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...thin the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life on the Mississippi by Mark T wain (Samuel L. Clemens) , the Pennsyl... ...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. Life on the Mississippi By Mark Twain [pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clem... ...elevation, and rainfall all combine to render every part of the Mississippi Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 3 Valley capable of supporting a ... ... half a mile. At the junction of the Ohio the Mississippi’s depth is eighty Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 4 seven feet; the depth increases... ...ave built on the land for offices and for the employes of the ser vice. The military engineers of the Commission have taken upon their shoulders the ... ...n the nearest village I bought a pair of blue goggles. By and bye, when the military camp broke up, and Company Life on the Mississippi Mark T wai... ...ess, the same decision of eye and answering decision of hand, the same erect military bearing; not an inch gained or lost in girth, not an ounce gaine... ... upon call, to be armed and go forth against the rioters, under command of a military man. We drilled till about ten o’clock at night; then news came ... ...fashion, modi fied by Indian custom; that is to say, clothed in a Christian military uniform, and with a Christian cane in his hand, but deposited in...

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...y nights I spent in work, my days in reading at the Bibliotheque d?Orleans, close by. I lived frugally; I had accepted the conditions of the monastic life, necessary conditions for every worker, scarcely permitting myself a walk along the Boulevard. Bourdon when the weather was fine....

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...lose by. I lived frugally; I had accepted the con- ditions of the monastic life, necessary conditions for every worker, scarcely permitting myself a w... ...ment, and at once I passed beyond and through them. I could enter into the life of the human creatures whom I watched, just as the dervish in the Arab... ... made them call again and again for payment. To come out of my own ways of life, to be another than myself through a kind of intoxication of the intel... ...sword were taken by the Dukes of Milan?” “E vero,” returned he. “His son’s life was not safe under the Visconti; he fled to Venice, and his name was i... ...gesture startled me; it told of patrio- tism extinguished and weariness of life. “But if you were once a Venetian senator, you must have been a wealth... ... Doges and reserves of booty called the Tithe of Venice from the spoils of military expeditions. I was saved! “When the jailer came I proposed that he...

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...en with the truth of history, both with respect to Conrade of Montserrat’s life, as well as his death. That Conrade, however, was reckoned the enemy o... ...on conditions of safety to the inhabitants; while all the public treasure, military machines, and arms were delivered to the victors, together with th... ...other’s society the brief intervals of pacific intercourse which a warlike life admitted. The distinction of religions, nay, the fanatical zeal which ... ... powerful, and athletic, like that of a man whose strength might, in later life, become unwieldy, but which was hitherto united with lightness and act... ...arly large and strong; and the arms remark- ably well-shaped and brawny. A military hardihood and care- less frankness of expression characterized his... ... desert, although, since their Syrian conquests, the Arabian simplicity of life frequently gave place to the most unbounded profusion of luxury. A few... ... intimacy was a part of his early habits; for, in the tents of the Eastern military tribes, the horse of the soldier ranks next to, and almost equal i... ...a knight’s personal beauty was praised, even the most prudish dames of the military court of England would make an exception in favour of the Scottish... ... his equals in rank, were yet far his inferiors in courage, hardihood, and military talents. Such discords, and particularly those betwixt Richard and...

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...s not quite sufficient to furnish two people with all the luxuries of this life, it had occurred to the busy little spouse of Tibbs, that the best thi... ...married; but he was still on the look- out for a wife with money. He had a life interest worth about 300£. a year—he was exceedingly vain, and inor- d... ...to him;—in fact, it’s an in- convenience. ’ ‘Never heard such a case in my life!’ exclaimed Mrs. Bloss. ‘Why, he’s worse than I am. ’ ‘Oh, yes!’ repli... ...I never saw an object stand out so beautifully against the clear sky in my life, ’ ejaculated Alfred. Everybody (ex- cept John Evenson) echoed the sen... ... at the bar. ‘Soul-inspiring!’ ‘Delightful morning, sir!’ said a stoutish, military-look- ing gentleman in a blue surtout buttoned up to his chin, and... ...‘You are an enthusiastic admirer of the beauties of Nature, sir?’ said the military gentleman. 68 Sketches by Boz ‘I am, sir, ’ replied Mr. Cymon Tug... ...‘I am, sir, ’ replied Mr. Cymon Tuggs. ‘Travelled much, sir?’ inquired the military gentleman. ‘Not much, ’ replied Mr. Cymon Tuggs. ‘You’ve been on t... ...d Mr. Cymon Tuggs. ‘You’ve been on the continent, of course?’ inquired the military gentleman. ‘Not exactly, ’ replied Mr. Cymon Tuggs—in a qualified ... ...ain. ‘You of course intend your son to make the grand tour, sir?’ said the military gentleman, addressing Mr. Joseph Tuggs. As Mr. Joseph Tuggs did no...

