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...bove the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-buildings....

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...Excerpt: As little recked Fitzjocelyn of the murmurs which he had provoked, as he guessed the true secret of his victory. In his eyes, it was the triumph of merit over prejudice, and Mrs. Frost espoused the same gratifying view, though ascribing much to her nephew?s activity, and James himself, flushed with hope and success, was not likely to di...

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Excerpt: A Little Tour in France by Henry James.

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Miriam, Hilda, Kenyon, Donatello Four individuals, in whose fortunes we should be glad to interest the reader, happened to be standing in one of the saloons of the sculpture-gallery in the Capitol at Rome. It was that room (the first, after ascending the staircase) in the cen...

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...n or The Romance of Monte Beni by Nathaniel Hawthorne Complete Two Volumes in One A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Marble Faun... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ... rudely up with ancient brick and stone, and over the domes of Chris- tian churches, built on the old pavements of heathen temples, and supported by t... ...lmost—yes, I really think so,” replied Hilda, a slender, brown-haired, New England girl, whose percep- tions of form and expression were wonderfully c... ...ite repugnance to graves and skulls, and to all that ghastliness which the Gothic mind loves to associate with the idea of death. He shuddered, and lo... ...s of the city, unimpeded even by the stateliest palaces. Only the domes of churches ascend into this airy region, and hold up their golden crosses on ... ...g it anything like justice. She was pretty at all times, in our native New England style, with her light- brown ringlets, her delicately tinged, but h... ... once en- joyed, but still longing to enjoy them over again.” “You bring a Gothic horror into this peaceful moonlight scene,” said Hilda. “Nay, I have... ... last. She had perished with them, and snatched them back at the moment of revival. For these long-buried hands immediately disposed themselves in the...

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...makes the memory of what once filled it a treasure to be brought forward with joy and thankfulness. Nor would it be well that some of those mentioned in the coming narrative should be wholly forgotten, and their place know them no more....

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Muse of the Department by Honoré de Balzac, trans. James Wa... ...ion Moise Piedefer bought up the nationalized land, pulled down abbeys and churches with all the zeal of his ancestors, oddly enough, and married a Ca... ...ings of Albrecht Durer—whom she called Dur; on illuminations on vellum, on Gothic architecture, early deco- rated, flamboyant and pure—enough to turn ... ... led her to sacrifice the requirements of her person to secure some bit of Gothic fur- niture. By the seventh year she had come so low as to think it ... ...vinces is that abrupt termination of her passion which is so often seen in England. In the country, a life under minute observation as keen as an Indi... ...conquer too many countries,” said Bianchon. “This misfortune is unknown in England,” exclaimed Dinah. “London does not exert such tyranny as that by w... ...k man will pay more to a famous physician? or that she is flattered by the revival of a world-worn heart?” “Vanity and the senses count for so much in... ...s and deceptions had degrading conse- quences for Dinah, who believed in a revival of his love. The mother, alas, gave way to the mistress with shamef...

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...Excerpt: Etymology (SUPPLIED BY A LATE CONSUMPTIVE USHER TO A GRAMMAR SCHOOL.); The pale Usher --threadbare in coat, heart, body, and brain; I see him now. He was ever dusting his old lexicons and grammars, with a queer handkerchief, mockingly embellished with all the gay flags of all the known nations of the world. He loved to dus...

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...Moby Dick or The Whale HERMAN MELVILLE 1851 IN TOKEN OF MY ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS, This book is Inscribed TO NATHANI... ... Scenes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 57 Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet Iron; in Stone; in Mountains; in Star... ...I built a cottage for Susan and myself and made a gateway in the form of a Gothic Arch, by setting up a whale’s jawbones.” Hawthorne’s Twice Told Tale... ...rst you almost thought some ambitious young artist, in the time of the New England hags, had endeavored to delineate chaos bewitched. But by dint of m... ... not do to be sellin’ human heads about the streets when folks is goin’ to churches. He wanted to, last Sunday, but I stopped him just as he was goin’... ...uite self possessed in company. Not always, though: Ledyard, the great New England traveller, and Mungo Park, the Scotch one; of all men, they possess... ...d savages sailing in Nantucket ships at last come to be converted into the churches. “First Congregational Church,” cried Bildad, “what! that worships... ...f javelins. And since in this famous fishery, each mate or headsman, like a Gothic Knight of old, is always accompanied by his boat steerer or harpoone... ...d by an old Italian publisher somewhere about the 15th century, during the Revival of Learning; and in those days, and even down to a comparatively la...

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...Excerpt: Phase the First; The Maiden -- I -- On an evening in the latter part of May a middle-aged man was walking homeward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blakemore or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that carried him were rickety, and there was a bias in...

