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...Contents PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM. ........................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER I ? VICTOR HUGO?S ROMANCES ........................................................................ 15 CHAPTER II ? SOME ASPECTS OF ROBERT BURNS.......................................................... 34 CHAPTER III ? WALT WHIT...

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............................................................... 4 CHAPTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES ....................................................... ........................................................ 4 CHAPTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES .............................................................. ...the second is its most essentially national production. T o treat fitly of Hugo and Villon would involve yet wider knowledge, not only of a country fo... ...cising myself, seek to disarm the wrath of other and less partial critics. HUGO’S ROMANCES. – This is an instance of the “point of view.” The five rom... ...ldom wholly just. R. L. S. 15 Familiar Studies of Men & Books CHAPTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES Apres le roman pittoresque mais prosaique de Walter ... ...olly just. R. L. S. 15 Familiar Studies of Men & Books CHAPTER I – VICTOR HUGO’S ROMANCES Apres le roman pittoresque mais prosaique de Walter Scott i... ...el mais ideal, vrai mais grand, qui enchassera Walter Scott dans Homere. – Victor Hugo on Quentin Durward. VCITOR HUGO’S ROMANCES occupy an important ... ...s is what has been done by Quatre Vingt Treize for the earlier romances of Victor Hugo, and, through them, for a whole division of modern literature. ... ...y so in liter- ary history; and we shall best understand the importance of Victor Hugo’s romances if we think of them as some such prolongation of one...

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...was justly considered as nourishing the most inveterate antipathy to their victor. All the monarchs of the Norman 5 Sir Walter Scott race had shown t... ... the structure of our present English language, in which the speech of the victors and the vanquished have been so happily blended to- gether; and whi... ...icted, and to maintain a line of separation betwixt the descendants of the victor Normans and the vanquished Saxons. THE SUN WA S SETTING upon one of ... ...; “Here is some one either asleep, or lying dead at the foot of this cross—Hugo, stir him with the but-end of thy lance.” This was no sooner done than... ...ports, the arms and steed of the knight who is unhorsed are forfeit to his victor? Now I may be unfortunate, and so lose what I cannot replace or repa... ... It was the well-known consequence of this discord that Richard’s repeated victories had been ren- dered fruitless, his romantic attempts to besiege J...

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.... Balzac began with an odd but not unintelligible compound, something like Hugo’s, of Napoleonism and Royalism. In 1824, when he was still in the shad... ...ng-points for some of the most interesting figures of the Comedie. He knew Victor Hugo, but certainly not at this time intimately; for as late as 1839... ...ts for some of the most interesting figures of the Comedie. He knew Victor Hugo, but certainly not at this time intimately; for as late as 1839 the le... ...this time intimately; for as late as 1839 the letter in which he writes to Hugo to come and breakfast with him at Les Jardies (with interesting and mi... ...ted for his Eve in the Rue Fortunee—a name too pro- vocative of Nemesis—by Victor Hugo, the chief maker in verse as he himself was the chief maker in ... ... his Eve in the Rue Fortunee—a name too pro- vocative of Nemesis—by Victor Hugo, the chief maker in verse as he himself was the chief maker in prose o... ...ivine Power, will be the eternal glory of Geoffroi Saint-Hilaire, Cuvier’s victorious opponent on this point of higher science, whose triumph was hail... ...he most famous of battles (Le Lys dans la Vallee). In one the glory of the victor is at stake; in the other it is heaven. The misfor- tunes of the two...

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... wise; The mind that thought for Britain’s weal, The hand that grasped the victor steel? The vernal sun new life bestows Even on the meanest flower th... ... Oh never let those names depart! Say to your sons—Lo, here his grave, Who victor died on Gadite wave; To him, as to the burning levin, Short, bright,... ...saw Lord Marmion pierce his shield, And saw his saddle bare; We saw the victor win the crest He wears with worthy pride; And on the gibbet-tree,... ... with shame, with terror mute, Dreading alike, escape, pursuit, Till love, victorious o’er alarms, Hid fears and blushes in his arms. XVII. “Alas!” he... ...narch of that warlike name, And eke the time when here he came To seek Sir Hugo, then our lord; A braver never drew a sword; A wiser never, at the hou... ...ild clamour and affray Of those dread artisans of hell, Who laboured under Hugo’s spell, Sounded as loud as ocean’s war Among the caverns of Dunbar. ... ...dnight sky with fire, And shouting crews her navy bore, T riumphant to the victor shore. Such signs may learned clerks explain - They pass the wit of ...

