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...entury. The novel centers on Verloc, a shop-owner, phony-anarchist and double-agent, who becomes embroiled in an ambitious terrorist plan to bomb the Greenwich Observatory. (Summary by Hugh McGuire)...

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...swing on the heavy spar. The barges wash Drifting logs Down Greenwich reach Past the Isle of Dogs. Weialala leia ...

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...eh? And there are other advantages. The whole civilised world has heard of Greenwich. The very boot-blacks in the basement of Charing Cross Station kn... ...I’ll have to spoil your holiday for you, though. There’s a man blown up in Greenwich Park this morning.” “How do you know?” “They have been yelling th... ...ch were optimistic. He scanned the pages rapidly. “Ah! Here it is. Bomb in Greenwich Park. There isn’t much so far. Half-past eleven. Foggy morning. E... ...isagreeably busy day since his department received the first telegram from Greenwich a little before eleven in the morn- ing. First of all, the fact o... ...rk. Then he had walked over to the hospital; and when the investigation in Greenwich was concluded at last he had lost his inclination for food. Not a... ...across the waters of error. “Unless you have brought something useful from Greenwich,” he added. The Chief Inspector began at once the account of his ... ...Chief Inspector thought that the other man might have been actually at the Greenwich Park Station, ready to catch the next train up, at the moment his... ...ll this agrees exactly with what the old woman told the police sergeant in Greenwich.” The Assistant Commissioner, still with his face turned to the w... ...ll—not in the sweetest of tempers just now.” “It’s in connection with that Greenwich affair.” 98 The Secret Agent “Oh! I say! He’s very bitter agains...

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...ing! They hang about the purlieus of the me- tropolis: Brook Green, Epsom, Greenwich, Ascot, Goodwood, are their haunts. They visit London professiona... ...orge Cruikshank score we may speak as well as another. Then there are the “Greenwich Hospital” designs, which must not be passed over. “Greenwich Hosp...

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...he parental roof-tree. Be- hold Bella and Pa aboard an early steamboat for Greenwich. Were they expected at Greenwich? Probably. At least, Mr John Rok... ... made out; the cherubic parent was bearing down and crowding on direct for Greenwich church, to see his relations. For, Gruff and Glum, though most ev... ...s being seasoned with Bliss—an article which they are sometimes out of, at Greenwich—were of perfect flavour, and the golden drinks had been bottled i... ...eing a wedding party. Now, the su- pervising dignitary , the Archbishop of Greenwich, knew this as well as if he had performed the nuptial ceremony. A... ...at ever was seen: ‘Indeed, I think so, John, dear.’ Here the Archbishop of Greenwich coughed a stately cough to attract the attention of three of his ... ...not know. He may tell you he is not. Nothing will surprise me.’ ‘Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,’ said the Irrepressible, flouncing at he... ... any fuss, he might. And as he did like, I let him. And we were married at Greenwich church in the presence of nobody—except an unknown individual who... ...o that they might walk at leisure to their starting-place from London, for Greenwich. At first they were very cheerful and talked much; but after a wh... ...le carriage that Lightwood had brought with him from never-to-be-forgotten Greenwich; and from Greenwich they started directly for London; and in Lond...

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...ted rooms. There are dozens of steamers to all sorts of places Gravesend, Greenwich, and Richmond; and such numbers of people, that when you have ... ...lds and beautiful orchards of Kent; or to stroll among the fine old trees of Greenwich Park, and survey the wonders of Shooter’s Hill and Lady James’s...

