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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...triple itself. Into that land, now without luxury, where homes are barren, English comfort will penetrate, money will obtain that rapid circulation wh... ...olution. Attached to the Simeuse family, and consequently, good 39 Balzac Catholics, the Beauvisage father and mother desired to have their son bapti... ... the triumph or the defeat of the Emperor Napoleon, whose adversaries, the English generals, used to say in Spain: “The town is taken; now get out you... ...tness, and the manners of a petted child, all that her person presented of romantic charm. Still, a husband capable of reforming her education and eff... ...of Arcis and her future expectations as Lady Croesus, and would spin her a romance to end in true love and a marriage.” “That’s a very pretty idea!” c... ... money.” “And,” continued Ernestine, “she has selected for the hero of her romance—” “Oh!” interrupted Madame Mollot, “an old man of fifty!— fie!” “Ho... ...ntre, and is republican without wanting a republic, he proclaims himself a Catholic, and sits astride the hobby of that party, namely,—liberty of educ... ...y are intended.” “Ah ca!” exclaimed Emile Blondet, “and it is this fervent Catholic who fights a duel!” “Better or worse than that. This Catholic live...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... abstract Thought can still take shelter; that while the din and frenzy of Catholic Emancipations, and Rotten Boroughs, and Revolts of Paris, deafen e... ..., and Rotten Boroughs, and Revolts of Paris, deafen every French and every English ear, the German can stand peaceful on his scientific watch-tower; a... ... in which pure Science, especially pure moral Science, languishes among us English; and how our mercantile greatness, and invaluable Constitution, imp... ...rn-boots, and other riding and fighting gear have been bepainted in modern Romance, till the whole has acquired somewhat of a sign-post character,—I s... ... which picture of a State of Nature, affecting by its singularity, and Old-Roman contempt of the superfluous, we shall quit this part of our subject. ... ...ables about the Mechanics’ Institute of Science, and cackle, like true Old-Roman geese and goslings round their Capitol, on any alarm, or on none; nay... ...versally arrogated Virtue, almost the sole remain- 165 Thomas Carlyle ing Catholic Virtue, of these days? For some half-century, it has been the thin... ...sed legs, wearing thy ankle-joints to horn; like some sacred Anchorite, or Catholic Fakir, doing pen- ance, drawing down Heaven’s richest blessings, f...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...is Eminence, Monseigneur the Arch- bishop of Bourges, had converted to the Catholic faith a young person, the daughter of one of the citizen families,... ...d churches with all the zeal of his ancestors, oddly enough, and married a Catholic, the only daughter of a member of the Convention who had per- ishe... ...mes from the Bible, so as to have nothing in common with the Saints of the Roman Church. Mademoiselle Dinah Piedefer was placed by her mother in one o... ...ustice—is to create a peerage as a national insti- tution analogous to the English peerage. T o realize this grand idea we need years—and millions.—No... ... remarkable creations of art. She threw herself into the propaganda of the roman- tic school, including, under Art, poetry and painting, litera- ture ... ...pleted her twentieth year, and the Abbe Duret kept her in a sort of fervid Catholicism; so her wor- shipers had to be content to overwhelm her with li... ...ant effects produced by defying the Muse under pretext of adapting German, English, and Romanesque mannerisms. The poem began with this ballad: 32 Th... ...roduced by defying the Muse under pretext of adapting German, English, and Romanesque mannerisms. The poem began with this ballad: 32 The Muse of the...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ......................................................................... 352 ROMAN ELEGIES. ............................................................... ...ss; while no single per- son has as yet appeared to attempt to give, in an English dress, in any collective or systematic manner, those smaller produc... ... namely, as literal a rendering of the original as is consistent with good English, and also a very strict adherence to the metre of the original. Alt... ...N a town where parity According to old form we see,— That is to say, where Catholic And Protestant no quarrels pick, And where, as in his father’s day... ... Luth’ran children used to dwell, By songs and sermons taught as well. The Catholic clingclang in truth Sounded more pleasing to our youth, For all th... ...across my mind it rush’d With pristine force the other day. The New-Poetic Catholics In ev’ry point its aptness fix! 1815.* SONGS. SONGS are like pain... ...ings, then mayst thou dread the soft breeze.” 352 Goethe ELEGIES. PART I. ROMAN ELEGIES. [The Roman Elegies were written in the same year as the V e-... ...Or beasts there have been chosen four T o come to Paradise, And there with saints for evermore They dwell in happy wise. Amongst them all the Ass stan...

