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...imself on his island, and then it was settled (the kind lady going away to Europe) that his daughter should join him. As the first and most important ... ...ore intimate, more penetrating, more profound than the grey sadness of the northern mists. THE TRADING BRIG Bonito appeared gliding round a sombre for...

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...the kind of American as to whom one is not quite clear whether he lives in Europe in order to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a pretext fo... ...der to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a pretext for living in Europe. Mr. Leath’s art was water-colour painting, but he practised it furt... ...hoolmate from the Rocky Mountains, who was taking her father and mother to Europe, had suggested Sophy’s ac- companying them, and “going round” with h... ...m the next morning, as he opened his hotel window on the early roar of the Northern Terminus. The girl was there, in the room next to him. That had be... ...resting: in New Y ork he became remarkable. He seldom spoke of his life in Europe, and let drop but the most incidental allusions to the friends, the ... ...rge Darrow, was now involved in another and more fla- grant adventure. “In Europe, you know, the husband is regarded as the only judge in such matters...

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...logne in the domain of the toilet, has been widely sought by both sexes in Europe. Devoting long vigils to the study of the skin and cuticle of the tw... ...rotteau,” said Vauquelin, “there are not two ounces of Macassar oil in all Europe. Macassar oil has not the slightest action upon the hair; but the Ma... ...or- tant result, sought by the ancients,—the Greeks, the Ro- mans, and all Northern nations,—to whom the preserva- tion of the hair was peculiarly pre... ... splendors of the approaching ball were announced by the newspapers to all Europe, and were also made known to the world of commerce by rumors to whic... ...it?” At these words, uttered for him alone by a voice which influenced all Europe, while the eager hand was running over the paper, the poor perfumer ... ... desire to be of service to you. Busy as I am,— for I have the finances of Europe on my shoulders, and the Chamber takes all my time,—you will not be ...

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...n abrupt accent, probably habitual to him; he spoke also with a gut- tural northern tone, which sounded harsh in my ears, accus- tomed to the silvery ... ...ing in the —— Isles, where Juanna had been born and whence she was sent to Europe to be educated. I wonder that any one, looking at that girl’s head a... ...h perhaps flattered, and certainly soothed her. Juanna T rista remained in Europe long enough to repay, by malevolence and ingratitude, all who had ev... ...her from the moon 200 The Professor or from Utopia, since not a nation in Europe has a claim on your interest?” “On the contrary, I’m a universal pat... ...aunched ourselves in the full career of progress, as progress whirls on in European capitals, scarcely knew repose, were strangers to amusement, never... ...ade. The foreign visi- tors, too, are politicians; they take a wider theme—European progress—the spread of liberal sentiments over the Conti- nent; on... ...t was given of the sentiments entertained by resolute minds respecting old northern despo- tisms, and old southern superstitions: also, I have heard m...

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...he daughter of a rich banker of Hamburg. It is well known what a fancy all Europe had for the splendid troopers of Napoleon! In 1814, Madame Marion, h... ... as precious as that of Napoleon. The English merchants, in buying out the European markets, certainly got the better of the colossus who threatened t... ...vel and a certain faculty for observation had imparted an understanding of European interests, of foreign cabinets, and of all the ramifications of 8... ...document, it would not surprise me if the “eminent services” rendered in a Northern court by the mys- 161 Balzac terious author of my days turned out... ... “Ah! I understand; he hastens to those high functions he performs at that Northern court!” Jacques Bricheteau could no longer mistake the ironical to... ...f mind, more devotion, more intelligence; and there are not two men in all Europe who can play the organ as he does. You say you do not want Nais to b... ... by foreigners, at any rate he came as the result of the armed invasion of Europe. Now, shall I tell you why, in spite of all these defects and disadv... ...e arts, and the legal profession can offer of their best. I, who am only a northern barbarian,—though our country, too, can boast of its celebrities,—...

