...e, washed the stain of acids from his fingers, and per suaded a beautiful woman to become his wife. In those days when the comparatively recent disco... ...miracle, it was not unusual for the love of sci ence to rival the love of woman in its depth and absorbing energy. The higher intellect, the imaginat... ...a gush of tears should interrupt what she had to say. “A terrible dream! I wonder that you can forget it. Is it possible to forget this one expression... ...e deep science. All the world bears witness of it. You have achieved great wonders. Cannot you remove this little, little mark, which I cover with the... ...re left imperfect in her fairest work! Even Pygmalion, when his sculptured woman assumed life, felt not greater ecstasy than mine will be.” “It is res... ...rk bosom of the earth. Here, too, at an earlier period, he had studied the wonders of the human frame, and attempted to fathom the very process by whi... ...for an in veterate love of allegory, which is apt to invest his plots and characters with the aspect of scenery and people in the clouds, and to stea... ...y as if the pilgrimage were merely a summer tour. Among the gentlemen were characters of deserved emi nence—magistrates, politicians, and men of weal... ...en rec ognized the veins which seemed to form an inscription in forgotten characters: everything remained the same, except that a thick covert of bus...

... perience, is the best help to the criticism of human history. Historical characters can only be estimated by the standard which human experience, wh... ...alled off his dogs, and drove them away from Homer. For some time he stood wondering how a blind man should have reached such a place alone, and what ... ...ve been placed at our disposal. Were faith no virtue, then we might indeed wonder why God willed our ignorance on any matter. But we are too well taug... ...ards in her enchanted dome; (Atlas her sire, to whose far piercing eye The wonders of the deep expanded lie; The eternal columns which on earth he rea... ...s blest, And all Minerva breathes within her breast, In wondrous arts than woman more renown’d, And more than woman with deep wisdom crown’d; Though T... ...“Some other motive, goddess! sways thy mind (Some close design, or turn of womankind), Nor my return the end, nor this the way, On a slight raft to pa... ...r’d his state, And her, Alcinous chose his royal mate. With honours yet to womankind unknown. This queen he graces, and divides the throne; In equal t...

...tchen, as a haven of refuge, but she found a tall, stiff starched, elderly woman standing just within the door, and heard her last words. ‘Well! as I ... ..., Charlotte,’ said the other occupant of the room, a pleasant little brisk woman, with soft brown, eyes, a clear pale skin, and a face smooth, in spit... ...on James and young Calcott.’ ‘Nay, Louis tells me that he is going to read wonderfully hard; and if he chooses, he can do more than even Sydney Calcot... ...r knew all this! nor why we were so entirely cut off from Mary Ponsonby. I wonder what she is now! She was a droll sturdy child in those 15 Yo n g e ... ...But he’s young, you see, ma’am. I’m right glad he’ll find you here. My old woman says he do want a lady about the place to make him comfortable like.’... ...d Betty Gervas, whom Mary went to visit in the course of the day, began to wonder whether the young Lord could be gone for a soldier—the usual fate of... ...abso- lutely true. You do not conceive the influence that mood has on some characters before they have learnt to master them- selves. I do not mean te... ...ed into action so as to soften the clashings of two essentially dissimilar characters. Instead of rebelling, or even of murmuring, he had hid disappoi... ...as doubly anxious for her daughter’s sake. She exceedingly feared unformed characters, and na- 114 Dynevor Terrace Vol 1 tures that had no root in th...

...ese things was brought against 4 Amelia its forerunners. I have sometimes wondered whether Amelia pays the pen- alty of an audacity which, a priori, ... ...n in the negative. It is perhaps a little more easy to find fault with its characters than with theirs; or rather, though no one of these characters h... ... means disposed to rank amiability low in the scale of things excellent in woman. But though she is by no means what her namesake and spiri- tual gran... ...are capital; and Bondum, and “the author,” and Robinson, and all the minor characters, are as good as they can be. It is, however, usual to detect a l... ...r in the other books, with the possible exception of Mrs. Fitzpatrick, the characters are a little too determinately goats and sheep) how Fielding cou... ...the poor old fellows should run away from such enemies, no one I think can wonder, unless it be that they were able to make their escape. The higher w... ...hat is always sufficient evidence with me.” The second criminal was a poor woman, who was taken 14 Amelia up by the watch as a street-walker. It was ... ...t-walking, or- dered her to Bridewell for a month. A genteel young man and woman were then set forward, and a very grave-looking person swore he caugh... ...nd as greatly to mag- nify the other. From the above reasons, it can be no wonder that Mr. Booth did not decline the acquaintance of this person, in a...