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...Excerpt: Introduction To Guy Mannering. The novel or romance of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the ma...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... Mannering by Sir Walter Scott INTRODUCTION TO GUY MANNERING. THE NOVEL OR ROMANCE of Waverley made its way to the public slowly, of course, at first,... ... over the general mind sufficient even to con- stitute the mainspring of a romance. Besides, it occurred, that to do justice to such a subject would h... ...t of the village of Kirk Yetholm, in the Cheviot hills, adjoin- ing to the English Border. The author gave the public some account of this remarkable ... ... worthy Dominie, upon which is founded the part which he per- forms in the romance, and which, for certain particular rea- sons, must be expressed ver... ...TER I. IT WAS IN THE BEGINNING of the month of November, 17—, when a young English gentleman, who had just left the uni- versity of Oxford, made use o... ...omas Kittlecourt’s uncle—and how they brought hame relics, like those that Catholics have, and a flag that’s up yonder in the garret—if they had been ... ...to speed the passage of a parting spirit, like the tolling, of the bell in catholic days. 186 Guy Mannering She accompanied this dismal sound with a ... ...mass is singing, From thee doff thy mortal weed, Mary Mother be thy speed, Saints to help thee at thy need;— Hark! the knell is ringing. Fear not snow...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ion of 1830, Guerande is still a town apart, essentially Breton, fervently Catholic, silent, self-contained,—a place where modern ideas 7 Beatrix hav... ...- ers, honeysuckles, roses, box, and many enchanting plants. It is like an English garden, designed by some great architect. This rich, coy nature, so... ...erior to the latter in antiquity and for- tune as the T rojans were to the Romans. The Guaisqlains (the name is also spelled in the olden time du Glai... ...aise of the Connetable par excellence, the great du Guesclin who drove the English for a time from France. The depth of this carving, which has been p... ... with the East, where the semi-Saracenic architects, careless of the great Catholic thought, give four leaves to clover, while Chris- tian art is fait... ... dispossessed Elder branch. The future of the exiled Bourbons, that of the Catholic religion, the influence of political innovations on Brittany were ... ...ort of literary revolution when the great question of the classics and the romanticists palpitated on all sides,—in the newspapers, at the clubs, at t... ...pire, and behold the Grand Army when it came to the Champ de Mars, as to a Roman circus, to salute its Caesar before it went to its death at Waterloo....

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Co... ... it a foreign grace and interest; but the contours of the land were soft and English. It was not quite England, neither was it quite France; yet like ... ...es of the States and T erritories themselves form a chorus of sweet and most romantic vocables: Delaware, Ohio, Indiana, Florida, Dakota, Iowa, Wyomin... ...a gentleman, certainly some- what dark, but of a pleasant warm hue, speaking English with a slight and rather odd foreign accent, every inch a man of ... ...ended, and the most varied subject for an enduring liter- ary work. If it be romance, if it be contrast, if it be heroism that we require, what was Tr... ...me was Dickson and you a journeyman baker; but beyond that, whether you were Catholic or Mormon, dull or clever, fierce or friendly, was all one to th... ...ICANS, AND INDIANS THE HISTORY OF MONTEREY has yet to be written. Founded by Catholic missionaries, a place of wise beneficence to In- dians, a place ... ...nues to inhabit and to paint it. There is in France scenery incomparable for romance and harmony. 53 Robert Louis Stevenson Provence, and the valley ... ...some possible romance or as words to add to my vocabulary. T o grow a little catholic is the compensa- tion of years; youth is one-eyed; and in those ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...of this empire, seemed to Mr. Esmond a monstrous injustice—at least, every Englishman had a right to protest, and the English Prince, the heir-at-law,... ...ung pupil. 9 Thackeray The gazetteers and writers, both of the French and English side, have given accounts sufficient of that bloody battle of Blari... ...should the best blood in England and France be shed in order that the Holy Roman and Apostolic master of these ruf- fians should have his revenge over... ...o forego—benefits which the church of England did not deny to those of the Roman communion, as how should she, being derived from that church, and onl... ...e or at Augsburg. But if the good Father meant that Esmond should join the Roman communion for fear of consequences, and that all England ran the risk... ...ostel de l’Aigle Noire, Bruxelles, Flanders.” So Frank had married a Roman Catholic lady, and an heir was expected, and Mr. Esmond was to carry this i... ... England thought of it: she held that ours was undoubtedly a branch of the Catholic church, but that the Roman was one of the main stems on which, no ... ...r. Holt, the influence of his Clotilda, and the blessing of heaven and the saints,” says my lord, demurely, “to change his religion, and be received i...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...tion for Kim–he had kicked Lala Dinanath’s boy off the trunnions–since the English held the Punjab and Kim was English. Though he was burned black as ... ...n field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and’ dropping into English–‘nine hundred devils.’ ‘Ah,’ said Kim, ‘I shall remember. A Red Bul... ...nd his neck. I thought perhaps you might help me.’ Between himself and the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Irish contingent lay, as Bennett believed, a... ... neck. I thought perhaps you might help me.’ Between himself and the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the Irish contingent lay, as Bennett believed, an unbr... ...se I can’t touch the subscription money if I intend, as I do, to make ye a Catholic. If he doesn’t, ye’ll go to the Military Orphan age at the Regime... ...ancy I ought to sometimes. But I’m hop ing he’ll be brought up as a good Catholic. All that troubles me is what’ll happen if the old beggar man ’ ... ... black enamel, and there is a paper inside each one full of names of local saints and such things. Thatt is Huneefa’s look out, you see? Huneefa makes... ... almost on her shadow rolled in the Babu, robed as to the shoulders like a Roman emperor, jowled like Titus, bare headed, with new patent leather sho...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... moved by the new picture of a girl, as if it had been a frontispiece of a romantic story some day to be read. She looked compelled to look, but conse... ...military an- nals. He revived respect for the noble class in the hearts of Englishmen. He was as good an authority on horseflesh as any Englishman ali... ...of casting eclipse upon Major-General Lord Ormont, the son and grandson of English earls; for he was an earl by his title, and Murat was the son of an... ...o be relied upon where there’s a woman.” She refused her implicit trust to saints—”if ever a man really was a saint before he was can- onized!” Her pe... ... as the men have it; and when their wor- shipped figure of manliness, in a romantic sombrero, is a threadbare giant, showing bruises, they sink on the... ...ike a pestilence! This young Weyburn would touch the fancy of a woman of a romantic turn. Supposing her enthusiastic in her wor- ship of the hero, aft... ...plained; “I said, America. Y ou would be among Prot- estants in America.” “Catholics and Protestants are both welcome to us, accord- ing to our scheme...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...with- out direct allusion to the manners of the Eastern tribes, and to the romantic conflicts of the period, the title of a “T ale of the Crusaders” w... ... absurd errors, was opposed to that of Saladin, in which the Christian and English monarch showed all the cruelty and violence of an Eastern sultan, a... ...of Chivalry and the Crusades,” who was not, it may be presumed, aware that romantic fiction naturally includes the power of such invention, which is i... ...d of Scotland, who was actually in the host, and was the hero of some very romantic adventures on his way home, was also pressed into my service, and ... ...aracter of a conquering mon- arch; so that I doubted not a name so dear to Englishmen as that of King Richard I. might contribute to their amuse- ment... ... reverential devotion as uneasy as pos- sible. He read many prayers of the Catholic Church, and chanted, in a low but earnest voice, three of the peni... ...ly on his knee, he heard the sound of the lauds, or earliest office of the Catholic Church, sung by female voices, which united together in the perfor... ... stated, with that acuteness of intelligence which distinguishes the Roman Catholic clergy. The religious scruples of De Vaux he treated with as much ...

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...AMELIA By Henry Fielding Edited by George Saintsbury A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Amelia by H... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication Amelia by Henry Fielding, ed. George Saintsbury is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Po... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...se as a finale, I doubt whether the demand is not too deeply rooted in the English, nay, in the human mind, to be safely neglected. The essence of all... ...nglish, nay, in the human mind, to be safely neglected. The essence of all romance is a quest; the quest most perennially and univer- sally interestin... ...e conscious of what there was to forgive; and in the second, a little more roman- tic in her attachment to him. As it is, he was son homme; he 5 Henr... ... de- rive the full quantity of pleasure from him without it. The exuberant romantic faculty of Joseph Andrews and its pleas- ant satire; the mighty cr... ... ii Chapter ii The history sets out. Observations on the excellency of the English constitution and curious examinations be- fore a justice of peace. ... ...e, we will call back your husband; for, upon my word, he hath shewn a good catholic patience. And where is the honest serjeant and his wife? I am plea...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copy... ...it other wise. The earth would still move round the sun, though the whole Catholic Church said No. I have many friends in America, and feel a gratefu... ...been married but a fortnight, and who was the fairest specimen of a comely English country girl I have ever seen. Fourthy, fifthly, and lastly, an ot... ...ind se curity among their friends, for the payment of about twenty pounds English for their first year’s board and American Notes – Dickens 32 inst... ...ss, and mild contentment, from the deaf, and dumb, and blind! Self—elected saints with gloomy brows, this sightless, earless, voiceless child may teac... ...t likely ever to vie, in point of elegance or beauty, with Cincinnati. The Roman Catholic religion, introduced here by the early French settlers, prev... ...ly ever to vie, in point of elegance or beauty, with Cincinnati. The Roman Catholic religion, introduced here by the early French settlers, prevails e... ...will be sent from Belgium. In addition to these establishments, there is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier; and a hospital... ...e sent from Belgium. In addition to these establishments, there is a Roman Catholic cathedral, dedicated to Saint Francis Xavier; and a hospital, foun...

