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...a and bread-and-butter— matters as to which Kate, not unconcerned with the tradesmen’s books, had feelings. About them moreover Marian WAS touchy, and... ...he asked. “Oh,” he laughed, “I like her so much; and then, for a man of my trade, her views, her spirit, are essentially a thing to get hold of: they ... ...e name she had made— Susan Shepherd Stringham—as a contributor to the best magazines. She wrote short stories, and she fondly be- lieved she had her “... ... fictive “love- interest” through that somewhat serpentine channel, in the magazines, which she mainly managed to keep clear for it. But the real thin... ... new quaintness—the great Boston gift; it had been happily her note in the magazines; and Maud Lowder, to whom it was new indeed and who had never hea... ...he pride of life, yet, with all that, what a jolly home!”—so that, for his entertainment, she could offer to walk him about though she mentioned that ... ...anding-place that was none of the best—had furnished his friends with such entertainment as was to cause them, behind his back, to exchange intelligen...

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...ired village of London -- perhaps in the neighborhood of Berkeley Square, or at any rate somewhere near Burlington Gardens--there was once a house of entertainment called the ?Bootjack Hotel.? Mr. Crump, the landlord, had, in the outset of life, performed the duties of Boots in some inn even more frequented than his own, and, far from being ashamed of his origin, as many p...

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...or at any rate somewhere near Burlington Gardens—there was once a house of entertainment called the “Bootjack Hotel.” Mr. Crump, the landlord, had, in... ...nce of Wales and the first gentleman in Europe. While, then, the houses of entertainment in the neighbourhood were loud in their pre- tended Liberal p... ...d down on the day of her wedding. Those who know the habits of the British tradesman are aware that he has gregarious propensities like any lord in th... .... The tiptop men of the society were two bachelors, and two as fashionable tradesmen as any in the town: Mr. Woolsey, from Stultz’s, of the famous hou... ...the world he hates and de- spises, it is a Madonna. “I’m not,” says he, “a tradesman— I’m a Hartist” (Mr. Eglantine was born in London)—”I’m a hartist... ...his hair curled every morning, and a little blue stock, and always two new magazines under his arm, and an umbrella and a little brown frock-coat, and... ... situated), he paused for a moment at the threshold of the little house of entertainment, and listened, with beating heart, to the sound of delicious ... ... publishers of the metropolis who refused it an insertion in their various magazines. This fact would never have been alluded to but for the following... ...ry will never read this history of him; they never read godless stories in magazines: and I wish, honest reader, that you and I went to church as much...

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...ving up farming, he came to live in Chicago, bought a seat on the Board of Trade, and in a few years was a millionaire. At the time of the 15 Frank N... ...carriage. “See, down there, at the end of the street. There’s the Board of Trade Building, where the grain speculating is done,— where the wheat pits ... ...ight it would be leagues away boring through the Great Northwest, carrying Trade— the life blood of nations—into communities of which Laura had never ... ...ura, I just about know that park by heart. Is there any- thing good in the magazines this month?” She got them for him, and he installed himself com- ... ...Frank Norris ride that morning—looked into the room, he was not there. The magazines were helter-skeltered upon the floor and table, where he had toss... ...her escort. He called upon her two or three times each week. At his studio entertainments Laura was always present. How—Corthell asked himself—did she...

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...- ist. A bowl of daffodils, a handsome bookcase containing bound Victorian magazines and antiquated medical works, some paintings of Scotch scenery, t... ...this business in a cheap sort of way. She is like some pushful advertising tradesman. She isn’t frank with us; she just humbugs us into what she wants... ...ey haven’t told me, which is just as bad. I don’t believe they know. “What trade came here along these tracks? So far as I know, they had no beasts of... ... and wearing things and dancing and play- ing games and going to places of entertainment, and being given flowers, sweets, jewellery, pet animals, and... ...that life was worth while to such people in a way that made the ordi- nary entertainments and amusements of her life a monstrous silly waste of time. ... ...e whole wide world. It was the good men of Bristol, by the bye, with their trade from Africa to America, who gave you your colour problem. Bristol we ...

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... St. Paul. Nor was she thinking of squaws and portages, and the Yankee fur-traders whose shadows were all about her. She was meditating upon walnut fu... ... that he did not lie to patients, and that he did keep up with the medical magazines. What aroused her to something more than liking was his boyishnes... ... cient. Here is the bold stone house which General Sibley, the king of fur-traders, built in 1835, with plaster of river mud, and ropes of twisted gra... ... recalled the men who had come here eighty years ago—Maine lumbermen, York traders, soldiers from the Maryland hills. “It’s a good country, and I’m pr... ...ted a long mock-quarrel. She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.... ...nts who looked up to her as the squire’s lady and thanked her for toys and magazines. Evenings she went with her husband to the motion pictures and wa... ...y for her expenses in a lawsuit, who laughed at Vida’s reading at a school-entertainment, and went off owing a hotel- bill and the three hundred dolla...

