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...A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac Translated by Ellen Marriage A Penn State Electronic Classics Ser... ...on A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage is a publication of the Pennsylvania State... ...ay. A Distinguished Provincial at Paris (Lost Illusions Part II) by Honore de Balzac, trans. Ellen Marriage, the Pennsylvania State University, Electr... ...e to see the newspapers at Blosse’s reading-room, as well as new books and magazines and poetry, so as to keep himself in- formed of the movements of ... ...he dark,” he added, making a lunge. “Now writers, my boy, are in different corps; there is the writer who writes and draws his pay; there is the write... ...y gave fifty thousand for the whole affair. And in another year’s time the magazine will be worth two hundred thousand francs, if the Court buys it up... ...n’t cost the management anything, for the chorus and the orchestra and the corps de ballet are to take them whether they like it or not; but your pape... ... ser- pents found in the human heart and human body, and so proceed to the corps diplomatique,” said Lousteau. “And we could exhibit one in spirits, i... ...he serious and profound article on Nathan as the Lettres persanes from the Esprit des lois. “You are a born journalist,” said Lousteau. “It shall go i...

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...The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater By THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Bo... ...SICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Port... ...ransmission, in any way. The Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, ... ...use; mere extravagance was felt to license and ac- credit the little jeu d’esprit, precisely as the blank impossibili- ties of Lilliput, of Laputa, of... ...Williams been filled in and realized, she would have seen something in the corpse-like face, and heard something in the sinister voice, that would hav... ..., he had busied himself in piling the clothes elaborately over the child’s corpse. This incident undeniably gave the character of a vindictive proceed... ...atures, and those glazed rigid eyes, that seemed rightfully belonging to a corpse, when one glance at them sufficed to proclaim a death-warrant. Three... ...ould be very agreeable to him if he had a ground. Such is the power of the esprit de corps to palliate and recommend as colorable the very weakest log... ...e of that sort of ubiquity ascribed to him by a witty writer in the London Magazine: I met him and shook hands with him under Somerset-house, telling ...

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...lections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Autobiograp... ... ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Po... ... an electronic transmission, in any way. Autobiographic Sketches by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, ... ...ly into saying the thing that is not. They won’t wait an hour for you in a magazine or a review; they won’t wait for truth; you may as well reason wit... ...ed chamber of my sister. From the gorgeous sunlight I turned around to the corpse. There lay the sweet childish figure; there the angel face; and, as ... ...ote me senseless to the ground. Again I am in the chamber with my sister’s corpse, again the pomps of life rise up in silence, the glory of summer, th... ...her contrived to color favorably, by calling us—that is, me and himself—”a corps of observation;” and he condescendingly explained to me, that, althou... ...ty extensively known. But, known or not known personally, in virtue of the esprit de corps, the accused parties would have benefited in any case by a ... ...anced guard, well armed with muskets, (pillaged, be H observed, from royal magazines hastily deserted,) com- menced a tumultuous assault. Less than 30...

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...NARRATIVE and MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Narrative a... ... CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Port... ...nic transmission, in any way. Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers by Thomas de Quincey, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, ... ... first or last’—‘How so?’ I interrupted him; ‘surely they don’t detain the corpses of prisoners?’ ‘Ay, but mind you — put case that he or that she sho... ...ch of water utterly ruins it, taking its life, and leaving a caput mortuum corpse! Upon this caput Kate breakfasted, though her case was worse than mi... .... The ship had been merely bringing stores to the station of Paita; and no corps of the royal armies was readily to be reached, whilst some- thing mus... ...at which awaited him from an enemy so malignant. He set fire to the powder magazine; the vessel blew up; Morandi perished in the Nile; and all of less... ...eridge’s famous Fire, Famine, and Slaughter. As this little viperous jeu-d’esprit (published anonymously) subsequently became the subject of a celebra...

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...etend to be repre- sentative which ignored the famous “Memoirs” of the Duc de Saint-Simon. They stand, by universal consent, at the head of French his... ...the French critic, Sainte-Beuve, is fairly typi- cal. “With the Memoirs of De Retz, it seemed that perfec- tion had been attained, in interest, in mov... ...toward placing their author in the foremost rank of French writers.” Louis de Rouvroy, who later became the Duc de Saint- 4 Saint-Simon Simon, was bo... ...plomacy; and from honour to honour, at last reached the order of the Saint Esprit, in 1698. His wife was full of wit, and scandalously inclined. Both ... ...in such beautiful order that it was impossible to give the palm to any one corps, but their commanders added the finery and mag- nificence of the Cour... ...turn- ing of one of the streets he fell into the midst of an Imperial- ist corps de garde, who surrounded him and arrested him. Feeling that it was im... ...n up and signed by Blansac, the general offic- ers, and the heads of every corps except that of Navarre, which was thus the sole one which refused. Th... ...were the same as are seen at the receptions of the chevaliers of the Saint-Esprit, and in all grand ceremonies. The Duc de Liria remained outside near... ...rder, are supposed to have received them; like the chevaliers of the Saint-Esprit and of Saint-Michel, and the chevaliers of Saint-Louis. Their Cathol...