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...himself confesses having felt the prejudices with which a Scottishman is tempted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice, almost as natural to him as his native air, will not be found to have greatly affected the sketch he has attempted of England?s Elizabeth....

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...mpted to regard the subject; and what so liberal a historian avows, a poor romance-writer dares not disown. But he hopes the influence of a prejudice,... ...e pas- sage, the reader will find the authority I had for the story of the romance:— 4 Kenilworth “At the west end of the church are the ruins of a m... ...the Mass, that is strange. What! so many of our brave 15 Sir Walter Scott English hearts are abroad, and you, who seem to be a man of mark, have no f... ...that Grave Maurice thanked him at the head of the army? Men said he was an English cavalier, and of no high extraction.” “It could scarcely be my neph... ...t Bessellsey, or with the old Knight at Wootton, or in some other of their Roman dens, instead of living in a house of public entertainment, as every ... ...ouble- some thoughts haunt your mind, and will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon’s pupils from Oxford, to conjure ... ...I passed under the east oriel window of the old mansion, where all the old saints and his- tories and such-like are painted. It was not the common pat... ... “is it fit for a heretic horse-boy like thee to handle such a text as the Catholic clergy?” “In troth no, dame,” replied the man of oats; “and as you... ...o the advancement of the holy Millennium?” “Millennium is the reign of the Saints,” said Foster, some- what doubtfully. “Say it is the reign of the Sa...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...poleonic wars; but as this island was protected through those times by the English fleet, its wealthy convent and peaceable inhabit- ants were secure ... ...e across kingdom after kingdom during his meteor life. In the minds of the Roman Catholic world, the convent stood out pre-eminent for a stern discipl... ...ss kingdom after kingdom during his meteor life. In the minds of the Roman Catholic world, the convent stood out pre-eminent for a stern discipline wh... ... action, a man who all his life long had 6 The Duchesse de Langeais lived romances instead of writing them, a man pre-eminently a Doer, was sure to b... ...or the time necessary to carry out his plans. The General, nothing if not “catholic and monarchical,” took occasion to inform himself of the hours of ... ... the Mother is, for a deliverer of our holy religion and the throne of his Catholic Majesty, the rule might be relaxed for a moment,” said the confess... ...time. The Faubourg should have looked the facts fairly in the face, as the English aristocracy did before them; they should have seen that every insti... ...ught and feeling. And he would very promptly have been dropped but for the romance that hung about his adventures and his life; but for the men who cr...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ..., between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great as an English Principal- ity, though in the early times its revenues were but sma... ...e not only brought back my Lord to the Church of England, but procured the English peerage for him, which the junior branch of our family at present e... .... She was maid of honor to the Queen Henrietta Maria; she early joined the Roman Church; her father, a weak man, following her not long after at Breda... ...r on public days introducing her com- pany to her. This was chiefly of the Catholic gentry, of whom there were a pretty many in the country and neighb... ...ared to Lord Castlewood, and caused him to turn to the one true church. No saints ever come to you.” And Harry Esmond, because of his promise to Fathe... ... was far from him to say that his Majesty’s Church was not a branch of the Catholic Church; upon which Father Holt used, 45 Thackeray according to hi... ...e of Orange was on the throne, and the direst persecutions of those of the Catholic faith were apprehended by my lady, who said she did not be- lieve ... ...that, old as she was, she was for ever expecting, by the good of- fices of saints and relics, to have an heir to the title of Esmond. Harry Esmond was...