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...ips come, bringing noth- ing, and return with bread. The Frisby House, for that was the name of the hotel, was a place of fallen fortunes, like the to... ... verandah over the side- walk, here and there a horse-post, here and there loung- ing townsfolk. Other streets are marked out, and most likely named; ... .... The floor of the valley is extremely level to the very roots of the hills; only here and there a hillock, crowned with pines, rises like the barrow ... ... pro- file. Her great bald summit, clear of trees and pasture, a cairn of quartz and cinnabar, rejected kinship with the dark and shaggy wilderness of... ...erican, acknowledging some kind allegiance to three lands. Mr. Wallace’s Scoto-Circassian will not fail to come before the reader. I have myself met a... ...e all. Doubtless, the heart of the geologist beats quicker at the sight; but, for my part, I was might- ily unmoved. Sight-seeing is the art of disapp... ...ely a good wine; the best that I have tasted better than a Beaujolais, and not unlike. But the trade is poor; it lives from hand to mouth, putting its... ... a touch of wood-lore and the dexterity of the savage. Whence they came is a moot point. At the time of the war, they poured north in crowds to escape... ... on his arm, and a clean clay pipe in his teeth. These visits, in our forest state, had quite the air of an event, and turned our red canyon into a sa...

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...ost we could muster a few old ships, a couple of experimental ves- sels of war, and twenty-five thousand soldiers indifferently weaponed. We were in f... ...ed the allegations of Government, pointed to the trimness of army and navy during its term of office, and proclaimed itself watch-dog of the country, ... ... free land taxes himself, and his disinclination for the bitter task, save under circumstances of screaming urgency—as when the night-gear and bed-lin... ...native sagacity, as it is averred by some, or whether it shows an instinct labouring to supply the defi- ciencies of stupidity, according to others, I... ...a perusal of the manuscript in his absence. 14 Beauchamp’s Career CHAPTER II UNCLE, NEPHEW, AND ANOTHER THE HONOURABLE EVERARD ROMFREY came of a race... ...is comparative subjugation (on the whole, it seems complete) of the animal world. By-and-by the struggle is transferred to higher ground, and we begin... ...ment upon his property in game, he was a liberal landlord. No tenants were forced to take his farms. He dragged none by the collar. He gave them liber... ...d and foot to sell us to the biggest buyer, and were not En- glishmen but ‘Germans and Jews, and quakers and hybrids, diligent clerks and speculators,... ...d to these feats; but for all they do the end is the same, for neces- sity rules, that exactly so, under stress of activity must the doll Nevil, the d...

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...by those who then had the giving away of episcopal thrones. I would not be understood to say that the prime minister had in so many words promised the... ...rmed with more tender care than was to be expected from his usual somewhat worldly manners. A month since the physicians had named four weeks as the o... ...s. A month since the physicians had named four weeks as the outside period during which breath could be supported within the body of the dying man. At... ... be realised; and Dr Proudie was consecrated Bishop of Barchester. CHAPTER II HIRAM’S HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT It is hardly necessary t... ..., which he called ‘Who are Hiram’s heirs?’ intending to give an infallible rule for the governance of such establishments; and, at last, a mem- ber of... ...s minds were then intent on other things. The first threatenings of a huge war hung heavily over the nation, and the question as to Hiram’s heirs did ... ...done were generally furnished by the liberal statesmen of the day, and the labour of the details was borne by officials of a lower rank. It was, howev... ... by indispensable; surely—’ Come what come might, Dr Grantly was not to be forced into a dissertation on a point of doctrine with Mrs Proudie, nor yet... ...r the bar. Preparatory to that, he thought it well that he should attend a German univer- sity, and consequently went to Leipzig. There he remained tw...