... charged the family with harbouring one of the proscribed traitors. An old woman had presence of mind enough to maintain that the man they had seen wa... ...dg- ing the author to some special mode of laying his scene, draw- ing his characters, and managing his adventures. Had I, for example, announced in m... ...hero from the Barouche Club or the Four-in-hand, with a set of subordinate characters from the elegantes of Queen Anne Street East, or the dashing her... ...them as much as possible, by throwing the force of my narra- tive upon the characters and passions of the actors;—those passions common to men in all ... ...ed indolence of his habits; he had but just escaped the risk of marrying a woman who could never love him; and his pride could not be greatly flattere... ...gth occasioned a renewal of their intercourse. Richard had married a young woman of rank, by whose family inter- est and private fortune he hoped to a... ...cation, of a nature obvious even to the exterior senses, had produced this wonderful change; and though some mentioned the pros- elyte as an enthusias... ...e stone basin, into which he disgorged the water. This work of art was the wonder of the country ten miles round. It must not be forgotten, that all s... ...g herself almost repulsed in her efforts at entertaining him, and secretly wondering that a scarlet coat should cover no better breeding, she left him...

...rboard together. They sank like stones. I remember laugh- ing at that, and wondering why I laughed. The laugh caught me suddenly like a thing from wit... ...long by my side, with his hands hanging down and his jaw thrust forward. I wondered 46 The Island of Dr. Moreau what memory he might have in him. “Ho... ...at this thin fog in the full blaze of daylight; but I had no time to stand wondering then. I turned to my right, down- stream, hoping to come to the s... ... laugh, though the Ape-man had a chattering titter. Be- yond these general characters their heads had little in com- mon; each preserved the quality o... ...atyr-like creature of ape and goat. There were three Swine-men and a Swine-woman, a mare- rhinoceros-creature, and several other females whose sources... ...he Ape-man, and there was a particularly hateful (and evil-smell- ing) old woman made of vixen and bear, whom I hated from the beginning. She was said... ...el trudging home from his mechanical labours; or I would meet the Fox-bear woman’s vulpine, shifty face, strangely human in its speculative cunning, a...

...s hung heavily , and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the c... ...of a room on the floor be- low and took the child over to a bed in which a woman was lying. It was his mother. She stretched out her arms, and the chi... ... child nestled by her side. He did not ask why he had been awak- ened. The woman kissed his eyes, and with thin, small hands felt the warm body throug... ...ho had given this. It was always a stranger to Blackstable, and Mr . Carey wondered who he was. But Miss Graves had observed the rash act and was able... ...traveller venturing into the darkness had ever been seen again. And Philip wondered whether the boat went on for ever through one pillared alley after... ...r a while. “ Y ou’ll see for yourself.” There was another pause. Mr. Carey wondered why the headmaster did not come. Presently Philip made an effort a... ... and there was lack of any work that seemed to matter; every kink in their characters had free play; there was noth- ing to restrain them; they grew n... ...e was no laughter. At most you sniggered at the hypocrite or the fool: the characters expressed themselves in cruel words that seemed wrung out of the...

...Excerpt: The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child?s bed....

...l everything be ready in time?’ said Helen. ‘Dear me!’ cried Katherine, ‘I wonder if it will. What is to modern sensation novel, as Northanger Abbey d... ...be may have Sarah to help her, and then they will certainly be finished. I wonder whether there will be any fun!’ said Katherine. ‘Is a Consecration a... ... great deal 6 ABBEYCHURCH more about the Church and the Bishop—I wonder whether he will come by the railroad.’ At this moment, the door was ... ...and chronologi- cal charts of Kings and Kaisars, comparisons of historical characters, tables of Christian names and their derivations, botanical list... ... will curl well, and Mrs. Staunton always said it made me look like an old woman in the way I wore it before, so what could I do but try it in the way... ... as—he would do as much for him, as if he was actually his uncle.’ ‘Horrid woman!’ said Elizabeth, blushing deeply. ‘My dear Lizzie,’ said Anne, laugh... ... mosaic brooch, she entered upon a calculation respecting the portion of a woman’s mind which ought to be occupied with her dress— a mental process, t... ...t in Conde. And did you ever observe what a great likeness there is in the characters of the two apostates, Julian and Frederick the Great?’ ‘Then you... ... think one reason why I like history is because I am searching out all the characters who come up to my notion of perfect chivalry, or rather of Chris...