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...gement. The next year, 1819, he was called to the Bar, and began to go the Northern circuit. On April 3, 1820, Mrs. Patteson died, leav- ing one daugh... ...k and Anschauungswerk of the Orientals, which is so different from that of Europeans or their language. How hard are the meta- phors of the Bible for ... ...l, in 1826, a sandal-wood trader named Dillon found in the possession of a European, who had lived since 1813 in Ticopia, the silver guard of a sword,... ... by the sharks, and others killed by the natives; indeed, there were sixty European skulls in a temple. The other vessel had drifted over the reef, an... ... choice of any other picture books for them, that anything that introduces European customs is no use yet. Pictures of animals are the best things. On... ...s por- tions of New Zealand. Finally, retaining only the north part of the northern island, to take the Melanesian Bishopric. ‘I urged this plan upon ... ... island of Eangitoto with its double peak and the easternmost point of the northern shore of the harbour, lies a very sheltered bay, with its sea-fron... ... for putting things in daily and immediate use; and the hall, which is the northern part of the side of the quadrangle, is a really hand- some room, w... ...kpat, who had many broth- ers, one of whom was something like Loki, in the Northern 267 Yo n g e mythology, always tricking him. Ikpat had disappeare...

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...hs, closing his eyes at the moment when Napoleon was strug- gling with all Europe on the corpse of France. Her removal to Paris was therefore still fu... ...ed to gran- diose and terrible effects, nor even the basaltic rocks of the northern seas can show a character so unique and so com- plete. Fancy has h... ...ked at the implacable Beatrix with a flashing eye. He was so superb that a Northern or a Southern woman would have fallen at his feet saying, “T ake m... ...ld like her, if I had said as she has said, “I love,” in every language of Europe, I should be consoled, I should be pitied, I should be adored for se... ...taly. He is beginning now to say it is ridiculous that he knows nothing of Europe. I can guess what those words mean, flung out in advance. If Calyste... ...ents in those solitudes of carved free-stone, the like of which adorns the European streets of Amsterdam, Milan, Stockholm, Lon- don, and Moscow, arch...

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... days. ‘You are to know, dear Emmy, that we English are the aristocracy of Europeans.’ Lady Dunstane inclined to think we were; nevertheless, in the m... ...; an effect was produced, if a cold one—the colder for the unparticipating northern eyes; eyes of that half cloud and blue, which make a kind of huele... ...of being born to command: in fine, an aristocrat among the ‘aristocracy of Europeans.’ His differences of opinion were prefaced by a ‘Pardon me,’ and ... ... and beats her; strikes that woman! He drags her about to every Capital in Europe to make money for him, and the scoundrel pays her with blows.’ In th... ...with the hoop, as at the shape of a white cat climbing a wheel. Men of the northern blood will sometimes lend their assent to poetical images, even to... ...tch the wheel. He was a true descendant of practical hard-grained fighting Northerners, of gnarled dwarf imaginations, chivalrous though they were, an... ...o restrain him. Perhaps he thought it well not to risk his gains. He was a northerner in blood. He may have thought it well not further to run the per... ...te tables with antelope legs, of approved workmanship in the chronology of European upholstery, and marble clocks of cunning device to symbol Time, ma... ...hman would not be likely to know better.’ ‘She speaks exquisite French—all European languages, Mr. Redworth. She does not pretend to wit. To my thinki...

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...tossed by stormy seas; for the oppressed millions groaning under the heel of European monarchies and Oriental despo tisms; for such as have the light... ...tend to be dead. The birds were fairly rioting by this time. A catbird, the Northern mocker, lit in a tree over Tom’s head, and trilled out her imit... ...ll, I don’ know no kings, Tom.” “I reckon you don’t. But if you was to go to Europe you’d see a raft of ‘em hopping around.” “Do they hop?” “Hop? — yo...

