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... I. Rome. A street. [Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weapons.] First Citizen: Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen: You are all resolved rather to die than to famish? All: Resolved. resolved. First Citizen: First, you know Caius Marcius is chief enemy to the people. All: We know?t, we know?t. Fir...

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...s, and other weapons .] First Citizen : Before we proceed any further, hear me speak. All: Speak, speak. First Citizen : You are all resolved rathe... ...us is chief enemy to the people. All: We know’t, we know’t. First Citizen: Let us kill him, and we’ll have corn at our own price. Is’t a verdict? Al... ...e’ll have corn at our own price. Is’t a verdict? All: No more talking on’t; let it be done: away, away! Second Citizen : One word, good citizens. F... ...ventory to particularize their abundance; our suf ferance is a gain to them Let us revenge this with our pikes, ere we become rakes: for the gods kn... ... all the rest were so! MENENIUS: What work’s, my countrymen, in hand? where go you With bats and clubs? The matter? speak, I pray you. First Citize... ..., if that they— MENENIUS: What then? ‘Fore me, this fellow speaks! What then? what then? First Citizen : Should b... ...er. First Citizen : Ye’re long about it. MENENIUS: Note me this, good friend; Your most grave belly was deliberate, Not rash like... ... being one o’ the lowest, basest, poorest, Of this most wise rebellion, thou go’st foremost: Thou rascal, that art worst in blood to run, Lead’st firs... ...n’s arguing. MENENIUS: This is strange. MARCIUS: Go, get you home, you fragments! [Enter a Messenger...

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... at Boston by Marsh & Capen, but made little or no impression on the public. The motto on the title-page of the original was from Southey: ?Wilt thou go on with me??...

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.... The motto on the title-page of the original was from Southey: “Wilt thou go on with me?” Afterwards, when he had struck into the vein of fiction tha... ... on the title-page of the original was from Southey: “Wilt thou go on with me?” Afterwards, when he had struck into the vein of fiction that came to b... ... at his hand,” replied 10 Fanshawe Dr. Melmoth; “and, if he asked more of me, it should be done with a willing heart. I remember in my youth, when my... ...presents, of the produce of the country, which he has sent both to you and me.” “If the girl were country-bred,” continued the lady, “we might give he... ... you there. Shall we try the adventure now, Ellen?” “Oh no!” she replied. “Let us delay no longer. I fear I must even now abide a rebuke from Mrs. Mel... ...nd joy. CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III “And let the aspiring youth beware of love,— Of the smooth glance beware; for ... ...ation in a sea- port must have given you skill in these matters. But come, let us approach nearer.” They walked towards the angler, accordingly, who s... ...e. Your name has had a wider spread than mine, and, if discovered, it will go hard with you.” 39 Hawthorne “But who would know me now?” asked the gue... ...w must arise from a sense of duty, more than from strong affection. I will go and inform her of her loss. It is late, and I wonder if she be still asl...

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................. 49 THE KING?S SWEETHEART ...................................................................................................... 54 THE DEVIL?S HEIR....................................................................................................................... 66 THE MERRY JESTS OF KING LOUIS THE ELEVENTH ..................................................

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...ollies of our youth, because at that time our taste was better. Then spare me your slanders, and read this rather at night than in the daytime and giv... ...h ease of body and rest of reins, and may a cancer carry you if you disown me after having read me.’ These words are those of our good Master Rabelais... ...he was reading for others—the good man. “Oh! Mother of God! You will scold me, I know, my good master, my protector, because I have seen the lady of a... ... promised himself. “ Ah! Philippe,” said the good prelate, “thou wilt then go to the devil and displease God, like all our cardinals,” and the master,... ...s at his Abbey. “Ah, ah!” said he, with his deep voice, “I haven’t time to go to the devil, but you must give me a touch of him in ad- vance, eh! my l... ...t this time of night is a right reserved to bishops, so take yourself off; go and herd with simple monks, and never come back here again under pain of... ...Ventredieu! You are a nice little fellow, and I should not like to have to let your master know the weight of your carcass. My revenge might cause me ... ...t unhappy life, and the little pleasure I have costs me the life of a dog, let alone my salvation.” As she finished this jeremiad, wailing like a calf... ...gentle cavalier, my dear boy, my little charm, my paradise of delectation, let me drink thine eyes, eat thee, kill thee with my love. Oh! my ever-flou...

