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...8 Robert Louis Stevenson made away with my Simele altogether. Fanny’s time, in this interval, has been largely occupied in contending publicly with wi... ...that the sow was out again; this time she had carried another in her flight. Moors and I and Fanny were strolling up to the garden, and there by the w... ...chaos from the bench. It stopped: it was long before we had time to remark that the axle was twisted like the letter L. Our first care was the horses... ... poultices, laudanum, soda and ginger—Heavens! wasn’t it cold; the land breeze was as cold as a river; the moon was glorious in the paddock, and the g... ...ed. 23 V ailima Letters TUESDAY, DEC. 2ND. I should have told you yesterday that all my boys were got up for their work in moustaches and side-whisk... ...in first person tales, which otherwise (quo’ Alan) ‘set better wi’ my genius. ’There is a vast deal of 60 Robert Louis Stevenson fact in the story, a...

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...nd her little thin corkscrew curls, touched with gray, her pale eyes, prim black silk apron, and sandalled shoes, rise before me full of happy associa... ...reat my father, looking at the effects of more than twenty years of London blacks, gave a little whistle, for she was always the economical one of the... ... times travellers bestowed their luncheon and their books. Our chariot was black above, canary yellow below, beauti- fully varnished, and with our arm... ...art of it—in white or gray 51 Yo n g e smock-frocks, the elderly women in black bonnets, the younger in straw; but we had not long to make our observ... ...s when we had been introduced through the little north chancel door into a black-curtained, black-cushioned, black-lined pew, well carpeted, with a ta... ...a sort of mumble. Griff afterwards declared churchgoing to be as good as a comedy, and we all had to learn to avoid meeting each other’s eyes, whateve... ...ore the fire, shining in his silver lace, and relating the tragedy and the comedy of the scene. It was curious, as the evening passed on, to see how E...

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...Cara vita, go and put your children to bed, and send me by Gina the little black pocket-book that lies on my Boule cabinet,” said the Consul to his wi... ...e, over the courtyard where the cobblestones were hidden in the grass, the blackened walls where little gardens were flourish- ing above the decoratio... ...silvered, and carefully dressed, seemed to furrow his head with streaks of black and white alternately . The trimness of this head spoiled the resembl... ...derful monk de- scribed by Lewis after Schedoni in the Confessional of the Black Penitents (The Italian), a superior creation, as it seems to me, to T... ...ike that of all men who are accustomed to conceal their thoughts under the black robe. And you may rely upon it, there was nothing vulgar nor idle in ... ...ellectual powers were directed to the most trifling incidents of the tragi-comedy enacted in the Rue Saint-Maur. As soon as the Countess had gone to b... ...e Addendum The following personages appear in other stories of the Hu- man Comedy. Bauvan, Comte Octave de Scenes from a Courtesan’s Life Bianchon, ...

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...igh placed and commanding extraordinary prospects, not only over sea, mountain, and champaign but actually over the thorough- 6 St. Ives fares of a c... ...t last as she had come, without a sign. Closely as I had watched her, I could not say her eyes had ever rested on me for an instant; and my heart was ... ...oped our bodies like a wet sheet. The man was better at fencing than myself; he was vastly taller than I, being of a stature almost gigantic, and prop... ...E MORNING, shortly after, to find myself the object of marked consideration by a civilian and a stranger. This was a man of the middle age; he had a f... ...that is allowed to soldiers and the sorrowful humility that befits a captive, that I declare, as I went to meet them, I might have afforded a subject ... ...uld guess a second to a nicety, all somehow guessed it differently. In short, if any two set forth upon this enterprise, they invariably returned with... ...rowsy and incoherent. With the wrong-headedness of all such sots, he would not be persuaded to lie down upon one of the mattresses until I had stretch... ... moment back, was transformed in the twinkling of an eye into the image of a noisy fox-chase. The two postillions and my own saucy rogue were, of cour...

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...r, the light in the place was so dim that you could scarcely see the great black crucifix, the portrait of Saint Theresa, and a picture of the Madonna... ...orld could not be carried on at all. And if this is true of the Historical Comedy of the Centuries, it is equally true in a more restricted sphere in ... ...rcely perceptible indications in the lie of the sands, which looked almost black, like bur- nished gold. “I have made a mistake,” he remarked coolly. ... ...charac- teristic of his great, square-hewn head was the thick, luxuri- ant black hair which framed his face, and gave him a strik- ingly close resembl... ...hat if the General came with her and appeared in a ballroom in boots and a black tie, nobody would hesitate to believe that he was violently in 55 Ba... ...like an extra horse—for show. The match between the sofa and confessional, black and white, queen and knight, conscientious scruples and pleasure, is ...

