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...h other again, in London, some three months previously, at a dinner at the American Embassy, and when she had caught sight of him her smile had been l... .... Her husband had struck him as a characteristic speci- men of the kind of American as to whom one is not quite clear whether he lives in Europe in or... ...one is not quite clear whether he lives in Europe in order to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a pretext for living in Europe. Mr. Leath’s ... ...er high sweet voice and of her quick incessant gestures.She was clearly an American, but with the loose native quality strained through a closer woof ... ...ecret gratification in being appealed to as an authority on the histrionic art. His interest in it had hitherto been merely that of the cultivated you... ...nce. Surely it was time to infuse new blood into the veins of the moribund art. He had the impression that the ghosts of actors were giv- ing a spectr... ... ostensibly to attend sales and exhibitions, or to confer with dealers and collectors. She tried to picture him, straight, trim, beautifully brushed a...

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...s and dwarf pines, among which many huge gray rocks, ineradicable by human art, endeavored to conceal themselves. About half an acre of ground was occ... ...re observing him, and is will- ing to prove that he knows something of the art,” replied Edward Walcott. “I should think him well acquainted with the ... ...old leafless oak, that formed with its roots an obstruction very common in American streams; but, throwing his line with involuntary skill as he passe... ... could scarcely have guided you bet- ter myself.” “Yes, I have learned the art, and I love to practise it,” re- plied the man. “But will not the young... ...heart. These, after two or three centuries, may perhaps be precious to the collectors of our early poetry. At any rate, Hugh Crombie’s effusions, tave...

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...iversity. Contents EXTRACT FROM A LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. DE QUINCEY TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF THIS WORKS. ............................................... ...secondly, in having made me a participator in the pecuniary profits of the American edition, without solicita- tion or the shadow of any expectation o... ...rty years ago, which papers have been reprinted in a collective form by an American house of high character in Boston; but in part they are to be view... ...d to ask for a more determi- nate adjudication on their claims as works of art. At present, I feel authorized to make haughtier pretensions in right o... ...he grave, the coffin, the face are sealed up forever and ever. Grief! thou art classed amongst the depressing passions. And true it is that thou humbl... ...y illumination (from the sun) mingling with the earthly emblazonries (from art and its gorgeous coloring) of what is grandest in man. There were the a... ...dy, as collections confessedly private. Nay, far more so; for most private collectors of eminence, as the late Mr. Heber, for in- stance, have been di...

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...of a far more formidable description than was commanded by the adventurous American. Time and circumstances change the character of nations and the fa... ...ce made by an author so profoundly versed in the different branches of his art. By fixing, then, the date of my story Sixty Years before the present 1... ...nity of acquiring habits of firm and assiduous application, of gaining the art of controlling, directing, and concentrating the powers of his mind for... ..., and concentrating the powers of his mind for ear- nest investigation,—an art far more essential than even that intimate acquaintance with classical ... ... from our present purpose, and is only thrown out for consideration of the collectors under Mr. Dent’s dog bill. As Waverley moved on, here and there ... ...re than he himself could have expected; but it is men- tioned of the North American Indians, when at the stake of torture, that on the least intermiss...

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...ssessed sketches, engravings, and pictures. He did a great deal of good to art- ists by simply not injuring them and by furthering their wishes on cer... ...ull of good taste and of exquisite things, where each detail was a work of art well placed and 33 Balzac well surrounded, and where Madame Rabourdin,... ...pot on his back, had found immediate employ- ment with the firm of Brezac, collectors of metals and other relics from all chateaux in the provinces. A... ...ed an enor- mous bunch of old trinkets, among which in 1824 he still wore “American beads,” which were very much the fashion in the year VII. In the b... ...ving wheel which turned clerks into prefects, sub-prefects, assessors, and collectors, like the figures in a magic lantern, was subjected to no such r... ...f some kind, or a widow,—who might fall in love with him, he practised the art of twirling his cane and of flinging the sort of glance which Bixiou to... ...ling his cane and of flinging the sort of glance which Bixiou told him was American. He smiled to show his fine teeth; he wore no socks under his boot... ...nd China (where all government officials steal), also that of Austria, the American republics, and indeed that of the whole world, to the fact that fo... ...of the chairs after you left. Heavens, no! six months later they were made Collectors of Paris.” 206 Bureaucracy * * * * * No...