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...e home early in the morning, and roam about fields and lanes all day, or even escape for days or weeks together; but, saving in the country, I seldom go out until after dark, though, Heaven be thanked, I love its light and feel the cheerfulness it sheds upon the earth, as much as any creature living....

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...en escape for days or weeks together; but, saving in the country, I seldom go out until after dark, though, Heaven be thanked, I love its light and fe... ...to this habit, both because it favours my infirmity and because it affords me greater opportunity of speculating on the characters and occu pations o... ...ngs, when I was arrested by an inquiry, the purport of which did not reach me, but which seemed The Old Curiosity Shop – Dickens 5 to be addressed t... ...e addressed to myself, and was preferred in a soft sweet voice that struck me very pleasantly. I turned hastily round and found at my elbow a pretty l... ...t not like that I should seem to doubt it by my question? Well, well then let us say I love thee dearly.’ ‘Indeed, indeed you do,’ replied the child ... ... Shop – Dickens 12 it wanted but a few minutes of midnight and I rose to go, which recalled him to himself. ‘One moment, sir,’ he said, ‘Now, Kit ... ..., for there’s work to do. Good night! There, bid him good night, Nell, and let him be gone!’ ‘Good night, Kit,’ said the child, her eyes lighting up w... ... fellow, ‘here I am and here I shall stop till such time as I think fit to go, unless you send for assistance to put me out which you won’t do, I kn... ... mysteries and secrets.’ ‘A few,’ replied Quilp, with equal dryness. ‘Then let me tell him once for all, through you, that I will come into and go out...

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...sands that marched nigh Wales. So ever the king had a custom that at the feast of Pentecost in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel....

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...ast of Pentecost in especial, afore other feasts in the year, he would not go that day to meat until he had heard or seen of a great marvel. And for t... ... by a foot and an half. Then Sir Gawaine went unto the king and said, Sir, go to your 4 Sir Thomas Malory meat, for here at the hand come strange adv... ... the largest handed that ever man saw, but he fared as though he might not go nor bear himself but if he leaned upon their shoulders. Anon as Arthur s... .... And for this cause I am come hither, to pray you and require you to give me three gifts, and they shall not be unreasonably asked, but that ye may w... ...unreasonably asked, but that ye may worshipfully and honourably grant them me, and to you no great hurt nor loss. And the first don and gift I will as... ...ur asking. Now, sir, this is my petition for this feast, that ye will give me meat and drink sufficiently for this twelvemonth, and at that day I will... ...his mocking, for I dare lay my head he shall prove a man of great worship. Let be said Sir Kay, it may not be by no reason, for as he is, so he hath a... ...as for my lady’s name that shall not ye know for me as at this time, but I let you wit she is a lady of great worship and of great lands; and as for t... ...im I will be made knight and else of none. And when I am passed I pray you let him ride after me, and make me knight when I require him. All this shal...

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...Excerpt: ACT I. SCENE I. The king of Navarre?s park. [Enter FERDINAND king of Navarre, BIRON, LONGAVILLE and DUMAIN.] FERDINAND: Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live register?d upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of cormorant devouring Time, The endeavor of this present breath may buy That honor w...

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...[Enter FERDINAND king of Navarre, BIRON, LONGAVILLE and DUMAIN.] FERDINAND: Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live register’d upon our br... ...abours Lost Act I, Scene i 3 Have sworn for three years’ term to live with me My fellow scholars, and to keep those statutes That are recorded in th... ... not sleep! FERDINAND: Your oath is pass’d to pass away from these. BIRON: Let me say no, my liege, an if you please: I only swore to study with you... ... sleep! FERDINAND: Your oath is pass’d to pass away from these. BIRON: Let me say no, my liege, an if you please: I only swore to study with your gr... ...BIRON: By yea and nay, sir, then I swore in jest. What is the end of study? let me know. FERDINAND: Why, that to know, which else we should not know... ...N: By yea and nay, sir, then I swore in jest. What is the end of study? let me know. FERDINAND: Why, that to know, which else we should not know. BI... ...imb o’er the house to unlock the little gate. FERDINAND: Well, sit you out: go home, Biron: adieu. BIRON: No, my good lord; I have sworn to stay wit... ... Don Armado shall be your keeper. My Lord Biron, see him deliver’d o’er: And go we, lords, to put in practice that Which each to other hath so stron... ...ble visaged suitors, his high will. BOYET: Proud of employment, willingly I go. PRINCESS: All pride is willing pride, and yours is so. [Exit BOYET ....