...o her family on the subject till actually married. Lady Bertram, who was a woman of very tranquil feelings, and a temper remarkably easy and indolent,... ...existence during the eleven following years, or, at least, to make it very wonderful to Sir Thomas that Mrs. Norris should ever have it in her power t... ...en of my sisters?—and I am sure Mr. Norris is too just—but you know I am a woman of few words and professions. Do not let us be frightened from a good... ...anguine in the hope of her being materially better for change of air. Poor woman! she probably thought change of air might agree with many of her chil... ... Mrs. Norris had been talking to her the whole way from Northampton of her wonderful good for- tune, and the extraordinary degree of gratitude and goo... ...reflections on her size, and abashed her by noticing her shyness: Miss Lee wondered at her ignorance, and the maid-servants sneered at her clothes; an... ...rd Ravenshaw and the duke had appropri- 105 Jane Austen ated the only two characters worth playing before I reached Ecclesford; and though Lord Raven... ... many things to be attended to, so many people to be pleased, so many best characters required, and, above all, such a need that the play should be at... ...great irreconcilable differ- ence, they wanted a piece containing very few characters in the whole, but every character first-rate, and three principa...

... In fact, the Lexicographer’s name was always on the lips of this majestic woman, and a visit he had paid to her was the cause of her reputation and h... ...raise, but had many charming qualities which that pompous old Minerva of a woman could not see, from the differences of rank and age between her pupil... ...nerva herself down to the poor girl in the scullery, and the one-eyed tart-woman’s daughter, who was permitted to vend her wares once a week to the yo... ...r own bandbox. “I suppose I must,” said Miss Sharp calmly, and much to the wonder of Miss Jemima; and the latter having knocked at the door, and recei... ...I think you must have had enough of them at Chiswick,” said Amelia, rather wondering at the sudden tenderness on her friend’s part; and indeed in late... ...an, and her modest eyes gazed so perseveringly on the carpet that it was a wonder how she should have found an opportunity to see him. “Thank you for ... ...o?—so did this bowl of rack punch influence the fates of all the principal characters in this “Novel without a Hero,” which we are now relating. It in... ...cks, and what not, and prefer to appear at a smaller salary, in their real characters as loyal Frenchmen. I set the two stories one against the other,... ...s very mild. Others—But we will not anticipate those. And, as we bring our characters forward, I will ask leave, as a man and a brother, not only to i...

...are moved by clock work. Mean while, the Sacristan stood explaining these wonders, and pointing them out, severally, with a wand. There was a cen tr... ...readful rooms in which the Inquisition used to sit. A little, old, swarthy woman, with a pair of flashing black eyes,—proof that the world hadn’t conj... ...hold implements and scraps of dress against the wall; and a sober looking woman (she must have a congenial life of it, with Goblin,) knitting at the ... ...are the famous streets of palaces. I never in my life was so dismayed! The wonderful novelty of everything, the unusual smells, the un accountable fi... ...ch that startled one: as if it were looking for the rest of the Glory, and wondering (Heaven knows it might!) what had become of it. IN THE COURSE ... ...e. I saw the priest, and an attendant with a large taper, and a man, and a woman, and 42 Pictures from Italy some others; but I had no more idea, unt... ...d two of them, on this occasion, wore spectacles; which, remem bering the characters they sustained, I thought a droll ap pendage to the costume. Th...

... and he soon became an enthusiastic lover of books; and by copying printed characters, taught himself to write. When eight years old, he was placed un... ...ite, as to remind you of the varia- tions which occur in dreams, where one wonder seems softly to slide into the bosom of another, and where beautiful... ...reach great profi- ciency. The prodigy has yet to be born who combines the characters of a great painter and a great poet. About this time, Pope comme... ... had become acquainted with Lady Mary Wortley Montague, the most brilliant woman of her age—witty, fascinating, beautiful, and accomplished—full of en... ...art of the “Essay on Man,” an epistle to Lord Cobham, On the Knowledge and Characters of Man, and an Imitation of the First Satire of the Second Book ... ...r, in which he was true to his nature—that being a curious compound of the woman and the wit, the monkey and the genius 1 . In 1737, four of his Imita... ...led in an expression, or erred in any particular point: and can it then be wondered at, if the poets in general seem resolved not to own them- 2 ‘Pre... ...ects are not pastoral in themselves, but only seem to be such, they have a wonderful variety in them, which the Greek was a stranger to. He exceeds hi... ...and a chair. As now your own, our beings were of old, And once enclosed in woman’s beauteous mould; Thence, by a soft transition, we repair From earth...

