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...................................................................11 CHAPTER II – THE SERVICE OF THE NORTHERN LIGHTS I .................................... ...N THE SURNAME OF STEVENSON F ROM THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY onwards, the name, under the various disguises of Stevinstoun, Stevensoun, Stevensonne, Stenes... ...e name of Stevenson who held high the banner of the Covenant – John, ‘Land-Labourer,*** in the parish of Daily, in Carrick,’ that ‘eminently pious man... ...opriety, if without distinction; and to an orphan looking about him in the world for a potential ancestry, offering a plain and quite unadorned refuge... ... not the only ‘witness’ of the name; other Stevensons were actually killed during the persecutions, in the Glen of Trool, on Pentland, etc.; and it is... ...And we find such hybrids as Macalexander for Macallister. There is but one rule to be deduced: that how- ever uncompromisingly Saxon a name may appear... ... habit of doing this on board his own ship, agree- ably to the Articles of War. Our passage round the Cape 30 Robert Louis Stevenson [Cape Wrath] was... ...ol- ish fellow. Had I known his train, I should not, as I did, have rather forced him into the service. Upon finding the windows in the state they wer... ... wet clothes, and one or two amused their compan- ions with the violin and German flute. About seven in the evening the signal bell for landing on the...

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... Verne A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...of the marvellous, we can understand the excitement produced in the entire world by this supernatural apparition. As to classing it in the list of fab... ...rnals, quarrelling with believers in the supernatural, spilled seas of ink during this memorable campaign, some even draw- ing blood; for from the sea... ...ean.* *Member of the whale family. 8 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea CHAPTER II PRO AND CON AT THE PERIOD when these events took place, I had just retur... ... times, when the inge- nuity of man has multiplied the power of weapons of war, it was possible that, without the knowledge of others, a State might t... ...parations for my departure. Certainly I was sure of this devoted boy. As a rule, I never asked him if it were convenient for him or not to follow me i... ...s they would know this almost universal language. I knew it—as well as the German language—well enough to read it fluently, but not to speak it correc... ...om!” I cried. “Then one may smoke on board?” “Certainly.” “Then, sir, I am forced to believe that you have kept up a communication with Havannah.” “No... ...th dynam- ics or you will be exposed to grave errors. There is very little labour spent in attaining the lower regions of the ocean, for all bodies ha...

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...advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of h... ... as almost to preclude the means of ever hearing of each other’s existence during the eleven following years, or, at least, to make it very wonderful ... ...e child entirely out of her great number. “What if they were among them to undertake the care of her eldest daughter, a girl now nine years old, of an... ...ange of air might agree with many of her children. 11 Jane Austen CHAPTER II The little girl performed her long journey in safety; and at Northampton... ... the breakfast- 15 Jane Austen room, where Edmund prepared her paper, and ruled her lines with all the goodwill that her brother could himself have f... ...re there are too many whom you can hide be- hind; but with her you will be forced to speak for your- self.” “Oh! I do not say so.” 24 Mansfield Park ... ... most impossible thing in the world; had offended all the farmers, all the labourers, all the hay in the parish! As for Dr. Grant’s bailiff, I believe... ...- lery, and let us have a play entire from beginning to end; so as it be a German play, no matter what, with a good tricking, shifting afterpiece, and... ... the course of seven years had known every variety of danger which sea and war together could offer. With such means in his power he had a right to be...

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...y train. He asked himself earnestly what was the nature of the power which forced him to do it—a bad genius or a good: and it seemed to him a sort of ... ...tend, when we go in a determined manner, that a, doubt of it distracts the understanding—decapitates us; suddenly to alight, moreover, and find oursel... ...st love: here she had been to Philip flame along the hill-ridges, his rose-world in the dust-world, the saintly in his earthly. And how had she reward... ...g be simpler? He had familiarised himself with the thought of his advocacy during those four years. His reluctance to come would have been accountable... ... of the word shook up all the chap- ters to pour out their poison. CHAPTER II MR. ADISTER MR. PATRICK O’DONNELL drove up to the gates of Earlsfont not... ...e same time have struck their imaginations. Offend them, however, and it’s war, de- clared or covert. And I must admit that their best friend can too ... ...ctories in Ireland at the period you name.’ ‘There is: and the jealousy of rulers caused them to be de- stroyed by decrees, if you want historical evi... ... sing with!’ he cried. ‘It will surprise you perhaps to hear that I prefer German music,’ said she. ‘But where—who had the honour of boasting you his ... ...th contain any reminder of old John Mattock’s dependence upon the conjoint labour of his fellows to push him to his eleva- tion. As little did they th...

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...Preface: To explain the present undertaking, it should be mentioned that a history of Hursley and North Baddesley was compiled by the Reverend John Marsh, Curate of Hursley, in the year 1808. It was well and carefully done, with a considerable amount of ant...