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...Excerpt: That homely proverb, used on so many occasions in England, viz. ?That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh,? was never more verified than in the story of my Life. Any one would think that after thirty-five years? affliction, and a variety of unhappy circumstances, which few men, if any, ever went through before...

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...so many occasions in England, viz. “That what is bred in the bone will not go out of the flesh,” was never more verified than in the story of my Life.... ...fulness of all things; grown old, and when, if ever, it might be al- lowed me to have had experience of every state of middle life, and to know which ... .... Nay , farther, the common motive of foreign adventures was taken away in me, for I had no fortune to make; I had noth- ing to seek: if I had gained ... ...ten thousand pounds I had been no richer; for I had already sufficient for me, and for those I had to leave it to; and what I had was visibly increasi... ... upon me, or at least not enough to resist the strong inclination I had to go abroad 4 The Further Adventures of Robinson Crusoe again, which hung ab... ...secret, powerful impulse of Providence upon me, which had determined me to go thither again; and that she found nothing hindered me going but my being... ...to one that has no taste. In a word, I resolved to leave off housekeeping, let my farm, and return to London; and in a few months after I did so. When... ...id their utmost to make us see them. We immediately spread our ancient, to let them know we saw them, and hung a waft out, as a signal for them to com... ...reatest part of them; and, if I remember right, our surgeon was obliged to let blood of about thirty persons. There were two priests among them: one a...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. A very little boy stood upon a heap of gravel for the honor of Rum Alley. He was throwing stones at howling urchins from Devil?s Row who were circling madly about the heap and pelting at him. His infantile countenance was livid with fury. His small body was writhing in the delivery of great, crimson oaths. ?Run, Jimmie, run! Dey?ll get yehs,? s...

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...y child. “Naw,” responded Jimmie with a valiant roar, “dese micks can’t make me run.” Howls of renewed wrath went up from Devil’s Row throats. Tattere... ...is way, Pete, see! I was goin’ teh lick dat Riley kid and dey all pitched on me.” Some Rum Alley children now came forward. The party stood for a mome... ...ll was yeh when I was doin’ all deh fightin?” he demanded. “Youse kids makes me tired.” “Ah, go ahn,” replied the other argumentatively. Jimmie replie... ...I was doin’ all deh fightin?” he demanded. “Youse kids makes me tired.” “Ah, go ahn,” replied the other argumentatively. Jimmie replied with heavy con... ...mpt. “Ah, youse can’t fight, Blue Billie! I kin lick yeh wid one han’.” “Ah, go ahn,” replied Billie again. “Ah,” said Jimmie threateningly. “Ah,” sai... ...tove. Jimmie’s cries annoyed him. He turned about and bellowed at his wife: “Let the damned kid alone for a minute, will yeh, Mary? Yer allus poundin’... ...‘im. When I come nights I can’t git no rest ‘cause yer allus poundin’ a kid. Let up, d’yeh hear? Don’t be allus poundin’ a kid.” The woman’s operation... ...pipe calmly and put his great mud ded boots on the back part of the stove. “Go teh hell,” he murmured, tranquilly. The woman screamed and shook her f... ...ng chaos of back yards. “You’ve been drinkin’, Mary,” he said. “You’d better let up on the bot’, ol’ woman, or you’ll git done.” “You’re a liar. I ai...

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...or? amid the fresh rich green. The servant had so far accompanied Paul Overt as to introduce him to this view, after asking him if he wished first to go to his room. The young man declined that privilege, conscious of no disrepair from so short and easy a journey and always liking to take at once a general perceptive possession of a new scene. He stood there a little with ...

