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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF BOOK TWO by WILLIAM MA... ...cs Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself: Book Two by William ... ... with him— my Lord Marlborough’s and my Lord Sunderland’s, and many of the officers of the Guards, in which he served in the old King’s time; and my l... ...of this past trial as an initiation before entering into life—as our young Indians undergo tortures si- lently before they pass to the rank of warrior... ...of this past trial as an initiation before entering into life—as our young Indians undergo tortures si- lently before they pass to the rank of warrior... ...his Grace everywhere—at the Hague, Utrecht, Ruremonde, and Maestricht; the civil authori- ties coming to meet his coaches: salvos of cannon saluting h... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a... ...ore her Majesty, as the world said, though she never could be got to say a civil word to Beatrix, whom she had promoted to her place as maid of honor,... ...he town, honest Dick was all flames and raptures for a young lady, a W est India fortune, whom he married. In a couple of years the lady was dead, the...

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...r of continents, seafaring men were particularly excited. Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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... July in the same year, in the Pacific Ocean, by the Columbus, of the West India and Pacific Steam Navigation Company. But this extraordinary creature... ...the different surprises of life, very quick with his hands, and apt at any service required of him; and, despite his name, never giving advice—even wh... ...ted to the commander. The sailors could not hide their discontent, and the service suffered. I will not say there was a mutiny on board, but after a r... ...decide by their appearance whether they are Spaniards, Turks, Arabians, or Indians. As to their language, it is quite incomprehensible.” “There is the... ...placed on the table, and we took our places. Undoubtedly we had to do with civilised people, and, had it not been for the electric light which flooded... ...ight?” “It might be the right of a savage,” I answered, “but not that of a civilised man.” “Professor,” replied the commander, quickly, “I am not what... ... portions: the Arctic or Frozen Ocean, the Antarctic, or Frozen Ocean, the Indian, the Atlantic, and the Pacific Oceans. The Pacific Ocean extends fro... ...an hour. But I saw noth- ing, not even the Island of Perim, with which the British Government has fortified the position of Aden. There were too many ... ...s Verne than 120 miles from Ireland. Was Captain Nemo going to land on the British Isles? No. To my great surprise he made for the south, once more co...

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...THE HISTORY OF HENRY ESMOND, ESQ. A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE T... ...cs Series Publication The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.: A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace ... ...uite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother, that my dear mother’s he... ...uite agile. It was not until after that dreadful siege of our house by the Indians, which left me a widow ere I was a mother, that my dear mother’s he... ...his youth:— ”Were your father, Madam,” he said, “to go into the woods, the Indians would elect him Sachem;” and his lordship was pleased to call me Po... ...eep pretty generally), Esmond read many volumes of the works of the famous British Divines of the last age, and was familiar with W ake and Sherlock, ... ...d on Harry’s shoulder, relented to Mr. Esmond, and condescended to be very civil to him; and some days after his arrival, Harry, laughing, told this s... ...his Grace everywhere—at the Hague, Utrecht, Ruremonde, and Maestricht; the civil authori- ties coming to meet his coaches: salvos of cannon saluting h... ...mbling down the stairs when the fife and drum call you, and huzzah for the British Grenadiers—do you take account that these items go to make up the a...

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...ds of your house, and, so far as regards the U.S., of your house exclusively; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already rendered me; namely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to b...

