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Excerpt: Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...e M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a pub... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pen... ...tate University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft By Charlotte M. Yonge PREF PRE... ...the maxim which has influenced the delineation of the different Scenes and Characters is, that feeling, unguided and unrestrained, soon becomes mere s... ... acts of self-devotion. New Court, Beechcroft, 18th January. 4 Scenes and Characters PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE (1886) (1886) (1...

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...Excerpt: Note. It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circumstances of life, has never been accused of representing actual persons in the two or three thousand portraits which he painted of human nature....

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...TE It is somewhat remarkable that Balzac, dealing as he did with traits of character and the minute and daily circum- stances of life, has never been ... ...ryer in Daniel d’Arthez. But in the present volume, “Beatrix,” he used the characteristics of certain persons, which were recognized and admitted at t... ...publication. Made- moiselle des Touches (Camille Maupin) is George Sand in character, and the personal description of her, though applied by some to t... ...outside of the movement which gives to the nineteenth century its peculiar character- istics. For lack of quick and regular communication with Paris, ... ...ey staggered under the weight of added stories. All retain their primitive characteris- tics. Some rest on wooden columns which form arcades un- der w...

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...r fitness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among distant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The character and fortune of the fraternal enemies, the hall and shrubbery of Durrisdeer, the problem of Mackellar?s homespun and how to shape it for superior flights; these were his company on deck in many star-reflecting harbou...

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...tness of circumstance the writer began, continued it, and concluded it among dis- tant and diverse scenes. Above all, he was much upon the sea. The ch... ...Mr. Mackellar. M’Brair answered, that the papers in question were all in Mackellar’s own hand, all (as the writer understood) of a purely narrative ch... ...ive a few words of what ensued. “Here,” said Mr. Thomson, “is a novel ready to your hand: all you have to do is to work up the scenery, develop the ch... ... Teach was humiliated, and perhaps alarmed for his position with the crew; and the way in which he set about regaining what he had lost, was highly ch... ...e myself with a lunatic like you. Thirdly, these gentlemen (who need no longer pretend to be asleep) are those of my party, and will now proceed to ga... ...ing thus penniless to the Fort, he was welcomed like a brother by the Chevalier, who thence paid his way to France. The simplic- ity of Mr. Burke’s ch...

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...of New York TO HONORABLE GERRIT SMITH, AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF ESTEEM FOR HIS CHARACTER, ADMI- RATION FOR HIS GENIUS AND BENEVOLENCE, AFFECTION FOR HIS P... ...ith you, many reasons for regarding my autobiography as exceptional in its character, and as be- ing, in some sense, naturally beyond the reach of tho... ...rs, calculated to enlighten the public mind, by revealing the true nature, character, and tendency of the slave system, are in order, and can scarcely... ...nd adorned our common country by their genius, learning and eloquence. The characteristics whereby Mr. Douglass has won first rank among these remarka... ...bondage, we find, well devel- oped, that inherent and continuous energy of character which will ever render him distinguished. What his hand found to ... ... the United States of America. Starvation, the bloody whip, the chain, the gag, the thumb-screw, cat-hauling, the cat-o’-nine- tails, the dungeon, the... ... from their minds, and brutalizing their persons. The whip, the chain, the gag, the thumb-screw, the blood- hound, the stocks, and all the other blood... ... of millions pierce my heart and chill my blood. I remember the chain, the gag, the bloody whip; the death-like gloom overshadowing the broken spirit ... ... to imbrute and destroy his manhood, he relies on the whip, the chain, the gag, the thumb-screw, the pillory, the bowie knife the pistol, and the bloo...

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...d Europe by the proud title of the Bundelcund Invincibles—so great was its character for brav- ery, so remarkable were its services in that delightful... ...tion; “a pitiful beggarly Irish cornet aspire to the hand of Julia Jowler! Gag—Gahagan, are you mad, or laughing at us? Look at these letters, young m... ...f honour or good feeling, to steal from me that which is my sole wealth—my character as a teller of the truth. The reader will understand that it is t... ...use upon the revelations made by me. They say that I have assailed private characters, and wilfully perverted history to blacken the reputation of pub... ...le word ‘gujpuit’ written underneath in the Nagaree, Persian, and Sanscrit characters. I rode my black horse, and looked, by the immortal gods, like M... ...The Major has put the most approved language into the mouths of his Indian characters. Bismillah, Barikallah, and so on, according to the novelists, ... ...sped out - “My lord! my lord! this is not Bob—” But he could say no more. “Gag the slave!” screamed out Holkar, stamping with fury; and a turban was i... ...illicuddy’s incoherent accounts, as he was gasping from the effects of the gag and the whisky he had taken to revive him, and from my own subsequent o...