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...ame de Sabran—” But Glennard insisted. “I want something modern—English or American. I want to look something up,” he lamely con- cluded. The libraria... ...etters to Harriet Westbrook. I had a devil of a time getting them—a lot of collectors were after them.” Glennard, taking the volume from his hand, gla... ...o, scrupulously vigilant in the management of the household, preserved the American wife’s usual aloofness from her husband’s business cares. Glennard... ...in values. To a dispas- sionate critic (as Glennard now rated himself) the art may at times have been a little too obvious. Her attempts at lightness ...

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...ning, inlaid writing table which looked like a rare piece from a museum of art; his chair had a high, oval, carved back, upholstered in faded tapestry... ... collection,” he said em- phatically. “Only I live right in it, which most collectors don’t. But I see that you know what you are looking at. Not many... ...ishment. Its consort The Sceptre collapsed within the week. I won’t say in American parlance that suddenly the bottom fell out of the whole of de Barr... ...y! But Mrs. Fyne’s fervent “thank goodness” turned out to be a bit, as the Americans—some Americans—say “previous.” In a very short time the odious fe... ...a great many princesses of the European royal houses were cultivating that art. This was the water-colour morning; and the teacher, a veteran of many ... ...ra is already waiting for you in the drawing-room.” The cultivation of the art said to be patronized by princesses was pursued in the drawing-room fro...

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... a pool of refugees, waiting in a political refugee camp in Turkey to get the American visa, a% have the chance to be accepted – where a varies in t... ...their forefathers. So, he had come to this Ashram and taught Untouchables the art of tanning cowhide. I will bet that Gandhi has not till date spo... ...ance and greatness of this social movement. In the olden days, the income tax collectors who were just paid Rs.10 to Rs.15 as monthly pay, who were ... ...ome tax payer (naturally they should be very rich in comparison with the tax collectors) in singular respectless terms and also these rich men used... ...by winning any war, but by their cunningness. They made myths and epics into art and stories and imposed it on us. Slowly, we accepted their philo... ...cation shall be made generally available and equally accessible to all (UDHR-Art 26 ICESCR Art 13) UDHR – Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I... ...mparative Study. In Proc. of the 18 th International Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society, by NAFIPS, New York, (1... ...e, F., A Unifying Field in Logics: Neutrosophic Logic, Preface by Charles Le, American Research Press, Rehoboth, 1999, 2000. Second edition of the ...

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...INS AND NO BRAINS BRAINS AND NO BRAINS BRAINS AND NO BRAINS I do say, thou art quick in answers: Thou heatest my blood. —Love’s Labours Lost. KEM’STER... ...me coloured, and white, flowering trees. “They said they would show me the Americans,” she said. “Why was it, mother? I thought Americans were like th... ...es, and a pond, and statues standing round it, and I don’t think they were Americans, for I know one was Diana, because she had a bow and quiver. I wa... ...wer; and the whole troop moved up the slope to go home by the lanes. “What collectors you are!” said Mr. Ogilvie. “For the museum,” answered Armine, e... ...egretted the vo- cation of her brother-in-law, and classed governesses and art- ists as “that kind of people,” so that Caroline’s association with the... ... her own, it had been mere wretchedness and heart-sickness to think of the art which had given her husband so much pleasure, and, but for Allen, the s... ...hen the family were alone, than of finding himself in the midst of what an American guest had called Mrs. Brownlow’s surprise parties. They were 451 ...

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...paper and cane as Tom had done, but with a penny packet of Boys of England American ciga- rettes. His language shocked his father before he was twelve... ...t was that particularly impressed Bert Smallways. “If them Germans or them Americans get hold of this,” he said impressively to his brother, “the Brit... ...r and cigarette shop opposite dis- played such placards as this:— REPORTED AMERICAN ULTIMATUM. BRITAIN MUST FIGHT. OUR INFATUATED WAR OFFICE STILL REF... ...d altogether unique in the world’s history. The apparatus of warfare, the, art and method of fighting, changed absolutely every dozen years in a stupe... ...upon this impatient continent had become simply material for the energy of collectors—were instantly a coruscation of war pictures and of headlines th... ...ed some black oily stuff for his hands and face. For the first rule in the art of repairing, as it was known to the firm of Grubb and Smallways, was t...