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...wed succinctly and impartially. The ‘Contrat Social’, the ‘Lattres Ecrites de la Montagne’, and other treatises that once aroused fierce con- troversy... ...reated the memory of his mis- tress and benefactress. That he loved Madame de Warens— his ‘Mamma’—deeply and sincerely is undeniable, notwith- standin... ...arked his closing years will not be out of place here. On quitting the Ile de Saint-Pierre he travelled to Strasbourg, where he was warmly received, a... ...le to persist in it, for on leaving my apartment I had the appearance of a corpse, and had I continued this course much longer I should certainly have... ...y was to pur- sue her route as far as Saint-Andiol, near the bridge du St. Esprit. With my natural timidity it will not be conjectured that I was very... ...s ‘bon ami’. These were the subjects of my reveries from the bridge of St. Esprit to Remoulin: I had been advised to visit the Pont-du-Gard; hitherto ... ... the rectitude of this expedition, as I advanced towards the Bridge of St. Esprit (which was equally the road to Saint-Andiol and to Chambery) I began... ...aching the bridge of St. Esprit I formed the resolu- tion to burn my whole magazine of letters from Saint-Andiol, and continue my journey right forwar... ...ion of the commission he himself then held of the captain of the Gardes de Corps. He had the mortification to see the last, a most promising young man...

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...unsatisfied by that epitome of civiliza- tion which stretches from the Arc de Triomphe to the Gymnase theatre. It had already been intimated to the au... ...thor of these light pages that there are many good things in the doux pays de France of which you get no hint in a walk between those ornaments of the... ...f a spinning-top. I may add that I discovered no dark secrets at the Hotel de l’Univers; for it is not a secret to any traveller today that the obliga... ...oated than the little cha- teau on the Cher. It consists of a large square corps de logis, with a round tower at each angle, rising out of a somewhat ... ...ok me into the court; but there was nothing to see. The place is used as a magazine of ammunition, and the yard contains a multitude of ugly buildings... ...ue, and steep, moss-covered roofs. The principal lion is the Hopital-Saint-Esprit, or the Hotel- Dieu, simply, as they call it there, founded in 1443 ...

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...et-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper Originally published in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICA... ...et-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper Originally published in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) CHAPTER I Chapter numbers inserted from non-perio... ... sneer at the supposition of a pocket-handkerchief possessing any mind, or esprit, at all; but let such have patience and read on, when I hope it will... ...ipathies and predi- lections, I confess to some excitement in my own case, de- claring that if royalty W AS to be my lot, I would prefer not to ascend... ...of prince or plebeian. There were a few among us who spoke of the Duchesse de 13 James Fenimore Cooper Berri as our future mistress; but the notion p... ...the notion prevailed that we should so soon pass into the hands of a femme de chambre, as to render the selection little desirable. In the end we wise... ...ich I had been deposited for safe keeping. I was considered a spe- cies of corps de reserve. At the end of that period, however, her thoughts recurred... ..., its substitute, education.” “Oh! that makes no great difference—half the corps is ex- actly in the same predicament. I’fegs! if we waited for colo- ... ..., sir,” said I, trembling lest my boss might be a colonel of the editorial corps, after all—”pray, sir,” said I, “is it ex- pected in this country tha...

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...was faithful to her, and whether she had any cause to suspect the love and de- votion of her kinsman and servant.” After the sending of this letter, t... ...“je scay que vous vous etes bravement batew et grievement blessay—du coste de feu M. le Vicomte. M. le Compte de V arique ne se playt qua parlay de vo... ...M. le Vicomte. M. le Compte de V arique ne se playt qua parlay de vous: M. de Moon aucy. Il di que vous avay voulew vous bastre avecque luy—que vous e... ...took possession of the enemy’s ammunition in the arsenals, his stores, and magazines. Five days afterwards a great “Te Deum” was sung in Prince Lewis’... ...were laid, or an enemy’s bat- tery, vomiting flame and death, and strewing corpses round about him;—he was always cold, calm, resolute, like fate. He ... ... – Book Two I think Steele shone rather than sparkled. Those famous beaux- esprits of the coffee-houses (Mr. William Congreve, for in- stance, when hi...