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...right; I do not buy provisions for them here. I row up to 97 Daniel Defoe Greenwich and buy fresh meat there, and sometimes I row down the river to W... ...er bestowed. I then asked the poor man if the distemper had not reached to Greenwich. He said it had not till about a fortnight be- fore; but that the... ...ose had done. He told me yes, all the way up from the point, right against Greenwich, to within the shore of Limehouse and Redriff, all the ships that... ...ht to see how the ships lay up the Pool. When he said he was going over to Greenwich as soon as the tide began to come in, I asked if he would let me ... ...nd Redriff, and Ratdiff, and Limehouse, and Poplar, in short, Deptford and Greenwich, all both sides of the river from the Hermitage, and from over ag... ... 623 137 Daniel Defoe “ Watford 45 “ Greenwich 231 “ Eltham and Lusum 85 “ Kingston 122 “ ... ..., it drove me home, and except having made my voyage down to Blackwall and Greenwich, as I have related, which was an excursion, I kept afterwards ver... ...llers) furnished, to go down and take out the coals as low as Deptford and Greenwich, and some far- ther down. Others delivered great quantities of co... ... coals in particular places where the ships could come to the shore, as at Greenwich, Blackwall, and other places, in vast heaps, as if to be kept for...

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...sh you to read and explain it to her.” “Certainly, madam.” “She lives near Greenwich Park,” continued Lady Belamour, “and as I would not have the secr... ...harves and building yards of Deptford, and be- yond them rose the trees of Greenwich Park, while the river below exhibited a forest of masts. The boat... ...it for the tide to shoot the bridge.” “Then pray let us go out and walk in Greenwich Park,” exclaimed Aurelia, longing to escape from this den. “The s... ..., he had best keep watch on the river gate of Mis- tress Darke’s garden at Greenwich. No time to lose.” “Who brought you this?” demanded Betty, as wel... ...” said she, leaning across to Sir Amyas, who had engaged the boat to go to Greenwich. He started as if it were a new and sudden thought, and turning t... ...red. Mr. W ayland said a few words of explanation that his wife’s agent at Greenwich had brought them back to her. “Pray let me have them,” entreated ...

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...adies to have besought them to make all possible display when they come. In these circumstances much excitement was one day occasioned by Mrs. Mitts r... ...ighbour did afterwards sol- emnly affirm that when he was admitted into Mrs. Mitts’s room, she heard a smack. Heard a smack which was not a blow. Ther... ...t not again did he depart alone; for Mrs. Mitts, in a bonnet identified as hav- ing been re-embellished, went out walking with him, and stayed out til... ...ll the ladies, matters not. Before another week was out, Titbull’s was startled by another phenomenon. At ten o’clock in the forenoon appeared a cab, ... ...ared a cab, containing not only the Greenwich Pensioner with one arm, but, to boot, a Chelsea Pensioner with one leg. Both dismounting to assist Mrs. ... ...t have done in the matter of tak- ing it up, goaded by the infuriated state of public feeling next morning, was anticipated by another phenomenon. A T... ...opelled by the Greenwich Pensioner and the Chelsea Pensioner, each placidly smoking a pipe, and pushing his warrior breast against the handle. The dis... ...e pump or the iron railings, and to be talking to one of the junior ladies, and to see that a flush has passed over her face, I immediately know witho...

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...se, ‘take this lovely woman out to dinner.’ ‘Where shall we go, my dear?’ ‘Greenwich!’ said Bella, valiantly . ‘ And be sure you treat this lovely wom... .... If ever you tell of me, I’ll tell of you. I’ll tell Ma that you dined at Greenwich.’ ‘Well; seriously , my dear,’ observed R. W ., with some trepi- ... ...hen they sat down at table again, how he supposed they cooked fowls at the Greenwich dinners, and whether he be- lieved they really were such pleasant... ...he parental roof-tree. Be- hold Bella and Pa aboard an early steamboat for Greenwich. Were they expected at Greenwich? Probably. At least, Mr John Rok... ... made out; the cherubic parent was bearing down and crowding on direct for Greenwich church, to see his relations. For, Gruff and Glum, though most ev... ...s being seasoned with Bliss—an article which they are sometimes out of, at Greenwich—were of perfect flavour, and the golden drinks had been bottled i... ...eing a wedding party. Now, the su- pervising dignitary , the Archbishop of Greenwich, knew this as well as if he had performed the nuptial ceremony. A... ...at ever was seen: ‘Indeed, I think so, John, dear.’ Here the Archbishop of Greenwich coughed a stately cough to attract the attention of three of his ... ...not know. He may tell you he is not. Nothing will surprise me.’ ‘Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,’ said the Irrepressible, flouncing at he...