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...ed, and the difficulties first created before they can be solved. Hence, again, there follows the peculiar greatness of the true versifier: such as Sh... ... the difficulties first created before they can be solved. Hence, again, there follows the peculiar greatness of the true versifier: such as Shakespea... ... races wandered in spirit, and so hard it is to un- derstand the literature next door! Yet French prose is distinctly better than English; and French ... ... beginner. Human nature has certain rights; instinct – the instinct of self-pres- ervation – forbids that any man (cheered and supported by the consci...

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...on, and the “Life in Paris” before mentioned. He has also made designs for Victor Hugo’s “Hans of Iceland.” Strange, wild etchings were those, on a st... ... the “Life in Paris” before mentioned. He has also made designs for Victor Hugo’s “Hans of Iceland.” Strange, wild etchings were those, on a strange, ...

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...ke roses or buttercups) “in all the na- tions.” Sweet, innocent flowers of victory! there they are, my dear, sure enough, and a pretty considerable ho... ...the nation seemed to have found its Palladium again,—the sainted relics of victory.” At length, on the 14th, the coffin was transferred from the “Dora... ...over the place of their habitation. Strange coincidence! If I had been Mr. Victor Hugo, my dear, or a poet of any note, I would, in a few hours, have ... ...e place of their habitation. Strange coincidence! If I had been Mr. Victor Hugo, my dear, or a poet of any note, I would, in a few hours, have made an... ...bearing a bronze buckler on which was written, in gold letters, one of the victories of the Em- peror, and each decorated with enormous imperial flags... ...bout, with the imperial cipher and eagle, and the names of the battles and victories glittering in gold. The long avenues of the Champs Elysees had be...

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...and bonnets; he added the address of a fashionable dressmaker to supersede Victorine. In short, he made the lady see the necessity of rubbing off Ango... ...t. Le Solitaire, by M. le Vicomte d’Arlincourt. Third edition. Leonide, by Victor Ducange; five volumes 12mo, printed on fine paper. 12 francs. Induct... ... So it seemed to me that a volume of sonnets would be something quite new. Victor Hugo has appropriated the old, Canalis writes lighter verse, Berange... ...seemed to me that a volume of sonnets would be something quite new. Victor Hugo has appropriated the old, Canalis writes lighter verse, Beranger has m... ...d for two reviews that I am to write for him. Item two works, just out, by Victor Ducange, a novelist highly thought of in the Marais. Item a couple o... ...hat we are to push Paul de Kock, Dauriat has taken two hundred copies, and Victor Ducange is refusing to give him his next. Dauriat wants to set up an... ...ve no idea, gentlemen, of the amount of harm that Byron, Lamartine, Victor Hugo, Casimir Delavigne, Canalis, and Beranger have done by their success. ... ...ere are only four poets—Beranger, Casimir Delavigne, Lamartine, and Victor Hugo; as for Cana- lis—he is a poet made by sheer force of writing him up.”... ...children nowadays,” said Blondet. “Since M. de Chateaubriand called Victor Hugo a ‘sublime child,’ I can only tell you quite simply that you have spir...

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...ised in pamphlets and prospectuses which came aboard in a large package in Victoria Dock, London, just before we started for Rouen, France. And in the... ...on the old, and the nine chapters of “Almayer’s Folly” went with me to the Victoria Dock, whence in a few days we started for Rouen. I won’t go so far... ...en decks by industrious carpen- 17 Joseph Conrad ters while we lay in the Victoria Dock, but never an emigrant turned up in Rouen—of which, being a h... ...as never aware of learning to read. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other romantics. I had read in Polish and in French, histor... ...r aware of learning to read. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other romantics. I had read in Polish and in French, history, voya... ...his bed, not being very well at the time, the proofs of his translation of Victor Hugo’s “Toilers of the Sea.” Such was my title to consideration, I b... ..., not being very well at the time, the proofs of his translation of Victor Hugo’s “Toilers of the Sea.” Such was my title to consideration, I believe,...

