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... Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publiaction Dynevor Terrace Volume II by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...r all the sportsmen will be coming home, and my aunt would not for all the world that Mr. Mansell caught you on the forbidden ground.’ ‘How can you gi... ...sked for any such thing! I would not for worlds see her led to do anything underhand.’ ‘She will honour you! That’s right, Jem!’ ‘Neither as a clergym... ...could extort nothing but a drowsy repetition of the rhyme, in old days the war-cry of the Grammar-school against the present headmaster,— ‘The Wels... ...w, she did not venture to proffer it. She was uncomfortable in finding the rule committed to her, and all the more because Lord Ormersfield, who had l... ..., as though reproach- ing himself for the delay. ‘Oh! that she should have forced herself to that wedding, and spared me!’ ‘I am coming with you,’ sai... ...irmly. That was the sort of conversation into which they fell now and then during those last days of busy sadness. Truly it could have been worse. Suf... ...et be soothing and consoling. Some would have thought her letter stiff and laboured, but she had learned to believe that a grave and careful style bef... ...upation even in his attendance on the wearisome routine of health-seeking. German books, natural history, the associations of the place, and the ever-...

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...By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Under the Storm, or Steadfast’s Charge by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publicati... ...ad times in the middle of the seventeenth century, when Englishmen were at war with one another and quiet villages became battlefields. We hear a grea... ...cave to any man, save a lawfully ordained minister of the Church.” CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE STRA THE STRA THE STRA T... ...ing up. “So he was willing for me to go, and I thought I’d like to see the world, but I’d fain be at home again.” “So would not I,” muttered the other... ...woman to the lady, who in widow- hood went to reside at Bristol, and there during her marketings, honest John Kenton had won her by his sterling quali... ...lain that the house could not be saved, and the elder remounted, saying in German, “’Tis of no use, Maurice, we must not linger here.” “And can nothin... ...trying to gather to- 41 Yo n g e gether his live stock, which he had been forced to leave to take care of themselves. Horse, donkey, and cows were al... ...SESSION STEAD IN POSSESSION STEAD IN POSSESSION “At night returning, every labour sped, He sits him down, the monarch of a shed.” ... ... al- ways supplied Mistress Lightfoot, but this was laughed to scorn. “The rulers of the army of saints had a right to be served first, above all befo...

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...Excerpt: After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has displayed uncommon courage, seamanship, affability, or other good qualities, grateful passengers often present him with a token of their esteem, in the shape of teapots, tankards, tray...

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...RIENTAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY’S SERVICE. My Dear Lewis, After a voyage, during which the captain of the ship has dis- played uncommon courage, seam... ... from London parties at this time:the dear little eyes are closed in sleep under mother’s wing. How far off city cares and pleasures appear to be! how... ...the size of a pocket-handkerchief,—and at the bows of the boat, the man-of-war’s pennant, being a strip of bunting considerably under the value of a f... ...f the shore, and we found ourselves again in the great stalwart roast-beef world; the stout British steamer bearing out of the bay, whose purple water... ...s on board the “Lady Mary Wood” steamer, on the 25th August, 1844. CHAPTER II: LISBON—CADIZ A GREA T MISFORTUNE which befalls a man who has but a sing... ... “The lubbers!” we said; “the clumsy humbugs! there’s none but Britons to rule the waves!” and we gave our- selves piratical airs, and went down pres... ...; a host of jingling barouches, more miserable than any to be seen even in Germany, were collected at the landing-place; and the Greek drivers (how qu... ...he enjoys but for a month in the year, at this time of Ramazan, when he is forced to fast for fifteen hours; and, by consequence, has the blessing of ... ...ildren pad- dling about in long striped robes, interrupted their sports or labours to come and stare; and the consul, in his cool domed chamber, with ...