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...y; not with any view to further emolument, but as an acknowledgment of the services which you have already ren- dered me; namely, first, in having bro... ...en vindictive impulse, but in cold blood, to a simple case ap- parently of civil disobedience or revolt. Now, when we con- sider how intimate, and how... ...f national prowess. This is the principle upon which, very naturally , our British school- boys value a battle. Painful it is to add, that this is the... ...he shipwreck on the coast of Peru, the rescue of the royal banner from the Indians of Chili, the fatal duel in the dark, the astonishing passage of th... ...he shipwreck on the coast of Peru, the rescue of the royal banner from the Indians of Chili, the fatal duel in the dark, the astonishing passage of th... ...urposes of hospitality with some powers of self-fulfilment. And yet, for a service of that na- ture, could she reasonably rely upon me? Odious is the ... ...rent quarters,—what we both knew of Laxton, the barbaric splendor, and the civilized splendor,—had natu- rally an interest for us both in their contra... ...rously awful, though, at that time, the practice was common throughout our Indian possessions. He had a Hindoo servant with him; and this servant ever... ... Or do we grind her still?” Pretty much the same authority it is which the British public of this day has for its craze upon the subject of English op...

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...ey sometimes gave names out of the Bible to places, Salem means Peace. The Indian name was Naumkeag.} Peter Palfrey, Roger Conant, and one or two more... ...ey sometimes gave names out of the Bible to places, Salem means Peace. The Indian name was Naumkeag.} Peter Palfrey, Roger Conant, and one or two more... ... and are armed with bows and arrows, and flint headed spears. These are an Indian sagamore and his attendants, who have come to gaze at the labors of ... ...er, “did not keep posses sion of the chair a great while. His opinions of civil and reli gious matters differed, in many respects, from those of the... ... fierce were the dissensions that it was feared the conse quence would be civil war and bloodshed. But Winthrop and the ministers being the most powe... ...air, discovered that its broken leg might be clamped with iron and made as serviceable as ever.” “Here is the very leg that was broken!” exclaimed Cha... ...eplied Grandfather, “was now some what the worse for its long and arduous services. It was con sidered hardly magnificent enough to be allowed to ke... ...ss caused the gover nor and Sir Francis Wheeler, who was commander of the British forces, to give up all thoughts of attacking Canada. “Soon after th... ... a mob of the Boston people. They were so in censed at the conduct of the British Commodore Knowles, who had impressed some of their fellow citizens,...

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...gle) the greatness of the power of Russia, which was still in those days a British bogey; in making Belgium the battle-ground in a coming struggle bet... ...uld find in the divines and dignitaries of the Vatican, of the Russian and British official churches, or of any other of the multitudinous Christian s... ... still only very vaguely imag- ined. What happens in the Turkish Empire or India or America or elsewhere may extend the areas of waste and ac- celerat... ...the State; it employs all the savings of surplus income that the unrest of civil enterprise leaves idle; it has an effect of creating property by a pr... ...come up for a moral judgment, on whose verdict the whole future of Western civilisation depends. If they cannot achieve a considerable, an unprecedent... ...vast moi- ety of the population that has been engaged either in mili- tary service or the making of munitions to productive work, to the production of... ...m is to be found in the extreme dislocation of the privately owned transit services of Great Britain at the present time. There is no essential reason... ...exities arising out of those British dependencies of non- British race—the Indian states, for example, whose interests are sometimes in conflict with ... ...ciple, for example. South Africa again takes a line with regard to British Indian subjects which is highly em- barrassing to Great Britain. There is a...

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...cleared off. He would have seen that, at the end of the most destruc- tive civil war that ever occurred, when animosities of the bitterest sort had ba... ..., about the power of the United States to withstand the severest shocks of civil war. Could he have traced the further course of events until they ope... ...tat of December 2, 1851 drove him from 12 Democracy in America the public service. In 1856 he published “The Old Regime and the Revolution.” He died ... ...heir native land, the French formerly called this river the St. Louis. The Indians, in their pompous language, have named it the Father of Waters, or ... ...heir native land, the French formerly called this river the St. Louis. The Indians, in their pompous language, have named it the Father of Waters, or ... ...ist between the physical conformation, the language, and the habits of the Indians of North America, and those of the T ongous, Mantchous, Mongols, T ... ...ople has been clearly observable – In what respects all who emi- grated to British America were similar – In what they dif- fered – Remark applicable ... ...ristocracy, but simply the class of the rich and that of the poor. All the British colonies had then a great degree of similar- ity at the epoch of th... ...tion which he had himself upheld in Eu- rope, renders attendance on divine service compulsory,** and goes so far as to visit with severe punishment, ...