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...epti- tude of the Germans, it is probably the clumsiest. The French Maison de la Presse is certainly the best organisation in exist- ence for making t... ...—feature of these organisations that they do not constitute a positive and de- fined propaganda such as the Germans maintain. The Ger- man propaganda ... ...a visit to the French front at Soissons and put me in charge of Lieutenant de Tessin, whom I had met in England studying British social questions long... ... hear a shell burst at no great distance. You pass two pages of The Strand Magazine. Per- haps thirty yards on you pass a cigarette end. After these s... ... cap is a rosette. Each shed has its own colour of rosette. “There is much esprit de corps here,” says M. Citroen. “And also,” he adds, showing obvers... ...rosette. Each shed has its own colour of rosette. “There is much esprit de corps here,” says M. Citroen. “And also,” he adds, showing obverse as well ... ...as one friend remarked to me when I visited the work of the British flying corps, “The real essential strength of this arm is the organisation of its ... ...sense of fair play to the outsider. The latter deficiency indeed they call esprit de corps and prize it as if it were a noble quality. It becomes more... ...air play to the outsider. The latter deficiency indeed they call esprit de corps and prize it as if it were a noble quality. It becomes more and more ...

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... and so descended to the grave, after two bailiffs had quarrelled over his corpse. Rebecca was seventeen when she came to Chiswick, and was bound over... ...r school and give you the money!” exclaimed Rebecca, in accents of extreme de- light. “Y es, and after I had cut the tassels of his boots too. Boys ne... ...e Government balls, and how she laughed at the stories of the Scotch aides-de- camp, and called Mr. Sedley a sad wicked satirical creature; and how fr... ...e Government balls, and how she laughed at the stories of the Scotch aides-de- camp, and called Mr. Sedley a sad wicked satirical creature; and how fr... ...rning with military ardour to resist the French Invasion. Colonel Dobbin’s corps, in which old Mr. Osborne himself was but an indifferent corporal, ha... ...said. (All old women were beauties once, we very well know.) She was a bel esprit, and a dreadful Radical for those days. She had been in France (wher... ...were left her in the world. And the business of her life, was—to watch the corpse of Love. To death she looked with inexpressible longing. Then, she t... ...rd works in stout gilt bindings. The “Annual Reg- ister,” the “Gentleman’s Magazine,” “Blair’s Sermons,” and “Hume and Smollett.” From year’s end to y... ... of Mrs. R. C., which appeared in the very next number of the Harum-scarum Magazine, which he conducted. He implored her good-will at parties where he...

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...an- non in the garden. I find this empire of the floor much more vivid and de- tailed in my memory now than many of the owners of the skirts and legs ... ...ther elaborately done. Chicago, I must explain, was based upon my father’s de- scription of the pig slaughterings in that city and certain pic- tures ... ...hile and give her some return for the narrow intense affection, the tender de- sires, she evidently lavished so abundantly on me. But then again I ask... ...can the organisation survive. Every month there came to my mother a little magazine called, if I remember rightly, the Home Churchman, with the combin... ...e fed and clothed and educated… . I had the curiosity to buy a copy of his magazine after- wards, and it seemed much the same sort of thing that had w... ...and our literary flowerings led very directly to the revival of the school magazine, which had been comatose for some years. But there we came upon a ... ...anly and straightforward and a bit thought- ful, about Patriotism, say, or esprit de corps, or After-Life.” I looked at Britten. Hitherto we had not c... ...traightforward and a bit thought- ful, about Patriotism, say, or esprit de corps, or After-Life.” I looked at Britten. Hitherto we had not considered ...

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... must sort them. It’s my lady’s orders,’ said Mrs. Halfpenny, with all the de- termination of the sergeant, her husband, and Dolores, with a sense of ... ...ung with a rich purple pall of the dark clematis, on the other by a Gloire de Dijon rose. There were bright flower beds, and the dormer windows over t... ...hts?’ ‘ Ay! and where would have been all your romancing about Sir Maurice de Mohun, the pride of his name? For my part, I much prefer a cavalier dead... ... write metaphysical and scientific articles in the first-class reviews and magazines, and the Many T ongues is what they call a society paper, you kno... ...time in that pretty sitting-room. She had actually sent her manuscripts to magazines, but she had heard no more of one, and the other had been returne... ...ow, or guess at, he would—in his present mood—only become de- ceitful, and esprit de corps might make Val and Fergus the same, though I don’t think My... ...ss at, he would—in his present mood—only become de- ceitful, and esprit de corps might make Val and Fergus the same, though I don’t think Mysie’s trut... ...at Bessie let them look at the proofs of the story she was publishing in a magazine; and allowed them as well as mamma, to read the manuscript of the ... ...se began apologizing in a perfect gabble, and mademoiselle said I had de l’esprit, but I am sure I did not mean it.’ ‘But how could they?’ exclaimed G...

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...men, generally appointed some hangers-on of their own; worn-out gardeners, de- crepit grave-diggers, or octogenarian sextons, who thank- fully receive... ...yed the violoncello daily to such audiences as he could collect, or, faute de mieux, to no audience at all. We must mention one other peculiarity of M... ... serviceable to Christianity. In answer to this, it is asserted that Henry de Blois, founder of St Cross, was not greatly interested in the welfare of... ...der- ate hopes, creating a party hostile to the warden, and establishing a corps in the enemy’s camp, as he figura- tively calls it to himself. Poor o... ...ot taste, should make men listen—how is it at this moment the black-coated corps leave their retreat and begin skirmishing? One by one they creep fort... ... book, and a cup of coffee? An old waiter came up to him, with a couple of magazines and an evening paper. Was ever anything so civil? Would he have a... ...f coffee, when a musical clock be- gan to play. Mr Harding then closed his magazine, keep- ing his place with his finger, and lay, listening with clos... ...as very weak and undignified; that Mr Harding evinced a lamentable want of esprit de corps, as well as courage; and that such an abdication must do mu... ...ak and undignified; that Mr Harding evinced a lamentable want of esprit de corps, as well as courage; and that such an abdication must do much harm, a...