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... with this lady, Mr. Arden! ARDEN: Devoted, I said. I am. I would give my life for her. LYRA: Expecting it to be taken to-morrow or next day? Accept... ...nty years her senior! She marries a gigantic limpet. At that period of his life a man becomes too voraciously constant. HOMEWARE: Cupid clipped of wi... ...the conditions of her sex. A woman, according to him, can have no ideal of life, except as a ball to toss in the air and catch in a cup. Put him asid... ...; I know no other pleasure. LYRA: Hospital work for a variation: civil or military. The former involves the house-surgeon: the latter the grateful li... ...ot one in a conspiracy. I scheme no discord with my present life. Who does, I cannot look on as my friend. ... ...not the frail creature you conceive. Between your vision of life’s aim, and theirs Who presently will question me, I cli...

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...e dreadful combats, some grand and lofty horse-riding, some scenes of high life, and some of very middling indeed; some love-making for the sentimenta... ...chyard epitaphs; yet, as it sometimes hap- pens that a person departs this life who is really deserving of all the praises the stone cutter carves ove... ...nce, that she was a dear little creature; and a great mercy it is, both in life and in novels, which (and the latter especially) abound in villains of... ...e.” Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic in life and novels; and so had better take warning and go elsewhere. Well, the... ...n—Alderman Dob- bin was Colonel of the City Light Horse, then burning with military ardour to resist the French Invasion. Colonel Dobbin’s corps, in w... ...carcely be said, son of John Churchill Crawley, named after the celebrated military commander of the reign of Queen Anne. The family tree (which hangs... ...ss Osborne (who was very attentive to the Captain, and anxious to hear his military stories, and to know about the health of his dear Mamma), would la... ...n by consequence over; and no chance left for the display of his undoubted military talents and valour: and his allowance, with Amelia’s settlement, w... ...the picture, Blowman, and let the company examine this lot.” A long, pale, military-looking gentleman, seated demurely at the mahogany table, could no...

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...d by this discovery and seeing herself pacing a circle all the days of her life round Picadilly Circus she was greatly relieved to pass a build- ing p... .... “I have a weakness for people who can’t begin.” “…The accumulations of a lifetime wasted,” continued Mr. pepper. “He had accumulations enough to fil... ... of youth in a railway station in Bombay, he had seen only coloured women, military women, offi- cial women; and his ideal was a woman who could read ... ...how he had done good work in India, and there was nothing to regret in his life except the fundamental defects which no wise man regrets, when the pre... ..., they were not to be counted. Some said that the sky was an emblem of the life to come. Long- tailed birds clattered and screamed, and crossed from w... ...rity she might be likened to all beautiful things, for as a ship she had a life of her own. Indeed if they had not been blessed in their weather, 26 ... ...xpedition 1884-85 (honourably mentioned). Clubs: United Service, Naval and Military. Recreations: an en- thusiastic curler.’” Sitting on the deck at H... ...s wheeled past. Susan followed. Mr. Venning strolled after her. Portuguese military families, their clothes suggesting late rising in untidy bedrooms,...

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...n on their way to test. Revolvers did not lie in the scheme of their daily life as decreed for them by the guardian who was incorrectly supposed to st... ... hesitating at the blackest, were it only plau- sible, that might make his life a little easier. The treat- ment taught him at least the power of livi... ...easily than the first. There were few endearments in Dick’s home or school life; he had to find them by instinct. Dick caught the little hand blackene... ...the Nile, and at the other end of it was one Gordon, fighting for the dear life, in a town called Khartoum. There were columns of British troops in th... ...ccomplish some work that almost satis- fied themselves. It was not an easy life in any way, 19 Rudyard Kipling and under its influence the two were d... ...nd a stand of mixed arms. The mark of muddy feet on the dais showed that a military model had just gone away. The watery autumn sunlight was falling, ... ...his chin, I washed his hands, and gave him an air of fatted peace. Result, military tailor’s pattern-plate. Price, thank Heaven, twice as much as for ... ...in, and now I am so much all soft! Lis- ten, you good fellows. I know your military arrange- ment very well. There will go the Royal Argalshire Suther... ...ow’s room that they might dis- cuss their plan of campaign in the event of military operations becoming a certainty. Torpenhow, the Keneu,, and the Ni...