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...ase the First — The Maiden 1 Phase the First — The Maiden I O n an evening in the latter part of May a middle aged man was walking home ward from Sha... ...le aged man was walking home ward from Shaston to the village of Marlott, in the adjoining Vale of Blake more or Blackmoor. The pair of legs that ca... ... Glamorganshire. Branches of your family held manors over all this part of England; their names appear in the Pipe Rolls in the time of King Stephen. ... ...y smacking his leg with his switch, ‘there’s hardly such another family in England.’ ‘Daze my eyes, and isn’t there?’ said Durbeyfield. ‘And here have ... ...of all others. But ’tis always the comeliest! The plain ones be as safe as churches — hey, Jenny?’ The speaker turned to one of the group who was cert... ...one on his way with his friends. The flood of memories brought back by this revival of an incident anterior to her troubles produced a momentary dismay... ... of evasive contro versialists), prefered sermons in stones to sermons in churches and chapels on fine summer days. This morning, moreover, he had gon... ...contrasting greatly by its formalism with the quaint irregularities of the Gothic erections. It was somewhat disguised from the road in passing it by ...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, trans. John Ormsby (1922 ed... ...e died, apparently of dropsy, on the 23rd of April, 1616, the day on which England lost Shakespeare, nominally at least, for the English calen- dar ha... ...nces, un- couth illustrations and clap-trap additions by the publisher. To England belongs the credit of having been the first country to recognise th... ...er ruthless cruelty, This arm had might the rage of Hell to tame. But, Gothic Quixote, happier thou dost prove, For thou dost live in Dulcinea’... ...he world stood most in need of, and that in him was to be accomplished the revival of knight-errantry. The curate sometimes contradicted him, sometime... ...ns crowned with ruddy ears of corn, the wearers of iron, old relics of the Gothic race, those that bathe in the Pisuerga re- nowned for its gentle cur... ...and the stars by night; nor do I know what streets are like, or plazas, or churches, or even men, except my father and a brother I have, and Pedro Per...

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...Excerpt: I saw a gray-haired man, a figure of hale age, sitting at a desk and writing: He seemed to be in a room in a tower, very high, so that through the tall window on his left one perceived only distances, a remote horizon of sea, a headland and that vague haze and glitter in the sunset that many miles away marks a city. A...

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... COMET BY H. G. WELLS A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvani... ...e of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...n even of their insuf- ficient livelihood from day to day, the chapels and churches and public-houses swelling up amidst their wretched homes like sap... ... by a violent letter upon the crisis to the leading socialis- tic paper in England, The Clarion, in which he had adven- tured among the motives of Lor... ...rsh of homes, an infinitude of little smoking hovels, and emergent, meager churches, public-houses, board schools, and other buildings amidst the prev... ... that “richly dressed,” or have the words printed in florid old English or Gothic lettering. No one on earth is now quite so richly dressed as she was... ...n its intermediate state the air hung inert, incapable of producing either revival or stupefaction, no longer green, but not yet changed to the gas th... ...rs… . And then came the first flush of morning, the first rustlings of the revival. Perhaps in that office the filaments of the lamps were still glowi... ...irst year of all), and all the “unmeaning repetition” of silly little sham Gothic churches and meeting-houses, mean looking shells of stone and mortar...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. War and the Future by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...t Soissons and put me in charge of Lieutenant de Tessin, whom I had met in England studying British social questions long before this war. After- ward... ..., which is, I sup- pose, the last southward fortress of the Franco-English Gothic. “It was here,” said my host, “that we burnt the German stuff.” “Wha... ...e not been very deeply moved. I suppose that one is a little accustomed to Gothic ruins, and that there is always something monumental about old build... ...This 108 War and the Future has been the case in all periods of religious revival. The num- ber who are rather impressed, who for a few days or weeks... ... exemplification of this than the spectacle of the Angli- can and Catholic churches at the present time, one using the tragic stresses of war mainly f... ...ts with French conditions—and it is all to the disadvantage of the British churches. In his Piccadilly contribution to the National Mission of Repenta... ... of the kingdom of God. What I conceive to be the reality of the religious revival is to be found in quarters remote from the religious profes- sional...