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...as to intro- duce him to this view, after asking him if he wished first to go to his room. The young man declined that privi- lege, conscious of no di... ...e laughed and said: “Er—Lady Watermouth told us you were coming; she asked me just to look after you.” Paul Overt thanked him, liking him on the spot,... ...fond of that too—but they’ll all be back in a quarter of an hour. You must let me introduce you to her—she’ll be so glad to know you. I dare say she h... ... of that too—but they’ll all be back in a quarter of an hour. You must let me introduce you to her—she’ll be so glad to know you. I dare say she has r... ...hich she was bedecked. She looked as if she had put on her best clothes to go to church and then had decided they were too good for that and had staye... ...poken de- clared to Mrs. St. George. “At my bidding?” “Didn’t you make him go to church?” “I never made him do anything in my life but once— when I ma... ... to you.” “I should be sorry to give you that trouble. If you were to take me over there—!” the young man murmured. “My dear sir, do you suppose I put... ... the point of going to bed. “Well, you know, I don’t smoke—my wife doesn’t let me,” said St. George, looking for a place to sit down. “It’s very good ... ...looking for a place to sit down. “It’s very good for me -very good for me. Let us take that sofa.” “Do you mean smoking’s good for you?” “No no—her no...

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................................................................................. 74 CHAPTER V WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY ........................................................................................................................................................ 77 CHAPTER VI THAT THE HOUR OF PARLEY DANGEROUS ..........

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...... 74 CHAPTER V WHETHER THE GOVERNOR OF A PLACE BESIEGED OUGHT HIMSELF TO GO OUT TO PARLEY ............................................................. ...published in 1842, for the important assis- tance which he has rendered to me in verifying and retrans- lating the quotations, which were in a most co... ...rly loose and inexact, and for the zeal with which he has co-operated with me in collating the English text, line for line and word for word, with the... ...the best French edition. By the favour of Mr F . W . Cosens, I have had by me, while at work on this subject, the copy of Cotgrave’s Dictionary, 9 Mo... ...King, which he as- sumes, in a preface, and which Henry II. gives him in a let- ter, which we print a little farther on; what he says as to the commot... ..., but that he was actually in numerous campaigns with the Catholic armies. Let us add, that on his monument he is represented in a coat of mail, with ... ...es, in Lorraine, nothing suffi- ciently interesting to detain us … we must go as far, as Basle, of which we have a description, acquainting us with it... ... visit to Germany that he quitted it with great regret, although it was to go into Italy. He then passed through Brunsol, T rent, where he put up at t... ...do not desire to die; but the thought of being dead is indifferent to me.” Let us hear, however, what he says him- self on this point very frankly: “I...

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... Or, after firing off some smart epigrams, which give transient pleasure, and leave wounds that rankle long, the groups thin out, the mere lookers on go away, and the waxlights burn down to the sconces....

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... leave wounds that rankle long, the groups thin out, the mere look- ers on go away, and the waxlights burn down to the sconces. The mistress of the ho... ...ylays a few artists, amus- ing people or intimate friends, saying, “Do not go yet; we will have a snug little supper.” These collect in some small roo... ...the costliest com- modity, so no one can afford the lavish extravagance of go- ing home to-morrow morning and getting up late. Hence, there is no seco... ...esting subject. The memory of one of these evenings especially dwells with me, less by reason of a confidence in which the illustrious de Marsay opene... ...ower of the actor and the story- teller, had never so completely bewitched me. Nor was I alone under the influence of its spell; we all spent a deligh... ...” de Marsay went on, “but incapable of suspecting that it had overmastered me, I had abandoned myself to that rapturous idolatry which is at once the ... ...ment means you and me; it is property, and the future of our children! Ah! let us not be selfish! Indi- vidualism is the disease of the age, and relig... ...pe,” said Madame de Vandenesse, “that we can be great in other ways—” “Oh, let the Comte de Vandenesse preach to us!” exclaimed Madame de Serizy. “Wit... ...ble than the revolt of a sheep,” said de Marsay. “It would be frightful to let us leave with this horrible pic- ture in our memory,” said Madame de Mo...

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... were great shame unto mine estate but that he were mightily withstood. It is truth, said the knight, for I saw the host myself. Well, said the king, let make a cry, that all the lords, knights, and gentlemen of arms, should draw unto a castle called Camelot in those days, and there the king would let make a council-general and a great jousts....