...e of beauty, but I do not pretend to be anything extraordinary now. When a woman has five grown-up daughters, she ought to give over thinking of her o... ...ers, she ought to give over thinking of her own beauty.” “In such cases, a woman has not often much beauty to think of.” “But, my dear, you must indee... ... derstand his character. her mind was less difficult to develop. She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper. When... ...y favourable. Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully hand- some, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he me... ...always speak what I think.” “I know you do; and it is that which makes the wonder. With your good sense, to be so honestly blind to the follies and no... ...so much as pride often does, because there is an excuse for it. One cannot wonder that so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in h... ... It must be an amusing study.” 34 Pride and Prejudice “Yes, but intricate characters are the most amusing. They have at least that advantage.” “The c... ...ith it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearan... ...ted to the change without much reluctance. As for Wickham and Lydia, their characters suffered no revo- lution from the marriage of her sisters. He bo...

... Yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet- ess—a uncommon pretty young woman.” “Come, Ben,” said Adam, rather sternly, “you let the words o’ the B... ....” “Nonsense,” said Adam, still wrathful; “what’s age got to do with it, I wonder? Y e arena getting stiff yet, I reckon. I hate to see a man’s arms d... ... clean as a white boulder at ebb tide. On the door-stone stood a clean old woman, in a dark-striped linen gown, a red kerchief, and a linen cap, talki... ...towards her by an illusory expectation of cold potatoes or barley. The old woman’s sight seemed to be dim, for she did not recognize Adam till he said... ...sseter. I only want a drink for my horse. And what does your parson say, I wonder, to a young woman preaching just under his nose?” “Parson Irwine, si... ...verybody knows him hereabout. He’s an uncom- mon clever stiddy fellow, an’ wonderful strong. Lord bless you, sir—if you’ll hexcuse me for saying so—he... ...h the considerate view of facilitating art and psychology, “makes up,” her characters, so that there may be no mistake about them. But Dinah began to ... ...or Bessy be- longed unquestionably to that unsoaped lazy class of feminine characters with whom you may venture to “eat an egg, an apple, or a nut.” A... ...r of church history than of divinity, and had much more insight into men’s characters than interest in their opinions; he was neither laborious, nor o...

...e nature 5 Charles Dickens of things, be gratifying and honourable to any woman of common sense. That the hope of giving birth to a new part- ner in ... ...rous,’ murmured the family practitioner— ‘can’t be expected I’m sure—quite wonderful if otherwise— Doctor Parker Peps’ s West-End practice—‘ ‘Thank yo... ...escorted a plump rosy-cheeked wholesome apple-faced young 18 Dombey & Son woman, with an infant in her arms; a younger woman not so plump, but apple-... ...row. ‘This is his wife, of course,’ said Miss T ox, singling out the young woman with the baby. ‘How do you do, Polly?’ ‘I’m pretty well, I thank you,... ... how few such cases seemed to have ever happened. In another moment he was wondering whether they ever happened and were not found out. As his unusual... ...dy shines upon the cocked hat of the wooden Midshipman. ‘Where’s Walter, I wonder!’ said Solomon Gills, after he had carefully put up the chronometer ... ...at they used to be, and bore Mr Brogley’s warrant on their fronts in large characters. The broker seemed to have got hold of the very churches; for th... ...med to say, ‘Who enter here, leave light behind!’ There were no talismanic characters engraven on the portal, but the house was now so neglected in ap... ...t I am. The hollow crowd, you know, when they see me with the Chicken, and characters of dis- tinction like that, suppose me to be happy; but I’m wret...

...irmity and because it affords me greater opportunity of speculating on the characters and occu pations of those who fill the streets. The glare and h... ...ant tread of feet wearing the rough stones smooth and glossy is it not a wonder how the dwellers in narrows ways can bear to hear it! Think of a sic... ...ober company, and make old clerks who pass them on their road to business, wonder what has filled their breasts with visions of the country. But my pr... ...k at the little creature with an involuntary expression of surprise; for I wondered what kind of errand it might be that occasioned her to be prepared... ...old man. ‘Follow it. Leave Nell and me to toil and work. ’ ‘Nell will be a woman soon,’ returned the other, ‘and, bred in your faith, she’ll forget he... ...ascendance as Mrs Quilp herself a pretty little, mild spoken, blue eyed woman, who having allied herself in wedlock to the dwarf in one of those st... ... It was natural for four reasons: firstly, because Mrs Quilp being a young woman and notoriously under the dominion of her husband ought to be excited... ... moment. Short was plying the quarter staves vig orously and knocking the characters in the fury of the combat against the sides of the show, the peo... ...k, very much against my will; but the people ex pect it of me, and public characters can’t be their own masters and mistresses in such matters as the...