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...ed in pamphlets and prospectuses which came aboard in a large pack- age in Victoria Dock, London, just before we started for Rouen, France. And in the... ...pon the old and the nine chapters of “Almayer’s Folly” went with me to the Victoria Dock, whence in a few days we started for Rouen. I won’t go so far... ...together in the ‘tween decks by industrious carpenters while we lay in the Victoria Dock, but never an emigrant turned up in Rouen—of which, being a h... ...as never aware of learning to read. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other ro- mantics. I had read in Polish and in French, hist... ...r aware of learning to read. At ten years of age I had read much of Victor Hugo and other ro- mantics. I had read in Polish and in French, history, vo... ...his bed, not being very well at the time, the proofs of his translation of Victor Hugo’s “Toilers of the Sea.” Such was my title to consideration, I b... ..., not being very well at the time, the proofs of his translation of Victor Hugo’s “Toilers of the Sea.” Such was my title to consideration, I believe,...

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...hand); “she seemed to me all but crazy with admiration for that Mon- sieur Hugo. I’m sure I don’t know where such people” (Vic- tor Hugo, Lamartine, B... ..., English, French, and German. Lord Byron, Goethe, Schiller, Walter Scott, Hugo, Lamartine, Crabbe, Moore, the great works of the 17th and 18th centur... ...are throat, and the unfathomable brow which ev- ery bard ought to possess. Victor Hugo’s forehead will make more persons shave their heads than the nu... ...oat, and the unfathomable brow which ev- ery bard ought to possess. Victor Hugo’s forehead will make more persons shave their heads than the number of... ... alexandrines to express one idea. Of all the poets of our day only three, Hugo, Theophile Gautier, and De Vigny, have been able to win the double glo... ...so, mamma?” asked Modeste. “Nothing else could make Dumay hurry himself.” “Victory! victory!” cried the lieutenant as soon as he reached the garden ga...

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...omitable gallantry of a Gahagan; which was illustrated by 7 Thackeray our victories at Ahmednuggar (where I was the first over the barricade at the s... ...rcome. Runty Goss then opened them one by one, our troops entered, and the victorious stan- dard of my country floated on the walls of Allyghur! When ... ...w they have omitted all mention of the hero of it. Gen- eral Lake, for the victory of that day, became Lord Lake of Laswaree. Laswaree! and who, forso... ...never mind— ‘alone he did it;’ sufficient be it for him, however, that the victory was won: he cares not for the empty honours which were awarded to m... ...o him my exploits, and the old man was so delighted with the account of my victory over the el- ephant (whose trunk I use to this day), that he said, ... ...d in former times; but if, in the works of Byron, Scott, Goethe, or Victor Hugo, the reader can find a more beautiful sentence than the above, I will ...

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...- come of her pride, and whose first scheme in life had been rewarded by a victory, was not likely to pause in such a bril- liant career. Frail as Mon... ...s at her feet. 33 Balzac For her three Toreadors had gone to death Or victory, the prize to be a kiss— One kiss from those red lips of sweetest... ...ed a line from Rossini, six bars written by Meyerbeer, the four lines that Victor Hugo writes in every album, a verse from Lamartine, a few words from... ...ne from Rossini, six bars written by Meyerbeer, the four lines that Victor Hugo writes in every album, a verse from Lamartine, a few words from Berang... ...inions were akin to those of the Mountain; and if their followers had been victorious, they would have produced a little ‘ninety-three’ in the Roman E... ...ine Rinaldo crossing the stage in the back- ground like a figure in one of Victor Hugo’s plays.” 80 The Muse of the Department “He, perhaps, is the h... ...aldo crossing the stage in the back- ground like a figure in one of Victor Hugo’s plays.” 80 The Muse of the Department “He, perhaps, is the husband,...