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...enure by which he holds his repose in life? The cases which are cited from comedy of 46 Thomas de Quincey such a yearning after contempt, stand upon ... ...icles of our English church down to pyrotechnics, legerdemain, magic, both black and white, thaumaturgy, and necromancy, he favored the world (which w... ...gement, which condensed and contracted its ap- parent numbers within a few black geometrical diagrams, how frightfully narrow, how spectral, did its s... ...gst his foremost accomplishments; and round the margin of the border ran a black border, ornamented with cyprus and other funereal emblems. When finis... ...hen he found himself within kicking range. 20 This little monster was coal black; and, in virtue of his car- cass, would not have seemed very formidab... ...ommand rushes forward, with his left hand raising his hat in homage to the blackened fragments of what once was a flag, whilst, with his right hand, h...

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...he worst that can come, the distribution and variety of all the acts of my comedy are performed in a year. If you have observed the revolution of my f... ...being reproved by a friend, the time drawing on at which he had promised a comedy, that he had not yet fallen in hand with it; “It is made, and ready,... ...gate all the nations that border upon the Mediterranean Sea, as far as the Black Sea; and to that effect overran all Spain, the Gauls, and Italy, so f... ...still persist in their vain inquisition, and with the same pencil to paint black and white. In a nation of the Indies, there is this commendable cus- ... ...sed to wear variety of colours (not I myself, for I seldom wear other than black or white, in imitation of my father), let us add another story out of... ...ntaigne “Et Post equitem sedet atra cura;” [“Black care sits behind the horse man.”—Horace, OD., iii. 1, 40]. they often... ...t, quoties calidis nuda foveris aquis.” [“A slave—his middle girded with a black apron—stands before you, when, naked, you take a hot bath.”—Martial, ... ...he other always wept.”—Juvenal, Sat., x. 28.] [Or, as Voltaire: “Life is a comedy to those who think; a tragedy to those who feel.” D.W.] I am clearly...

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...ith one’s governess. But what a governess!” (He vividly recalled the roguish black eyes of Mlle. Roland and her smile.) “But after all, while she was ... ...ionable honesty. In him, in his handsome, radiant figure, his sparkling eyes, black hair and eyebrows, and the white and red of his face, there was som... ...is kept up here that you are the best of skaters,” she said, with her little black gloved hand brushing a grain of Part I — Chapter 9 29 hoarfrost of... ... Nordston. She was a thin, sallow, sickly, and nervous woman, with brilliant black eyes. She was fond of Kitty, and her affection for her showed itsel... ...d resolute face. Everything about his face and figure, from his short cropped black hair and freshly shaven chin down to his loosely fitting, brand new ... ...ave him from the agony he was suffering. “You must understand the horror and comedy of my position,” he went on in a desperate whisper; “that he’s in ...

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... Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cl... ...versity is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith On the Idea of Comedy and of the Uses of the Comi... ...re delivered at the London Institution, February 1st, 1877. 4 An Essay on Comedy dertaking cannot be over-estimated. Then again, he is beset with foe... ...de,’ and to laugh at everything is to have no appreciation of the Comic of Comedy. Neither of these distinct divisions of non-laughers and over- laugh... ...e in its adorations, and to-morrow will be petting a bronzed soldier, or a black African, or a prince, or a spiritualist: ideas cannot take root in it...

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...auses by a broken amphora: With one foot, she nudges the terra cotta and black jar, its painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer w... ...His hands, gliding over my hair and neck, are dead. His voice, out of its black, re- proaches me. I want to cry: but I didn’t blind you! The other... ... be one of us or a Chian, maybe. It was pleasant enough to soak myself in comedy for a while, for right after the play, Charaxos found me and sugges... ...ter, not only for his humor, but for his wisdom. His reddish whiskers and black brows gave him a comic look. But he sensed his pro- fundity, as he gu... ...offs and sneers but what is he but a two-legged cricket, brown, yellow or black? I’m sure the cricket has his illusions, some of them as pat as ours... ...an appreciate it much more. I never miss a play if I can help it, whether comedy or tragedy, SAPPHO’S JOURNAL 53 though I prefer comedy. But ... ... times. Revealing human character through animal traits, he taught us the comedy of our faults and aspirations. Alcaeus has begun writing letters, t... ...un!” Someone had dusted his shields and spears on the wall: I noticed the black point of an Egyptian lance, the cold grey pennons on a Persian hide:...