...ntention to employ force: I throw myself utterly on your mercy. I love the woman; I have much to repent of. I see her, and I go; but once I must see h... ...‘No one speaks of you. I give you my word, you ‘re never mentioned by man, woman or child in the house.’ ‘Silence concerning a father insinuates disho... ... stillness, that the boy’s terrors were overlaid and almost subdued by his wonderment; he had never be- fore been out in the night, and he must have f... ...fir-plantation began, he heard his name called faintly from the house by a woman’s voice that he knew to be his aunt Dorothy’s. It came after him only... ...ange while these performances were going forward. His monkey was almost as wonderful as his bear, only he was too big for it, and was obliged to aim a... ...left everybody groping about and catch- ing the wrong person, was the most wonderful mixture of fun and tears. Great Will was extremely youthful, but ... ... and Hamlet’s very low. By degrees I got some unconscious knowledge of the characters of Shakespeare. There never was so fascinating a father as mine ... ...paw; he was evidently a well-meaning man, a fanatic deluded concerning our characters: the barque Priscilla was bound for a German port, and should ar... ... a relapsing heart. Without apprehending either their exact purport or the characters of the speakers, I was transformed by them from a state of cravi...

...t, one of the most renowned surgeons produced by France. The subject was a woman, whose husband was ignorantly convicted of having murdered her; but o... ...ters had but newly retired from the face of the earth, and it would not be wonder ful to meet a Megalosaurus, forty feet long or so, waddling like an... ...ll, the better to peer into the curtained sanctu ary, is a little mad old woman in a squeezed bonnet who is always in court, from its sitting to its ... ...with heavy charges of papers and carried off by clerks; the little mad old woman marches off with her documents; the empty court is locked up. If all ... ...stress your self!—never heard of Jarndyce and Jarndyce!” I shook my head, wondering even what it was. “Not of Jarndyce and Jarndyce?” said Mr. Kenge,... ...appeared to enjoy beyond everything the sound of his own voice. I couldn’t wonder at that, for it was mellow and full and gave great importance to eve... ... master. He supposes all his dependents to be utterly bereft of individual characters, intentions, or opinions, and is persuaded that he was born to s... ...uy, the active Smallweed, who is of the dinner party, has written in legal characters on a slip of paper, “Return immediately.” This notification to a...

...was afraid he had offended her. She simply trying to look indifferent, and wondering how far she might go. “I haven’t made a mistake—pas insulte, no?”... ... prove it. He apprehended, by a natural instinct, the meaning of the young woman’s phrase, and it gratified him to think that she was so honest. Beaut... ...ghter? With this evidence!” And the old man turned afresh, with a staring, wondering homage, to the audacious daub on the easel. “Ask him, then. if he... ...endid banquet should be. In the left-hand corner of the picture is a young woman with yellow tresses confined in a golden head-dress; she is bend- ing... ...ress; she is bend- ing forward and listening, with the smile of a charming woman at a dinner-party, to her neighbor. Newman de- tected her in the crow... ...at, or your conceit would increase insufferably.” Newman stood staring and wondering what under the sun he “represented.” “Forgive all my meddlesome c... ...timate but it is highly improbable that at home these extremely dissimilar characters would have found any very convenient points of contact. They wer...

...e line of the horizon; like the pinnacles of some ornate and monstrous church, they stood there, in the sparkling brightness of the morning, the fit s... ...t struck me perhaps most of all was a word I heard on the verandah of the Tribunal at Noumea. A case had just been heard—a trial for infanticide again... ...ench lady, not far from tears, was eager for acquittal, and declared she would engage the prisoner to be her children’s nurse. The bystanders exclaime... ...ncing Junos were never weary of sitting in the chairs and contemplating in the glass their own bland images; and I have seen one lady strip up her dre... ...n parlours, the photograph album went the round. This sober gallery, their everyday costumes and physiognomies, had become transformed, in three weeks... ...m the main part, ceased before it had begun. Twice in the day there was a certain stir of shepherding along the seaward hills. At times a canoe went o... ...hout. And perhaps everywhere, among the greedy and rapacious, a gift is regarded as a sprat to catch a whale. It is the habit to give gifts and to rec... ...th his fall the prosperity of the Marquesas ended. Anaho is truly extinct, Taahauku but a shadow of itself; nor has any new planta- tion arisen in the... ...e entirely fled. An interesting par- allel will probably occur to many of my readers. What is the nature of the obligation assumed at such a festival?...