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...ved at the hotel it was not long before Athos en- tered. “All’s well,” he cried, as he entered; “I have hired a ce- dar wherry, as light as a canoe, a... ...affold, was to change 528 Twenty Years After his dress for that of a workman, slip out with his deliver- ers, pass the sentinels, who would suspect n... ...morning. I only know that there was a conspiracy to rescue the king.” “Ah, you knew that?” said Mordaunt. “It matters little. Four men, disguised as w... ...ish to know him. Provided Charles is dead, it is the axe, not the man, we must thank.” “And yet, without the man, the king would have been 547 Dumas ... ...Sir,” he said, “you are a pro- found thinker and your plan was sublime.” “Say absurd, since it has become useless. The only sub- lime ideas in politic... ...de that quarter of a league in four or five minutes. Arrived at the barracks he made himself known, took the best horse in the stables, mounted and ga... ... Rogers to the passengers, who were to be accommodated at the other end of the boat. “They will have nothing to do, then at this end?” said Mordaunt. ... ...wish to see the powder- room?” “No. When you return I will set the fuse myself, but be careful to conceal your face, so that you cannot be recog- nize... ...ever fear.” “There’s ten o’clock striking at Greenwich.” Groslow, then, having given the sailor on duty an order to be on the watch with more than usu...

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...RY VIII : Proceed. Surveyor: Being at Greenwich, After your highness had reproved the duke About Sir William Bl...

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...least; for, before nine, half the dilettanti of the city were assembled in Greenwich- street, in a most elaborate state of musical excitement. Char- l...

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...d. It had known the ships and the men. They had sailed from Deptford, from Greenwich, from Erith—the adventurers and the set- tlers; kings’ ships and ...

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... in a cocked hat with whom I had a most interesting talk on the terrace at Greenwich, a Baltimore Negro, a Trafalgar man. It was to this effect: In th...

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..., who are its greatest enemies. Thus, for instance, Awsiter, apothecary to Greenwich Hospital, in his “Essay on the Effects of Opium” (published in th...

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...rd, where Lord Sussex resided, in order to be near the court, then held at Greenwich, the favourite residence of Elizabeth, and honoured as her birthp... ... with my lord at present?” “Nay,” replied W alter, “he is half way back to Greenwich by this time, and in high dudgeon.” “Thou didst not refuse him ad... ... the horse, instantly to take boat, and go down the river to the Palace of Greenwich, taking young Walter and T racy with him, and make a suitable com... ...the sun in heaven, and the Thames on the earth.” “The one will light us to Greenwich well enough,” said Blount, “and the other would take us there a l... ...train of friends and followers, the rival Earls entered the Palace Yard of Greenwich at noon precisely. As if by previous arrangement, or perhaps by i... ... T ower for some offence, and understanding the Queen was about to pass to Greenwich in her barge, he in- sisted on approaching the window, that he mi...

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...s father ‘of winter evenings, by the well- remembered sea-coal fire in old Greenwich Street, used to tell my brother and me of the monstrous waves at ... ...South latitude and 139 degrees 20" and 140 degrees 10" West longitude from Greenwich. With how little propriety they are to be regarded as forming a s... ...every possible direction. Her crew was com- posed of some twenty venerable Greenwich-pensioner-look- ing old salts, who just managed to hobble about d...

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...g in comparison, the most im- portant seems to have been a Dr. Burney’s at Greenwich; a large day-schoo] and boarding-school, where Anthony and John g... ...rs, in the strangest, most peaceful way. I felt myself walking with you in Greenwich Park, and on the seashore at Sandgate; almost even I seemed a bab...

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...n a highly vexatious manner to consult my watch, and see how I was off for Greenwich time. Having no intention of making a voyage or taking an observa... ...n of making a voyage or taking an observation, I had not the least need of Greenwich time, and could have put up with watering place time as a suffici...