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...dence which has formed the staple material. Letters upon the unhappy Maori war have been purposely omitted; and, as far as possible, such criticisms o... ...benefit of parental training without dictation, and have been led, but not forced, into the way in which they should go. Therefore it will not be irre... ...per subdued, the mother to be obeyed, and all this upon a principle sooner understood than parents suppose.’ There were countless instances of the lit... ... generosity grew up almost spontaneously to- wards one another and all the world. On this disposition was grafted that which was the one leading chara... ...lations, friends, or servants. 14 Life of John Coleridge Patteson CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II BO BO BO BO BOYHOOD A YHOOD ... ...d life of youth, so as to rivet the affections in no common degree. It was during the head-mastership of Dr. Hawtrey that Patteson became, in schoolbo... ...not fit to grieve for those who die in the Lord, “for they rest from their labours.” She is now, we may safely trust, a blessed saint in Heaven, far r... ...language had already shown itself when his sister Fanny had given him some German lessons; and even on his first halt at Cologne, he received the comp... ...an take any of twenty-two forms, which are not compounded according to any rule. Again, there are twenty- eight sets of irregular plurals, which are q...

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...ff “ appears in place of clift,, to the manifest injury of the passage. In ii. 685, every edition that I have seen since that of 1821 has “ I meant no... ...ill, On the lone wood and mighty hill. IV . Less loud the sounds of sylvan war Disturbed the heights of Uam-Var, And roused the cavern where, ‘t is to... ... Crags, knolls, and mounds, confusedly hurled, The fragments of an earlier world; A wildering forest feathered o’er His ruined sides and summit hoar, ... ...scarce again his horn he wound, When lo! forth starting at the sound, From underneath an aged oak That slanted from the islet rock, A damsel guider of... ...n hastier swell to show Short glimpses of a breast of snow: What though no rule of courtly grace T o measured mood had trained her pace,— A foot more ... ... held with toil; His sire had fallen in such turmoil, And he, God wot, was forced to stand Oft for his right with blade in hand. This morning with Lor... ... in mountain-air; The Fleming there despised the soil That paid so ill the labourer’s toil; Their rolls showed French and German name; And merry Engla... ...e soil That paid so ill the labourer’s toil; Their rolls showed French and German name; And merry England’s exiles came, T o share, with ill-concealed... ...nd anxieties. A lady, to whom I was nearly related, and with whom I lived, during her whole life, on the most brotherly terms of affection, was residi...

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...ction for wit and beauty, the daughter of an illustrious Irish House, came under the shadow of a calumny. It has latterly been exam- ined and exposed ... ...g; and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however well armed the world con- fronting her. Our temporary world,... ...er among the testimonies to her charm. She is fresher when speaking of the war of the sexes. For one sentence out of many, though we find it to be but... ...en. To such an end let us bend our aim to work, knowing that every form of labour, even this flimsiest, as you esteem it, should minister to growth. I... ...rack and seize that burrower, and scrub and cleanse him; by which process, during the course of it, you will ar- rive at the conception of the right h... ...here- with let us to our story, the froth being out of the bottle. CHAPTER II AN IRISH BALL IN THE ASSEMBLY ROOMS of the capital city of the Sister Is... ...d he been only a little bolder, a little less the fanatical devotee of his rule of mascu- line honour, less the slave to the letter of success … . But... ...elancholy note at the top of the wave to human hearts conscious of its en- forced decline was repeated by them, and Diana’s eyelids blinked to dismiss... ...steemed by Lord and Lady Esquart. These, with Diana, Redworth, Dacier, the German Eastern traveller Schweizerbarth, and the French Consul and Egyptolo...

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...as hoping now for a man to come along,’ Gudrun said, suddenly catching her underlip between her teeth, and mak- ing a strange grimace, half sly smilin... ...la, it’s marvellous, it’s really marvellous—it’s really wonderful, another world. The people are all ghouls, and everything is ghostly. Everything is ... ...rkin would form a close and abiding connection with her, she would be safe during this fretful voyage of life. He could make her sound and triumphant,... ... ity. But you can’t trust him.’ ‘Yes,’ said Ursula vaguely. She was always forced to assent to Gudrun’s pronouncements, even when she was not in ac- c... ... sharp inoculation that had changed the whole temper of her blood. CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II SHOR SHOR SHOR SHOR SHORTL T... ...t and sufficient. So we cover the earth with foulness; life is a blotch of labour, like insects scurrying in filth, so that your collier can have a pi... ...ned my commission,’ said Gerald, ‘some years ago.’ 60 ‘He was in the last war,’ said Birkin. ‘Were you really?’ said the girl. ‘ And then he explored... ...h!’ cried Gudrun. ‘Then we shan’t have names any more—we shall be like the Germans, nothing but Herr Obermeister and Herr Untermeister. I can imagine ... ...er, as if she were beyond it. Her clothes were always rather odd, and as a rule slip-shod, yet she wore them with a perfect ease and satisfaction. Wha...