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...nge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE TO EXPLAIN THE PRESENT UNDERTAKING, it should be men- tioned that a history of Hursley and North B... ...on of mixed metal bearing the head of Julius Caesar, which was dug up by a labourer at Otterbourne, in the course of making a new road. He thought it ... ...f the twelve Caesars. 6 John Kemble’s Parishes The masters of the world have left us few traces of their possession, and in fact the whole di... ...her, King Stephen, died in 1154, he fled from England, and the young Henry II. in anger dismantled Merdon, together with his other castles of Wolvesey... ...: (1) The days employed in this service were called Haydobyn days; (2) and during their continuance the lord was obliged to provide breakfast and dinn... ...ols were set on foot, the latter under Mrs. Ranger and her daughter, whose rule continued almost to the days of national education. One of his first p... ... Cross” (St. James’s Day) was the prod- uct of a drawing brought home from Germany of a sight beheld by Miss Maria T rench, on a journey with Sir Will... ...ned here that six young men from Otterbourne were concerned in the Crimean War—Captain Denzil Chamberlayne and Julian B. Yonge, though health obliged ... ...amentary career, as it came from the Gladstonian ministry, and he had been forced by his deep Church and State convictions to separate from Mr. Gladst...

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...- perimental in our plan of government was the question whether democratic rule could be so organized and conducted that it would not degenerate into ... ...eat triumph. When De Tocqueville wrote, we had lived less than fifty years under our Constitution. In that time no great national commotion had occurr... ...d off. He would have seen that, at the end of the most destruc- tive civil war that ever occurred, when animosities of the bitterest sort had banished... ...ts that have slumbered in the minds of the people until they were suddenly forced on our attention by unexpected events. In his introductory chapter, ... ... resolved by personal observation of the re- sults of democracy in the New World to ascertain its natural consequences, and to learn what the nations ... ... had not been prepared by the history of the past. 43 Tocqueville Chapter II: Origin Of The Anglo-Americans – Part I Chapter Summary Utility of knowi... ... on. The religious and political passions which ravaged the British Empire during the whole reign of *The emigrants who founded the State of Rhode Isl... ...ently asserted, and we are prepared to assent to the proposition, that the German empire was never able to bring all its powers into action. But the r... ...ply themselves to the duties of religion and piety, that no trades- man or labourer shall exercise his ordinary calling, and that no game or recreatio...

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...hat whereas 4 The Two Sides of the Shield the household had formerly been ruled by duty, it now might be so by love. Of course, confusion dire was th... ...e to be disposed of in the meantime?’ ‘Could not I go with you?’ she said, under her breath. ‘No, my dear.’ And somehow the tone had more tender- ness... ...t the charms of infancy. It was as if they had lost their interpreter. The German governess, chosen by Mrs. Mohun, was very German indeed, and greatly... ...e week that followed, or at the desolate home coming. 13 Yo n g e CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE MERRIFIELDS THE MERRIFIE... ...pleasure at his marriage even more since his wife’s death than he had done during her lifetime, as if he felt doubly bound, for her sake, not to forgi... ... it; and she lay a little while hearing sounds that made it clear that the world was astir, and she could see that preparations had been made for her ... ...elf would take charge of the chil- dren. Whereupon there was a whoop and a war-dance of jubilee, quite overwhelming to Dolores, who could not but priv... ...ere was no making out that there was the least injury to the girl, she was forced to walk home, in spite of all Miss Hacket’s protestations and refus-... ...t now smart and tight and fashioned, but without a scrap of the honest old labour and love that went into them.’ 135 Yo n g e ‘But papa and mamma do ...

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..., with responsibility almost too heavy for one pair of shoulders; and day by day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Excellency the Viceroy would open the bridge in state, an archbishop would bless it, and the first trainload of soldiers would come over it, and there wo...

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.................................................................... 119 PART II............................................................................ ...y day, through that time, the great Kashi Bridge over the Ganges had grown under his charge. Now, in less than three months, if all went well, his Exc... ...he had chosen because of his rawness to break to his own needs. There were labour contractors by the half-hundred—fitters and riv- eters, European, bo... ...commissions if one, only one, rather doubtful consignment were passed; the war that followed the refusal; the careful, polite obstruction at the other... ...onderful lingua franca, half Portuguese and half Malay, ran out and he was forced to take string and show the knots that he would recommend. He contro... ...in irons.” His voice fell a little. “Peroo, thou hast been up and down the world more even than I. Speak true talk, now. How much dolt thou in thy hea... ...ted up his wise and polite old head. His affliction makes him bashful as a rule, but he is ever the most courteous of horses. “Excuse me, suh,” he sai... ...o be told; and had wound up her experiences by six weeks of typhoid fever, during which her head had been shaved and hoped to keep her twenty-third bi... ...r Street, hanging on to a leather strap between an Irish washerwoman and a German anarchist. If any of his guests had seen him then they would have sa...