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... that she threw it out: “Well, there’s Lyng, in Dorsetshire. It belongs to Hugo’s cous- ins, and you can get it for a song.” The reasons she gave for ... ...Ah, that line—my favorite always. Is it possible—” “Y ou know the stooping Victory in the frieze of the Nike Apteros?” “Y ou mean the one who is tying... ...ve chucked painting people don’t say that stuff about me—they say it about Victor Grindle,” was his only protest, as he rose from the table and stroll... ...out onto the sunlit terrace. I glanced after him, struck by his last word. Victor Grindle was, in fact, becoming the man of the moment—as Jack him- se...

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... and make encroachments on their privileges and possessions. Thus when Sir Hugo Lynwood, the old Crusader, was made prisoner by Simon de Montfort’s pa... ...Hastily dismounting, Pedro threw himself on his knees to thank him for the victory; but Edward, leaping from his horse, raised him, saying, “It is not... ...ey say 49 Yo n g e she was soon to have wedded the Lord of Montagudo, the victor of that tourney. The Montagudos had us in bitter feud ever after, an... ...robably, too, they expected the satisfaction of drinking the health of the victor, for there were many disappointed coun- tenances when he spoke from ... ...ard the thundering of heavy stones, the rush of combat- ants, the cries of victory or defeat. Sometimes his whole be- ing seemed in the fight; he clen...

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... is returned to M. Metivier, we may be easy.” At two o’clock the next day, Victor-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon, bailiff, made protest for non-payment at ... ...- ecute David Sechard with the utmost rigor of the law. Where- fore Maitre Victor-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon summoned David Sechard before the Tribunal... ...unconsciously.” When his wife saw him, his face was radiant with belief in victory. There were traces of tears in Eve’s face. “Oh! my darling, do not ... ...s, was never talked about. “Let Franche-Comte boast of giving the light to Victor Hugo, to Charles Nodier, and Cuvier,” ran the article, “Brit- tany o... ...never talked about. “Let Franche-Comte boast of giving the light to Victor Hugo, to Charles Nodier, and Cuvier,” ran the article, “Brit- tany of produ... ...d suited her style of beauty. Her foulard gown, designed by the celebrated Victorine, with a pointed bodice, exquisitely fringed, set off 105 Balzac ...

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...tion to elevate its ideals. Y.M. But as to merit—the personal merit of the victori ous coward’s project and achievement? O.M. There isn’t any. In the... ...rsonal merit in it anywhere; it will all have come from the outside. The Victoria Cross breeds more heroes than— Y.M. Hang it, where is the sense in... ... on the pier—with the last link—the conspicuous, the con summating, the victorious link: I was asked to write a book, and I did it, and called it... ...orch and clearly see every reign and its length, from the Conquest down to Victoria, then in the forty sixth year of her reign— eight hundred and seve... ...to my mind, for he just filled the stretch which went by the summer house. Victoria’s reign reached almost to my study door on the first little summit... ...ns to see. It is somehow not the same gaze that people rivet upon a Victor Hugo, or Niagara, or the bones of the mastodon, or the guillotine of the Re... ...appease and satisfy the thirst of a lifetime. Satisfy it—that is the word. Hugo and the mastodon will still have a de gree of intense interest therea...

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...dru- ped been?—Nature is good, but she is not the best: here truly was the victory of Art over Nature. A thunderbolt indeed might have pierced thee; a... ... and the far stranger Force of Man, are cunning affinities and battles and victories of Force brought about; it is a little ganglion, or nervous centr... ...tle downwards, are emblematic, not of want only, but of a manifold cunning Victory over Want. On the other hand, all Emblematic things are properly Cl... ...en- tal Schoolmaster), and talked to neighbors that would listen about the Victory of Rossbach; and how Fritz the Only (der Einzige) had once with his... ...tness (Geradheit); that under- stood Busching’s Geography, had been in the victory of Rossbach, and left for dead in the camisade of Hochkirch? The go... ...xtant! Deuce on it (verdammt), the little spitfires!—Nay, I think with old Hugo von Trimberg: ‘God must needs laugh outright, could such a thing be, t...