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...and Jerome decided to go on a cycling holiday through Germany.This relaxed and gently humorous story of the three friends wandering in and around the Black Forest is coloured by anecdotes, odd tales and Jerome's comments on the German people and their way of life.(Published in 1914. Summary by Peter Yearsley)...

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...... 91 THE FEMALE PHILOSOPHER ................................................................................................. 92 THE FIRST ACT OF A COMEDY .............................................................................................. 93 A LETTER from a YOUNG LADY, whose feelings being too strong for her Judgement led her into the commission of Errors whic...

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....................................................... 92 THE FIRST ACT OF A COMEDY ....................................................................... ...e must I am certain be capable of every bad action! There is no crime too black for such a Char- acter!” Thus reasoned I within myself, and doubtless...

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...has long trances of the one and flashes of the other; like the king of the Black 5 Robert Louis Stevenson Isles, it is half alive and half a monument... ...tory after story, neighbour mounting upon neighbour’s shoulder, as in some Black Hole of Calcutta, until the popu- lation slept fourteen or fifteen de... ...e find it irk- some to conserve. Assuredly, in driving streets through the black labyrinth, a few curious old corners have been swept away, and some a... ...h of an entry with several men in moleskin, three parts drunk, and his old black raiment daubed with mud. I fancy that I still can hear him laugh. The... ... returned to them again in a fit of economy or self- respect; when, in the black hours of a Sunday morning, the whole structure ran together with a hi... ...e defections than this disloy- alty to Christian love. Shakespeare wrote a comedy of ‘Much 23 Robert Louis Stevenson Ado about Nothing.’ The Scottish...

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...vulgar expression, was as the face of the dead. Round his neck was a tight black silk stock. Below the dark line of this rag the body was so completel... ...thout a frame. The brim of the hat which covered the old man’s brow cast a black line of shadow on the upper part of the face. This grotesque effect, ... ...them gave me a cut across the head that crashed through everything, even a black silk cap I wore next my head, and cut deep into the skull. I fell fro... ...olonel Chabert “Ah ha!” said he with a laugh, “here is the last act of the comedy; now we shall see if I have been taken in!” He took up the letter an... ...e-room is a dark and malodorous place; along the walls runs a wooden seat, blackened by the constant pres- ence there of the wretches who come to this... ...ell of the world—the priest, the doctor, and the man of law? And they wear black robes, perhaps because they are in mourning for every virtue and ever... .... Addendum The following personages appear in other stories of the Hu- man Comedy. Bonaparte, Napoleon The Vendetta The Gondreville Mystery Dome...

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... great forehead and dark hazel eyes, overhung by eye- brows which remained black long after his hair was white. His nose was aquiline, his smile extra... ...he same with the mean- est man as with the greatest, and as courteous to a black slave- girl as to the Governor’s wife. No one ever thought of taking ... ...he same spot, and with his hand as it had fallen when he dropped it on his black coat. Her heart melted, I suppose (indeed she hath since owned as muc... ...dy and her adorer, with his little queer figure, his sallow face, and long black hair. The lady blushed, and seemed to deprecate his ridicule by a loo... ...ring with little children. Harry was very glad when a gentleman dressed in black, on horseback, with a mounted servant behind him, came to fetch him a... ...when he caught the young scapegrace with a delightful 37 Thackeray wicked comedy of Mr. Shadwell’s or Mr. Wycherley’s under his pillow. These, when h... ...rooms picked it up from the ground and gave it me. Here it is in their d—d comedy jargon. ‘Divine Gloriana—Why look so coldly on your slave who adores... ...nd of Mrs. Bracegirdle, the actress who per- formed the girl’s part in the comedy. She was disguised as a page, and came and stood before the gentleme...

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...did nothing but read the classics and indite poetry. He wrote a tragedy, a comedy, and four books of an Epic called “Alexander,” all of which afterwar... ...pounding all the materials of fun, sarcasm, irony, and invective, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of Richmond Hill; and w... ... the authors were idly and stupidly gazing on this men- acing meteor which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst and poured down the whole of... ...ugh Pope had been coarse in his language, they were coarser far, and their blackguardism was not redeemed by wit or genius. Pope felt, or seemed to fe... ...t will buoy up at last. Might he return, and bless once more our eyes, New Blackmores and new Milbourns 19 must arise: Nay, should great Homer lift h... ..., wife of James II., whose fortunes he followed into France, author of the comedy of ‘Sir Solomon Single,’ and of several translations in Dryden’s Mis... ...ange a flounce, or add a furbelow. 100 ‘This day, black omens threat the brightest fair That e’er deserved a watchful spirit’... ... 20 Let the strict life of graver mortals be A long, exact, and serious comedy; In every scene some moral let it teach, And if it can, at once both... ...proved, and the license of those ancient poets restrained; that satire and comedy were become more just and useful; that whatever extravagances were l...