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... up to her dressing-room, where she kept her book of ad- dresses to London tradesmen; and Mr. Egremont only begged that they would remember the 4.40 t... ...t all, or to obtain a seat, fine music, grand sermons, religious meetings, entertainments for the poor, lectures, lessons, exhibitions, rides, drives,... ... one thing they wanted, and Lady Delmar said he didn’t look near so like a trades- man as she expected. I see May is writing too, but I don’t know wha... ..., and blazon it, considerably vulgarised, in all the railway stations, and magazines.’ ‘I know! I had the misfortune to see it in the station at Melbo... ...l he was a dog of moderation, for there was great temptation to repeat the entertainment more than was whole- some for him. ‘There, Wynnie,’ said Nutt... ...ility, each being more or less prolonged, according to health, weather, or entertainment, and closed again by the sedatives in vari- ous forms. It rel... ...able, ‘that Mr. Egremont wouldn’t have no messengers between you and a low tradesman fellow, as made umbrellas, and wanted to in- sinuate himself in h...

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...respondence with a man in New York—wants me to see him about a real-estate trade— may not come off till summer. Hope it doesn’t break just when we and... ...ents, from annual reference-books, from Sunday School periodicals, fiction-magazines, and journals of discussion. One bene- factor implored, “Don’t be... ...he gets to shooting off his mouth about economics or literature or foreign trade con- ditions, and you just ease in something like, ‘When I was in col... ...the table was a runner of gold-threaded Chinese fab- 82 Babbitt ric, four magazines, a silver box containing cigarette- crumbs, and three “gift-books... ...indow- shopping, went in gossiping twos and threes to card-par- ties, read magazines, thought timorously of the lovers who never appeared, and accumul... ...y cunning, with wrinkles bracketing his mouth. They all read newspapers or trade journals, boot-and-shoe jour- nals, crockery journals, and waited for... ... wired me they’ve set aside eight thousand dollars, in real money, for the entertainment of the con- vention!” A clerical-looking man rose to clamor, ... ... a natural-born orator and a good mixer and—Zowie!” IX There was no formal entertainment provided for the last evening. Babbitt had planned to go home...

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...u see more temperate men sitting down to enjoy themselves at that splendid entertainment which you are unable to taste?’ ‘Most true, my patron saint; ... ... sources of amusement: he never reads anything but newspapers and sporting magazines; and when he sees me oc- cupied with a book, he won’t let me rest... ...weather keeps him within doors. I wish he had something to do, some useful trade, or profession, or employment—anything to occupy his head or his hand... ...ogether as many of the country gentry as were within reach to meet us. The entertainment was very well got up; but I could not help thinking about the... ...und is not hardened by frost; so that he is not wholly dependent on me for entertainment. But it is now January; spring is approaching; and, I repeat,... ...ou thought to rob me of my son, too, and bring him up to be a dirty Yankee tradesman, or a low, beggarly painter?’ ‘Y es, to obviate his becoming such... ... ago she re- lieved the happy couple of her presence by marrying a wealthy tradesman of L-; and I don’t envy him his bargain. I fear she leads him a r...

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...nts, who moved back in an un-orderly fashion on the footpath awaiting the entertainment that Christine O’Keith so frequently provided. The woman’s t... ...pulation. However, she was concerned with his judgement when dealing with tradesmen, as in her opinion, they were nothing more than criminals in ove... ...l wouldn’t divulge the identity of the builder. She wondered whether this tradesman was one to be easily intimidated or an unknown enemy she would h... ... referred to. Having lost this round, she changed the subject back to the tradesman. “So, who is this so-called builder you’ve hired? What monumenta... ...naware of his presence. Taking a bite of his salad roll, Rick enjoyed the entertainment Chris provided whilst yelling Sandy’s name several times. He... ... before marriage and her appetite for sex took in pornographic movies and magazines. He left her because of all the men she had supposedly been with... ...l. She frequently visited Lily across the road, who also read to her from magazines. Another who assisted in her deceit was her daughter. Kelly was ...

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...and glass—the tables, the floor-to- ceiling bookshelf opposite the lacquer entertainment center; the reclining chair adjacent the sofa sitting in the ... ...ording a personal look into the people who owned it. Kelly moved on to the entertainment center, hoped to find what he was looking for here, even thou... ...p all the shelves on the oak bookcase with the excess spilling over to the entertainment center. Kelly homed in on a group wedding photo of Tyler, Dag... ...first saw her outside the steps of the university where he often plies his trade, selling chronic. He promises he'll never make her cry the way Jason ... ...ow you two just take a couple of seats, look through some of the books and magazines on the tables—although I'm not too sure about you, Dag. But we'll...