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...ers; and that this is truth is demonstrated by the fruits of that pleasant labour which you enjoy, when you purpose to give rest to your mind, and div... ...reatise that might have proved worthy his perusal, which, though some have undertaken, I could never yet see in English. But mine may be thought as we... ...veral flies for the twelve months of the year, I say, he that follows that rule, shall be as sure to catch fish, and be as wise, as he that makes hay ... ...y of fish; of which it is observed in story, that the greatest part of the world now do. And it may be fit to remember that Moses appointed fish to be... ...them what you think fit, for we have yet five miles to the Thatched House; during which walk, I dare promise you, my patience and dili gent attention... ...that person; so if this antiquity of angling, which for my part I have not forced, shall, like an ancient family, be either an honour, or an ornament ... ... embrace; And others spend their time in base excess Of wine. or worse. in war and wantonness The Compleat Angler — Walton 35 Let them that list, th... ...OND D D D D DA A A A AY Y Y Y Y On the Otter and the Chub Chapter II Piscator, Venator, Huntsman, and Hostess Venator. My friend Piscator, yo... ...d goes out of season with the stag and buck. Gesner says, his name is of a German offspring; and says he is a fish that feeds clean and purely, in the...

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...pieces for the pleasure of these two. Sometimes the meeting occurred twice during the stupid march-out, when it became so nearly vexatious to boys al-... ...e exact opposite of themselves in an identi- cally similar situation, that forced a resemblance. T ouching the old game, Cuper’s fold was a healthy sc... ...rain to rejoice in whipcord muscles. The son of a tradesman, if a boy fell under the im- putation, was worthy of honour with him, let the fellow but s... ...e was a brave girl, ready to go all over the 6 Lord Ormont and His Aminta world with him; had taken to him as he to her, shot for shot. Her taking to... ...ys were sorry that little Emile was off to finish his foreign education in Germany. His English was pretty good, thanks to Matey. He went away, promis... ...accounted for Matey’s choice of him as a friend among the juniors. CHAPTER II LADY CHARLOTTE LOVE-PASSAGES at a school must produce a ringing crisis i... ...d ride straight away into his territory, spot the treason, deport him, and rule in his place!” It was all very well for Mr. Shalders to say he talked ... ...mselves as imitative servants of their god Mars, on the fields of love and war, stood necessarily prepared to vindicate their conduct as the field of ... ...young man’s world; they nerve, inspire, arm him, colour his life; he would labour, fight, die for them. It seemed to Weyburn a blessedness even to beh...

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...ell going on without intermission. He wore the aspect of one who assumes a forced composure under the infliction of outrages on his character in a Cou... ...out intermission. He wore the aspect of one who assumes a forced composure under the infliction of outrages on his character in a Court of Law, where ... ...ew the best-bottled temper right or left, go where you will one end o’ the world to the other, by God! And here ‘s a scoundrel stinks of villany, and ... ...on, Mr. Richmond stood to his fullest height. ‘Nor, sir, on my application during to-morrow’s daylight shall I see her?’ ‘Nor, sir, on your applicatio... ...ng without a sound or a hurt. 14 The Adventures of Harry Richmond CHAPTER II AN ADVENTURE ON MY OWN ACCOUNT That night stands up without any clear tr... ...used to have it, and no story, for he had none, and I think my idea of the ruler of a realm presented him to me as a sort of shadow about a pastrycook... ...n happier than there, dining and supping with John and Martha and the farm-labourers, expecting my father across the hills, and yet satisfied with the... ... replied, ‘ Army or Navy. I don’t much care which. We’re sure of a foreign war some time. Then you’ll see fellows rise: lieutenant, captain, colonel, ... ...ic deluded concerning our characters: the barque Priscilla was bound for a German port, and should arrive there in a few days,—why not run the voyage ...