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...ce five years ago, and, wishing to taste the sweets of domestic life, took service as a valet here in England. Find- ing myself out of place, and hear... ...ine minutes after eleven, a.m., this Wednesday, 2nd October, you are in my service.” Phileas Fogg got up, took his hat in his left hand, put it on his... ...ghty days, now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. Here is the estimate made by the... ...ghty days, now that the section between Rothal and Allahabad, on the Great Indian Peninsula Railway, has been opened. Here is the estimate made by the... ...gg, continuing to play despite the discussion. “But suppose the Hindoos or Indians pull up the rails,” replied Stuart; “suppose they stop the trains, ... ...fficers of various grades, the latter being either attached to the regular British forces or com- manding the Sepoy troops, and receiving high salarie... ...ad unequally a population of one hundred and eighty millions of souls. The British Crown exercises a real and despotic dominion over the larger por- t... ...it seldom paid, and appointed the gover- nor-general and his subordinates, civil and military. But the East India Company has now passed away, leaving... ...see festival. These descendants of the sect of Zoroaster—the most thrifty, civilised, intelligent, and austere of the East Indians, among whom are cou...

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...ist- ence for making things clear, counteracting hostile sugges- tion, the British official organisations are comparatively in- effective; but what is... ...btle critic, calling in upon me after brav- ing the wintry seas to see the British fleet; M. Joseph Reinach follows them presently upon the same erran... ...matic and logical interpretation. The caricatures in the French shops show civilisation (and particularly Marianne) in conflict with a huge and hugely... ...peace that would be no more than a breathing time for a fresh outrage upon civilisation, and who would even make heroes of the crazy young assassins o... ... watercourses, with plentiful willows beside the road, vines and fields of Indian corn and suchlike lush crops. Always quite soon one came to some old... ... watercourses, with plentiful willows beside the road, vines and fields of Indian corn and suchlike lush crops. Always quite soon one came to some old... .... It is quite impossible for me to institute comparisons between these two services. I should think that the British organisation I saw would be hard ... ...th; Headquarters is a little shy of technical direction; and all this in a service that is still necessarily experimental and plastic is to the good. ... ...tiful church, and then suddenly we are in a village street full of stately Indian soldiers. It betrays no military secret to say that commonly the rar...

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... Mr. Kipling, then but twenty- four years old, had arrived in England from India to find that fame had preceded him. He had already gained fame in Ind... ...hile I was getting ashore, demanding of all things in the world news about Indian journalism. It is an awful thing to enter a new land with a new lie ... ...hile I was getting ashore, demanding of all things in the world news about Indian journalism. It is an awful thing to enter a new land with a new lie ... ... written after a thousand miles of experiences—that money will not buy you service in the West. When the hotel clerk—the man who awards your room to y... ...rests us,” he said. “Have you got reporters anything like our reporters on Indian newspapers?” “We have not,” I said, and suppressed the “thank God” r... ...ightened and made aware that they also were the heirs of all the ages, and civilized after all. There appeared before me an affable stranger of prepos... ...et me draw breath and curse the negro waiter, and through him the negro in service generally. He has been made a citizen with a vote, consequently bot... ...across the snowy table-cloths dragged the corpse of every man slain in the Civil War, and hurled defiance at “our natural enemy” (England, so please y... ...y they inspire (two trunks and a walking-stick and a bit of pine forest in British Columbia are not satisfactory, any way you look at them), I turned ...