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... in any way concerned in public life to feel that the highest ambition any American can possibly have will be gratified just in proportion as he raise... ...olitician deals very largely with the superficial and the commonplace; his art is in a great measure that of skil- ful compromise, and in the conditio... ...ong men of great origi- nal genius or of an heroic type of character.” The American people should feel profoundly grateful that the greatest American ... ...ncoln: V ol One the leader, Lincoln, at least should remain a real, living American. No matter how clearly, how directly, Lincoln has shown himself in... ... rude gatherings of the neighborhood, and so laid the founda- tion of that art of persuading his fellow-men which was one rich result of his education... ...ellows, call- ing themselves officers of the State, have forbidden the tax collectors, and school commissioners to receive State paper at all; and so ... ...oln: V ol One “I say it-is-a-lie. Suspend the collection, indeed! Will the collectors, that have taken their oaths to make the col- lection, dare to e... ...uppose the people attempt to suspend, by refus- ing to pay; what then? The collectors would just jerk up their horses and cows, and the like, and sell...

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...Wise and Mr. Robert A. 16 V olume One Potts—both generously communicative collectors—I am deeply indebted for the gift or loan of scarce volumes, as ... ...RA A FRA A FRAGMENT GMENT GMENT GMENT GMENT . . . . . P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART 1. T 1. T 1. T 1. T 1. Sections 1 and 2 of “Queen Mab” rehandled, and p... ... _290 Necessity’s unchanging harmony. 32 V olume One P P P P PAR AR AR AR ART 2. T 2. T 2. T 2. T 2. Sections 8 and 9 of “Queen Mab” rehandled by She... ... _560 The transient gulf-dream of a startling sleep. For what thou art shall perish utterly, But what is thine may never cease to be; Death is... ... the revolution eight hundred students, and among them several Germans and Americans. The munificence and energy of many of the Greek princes and merc... ... reported that this Messiah had arrived at a seaport near Lacedaemon in an American brig. The association of names and ideas is irresistibly ludicrous...

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...g to the commander of the corvette, had recently gone ashore there from an American whaler, and were desirous of ship- ping aboard one of their own co... ...h remark, Hardy had a good deal to say concerning the manner in which that art was practised upon the island. Throughout the entire cluster the tattoo... ...tattooers of Hivarhoo enjoyed no small reputation. They had carried their art to the highest perfection, and the profession was esteemed most honoura... ...arcely any price too dear which will purchase his darling “tot.” Nowadays, American whalemen in the Pacific never think of carrying spirits as a ratio... ... had thrown the sailors, now brooked no restraint; and one of them—a young American who went by the name of Salem—dashed out from among the rest, 70 ... ...udiously inclined, he would take great pleasure in teaching such the whole art and mystery of navi- 75 Melville gation, including the gratuitous use ... ...he island, and spy- ing out the wickedness thereof. Moreover, they are the collectors of fines—levied gener- ally in grass mats—for obstinate non-atte...

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...Secretary of the Embassy, from his occasional excursions into the field of American humour, had formed a special notion of that class of mechanic as t... ...ide the ordinary pas- sions of humanity is the answer. Of course, there is art. A bomb in the National Gallery would make some noise. But it would not... ...ational Gallery would make some noise. But it would not be serious enough. Art has never been their fetish. It’s like breaking a few back windows in a... ... the roof. There would be some screaming of course, but from whom? Artists—art critics and such like - people of no account. Nobody minds what they sa... ...ter of course by the merest begin- ner. A few inquiries amongst the ticket collectors and the por- ters of the two small railway stations would give a...

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...great days of the nineteenth century, when every department of letters and art was represented in England by two or three illustrious names. Where are... ...th a character of its own. Perhaps it was the chief triumph of Katharine’s art that Mrs. Hilbery’s character pre- dominated. She and Mr. Hilbery appea... ...took part in a series of scenes such as the taming of wild ponies upon the American prairies, or the conduct of a vast ship in a hurricane round a bla... ...people who wished to meet, either for purposes of enjoyment, or to discuss art, or to reform the State, had a way of suggesting that Mary had better b... ...ith relief, and she had merely to shake hands with Rodney and to greet the American lady who had come to be shown the relics, before the talk started ... ..., and the polite alacrity with which he was answering the questions of the American visitor. It was certainly a sight to daunt any one coming in with ... ...e dull old letters, which would have turned the heads of the most sober of collectors, were laid upon a table, and, after a moment’s pause, Cassandra,...