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...is truth, said the knight, for I saw the host myself. Well, said the king, let make a cry, that all the lords, knights, and gentlemen of arms, should ... ... draw unto a castle called Camelot in those days, and there the king would let make a council-general and a great jousts. 4 Sir Thomas Malory So when... ... came, and how she was sent on message unto him for these causes. Then she let her mantle fall that was richly furred; and then was she girt with a no... ... shall I tell you, said the damosel; this sword that I am girt withal doth me great sorrow and cumbrance, for I may not be delivered of this sword but... ...this sword out of the sheath, for I have been at King Rience’s it was told me there were passing good knights, and he and all his knights have assayed... ... called unto her, and said, Damosel, I pray you of your cour- tesy, suffer me as well to assay as these lords; though that I be so poorly clothed, in ... ... rode after a great pace, as 10 Sir Thomas Malory much as his horse might go; and within a little space on a moun- tain he had a sight of Balin, and ... ... and how King Mark of Cornwall found them, and made a tomb over them. N ow go we hence, said Balin, and well be we met. The meanwhile as they talked, ... ...do you none avail. Sir, said Balin, I pray you make you ready, for ye must go with me, or else I must fight with you and bring you by force, and that ...

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...ould drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he might in two years return to the arena, but for the present he must go across the water and do no work whatever. He accepted the terms. It was capitulation; but the Combine that had shivered beneath his knife gave him all the honours of war: Gunsberg himself, full of condolences, came to the ...

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...are he might in two years return to the arena, but for the present he must go across the water and do no work whatever. He accepted the terms. It was ... ...e nearly wept. “And I’m over thirty,” he cried. “With all I meant to do!” “Let’s call it a honeymoon,” said Sophie. “D’ you know, in all the six years... .... “D’ you know, in all the six years we’ve been married, you’ve never told me what you meant to do with your life?” “With my life? What’s the use? It’... ...’t the money. You know it isn’t. It’s the principle. How could you respect me? You never did, the first year after we married, till I went to work lik... ... men are not the true type,” Mrs. Shouts went on. “I know where you should go.” Chapin pricked up his ears, anxious to run anywhere from the streets o... ...reached from an ash-barrel of a station called Charing Cross. They were to go to Rockett’s—the farm of one Cloke, in the southern counties—where, she ... ...Wonderful, but no explanation. You’re expected to know it beforehand. Now, let’s try upstairs.” The stairs never creaked beneath their feet. From the ... ...d to get like this?” said Sophie. “Tis with housen as teeth,” he replied. “Let ‘em go too far, and there’s nothing to be done. Time was they was minde... ...ch end wouldn’t brish the paint. If I die in my bed they’ll ‘ave to up-end me like a milk-can. ’Tis all luck, dye see?” He led them on and on, through...

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...Table of Contents: JEALOSIE, 1 -- THE ANAGRAM, 2 -- CHANGE, 4 -- THE PERFUME, 5 -- HIS PICTURE, 7 -- OH, LET MEE NOT SERVE, 8 -- NATURES LAY IDEOT, 10 -- THE COMPARISON, 11 -- THE AUTUMNALL, 13 -- THE DREAME, 15 -- THE BRACELET, 16 -- HIS PARTING FROM HER, 19 -- JULIA, 22 -- A TALE OF A CITIZEN AND HIS WIFE, 23 -- THE EXPOSTULAT...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 HIS PICTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 OH, LET MEE NOT SERVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 NATURES LAY IDEOT ... ...Open to’all searchers, unpriz’d, if unknowne. If I have caught a bird, and let him flie, Another fouler using these meanes, as I, May catch the ... ...us like and love, must I change too? More than thy hate, I hate’it, rather let mee 25 Allow her change, than change as oft as shee, And soe not t... ...rewell, Thine, in my heart, where my soule dwels, shall dwell. ’Tis like me now but I dead, ’twill be more When wee are shadowes both, than’twas... ... take my heart from hence, 5 Which now is growne too great and good for me: Honours oppresse weake spirits, and our sense Strong objects ... ... that in colour it was like thy haire, For Armelets of that thou maist let me weare: Nor that thy hand is oft embrac’d and kist, For so it had t... ...- 18 - THE BRACELET John Donne: Elegies HIS PARTING FROM HER SINCE she must go, and I must mourn, come Night, Environ me with darkness, whilst I wr... ... which to the lower tribute owe, That way which that Exchequer looks, must go: He which doth not, his error is as great, 95 As who by Clyster gav... ...s, but these our flesh upright. Licence my roaving hands, and let them go, 25 Before, behind, between, above, below. O my America! my new-fou...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. ?Won?t you stay a little longer?? the hostess asked while she held the girl?s hand and smiled. ?It?s too early for every one to go--it?s too absurd.? Mrs. Churchley inclined her head to one side and looked gracious; she flourished about her face, in a vaguely protecting sheltering way, an enormous fan of red feathers. Everything in her composition, fo...