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...ips come, bringing noth- ing, and return with bread. The Frisby House, for that was the name of the hotel, was a place of fallen fortunes, like the to... ... verandah over the side- walk, here and there a horse-post, here and there loung- ing townsfolk. Other streets are marked out, and most likely named; ... .... The floor of the valley is extremely level to the very roots of the hills; only here and there a hillock, crowned with pines, rises like the barrow ... ... pro- file. Her great bald summit, clear of trees and pasture, a cairn of quartz and cinnabar, rejected kinship with the dark and shaggy wilderness of... ...erican, acknowledging some kind allegiance to three lands. Mr. Wallace’s Scoto-Circassian will not fail to come before the reader. I have myself met a... ...e all. Doubtless, the heart of the geologist beats quicker at the sight; but, for my part, I was might- ily unmoved. Sight-seeing is the art of disapp... ...ely a good wine; the best that I have tasted better than a Beaujolais, and not unlike. But the trade is poor; it lives from hand to mouth, putting its... ... a touch of wood-lore and the dexterity of the savage. Whence they came is a moot point. At the time of the war, they poured north in crowds to escape... ... on his arm, and a clean clay pipe in his teeth. These visits, in our forest state, had quite the air of an event, and turned our red canyon into a sa...

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...pieces for the pleasure of these two. Sometimes the meeting occurred twice during the stupid march-out, when it became so nearly vexatious to boys al-... ...e exact opposite of themselves in an identi- cally similar situation, that forced a resemblance. T ouching the old game, Cuper’s fold was a healthy sc... ...rain to rejoice in whipcord muscles. The son of a tradesman, if a boy fell under the im- putation, was worthy of honour with him, let the fellow but s... ...e was a brave girl, ready to go all over the 6 Lord Ormont and His Aminta world with him; had taken to him as he to her, shot for shot. Her taking to... ...ys were sorry that little Emile was off to finish his foreign education in Germany. His English was pretty good, thanks to Matey. He went away, promis... ...accounted for Matey’s choice of him as a friend among the juniors. CHAPTER II LADY CHARLOTTE LOVE-PASSAGES at a school must produce a ringing crisis i... ...d ride straight away into his territory, spot the treason, deport him, and rule in his place!” It was all very well for Mr. Shalders to say he talked ... ...mselves as imitative servants of their god Mars, on the fields of love and war, stood necessarily prepared to vindicate their conduct as the field of ... ...young man’s world; they nerve, inspire, arm him, colour his life; he would labour, fight, die for them. It seemed to Weyburn a blessedness even to beh...

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...ing and one shilling and fourpence a day, such being the stipend to which, under the will of John Hiram, they were declared to be entitled. Formerly, ... ...g was appointed warden; but if they may be considered as well-to-do in the world according to their condition, the happy warden was much more so. The ... ...angement of the precentor’s pecuniary affairs. 9 Anthony Trollope CHAPTER II The Barchester Reformer Mr Harding has been now precentor of Barchester ... ...bout the wills of old founders and the incomes arising from their estates, during the last year or two; he did even, at one moment, feel a doubt (sinc... ...quite into another line of life. Having enough to live on, he has not been forced to work for bread; he has declined to subject himself to what he cal... ...urate, but it is as an archdeacon that he shines. We believe, as a general rule, that either a bishop or his archdeacons have sinecures: where a bisho... ...h music desk, on which was open a page of that dear sacred book, that much-laboured and much-loved volume of church 20 The Warden music, which had co... ...rects his comb, so did the archdeacon arrange his weap- ons for the coming war, without misgiving and without fear. That he was fully confident of the... ...icant was a Scotchman, who had passed a great portion of his early days in Germany; he had stud- ied there with much effect, and had learnt to look wi...