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...ried, astonished. “Y ou can’t bribe the French Customs. This isn’t a South-American republic.” 13 Joseph Conrad “Is it a republic?” he murmured, very... ...r any remark. He inquired with extreme politeness what did I know of South American republics? I confessed that I knew very little of them. W andering... ...er’s exquisitely absurd. Y ou understand that all these painters, po- ets, art collectors (and dealers in bric-e-brac, he interjected through his teet... ... exquisitely absurd. Y ou understand that all these painters, po- ets, art collectors (and dealers in bric-e-brac, he interjected through his teeth) o... ... goes on to say that only the eyes of the discoverer of so many wonders of art could have discov- ered something so marvellous in life. I suppose Alle... ...n like this, but with a few words of preparation and purely as a matter of art …’ “There were never two people more taken aback. V ersoy himself confe... ..., Madame Leonore,” I said, amused by her expression of disgust. “That’s an American.” “Ah! Un Americano! Well, never mind him. It was her that I went ...

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... so,” said Miss Williams, with a look of rch fun. “For instance, the great art of mud pie taught us the porous nature of clay, the expansive power of ... ...hile the one widow became noted for her lace, the other, a stranger to the art, had maintained herself by small millinery, and had not sacrificed her ... ...with an Indian baggage-train had saved him from incurring her contempt for collectors; but he knew by sight the character of the conformations of rock... ...ossible to read, also the neat writing and thin wavy water-marked paper of American professors and phi- lanthropists in high commendation of his abili... ...Rachel Curtis, in 1605, just when this place was taking up lace-making, an art learnt, I believe, from some poor nuns that were turned out of St. Mary...

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...eral government that was ever devised for a free people. He found that the American people, through their chosen representatives who were instructed b... ...ent country, or among any different people. The pride and comfort that the American people enjoy in the great commentaries of De Tocqueville are far r... ...ment which has afflicted mankind for many ages, that gives joy to the true American, as it did to De T ocqueville in his great triumph. When De Tocque... ...spread of mental acquirements, and the increasing taste for literature and art, 14 Democracy in America opened chances of success to talent; science ... ...f luxury, the elegance of taste, the pleasures of wit, and the religion of art. On the other was labor and a rude ignorance; but in the midst of this ... ...h important administrative functions. The assessors rate the township; the collectors receive the rate. A constable is appointed to keep the peace, to... ...rtions: he takes a part in every occurrence in the place; he practises the art of govern- ment in the small sphere within his reach; he accustoms him-... ...p- *See “The T own-Officer,” especially at the words Selectmen, Assessors, Collectors, Schools, Surveyors of Highways. I take one example in a thousan...

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...ical serpent. In 1846, now that such immense strides have been made in the art of which Benvenuto Cellini was the master, by Mademoiselle de Fauveau, ... ...uld amaze nobody; but at that time a girl who understood the silversmith’s art stood astonished as she held the seal which Lisbeth put into her hands,... ...ad no fault to find but that the taste of all this luxury was commonplace. Art, and the distinction that comes of the choice of things that taste assi... ... do you not leave everything for my sake?” asked the Brazilian. This South American born, being logical, as men are who 164 Cousin Betty have lived t... ... you?” “Valerie,” said the official, “my child, that cousin of yours is an American cousin—” “Oh, that is enough!” she cried, interrupting the Baron. ... ...quite inexplicable. The disease is peculiar 369 Balzac to negroes and the American tribes, whose skin is differently constituted to that of the white... ...to charge nothing for the marriage-contract of the poor. As to the revenue collectors, the whole machinery of Government would have to be dislocated t...