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...hile she held the girl’s hand and smiled. “It’s too early for every one to go—it’s too absurd.” Mrs. Churchley inclined her head to one side and looke... ...all, with the stiff watching foot- man—she could have said to him angrily “Go away!”— planted near her, she looked with unspeakable pain at her father... ...ken by the apprehension that she should hear her father come out again and go up to Godfrey. He would go up to tell him, to have it over without delay... ...ings.” “Well, we must keep our eyes open,” he concluded. “And now you must let me get on.” He kissed his visitor as if to make up for dismissing her, ... ....” “Well, we must keep our eyes open,” he concluded. “And now you must let me get on.” He kissed his visitor as if to make up for dismissing her, or f... ... “I’ve been to see her.” “What on earth did you do that for?” “Father told me he wished it.” “Then he has told you?” “Told me what?” Godfrey asked whi... ... they’re engaged, of course. What else can all this mean?” “He didn’t tell me that, but I like her.” “Like her!” the girl shrieked. “She’s very kind, ... ...mes break out somehow, to plead, to appeal—”Oh spare us! have mercy on us! let him alone! go away!” But that wasn’t easy when they were face to face. ... ...the breakfast-room her father was already in his place with newspapers and let- ters; and she expected the first words he would utter to be a rebuke t...

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...d, art more than they. We have but faith: we cannot know; For knowledge is of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more, But more of reverence in us dwell; That mind and soul, according well, May make one music as before ......

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...s of things we see; And yet we trust it comes from thee, A beam in darkness: let it grow. Let knowledge grow from more to more, 25 But more of reveren... ... bear; Help thy vain worlds to bear thy light. Forgive what seem’d my sin in me What seem’d my worth since I began; For merit lives from man to man, 3... ... wasted youth; Forgive them where they fail in truth, And in thy wisdom make me wise. 1849. IN MEMORIAM A. H. H. OBIT MDCCCXXXIII. I. 1 I. I HELD it... ...to match? Or reach a hand thro’ time to catch The far off interest of tears? Let Love clasp Grief lest both be drown’d, Let darkness keep her raven gl... ...d’st fail from thy desire, Who scarcely darest to inquire, ‘What is it makes me beat so low?’ Something it is which thou hast lost, Some pleasure from... ...ch little cared for fades not yet. 20 But since it pleased a vanish’d eye, I go to plant it on his tomb, That if it can it there may bloom, Or dying, ... ...Some dolorous message knit below The wild pulsation of her wings; Like her I go; I cannot stay; 5 I leave this mortal ark behind, A weight of nerves w... ...aw theee move 5 Thro’ circles of the bounding sky, Week after week: the days go by: Come quick, thou bringest all I love. Henceforth, wherever thou ma... ...uld make weakness weak, And melt the waxen hearts of men.’ Another answers, ‘Let him be, He loves to make parade of pain, 10 That with his piping he m...

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...Excerpt: Coming in to dress for dinner, I found a telegram: ?Mrs. Stormer dying; can you give us half a column for to-morrow evening? Let her off easy, but not too easy.? I was late; I was in a hurry; I had very little time to think, but at a venture I dispatched a reply: ?Will do what I can.? It was not till I had dressed and was rolling away to dinner tha...

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... “Mrs. Stormer dying; can you give us half a column for to-morrow evening? Let her off easy, but not too easy.” I was late; I was in a hurry; I had ve... ...d abstracted, for the early years of my acquaintance with her came back to me. I spoke of her to the lady I had taken down, hut the lady I had taken d... ...ced her books “too vile.” I had never thought them very good, but I should let her off easier than that. I came away early, for the express purpose of... ...d my voice. I recognised Lady Luard, but she had 4 Greville Fane mistaken me for the doctor. “Excuse my appearing at such an hour,” I said; “it was t... ... replied. “Dearest mamma!” She stood there under the lamp with her eyes on me; she was very tall, very stiff, very cold, and always looked as if these... ...y Luard explained to me that her husband had been with them but had had to go down to the House. To her brother she explained that I was going to writ... ...rtunity which constituted an inexpugnable strength and would enable her to go on indefinitely. It is only real success that wanes, it is only solid th... ...South Kensington and a still drearier “Hall” somewhere in Essex, which was let), the connection was a “smarter” one than a child of hers could have as... ...ition, and if she couldn’t take her mother into society she would at least go into it herself. Silently, stiffly, almost grimly, this young lady held ...