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...ry other undertaking, it must be the “end” that will “crown the work.” The Indian character has so little variety, that it has been my object to avoid... ...ry other undertaking, it must be the “end” that will “crown the work.” The Indian character has so little variety, that it has been my object to avoid... ...many of the older American towns, and which were the seats of a species of civilization long before the greater portion of even the older States was r... ...erful means by which Providence is clearing the way for the advancement of civilization across the whole American continent. THE P A THFINDER CHAPTER ... ...ndeed, a male and female, belonged to the native owners of the soil, being Indians of the well-known tribe of the Tuscaroras; while their companions w... ...e we thought it might do no harm to come up a few miles, in order to be of service if wanted. It is lucky we did, for I doubt if Arrowhead be the man ... ...nd would willingly run twice this risk to do you and the honest Sergeant a service. Do I not speak your mind, Eau-donce?” “To do her a service!” said ... ... which we are writing, Oswego was one of the extreme frontier posts of the British possessions on this conti- nent. It had not been long occupied, and... ...ualities, as it might be.” “A French master is but a poor instructor for a British sailor, notwithstanding.” “I beg your pardon, sir: Jasper Eau-douce...

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...this district of coun- 4 The Pioneers try, so far as it is connected with civilized men, is soon told. Otsego, in common with most of the interior of... ...of meeting, and Sego, or Sago, the ordinary term of salutation used by the Indians of this region. There is a tradition which says that the neighborin... ...of meeting, and Sego, or Sago, the ordinary term of salutation used by the Indians of this region. There is a tradition which says that the neighborin... ...ngthen their alliances, and which refers the name to this practice. As the Indian agent of New Y ork had a log dwelling at the foot of the lake, howev... ...Britain was attained with much longer probation, and by much more toilsome services, sixty years ago than at the present time. Years were passed witho... .... Years were passed without mur- muring, in the sub ordinate grades of the service; and those soldiers who were stationed in the colonies felt, when t... ...es that he felt he could no longer perform. The ministry proffered various civil offices which yielded not only honor but profit; but he declined them... ...ure maintenance. Major Effingham, in declin- ing the liberal offers of the British ministry, had subjected himself to the suspicion of having attained... ...gain, there was a hole under your lee-quarter big enough to hold the whole British navy.” “Oh! for massy’s sake! and wa’n’t you afeard, Benjamin? and ...

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...ng country stretched away upon all sides. Locust trees and a single field of Indian corn gave it a foreign grace and interest; but the contours of the... ...ng country stretched away upon all sides. Locust trees and a single field of Indian corn gave it a foreign grace and interest; but the contours of the... ...n, in the horror and isolation of a plague. Old, red Manhattan lies, like an Indian arrowhead under a steam factory, below anglified New York. The nam... ...he European. When we approach a man in the way of his calling, and for those services by which he earns his bread, we consider him for the time be- in... ...not, in con- sequence, predict the length of the passage within a day or so. Civility is the main comfort that you miss. Equality, though conceived ve... ...ied. You, who live at home at ease, can hardly realise the greatness of this service, even had it stood alone. When I think of that lad coming and goi... ...nk of that lad coming and going, train after train, with his bright face and civil words, I see how easily a good man may become the benefactor of his... ...nger and disgrace of Cali- fornia; and the holders are mostly of American or British birth. We have here in England no idea of the troubles and inconv... ...There were many works burnt at Alex- andria, there are many treasured in the British Museum, that I could better spare than the proces-verbal of Chati...

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...................................................................130 Eddi’s Service ...................................................................... ...a WILLOW SHAW, the little fenced wood where the hop-poles are stacked like Indian wigwams, had been given to Dan and Una for their very own kingdom wh... ...a WILLOW SHAW, the little fenced wood where the hop-poles are stacked like Indian wigwams, had been given to Dan and Una for their very own kingdom wh... ...g him to the Hall afterwards. Dad told me he was a very brave soldier from India—he was Colonel of Dad’s Regiment, the Thirty-third Foot, after Dad le... ... way o’ nature to these fools, Mosheur; but anything likely to do ‘em real service is devil’s work by their estimation. If I was you, I’d go home befo... ...s if the place belonged to him— and commanding all and sundry to fight the British. But I’d heard that before. I got into a long straight street as wi... ...air and a red blanket trailing behind him. A man told me he was a real Red Indian called Red Jacket, and I followed him into an alley-way off Race Str... ...athered and shelled and beaded no bounds. I thought it was war against the British till I saw their faces weren’t painted, and they only carried wrist... ...moment he gives me leave I’ll claim the money.” ‘He had a hard fight to be civil, but he come out smiling. ‘“Monsieur,” he says, “I beg your pardon as...