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... outside, from talking and teaching. Adam had no fear of death—none in the world. Y.M. Yes, he had. O.M. When he was created? Y.M. No. O.M. When, then... ...to be praised for courage and be huzza’d at with tear choked voices as the war worn regiment marches past the worshiping multitude with flags flying a... ...here no shadow nor suggestion of benefit to one’s self can result from it. II M M M M Man an an an an ’’ ’’’s S s S s S s S s S ole Impulse—the S ole ... ...matter what it is, to secure his spiritual comfort ; and he can neither be forced nor persuaded to any act which has not that goal for its object. Ham... ...n unnoticed influences—for good or bad: influences which work without rest during every wak ing moment of a man’s life, from cradle to grave. Y.M. Yo... ...he wrong done to the other boy by doing a precious service for this one by undermining his foolish faith in his false gods. He was successful. But the... ...e it, I cannot help myself. O.M. Have you ever found one that defeated the rule? Y.M. No—at least, not yet. But take the case of servant tipping in E... ... the Greeks, the Romans, the Persians, the Egyp tians, the Russians, the Germans, the French, the English, the Spaniards, the Americans, the South A... ...ral of the plays had been written. ‘The Comedy of Errors’ in 1589, ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ in 1589, ‘T wo Gentlemen of V erona’ in 1589 or 1590,” and s...

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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and created a false sympathy for the vicious and criminal....

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... appeared in Fraser’s Maga- zine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influ- e... ...erely argued, whether he was the meanest miser or the greatest hero in the world; when Mrs. Masham had not yet put Madam Marlborough’s nose out of joi... ...the Spanish throne; or whether she was tenderly attached to the Emperor of Germany; or whether she was obliged to fight out the quarrel of William of ... ...h they should gain by it;—whatever the reason was, it was evident that the war was to continue, and there was almost as much soldiering and recruiting... ...t about his birthplace; but speaking the English language, and having been during the course of his life pretty generally engaged in the British servi... ...nnatural at her early age. The ladies—Heaven bless them!—are, as a general rule, coquettes from babyhood upwards. Little SHE’S of three years old play... ...tanding not more than a dozen volleys of beer; Mr. Blacksmith’s boy, and a labourer whose name we have not been able to learn. Mr. Butcher himself was... ...pply to Government for a pension, and think that our duty is done. CHAPTER II. IN WHICH ARE DE- PICTED THE PLEASURES OF A SENTI- MENTAL ATTACHMENT. IT... ...ld at such high price. He had, however, some ill-luck at play, or had been forced to pay some bills, or had some other satisfactory reason for being p...

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... the enrichment of which he borrowed or com posed those pithy utterances of worldly wisdom which are the basis of a large part of his popular reputat... ... remains of my relations when you were with me in England, and the journey I undertook for that purpose. Imagining it may be equally agreeable to * yo... ...l I was twenty one years of age, only I was to be allowed journeyman’s wages during the last year. In a little time I made great proficiency in the bu... ...iron work in Maryland, had engag’d the great cabin; so that Ralph and I were forced to take up with a berth in the steerage, and none on board knowing... ...tual improvement, which we called the Junto; we met on Friday evenings. The rules that I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should prod... ...d pounds, and in 1739 to eighty thousand pounds, since which it arose during war to upwards of three hundred and fifty thousand pounds, trade, buildin... ...ey might get clothes or victuals, exhorted them to be fed and clothed.—James ii. 15, 16. But it so happened that my intention of writing and pub lish... ...there, as he understood his old friend and host, Mr. Benezet, was removed to Germantown. My answer was, “You know my house; if you can make shift with... ...eing at length join’d by France, which brought us into great danger; and the laboured and long continued endeavour of our governor, Thomas, to prevail...

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... the forty miles between Edinburgh and Glasgow, or of dialect as in the hundred miles between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Book English has gone round the world, but at home we still preserve the racy idioms of our fathers, and every county, in some parts every dale, has its own quality of speech, vocal or verbal. In like manner, local custom and prejudice, even local religion ...

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...Contents CHAPTER I: THE FOREIGNER AT HOME ..................................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES................................................................................ 14 CHAPTER III: OLD MORTALITY ............................................................................................

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................................................................... 5 CHAPTER II: SOME COLLEGE MEMORIES..................................................... ...dred miles between Edinburgh and Aberdeen. Book English has gone round the world, but at home we still preserve the racy idioms of our fathers, and ev... ...sions which are the material of future thought and, to a great extent, the rule of future conduct. I have been to school in both coun- tries, and I fo... ...end, one to smoke cigars about a water- ing-place, the other to resume the labours of the field beside his peasant family. The first muster of a colle... ...ast of us hiving from the college gates, in the glare of the shop windows, under the green glimmer of the winter sunset. The frost tingles in our bloo... ...ings on wet, east-windy, morning jour- neys up to class, infinite yawnings during lecture and un- quenchable gusto in the delights of truantry, made u... ... And that same night he was tossing in a brain fever. People are afraid of war and wounds and dentists, all with excellent reason; but these are not t... ...is innocent and living piety. I had meant to tell of his cottage, with the German pipe hung reverently above the fire, and the shell box that he had m... ...quotation, historical instances, the whole flotsam and jetsam of two minds forced in and in upon the matter in hand from every point of the compass, a...