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...ing and one shilling and fourpence a day, such being the stipend to which, under the will of John Hiram, they were declared to be entitled. Formerly, ... ...g was appointed warden; but if they may be considered as well-to-do in the world according to their condition, the happy warden was much more so. The ... ...angement of the precentor’s pecuniary affairs. 9 Anthony Trollope CHAPTER II The Barchester Reformer Mr Harding has been now precentor of Barchester ... ...bout the wills of old founders and the incomes arising from their estates, during the last year or two; he did even, at one moment, feel a doubt (sinc... ...quite into another line of life. Having enough to live on, he has not been forced to work for bread; he has declined to subject himself to what he cal... ...urate, but it is as an archdeacon that he shines. We believe, as a general rule, that either a bishop or his archdeacons have sinecures: where a bisho... ...h music desk, on which was open a page of that dear sacred book, that much-laboured and much-loved volume of church 20 The Warden music, which had co... ...rects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weap- ons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear. That he was fully confident of the... ...icant was a Scotchman, who had passed a great portion of his early days in Germany; he had stud- ied there with much effect, and had learnt to look wi...

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...our from sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted sons of ... ...sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted sons of Time, fas... ...in stood freely out from a fine neck and throat. After a space an Austrian war-steamer was discerned puff- ing out of the harbour of Laveno. “That wil... ...and rejoicing that his health should be so stout in despite of his wasting labours under city smoke. “Yes, health!” said Agostino. “Is it health, do y... ...as with the motions of a flight toward the underlying purple land. CHAPTER II HE WA S A MAN of middle stature, thin, and even frail, as he stood defin... ... part at some time or other!” The struggles between them continued sharply during this exchange of intellectual shots; but hearing Ugo Corte’s voice, ... ...d reached a marked limit of his popu- lar customers. This isolation of the rulers of Lombardy had commenced in Milan, but, owing to particular causes,... ...curately divided from the inhabitants of the land they hold. In Italy, the German, the Czech, the Magyar, the Croft, even in general instances the Ita... ...can outlive ten races of conquerors.’ In this fashion he philosophized, or forced a kind of phi- losophy. But he had married his daughter to an Austri...

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...was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned in favour of the present undertaking what had long been a favourite project: that of a new edition o... ...le credit for his work, indeed it may be said none, for it is known to the world in general as Jarvis’s. It was not published until after his death, a... ...pirit so far as he can make it. My purpose here is not to dogmatise on the rules of translation, but to indicate those I have followed, or at least tr... ...e Morisco in Chap. IX not to omit or add anything. 8 Don Quixote – Part I II: ABOUT CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE Four generations had laughed over “Don ... ...oduced.” It is only natural, therefore, that the biographers of Cervantes, forced to make brick without straw, should have recourse largely to conject... ...to the Azores in 1582 and the following year, and on the conclusion of the war returned to Spain in the autumn of 1583, bringing with him the manuscri... ... the press in February, but was not printed till the very end of 1615, and during the interval Cervantes put together the comedies and interludes he h... ...he real, between the spirit of poetry and the spirit of prose; and perhaps German phi- losophy never evolved a more ungainly or unlikely camel out of ... ...ry Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Before the appearance in the world of that labour of Cervantes,” he said, “it was next to an impossibility for a man t...

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...ort—subdues fear— leans on the staff of a moderate expectation—and mutters under its breath, while lifting its eye to that of the public, “He that is ... ...een doing I know not; but you shall hear, if you choose to listen, how the world has wagged with me. “First, after leaving Eton, I had an interview wi... ... expenses of my education. I was sent to Eton, where I remained ten years, during which space of time Edward and I never met. He, when he grew up, ent... ...e of the colonies, and was already on his way to the scene of his official labours. What has become of him since, I know not. The leisure time I have ... ...will serve as an introduction. I now proceed. 13 Charlotte Brontë CHAPTER II A FINE OCTOBER MORNING succeeded to the foggy evening that had witnessed... ...ermanent vapour brooded over this locality—there lay Edward’s “Concern.” I forced my eye to scrutinize this prospect, I forced my mind to dwell on it ... ...thematics.” “Stuff! I dare say you have.” “I can read and write French and German.” “Hum!” He reflected a moment, then opening a drawer in a desk near... ... Madame Reuter’s jolly face bore evidence that she was no exception to the rule of her country; there was a twinkle and leer in her left eye; her righ... ...ed there, according to Napoleon; but he persevered in spite of the laws of war, and was victorious in defiance of military tactics. I would do as he d...