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...ng Plain T ales from the Hills by Rudyard Kipling To the Wittiest Woman in India I Dedicate This Book PREFACE EIGHT-AND-TWENTY of these tales appeared... ...is Book PREFACE EIGHT-AND-TWENTY of these tales appeared originally in the Civil and Military Gazette. I am indebted to the kindness of the Proprietor... ...esses in fairy tales. The Chaplain’s wife said that the girl ought to take service in Simla as a nurse or something “genteel.” But Lispeth did not wan... ... Simla as a nurse or something “genteel.” But Lispeth did not want to take service. She was very happy where she was. When travellers—there were not m... ...hundred this would have happened. You can see the principle working in any Indian Station. But this particular case fell through because The Boy was s... ...n Tales from the Hills knew, but Youghal received Strickland with moderate civil- ity; and Mrs. Youghal, touched by the devotion of the trans- formed ... ...es enough for that. She was the exception which proved the rule that Anglo-Indian ladies are in every way as nice as their sisters at Home. She spent ... ...I am writing of took place in an almost pre-historic era in the history of British India. Some folk may remember the years before lawn-tennis was born... ...the Government that he had a scheme whereby a very large percentage of the British Army in India could be fed, at a very large saving, on Pig. Then he...

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... he knew she had a brother on the medical staff of one of the regiments in India: she asked 8 Lord Ormont and His Aminta him twice, and his cheeks we... ... the right to speak of a cavalry officer: his father died of wounds in the service, and Matey naturally intended to join the Dragoons; if he could get... ...any chance of distinction. No need to say much of his mastering the picked Indian swordsmen in single combat: he knew their trick, and was quick to sa... ...nearly black in their minds. Well, and Englishmen have been known to marry Indian princesses: some have a liking for negresses. There are Nubians rath... ...e betrayed the man completely cornered by generalizing. He said— “We are a civilian people; we pride ourselves on having civilian methods.” “How can t... ...o speak of an act of insubordination committed by a military officer under civilian command.” “What if we find an influential prince engaged in con- s... ...h his qualities, impetuosity being one, and not unsuited to his arm of the service, as be has shown. If his temper is high, it is an element of a char... ...R III THE TUTOR THERE WAS NO COUNTING now on Lord Ormont’s presence in the British gathering seasons, when wheatears wing across our fields or swallow... ...fi- culty to persuade them!... and my own niece! whom I saw married at the British Embassy in Madrid, as I take good care to tell everybody; for it wa...

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... be against his neighbour in this case, my dear sir, and the ben- efits of civilization would be done away with. We should be quarrelling, abusing, av... ...e with him, and we expect he will do the same by us. Thus trade flourishes—civilization advances; peace is kept; new dresses are wanted for new assemb... ...terms the habit of play-act- ing and fancy dressing as highly unbecoming a British female, and after the charades were over, took his brother Rawdon s... ... his door, and the publican shutting his shutters in the sunshine, against service commenced. The people joked at the cab-stand about his appearance, ... ...it until the bells of the Curzon Street Chapels were ringing for afternoon service, and rising from her bed she be- gan to ply her own bell, in order ... ...d Greek, and a set of super- cilious dogs that pretended to look down upon British mer- chants and gentlemen, who could buy up half a hundred of ‘em. ... ...fortable quarters. There was a large 70 V anity Fair – V olume Three West Indian, whom nobody came to see, with a mahogany complexion, a woolly head,... ...fortable quarters. There was a large 70 V anity Fair – V olume Three West Indian, whom nobody came to see, with a mahogany complexion, a woolly head,... ...event, and prattled about it, and wept over it plenteously. It shocked the Indian not a little and made him think of himself less than the poor fellow...