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...f, it is said, to have garlands placed on his head, and accepted sumptuous entertainments, at which he sat drink- ing in triumphal robes, while images... ...and being very importunate, prevailed with him to come. At all suppers and entertainments where Sertorius was present, great order and decency was won... ...mselves with quiet and inof- fensive amusements. But in the middle of this entertainment, those who sought occasion to quarrel, fell into dissolute di... ... many in number, were of no skill in war, being most of them mechanics and tradesmen, never bred to war. T o whom Agesilaus answered, that he did not ... ...purveyor, and having within his administration and management all the corn trade, sent abroad his factors and agents into all quarters, and he himself... ...rracina, that there might be a safe and easy passage for all merchants who traded to Rome. Besides this, he intended to drain all the marshes by Pomen... ...se of fortune; he busied himself in collect- ing his men, replenishing his magazines, watching the alle- giance of the cities, and drilling his new re...

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...e prospect of bachelorhood. The truth was, that, as it will be part of the entertainment of this narrative to exhibit, Rowland Mallet had an uncomfort... ... occupation, he could discover no moral advantage in driv- ing a lucrative trade. Yet few young men of means and 13 Henry James leisure ever made les... ...e tastes of a collector; he spent half his afternoons ransacking the dusty magazines of the curiosity-mongers, and often made his way, in quest of a p... ...been living for years in Paris and in Rome, and he now drove a very pretty trade in sculpture of the ornamental and fantastic sort. In his youth he ha... ...t is a waste of wit to nurse metaphysical distinctions, and a sadly meagre entertainment to caress imaginary lines; that the thing to aim at is the ex... ...ot immediately appar- ent, however, that the young lady found an answering entertainment in the physiognomy of her host; she turned her head after a m... ...ut what the deuce can I do with it?’ But a sculptor, now! That ‘s a pretty trade for a fellow who has got his living to make and yet is so damnably co...

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... (for we read several of the classics together), she could have but little entertainment by being with us. When my wife had once taken it into her hea... ...h the certain expectation of finding a noble palace and the most sumptuous entertainment ready to re- ceive him! I do not much like the simile; but I ... ...ey will consider it as much too strong; for, in the case I have put of the entertainment, is there any man so tender or poor-spir- ited as not to desp... ...ou might be admitted to bail. I presently ordered him to go with two of my tradesmen, who are to be bound in any sum for your appearance, if he should... ...news here?” “Why he makes it, as he doth your parliament speeches for your magazines. He reads them to us sometimes over a bowl of punch. To be sure i... ...s age. It is true, indeed, I have now and then wrote a poem or two for the magazines, but I never intend to write any more; for a gentleman is not pai... ... I was so perfectly ignorant, that I thought the speeches published in the magazines were really made by the members themselves.” “Some of them, and I... ...ted me. I could not have imagined there had been so much regularity in the trade of writing as you are pleased to mention; by what I can perceive, the... ...eship to misery, and ought, by this time, to be a pretty good master of my trade. T o say the truth, I believe habit teaches men to bear the burthens ...

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...sengers to gaze at; whence the chiefest and largest are removed to certain magazines they call libraries, there to remain in a quarter purposely assig... ...f’s ignorance. He replied, “I am a poor, ig norant follow, bred to a mean trade, yet I have sense enough to know that all pretences of foretelling by... ...nter night, As authors of the legend write, Two brother hermits, saints by trade, Taking their tour in masquerade, Disguised in tattered habits, went ... ...iend What though the painting grows decayed, The house will never lose its trade: Nay, though the treach’rous tapster Thomas Hangs a new angel two doo... ...us by Cromwell, who, by preferring the scum of the people, made it a court entertainment, of which I have heard many particulars; and, considering all...

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...y years, disappeared all at once with fifty thousand francs due to various tradesfolk. He had written out false receipts from these people, and put th... ...ion of every place was made, although by the ca- pitulation all the mines, magazines, &c., had to be shown. At a visit paid to the Jesuits, they prete... ...had had his for- tune told by a woman named Du Perehoir, who practised her trade secretly at Paris, and that she had predicted he would be soon drowne... ...ight, “Pandar! Pandar!” Now La Varenne had gained all he possessed by that trade. Hearing the magpie repeat again and again the same word, he took it ... ...e de Bourgogne and the ladies. Everybody was especially di- verted at this entertainment, which did not finish until eight o’clock in the morning. Mad... ... hands of Madame des Ursins), and was assured by the minister that all the magazines along the line of route to the frontiers of Portugal were abundan... ...therefore, for Rouen, where we were exceed- ingly well received, fetes and entertainments being continu- ally given in our honour. After we had been t... ... there was no longer any doubt upon her mind. She assured him that a great entertainment that the King gave was in her honour. She pressed him, she en... ... to the King and Madame de Maintenon themselves, the wretched state of our magazines and our garrisons; the utter absence of all provision for the cam...