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...ed possible. But, alas, what vehicle of that sort have we, except Fraser’s Magazine? A vehicle all strewed (figuratively speaking) with the mad- dest ... ...s all, is his love of Teufelsdrockh, which indeed was also by far the most de- cisive feature of Heuschrecke himself. We are enabled to assert that he... ...serves our Professor, “so could I write a Spirit of Clothes; thus, with an Esprit des Lois, properly an Esprit de Coutumes, we should have an Esprit d... ...ite a Spirit of Clothes; thus, with an Esprit des Lois, properly an Esprit de Coutumes, we should have an Esprit de Costumes. For neither in tailoring... ... and wonderful enough in its secret constitution and procedure, a valuable de- scriptive History already exists, in that language, under the title of ... ...anter’s wand, the—shall I speak it?—the Clothes fly off the whole dramatic corps; and Dukes, Grandees, Bishops, Generals, Anointed Presence itself, ev... ...ilings from some, and saturnalian rev- elries from the most, the venerable Corpse is to be burnt. Or, in plain words, that these men, Liberals, Utilit... ... in pieces, and be content to struggle out, bit by bit, in some courageous Magazine that of- fered. Whereby now, to certain idly curious readers, and ... ...t whether or not it would take with the public seems doubtful. For a jeu d’esprit of that kind it is too long; it would have suited better as an essay...

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...point where what was known as the Lower Road struck off through the Rancho de Los Muertos, leading on to Guadalajara, he came upon one of the county w... ... Their talk was in Span- ish, a language with which Presley was familiar. “De La Cuesta held the grant of Los Muertos in those days,” the centenarian ... ...eat! Nothing but wheat from the Sierra to the Coast Range. I remember when De La Cuesta was married. He had never seen the young lady, only her miniat... ... of Elia,” “Sesame and Lilies,” “The Stones of Venice,” and the little toy magazines, full of the flaccid banalities of the “Minor Poets,” were con- t... ...of the neatly phrased rondeaux and sestinas and chansonettes of the little magazines was to her mind a wanton and uncalled-for cruelty. She found his ... ... the United States Sen- ate. He has the whole thing organised like an army corps. What ARE you going to do? He sits in his office in San Francisco an... ...fter all. Had he been writing any more verse? Every month they scanned the magazines, looking for his name. Mrs. Cedarquist was a fashionable woman, t... .... The bodies had been brought in from the road where they fell. Annixter’s corpse had been laid upon the bed; those of Dabney and Hooven, whose wounds... ...th the languid Lambert, 476 The Octopus “Honora, entends-tu, ma cherie, l’esprit de notre jeune Lamartine.” * * * Mrs. Hooven went on, stumbl...

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...could fully under- stand Fielding without it; I do not think that we could de- rive the full quantity of pleasure from him without it. The exuberant r... ... though he did not absolutely deny the existence of a God, yet he entirely de- nied his providence. A doctrine which, if it is not downright atheism, ... ... though not with much warmth. He had even the assurance to make additional de- mands on my father, which being complied with, everything was concluded... ...y’s idea disap- 68 Amelia peared in a moment; I quitted the dear lifeless corpse, over which I had shed a thousand tears, left the care of her fu- ne... ... the blood entirely for- sook her lovely cheeks, and she became a lifeless corpse in my arms. “Amelia continued so long motionless, that the doctor, a... ...oor fellow began to droop, fearing that he should no longer be in the same corps with me, though certainly that would not have been the case. However,... ...ing the new doctor did was (to use his own phrase) to blow up the physical magazine. All the powders and potions instantly disappeared at his command;... ...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... ...hom he says— —Hidvos o’nv avopwpoloi pavras yap tyeeokev** * D’Esprit. **He was a friend to mankind, for he loved them all. But Plato, who...

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...d himself on his profound knowledge of men and things in the country—cosas de Costaguana. Amongst these last he accounted as most unfavourable to the ... ... not discriminate. Under providence we owed our preservation to my Capataz de 19 Joseph Conrad Cargadores, as they called him in the town, a man who,... ...fe. So far, she, too, was under the spell of that reputa- tion the Capataz de Cargadores had made for him- self by the waterside, along the railway li... ...itive method it had ceased to make a profitable return, no matter how many corpses were thrown into its maw. Then it became forgotten. It was rediscov... ...saviour Barrios sat in the Amarilla Club drinking punch at an open window. Esprit fort—our Barrios. I expected every moment your uncle to launch an ex... ...lying about, and he flat- tened himself down at once by the side of a cold corpse. He heard a voice saying, “Here is one of those wounded rascals craw... ...thing, too, of the spirit of a buccaneer throwing a lighted match into the magazine rather than surrender his ship. Down below in the patio the wounde... ...His bare feet were upturned in the shadows repulsively, in the manner of a corpse. His eloquent mouth had dropped open. His youngest daughter, scratch...