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...ed as A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 14 works of art; battle pieces, they were, with horses shaped like those which child... ...King Arthur’s Court Mark Twain 34 without my suspecting it a passion for art had got worked into the fabric of my being, and was become a part of ... ...wouldn’t have held a dog without upsetting. I always ad mired to study R.’s art, it was so fresh and unconventional. There wasn’t even a bell or a s... ...t. Of course that taint, that reverence for rank and title, had been in our American blood, too — I know that; but when I left America it had disapp... ... which I had heard attributed to every humorous person who had ever stood on American soil, from Columbus down to Artemus W ard. It was about a humoro... ...t material in the world for a night shirt, yet plenty used it for that — tax collectors, and reformers, and one horse kings with a defective title, a... ...uiet. The talk of these meek people had a strange enough sound in a formerly American ear. They were freemen, but they could not leave the estates of ...

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...will confess I am all for laxness and variety in this as in every field of art. Insistence upon rigid forms and austere unities seems to me the instin... ...ainst the fecund. It is the tired man with a headache who values a work of art for what it does not contain. I sup- pose it is the lot of every critic... ...he impossible. At any rate, that is the present writer’s conception of the art of the short story, as the jolly art of making something very bright an... ...8 The Country of the Blind on a way of settling him at last. It is a South American dodge. I joined all my fishing-lines together with stems of seawee... ...ot a professor at that time. Hapley in his retort,*** spoke of “blundering collectors,” and described, as if inadvertently, Pawkins’ revision as a “mi... ..., the people were supposed to be English and were dressed like fashionable Americans of the current epoch, and I fell into the natural error of suppos... ...eboard partially covered by a black velvet cloth, and beside a decanter of American whisky. It is from 202 The Country of the Blind Mr. Wace, indeed,...

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...ht me of sending a pair of moccasins given to Florine as a curiosity by an American. Florine offered the huge sum of forty francs, that we might try o... ... meant her to go out 130 Eve and David to service, in country phrase. The art of clear-starching is a part of every country housemaid’s training; and... .... Your will shall be done, governor,” said Cerizet. Cerizet understood the art of washing paper, a dangerous art for the Treasury. He washed out Lucie... ...or ever to glory, and bravely taken his place in the class of dreamers and collectors; for he dabbles in entomology, and is at present investigating t...

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...ly, of course, on the “picture book” quality that contemporary English and American prose appears more and more destined, by the conditions of publica... ...m, set up some semblance of them in his own other medium, by his own other art—nothing could better consort than that, I nat urally allow, with the d... ...convenience for those who passionately cultivate the image of life and the art, on the whole so beneficial, of projecting it. The seer and speaker unde... ... to reach its maximum, no doubt, over many of the sorry businesses of “The American,” for instance, where, given the elements and the essence, the lon... ...tion of several shorter pieces. Inevitably, in such a case as that of “The American,” and scarce less indeed in those of “The Portrait of a Lady” and ... ...hetic vision, the mind led captive by a charm and a spell, an incalculable art. The essential property of such a form as that is to give out its finest... ...ull of consequences produced by her father’s. Mr. Verver, one of the great collectors of the world, had n’t left his daughter to prowl for herself; he... ...d together capitalists and bankers, re tired men of business, illustrious collectors, American fathers in law, American fathers, little American daug...

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...Major Barbara ity. The poor do not share their tastes nor understand their art-criticisms. They do not want the simple life, nor the es- thetic life; ... ...s the newcomer of its ineffable peace and security: no duns; no tyrannical collectors of rates, taxes, and rent; no importunate hopes nor exacting dut... ...heir competitors can do to them. The history of the English factories, the American trusts, the exploitation of African gold, diamonds, ivory and rub-... ...om time to time by violent ex- plosions of revolution; so the attempt—will Americans please note—to found moral institutions on a basis of moral in- e... ...but unnatural Reigns of the Saints relieved by licentious Restorations; to Americans who have made divorce a public institution turning the face of Eu... ...e of the most energetic geniuses of the time in philosophy, economics, and art, concentrates it- 35 GB Shaw self on demonstrations and reminders that...

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...per division and combination of their different operations. In every other art and manufacture, the effects of the division of labour are similar to w... ...on of labour, however, so far as it can be introduced, occasions, in every art, a proportionable increase of the productive powers of labour. The sepa... ...the reason why the improvement of the productive powers of labour, in this art, does not always keep pace with their improve- ment in manufactures. Th... ...ust always be posterior to the improvement of that coun- try. In our North American colonies, the plantations have con- stantly followed either the se... ...d not rise to what it had been in 1755, till 1766, after the repeal of the American stamp act. In that and the following year, it greatly exceeded wha... ... increase too, so may likewise the capital of a great nation. In our North American and West Indian colonies, not only the wages of labour, but the in... ...he same proportion, too, by three very faith- ful, diligent, and laborious collectors of the prices of corn, Mr Dupré de St Maur, Mr Messance, and the... ...which was paid in kind, would suffer so much from the mismanagement of the collectors, that a very small part of what was levied upon the people would...