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...our from sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted sons of ... ...sun- light, and are joyless in colour as in shade. When the lower world is under pushing steam, they wear the look of the re- volted sons of Time, fas... ...in stood freely out from a fine neck and throat. After a space an Austrian war-steamer was discerned puff- ing out of the harbour of Laveno. “That wil... ...and rejoicing that his health should be so stout in despite of his wasting labours under city smoke. “Yes, health!” said Agostino. “Is it health, do y... ...as with the motions of a flight toward the underlying purple land. CHAPTER II HE WA S A MAN of middle stature, thin, and even frail, as he stood defin... ... part at some time or other!” The struggles between them continued sharply during this exchange of intellectual shots; but hearing Ugo Corte’s voice, ... ...d reached a marked limit of his popu- lar customers. This isolation of the rulers of Lombardy had commenced in Milan, but, owing to particular causes,... ...curately divided from the inhabitants of the land they hold. In Italy, the German, the Czech, the Magyar, the Croft, even in general instances the Ita... ...can outlive ten races of conquerors.’ In this fashion he philosophized, or forced a kind of phi- losophy. But he had married his daughter to an Austri...

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...was with considerable reluctance that I abandoned in favour of the present undertaking what had long been a favourite project: that of a new edition o... ...le credit for his work, indeed it may be said none, for it is known to the world in general as Jarvis’s. It was not published until after his death, a... ...pirit so far as he can make it. My purpose here is not to dogmatise on the rules of translation, but to indicate those I have followed, or at least tr... ...e Morisco in Chap. IX not to omit or add anything. 8 Don Quixote – Part I II: ABOUT CERVANTES AND DON QUIXOTE Four generations had laughed over “Don ... ...oduced.” It is only natural, therefore, that the biographers of Cervantes, forced to make brick without straw, should have recourse largely to conject... ...to the Azores in 1582 and the following year, and on the conclusion of the war returned to Spain in the autumn of 1583, bringing with him the manuscri... ... the press in February, but was not printed till the very end of 1615, and during the interval Cervantes put together the comedies and interludes he h... ...he real, between the spirit of poetry and the spirit of prose; and perhaps German phi- losophy never evolved a more ungainly or unlikely camel out of ... ...ry Memoirs from 1672 to 1713.” “Before the appearance in the world of that labour of Cervantes,” he said, “it was next to an impossibility for a man t...

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...ort—subdues fear— leans on the staff of a moderate expectation—and mutters under its breath, while lifting its eye to that of the public, “He that is ... ...een doing I know not; but you shall hear, if you choose to listen, how the world has wagged with me. “First, after leaving Eton, I had an interview wi... ... expenses of my education. I was sent to Eton, where I remained ten years, during which space of time Edward and I never met. He, when he grew up, ent... ...e of the colonies, and was already on his way to the scene of his official labours. What has become of him since, I know not. The leisure time I have ... ...will serve as an introduction. I now proceed. 13 Charlotte Brontë CHAPTER II A FINE OCTOBER MORNING succeeded to the foggy evening that had witnessed... ...ermanent vapour brooded over this locality—there lay Edward’s “Concern.” I forced my eye to scrutinize this prospect, I forced my mind to dwell on it ... ...thematics.” “Stuff! I dare say you have.” “I can read and write French and German.” “Hum!” He reflected a moment, then opening a drawer in a desk near... ... Madame Reuter’s jolly face bore evidence that she was no exception to the rule of her country; there was a twinkle and leer in her left eye; her righ... ...ed there, according to Napoleon; but he persevered in spite of the laws of war, and was victorious in defiance of military tactics. I would do as he d...

