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...e a disconsolate family to mourn his loss; so in academies of the male and female sex it occurs every now and then that the pupil is fully worthy of t... ...nch nation, who was by profession an opera-girl. The humble calling of her female parent Miss Sharp never alluded to, but used to state subsequently t... ... shawl (the people laughed at seeing the gawky young officer carrying this female burthen); but William Dobbin was very little addicted to selfish cal... ...ng melodies under the gilded cockle-shell in the midst of the gardens; the singers, both of comic and sentimental ballads, who charmed the ears there;... ...ure that she wasn’t even jealous. Mr. Jos was away, being be- sieged by an Irish widow at Cheltenham. Amelia had the house to herself—ah! too much to ... ...nk his claret; he played his rubber; he told his Indian sto- ries, and the Irish widow consoled and flattered him as usual. 166 V anity Fair – V olum... ...e’s dying,” William Dobbin said—and could speak no more. There was a buxom Irish servant-girl, who performed all the duties of the little house where ...

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...d. ‘Do you mean to say your sister’s a roaring radical?’ ‘A radical? She’s a female Jacobin—she’s a nihilist. Whatever is, is wrong, and all that sort... ...ome out; my sister has the first claim. Olive, why don’t you take him to your female convention?’ Mrs. Luna’s familiarity extended even to her sister; ... ... thing that one might take up or leave alone, as one pleased. It was ‘in the female line,’ as Basil Ransom had written, in answering her letter with a... ...t spittoons, the elbowing loungers, the disconsolate ‘guests,’ the truculent Irish porters, the rows of shaggy backed men in strange hats, writing let... ...peratic season had begun, he was much occupied in interviewing the principal singers, one of whom he described in one of the leading journals (Olive, ... ...season, had spent a month in a Georgian jail. She had preached temperance in Irish circles where the doctrine was received with missiles; she had inte... ..., on the way back to Tenth Street, had spoken only of Wagner’s music, of the singers, the orchestra, the immensity of the house, her tremendous pleasu... ... house on which (with its approach to the platform), the withdrawing room of singers and speakers was situated; he had chosen his seat in that quarter...

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...oble habits of the canons, the chasubles of the priests, the mitres of the singers, the persons of the musicians; an old lame car- penter who played t... ...e of a brook, I heard behind me the steps of horses, and the voice of some females who, though they seemed embarrassed, did not laugh the less heartil... ...ll tone. The man entered, looked about, endeavoring to discover whence the female voice proceeded and at length seeing a handsome head- dress set off ... ...ble residence. Scholars did not present themselves in crowds, not a single female, and not a person of the city. I had only two or three great dunces,... ... and through superabundance of precaution boarded at a doctor’s who was an Irishman, and named Fitz- Morris. 244 The Confessions This person boarded ... ... well content with a continuance of it. Several of my fellow-boarders were Irish, from whom I endeavored to learn some English words, as a precaution ... ...ever equalled. Beside M. de Bonnefond, the company was composed of several Irish priests, Gascons and others of much the same description. Our hostess...

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...e. Street bands are on their mettle in Golden Square; and itiner- ant glee-singers quaver involuntarily as they raise their voices within its boundari... ...n came Sir Matthew Pupker, attended by two live members of Parliament, one Irish and one Scotch, all smiling and bowing, and looking so pleasant that ... ...raders in muffins (or crumpets) of whatsoever description, whether male or female, boys or men, ringing hand-bells or otherwise,’ was moved by a griev... ...petition had been read and was about to be adopted, there came forward the Irish member (who was a young gentleman of ardent temperament,) with such a... ...as a young gentleman of ardent temperament,) with such a speech as only an Irish member can make, breathing the true soul and spirit of poetry , and p... ...ed with much asperity what she meant; which she was about to state, when a female voice proceeding from a perpendicular staircase at the end of the pa... ...ed the girl. 27 Charles Dickens ‘Y ou had better see,’ said the invisible female. ‘Show the gentle- man where the bell is, and tell him he mustn’t kn...

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...rejudice, and why should not others? Do you not agree with me, Fanny, that female medical men—I mean medical women—would be an infinite boon?” “It wou... ...re of the boys during the sad weeks of care utter prostration and illness. Female friends were with her, and tended her affectionately, but if exertio... ...aving begun his career with such mortal offence to the native fiddlers and singers as to impel them into the arms of dissent, he could only supply the... ... an old maid among black savagees.’ That’s the most remarkable instance of female emigration on record, isn’t it?” observed Alick. “What; her dying an... ...islikes it.” “She dislikes no one! She used to profess a liking for a huge Irishwoman, whose husband had risen from the ranks; the most tremendous wom... ...5 Yo n g e “Perhaps they are. Is Tibbie guard enough? Y ou know there’s an Irish sergeant in the house taller than I am, if you want a garrison?” “Oh,... ...t had the living twelve years ago. She was a very lovely young thing, half Irish, and this was the happiest place in the world for two years, till her...

