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... society, without arousing either hatred or jeal- ousy. Gracious and kind, gifted by nature with that inex- pressible charm which can please without h... ...is air and manner were those of the nobility. The intelli- gence of a good education was in his face. “What is your name?” asked the mayor, giving him...

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...t embraced all mankind in its affections, and had room for more. It was an education only to look at it. According to the belief of many people, the v... ...ones which Mr. Gathergold, in his young play days, before his fingers were gifted with the touch of transmutation, had been accustomed to build of sno... ... been originally left out, or had departed. And therefore the marvellously gifted statesman had always a weary gloom in the deep caverns of his eyes, ... ...gazed ear nestly into the poet’s glowing eyes. ‘Who are you, my strangely gifted guest?’ he said. The poet laid his finger on the volume that Ernest ... ... of his footsteps, brightening as meaner glories faded, and confess that a gifted one had passed from his cradle to his tomb with none to recognize hi...

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... was he to do? He was a young man of much mental activity, and, above all, gifted with a spirit of contrivance; but then, his faculties would not tell... ...would certainly have taken to literature and have written reviews; but his education had not been liberal. He had read some novels from the adjoining ... ...omething like a bel- low was such a surprise to David, who, as a gentleman gifted with much contrivance, was naturally only prepared for what he expec... ...n his position, as if he had had a very large amount of money spent on his education. He was not a man to fall in love in the wrong place; and so, he ...

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... observation that he couldn’t find it. As he dropped this cynical confession he looked straight and hard at the candidate for the honour of tak- ing h... ...d on green cloth. The girls used to do up their hair and their frocks themselves, and our young man felt ap- pealed to to be glad, in regard to Morgan... ...little musical vibrations as taking as picked-up airs—begotten by wandering about Europe at the tail of his migratory tribe. This might not have been ... ...tely they never could get them—fortunately, I mean, for Pemberton, who reflected always that if they had got them there would have been a still scanti... ... sweet relation he had established with Morgan—quite ideal as from master to pupil—and by the simple privilege of know- ing and living with so amazing...

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...id, “if you love me, let me be happy in my own way. Neither you nor I have education; we don’t know how to talk, nor to play ‘your obedient servant’ l... ...terbalanced by his desire to make his fortune; if he lacked cleverness and education, he possessed an instinctive rectitude and delicate feelings, whi... ... and Fall of Cesar Birotteau nearly twenty thousand francs a year, and the education of Cesarine, an only daughter, idolized by Constance as well as b... ...aughter, incapable of despising her father, or of ridiculing his defective education, so truly was she an ingenuous young girl. When he first came to ... ...rst came to Paris, Cesar had known how to read, write, and cipher, but his education stopped there; his laborious life had kept him from acquiring ide... ...interests, and any means to fortune he considered good. This young Norman, gifted with dangerous abilities, coupled his desires for suc- cess with the... ... of the State,— he kept a loophole to become in after years an honest man. Gifted with passionate energy, with a boldness that was al- most military i... ...ame, and then fell, sadly. Roguin’s head-clerk, Alexandre Crottat, who was gifted with the precocious experience which comes from knowledge ac- quired... ...is judge, whose mind was singularly acute on all moral questions, was also gifted with a second-sight which enabled him to discover secret intentions,...

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... Department, which in these days had charge of the scientific and artistic education of the mass of the English population, and had thrown himself int... ...aff and spirit survive, more or less completely digested into the Board of Education. The world does move on, even in its government. It is won- derfu... ... of the State to remember that the very beginnings of public 17 H G Wells education lie within my father’s lifetime, and that many most intelligent a... ...bstinate con- servatism, humanitarian enthusiasm, out of which our present educational organisation arose. I have long since come to believe it necess... ...f “Grant earning” 18 The New Machiavelli was created, and this would give education as a necessary by- product. In the end this belief was found to n... ...didn’t want a mere process for the selection of good as distinguished from gifted and able boys—“No, you don’t,” from Dayton—we wanted all the brillia...

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... actually put forth his hand and operated on Nature, is the more cunningly gifted of the two. Whence, then, their so un- speakable difference? From Cl... ...s had it by nature. He says generally: “Of the insignificant portion of my Education, which depended on Schools, there need almost no notice be taken.... ... the following Bag, he shows himself un- usually animated on the matter of Education, and not with- out some touch of what we might presume to be ange... ... of all hitherto discovered Universities. This is indeed a time when right Education is, as nearly as may be, impossible: however, in degrees of wrong... ...ral infinitely complected departments of social business, in govern- ment, education, in manual, commercial, intellectual fab- rication of every sort,... ...o remark, for the present brazen one, is, that in several provinces, as in Education, Polity, Religion, where so much is wanted and indispensable, and... ...to write a Book, which once in the two centuries or oftener there is a man gifted to do, envy not him whom they name City-builder, and inex- pressibly... ...ering chiaroscuro. Successive glimpses, here faithfully imparted, our more gifted readers must endeavor to combine for their own behoof. He says: “The...