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...elf, a Family Chronicle—a domestic record of home events, large and small, during those years of early life when the character is chiefly formed, and ... ...us, the Author can only beg their pardon for any tedium that they may have undergone before giving it up. Feb. 22nd, 1856. 4 The Daisy Chain PART ONE... ...at bade thee cometh,’” said Norman thoughtfully. “It seemed to be only our worldly advantage that was meant before,” said Ethel. “Well, it means that ... ...he matter by saying it was the first name that came into his head. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II Meadows trim with daisies pi... ...k, and lose his only chance of pudding for the week—old Bishop Whichcote’s rules con- templating no fare but daily mutton, to be bought at a shil- lin... ... ‘a’ long or short? Then that’s right. I had such a line in my head, I was forced to write it down. Is not it a capital subject this time?” “The devot... ...a’s music, and joining in the conversation so freely as to prove it was no labour to him. In truth, he was evidently quite recovered, entirely himself... ...k- ing that he deemed it, as he tried to do himself, merely the fortune of war, and was sensible of no injury. And, for Norman himself, when the first... ...isiting Egypt and Palestine, and refreshing his memory with every Italian, German, or French Cathedral, or work of art, that had delighted him in earl...

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...Contents CHAPTER I OF THE INCONSTANCY OF OUR ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS .............................................................................................. 14 CHAPTER III A CUSTOM OF THE ISLE OF CEA .................................................................. 24...

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...R ACTIONS ...................................................... 5 CHAPTER II OF DRUNKENNESS ............................................................ ................... 254 CHAPTER XXXIV OBSERV ATION ON THE MEANS TO CARRY ON A WAR ACCORD- ING TO JULIUS CAESAR ............................................. ...in anything so much perplexed as to reconcile them and bring them into the world’s eye with the same lustre and reputation; for they commonly so stran... ...f his own practice or observation, that I some- times wonder to see men of understanding give themselves the trouble of sorting these pieces, consider... ...rise it all in one word, says one of the ancients, and to contract all the rules of human life into one, “it is to will, and not to will, always one a... ...er inquisition, or without concluding any other conse- quence. I was told, during the civil disorders of our poor kingdom, that a maid, hard by the pl... ... place where I then was, had thrown herself out of a window to avoid being forced by a common soldier who was quartered in the house; she was not kill... ...y said: “What, shall I bear a tyrant, I who cannot bear wine?”] We see our Germans, when drunk as the devil, know their post, remember the word, and k... ...aigne tion; whereupon a young fellow that served her in the qual- ity of a labourer, encouraged by this proclamation, declared that he had one holiday...

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... way and from a new starting-point, viewing the whole social and political world as aspects of one universal evolving scheme, and placing all social a... ...ed as an essay in presentation. It is a work that the writer admits he has undertaken primarily for his own mental comfort. He is remarkably not quali... ...each other towards a universal end, but without any universally applicable rule of conduct whatever. In some greater vision than mine, my right and wr... ...e on to a greater or lesser extent in the minds of many of the younger men during the last twenty years, and it is in that belief that he is now prese... ...re has been much hasty running to obvious shelters, and many men have been forced to take refuge under this echoing patriotism—for want of a better ga... ...ifice we are making, bury the solitary talents of our lives. 25 H G Wells II II II II II THE PR THE PR THE PR THE PR THE PROBLEM OF OBLEM OF OBLEM OF... ...een the waste of their grudged and insufficient food, and all the pain and labour of their moth- ers, and all the world is the sadder for them because... ... master and retain languages, and people try and inoculate with French and German as Lord Herbert of Cherbury would have inocu- lated children with an... ...d training “gentlemen.” When they met them socially no doubt was meant; in war the disadvantage might prove the other way about. 157 H G Wells the st...

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...rkable than the mere bulk or merit of his work approves him. It was in the world, in the commerce of friendship, by his brave attitude towards life, b... ...y do our character and talents lie upon the anvil and receive their temper during genera- tions; but the very plot of our life’s story unfolds itself ... ... figure of a man; jovial and jocu- lar; fond of his garden, which produced under his care the finest fruits of the neighbourhood; and like all the fam... ... continuing the tradition, entered the army, loaded himself with debt, was forced to sell out, took refuge in the Marines, and was lost on the Dogger ... ...ll out, took refuge in the Marines, and was lost on the Dogger Bank in the war-ship Minotaur. If he did not marry below him, like his father, his sist... ...-Guard, where he attracted the notice of George III. by his proficiency in German. In 1797, being on guard at St. James’s Palace, William took a cold ... ...grew more accentuated. In both fami- lies imprudent marriages had been the rule; but neither Jenkin nor Campbell had ever entered into a more unequal ... ...et with inherited qualities that were to make him known and loved. CHAPTER II. 1833-1851. Birth and Childhood – Edinburgh – Frankfort-on-the-Main – Pa... ... was worthy of him; but he had the wit to know it, the courage to wait and labour for his prize, and the tenderness and chivalry that are required to ...

