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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...yron, who might live on a thousand years without growing old. Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He wa... ...He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital, from the Harmonic to that of 4 Around the World in 80 Day... ...h capital, from the Harmonic to that of 4 Around the World in 80 Days the Entomologists, founded mainly for the purpose of abol- ishing pernicious in... ...m and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seemed a perfect type of that English composure which Angelica Kauffmann has so skilfully rep- resented o... ...; but so far he had failed to find it, though he had already served in ten English houses. But he could not take root in any of these; with cha- grin,...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...assion of this character, marked by eccentricities— a word invented by the English to describe the craziness not of the asylum, but of respectable hou... ...an of the past; now and again the Frenchman wakes up and kicks against his English-made casing; but ambition stifles him, and he submits to be smother... ...ession which all Parisians know on meeting a pretty woman, realiz- ing, as entomologists have it, their desiderata; so he waited to put on one of his ... ...o try to detect the causes, since physiologists are to political life what entomologists are to agriculture. “But if I die before I am rich?” said Wen... ...uet, our chief clerk’s wife, came to sit down by me, and admired my lace. ‘English point!’ said she. ‘Was it very expensive, ma- dame?’—’I do not know... ...n her pride of 139 Balzac respectability and airs of virtue, just like an Englishwoman, neither more nor less; and she always crushed her Crevel unde...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...solable for the loss of his wife, he tried to drown his troubles, like the English, in wine, and then, when he had put the poor deceased out of his mi... ...sed the double charm of a natural, untouched forest and the elegance of an English park. The surroundings of the pavilion, in keeping with its own ext... ... “crouton,” and “croute-au-pot,” untranslatable, and without equivalent in English. A “croute” is the slang term for a man behind the age.—T r. 213 B... ...ry 253 Balzac in height with a garret, a fine courtyard, and behind it an English garden bathed by the waters of the Avonne. The elegance of the plac... ...d that, in spite of the most earnest re- 267 Balzac search on the part of entomologists of all countries, there is an enormous number of species of w...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... It is now quite unusual to see any adequate criticism of short stories in English. I do not know how far the decline in short- story writing may not ... ... something, but the messenger could make nothing of the black’s incoherent English, and hurried on to the shed. The machines were all noisily at work,... ...s at these meetings as vestry-meeting squabbles. Yet the great hate of the English and Scotch geologists has lasted now half a century, and has “left ... ...ne; an awful thing for the declining years of a man’s career. The world of entomologists waited breathlessly for the re- joinder from Pawkins. He woul... ...her glowing from the fire- light—and heard them talking together in pigeon-English— for they came from different provinces. Hooker had caught the drif...

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...to shore swimming and floating alternately, and was called Old Sky-high by English sailors, any number of whom could 8 The Amazing Marriage always be... ... told that he never forgave the Admiralty for striking him off the list of English naval captains: which is no doubt why in his old age he nursed a gr... ... in favour of Kirby; for though, Lord Cressett was quite the popular young English nobleman, being a capital whip and free of his coin, in those days ... ...ll Kirby, the hero of an adventure celebrated in our Law courts and on the English stage; for he took possession of his coachman’s wife, and was accus... ...llier, and amused the gentlemen with stories of the ladies she had served, English and foreign. And that is how men are taught to think they know our ... ...losed it with a thrilling conceit of the right thing written down; such as entomologists feel when they have pinned the rare insect. But what is butte...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...hose of a prince. I felt like an overgrown ploughboy beside him. He speaks English perfectly, but with, I think, sufficient foreign accent to stamp hi... ...er (about thirteen, I suppose, and a pretty little girl) had been learning English at the school, and was anxious to play it off upon a real, veritabl... ...n Germany, I shall come home. The most courageous men in the world must be entomologists. I had rather be a lion-tamer. To-day I got rather a curiosit... ...tion; and was astonished when the landlady, having asked whether I were an Englishman, and received an an- swer in the affirmative, proceeded to inqui... ...ere away to Melford and Lavenham, both exceptionally placid, beautiful old English towns. Melford scattered all round a big green, with an Elizabethan...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...n Clubs. The diversity of the breeds is something astonishing. Compare the English carrier and the short-faced tumbler, and see the wonderful differen... ...species. Moreover, I do not believe that any ornithologist would place the English carrier, the short-faced tum- bler, the runt, the barb, pouter, and... ...hroughout the whole great family of Columbidae for a beak like that of the English carrier, or that of the short-faced tumbler, or barb; for reversed ... ... points of structure with all the domestic breeds. Secondly, al- though an English carrier or short-faced tumbler dif- fers immensely in certain chara... ...t which it cannot be doubted would be ranked as distinct spe- cies by many entomologists. Even Ireland has a few animals, now generally regarded as va... ...s practice in certain groups of birds; and it has been followed by several entomologists and botanists. Finally, with respect to the comparative value...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...he condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or obs... .... I have often lodged in their wigwams, and found them as warm as the best English houses.” He adds that they were commonly carpeted and lined within ... ...uestionable liberty during the least valuable part of it reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a for tune first, in order that he mi... ...ery few ex ceptions, no taste for the best or for very good books even in English literature, whose words all can read and spell. Even the college br... ... food, and from much food of any kind. It is a significant fact, stated by entomologists I find it in Kirby and Spence nthat “some insects in their p...

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... The condition of the operatives is becoming every day more like that of the English; and it cannot be wondered at, since, as far as I have heard or o... .... . I have often lodged in their wigwams, and found them as warm as the best English houses.” He adds, that they were commonly carpeted and lined with... ...questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it, reminds me of the Englishman who went to India to make a fortune first, in order that he mig... ...lf may be regarded as such a transcript. Homer has never yet been printed in English, nor Æschylus, nor Virgil even, — works as refined, as solidly don... ... very few ex ceptions, no taste for the best or for very good books even in English literature, whose words all can read and spell. Even the college ... ...mal food, and from much food of any kind. It is a significant fact, stated by entomologists, I find it in Kirby and Spence, that “some insects in their ...