mrs. Luna glanced at him from head to foot, and gave a little smiling sigh, as if he had been a long sum in addition. And, indeed, he was very long, Basil Ransom, and he even looked a little hard and discouraging, like a column of figures ......

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...a work a day aspect. Mrs. Luna glanced at him from head to foot, and gave a little smiling sigh, as if he had been a long sum in addition. And, indee... ...ddition. And, indeed, he was very long, Basil Ran som, and he even looked a little hard and discouraging, like a column of figures, 4 The Bostonians ... ...nd wizards, mediums, and spirit rappers, and roaring radicals.’ Basil Ransom stared; the yellow light in his brown eyes deepened. ‘Do you mean to say ... ...cklish spinster had written to him. Chapter 4 S he had told him before they started that they should be early; she wished to see Miss Birdseye alone,... ... look at some of his beautiful things together. A day or two after this, Mr. Henry Burrage left a card at Miss Chancellor’s door, with a note in which... ...out her, and it proved two things: first, that she was much interested in Mr. Henry Burrage, and second, that her nature was extraordinarily beautiful.... ...s moved with little jerks as she took her stitches, and her rings flashed and twinkled in the light of the hearth. Her head fell a little to one side, ... ...ngly in the stout, elderly, ugly lady, dressed in a brilliant colour, with a twinkle of jewels and a bosom much uncovered, who stood near the door of ...

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... ... ... An In... ... State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way.... ... University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An In... ...ashion, they were highly ap- preciative. This was, perhaps, especially the case with the elder, who was also, as I have said, the man of talent. 5 He... ...suppose it’s the French waiters,” said the first speaker. “Why don’t they have French waiters in London?” “Fancy a French waiter at a club,” said his ... ...’s the French waiters,” said the first speaker. “Why don’t they have French waiters in London?” “Fancy a French waiter at a club,” said his friend. Th... ...d the night before, was contiguous to their hotel. “Ten to one he’ll be out of town,” said Percy Beaumont; “but we can at least find out where he has ... ...an, bright browns and buffs of the housefronts. The flower beds on the little lawns seemed to sparkle in the radiant air, and the gravel in the short ...

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...es A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Roderick Hudson by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Roderick Hudson by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Roderick Hudson by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series,... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Roderick Hudson by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ..., she was all smiles, and suspected, awkwardly, that he minis- tered not a little to her sense of the irony of things. And in truth, with his means, h... ...Cecilia, meanwhile, cut out her own dresses, and was personally giving her little girl the edu- cation of a princess. This time, however, he presented... ...e asked yourself what had become of his vanity. Now, in the sweet-smelling starlight, he felt gently wooed to egotism. There was a project connected w... ...nows what is good,” said Cecilia. “He ‘s a connoisseur.” Hudson smiled and stared. “A connoisseur?” he cried, laughing. “He ‘s the first I ‘ve ever se... ...ening open-mouthed, as if Apollo in person were talking. Gloriani showed a twinkle in his eye and an evident disposition to draw Roderick out. Rowland...

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...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry J... ...The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James The Wings of the Dove by Henry James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CL... ...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...ATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Wings of the Dove by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...e to herself as prime subject. If her story was to consist, as it could so little help doing, of her being let in, as we say, for this, that and the o... ...ositional key, unable as one can only be to move till one has found it. To start without it is to pretend to enter the train and, still more, to remai... ...t were, the half with which I should begin. If, as I had fondly noted, the little world determined for her was to “bristle”—I delighted in the term!—w... ...very one, in short, was to have enjoyed so much better a chance that, like stars of the theatre condescending to oblige, they have had to take small p... ...ratively cleared; and Susan Shepherd’s star from this time on continued to twinkle for her. It was for the moment, after her passage with Milly, the o...

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...ne arts, but the gentleman in question had taken serene possession of its softest spot, and, with his head thrown back and his legs outstretched, was staring at Murillo?s beautiful moon-borne Madonna in profound enjoyment of his posture. He had removed his hat, and flung down beside him a little red guide-book and an opera-glass....

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...James A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The American by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ... the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The American by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...oftest spot, and, with his head thrown back and his legs outstretched, was staring at Murillo’s beautiful moon-borne Madonna in profound enjoyment of ... ...oyment of his posture. He had removed his hat, and flung down beside him a little red guide-book and an opera-glass. The day was warm; he was heated w... ...t for the health, and he was quite capable of believing it; but he knew as little about tobacco as about homeopathy. He had a very well-formed head, w... ...m to illu- minate his meaning, “Combien?” he abruptly demanded. The artist stared a moment, gave a little pout, shrugged her shoulders, put down her p... ...frame, of an elaborate pattern, was at least a foot wide. It glittered and twinkled in the morning light, and looked, to Newman’s eyes, wonderfully sp... ... of Madame de Bellegarde and her son, and they ex- changed a glance like a twinkle of steel. Urbain uttered two words which Newman but half heard, but...

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...es A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Ambassadors by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por... ...ENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Ambassadors by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ambassadors by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Jim M... ...he whole case, in fine, is in Lambert Strether’s irrepressible outbreak to little Bilham on the Sunday afternoon in Gloriani’s garden, the candour wit... ...accumulated character, I think, that the painter of life bites more than a little. My poor friend should have accumulated character, certainly; or rat... ...lities were virtual certainties. Possessed of our friend’s nationality, to start with, there was a general probability in his narrower localism; which... ...e and functional scene, treat- ing all the submitted matter, as by logical start, logical turn, and logical finish) is discriminated preparation, is t... ... parts were not to be discriminated nor differences comfortably marked. It twinkled and trembled and melted together, and what seemed all surface one ... ...ng presence of Paris came up in coolness, dimness and invi- tation, in the twinkle of gilt-tipped palings, the crunch of gravel, the click of hoofs, t...

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... in hand, but as my account of somebody?s impression of it--the terms of this person?s access to it and estimate of it contributing thus by some fine little law to intensification of interest. The somebody is often, among my shorter tales I recognise, but an unnamed, unintroduced and (save by right of intrinsic wit) unwarranted participant, the impersonal author?s concrete...