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... Walter Scott WAVERLEY or ‘TIS SIXTY YEARS SINCE by SIR WALTER SCOTT BART. Under which King, Bezonian? speak, or die! Henry IV, Part II. INTRODUCTION—... ...LTER SCOTT BART. Under which King, Bezonian? speak, or die! Henry IV, Part II. INTRODUCTION—(1829) The plan of this Edition leads me to insert in this... ...ounded upon one of those anecdotes which soften the features even of civil war; and as it is equally honourable to the memory of both parties, we have... ...tured to his own house at night, and left it in the morning, he was espied during the dawn by a party of the enemy, who fired at and pursued him. The ... ...he servants’ hall? Again, had my title borne ‘Waverley, a Romance from the German,’ what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profli- gate abbot, an... ...gentle reader, have de- manded from me a dashing sketch of the fashionable world, a few anecdotes of private scandal thinly veiled, and if lusciously ... ...His resolution of marriage had been adopted in a fit of indig- nation; the labour of courtship did not quite suit the digni- fied indolence of his hab... ...arn as he pleased, what he pleased, and when he pleased. This slackness of rule might have been ruinous to a boy of slow understanding, who, feel- ing... ...wed and pernicious doc- trines in church and state, as must necessarily be forced at times upon his unwilling ears. Here he produced two immense folde...

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...annot agree with the painters who claim superciliously that the layman can understand nothing of painting, and that he can best show his appreciation ... ...orrowed half-crown no detail of the trans- action will be omitted. Chapter II WHEN SO MUCH has been written about Charles Strickland, it may seem unne... ...him first before ever he became a painter , and I saw him not infrequently during the diffi- cult years he spent in Paris; but I do not suppose I shou... ...suppose I should ever have set down my recollections if the hazards of the war had not taken me to Ta- hiti. There, as is notorious, he spent the last... ...ght has gone to their composition; to some even has been given the anxious labour of a lifetime. The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his r... ...xample, thinks of George Crabbe? He was a famous poet in his day , and the world recognised his genius with a unanimity which the greater complexity o... ...he entertained them and visited them in their fastnesses. She accepted the rules with which they played the game of life as valid for them, but never ... ...suppose now that the lack of cigarettes, brought as a rule by her husband, forced him back upon her recollection, and the new feeling that the small c... ...lthy manufacturer at Lille, who fled from that city on the approach of the Germans, is now in the National Gallery at Stockholm. The Swede is adept at...

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... respect for those who by their own energies have raised themselves in the world; and when we hear that the son of a washerwoman has become Lord Chanc... ...h at the moment might be natural. He never hesitated, blushed, or palpably laboured at concealment; but the fact remained that though a great many men... .... He had been on the Stock Exchange, and still in some manner, not clearly under- stood by his friends, did business in the City. At the time with whi... ...not related to him. Thence, at the age of seventeen, he had been sent to a German university, and at the age of twenty- one had appeared in London, in... ...her at his ease or not nobody knew,—for he kept a brougham of his own, and during the hunting season, he had two horses down at Leighton. There had on... ...and that the Duchess was asking her husband what place among the political rulers of the country had been offered to him by the last aspirant to the l... ...had prompted him. He was sure of himself there. One only consideration had forced him into this great danger, and that had been the assurance of other... ...r about that champagne. It came out of Madame Cliquot’s cellars before the war, and I gave Sprott and Burlinghammer 100s for it.’ ‘Indeed!’ ‘I don’t t... ... again on that occasion to county suffrages or increased armaments. VOLUME II CHAPTER 21 THE DUCHESS’S NEW SWAN WHEN THE PARTY had been about a week c...