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...such an explosion appeared as irrational and excessive as that of a powder-magazine in reply to nothing more than the light of a spark. It was known t... ...ied his letter in French, and lost sight of himself completely. ‘Messieurs de la Garde Francaise,’ was a good beginning; the remainder gave him a fals... ...ng. He tried En- glish, which was really himself, and all that heart could de- sire, supposing he addressed a body of midshipmen just a little loftily... ...possibly pass with the gentlemen of the English Guard. But read: Messieurs de la Garde Francaise, ‘J’accepte votre gant. Je suis Anglais. La raison es... ...lion than crush the one-horned intrusive upstart. His calling on the crack corps of Peers to enrol themselves forthwith in the front ranks, and to ant... ...n acrid saliva, withering where it drops; in the way of fellowship it is a corpse-emanation. As 208 Beauchamp’s Career to wit, the sneer is the cloak... ...g sidelights and a risky word or two, until Renee cried out, ‘Spare us the esprit Gaulois, M. Livret!’ There was much to make him angry with this Engl... ...s, M. Livret!’ There was much to make him angry with this Englishman. ‘The esprit Gaulois is the sparkle of crystal common sense, madame, and may we n... ...ed her to let him have Roland’s exact address. She named the regiment, the corps d’armee, the postal town, and the department. ‘Roland will come at a ...

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...t,’ said Arthur. ‘I forget what I said. I dare say it was no more than she de- served. I got one of these remonstrances of hers at Wrangerton, on the ... ...nd gracious creature. There he rested, musing, while from her pen flowed a de- scription of her walk and of Mr. Martindale’s brother. ‘If they are all... ...re this?’ ‘Yes; he sent some curious histories of the eastern Jews to some magazine. They are to be published separately, as they have been very succe... ...r the sound of her own voice, and, with Arthur opposite, her situation was de- lightful compared to the moment when, without either of her protectors,... ...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... .... ‘I should not like baby to say so by and by,’ she whispered. ‘There’s an esprit de corps in parents,’ cried Theodora, half angrily; ‘but Helen will ... ...d not like baby to say so by and by,’ she whispered. ‘There’s an esprit de corps in parents,’ cried Theodora, half angrily; ‘but Helen will never be l...

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...hich has entertained so many minds from Plotinus to the Hegelians with the de- lusion that such negative terms as the Absolute or the Un- conditioned,... ...d in The Hibbert Jour- nal, but it is unblushingly advocated in the parish magazine. It is an idea taken over by Christianity with the rest of the qua... ...ladies and gentlemen who belong to the little school of thought which this magazine represents; it is, I should judge, a sub-sect entirely within the ... ...r instance, which has found such delicate and attractive expression in the de- votional poetry of Rabindranath Tagore—has long since abandoned this an... ...ed and mixed again with other individualities in an uncertain multitude of de- scendants. But the species is not like this; it goes on steadily from n... ...efore you know where you are you will have exchanged the spirit of God for esprit de corps. You will have reinvented the symbol; you will have begun t... ...know where you are you will have exchanged the spirit of God for esprit de corps. You will have reinvented the symbol; you will have begun to keep ann...

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... general stir in the box. Suddenly Newland Archer felt himself impelled to de- cisive action. The desire to be the first man to enter Mrs. Mingott’s b... ...e. When one was related to the Mansons and the Rushworths one had a “droit de cite” (as Mr. Sillerton Jackson, who had frequented the Tuileries, calle... ... (who had 21 Edith Wharton secretly situated the love-scenes of “Monsieur de Camors” in Mrs. Mingott’s bedroom) to picture her blameless life led in ... ...ayed at home that evening. “It’s not that I don’t approve of the Mingotts’ esprit de corps; but why Newland’s engagement should be mixed up with that ... ...me that evening. “It’s not that I don’t approve of the Mingotts’ esprit de corps; but why Newland’s engagement should be mixed up with that Olenska wo... ...am Winter, and the new Shakespearian actor George Rignold, and some of the magazine editors and musical and literary critics. Mrs. Archer and her grou...