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...on of a mode of life not heretofore described, to gether with some of the characters that move in it, among whom the author happened to make one. In ... ...nd barbed arrows in each claw. With the customary infirmity of temper that characterizes this unhappy fowl, she appears by the fierceness of her beak ... ...a destiny to make Salem my home; so that the mould of features and cast of character which had all along been familiar here—ever, as one representativ... ...h habit to contract a kindness for them. The better part of my companion’s character, if it have a better part, is that which usually comes uppermost ... ... but instincts; and yet, withal, so cunningly had the few materials of his character been put together that there was no painful perception of deficie...

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...t, perhaps, to make some apologies to the public for in- troducing them to characters that are so utterly worthless; as we confess all our heroes, wit... ...ur own part, we know what the public likes, and have chosen rogues for our characters, and have taken a story from the “Newgate Calendar,” which we ho... ...ed vagabond drummed out of the corps.” Although this resume of Mr. Brock’s character and accom- plishments was very just, it came perhaps with an ill ... ...those whose works we have above alluded to, have no business to make these characters interesting or agreeable; to be feeding your morbid fancies, or ... ...s he did some time afterwards, he found, very much to his surprise, that a gag had been placed in his mouth, and that the Corporal was in the act of w... ...N THIS WOEFUL PLIGHT, moneyless, wifeless, horseless, corporalless, with a gag in his mouth and a rope round his body, are we compelled to leave the g... ...he had learned to look upon her as one of the most injured and re- pentant characters in the world; and had, with Mrs. Dobbs, 56 Catherine: A Story r... ...see, my dear, that after we had left that gaby, Galgenstein,—ha, ha—with a gag in his mouth, and twopence- halfpenny in his pocket, the honest Count w...

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... striven to deserve it by continuing my labors with the unflagging courage character- istic of your methods of study, and of that exhaustive re- searc... ...alberts and Mombreuses of romance. Af- ter all, the names of the principal characters will be quite as much disguised; for though in this history the ... ...ney. The slow, swift years of the Terror went by, and the Mar- quis, whose character had won the respect of the whole coun- try, decided that he and h... ...reams.” Keep this portrait in mind; it is a faithful picture and sketch of character. Mlle. d’Esgrignon is one of the most instructive fig- ures in th... ...s showed as much indulgence for his prejudices as respect for his personal character; but there was another and a large section of the new society whi...

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...in the matter of structure, the other in background, humour, and detail of characterisation—the predominating and distinguishing quality of the work i... ...ght indeed go further and say that it implies a certain tolerance of one’s characters even though they be, in the conventional sense, knaves, products... ...l more profound are the contradictions to be seen in the author’s personal character; and unfortunately they prevented him from completing his work. T... ...ror to Russian officialdom and the effects it has produced on the national character. The plot of Dead Souls is simple enough, and is said to have bee... ...tunity to reveal his genius as a painter of Russian panorama, peopled with characteristic native types commonplace enough but drawn in comic relief. “...

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...too lean, and not sharply ridged from a rapacious beak, but enough to show characteristics of ea- gerness and promptitude. His eyes were darkest blue,... ...Milan, caused him to shout a defensive, “But Carlo says yes!” This uniform character of Ammiani’s replies, and the smile of Agostino on hearing them, ... ...notes, as on some occasions in his- tory the people overrun certain puling characters. But that, I confess, is an illustration altogether out of place... ...y precluded his own free movements. They hung together intertwisted in the characters of specious pacificator and appealing citi- zen, both breathless... ... 49 George Meredith mind would have indicated. He was simply studying the character of his man. Luigi feared him; he was troubled chiefly because he ... ...ress! traitress!’ Battista and his wife had to fling themselves on him and gag him, guessing him as mad. He spoke pompously and theat- rically; called...