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...her hand, I felt the difficulty of giving a vivid picture of a part of the world with which I was almost totally unacquainted, unless by early recolle... ...ly recollections of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments; and not only did I labour under the incapacity of ignorance—in which, as far as regards Easter... ...llections of the Arabian Nights’ Entertainments; and not only did I labour under the incapacity of ignorance—in which, as far as regards Eastern manne... ...ng Rob- ert Bruce. Douglas, impatient to get at the Saracens, entered into war with those of Spain, and was killed there. Lockhart proceeded to the Ho... ...te as his valour. Abbotsford, 1st July, 1832. TALES OF THE CRUSADERS. TALE II.—THE TALISMAN. CHAPTER I. They, too, retired To the wilderness, but ’twa... ...arge of waters. The warlike pilgrim had toiled among cliffs and precipices during the earlier part of the morning. More lately, issuing from those roc... ... light buckler betwixt the mace and his head; but the violence of the blow forced the buckler down on his turban, and though that defence also contrib... .... Thus, from the moment of our birth, Long as we linger on the earth, Thou rulest the fate of men; Thine are the pangs of life’s last hour, And—who da... ... begun to show itself betwixt the French and English, the Italians and the Germans, and even be- tween the Danes and Swedes; but it is only that which...

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... some great things, which, because they interest me, I think may interest others. These are my chief credentials as the Uncommercial T rav- eller. Ch... ...nterest others. These are my chief credentials as the Uncommercial T rav- eller. Charles Dickens 4 CHAPTER II THE SHIPWRECK N EVER HAD I SEEN A YEAR ... ...-work: in which, also, several loose sovereigns that the ingot had swept in be- fore it, had been found, as firmly embedded as though the iron had bee... ...chyard in the years to come; I thought of the many people in Australia, who would have an interest in such a shipwreck, and would find their way here ... ...y, found that the people warn’t what they pretended to make theirselves out to be—there! And where it wasn’t their faults, by chalks, if I warn’t made... ...ing another line of dim old women across a narrow table. There was no obligation whatever upon them to range themselves in this way; it was their mann... ...Dickens 32 of sausages, and occasionally had a screw in our hair over each cheek-bone with a slight Thief-flavour in it. Besides prowlers and idlers, ... ...plauded the agreeable fact. In an allegorical way, which did as well as any other way, we and the Spirit of Liberty got into a kingdom of Needles and ... ... Millennium, while any of the uncomfortable su- perstitions I have glanced at remain in existence. CHAPTER VII TRAVELLING ABROAD I GOT INTO the trave...

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...ntfort’s song. It was the late Hugh Millar who alleged that the huge stone under which Edward sleeps in Westminster Abbey agrees in structure with no ... ..., that there should be no communication by word, far less by look. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE L THE L THE L THE L THE ... ...he white cross assumed by his father and brothers, in full belief that the war in de- fence of Magna Carta was indeed as sacred as a crusade, and he h... ...er seen the Princess before—she having been sent to the Court of St. Louis during the troubles—yet the whole of the interview gave him an inexplicable... ...to the queenly sweetness that pleased his canine appreciation. Richard was forced to step forth, call him in, and make his excuses; but the Princess r... ...bridle from a feeble hand, it was only to find that the steed could not be ruled by him. What was left for me but to break my bonds, and deliver my fa... ...years back. No, rather thought and eye were alike upon the great invisible world, the echo of whose chants might perchance be ringing on his ear; that... ...g- gard in this garb; but it well became Beatrix von Falkmorite, the young German girl whom Richard King of the Romans had wedded in his old age for t... ...ghty task; and Richard’s extempo- rary implements were not of the best. He laboured hard over his composition, kneeling against a chest in the tent. W...

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...y, pleasantly, flowingly, he seemed to drift away imperceptibly out of this world and time, and into some remote era and old forgotten country; and ... ...lling off a log. I became head superintendent; had a couple of thousand men under me. Well, a man like that is a man that is full of fight — that goe... ... amusement. I had, anyway. At last I met my match, and I got my dose. It was during a misunderstanding conducted with crowbars with a fellow we used ... ...n over their faces and made them look like animals. They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow linen robe that came well below the knee, and a r... ...ing colors, and an altogether pleasant stir and noise and confusion. CHAPTER II. KING ARTHUR’S COURT THE MOMENT I GOT A CHANCE I slipped aside pri... ...ow any sign of restlessness, or any disposition to complain. The thought was forced upon me: “The rascals — they have served other people so in thei... ... long array of thrones: De Montforts, Gavestons, Mortimers, Villierses; the war mak ing, campaign directing wantons of France, and Charles the Seco... ...t him of his worship, and, namely, when he seeth a knight hath done so great labour; for peradventure, said Sir Launcelot, his quarrel is here this da... ...ne in upon me that I was standing in the awful presence of the Mother of the German Language. I was so impressed with this, that sometimes when she be...