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...hould it be forgotten that he was afflicted during the greater part of his life with an incurable disease. Lord Byron had a soul near akin to Rousseau... ...ed The eyes, which o’er them shed tears feelingly and fast. “His life was one long war with self-sought foes, Or friends by him self-ba... ...’ and ‘La Nouvelle Heloise’. His corre- spondence throws much light on his life and character, as do also parts of ‘Emile’. It is not easy in our day ... ...ect it. How- ever, the state of his mind when he penned this record of his life should be always remembered in relation to this as well as other occur... ...erty; I went to see the soldiers mount guard, and was delighted with their military accouterment; I fol- lowed processions, and was pleased with the s... ...ns to rear. For once my ideas were all martial: I was going to live with a military man; nay, to become one, for it was concluded I should begin with ... ...ollow, through necessity, the counsel of Cyneas, devoting their youth to a military employment, and returning home to grow old in peace; an arrangemen... ...ples, and Count Gages had just made the most memorable retreat, the finest military manoeuvre of the whole century, of which Europe has not sufficient... ...ut this time, I related to him my situation, and we laughed together at my military apparatus. At his return to Paris he wished to amuse Diderot with ...

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...f its lustre, seemed their fit com panion, and to have many good years of life in him yet. The evening with which we have to do, was neither a sum m... ...er with his large boots (resembling in shape and fashion those worn by our Life Guardsmen at the present day), showed indisputable traces of the bad c... ...good humour, and good health. He was 25 Charles Dickens past the prime of life, but Father Time is not always a hard parent, and, though he tarries f... ...ssing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well spent life. The person whom the traveller had so abruptly encoun tered was of th... ... at the door of the next room, and listened. The serjeant was describing a military life. It was all drink ing, he said, except that there were frequ... ...ery lively appear ance; and in company with that officer, and three other military gentlemen newly enrolled, who were under a cloud so dense that it ... ...st thrown out, you would have seen that Gabriel’s lower man was clothed in military gear. Glancing at the wall beyond, there might have been espied, h... ... of which Serjeant Varden bore a conspicuous share. Having displayed their military prowess to the utmost in these warlike shows, they marched in glit... ... same colour— blue, like the cockades—some sections marching to and fro in military array, and others drawn up in circles, squares, and lines. A large...

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...n the simple style which expresses so well the peaceful and matter-of-fact life of the bourgeoisie. No signs of commerce were to be seen; on the other... ...melancholy reigns, hardly to be defined; caused, perhaps, by the aspect of life in Brittany, which is deeply touching. This power of awakening a world... ...he singer, who never took his eyes from the attic curtain, saw no signs of life. While he sang the second, the curtain stirred. When the words “Re- 6... ...llad, German or Russian, I forget which, her sleep seemed to her the happy life; her waking hours a bad dream. She had just had her only pleasurable w... ...them. What nonsense to bother one’s self about children. Mine owe me their life. I’ve fed them, and I don’t ask anything from them,— I call that quits... ...d to Sylvie the graces of a courtier, in marked contradiction to his usual military brusqueness), together with that of the astute Vinet, was soon to ...

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...his commissim after five years’ service, and retired for a time to private life. Upon his return to Court, taking up apartments which the royal favour... ...f the boy, Louis XV ., which he refused. Soon after, he retired to private life, and devoted his remaining years largely to revising his beloved “Mem-... ...2,300 pages in folio. After the author’s death, in 1755, the secret of his lifelong labour was revealed; and the Duc de Choiseul, fearing the result o... ... had been merciless, from King down to lady’s maid, in depicting the daily life of a famous Court. He had stripped it of all its tinsel and pretension... ...his return, he visited the Marechal de Villeroy, who received him with all military honours, and conducted him all over the army, pointing out to him ... ...w that I am speaking of the armies, let me give here an account of all our military operations this year, so as to com- plete that subject at once. M.... ...EANWHILE, as I have promised to relate, in a continuous narrative, all our military operations of this year, let me say what passed in other direction... ...XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVI CHAPTER XXXVI SUCH WAS OUR military history of the year 1706—history of losses and dishonour. It may b... ...ved, did not give him a better welcome. From that moment his services, his military capacity (unique of its kind), his virtues, the affection the King...