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... he was a miner in Nevada right alongside of Mark Twain. You’ll find these characters in all these small towns, and a pile of savvy in every single on... ...ited his anger. She meditated upon his gutter patois, the Boeotian dialect characteris- tic of Gopher Prairie. He laughed puzzlingly. When they came i... ...ly. “All right,” she yawned. With hazy eyes she tried to read the lists of characters, which were hidden among lifeless advertisements of pianos, musi... ...ymie, as the villain, had no repressions. The tilt of his head was full of character; his drawl was admirably vicious. There was an evening when Carol... ...The young do the work while these old ones sit around and interrupt us and gag with hate because they’re too feeble to do anything but hate,” then Vid...

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...hine and shade I hold it good to aim at, if at the same time I may keep my characters at blood-heat. I shoot my arrows at a mark that is pretty certai... ...urselves perform. These traits of 13 George Meredith his were regarded as characteristics hopeful rather than the reverse; none of his friends and re... ...es, to the flat result of an optically discernible influence of our hero’s character in the domestic circle; perhaps a faintly-out- lined circle or tw... ...Our girls are chess-pieces until they ‘re married. Then they have life and character sometimes too much.’ ‘She is not like them, Roland; she is like n... ...o break your father’s heart?’ He had really forgotten his knowledge of her character— what much he knew—in the dust of the desperation flung about her... ... for two or three drops, he deemed them all lunatics. He requested them to gag their empty chatter- boxes, and put the mother upon that child’s cry. H...

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...n the speculation I have just set down. It is this: I have never touched a character precisely from the life, but some coun- terpart of that character... ...agreed, I believe, that Mr. Pecksniff is an exaggeration, and that no such character ever existed. I will not offer any plea on his behalf to so power... ...is behalf to so powerful and genteel a body, but will make a remark on the character of Jonas Chuzzlewit. I conceive that the sordid coarseness and br... ...st part (Mr. Bevan ex- pected), of a ludicrous side, only, of the American character—of that side which was, four-and-twenty years ago, from its natur... ...es, with innumerable repeti- 7 Charles Dickens tions of the same phase of character. Indeed, it may be laid down as a general principle, that the mor... ... in reply to this speech; but John Westlock, whom nothing short of an iron gag would have silenced when Mr Pecksniff’s merits were once in ques- tion,... ...ke! It’s too good to refuse.’ ‘Well said, Mr Chuzzlewit!’ cried Wolf. ‘Tom Gag, upon my soul!’ said Pip. ‘Positively, you know, that’s—ha, ha, ha!’ ob...

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...ith truth and power; especially is the weakness of the Swiss philosopher’s character summed up in the fol- lowing admirable lines: “Here the self... ... Nouvelle Heloise’. His corre- spondence throws much light on his life and character, as do also parts of ‘Emile’. It is not easy in our day to realiz... ...view with him and held that inordinate vanity was the leading trait in his character. Mr. Davenport, to whom he was introduced by Hume, generously off... ...e examples; could fancy myself a Greek or Roman, and readily give into the character of the personage whose life I read; transported by the recital of... ...gan to form and demonstrate itself, a heart, at once haughty and tender, a character effeminate, yet invincible; which, fluctu- ating between weakness...

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...sought, and his plea might be that he regarded me in the light of a public character. But there were circumstances attending my— ha—slight knowledge o... ...ieve. I have been afraid that you may think of me in a new light, or a new character. Don’t do that, I could not bear that— it would make me more unha... ...ble with majestic seren- ity. ‘Fanny,’ returned Mrs General, ‘has force of character and self-reliance. Amy, none.’ None? O Mrs General, ask the Marsh... ...s General shut her eyes.) —’I have no misgivings. There is adaptability of character in Fanny. But my younger daughter, Mrs General, rather worries an... ...your more than mother? How dare you set up superiorities against all these characters combined in your sister? For shame, you false girl, for shame!’ ... ...d your paper, and my brother’s cognac and tobacco talk (I wish he’d had to gag himself). Now, I have only one thing more to say, you hammer-headed wom...

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...times. Then why should he escape?” “Because,” said I, “his is an uncommon character, and he has resolutely kept himself outside the circle, Richard.”... ...43 don’t like to represent myself in this litigious, contentious, doubting character to a confiding girl like Ada,” I told him that he was more like h... ...adily.” As if there were any other in his life! As if his whole career and character were not being dyed one colour! “But I may ask you a question, Ri... ..., and the dull cracked windows in their heavy frames have but one piece of character in them, which is a determination to be always dirty and always s... ...u, Tony, as a friend), from your knowledge of that capricious and deep old character who fell a prey to the—spontaneous element, do you, Tony, think i...