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...ear them, nor what will overtake them next. As soon as she had cleared the Irish coast, a sullen, grey- headed old wave of the Atlantic climbed leisur... ..., and “Mrs. Malaprop,” who turned up when you never expected her, and made female noises. Then they spoke of Bhil superstitions, a wide and picturesqu... ...9 The Day’s Work infernal music rolled and maddened round red fires, while singers sang songs of the ancient times, and danced peculiar dances. The ab... ...and nodded and winked and choked and gurgled, and hardly ate a mouthful. A female servant came in and waited; though Mrs. McPhee had told me time and ... ...y gradations, at Bleecker Street, hanging on to a leather strap between an Irish washerwoman and a German anarchist. If any of his guests had seen him... ...l girl and her invalid parent were expected? He did not approve of unknown females calling his father pet names. He would observe these pushing person...

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...tion, In which not Envy’s self a flaw discovers; To others’ share let ‘female errors fall,’ For she had not even one—the worst of all. Oh! s... ...he worst of all. Oh! she was perfect past all parallel — Of any modern female saint’s comparison; So far above the cunning powers of hell, ... ... The Count Strongstroganoff I put in pain, And Lord Mount Coffeehouse, the Irish peer, Who kill’d himself for love (with wine) last year. ‘Have ... ...ngs back were brought, And slowly by his swimming eyes was seen A lovely female face of seventeen. ‘T was bending dose o’er his, and the small m... ...or ‘t is just One should not rail without a decent cause: There was an Irish lady, to whose bust I ne’er saw justice done, and yet she was ... ...nd for foe; But after being fired at once or twice, The ear becomes more Irish, and less nice. Lambro presented, and one instant more Had st... ...ny he heard, Which was an odd one; a troop going to act In Sicily (all singers, duly rear’d In their vocation) had not been attack’d In sa...

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...e him to dinner some day, and Maurice too—eh, mamma? Maurice—he is a young Irish cousin of my own, a capital fellow at the bottom, but a regular thoro... ...an Hollywell. The guests this evening were Maurice de Courcy, a wild young Irishman, all noise and nonsense, a great favourite with his cousin, Mr. Ed... ...s, ‘though I can’t say it sounds to me promising. Come, Maurice, define an Irishman.’ ‘No, no, don’t let us be personal,’ said Laura; ‘I had thought o... ...rlotte was a good deal frightened; but either from firm- ness, or from the female propensity to have the last word, or it might be the spirit of misch... ... long as possible; and Mr. Ross did not know what would have become of the female department of his parish but for Laura, who worked at school-keeping... ...not yet venture to form an opinion on him, or enter into intimacy. ‘So the singers will not come to us on Christmas Eve, be- cause they say they must ... ...ll their rudeness and dissonance, and throwing up the win- dow, called the singers by name, asking why they stood out in the snow, instead of coming i... ...! you were so young when the entail was made, that you knew nothing of it. Female heirs were expressly excluded. There was some aunt whom old Sir Guy ...

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...rvell if we understand them not: no more doe we the Cornish, the Welch, or Irish. Yet have some boasted that they understood them, as Apollonius Thya... ...clothes. Our ancient Gaules were but slightly apparelled, no more are the Irish-men, our neighbours, in so cold a climate: which we may better judge... ...ing; or else naturall and not necessary, as the acquaintance of males and females; or else neither necessary nor naturall: of this last kinde are al... ... It lieth not in them (nor perhaps in chastitie it selfe, seeing she is a female) to shield themselves from concupiscence and avoid desiring. If onl... ...ong go, A guilty blush in hir sad face doth flo. I say that both male and female are cast in one same moulde; instruction and custome excepted, ther... ...him, that it is a custome of popular or base men to call for minstrels or singers at feasts, and an argument they want witty or good discourses and p...

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...orked to make the most beautiful nest. String, twigs, paper—all the things that girl birdies love. If his nest was sufficiently attractive the female... ...er in business! But it seems to me that I can see it everywhere. Most jokes have a power punch line. Whether the butt of the joke is a Jew, an Irishm... ...1920‘s songstress whose ample body produced the powerful tunes that rocked the speakeasies of the 20s. Sophie was one of America‘s most famous singer... ...his type of research we take a large number of cases then see how often something comes up. For example in the famous nurses‘ study of 37,000 female... ...t was not statistically significant. The study was a quantitative study. What if we took 37,000 secretaries or kindergarten teachers or 37,000 female... ...ing to. If that doesn‘t happen they must find a new identity by identifying with the roots of their ancestors. Americans find comfort in their Irish,... ... largest stage spanning one end of the area and the giant Egyptian pyramid revolving above it, the unamplified voices of the world‘s greatest singer...