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...ndless task, we may state without many words. We find, then, in Goethe, an Art- ist, in the high and ancient meaning of that term; in the mean- ing wh... ...or, to say nothing of his natural gifts, he has cultivated himself and his art, he has studied how to live and to write, with a fidelity , an unwearie... ...dmiration, and perhaps still more the pride, of the country, as a piece of art; a high enthusiasm was abroad; Lessing had roused the minds of men to a... ...cene in Auerbach’s cellar. Egmont was also begun under the stimulus of the American Rebel- lion. A way of escaping from his embarrassments was unex- p... ...the engravings, antiques, and much else which generally accumu- lates with collectors and lovers of art. From time to time he asked the more noted per... ...Huguenots, who settled there after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.— American Note. 235 Goethe me. Her ill health kept her constantly at home. ... ...ation, mode of thought, abili- ties, and opportunities, these amateurs and collectors inclined more to the Dutch school, yet, while the eye was practi... ...g class of men in England or America, which would justify an English word.—American Note. 328 Autobiography tained; which he very soon managed to gai...

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...e Odys- sey. He is indeed so closely concealed that the reader suspects no art at all. Boswell’s perfor- mance looks easy enough—merely the more or le... ...Nevertheless it was rare and diffi- cult, as is the highest achievement in art. Boswell is primarily the artist, and he has cre- ated one of the great... ... is set forth with the unadorned vividness and permanent effect which seem art- less enough, but which are characteristic of only the greatest art. Bo... ...uch copies as I could procure, and wished for more, but have not found the collectors of these rarities very communicative.’ I told him, that Garrick ... ...iga- tion, by transmitting to me copies of two letters from Dr. Johnson to American gentlemen. On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in Londo... ...as to the justice and wisdom of the conduct of Great-Britain to- wards the American colonies, while I at the same time requested that he would enable ... ...tled, Taxation no Tyranny; an answer to the Resolutions and Address of the American Congress. He had long before indulged most unfavourable sentiments...

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.... Even at Angouleme, so closely connected through its paper-mills with the art of typography in Paris, the only machinery in use was the primitive woo... ... not known how to read or write; in 1802 he had made no progress in either art; but by allowing a handsome margin for “wear and tear” in his esti- mat... ...ing was scanty, on the other hand, he was supposed to be past master of an art which workmen pleasantly call “tipple-ography,” an art held in high est... ...e cost of production by one-half; and he had another plan for employing an American vegetable fibre for making paper, something after the Chinese fash... ...oet of L ’Houmeau; but one thing they never did, they never re- ceived tax-collectors, and, after all, Chatelet is only a tax- collector.” Du Chatelet...

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... greatly. Everyone above fif- teen years old had to pay fourpence, and the collectors were often very rude and insolent. A man named Wat Tyler, in Ken... ...Wales—a brave boy of fifteen or sixteen—under his charge, to teach him the art of war; and they used to climb the mountains and sleep in tents togethe... ...and Henry, after a time, joined the French army, that they might learn the art of war. They were both very brave, but it was sad that when France and ... ...d there was a heavy duty laid upon it when the king wanted money. Now, the Americans got their tea straight from China, and thought it was unfair that... ...ne thing, and at first a few French gentlemen came over to fight among the Americans, and then the king Louis XVI., quarreled with George III., and he... ...George III., and helped them openly. There was a very clever man among the Americans named Benjamin Franklin, a printer by trade, but who made very cu...

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...s a great many more things to do, it also gives a powerful stimulus to the art of How Not To Do Them: that is to say, the art of contriving methods of... ...a theatre is a man of business. He is not an expert in politics, religion, art, literature, philosophy, or law. He calls in a playwright just as he ca... ... in a country where a large section of the com- munity still believes that art of all kinds is inherently sinful. Why the Government Interfered It may... ... the members of the Committee, or anyone else, with extra copies merely as collectors’ curiosities. The Council of Ten Then the fat was in the fire. T... ... other hand, it is some- times so vague, as for example in the case of the American law against obscenity, that it makes the magistrate virtually a ce... ...ough to hang you, anyway. [Going over to him threateningly]. Youre no true American man, to insult a 86 The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet woman like th... ...he word of a woman of bad character. I stand on the honor and virtue of my American manhood. I say that she’s not had the oath, and that you darent fo...