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...rect and pretty. The sense of responsibility entertained by the Major as a military style of station-master my dear starting the down train behind tim... ...f my room here to ask him what he would take once for all not to do it for life when I found him in the custody of two gentlemen that I should have ju... ... on him which Joshua Lirriper had whipped off its peg in the passage for a military disguise he goes into such a tearing passion that he tips it off h... ...ret it as perhaps I ought. And whether Joshua Lirriper will yet do well in life I cannot say, but I did hear of his coming, out at a Private Theatre i... ... “O” says she “I thought you had no feeling for such a hard hand-to- mouth life as mine, and were rolling in affluence.” I says shaking my sides (and ... ...ng mail. And when we came to the sea which I had never seen but once in my life and that when my poor Lirriper was court- ing me, the freshness of it ... ...guage though still I must admit that if I hadn’t known him when he asked a military gentleman in a gray cloak what o’clock it was I should have took h... ...e river, the Major went down to the Mairie, and presently came back with a military character in a sword and spurs and a cocked hat and a yellow shoul... ...rest madam. This gentleman will conduct us to his lodging.” Upon which the military character pulled off his cocked hat to me, and I took notice that ...

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...on, and the way he held his head, all revealed the habits acquired through military dis- cipline, of which a soldier can never quite divest himself, e... ... quite divest himself, even after he has retired from service into private life. Any other traveler would have been filled with wonder at the loveline... ...attlefield where Napoleon commanded. There had been nothing unusual in his life. He had fought valiantly in the ranks as a simple and loyal soldier, d... ...jor, in spite of the grayness of his moustaches. 6 The Country Doctor His life had been so blameless that no man in the army, not even the general hi... ...personal history lay buried beneath the deepest reserve. Like almost every military man in Europe, he had only seen the world through cannon smoke, or... ... would not decline to join a pleasure party; he in no way offended against military standards; but when questioned as to his affairs of the heart, he ... ...e laws of politeness, to which he conformed as rigidly as if they had been military regula- tions; though he had real mental power, both natural and a... ...eight of soap. In our part of the world you would simply have to wear your life out before you would make ten sous a day.” “Then you have some land of... ...y account of the wars of Mahomet, so that I can form no opinions as to his military talents; but if you had only watched the Emperor’s tactics during ...

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...shone brightly; the tide was making – four jolly miles an hour; the wind blew steadily, with occasional squalls. For my part, I had never been in a ca... ...a canoe, and with these charging squalls, I was not prepared to find myself follow the same prin- ciple; and it inspired me with some contemptuous vie... ...mankind from trumpeting this cheerful sentiment abroad. I wish sincerely, for it would have saved me much trouble, there had been some one to put me i... ...o the note of Diana’s horn; moving among the old oaks, as fancy-free as they; things of the forest and the starlight, not touched by the commotion of ... ...lorid style of architecture. With him came his wife, a comely young woman with her hair tied in a yellow kerchief, and their son, a little fellow of f... ...blic buildings that had any interest for us were the hotel and the cafe. But we visited the church. There lies Marshal Clarke. But as neither of us ha... ... thing will work its own cure, and a sound-hearted and courageous people weary at length of snivelling over their disasters. Already Paul Deroulede ha... ... second ex- tends a region of waste land and cultivated patches. Here 63 The Inland V oyage and there along the wayside were posters forbidding tres-... ...t last, a second gateway admitted us to the town itself. Lighted windows looked gladsome, whiffs of comfortable cookery came abroad upon the air. The ...

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...ndly discharged their barrowful. With my own hand, for instance, I saved the life of a child as it sat upon its mother’s knee, she sitting on a box; a... ...for to ward off heavy boxes seemed at the moment a natural incident of human life. Cold, wet, clamour, dead opposition to progress, such as one encoun... ...ccidents of form and surface, I began to exult with myself upon this rise in life like a man who had come into a rich estate. And when I had asked the... ...e me into confidence and tell me the story of 11 Robert Louis Stevenson her life. I heard about her late husband, who seemed to have made his chief i... ...ame books, inter- course is not conducted by the dictionary. The business of life is not carried on by words, but in set phrases, each with a special ... ...is grotesque companions) some tincture of soldierly reso- lution and even of military common sense, and that he fig- ured memorably in the scene on Ma... ... mortally stricken on his face; but still active afoot, still with the brisk military carriage, the ready military salute. Three ways led through this... ... we had never been long together on the way before he was dealing, in a very military manner, with the English poets. “Shelley was a fine poet, sir, t...