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ring volumes of linen to be un- folded and shown to him, precisely like an Englishwoman in the humor for “shopping.” The young person deigned to take ... ...Art of Preserving Beauty.” He picked up the so-called Arab book, a sort of romance written by a physician of the preceding cen- tury, and happened on ... ...e things of their own country. A French merchant must call his discoveries English to make them fashionable, just as in England the druggists attribut... ...the cashier and his master had thrown them all into the wildest regions of romance. The mutual satisfaction of Cesar and Anselme, betrayed by looks di... ...ke. We can say to the old man, ‘Ha, monsieur! the ancients, the Greeks and Romans, knew a thing or two, and were not so stupid as some would have us b... ...so plain as to check confidence, had grown sublime through the exercise of Catholic virtues; upon it shone, as it were by anticipation, the celestial ... ... of illu- sions. Possibly, hope is the better half of courage; indeed, the Catholic religion makes it a virtue. Hope! has it not sus- tained the weak,... ...ition, in the hearing of his uncle, his daughter, and Popinot, the sublime catholic prayer:— “Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name; Thy ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... .... She went to church, reformed her dress, 27 Balzac wore gray, and talked Catholicism, mysticism, and so forth. All this produced, in 1825, another l... ...tremely well; and she had studied the French language, history, geography, English, Italian,— in short, all that constitutes the education of a well-b... ...hen it had fallen he went away as happy as an academician at the fall of a romantic drama. Veritable supernumeraries of the social comedy, Phellion, L... ...s youth: modern society could have no other basis than heredity. An ardent Catholic, like all men from the Comtat, he went to the earliest morning mas... ...oisie Flavie, to whom in all her life love had never taken the language of romance, sat still, but happy, her heart palpitat- ing, and saying to herse... ...ised to heaven in religious ecstasy, he recited a prayer; he was a fervent Catholic; he reverently crossed himself. It was fine; like the vision of Sa... ...Christ.’ Strive to convert yourself to the holy Catholic, apos- tolic, and Roman Church, and you will see how empty your words are. Hear me, Felix; ma... ...his nature. He had as great a horror for straight courses as the lovers of English gardens show in the lines of their paths. Dutocq, having still a po...

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...r, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literatu... ...nd I, in my turn, intend to feed my reader, with one or two little lunches from the same larder. I shall not mar Garnharn’s translation by meddling wi... ...all not mar Garnharn’s translation by meddling with its English; for the most tooth- 5 A Tramp Abroad some thing about it is its quaint fashion of bu... ...years ago. She had a number of rich and noble lovers and one poor and obscure one, Sir Wendel Lobenfeld. With the native chuckleheadedness of the hero... ...e native chuckleheadedness of the heroine of romance, she preferred the poor and obscure lover. With the native sound judgment of the father of a hero... ...onths at a time, and then retire to this miserable wooden den and spend a few months in repenting and getting ready for another good time. She was a d... ...try to put your fin- ger on it, it will skip a thousand times its own length at one jump, and no eye is sharp enough to see where it lights. A great d... ...eral days. He was a rabid Protestant, and he was always saying: “In the Protestant cantons you never see such poverty and dirt and squalor as you do i... ...camp with you and stay.” Then it was the guide-boards: “In a Protestant canton you couldn’t get lost if you wanted to, but you never see a guide- boar...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...r example, to trace how Christianity drifted into the consciousness of the Roman world. But when a re- ligion has been interrogated it has always had ... ...f men and women he has met. They have been people of very various origins; English, Americans, Bengalis, Russians, French, people brought up in a “Cat... ...s; English, Americans, Bengalis, Russians, French, people brought up in a “Catholic atmosphere,” Positivists, Baptists, Sikhs, Mohammedans. Their dive... ...on upon less confident lines. It is a book typical of an age and of a very English sort of mind, a book well worth reading. That he came to a full sen... ... make marriage into a mystical sacrament, and, with some excep- tions, the Roman communion exacts the sacrifice of celi- bacy from its priesthood, reg... ...back into religious feel- ing. Amongst the sex-tormented priesthood of the Roman communion in particular, ignorant of the extreme practices of the Ess... ... is an extremely interesting case. He is a writer who was formerly a Roman Catholic priest, and in his 54 God The Invisible King reaction from Cathol... ...as but to realise fully that God is not necessarily the T riune God of the Catholic Church, and banish his in- tense suspicion that he may yet be lure...