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... the Rev W.L. Bowles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Mrs Siddons - ii - . . . . . . . . . 102 To William Godwin Author of ‘‘Political Just... ... to Purcell’s Music . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Fire, Famine, and Slaughter A War Eclogue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Frost at Midnight . .... ...rcassian Love-chaunt . . . . . 237 Fears in Solitude Written in April 1798, during the alarm of an invasion . . . . . . . . . . 243 The Nightingale.... ...ods. Imitated from Schiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 From the German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Water Ballad. . . . . . .... ...ower, And fly to him who owns the candid eye. And if a smile of Praise thy labour hail (Well shall thy labours then my mind employ) Fly fleetly ba... ...ll you go? And trust you to the Ocean’s dark dismay? Shall the wide wat’ry world between us flow? And winds unpitying snatch my Hopes away? Thus c... ...ve; May He shed healing on the sore disgrace, He, the great Comforter that rules above! - 89 - The Outcast Coleridge: Poems Domestic Peace 1... ...’ unceasing rill To the soft Wren or Lark’s descending trill Murmurs sweet undersong ’mid jasmin bowers. In this same pleasant meadow, at your will... ...y secret heart! O agØd Women! ye who weekly catch The morsel tossed by law-forced charity, And die so slowly, that none call it murder! O loathly ...

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...aloud. “One class of half-grown lads, and those grudged to me! Here is the world around one mass of misery and evil! Not a paper do I take up but I se... ...en from the op- pressive task-work thrown on them in all their branches of labour. Oh, what a worthy ambition!” “Rachel!” called Grace. “Come, there’s... ...with her cousins, until she was summoned to meet her fa- ther at the Cape, under the escort of his old friend, General Sir Stephen Temple. She found C... ...ng any step that might be injurious to the children.” 31 Yo n g e CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II RA RA RA RA RACHEL CHEL CHEL... ... tidings to the poor little widow, and had taken the sole care of the boys during the sad weeks of care utter prostration and illness. Female friends ... ...ess be imposed on in this way. Now that the case is clear, the boy must be forced to confession, and severely punished.” Fanny burst into tears. “I am... ...d not gone back far enough to establish that he had not died in the Indian war. It was fear that predominated with her, there were many mo- ments when... ...g, and that was the most dreadful time of all! Then he wrote from a little German town, where he was getting his bread as a photographer’s assistant. ... ...dy Temple’s service. In- stead of the orthodox dowager britchska and pair, ruled over by a tyrannical coachman, he had provided her with a herd 123 Y...

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...om yours, not only in all the facts but altogether in spirit. Y ou may not understand. Y ou may even be shocked. I say all this to myself; but I know ... ...torious (and at the same time mysterious) Monsieur George brought into the world; out of the contact of two minds which did not give a single thought ... ...me you know, on the fair land of France, in the character of a smuggler of war material. However, they had never arrested or expelled him, since he wa... ...that, could stand against the example of his tranquil personality. CHAPTER II THE STREET IN WHICH Mr. Blunt lived presented itself to our eyes, narrow... ...ll my innocence, never for a moment believed he had stumbled accidentally. During the uncorking and the filling up of glasses a profound silence reign... ...body saw mankind stripped of its clothes as the child sees the king in the German fairy tale, it’s I! Into my ears! A child’s! Too young to die of fri... ... beyond Pampeluna. The character of a house de- pended upon the person who ruled it. She didn’t know what impenitent wretches had been breathing withi... ...as only assumed. “I don’t think she has done badly for herself, so far,” I forced myself to say. “I suppose you know that she began life by herding th... ...at Pompeiian chair had been a task almost beyond human strength, a sort of labour that must end in collapse. I fought against it for a mo- ment and th...

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........................ 51 I HOW BERTHA REMAINED A MAIDEN IN THE MARRIED STATE ..................................................................... 51 II HOW BERTHA BEHAVED, KNOWING THE BUSINESS OF LOVE .................................................................... 59 III HORRIBLE CHASTISEMENT OF BERTHA AND EXPIATION OF THE SAME, WHO DIED PARDONED ..... 72 HOW THE PRE...

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...E ..................................................................... 51 II HOW BERTHA BEHA VED, KNOWING THE BUSINESS OF LOVE ......................... ...se it is always necessary to reason with children until they are grown up, understand things, and hold their tongues; and because he perceives many mi... ...a wanton who would put up with any vio- lence. He knows that in France her war-cry is, Mount Joy! A fine cry indeed, but one which certain writers hav... ...rst, he saw that God was polite, like the great Lord as He is, because the world is His, and He holds the title of it from no one. But since, in think... ... o have children, to pro- duce an imitation, of nature, which is always in labour. Come to me, then, woman!—come to me, Eva! With this the author bega... ...int resistance to love. 9 Droll Stories- V ol. Three PERSEVERANCE IN LOVE DURING THE FIRST YEARS of the thirteenth century after the coming of our Di... ...uprightly, not to beat the bush for others, to measure his passions by the rule of his revenues, not to let them take his leather to make other’s shoe... ...n, Petit does not laugh, he’s short of skin below the mouth.” But with his forced laugh Petit was all the more suited to his occupation of watching an... ...hat if he wished a wife for show only, he should get her from the north of Germany, where the women are as cold as ice. The good knight came back to T...

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... desire of my brothers and sisters, that if any reports of our strange family history should come down to after generations the thing may be properly understood. The old times at Trevorsham seem to me so remote, that I can hardly believe that we are the same who were so happy then. Nay, Jaquetta laughs, and declares that it is not possible to be happier than we have been s...