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............................................ 69 STANZAS FROM CALDERON’S CISMA DE INGLATERRA ................................................................ ...scending heaven; Athens doth inherit _5 His corpse below. 4.—CIR 4.—CIR 4.—CIR 4.—CIR 4.—CIRCUMST CUMST CUMST CUMST CUM... ... FR AS FR AS FROM CALDER OM CALDER OM CALDER OM CALDER OM CALDERON’S CISMA DE ON’S CISMA DE ON’S CISMA DE ON’S CISMA DE ON’S CISMA DE INGL INGL INGL I... ... _80 The full fresh cheeks of youth are food for me, And if a corpse knocks, I am not at home. For I am like a cat—I like to play A littl... ...T UST UST UST: : : : : Oh, too true! Her eyes are like the eyes of a fresh corpse _390 Which no beloved hand has closed, alas!... ... include 106 Volume 3 earlier material. Ecrasez L ’Infame!—Correspondance de Voltaire. Avia Pieridum peragro loca, nullius ante T rita solo; juvat in... ...era en etat de saisir et d’apprecier toutes las actions at reac- tions des esprits at des corps de ceux qui contribuent a cette revolution.’—”Systeme ... ...pli- fier les choses en soumettant la nature entiere a un seul agent, a un esprit, a una ame universelle, qui mettait cette nature et 175 Shelley ses... ...visible pour eux; des qu’ils perdent le fil de ces causes, on des que leur esprit ne peut plus en suivre la chaine, ils tranchent leur difficulte, at ...

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...It was a dark night when I bade her good-bye, and taking with me, as aides-de-camp, the three creditors who had given me so much trouble, we carried t... ...nt for the due renovation of blood in a ventricle of the heart. Unless for de- fault of this renovation, I could see no reason, therefore, why life co... ...ow in regener- ating the atmosphere withn the chamber. This latter point I de- termined to attend to at regular intervals of forty minutes, more on ac... ...ns Pfaall” thinks it necessary to say, in self-defence, that his own jeu d’esprit was pub- lished in the “Southern Literary Messenger” about three wee... ... forthwith, to the satellite. The “Flight of Thomas O’Rourke,” is a jeu d’ esprit not altogether contemptible, and has been translated into German. Th... ...re-place, a search was made in the chimney, and (horrible to relate!) the; corpse of the daughter, head downward, was dragged there- from; it having b... ...Poe in Five V olumes paved yard in the rear of the building, where lay the corpse of the old lady, with her throat so entirely cut that, upon an at- t... ...d there. The deceased and her daughter had occupied the house in which the corpses were found, for more than six years. It was formerly occupied by a ... ...om Land to Land! Full Particulars of the V oyage! The subjoined jeu d’esprit with the preceding heading in magnificent capitals, well intersperse...

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... “That part doesn’t matter.” “But he does try to like you. He tries not to de- spise you. It is altogether a most public-spirited af- fair.” “Tilliard... ... yet in a large one, but amongst innumerable residences, detached and semi-de- tached, which had gathered round the school. For the intentions of the ... ...he day-boys. They had been left too much to them- selves, and were weak in esprit de corps; they were apt to regard home, not school, as the most impo... ...boys. They had been left too much to them- selves, and were weak in esprit de corps; they were apt to regard home, not school, as the most impor- tant... ...s. They had been left too much to them- selves, and were weak in esprit de corps; they were apt to regard home, not school, as the most impor- tant th... ... First you sit her as if you’re Sandow exercising, and then you sit like a corpse. Can’t you tell her you’re alive? That’s all she wants.” In trying t... ...d so fair and so simple, so in accordance with her ideas; and then, like a corpse, this horror rose up to the surface. She saw the two figures descend... ...emember that I have been a day- boy house-master, and tried to infuse some esprit de corps into them. It is practically impossible. They come as units... ...hey, like himself, must enter a beneficent machine, and learn the value of esprit de corps. Good luck attend them—good luck and a happy release. For h...

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...ixteenth century, in the furious attacks of a monk of Fontevrault, Gabriel de Puy-Herbault, who seems to have drawn his con- clusions concerning the a... ... portraits besides from chalk drawings, in the style of his master, Thomas de Leu. It must have been such drawings that were the originals of those po... ...ver mentions but with admiration and deep affection. Tiraqueau’s treatise, De legibus connubialibus, published for the first time in 1513, has an impo... ..., and which lowers its value. La Bruyere, in the chapter Des ouvrages de l’esprit, not in the first edition of the Caracteres, but in the fifth, that ... ... drinking scenes, junkettings, gormandizing, battles, scuffles, wounds and corpses, magic, witches, speeches, repeated enumerations, lengthiness, and ... ...lling men as Diomedes did the Thracians, or as Ulysses did in throwing the corpses of his enemies at his horse’s feet, as Homer saith, but by putting ... ...elly that the chamber was all dyed with blood. Afterwards he appointed the corpse of Rashcalf to be honourably buried, and that of Touchfaucet to be c... ...use and shop, where all the thunderbolts are forged, where, seizing on the magazine of heaven and storehouse of our warlike fire-munition, they may di... ...ed, she who attracted the eyes of all Rome, and was said to be the pit and magazine of the conquering robbers of the universe. The fountain had three ...