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... respect for those who by their own energies have raised themselves in the world; and when we hear that the son of a washerwoman has become Lord Chanc... ...h at the moment might be natural. He never hesitated, blushed, or palpably laboured at concealment; but the fact remained that though a great many men... .... He had been on the Stock Exchange, and still in some manner, not clearly under- stood by his friends, did business in the City. At the time with whi... ...not related to him. Thence, at the age of seventeen, he had been sent to a German university, and at the age of twenty- one had appeared in London, in... ...her at his ease or not nobody knew,—for he kept a brougham of his own, and during the hunting season, he had two horses down at Leighton. There had on... ...and that the Duchess was asking her husband what place among the political rulers of the country had been offered to him by the last aspirant to the l... ...had prompted him. He was sure of himself there. One only consideration had forced him into this great danger, and that had been the assurance of other... ...r about that champagne. It came out of Madame Cliquot’s cellars before the war, and I gave Sprott and Burlinghammer 100s for it.’ ‘Indeed!’ ‘I don’t t... ... again on that occasion to county suffrages or increased armaments. VOLUME II CHAPTER 21 THE DUCHESS’S NEW SWAN WHEN THE PARTY had been about a week c...

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...ersal imagination enough for it, to interpret mod- ern Russia to the outer world, and Virgin Soil was the last word of his greater testament. It was t... ...the last writer to be taken chronologically. He was old enough in youth to understand old age in the forest, and young enough in age to provide his yo... ... from the Russian, by C. E. Turner, 1871; Dimitri Roudine, from French and German versions, 1873, 1883; Spring Floods, from the Russian, by S. M. Batt... ... under his arm, entered the room. It was Nejdanov himself. 12 Virgin Soil II AT THE SIGHT of visitors he stopped in the doorway, took them in at a gl... ...s fingers, put the ashes into the stove. No one moved or pronounced a word during this proceeding; all had their eyes fixed on the floor. Ostrodumov l... ...at I’m an aristocrat?” “So you are up to a certain point.” Nejdanov gave a forced laugh. “I see you are hinting at the fact of my being illegitimate. ... ...yceum, which was just coming into fashion, about the difficulty of getting labour, penalties, and damage caused by cattle, even of Bis- marck, the war... ...ng labour, penalties, and damage caused by cattle, even of Bis- marck, the war of 1866, and Napoleon III., whom Kollomietzev called a hero. Kollomietz... ...ost and hostess, who never took breakfast at such an early hour, broke the rule on this occasion. Sipiagin even went so far as to relate an anecdote, ...

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...onrad Some Reminiscences by Joseph Conrad A Familiar Preface A s a general rule we do not want much en couragement to talk about ourselves; yet this l... ...en- gines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world. What a dream—for a writer! Because written words have their accent t... ... marks were made to me. Practical remarks. But, truth to say, I have never understood the kind of thrift they recommended. I wanted to pay my tribute ... ..., into the Havre roads. You may think that this 21 Joseph Conrad state of forced idleness favoured some advance in the fortunes of Almayer and his da... ...om some of our return passengers who, wandering about to “see the country” during the ship’s stay in port, had come upon him here and there. At last w... ...ns of the man reviewing his own experience. 32 Some Reminiscences Chapter II A S I HAVE SAID, I was unpacking my luggage after a journey from London ... ...ould not have been ex- pected to preserve her mental and moral balance. At war with herself, she could not give to others that feeling of peace which ... ...nying it that he was a great man as long as he was content to thrash those Germans and Austrians and all those nations. But no! He must go to Russia l... ... in the indolence of a sailor away from the sea, the scene of never-ending labour and of un- ceasing duty. For utter surrender to indolence you cannot...

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... Conrad A Personal Record by Joseph Conrad A FAMILIAR PREFACE AS A GENERAL RULE we do not want much encouragement to talk about ourselves; yet this li... ...r engines. Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world. What a dream for a writer! Because written words have their accent, ... ... marks were made to me. Practical remarks. But, truth to say, I have never understood the kind of thrift they recommend. I wanted to pay my tribute to... ... empty as she came, into the Havre roads. You may think that this state of forced idleness favoured some ad- vance in the fortunes of Almayer and his ... ...om some of our return passengers who, wandering about to “see the country” during the ship’s stay in port, had come upon him here and there. At last w... ...writer of tales, and the emotions of the man reviewing his own experience. II AS I HAVE SAID, I was unpacking my luggage after a journey from London i... ...ould not have been expected to preserve her mental and moral bal- ance. At war with herself, she could not give to others that feeling of peace which ... ...nying it that he was a great man as long as he was content to thrash those Germans and Austrians and all those nations. But no! He must go to Russia l... ... in the indolence of a sailor away from the sea, the scene of never-ending labour and of unceasing duty. For utter surrender to in indolence you canno...