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...r d’Artagnan,” said the cardinal; “all goes well in this direction.” D’Artagnan, in the meantime, had taken the head of his detachment without a word ... ...ears After Austria had so often deserted her friends that her support seemed most precarious. During the whole of this noctur- nal ride, during the wh... ...y lord.” “The cardinal,” interrupted Mazarin, “was a great politi- cian and therein shone his vast superiority over me. I am a straightforward, simple... ...ne,” said D’Artagnan, shaking his head. “Go, then, and find them.” “What shall I say to them by way of inducement to serve your eminence?” “You know t... ....’ “`What to do with him?’ answered the prince. “`Yes, he’s not a man to allow himself to be taken any- how; he’ll defend himself.’ “`Well, we must tr... ...duke. “And make La Ramee eat the pear,” answered Grimaud. “My dear Grimaud, thou speakest seldom, but when thou dost, one must do thee justice—thy wor... ...?” cried La Ramee, cold sweat upon his brow. “At a few minutes to seven,” returned the duke (suiting the action to the words), “I raise the crust of t... ...to La Ramee’s heart, that there could be no doubt in the mind of that individual as to his determina- tion. Meanwhile, Grimaud, still mute as ever, dr... ...fficer made a sign as if he had something to say. “Speak,” said the duke. “Now, my lord, do not forget, if any harm happens to me on your account, tha...

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...tly trusted by his employers, who must have been singularly poor judges of character. In the sailor’s story he is represented as an unmitigated rascal... ...eed not neces- sarily be a confirmed rogue, that he could be even a man of character, an actor and possibly a victim in the changing scenes of a revol... ..., but also, I suppose, to better himself. Sir, I am a pretty good judge of character. I engaged him to be the fore- man of our lightermen, and caretak... ... enough for them. They quailed be- fore him, sir. That’s what the force of character will do for you.” It could very well be said that it was Nostromo... ...hrow doubt on that statement, unless, indeed, one were a bitter, eccentric character like Dr. 45 Joseph Conrad Monygham—for instance—whose short, hop... ...uously, and so absolutely disregarded that nobody even took the trouble to gag him. The noise he made was so disagreeable that I had half a mind to do...

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...retreat and meditation, where they smoked. Now, there was nothing in their characters as known to Mr. Prout, their house-master, at all commanding res... ... all loose match-ends, and departed to warn Beetle and McT urk. But it was characteristic of the boy that he did not ap- proach his allies till he had... ... e done nothing wrong. We ain’t poachers. We didn’t cut about blastin’ the characters of poor, innocent boys—saying they were drunk.” “That I didn’t,”... ...begin to fear you don’t understand me.) There is not a flaw in any of your characters. And that is why I am going to perpetrate a howl- ing injustice.... ...y. They endured several minutes of it, and their language necessitated the gag. “Did you give Clewer Corkscrews?” “Yes. Oh, curse your silly souls! Le... ...eir mouths. “Now are those all the things you did to Clewer? T ake out the gag, T urkey, and let ‘em answer.” “Yes, I swear that was all. Oh, you’re k... ...lying. Do you think you can teach us anything about bullying? Take out the gag and let him answer.” “No!”—ferociously. “He says no. Rock him to sleep.... ...Oh, I forgot! I say, Campbell, what did you bully Clewer for? Take out his gag and let him answer.” “I—I don’t know. Oh, let me off! I swear I’ll make... ...e says he don’t know. Set him up, Beetle. Give me the glove an’ put in the gag.” In silence Campbell was “rocked” sixty-four times. “I believe I’m goi...

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...hardly knew why the idea arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions....

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...t, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she al- ways roused speculation, that her simple... ...e, with that mixture of artistic sensibility and business astuteness which characterizes his race, had instantly gravi- tated toward Miss Bart. She un... ...lge. She knew that such emotions leave lines on the face as well as in the character, and she had meant to take warning by the little creases which he... ... chary type most inaccessible to impulses and emotions. He had the kind of character in which prudence is a vice, and good advice the most danger- ous... ...ok in one carefully-gloved hand, he reflected agreeably on the strength of character which kept her true to her early train- ing in surroundings so su...