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...them (viz.) to the Instruction of others by this Example, and to justify and honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumstances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a just History of Fact; neither is there any Appearance of Fiction in it: And however thinks, because all such things are dispatch?d, that the Improvement of ...

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...d honour the Wisdom of Providence in all the Variety of our Circumstances, let them happen how they will. The Editor believes the thing to be a just H... ... our selves, and write our Name Crusoe, and so my Companions always call’d me. I had two elder Brothers, one of which was Lieutenant Collonel to an En... ...I never knew any more than my Father or Mother did know what was become of me. Being the third Son of the Family, and not bred to any Trade, my Head b... ...y early with rambling Thoughts: My Father, who was very ancient, had given me a competent Share of Learning, as far as House Education, and a Country ... ...ot have so much Hand in my Misfortunes, as to give me any Encouragement to go away: And to close all, he told me I had my elder Brother for an Example... ...e World, that I should never settle to any thing with Resolution enough to go through with it, and my Father had better give me his Consent than force... ...ugh with it, and my Father had better give me his Consent than force me to go without it; that I was now Eighteen Years old, which was too late to go ... ...ore my Time was out, and go to Sea; and if she would speak to my Father to let me go but one V oyage abroad, if I came home again and did not like Da... ...h a Squal if Wind as that ; but you’re but a fresh Water Sailor, Bob; come let us make a Bowl of Punch and we’ll forget all that, d’ye see what charmi...

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...p the morality business.” “You’re a damned rogue, my man,” said the Captain. “Come, come, Cap’n, be just,” returned the other. “There’s no call to be ... ...our catechism?” said the Cap- tain. “Don’t you know there’s such a thing as an Author?” “Such a thing as a Author?” returned John, derisively. “And wh... ...e made Flint, what there is of him; and he made this here mutiny, you keep such a work about; and he had T om Redruth shot; and – well, if that’s a Au... ...sound theology, but it’s common sense, that what is good is useful too – or there and there- about, for I don’t set up to be a thinker. Now, where wou... ...alf-shaved. Exercise your mind a moment, Mr. Spoker, and you will see that to the philo- sophic eye there is nothing new in our position: the ship (if... ... getting 8 Robert Louis Stevenson drunk since they came aboard.” “I do not know if you always follow my thought, Mr. Spoker,” returned the Captain ge... ...shall be obliged if you will help me to undo the evil I have brought on inno- cent persons.” “That is none of my business,” said the physician; “but i... ... “the enchanter is now dead, and the fetter gone.” But the cries rang in his soul, and the day was like night to him. “This has been a sore business,”... ...p- erty,” said one. “We must abolish marriage,” said the second. “We must abolish God,” said the third. “I wish we could abolish work,” said the fourt...

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...in this wooden O the very casques That did affright the air at Agincourt? O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work....

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... O, pardon! since a crooked figure may Attest in little place a million; And let us, ciphers to this great accompt, On your imaginary forces work. Sup... ...accomplishment of many years Into an hour glass: for the which supply, Admit me Chorus to this history; Who prologue like your humble patience pray, G... ...ome To give him hearing: is it four o’clock? ELY: It is. CANTERBURY: Then go we in, to know his embassy; Which I could with a ready guess declare, ... ...n your conscience wash’d As pure as sin with baptism. CANTERBURY: Then hear me, gracious sovereign, and you peers, That owe yourselves, your lives an... ..., dread sovereign! For in the book of Numbers is it writ, When the man dies, let the inheritance Descend unto the daughter. Gracious lord, Stand for ... ...for your own; unwind your bloody flag; Look back into your mighty ancestors: Go, my dread lord, to your great grandsire’s tomb, From whom you claim; i... ...h. that could entertain With half their forces the full Pride of France And let another half stand laughing by, All out of work and cold for action! ... ... keep my state, Be like a king and show my sail of greatness When I do rouse me in my throne of France: For that I have laid by my majesty And plodded... ...y again. O hound of Crete, think’st thou my spouse to get? No; to the spital go, And from the powdering tub of infamy Fetch forth the lazar kite of Cr...