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...s the people about him. Gudrun lighted on him at once. There was something northern about him that 11 magnetised her. In his clear northern flesh and... ... ‘I think Gerald is right—race is the essential element in nationality, in Europe at least,’ he said. Again Hermione paused, as if to allow this state... ...he girls quickly dressed and sat down to the fragrant tea. They sat on the northern side of the grove, in the yellow sunshine facing the slope of the ... ...e splinters of light, his face was keen and ruddy, his body seemed full of northern energy. Gerald re- ally loved Birkin, though he never quite believ... ... like his, curious and cold, the savage was duller, less exciting than the European. So he took hold of all kinds of sociological ideas, and ideas of ... ...ou mean, physically?’ asked Gerald, his eyes glistening. ‘Yes. Y ou have a northern kind of beauty, like light refracted from snow—and a beautiful, pl...

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...nd it is worthy of remark that one of the most ingenious machines known in European art is de- rived from the keen ingenuity which is exercised in thi... ...s, and giving his name to instead of receiv- ing it from his estates as in Europe, is common over the whole of New Y ork. The physician with his theor... ...e- diately about the mansion-house. Although poplars had been brought from Europe to ornament the grounds, and willows and other trees were gradually ... ...ith yellow strings, The shepherd of the forest came.” —Freneau. BEFORE THE EUROPEANS, or, to use a more significant term, the Christians, dispossessed... ...hese two tribes were the first who were dispossessed of their lands by the Europeans. The wars of a portion of the latter are celebrated among us as t... ... the placid lake, covered with wild fowl already journeying from the great northern waters to seek a warmer sun, but lingering to play in the limpid s...

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...rto Rizzo? Is he acting for Medole?” “ As mole, as reindeer, and as bloody northern Raven!” ejacu- lated Agostino: “perhaps to be jackal, by-and-by. B... ...l for Christendom. The keen French wit is sick of its compromise-king. All Europe is in convulsions in a few months: to-morrow it may be. The elements... ...heard enough for discomfort. ‘ Ah! my dear Ammiani, the youngest editor in Europe! how goes it with you?’ the Greek called out with revived affability... ...inter in Milan, turning to the new year—the year of flames for continental Europe. A young man with a mili- tary stride, but out of uniform, had stepp... ...i, out of whose hands Antonio-Pericles-”one of our richest millionaires in Europe, certainly our richest amateur,” said Irma—escaped in fit outward co...

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...eak the bridge of ships, so as to shut up, he said, Asia a prisoner within Europe; but Aristides, disliking the design, said, “We have hitherto fought... ...oung children, some of them, passing the Riphaean mountains, fell upon the Northern Ocean, and possessed themselves of the far- thest parts of Europe;... ...on the Northern Ocean, and possessed themselves of the far- thest parts of Europe; others, seating themselves between the Pyrenean mountains and the A... ...posed a de- cree, to summon all the Greeks in what part soever, whether of Europe or Asia, every city, little as well as great, to send their deputies... ...ece of service, but there was a better yet to be done, the keeping Asia in Europe, by sailing forthwith to the Hellespont, and cutting in sunder the b... ...as nor mountains, nor unpeopled deserts can limit, nor the bounds dividing Europe from Asia confine their vast desires, it would be hard to expect to ... ...ture, they were conjectured to be some of the German races dwelling by the northern sea; be- sides that, the Germans call plunderers Cimbri. There are... ...s, Tigranocerta, Cabira, Sinope, and Nisibis, seizing and overwhelming the northern parts as far as the Phasis, the east as far as Media, and making t...

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...w a chief, I think. That was creditable, for they are swordmen. Cavalry in Europe 67 George Meredith can’t win much honour—not individual honour, I m... ...indows on the second floor? That man there could buy up any ten princes in Europe —excepting one or two Austrians or Russians. He wears a coat just li... ...ve been less sus- picious of her? And if she had only shown the accustomed northern retenue, and merely looked all that she had to say ‘preserved her ... ...she refuse. I say ‘Go, and you are a queen. You are a Prima at twenty, and Europe is beneas you.’ No: she refuse, and she is ruined. ‘What,’ I say, ‘w... ...liance with those infernal ruffians!—if they’re not branded in the face of Europe as inhuman butchers! if I—by George! if I were an Italian I’d handle...