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...OMAS DE QUINCEY AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM-EATER, ETC. ETC. IN TWO VOLUMES. V V V V VOL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. OL. II. A PENN STA... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...s yet in the rear. Meantime these great disturbances are not understood in England; and chiefly from the differences between the two nations as to the... ...he differences between the two nations as to the language of their several churches and law 5 Thomas de Quincey courts. The process of ordination and... ...ons of the two kingdoms. And the church courts of Scotland do not exist in England. We write, therefore, with an express view to the better informatio... ...ame time. At the opening of this present century, both of these na- tional churches began to show a marked rekindling of reli- gious fervor. In what e... ...ge, under the blessing of Heaven, is pretty nearly a tabula rasa.’ In this Gothic expres- sion of self-congratulation upon the extent of his own igno-... ...he countenance of a power- ful protector made the whole difference between revival and a long extinction—and what was still more to the purpose of doi... ...ar- mony are essential conditions to their effect. Ruins are be- coming to Gothic buildings—decay is there seen in a grace- ful form; but to an Attic ...

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...Excerpt: The tower among the Apennines It was in June that the sculptor, Kenyon, arrived on horse back at the gate of an ancient country house (which, from some of its features, might almost be called a castle) situated in a part of Tuscany somewhat remote from the ordin...

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... 483 CHAPTER 1 1 CHAPTER 1 U nder certain circumstances there are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as a... ... dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea. There are circum stances in which, whether you partake of the tea or not—some people of course nev... ...I’ve heard of her.” “She’s a niece of my wife’s; Mrs. Touchett brings her to England.” Then young Mr. Touchett explained. “My mother, you know, has be... ... mastered the art of condensation. ‘Tired America, hot weather awful, return England with niece, first steamer decent cabin.’ That’s the sort of messag... ...n the finest work of art—than a Greek bas relief, than a great Titian, than a Gothic cathedral. It’s very pleasant to be so well treated where one had ... ...en when the reality had been pleasant. The past was apt to look dead and its revival rather to show the livid light of a judgement day. The girl moreo... ...he place where people had suffered. This was what came to her in the starved churches, where the marble columns, transferred from pagan ruins, seemed ...

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.......................................................................................................................................... 25 VARIATIONS IN THE AUTHOR?S MANUSCRIPT PREFACE. ........................................................................ 31 PASTORALS, WITH A DISCOURSE ON PASTORAL POETRY. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCIV...... 32 SPRING .........................

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...Introduction: In sending forth this little book, I am inclined to add a few explanatory words as to the use I have made of historical personages. The origin of the whole story was probably Freytag?s first series of pictures of German Life:...

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...Excerpt: ?IT IS VERY KIND in the dear mother.? ?But--what, Rachel? Don?t you like it! She so enjoyed choosing it for you.? ?Oh yes, it is a perfect thing in its way. Don?t say a word to her; but if you are consulted for my next birthday present, Grace...

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... known, and enjoyed their full meed of fame. Therefore it may be feared that many of the events here detailed, or alluded to, may seem trite to those in search of novelty; but it is not for such that the collection has been made....

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...TER TER, ET , ET , ET , ET , ETC. ET C. ET C. ET C. ET C. ETC. C. C. C. C. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...e benevolent scheme his little essay un- der the same title; and others in England subscribed a guinea each to the fund for the suppression of war. Th... ...ere inoperative truths, lifeless, and unvalued. Now, on the other hand, in England, America, France, societies are rising for making war upon war; and... ...oving a great deal of that, disaproves also a great deal in its own sister churches of the protesting household; and because every Protestant Church h... ...h I object. He describes the doctrines held by all the separate Protestant churches as doctrines of Protestantism. I would not delay either Phil. or m... ...age, and understand- ing nothing but war? Four centuries after Christ, the Gothic Bishop Ulphilas set about translating the Gospels for his countrymen... ...tinguished from weeds, by Christian gardening, had to be reproduced in the Gothic language, with apparently no means whatever of effecting it. In this... ...is great of- fice—this was in itself sufficiently dreadful, and a shocking revival to the human imagination of that eldest amongst all traditions—a tr...

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...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson, the Pennsylvania State Universit... ..................................................................... 301 NEW ENGLAND REFORMERS ............................................................ ...a French Reign of Terror, and a Salem hanging of witches; before a fanatic Revival and the Animal Magne- tism in Paris, or in Providence. We assume th... ...them all with satisfaction, and they live again to the mind, or are now. A Gothic cathedral affirms that it was done by us and not done by us. Surely ... ... knows how to play with them as a young child plays with graybeards and in churches. Genius studies the causal thought, and far back in the womb of th... ...l to the horizon, quite accurately in the form of a cherub as painted over churches, —a round block in the centre, which it was easy to animate with e... ...Colossi could sit as watchmen or lean on the pillars of the interior?” The Gothic church plainly originated in a rude adapta- tion of the forest trees... ... Abraham, the building of the Temple, the Advent of Christ, Dark Ages, the Revival of Letters, the Reformation, the discovery of new lands, the open- ...

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...ached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorporated, after some revision or necessary correction, into the following collection; but on the other hand a large proportion of the contents have been specially translated f...

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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of ...

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