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...for per- ceiving its real value. BUT THE MOST important of his friendships de- veloped between him and such men of genius as Boswell, David Garrick, O... ...me time there appeared no means by which he could maintain himself. In the De- cember of this year his father died. Johnson was so far fortunate, that... ...ter of the Prerogative Court of Lichfield, whose character, long after his de- cease, Dr. Johnson has, in his Life of Edmund Smith, thus drawn in the ... ...oswell. ‘And his plays are good.’ Johnson. ‘Yes; but that was his trade; l’esprit du corps: he had been all his life among players and play-writ- ers.... ...nd his plays are good.’ Johnson. ‘Yes; but that was his trade; l’esprit du corps: he had been all his life among players and play-writ- ers. I wondere... ...ly said, that ‘there was nothing to equal it in the whole his- tory of the Corps Diplomatique.’ I attended Dr. Johnson home, and had the satisfaction ... ... William Forbes writes to me thus:— ‘I enclose the Round Robin. This jeu d’esprit took its rise one day at dinner at our friend Sir Joshua Reynolds’s.... ...n give an entertain- ing narrative, with many incidents, anecdotes, jeux d’esprit, and remarks, so as to make very 458 Boswell’s Life of Johnson plea... ...igingly asked me to accompany him to Leeds, then the head- quarters of his corps; from thence to London for a short time, and afterwards to other plac...

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...shed gold. They lie flat on the walls, and do not hang off with cords. The de- signs themselves are often seen to better advantage in this lat- ter po... ...ERUSALEM Intensos rigidarn in frontern ascendere canos Passus erat— —Lucan—De Catone —a bristly bore. Translation LET US HURRY to the walls,” said Abe... ...he king grew purple with rage. The courtiers smirked. Trippetta, pale as a corpse, advanced to 24 EA Poe the monarch’s seat, and, falling on her knee... ...very cor- ner of the room. “What—what—what are you making that noise for?” de- manded the king, turning furiously to the dwarf. The latter seemed to h... ...d of his brief speech before the work of vengeance was complete. The eight corpses swung in their chains, a fetid, blackened, 29 V olume Five hideous... ...atter of “lying quiet,” but insisted upon making immediate search for the “corpse of the murdered man.—This was the expression he employed; and Mr. Go... ...to his essays sur la Nature—his thoughts sur l’Ame— his observations sur l’Esprit? If his omelettes—if his fricandeaux were inestimable, what littérat... ...e added another line to this poem, and sent it to the editor of the “Union Magazine.” It was not published. So, in the following February, the poet fo... ...ersion, was sent, and in the following October was published in the “Union Magazine.” 3. This poem was first published in Colton’s “American Re- view”...

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...as as well aware as anyone that Christians do not, in general, undergo the de moralizing consequences which seem inherent in such a creed, in the man... ...excursion to the Pyrenees, in cluding a stay of some duration at Bagnères de Bigorre, a journey to Pau, Bayonne, and Bagnères de Luchon, and an ascen... ... to Pau, Bayonne, and Bagnères de Luchon, and an ascent of the Pic du Midi de Bigorre. 34 Autobiography This first introduction to the highest order ... ...discussed throughout. I per formed the same process with Helvetius de L ’Esprit , which I read of my own choice. This preparation of abstracts, sub ... ...who first showed his eminent qualities as a writer by articles and jeux d’esprit in the Chronicle. The defects of 52 Autobiography the law, and of ... ..., then a literary man by profession. The two editors agreed to unite their corps, and divide the editorship, Bowring taking the political, Southern th... ...talent and verve of at least my father’s articles, and the appearance of a corps behind him sufficient to carry on a Review; and finally, the fact tha... ...m: and the contest alto gether lasted about three months. It was a lutte corps à corps 72 Autobiography between Owenites and political economists, ... ...tle of it; though when it came out about two years afterwards in Fraser’s Magazine I read it with enthusiastic admiration and the keen est delight. ...

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...der and shot not marked with cross and key, and fetched up from the square magazine in the central depot of the infernal factory, third turning to the... ...n the Old Buccaneer was down striding in the battle, she took a pistol and de- scended likewise; and she used it, too, and loaded again. She had not t... ... a flight of stairs to her bed. A week after her burial, Kirby was found a corpse in the mountain forest. His having called the death of his darling h... ...ise you excitement enough, if justice is done to them. But I must and will de- scribe the wedding. This young Earl of Fleetwood, you should know, was ... ... wedding. This young Earl of Fleetwood, you should know, was a very powder-magazine of ambition, and never would he break his word: which is right, if... ...supply the lumi- nous clue or anecdote. She had an intuitive liveliness to de- tect interchanges of eyes, the shuttle of intrigue; the mild hypocrisy,... ...the same amount. Drink is their death’s river, rolling them on helpless as corpses, on to—may they find mercy! I and a few stand—it’s in the tide we s... ...lution, have lost their proper sense of the distinctions of Class. Homme d’esprit, applied to a roving adventurer, a scarce other than vagabond, was e... ...r such a collection, from the daughter of the Old Buccaneer to the ghastly corpse of Ambrose Mallard. Why, clearly, wealth was the sole origin and age...