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...748 it found an illustrious ten- ant in the person of Maurice de Saxe, the victor of Fontenoy, who, however, two years after he had taken possession o... ... against the Turks. Jacques Coeur, however, was not destined to lead it to victory. He died shortly after the expedition had started, in the island of... ...d of military topography than of a want of admiration of this particu- lar victory, which I have always supposed to be one of the most brilliant on re... ...ll. Even by day it has the air of a vignette of Gustave Dore, a couplet of Victor Hugo. It is almost too perfect,—as if it were an enormous model, pla... ...n by day it has the air of a vignette of Gustave Dore, a couplet of Victor Hugo. It is almost too perfect,—as if it were an enormous model, placed on ...

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...A. Martin Secker, 1917. *“Karl Strickland: sein Leben und seine Kunst,” by Hugo Weitbrecht-Rotholz, Ph.D. Schwingel und Hanisch. Leipzig, 1914. 6 The... ...ody shovel. Woman had not yet alto- gether come into her own. I lived near Victoria Station, and I recall long excursions by bus to the hospitable hou... ...e Colonel. He did not take my hand. “I’m just coming. If you’re walking up Victoria Street, I’ll come along with you.” “All right,” I said. “Come on.”... ... was a player who despised the opponent he van- quished; his exultation in victory made defeat more difficult to bear. On the other hand, if he was be... ...the streets for an hour of bitter cold, and then made his way to the Place Victor Gelu, where the sailor - men are wont to congregate. Dozing against ... ... he assigned to his charges; and every day they went with him to the Place Victor Gelu, whither came ships’ captains in search of a man. He was marrie...

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...for a Russian at least, it is easier to lay down before the end a novel by Victor Hugo or Alexander Dumas than Dmitri Rudin, or, indeed, any of Turgen... ...ussian at least, it is easier to lay down before the end a novel by Victor Hugo or Alexander Dumas than Dmitri Rudin, or, indeed, any of Turgenev’s gr...

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... in the preliminary manipulation of the young mountebank or contortionist. Victor Hugo gives an account of them in `L ’Homme qui Rit.’—But perhaps my ... ... preliminary manipulation of the young mountebank or contortionist. Victor Hugo gives an account of them in `L ’Homme qui Rit.’—But perhaps my meaning...

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... but it was evidently some- thing dark and mysterious. Doctor Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, and Alexander Dumas were well within Mr. Hoopdriver’s range of... ... was evidently some- thing dark and mysterious. Doctor Conan Doyle, Victor Hugo, and Alexander Dumas were well within Mr. Hoopdriver’s range of readin...

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...one field; so at least von Rosen felt; and now she was to have her hour of victory in them all. ‘You are no servant, Madame von Rosen, of mine,’ said ... ...plain and gar- ish; and up the steep and solitary eastern heaven, the sun, victorious over his competitors, continued slowly and roy- ally to mount. S... ...sonnets to the memory of Gondremark; that name ap- pears twice at least in Victor Hugo’s trumpet-blasts of pa- triot enumeration; and I came latterly,... ... to the memory of Gondremark; that name ap- pears twice at least in Victor Hugo’s trumpet-blasts of pa- triot enumeration; and I came latterly, when I...

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...ains, you and I; and for such as have brains there are no defeats, but only victories. Observe how we will turn this seeming disaster into an adverti... ...rtisement that will transform that Mount Washington defeat into a Matterhorn victory. We will put on your bulletin board, ‘Patronized by the elect.’ ... ...erward in sticking to him, after all his de feats. But, said I, suppose the victor should decline to accept his spoil? She said that that wouldn’t an... ...w can I bear it? I would I might see him die — a sweet, swift death; oh, my Hugo, I cannot bear this one!” And she fell to sobbing and grovelling abo... ... what? The man’s death? I could not quite get the bearings of the thing. But Hugo inter rupted her and said: “Peace! Ye wit not what ye ask. Shall I... ...ing Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 96 she found she was going to have neither Hugo’s life nor his property. But I told her she must bear this cross; th... ...y lariat and hung it on my saddle horn, and sat there drunk with glory, “The victory is perfect — no other will venture against me — knight er rantry... ... You were ready. The conflict was brief; on your side, glorious. This mighty victory, having been achieved utterly without loss, stands without ex am...