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...of distinction with whom she is engaged, desire to avail themselves of her services as soon as possible. This letter completed, Miss Pinkerton proceed... ...she not spare it? and had not her brother Joseph just brought her two from India? When Rebecca saw the two magnificent Cashmere shawls 19 Thackeray w... ... old when he went away.” “Isn’t he very rich?” said Rebecca. “They say all Indian na- bobs are enormously rich.” “I believe he has a very large income... ... minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me to s... ...g already with Joseph, that he wants to be off?” “I promised Bonamy of our service, sir,” said Joseph, “to dine with him.” “O fie! didn’t you tell you... ...lve years older than his sister Amelia. He was in the East India Company’s Civil Service, and his name appeared, at the period of which we write, in t... ...t’s as good as my own curries in India.” “Oh, I must try some, if it is an Indian dish,” said Miss Rebecca. “I am sure everything must be good that co... ...men screamed! By Jove, sir, it did my heart good to see you. I thought you civilians had no pluck; but I’ll never get in your way when you are in your... ...r, to make a little heap for Rebecca. And going to her Papa, that generous British merchant, who had promised to give her as many guineas as she was y...

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...of distinction with whom she is engaged, desire to avail themselves of her services as soon as possible. This letter completed, Miss Pinkerton proceed... ...she not spare it? and had not her brother Joseph just brought her two from India? When Rebecca saw the two magnificent Cashmere shawls 19 Thackeray w... ... old when he went away.” “Isn’t he very rich?” said Rebecca. “They say all Indian na- bobs are enormously rich.” “I believe he has a very large income... ... minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me to s... ...g already with Joseph, that he wants to be off?” “I promised Bonamy of our service, sir,” said Joseph, “to dine with him.” “O fie! didn’t you tell you... ...lve years older than his sister Amelia. He was in the East India Company’s Civil Service, and his name appeared, at the period of which we write, in t... ...t’s as good as my own curries in India.” “Oh, I must try some, if it is an Indian dish,” said Miss Rebecca. “I am sure everything must be good that co... ...men screamed! By Jove, sir, it did my heart good to see you. I thought you civilians had no pluck; but I’ll never get in your way when you are in your... ...r, to make a little heap for Rebecca. And going to her Papa, that generous British merchant, who had promised to give her as many guineas as she was y...

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...elt any great compassion for me, he only desired to have the benefit of my services as soon as possible. Helping me on deck, the mate stretched me out... ...lue frock in its place, and another, actuated by the same desire to make a civilized mortal of me, flourished about my head a great pair lie imminent ... ...New England port during the war of 1812, she had been captured at sea by a British cruiser, and, after seeing all sorts of service, was at last employ... ... been captured at sea by a British cruiser, and, after seeing all sorts of service, was at last employed as a government packet in the Australian seas... ... a single soul, without ties, reckless, and impatient of the restraints of civilization, who are occasionally found quite at home upon the savage isla... ...affected. Above all was I struck by one of the carpenter’s. On a voyage to India, they had a fever aboard, which car- ried off nearly half the crew in... ...like an old woman seeing the children to bed. A basket of baked “taro,” or Indian tur- nip, was brought in, and we were given a piece all round. Then ... ...d offered to give us, every day, a small quantity of baked bread-fruit and Indian turnip in exchange for the bread. This we agreed to; and every morni... ... It purported to be, “the affidavit of John Jennin, first of- ficer of the British Colonial Barque Julia; Guy, Master;” and proved to be a long statem...