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... days after, an attempt was made to stab him, in which he was severely although not mortally wounded. This by no means suited the views of the Orange ... ... Grand Pen- sionary. He too received a noble recompense for his de- votedness to the best interests of his country, taking with him into the retiremen... ...ts. “Stop,” replied the Count, “there you at once ask me more than I can tell you. I was told, ‘Guard the prison,’ and I guard it. Y ou, gentlemen, wh... ...country; and particularly do I rejoice in your 17 Dumas glory, John. I have taken good care not to burn that corre- spondence.” “Then we are lost, as... ...leaned on the shoulder of 21 Dumas an officer, who, with his hand on his sword, had watched the scenes in the Buytenhof with eager curiosity, very na... ...se which had made Rosa suppose that the people were forcing the prison door was indeed owing to the mob battering against it after the square had been... ...excite any suspicion. But when, on having proceeded half-way down that street, the man felt that he had left the prison and death behind, and before h... ...t you trouble yourself about me more than I do myself,” the Prince gruffly replied. The officer started off with a speed which was much less owing to ... ...is hand. Behind the Committee, who were as gay as a meadow, and as fragrant as a garden in spring, marched the learned societies of the town, the magi...

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... the king’s proclamations and planting food in the bush, the first step of military prepara- tion. The religious sentiment of the people is indeed for... ...liath, he cut off his head and carried it before the king?” With the civil life of the inhabitants we have far less to do; and yet even here a word of... ...place and the monument of a German who fought the Ger- man firm during his life. His house (now he is dead) re- mains pointed like a discharged cannon... ...ing to the worst form of torture, regular work – he is to stand aside from life and from his family in dreadful isolation. These ideas most Polynesian... ...harac- ter. He had served with credit in war; but soon wearied of garrison life, resigned his battery, came to the States, found 28 A Footnote to His... ...an of notable personal appearance; he looks the part allotted him; and the military clerk was soon the centre of observa- tion and rumour. Malietoa wr... ...deis. Be it well known that the gentleman Brandeis has no appointment in a military character, but resides peace- ably assisting the government of Leu... ...oods over the village in the form of a signboard – then appeared in a more military guise; the Ger- man flag was hoisted, and German sailors manned th... ...ter- balanced by another of recruitment. But the harshness of European and military rule had made Brandeis detested and Tamasese unpopular with many; ...

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...w much more interesting did the spectacle become, when, starting into full life and animation, as a simultaneous call for ‘Pickwick’ burst from his fo... ...of communicating it to the club, as a singular instance of the tenacity of life in horses under trying circumstances. The entry was scarcely completed... ...ted. ‘Certainly, Sir, certainly—fifty more if you like to hear ‘em—strange life mine—rather curious history—not extraor dinary, but singular.’ In thi... ...y and animated appearance, occasioned chiefly by the con viviality of the military. It is truly delightful to a philan thropic mind to see these gal... ...er. ‘Who is she?’ inquired Mr. Tupman. ‘Don’t know—never saw her in all my life—cut out the doctor —here goes.’ And the stranger forthwith crossed the... ...e doctor, I believe, is a very good shot,’ said Mr. Winkle. ‘Most of these military men are,’ observed Mr. Snodgrass calmly; ‘but so are you, ain’t yo... ...o, with vellum covered books under their arms, and Colonel Bulder, in full military uniform, on horseback, galloping first to one Charles Dickens 47 ... ...tended by Colonel Bulder and numerous officers, cantered to the front. The military bands struck up altogether; the horses stood upon two legs each, c... ...arriage, and looked over somebody else’s shoulder at the evolutions of the military. Astounding evolutions they were, one rank firing over the heads o...

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...expected to find him nervous, introspective, to discover that his men- tal life was not at all the result of impressions and sensa- tions that came to... ...hardy, brave, and passionate—were building an empire; where the tumultuous life ran like fire from dawn to dark, and from dark to dawn again, primitiv... ...hout fear. Something (to his idea not much) had been done to catch at that life in passing, but its poet had not yet arisen. The few sporadic attempts... ...e wanted, Presley hardly knew. On one hand, it was his ambition to portray life as he saw it—directly, frankly, and through no me- dium of personality... ...iving true, absolutely true, poetical ex- 11 Frank Norris pression to the life of the ranch, and yet, again and again, he brought up against the rail... ...drills, each with its eight hoes, went clamouring past, like an advance of military, seeding the ten thousand acres of the great ranch; fecundating th... ...an, grimed with the soil he worked in, yet vividly remembering a period of military glory, exciting himself with recollections of Gravelotte and the K... ...em. He was never happier, never more nearly jovial, never more erect, more military, more alert, and buoyant than when in the company of his two sons....