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... a belt of vineyards. Wine forms the chief industry and the most important trade of the coun- try, which yields several vintages of high-class wine fu... ...y importance, is doomed to an even less glorious future, for the course of trade lies on the right bank of the Loire. The sketch here given shows that... ...s a plebeian branch of the Milauds, which had grown so rich in the cutlery trade that the present representative of that branch had been brought up to... ...neral, “the Grand Duke of Berg invited the mag- nates of the capital to an entertainment given to the newly conquered city by the French army. In spit... ...tors in black and white! I will give you a description of these editors of magazines.” “When will the conversation begin?” Madame de Clagny asked of D... ...wn on to the feather of his pen, Etienne worked for three or four literary magazines. Still, do not be alarmed; he put no artistic conscientiousness i... ...isits, and lounging. His serial in the paper, two novels a year for weekly magazines, and his miscellaneous articles were the tax he paid for this eas...

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... by proxy. Mr. Budden having realised a moderate fortune by exercising the trade or calling of a corn-chandler, and having a great predilection for th... ... low. ‘Margate?’ insinuated Mrs. Tuggs. Worse and worse— nobody there, but tradespeople. ‘Brighton?’ Mr. Cymon Tuggs opposed an insurmount- able objec... ... or knitting, or reading novels; the gentlemen were reading newspapers and magazines; the children were digging holes in the sand with wooden 74 Sket... ...—No, he had not a foreign ac- cent. Was he a surgeon, a contributor to the magazines, a writer of fashionable novels, or an artist?—No; to each and al... ...ined from asking any one but Flamwell. And then to think of your brother—a tradesman—it’s insufferable! I declare I wouldn’t have him mention his shop... ...etermined that that tragedy should form the first portion of the evening’s entertainments. ‘When we’re a leetle more perfect, I think it will go admir... ...d by the extreme heat of the room, fainted away at the commencement of the entertainments, leaving the music of ‘Masaniello’ to the flute and violonce...

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...ps be re- corded in history books. Granted facility of travel, peace, good trade, and so on, there was besides a kind of dissat- isfaction among the E... ...k in deep arm-chairs, occa- sionally speaking or turning over the pages of magazines. A thin woman was flourishing up and down the piano. “What is a d... ...u reflect that in those days a man’s cattle were his capital, his stock-in-trade, his daughter’s dowries. With- out cattle he was a serf, another man’... ...about accordingly for something to show her. The room did not provide much entertainment. She touched her manuscript. “Age of Chaucer; Age of Eliza- b... ...smugness of the English makes my blood boil. A man who’s made a fortune in trade as Mr. Thornbury has is bound to be twice as bad as any prostitute.” ...

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...let, we must keep our concerns to ourselves. I don’t want to serve for the entertainment of Matilda’s particular friends.’ ‘Mamma wouldn’t tell—’ ‘I’l... ...al that her memory and ‘great book’ both declared she had paid; though the tradesmen and the cook, through whom the money had been sent, stoutly denie... ... trees and the ever-changing clouds. I never look out without finding some entertainment; my last sight was a long- tailed titmouse, popping into the ... ...fied sound. Now mine are hon- est, business-like market-waggons, or hearty tradesfolk com- ing home in cabs from treating their children to the play. ... ...heodora? I’ll never betray where they came from.’ ‘It is all in the way of trade,’ said Percy. ‘Reviewing?’ said Theodora. ‘Yes; there has been such a... ...ble being. It really is time to put forth a little common sense, since the magazines will have it that earls write better than other people.’ ‘Some of... ...nt. The night’s rest, however, made a great difference in his capacity for entertainment, beginning from his laugh at Helen’s inquiry, ‘What was the u...

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...t easy to distin- guish the gentleman of worship, at that period, from the tradesman, with his plodding air, or the laborer, in his leath- ern jerkin,... ...ury ago, had fitted up a shop. Ever since the old gentle- man retired from trade, and fell asleep under his coffin-lid, not only the shop-door, but th... ... time, perhaps, since Hepzibah’s periwigged pre- decessor had retired from trade) at once set every nerve of her body in responsive and tumultuous vib... ...—but not from the fountain of ill omen, close at hand,—constituted all the entertainment. Mean- while, Holgrave took some pains to establish an interc... ... of a legend, and mean to publish it in a magazine.” “Do you write for the magazines?” inquired Phoebe. “Is it possible you did not know it?” cried Ho...