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...breaking off. ‘We met Lord H— yesterday, and the uniform is to be like the northern divi- sion. Papa will hear it officially to-morrow.’ ‘The northern... ...to find yourself in a city such as I would not fear to compare with any in Europe. Your ex- hausted civilization is not as energetic as ours, I calcul... ....’ ‘It is because ours is a fight of men, not of children; not one of your European wars of paltry ambition, but a war of prin- ciple!’ cried Cora, wi... ...of stern purpose.’ And verily Averil noted the difference. Had a number of European soldiers been passing so near in an equally undis- ciplined manner... ...diate end, was still raging, and the successes that had once buoyed up the Northern States with hope had long since been chequered by terrible reverse...

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...braces of dyspepsia, compiled his ponderous work on the Fairy Mythology of Europe. He had little to do with the Hope of Raynham beyond what he endured... ...as known to him. The chamber assigned to Master Ripton Thompson was at the northern extremity of the passage, and overlooked Lobourne and the valley t... ...d taken casual occasion to speak of the position of the criminal in modern Europe, assuring him that International T reaty now did what Universal Empi... ...gaged on a portion of a Proposal for uniting the Empires and King- doms of Europe under one Paternal Head, on the model of the ever-to-be-admired and ...

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...of the Andes, a mere infant among the giants; but, had it been set down in Europe, Mont Blanc must have hid his diminished head; and the view was bett... ...gony as Louis approached Peru, and beheld the gigantic summits of the more northern Andes, 265 Yo n g e which sunset revealed shining out white and f...

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...Elizabethans envisage that their enterprise would one day, with an army more powerful than any in Europe (except, perhaps, the French) and a revenue... ...h to marry again so soon?’ ‘He knows he must produce an heir. There is no one in India among the European women that he wishes to make his wife and,... ...examine a blood sample before giving him any more quinine. Frankly, I believe he should return to Europe when he has Audrey Blankenhagen 24 recov... ... each day passed she realised that her life was changing and that England, that little island off Europe, which she THE CURSE OF KALI 27 called h... ...elen realised that India was a country whose people were as diverse as those in the countries of Europe, but with even greater variations of caste, ... ... masters of the State. ‘There is the fort, which is about six miles, as the crow flies, from the northern gate of the city. It was built by the Mogu... ... they came near the border, Ram Das suggested that Helen should now wear the shalwar kameeze of a northern Indian Muslim woman and travel in purdah ... ...t the fort and return with her husband, who would call there as customary, on his return from the Northern territories of Mirapore. Helen dressed c...

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...uted, together with the climate, to the epi- taph of douce bestowed by all Europe on our sunny France. Though this abrupt transition from the smiling ... ...y aware of the indescribable de- pression caused by the brown tones of all European prod- ucts, will understand how the constant sight of these gray, ... ... chestnut, to which age had given the richest tints of the oldest woods of Europe. This roof was supported at equal distances by strong shafts resting... ... the active agents of our divine religion. They built, planted, cultivated Europe; all the while saving the treasures of learning, knowl- edge, human ... ...nowl- edge, human justice, politics, and art. We shall ever recog- nize in Europe the places where those radiant centres once were. Nearly all our mod... ...ted those fine trees, did you not?” she went on, pointing to the groups of Northern pine, firs, and larches at the foot of the dry and rocky hill dire...

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...866, he was appointed by Mr. H. A. Smyth, a former travelling companion in Europe, a district officer in the New York Custom House. He held the positi... .... The group for which we were now steering (although among the earliest of European discoveries in the South Seas, having been first visited in the ye... ...itants have become somewhat corrupted, owing to their recent commerce with Europeans, but so far as regards their pecu- liar customs and general mode ... ...habitants of some se- questered island first descry the ‘big canoe’ of the European rolling through the blue waters towards their shores, they rush do... ...he wrist. This kind of food is by no means disagreeable to the palate of a European, though at first the mode of eating it may be. For my own part, af... ...ed labours. In a certain work incidentally treating of the ‘Washington, or Northern Marquesas Islands,’ I have seen the frequent immolation of human v... ...bids a female to enter a canoe—a pro- hibition which prevails upon all the northern Marquesas Is- lands. The word itself (taboo) is used in more than ...