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... girl’s eye, she suddenly broke into a little irrepressible cry of joy and de- light. “Oh! oh! how lovely! Am I to sleep here? Oh! it is just like the... ...t, an achievement which made even his father so giddy that he peremptorily de- sired it never to be attempted again, to the great relief of both the l... ...that I cannot even get one to act as a medium.” “That would be contrary to esprit de corps.” “Exactly; and the worst of it is, I am not one of those g... ...cannot even get one to act as a medium.” “That would be contrary to esprit de corps.” “Exactly; and the worst of it is, I am not one of those ge- nial... ...not even get one to act as a medium.” “That would be contrary to esprit de corps.” “Exactly; and the worst of it is, I am not one of those ge- nial fe... ...uct his month’s Kur. It was to go into the “Traveller’s Joy,” a manuscript magazine, the “first number of which was being concocted and illustrated am... ...siderable hopes that the serial element should be thus supplied in the MS. magazine. Meantime, the two mothers were walking about and rest- ing togeth... ...end in his bill. You have given me as jolly an allowance as any man in the corps, and I’ve always paid my way. I’ve got no end of things about my room... ...ng yourself away. Why can’t you exchange?” “It is too late to get into any corps where I should not be an expense to my mother,” said Jock, regretting...

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...small feeling of shame. Taking Harry by the hand as soon as they were both de- scended from their horses, Mr. Holt led him across the court, and under... ...tlewood was at home. The French wit saith that a hero is none to his valet-de- chambre, and it required less quick eyes than my lady’s little page was... ... or twice little Harry acted as their messenger and dis- creet little aide-de-camp. He remembers he was bidden to go into the village with his fishing... ... profusely from a wound on the forehead, and looking, and being, indeed, a corpse. “Great God! he’s dead!” says my lord. “Ride, some one: fetch a doct... ...which time Doctor Tusher and little Frank arrived, and found my lord not a corpse in- deed, but as pale as one. After a time, when he was able to bear... ...took possession of the enemy’s ammunition in the arsenals, his stores, and magazines. Five days afterwards a great “Te Deum” was sung in Prince Lewis’... ...were laid, or an enemy’s bat- tery, vomiting flame and death, and strewing corpses round about him;—he was always cold, calm, resolute, like fate. He ... ...severities. I think Steele shone rather than sparkled. Those famous beaux- esprits of the coffee-houses (Mr. William Congreve, for in- stance, when hi...

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...f civilized soci ety, may be unable to practice the forbearances which it de mands; their passions may be too violent, or their personal pride too e... ...) the distinction be tween Order, or Permanence and Progress, employed to de fine the qualities necessary in a government, is unscientific and incor... ...he value which the highest authorities attach to them, tends in an eminent de gree to educate the moral sentiments of the community, both in respect ... ...dantocracy. When the bureaucracy is the real government, the spirit of the corps (as with the Jesuits) bears down the individuality of its more distin... ...ons of a modern official career give no time for the formation of such an esprit de corps, which, if it exists at all, exists only in the obscure ran... ...odern official career give no time for the formation of such an esprit de corps, which, if it exists at all, exists only in the obscure ranks of the ... ...as to the most competent. Even the inferior in qualifications among such a corps of functionaries consisted, it must be remem bered, of men who had b... ...ds that they would believe and act upon the lesson.”—(Article in Fraser’s Magazine for April, 1859, headed “Recent Writers on Reform.”) 8 Not always...

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...emed possible. But, alas, what vehicle of that sort have we, except Fraser’s Magazine? A vehicle all strewed (fig uratively speaking) with the maddest... ...s of the Weissnichtwo’sche Anzeiger, we admitted that the Book had in a high de gree excited us to self activity, which is the best effect of any boo... ...observes our Professor, “so could I write a Spirit of Clothes; thus, with an Esprit des Lois, properly an Esprit de Coutumes, we should have an Esprit... ...write a Spirit of Clothes; thus, with an Esprit des Lois, properly an Esprit de Coutumes, we should have an Esprit de Costumes. For neither in tailori... ...ost Kings and Queens by being born under such and such a bed tester; Boileau De spr´ eaux (according to Helvetius) by the peck of a turkey; and this ... ...nchanter’s wand, the—shall I speak it?—the Clothes fly off the whole dramatic corps; and Dukes, Grandees, Bishops, Generals, Anointed Presence itself, ... ...d wailings from some, and saturnalian revelries from the most, the venerable Corpse is to be burnt. Or, in plain words, that these men, Liberals, Util... ...lf in pieces, and be content to struggle out, bit by bit, in some courageous Magazine that offered. Whereby now, to certain idly curious readers, and ... ...but whether or not it would take with the public seems doubtful. For a jeu d’esprit of that kind it is too long; it would have suited better as an ess...