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... I never abid in any place, sleeping or waking, without an example of this gifted work. ’Tis the six-and-twen- 22 The Last of the Mohicans tieth edit... ...t of reach; 118 The Last of the Mohicans and had Uncas or his father been gifted with only their com- mon Indian patience, we should have come in upo... ...trel of the western continent—of a much later day, cer- tainly, than those gifted bards, who formerly sang the profane renown of baron and prince, but... ...bjects were seen in the plain and palpable colors with which they had been gifted by nature. When they issued from the stunted woods which clung to th... ...nd of the best regiment in the pay of the king. Remember, our Alice is not gifted with all your firmness, and God only knows the terror she might endu... ...into the hands of some silly woman, when he should have been gathering his education under a blue sky, among the beauties of the forest. Here, friend;... ...ments should prove more than equivalent for any little imperfection in her education. After which, others again, in due succession, spoke to the maide...

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...them of infant schools and houses of industry, in which a system of virtuous education, based upon sound principles, should be observed, and moral pre... ...nce of some Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 29 general plan of education, to be sanctioned by Parliament, until such time as the more in... ...e had made with great difficulty and labour, regard ing the state of infant education among the middle classes of London. He found that, within a cir... ...superhumanly en dowed gentleman who furnished the former report, and who, — gifted by nature with transcendent abilities, and furnished by us with a ... ...idering it a matter of the deepest im portance, in connection with national education, that the people should not lose such opportunities of making t...

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...until he be- lieved he could accurately translate any remark which they made. This was Jim Baker. According to Jim Baker, some ani- mals have only a l... ...lecture-courses upon spe- cialties of an unusual nature are often delivered to very slim audiences, while those upon more practical and every-day matt... ...gymnasium, under a system which allowed him no freedom, but vigorously com- pelled him to work like a slave. Consequently, he has left the gymnasium w... ... is to per- fect some of its profounder specialties. It is said that when a pupil leaves the gymnasium, he not only has a comprehen- 19 A Tramp Abroa... ...with the Latin. Foreign youth steer clear of the gymnasium; its rules are too severe. They go to the university to put a mansard roof on their whole g... ... will re- fresh the reader’s memory by printing the legend of the Lorelei, too. I have it by me in the Legends of the Rhine, done into English by the ... ...eight languages, and seemed to be equally at home in all of them; he was shrewd, prompt, posted, and punc- tual; he was fertile in resources, and sing... ...ication shall result in my being formally employed by the government in the work of reforming the language. My philological studies have satisfied me ...

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...t social accident, that sub-providence, having willed that they be without education and devoid of the talent of observation, it follows that they are... ... clasping the waist, it seemed to him that this romantic-looking stranger, gifted with such advantages, insulted him by his superiority, just as an ug... ...ate it successfully,” said Joseph Bridau. “No. Without being neglected, my education was purely commercial; but I have so profound and delicate a sens... ...o the “demi-bourse,” or scholarship, by which he (Oscar) had ob- tained an education, was due to the Comte de Serizy. Most of this would now cease. Mo... ...ther bow-legged nor crooked, after sacrificing ev- erything to give him an education, it would be hard if I could not see him on the road to fortune.”... ...en? Your mother has well ful- filled her duty towards you. She gave you an education; she placed you on the right road, and secured you a career. You ...

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... making a virtue of necessity, they consented to defray the expenses of my education. I was sent to Eton, where I remained ten years, during which spa... ...arents, I should not be indebted to my uncles Tynedale and Seacombe for my education; but as I grew up, and heard by degrees of the persevering hostil... ...ment, look, or word of mine. My southern accent annoyed him; the degree of education evinced in my language irritated him; my punctuality, industry, a... ... She is eighteen years of age, and has been sent to Brussels to finish her education; she is of middle size, stiffly made, body long, legs short, bust... ...wn the advantages of settled homes, decorous example, or honest Protestant education; resident a few months now in one Catholic school, now in another... ...tinct from theirs, and, evidently, the type of another race—of a race less gifted with fullness of flesh and plenitude of blood; less jocund, material...

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...st society?—to which query it must humbly be replied that she was not. Her education was not such as to make her quite the equal of Baker Street. She ... ...ou, Miss Prim: but recollect Morgiana was not born with your advantages of education and breeding; and was, in fact, a poor vulgar creature, who loved... ...he owes her fortune to me.” Both of them thus, in future days, claimed the education of the famous Ravenswing; and even Sir George Thrum, though he wi... ... un nom que demain un monde va saluer?), and a creature more beautiful and gifted never bloomed before dans nos climats. She sang the delicious duet o... ...sympathy, and flung me glances across the table as much as to say, “What a gifted creature my Jemima is, and what a fine fellow I am to be in possessi...