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...turally strong and powerfully expressive, had been burnt almost into Negro blackness by constant exposure to the tropical sun, and might, in their ord... ...eins of the forehead, the readiness with which the upper lip and its thick black moustaches quivered upon the slightest emotion, plainly intimated tha... ...pression of a mild blue eye, do not 20 Ivanhoe chase from your memory the black-tressed girls of Palestine, ay, or the houris of old Mahound’s paradi... ...ed the rafters and beams of the low-browed hall, by encrusting them with a black varnish of soot. On the sides of the apartment hung implements of war... ... eight-pointed cross of his order was cut on the shoulder of his mantle in black velvet. The high cap no longer invested his brows, which were only sh... ...ent degree the 468 Ivanhoe external qualities necessary to give effect to comedy, may be deprived of the right to aspire to tragic excellence; and in...

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... written to Blois, at our sweet tryst of letter-writing. Raise those great black eyes of yours, fixed on my opening sentence, and keep this excitement... ...ned with that consuming fire which eats away her life, which has turned to black the azure of her eyes, and softened the lines about them, has fur- ro... ...ld laughs, and no one will think the less of me; the dimples, impressed by Comedy’s light fingers on my fair cheeks, will command respect. Or I can le... ...man beaten up for the dinner, which was served to us on old silver dishes, black- ened and battered. The exile, my darling pet, is like the rail- ing,... ...on. After the snows of Siberia a man is ready enough to see merit in those black eyes, which according to you, used to ripen fruit with a look. Louis ... ...wo Brides fly at women, whose happiness was written in their face; she has blackened their character, torn them to pieces. According to her, virtue co... ... are we preparing for our move to Chantepleurs, where we can rest from the comedy of the Rue de Bac and of the Paris drawing-rooms. Having just read y... ... study on which all solid abil- ity must rest. Life in society is one long comedy, and those who take part in it, like other actors, reflect back impr... ...c Addendum The following personages appear in other stories of the Hu- man Comedy. Arthez, Daniel d’ A Distinguished Provincial at Paris The Membe...

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...gray eyes that I remember, nor the dreadful brightness of others that were black. “Neither Hoffmann nor Maturin, the two weirdest imagi- nations of ou... ...her party accused the other of un- speakable atrocities. In those days the blackest deeds were done in politics, to secure public opinion on one side ... ...ng herself in Victurnien. Any writer of plays in search of a piece of pure comedy would have found it well worth his while to listen to the Antiquitie... ...t digesting his dinner. He had drawn 66 The Collection of Antiquities his black leather-covered armchair before the fire, and put on his armor, a pai... ...rime of high treason; and when he is beheaded, the block is covered with a black cloth, as it is for kings.” “The times have changed very much,” said ... ... Collection of Antiquities like the figures that Raphael painted against a black back- ground; to these he must bid farewell. Inexorable and dis- dain... ... son to the perils of the situation; she was enjoying the beginning of the comedy; she 116 The Collection of Antiquities knew about the proposals mad... .... Addendum The following personages appear in other stories of the Hu- man Comedy. Note: The Old Maid is a companion piece to The Collection of Antiqu...

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... their ancient splendor was an antechamber paved with marble in squares of black and white, which was entered on the park side through a door with sma... ...ch, gave to the wearer a dissipated look,—all the more so, because his jet black hair, in corkscrew curls, hid his forehead and hung down his cheeks. ... ... Eye, the formidable emblem of the police, invented during the Revolution. Black silk gloves were on his hands and he carried a switch. He was certain... ...jacket of blue cloth he wore a cloak of some coarse woollen stuff woven in black and white stripes. His gray hair fell in curls behind his ears. This ... ... had no suspicion of the importance of his gossip. Violette in his reports blackened all Michu’s actions and gave them a criminal aspect by absurd sug... ...c Addendum The following personages appear in other stories of the Hu- man Comedy. Beauvisage The Member for Arcis Berthier, Alexandre The Chouans...