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..................................................................... 38 THOU ART THE MAN .................................................................. ...amenable to those undeviat- ing principles which regulate all varieties of art; and very nearly the same laws by which we decide on the higher merits ... ...- nies to twirl it by steam. Glare is a leading error in the philosophy of American house- hold decoration—an error easily recognised as deduced from ... ...that spotty look to a room, which is the blemish of so many a fine work of Art overtouched. The frames are broad but not deep, and richly carved, with... ...ifices.” Simeon, Abel-Phittim, and Duzi-Ben-Levi were the Gizbarim, or sub-collectors of the offering, in the holy city of Jerusalem. “V erily,” repli... ...- tween a London populace and that of the most frequented 35 V olume Five American city. A second turn brought us into a square, bril- liantly lighte... ... 39 V olume Five velop my morals:—that is the secret. By and by the “North American Quarterly Humdrum” will make them ashamed of their stupidity. In t...

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...: It is not a new observation that the people of any country (if, like the Americans, intelligent and wellinformed) seldom adopt and steadily persever... ...on which used to mark the progress of war prior to their introduction. The art of fortification has contributed to the same ends. The nations of Europ... ... their most specious declamations. The valuable improve- ments made by the American constitutions on the popular models, both ancient and modern, cann... ... with painful solicitude. They foresee the dangers that may threaten their American dominions from the neighbor- hood of States, which have all the di... ...h which the beneficence of nature has inter- sected our country, and which art finds it so little difficult to connect and complete. A fourth and stil... ...ost to fear from us, and most to hope from them. The improve- ments in the art of navigation have, as to the facility of com- munication, rendered dis... ...espondent authority of the Union. Should it happen, however, that separate collectors of in- ternal revenue should be appointed under the federal gove...

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... I take my place behind this desk, and face this learned au- dience. To us Americans, the experience of receiving instruction from the living voice, a... ...uous an act. Particularly must this be the case on a soil as sacred to the American imagination as that of Edinburgh. The glories of the philosophic c... ...rd a sweet savor;” we “taste and see that he is good.” “Spiritual milk for American babes, drawn from the breasts of both testaments,” is a sub-title ... ...he value of works of genius in a wholesale way (such works of contemporary art, namely, as he himself is unable to enjoy, and they are many) by using ... ...o limit our view to it, we should have to define reli- gion as an external art, the art of winning the favor of the gods. In the more personal branch ... ...f anything. And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a man- ner triest to put anything out of the way.”... ...fire of invective against the “closet-naturalists,” as he called them, the collectors and classifiers, and handlers of skeletons and skins. When I was...

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...ent the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and five Democrats chosen by elected leaders from our nation?s capital at a time of great partisan division--have come together to present this repo...

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...Action 126 4.5 Searching for Fresh Options 134 5. AL QAEDA AIMS AT THE AMERICAN HOMELAND 145 5.1 Terrorist Entrepreneurs 145 5.2 The “Planes O... ...r stairwell with deviations p. 312 The Twin Towers following the impact of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Penta... ...1 and United Airlines Flight 175 p. 313 The Pentagon after being struck by American Airlines Flight 77 p. 313 American Airlines Flight 93 crash site, ... ...cations equipment employed for these casing missions included state-of-the-art video cameras obtained from China and from dealers in Germany.The casin... ...ck on Bin Ladin or his associates during 1999. The tribals remained active collectors of intelligence, however, providing good but not predictive info... ...arm system with redundant electronics and control panels, and state-of-the-art fire command stations were placed in the lobby of each tower. 9 T o man... ...ands on already hard-pressed single-source national technical intelligence collectors like the National Security Agency. Combining Joint Intelligence ... ...view (Oct. 20, 2003); Phoenix Field Office agent interview (Oct. 21, 2003);Art C. interview (Dec. 4, 2003). 48.Treasury report,“1995 Highlights of The...