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... all thirteen of the tricks, concluded this fine campaign with a brilliant victory. The Mongolia was due at Bombay on the 22nd; she ar- rived on the 2... ...podes. Passepartout wandered, with his hands in his pockets, to- wards the Victoria port, gazing as he went at the curious 83 Jules Verne palanquins ... ...e them, it betrayed every- where the evidence of English supremacy. At the Victoria port he found a confused mass of ships of all nations: En- glish, ... ...nion, like a checker- board, “with the sombre sadness of right-angles,” as Victor Hugo expresses it. The founder of the City of the Saints could not e... ...ike a checker- board, “with the sombre sadness of right-angles,” as Victor Hugo expresses it. The founder of the City of the Saints could not escape f... ...dam,” replied Fix; “a meeting between them might ruin all. Whether he were victorious or beaten, Mr. Fogg would be delayed, and—” “And,” added Passepa...

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...Don John to the arms of his happy Portugal:there were Virtue, V alour, and Victory saluting Don Emanuel:Read- ing, Writing, and Arithmetic (for what I... ...e, severity, elegance, completeness of the Parthenon. The little Temple of Victory, with its fluted Corinthian shafts, blazed un- der the sun almost a... ...ckeray art; if an ode of Pindar is as glittering and pure as the Temple of Victory; or a discourse of Plato as polished and calm as yonder mystical po... ... containing news of Marshal Bugeaud’s vic- tory at Isly, and had this land victory to set against our harm- less little triumph at sea. That night we ... ...e pure idleness is the best, and I shall never enjoy such in Europe again. Victor Hugo, in his famous travels on the Rhine, visiting Co- logne, gives ... ...idleness is the best, and I shall never enjoy such in Europe again. Victor Hugo, in his famous travels on the Rhine, visiting Co- logne, gives a learn...

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... young, approach the water. He watched her, judging that she would seek a ford, and he was right. She waded over, and the army followed. So a great Fr... ...ition to them might be dangerous. These injuries were a fearful spectacle, but are better left undescribed. So, against expectation, my acquaintance w... ... He becomes famous in his own university, his renown spreads to other universities. He is invited to Go”ttingen, to fight with a Go”ttingen expert; if... ...er of the five corps. A year or two ago, the principal Heidelberg expert was a big Kentuckian; he was invited to the various universities and left a w... ...ourse of the duels or at their close, was naturally strong, but corps etiquette for- bade any demonstrations of this sort. However brilliant a contes... ...columns, carved apparently from the living rock; and what is more, they are written all over with thou- sands of names; some of them—like Byron’s and ...

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...oet who can compare with your grandfather? Let me see. There’s Chenier and Hugo and Alfred de Musset—wonderful men, but, at the same time, there’s a r... ...to a firm white ball. From the surrounding walls the heads of three famous Victorian writers sur- veyed this entertainment, and slips of paper pasted ... ...h had been set to an absurdly and charmingly sentimental air by some early Victorian composer. “It’s the vitality of them!” she concluded, striking he... ... keenly conscious of the degradation which is the result of strife whether victorious or not, she thought gloomily of her loneliness, of life’s futili... ...nwelcome thought, her mind went on with additional vigor, derived from the victory; on a sheet of paper lines of figures and symbols frequently and fi... ...d followed some such course in their thoughts too; they had been borne on, victors in the forefront of some triumphal car, spectators of a pag- eant e...