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...ED it over with her?’ said Mr. Ferrars, as his little slender wife met him under the beeches that made an avenue of the lane leading to Fairmead vicar... ...ed?’ ‘That it is my fault. Before our marriage, you and she were the whole world to each other; but since I came, I have seen, as you say, that the cr... ...n bringing him home with him, and old Mrs. Meadows and her daughter almost forced him to accept the invitation.’ ‘They little guessed what the Colonel... ...’s servant—a widower with three children. 9 The Young Step-Mother CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE EQUINOCTIAL SUN had long... ...other Albinia bravely stood a desperate wringing of her hand at the tug of war. She was glad she had come, for the boy suf- fered a good deal, and was... ...- ation early in life. He married, and his household must have been on the German system, all the learning on one side, all the domestic cares on the ... ... an inefficient clergyman at Bayford before Mr. Dusautoy, and to know that during half the time that the present vicar had held the living, Mr. Kendal... ...te this morning.’ ‘O yes! I am perfectly aware. Thank you. Yes, I know the rule, but you’ll excuse—My mother was still anxious—I know you exclude visi... ...on, when Albinia took them home for food and wine, to restore them for the labours of the afternoon. ‘What have you been about all the morning, Sophy?...

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...ger: all married gentlemen, and in the best line of business; Tressle, the undertaker, etc. No liveries were admitted into the room, as may be imagine... ...hrases in his conversation, having picked up a smattering of that language during a residence “on the Continent;” in fact, he had found it very conven... ...aths to assert) was thrown on his own re- sources, and became a man of the world at a very early age. What Mr. Howard Walker’s age was at the time of ... ...ows!—such eyes! like b-b-billiard-balls, by Jove!’ 22 Men’s Wives CHAPTER II. IN WHICH MR. W ALKER MAKES THREE AT - TEMPTS TO ASCERTAIN THE DWELLING ... ...ust be very hard put to it for amuse- ment, be sure of that, when they are forced to gather together in a company and hear novels read aloud! They onl... ...ch an immense sensa- tion, of songs and ballet-musics innumerable. He is a German by birth, and shows such an outrageous partiality for pork and sausa... ...ty in the morning her operations began; if he remained away at dinner, her labours still continued: nor is it necessary for me to particularise her co... ... said he would get him the nominal rank of Captain, the fees at the Panama War Office were five-and-twenty pounds, which sum honest Eglantine produced... ...tody of the officers there; and did not apply for the accommodation of the Rules (by which in those days the captivity of some debtors was consid- era...

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... of the taste of an orderly, laborious, and cun- ning hand. The garden was under Mrs. Fleming’s charge. The joy of her love for it was written on its ... ...was openly pardoned, until that delusively prosperous appearance which her labour lent to the house, was worn through by the en- forced confession of ... ...appearance which her labour lent to the house, was worn through by the en- forced confession of there being poverty in the household. The ragged elbow... ... stout.’ This is such a thing as maybe announced by foreign princesses and rulers over serfs; but English Wrexby, in cogitative mood, demanded an equi... ... William John Fleming was simply a poor farmer, for whom the wheels of the world went too fast:—a big man, appearing to be diffi- cult to kill, though... ...ll forget their Christianity toward offending and repentant women. CHAPTER II MRS. FLEMING had a brother in London, who had run away from his Kentish ... ...e thought; but representing, as Anthony im- pressed upon her understanding during the conflict of hard words, a principle. Those who can persuade them... ... French—mind her accents, though!—and she needn’t attempt any of the nasty German—kshrra-kouzzra- kratz!—which her pretty lips can’t do, and won’t do;... ...twice in my life.” Mrs. Boulby murmured, “Ah! are you still going to be at war with those gentlemen, Robert?” He looked at her steadily, while a shrew...