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... manner, and intellect—had a less easy disposition. Being more brilliantly gifted, she also 29 Joseph Conrad expected more from life. At that trying ... ...ounced the intention of entering a Carthusian monastery) ebbing out of the educational and academical town of Cracow spread itself over several provin... ...l step- father; it was unfortunate, though, that while directing the boys’ education and forming their character by wise counsel, he did his best to g... ...ask in which fate has perhaps engaged nothing of us except our conscience, gifted with a voice in order to bear true testimony to the visible wonder, ...

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...man- ner and intellect—had a less easy disposition. Being more brilliantly gifted she also expected more from life. At that trying time especially, we... ...ful stepfather; it was unfortu- nate though that while directing the boys’ education and forming their character by wise counsel he did his best to ge... ...ask in which fate has perhaps engaged nothing of us except our conscience, gifted with a voice in order to bear true testimony to the visible wonder, ...

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... although the latter, by the exer- cise of senses with which the blind are gifted, recognized the steps of the three men in the little lane leading to... ...everence for the family, had promised to give him a thorough and Christian education. Calyste thenceforth received the instruction which the abbe hims... ...rn litera- ture, and the advance and present progress of the sciences. His education had been limited to geography and the circum- spect history of a ... ...ered worthless. This human masterpiece of virtuous and noble and religious education, Calyste, might be destroyed; the happiness of his life, so long ... ...of those manias which enable old men to fancy themselves still living. The education of his ward was therefore left to chance. Little cared-for by her... ...ture, instead of holding her within the rigid circle defined by the futile education given to women, and by maternal instructions as to dress, hypocri... ... him to despise women), allowed itself free scope in the matter of brains. Gifted with the sort of mind which we must call a reflector, he appropriate...

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...ed under a deluge of commonplaces his native incapacity, his total want of education, and a weakness of character which can only be expressed by the o... ...e more correctly because she consulted her father on all subjects. She was gifted with great firmness, which made her the absolute mistress in her own... ...son presented of romantic charm. Still, a husband capable of reforming her education and effacing the traces of provincial life, might still evolve fr... ...econd, he did not conceal from himself the imperfec- tions of a provincial education which he should have to un- make, but this was no serious objecti... ...I make excuses not to accompany them, and against all the principles of my education and prudence, I leave them to the care of the servants. Visits, s... ...f a Catholic, and sits astride the hobby of that party, namely,—liberty of education. But this man, who wants free education for every one, is afraid ... ...; he will not give himself airs, for I assure you he is as modest as he is gifted. T o Sallenauve he is like a little terrier; as watchful, as faithfu...

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...ouch; No mortal man—save he, who, bred Between the living and the dead, Is gifted beyond nature’s law Had e’er survived to say he saw. At length the f... ...ioned sight may yet prove true, Nor bode of ill to him or you. When did my gifted dream beguile? Think of the stranger at the isle, And think upon the... ...ling, perfectly competent to supply the wants of an imperfect or irregular education. He was a passionate admirer of field-sports, which we often purs... ... verified in their practice the lines of Gray (Fragment on the Alliance of Education and Government): ‘ An iron race the mountain cliffs maintain, ...

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... now from the begynynge, Governares, Instructores and offyceres of ryght jugmente, ne optimum ingenium non optima educatione deprevetur. Butt whatt a ... ...d by the boys to their elders; and these, also, presently began to discuss Tom Canty, and to regard him as a most gifted and extraordinary creature. F... ...ed to her declara- tions. Finally he said— “I think the woman hath said true. An’ my mother were in her place and gifted with the devil’s functions, s... ...epaired, and founded within it that noble establishment called the Bluecoat School, or Christ’s Hospital, for the education and main- tenance of orpha... ...al- ously undertaken, Ridley himself engaging in it; and the result was the founding of Christ’s Hospital for the education of poor children. (The Kin...

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... of reprisal. Her brilliant beloved Tony, daz- zling but in beauty and the gifted mind, stood as one essen- tially with the common order of women. She... ...do, though you are a man, I pray. You have seen the hunted hare. It is our education—we have something of the hare in us when the hounds are full cry.... ...s, 124 Diana of the Crossways and were questioned as to their fitness, by education, habits, enlightenment, to pronounce decisively upon the case in ... ...her, studied and liked her. The picture she was drawing of the amiable and gifted Italian, of her villain Roumanian husband, and of the eccen- tric, h... ...any other feature,’ said Lady Dunstane. ‘The Riffords are all prodigiously gifted and amusing: suspendens omnia naso. It should be prayed for in famil... ...n would have developed her resources, led him to doubt her being so finely gifted. She was just clever enough to hoodwink. He attributed the dupery to... ...extraordinary heat. Emma begged her to remember her heterodox views of the education for girls. ‘He bats admirably,’ said Diana. ‘I wish I could bat h...