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................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II. TREVORSHAM................................................................ ...ly history should come down to after generations the thing may be properly understood. The old times at T revorsham seem to me so remote, that I can h... ...y for herself!) when Jaquetta was a baby, and Miss Simmonds most carefully ruled not only over us, but over Adela Brainerd, my father’s ward, who was ... ...ard, who was brought up with us because she had no other rela- tion in the world. Besides, my father wished her to marry one of my broth- ers. It woul... ...—but very kindly and friendly, was at work there with some French-Canadian labourers. Bertram’s friend knew him and often halted there on hunt- ing ex... ...but not of his family—just before he was ordered to the Lake frontier. The war had stirred up the Indians to acts of violence they had not committed f... ... we pressed him harder—Adela with indignation, and I with sympathy—till we forced out of him that he had been forbidden ever to think or speak again o... ...trees, the long-legged herons standing in the firs, looking like toys in a German box; while the breadth of blue water reflects the trees that bend do... ...puted accident to malice. But Perrault’s flight had settled that question. During the confusion, while Hester was be- ing carried upstairs, the miscre...

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................ 4 CHAPTER I THE EARLY MARRIED LIFE OF THE MORELS ............................................................................ 4 CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF PAUL, AND ANOTHER BATTLE......................................................................... 31 CHAPTER III THE CASTING OFF OF MOREL?THE TAKING ON OF WILLIAM ....................................... 51 CHA...

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................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II THE BIRTH OF P AUL, AND ANOTHER BA TTLE.................................... ... colliers who worked in the little gin-pits two fields away. The brook ran under the alder trees, scarcely soiled by these small mines, whose coal was... ... stable. But she felt wretched 9 D.H. Lawrence with the coming child. The world seemed a dreary place, where nothing else would happen for her—at lea... ... that—you, the most despicable liar that ever walked in shoe-leather.” She forced the last words out of suffocated lungs. “You’re a liar!” he yelled, ... ..., she had ceased to tap, she saw him stir, then lift his face blindly. The labouring of his heart hurt him into consciousness. She rapped imperatively... ... “He may go without pudding this day,” said Mrs. Bower. Morel was not as a rule one of the first to appear at the bottom of the pit, ready to come up.... ...appened. She asked for what she’s got.” The children waited in re- straint during his preparations. When he had gone, they sighed with relief. He clos... ...aul, also very clever, was getting on well, hav- ing lessons in French and German from his godfather, the clergyman who was still a friend to Mrs. Mor... ...s. Polly was curt and businesslike. The two depart- ments were for ever at war, and Paul was always finding Fanny in tears. Then he was made the recip...

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...as Miss Maria, did not scruple to predict their marrying with almost equal advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end of half a dozen years, found herself obliged to be attached to the Rev Mr. Norris, a friend of her brother-in-law, with scarcely any private fortune, and...

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...2002 by Global Language Resources, Inc. All rights reserved. Contents I 1 I 3 II 10 III 18 IV 26 V 33 VI 39 VII 47 VIII 56 IX 62 X 72 XI 79 XII 85 XI... ...ual advantage. But there certainly are not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. Miss Ward, at the end... ...nct, as almost to preclude the means of ever hearing of each other’s existence during the eleven following years, or at least to make it very wonderfu... ...f one child entirely out of her great number. “What if they were among them to undertake the care of her eldest daughter, a girl now nine years old, o... ...ey went together into the breakfast room, where Edmund prepared her paper, and ruled her lines with all the good will that her brother could himself h... .... Here, there are too many, whom you can hide behind; but with her you will be forced to speak for yourself.” “Oh! do not say so.” “I must say it, and... ...ble, most impossible thing in the world, had offended all the farmers, all the labourers, all the hay in the parish. As for Dr. Grant’s bailiff, I bel... ...nd gallery, and let us have a play entire from beginning to end; so as it be a German play, no matter what, with a good tricking, shifting after piece... ... in the course of seven years had known every variety of danger, which sea and war together could offer. With such means in his power he had a right t...

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...ctions upon social life, and it deals with human nature in the drawing-room of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the representation convincing. Credulity is not wooed through the impressionable senses; nor have we recourse to the small circular glow of the watchmaker?s eye t...

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... of civilized men and women, where we have no dust of the struggling outer world, no mire, no violent crashes, to make the correctness of the represen... ... rings eruptive of the infini- tesimal, or pointed with examples and types under the broad Alpine survey of the spirit born of our united social intel... ...ousness has enfolded us as with the arms of Amphitrite! We hear a shout of war for a diversion.—Comedy he pronounces to be our means of read- ing swif... ...btle manifestation of the very old thing from which he had sprung. CHAPTER II THE YOUNG SIR WILLOUGHBY THESE LITTLE SCOUNDREL IMPS, who have attained ... ...t over the county: and had she been an unchari- table woman she could have ruled the county with an iron rod of caricature, so sharp was her touch. A ... ...her. She looked at you, and forth it came: and it stuck to you, as nothing laboured or literary could have adhered. Her saying of Laetitia Dale: “Here... ... service to an Imperial master, they are necessarily here and there dainty during youth, sometimes unmanageable, and as they are bound in no personal ... ...as far as I am concerned”; a piece of somewhat chilling generosity, and he forced her to pass him through love’s catechism in turn, and came out with ... ...laugh the comment on his wit’ unchallengeably new: instances of cousinship germane to the phrase will recur to you. But it has to be noted that it was...