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...ersal imagination enough for it, to interpret mod- ern Russia to the outer world, and Virgin Soil was the last word of his greater testament. It was t... ...the last writer to be taken chronologically. He was old enough in youth to understand old age in the forest, and young enough in age to provide his yo... ... from the Russian, by C. E. Turner, 1871; Dimitri Roudine, from French and German versions, 1873, 1883; Spring Floods, from the Russian, by S. M. Batt... ... under his arm, entered the room. It was Nejdanov himself. 12 Virgin Soil II AT THE SIGHT of visitors he stopped in the doorway, took them in at a gl... ...s fingers, put the ashes into the stove. No one moved or pronounced a word during this proceeding; all had their eyes fixed on the floor. Ostrodumov l... ...at I’m an aristocrat?” “So you are up to a certain point.” Nejdanov gave a forced laugh. “I see you are hinting at the fact of my being illegitimate. ... ...yceum, which was just coming into fashion, about the difficulty of getting labour, penalties, and damage caused by cattle, even of Bis- marck, the war... ...ng labour, penalties, and damage caused by cattle, even of Bis- marck, the war of 1866, and Napoleon III., whom Kollomietzev called a hero. Kollomietz... ...ost and hostess, who never took breakfast at such an early hour, broke the rule on this occasion. Sipiagin even went so far as to relate an anecdote, ...

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...onrad Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A Familiar Preface A s a general rule we do not want much en couragement to talk about ourselves; yet this l... ...en- gines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world. What a dream—for a writer! Because written words have their accent t... ... marks were made to me. Practical remarks. But, truth to say, I have never understood the kind of thrift they recommended. I wanted to pay my tribute ... ..., into the Havre roads. You may think that this 21 Joseph Conrad state of forced idleness favoured some advance in the fortunes of Almayer and his da... ...om some of our return passengers who, wandering about to “see the country” during the ship’s stay in port, had come upon him here and there. At last w... ...ns of the man reviewing his own experience. 32 Some Reminiscences Chapter II A S I HAVE SAID, I was unpacking my luggage after a journey from London ... ...ould not have been ex- pected to preserve her mental and moral balance. At war with herself, she could not give to others that feeling of peace which ... ...nying it that he was a great man as long as he was content to thrash those Germans and Austrians and all those nations. But no! He must go to Russia l... ... in the indolence of a sailor away from the sea, the scene of never-ending labour and of un- ceasing duty. For utter surrender to indolence you cannot...

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... Conrad A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad A FAMILIAR PREFACE AS A GENERAL RULE we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this li... ...r engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world. What a dream for a writer! Because written words have their accent, ... ... marks were made to me. Practical remarks. But, truth to say, I have never understood the kind of thrift they recommend. I wanted to pay my tribute to... ... empty as she came, into the Havre roads. You may think that this state of forced idleness favoured some ad- vance in the fortunes of Almayer and his ... ...om some of our return passengers who, wandering about to “see the country” during the ship’s stay in port, had come upon him here and there. At last w... ...writer of tales, and the emotions of the man reviewing his own experience. II AS I HAVE SAID, I was unpacking my luggage after a journey from London i... ...ould not have been expected to preserve her mental and moral bal- ance. At war with herself, she could not give to others that feeling of peace which ... ...nying it that he was a great man as long as he was content to thrash those Germans and Austrians and all those nations. But no! He must go to Russia l... ... in the indolence of a sailor away from the sea, the scene of never-ending labour and of unceasing duty. For utter surrender to in indolence you canno...