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...in any quarter. “Why you see,” she explained, “he’s as fine as ever in the victoria; so that when I leave him, as I often do almost for hours —he like... ...t, to reconstitute a past, to reduce it in fact to the convenient terms of Victor Hugo, whom, a few days before, giving the rein for once in a way to ... ...econstitute a past, to reduce it in fact to the convenient terms of Victor Hugo, whom, a few days before, giving the rein for once in a way to the joy... ...er mystery. While she rose, as he would have called it, to the question of Victor Hugo, her voice itself, the light low quaver of her deference to the... ...ery. While she rose, as he would have called it, to the question of Victor Hugo, her voice itself, the light low quaver of her deference to the solemn... ...d which, separated from them by the deep arch of the porte-cochere the low victoria that had conveyed her from her own hotel was drawn up. She made fo...

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...nd here is a strange thing. After twenty-five years of this life, in which victory had ended by first dulling and then breaking its own knife, Brigitt... ...hellion, which you seem to fear, has no more value for us than a stanza of Victor Hugo. Therefore, let them talk! Carry your head high!” “But we shall... ..., which you seem to fear, has no more value for us than a stanza of Victor Hugo. Therefore, let them talk! Carry your head high!” “But we shall still ... ... “We are worth quite as much as the Minards,” she re- marked. “Don’t chant victory before you win it,” said Theodose. “The right of redemption doesn’t... ...ith a very important mem- ber of the government, Comte Martial de la Roche-Hugon. He stopped in the courtyard when he reached it, as if to examine the... ...in when his literary convictions were imperilled. As the result of a vote, victory remained with the opinions of which Phellion was the elo- quent org... ... reigns, she governs; there she offers battle, and nearly always comes off victorious. Coquettishly lying back in a corner of the sofa, her head carel... ..., Madame de Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life The Middle Classes La Roche-Hugon, Martial de Domestic Peace The Peasantry A Daughter of Eve Th...

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...; by bribing Colonel de St. Cornichon, the French envoy in the camp of the victorious Ibrahim, the march of the Egyptian army was stopped—the menaced ... ...an, Suwaroff, Prince Charles, and General Castanos were defeated with such victorious slaugh- ter: but it is a movement which, I need not tell every m... ...hich the country knew and respected the stout Baron. When he returned from victory, he was sure to endow the Church with a part of his spoil, so that ... ...he duchess’s balcony to receive the gold chain which was the reward of the victor. He raised his visor as the smiling princess guerdoned him—raised it... ...med so terrible a look, that the chasseur declined any further combat. The victory was made known to the house- steward himself, who, being a little p... ...ed attention. “We hear it stated that Mr. P . is of a very ancient family (Hugo de la Pluche came over with the Conqueror); and the new brougham which... ...d in former times; but if, in the works of Byron, Scott, Goethe, or Victor Hugo, the reader can find a more beautiful sentence than the above, I will ... ...about some silly quarrel over the wine-cup— a mere silly jape, believe me. Hugo de Brodenel would have no black bottle on the board. Gottfried was wro... ...ugh it had been a reed (it lighted three hundred yards off, on the foot of Hugo de Bunyon, who was smoking a cigar at the door of his tent, and caused...

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... by Honore de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage Dedication T o Monsieur Victor Hugo, It was your birthright to be, like a Rafael or a Pitt, a great... ...ore de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage Dedication T o Monsieur Victor Hugo, It was your birthright to be, like a Rafael or a Pitt, a great poet a... ...e subterranean places of jour- nalism. For this reason I desired that your victorious name should help to win a victory for this work that I inscribe ... ...re living at Pekin and you in Greenland.” “The will of two lovers can rise victorious over all things,” said Lucien, lowering his eyes. “You will forg... ...g less than a little revolution. Who was responsible for it? Lamartine and Victor Hugo, Casimir Delavigne and Canalis, Beranger and Chateaubriand. Dav... ...than a little revolution. Who was responsible for it? Lamartine and Victor Hugo, Casimir Delavigne and Canalis, Beranger and Chateaubriand. Davrigny, ... ...r tears were ready to flow for every misfortune; she sang paeans for every victory. She sympathized with the fallen Napoleon, and with Mehemet Ali, ma... ...rn of the Bourbon Lilies; she loved M. de Chateaubriand for calling Victor Hugo “a sublime child.” It depressed her that she could only know genius fr...