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.............................................................. 12 Chapter 1.1.II.Realised Ideals. .......................................................... ............................................ 104 Chapter 1.5.III. Broglie the War-God. ..................................................................... ...mas Carlyle these, as they sit in their high places, with France harnessed under their feet, know well on what basis they continue there. Look to it, ... ...is grand-nephew of the great Richelieu to glide about; unworshipped by the world; resolute Choiseul, the abrupt proud man, disdaining him, or even for... ...t to glide into Gascony, to rebuild Chateaus there, (Arthur Young, Travels during the years 1787-88-89 (Bury St. Edmunds, 1792), i. 44.) and die inglo... ...ions that, in the workshop or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like haltered gin-horses, if blind so much the quieter? Or they tha... ... man so nourished and decorated, thenceforth named royal, does verily bear rule; and is said, and even thought, to be, for example, ‘prosecuting conqu... ...o, with axes and crowbars: apparently, if the doors open not, they will be forced!—It is Captain D’Agoust, missioned from Versailles. D’Agoust, a man... ... Chateau- Vieux come up,—which can fight, but can hardly speak ex- cept in German gutturals; let soldiers march, and highways thunder with artillery-w...

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............................................................... 6 Chapter 1.1.II. Realised Ideals. ......................................................... ............................................ 142 Chapter 1.5.III. Broglie the War-God. ..................................................................... ...nt Maupeou: these, as they sit in their high places, with France harnessed under their feet, know well on what basis they continue there. Look to it, ... ...s grand- nephew of the great Richelieu to glide about; unworshipped by the world; resolute Choiseul, the abrupt proud man, disdaining him, or even for... ...t to glide into Gascony, to rebuild Chateaus there, (Arthur Young, Travels during the years 1787-88-89 (Bury St. Edmunds, 1792), i. 44.) and die inglo... ...ions that, in the workshop or furrowfield, grind fore-done at the wheel of Labour, like haltered gin-horses, if blind so much the quieter? Or they tha... ... man so nourished and decorated, thenceforth named royal, does verily bear rule; and is said, and even thought, to be, for example, ‘prosecuting con- ... ... is wholly a notable business; and France, without doubt, is big (what the Germans call ‘Of good Hope’): we shall wish her a happy birth-hour, and ble... ...o, with axes and crowbars: apparently, if the doors open not, they will be forced!—It is Captain D’Agoust, missioned from Versailles. D’Agoust, a man...

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...nion for her son, and expressed a hope that the boys might remain together during the course of their education. Dr Robarts was a man who thought much... ...parson without a wife. So, having given to her favourite a position in the world, and an income sufficient for a gentleman’s wants, she set herself to... ...ed, she wrote the note to Lady Lufton, as her husband recommended. CHAPTER II THE FRAMLEY SET, AND THE CHALDICOTES SET It will be necessary that I sho... ...ley, outside the bounds of Framley Court, except those of farmers and farm labourers; and yet the parish was of large extent. Framley is in the easter... ...ble portion of his property had gone into the hands of the duke, who, as a rule, bought up everything around him that was to be purchased. Indeed, it ... ...also, she loved her country. She had ardently longed, dur- ing the Crimean War, that the Russians might be beaten— but not by the French, to the exclu... ...h, as had seemed to her to be too much the case; and hardly by the English under the dictatorship of Lord Palmerston. Indeed, she had had but little f... ...ast-named few months had been under Lord Aber- deen, with whom he had been forced to retire. He was a younger son, and not possessed of any large fort... ... for my tail, and swear that she smelt brimstone. By-bye, old fellow!’ The German student when he first made his bargain with the devil felt an indesc...

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...ING MARRIAGE By George Meredith 1895 BOOK 1 I. Enter Dame Gossip as Chorus II. Mistress Gossip T ells of the Elopement of the Countess of Cressett wit... ...ts on a chair; and V enus the Queen of Beauty would have been extinguished under that hat, I am sure; and only to look at Countess Fanny’s eye beneath... ...ures of a broomstick, with the aid of a yashmak and an ankle, may know the world; you had better not know him—that is my remark; and do not trust him.... ...ocked in his hand, and he said: ‘Many would take that for a declaration of war, but I know it ‘s only your lordship’s diplomacy’; and then he let loos... ...y remembered now for the song of ‘Saturday,’ sung by the poor coachman and labourers at the village ale-house before he starts to capture his wife fro... ...ness of the face; and I must say I regard him as an interesting character. During my girlhood Napoleon Bonaparte alone would have been his rival for f... ...od, and the other was Miss Fakenham, a younger lady. Carinthia murmured in German: ‘Poor soul!’ Which one was she pitying? The widow, she said, in the... ...f civilization and the ambitions of men, had not a contest with earth been forced on him from time to time to keep the heel of his right foot, dug in ... ...ve been a common idea: no stretching of speech or over- stepping of social rules could waken a suspicion so spiritless in Woodseer. He said: ‘I can te...

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... much the same bright, keen, alert sweetness of air and countenance: still under sixty, and in perfect health and spirits—as well she might be, hav- i... ...g preserved, as well as deserved, the exclusive devotion of her only child during all the years in which her early widow- hood had made them all in al... ... the tradespeople, and also among the literary, sci- entific, and artistic world, where their society was valued as much as his skill. Mrs. Brownlow w... ... twice her age, when she has abso- lutely seen nothing of his kind but the German master!” “Trust her,” said Mrs. Brownlow. “Nay, she never could have... ...sable in Kenminster eyes. How would Joe Brownlow’s fancy turn out? CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE CHICKENS THE CHICKENS TH... ... cow’s milk,” said Janet in her 18 Magnum Bonum womanly tone. “Or by what rule the pigs curled their tails,” said her fa- ther, with a mischievous pu... ...BRAINS I do say, thou art quick in answers: Thou heatest my blood. —Love’s Labours Lost. KEM’STER, as county tradition pronounced what was spelt Kenmi... ...Mrs. Mercer, and as I never heard more I gave up writing. Then the Crimean War cut me off entirely even from David. I had only one letter all that tim... ...s get the prize for our flowers. We had the first prizes for hyacinths and forced roses last week, and we should have had the first for forced cucumbe...

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...hem against the wall – all to no purpose; they will not budge; and you are forced to leave the pavement every step. To the south, however, is as fine ... ...abandon it. An emeute of disappointed fishers was feared, and two ships of war are in the bay to render assistance to the mu- nicipal authorities. Thi... ...as; but he was a Highlander, and – need I add it? – dickens a word could I understand of his answer. What is still worse, I find the people here-about... ...tered – went over on its side again like a shot, and behold the end of our labour. Y ou see, I have been roughing it; and though some parts of the let... ...eard he was extravagant. It is quite possible to be too good for this evil world; and unquestionably, Mrs. Hutchinson was. The way in which she talks ... ...rks were duly translated and communicated to the rest, it was quite a good German lesson. There was only one contretemps during the whole interview – ... ...he rest, it was quite a good German lesson. There was only one contretemps during the whole interview – the arrival of another visitor, in the shape (... ...e. – Ever your affectionate and horrible atheist, R. L. STEVENSON. CHAPTER II STUDENT DAYS – ORDERED SOUTH, SEPTEMBER 1873-JULY 1875 Letter: TO MRS. T... ...he ranche. It was an odd, miserable piece of my life; and according to all rule, it should have been my death; but after a while my spirit got up agai...

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...AN ENGLISHMAN LOOKS AT THE WORLD Being a Series of Unrestrained Remarks upon Contemporary Matters By H... ...................................................................... 27 THE LABOUR UNREST................................................................. ... means to us first of all. It also, I reflect privately, means that I have under-estimated the possible stability of aeroplanes. I did not expect anyt... ...e the tailor- ing of the world, while Brazilians, Frenchmen, Americans and Germans fly. That we are hopelessly behindhand in aeronautics is not a fact... ...nuity, device, and mechanical contrivance. I am reminded again of the days during the Boer war, when one realised that it had never occurred to our ha... ...nd mechanical contrivance. I am reminded again of the days during the Boer war, when one realised that it had never occurred to our happy-go-lucky Arm... ...er’s footsteps or die in his father’s house. The thing is as simple as the rule of three. We are off the chain of locality for good and all. It was ne... ...with one butcher or one plumber, it would greatly endear the relationship. Forced buying is irritated buying, and it is the forbidden shop that contai... ...o come. It was not in the Norman Conquest, not in the flight of King James II, nor the overthrow of Napoleon; it is here and now. It falls to them to ...

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...mes Dalrymple, one of the most eminent lawyers that ever lived, though the labours of his powerful mind were unhappily exercised on a subject so lim- ... ...She was an able, politic, and high-minded woman, so successful in what she undertook, that the vulgar, no way partial to her husband or her family, im... ... say to his weak, if not fickle, mistresss: “For you, madam, you will be a world’s wonder”; a phrase by which some remarkable degree of calamity is us... ...g these nar- ratives, nor is it probable that they will ever become public during the life of their author. Even were that event to hap- pen, I am not... ...ce the steps by which Dick Tinto improved his touch, and corrected, by the rules of art, the luxuriance of a fervid imagination. The scales fell from ... ...what then a great deal more than they act. 26 Bride of Lammermoor CHAPTER II. Well, lord, we have not got that which we have; ’Tis not enough our foe... ...nd is termed, and the Lothians, was of importance both in times of foreign war and domestic discord. It was frequently beseiged with ardour, and defen... ... Head and the village of Eyemouth, looked out on the lonely and boisterous German Ocean. A black domain of wild pasture-land surrounded their new resi... ..., Caleb,” said the Master, drowning a certain degree of consciousness in a forced laugh; “you are for marrying me into a family that you will nto allo...