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...this morning. Everything wintry. I am very jolly, however, having finished Victor Hugo, and just looking round to see what I should next take up. I ha... ...rning. Everything wintry. I am very jolly, however, having finished Victor Hugo, and just looking round to see what I should next take up. I have been... ...d such a nice long letter (four sides) from Leslie Stephen to-day about my Victor Hugo. It is accepted. This ought to have made me gay, but it hasn’t.... ...a nice long letter (four sides) from Leslie Stephen to-day about my Victor Hugo. It is accepted. This ought to have made me gay, but it hasn’t. I am n... ... Now Braemar is a place patronised by the royalty of the Sister Kingdoms – Victoria and the Cairngorms, sir, honouring that countryside by their con- ... ...f R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 and the old defeat becomes the scene of the new victory. Concern yourself about no failure; they do not cost lives, as in e...

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...lowed to. The Indian gentleman, for thousands of years past, has resembled Victor Hugo’s noble: ‘Un vrai sire Chatelain Laisse ecrire Le vilain. Sa ma... ...o. The Indian gentleman, for thousands of years past, has resembled Victor Hugo’s noble: ‘Un vrai sire Chatelain Laisse ecrire Le vilain. Sa main dign...

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...ts, an’ woller! Smash an’ destroy! The conflict will be but short, an’ the victory is certain. After that we can press our inalienable rights to eight... ...s shall eat and lie still. This is my order.” There was a long pause while victory hung in the balance. A white-haired old sinner, standing on one une... ...ions the English language stops short. French only, the caryatid French of Victor Hugo, would have described it; so I mourned while I laughed, hastily... ...e English language stops short. French only, the caryatid French of Victor Hugo, would have described it; so I mourned while I laughed, hastily shuffl...

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...rovided it be for the ideal cause, death may lose its sting, the grave its victory. In these states, the ordinary contrast of good and ill seems to be... ...ed, in Christian- ity, during the past fifty years, may fairly be called a victory of healthy-mindedness within the church over the morbidness with wh... ...e feels to be two deadly hostile selves, one ac- tual, the other ideal. As Victor Hugo makes his Mahomet say:— “Je suis le champ vil des sublimes c... ... to be two deadly hostile selves, one ac- tual, the other ideal. As Victor Hugo makes his Mahomet say:— “Je suis le champ vil des sublimes combats:... ...ommon moral notions, of which he must seek immediately to get rid. For him victory, success, must be everything. The most barbaric tendencies in men c... ..., the con- spiracy of those who suffer against those who suc- ceed and are victorious; here the very aspect of the victorious is hated—as if health, s...

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...ng him. In fact, she had been determined not to promise. Rosamond had that victorious obstinacy which never wastes its energy in impetuous resistance.... ...mon et Baucis. Cette vieillesse la, ressemblance du soir avec l’aurore.” — Victor Hugo: L’homme qui rit. MRS. GARTH, HEARING CALEB enter the passage a... ...Baucis. Cette vieillesse la, ressemblance du soir avec l’aurore.” — Victor Hugo: L’homme qui rit. MRS. GARTH, HEARING CALEB enter the passage about te...

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...ines Flight 175 was scheduled to depart for Los Angeles at 8:00. Cap- tain Victor Saracini and First Officer Michael Horrocks piloted the Boeing 767, ... ...ertain to win power through the ballot box, the mili- tary preempted their victory, triggering a brutal civil war that continues today. Opponents of t... ...nce to the West and to America. He could present himself and his allies as victori- ous warriors in the one great successful experience for Islamic mi... ...ived little or no assistance from the United States. 23 April 1988 brought victory for the Afghan jihad. Moscow declared it would pull its military fo... ...ll set up some four years earlier. He died in a ferryboat accident on Lake Victoria just a few days after Bin Ladin arrived in Jalalabad, leaving Bin ... ...1, p.A6 (EPA says levels of airborne asbestos below threshold of concern); Hugo Kugiya,“Terrorist Attacks;Asbestos Targeted in Cleanup Effort; EPA’s W...