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.......................................................................... 29 Jack McGuire ................................................................. .................................................................... 43 Blind Jack ......................................................................... ...y life by hours, She drained me like a fevered moon That saps the spinning world. The days went by like shadows, The minutes wheeled like stars. She t... ...the elements so mixed in him That nature might stand up and say to all the world, This was a man.” Those who knew me smile As they read this empty rhe... ... is snuggled the bony nose of Nig Our story is lost in silence. Go by, Mad world! Mrs. Benjamin Pantier I KNOW that he told that I snared his soul Wit... ... the village. And they presented me with a loaded cane With which I struck Jack McGuire Before he drew the gun with which he killed The Prohibitionist... ...ss the field. And I meant to kill him on sight. But that day, walking near Fourth Bridge Without a stick or a stone at hand, All of a sudden I saw him... ...e, the subtle-witted one, To match the hog-eyed Allen. He was scarce Three-fourths the other’s bulk, but steel his arms, And with a tiger’s heart. Two...

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...he ears of Mr Dombey, whom it nearly concerned; and probably no one in the world would have received it with such utter incredulity as he, if it had r... ...e I know, Louisa,’ said Mr Dombey, stiffly, ‘how to bear myself before the world.’ ‘Nobody better, my dear Paul. Nobody half so well. They would be ig... ...great and painful effort which you are not disposed to make; but this is a world of effort you know, Fanny , and we must never yield, when so much dep... ...e coast of Cornwall, in a dismal gale, two hours before day- break, on the fourth of March, ‘seventy-one, she had near two hundred horses aboard; and ... ...taking a short walk uphill over Richards’s gown, in a short and airy linen jacket, Miss T ox was so transported beyond the ignorant present as to be u... ... he continued, catching up a candle, ‘till I run upstairs, and get another jacket on, and then I’ll be off. I say, Uncle, isn’t this an adventure?’ ‘M... ...one in favour of Joey B., Sir, ever since his elder brother died of Yellow Jack in the West Indies.’ It was some time coming to his aid in the present... ... highest number, I find these qualities in Dombey stated each at six three-fourths!’ Miss Blimber paused to see how Paul received this news. Being und... ...used to see how Paul received this news. Being undecided whether six three-fourths meant six pounds fifteen, or sixpence three farthings, or six foot ...

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...d man any use for money? Is it possible for a dead man to have money? What world does a dead man be- long to? ‘T other world. What world does money be... ...ead man be- long to? ‘T other world. What world does money belong to? This world. How can money be a corpse’ s? Can a corpse own it, want it, spend it... ...wn to one another, who seemed to be the most intimate friend he had in the world, and whom he had known two days—the bond of union between their souls... ...black hole called a set of chambers,’ said Eugene; ‘and each of us has the fourth of a clerk—Cassim Baba, in the robber’s cave—and Cassim is the only ... ... appearing at the door, and addressing a certain person in a faded scarlet jacket, with ‘George Jones, your time’ s up! I told your wife you should be... ...arried next month, to be at home and asleep. And you needn’t nudge him, Mr Jack Mullins, for I know your work begins early tomorrow, and I say the sam... ...ch was attended by audible sounds of scampering and rushing within. At the fourth tug—vindictively admin- istered by the hammer-headed young man—Miss ... ...ot particularly engaged that day, to come like a charining soul and make a fourth at dinner with dear Mr Podsnap, for the discussion of an interesting... ...son’ s Seasons, but nipping spring with an easterly wind, as in Johnson’s, Jackson’s, Dickson’s, Smith’s, and Jones’s Seasons. The grating wind sawed ...

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...n; but as he has—in intention, at least—done his full share in amusing the world, he trusts to its good-nature for overlooking this attempt to please ... ...lderness, with a rifle bullet in my thigh, and then cut it out with my own jack-knife. Old Indian John knows the time well. I met him with a party of ... ...the veteran had soon a free indul- gence of his wishes. Whatever views the world might enter- tain of this act of the Major, to himself and to his chi... ...n the family union, seems ever unwilling to abandon them en- tirely to the world. But either his success, or the frequency of the transgression in oth... ...e to his visage, and he, well as the other two, wore marten-skin caps. The fourth was a meek-looking, long-visaged man, without any other 39 James Fe... ...Cooper rounding objects with habitual contempt. His head composed full one-fourth of his whole length, and the cue that depended from its rear occupie... ...tomed to say, intended to represent itself as holding the ashes of Dido. A fourth was certainly old Franklin, in his cap and spectacles. A fifth as su... ...es were united over his well-rounded waist, opening above, so as to show a jacket of red cloth, with an undervest of flannel, faced with green velvet,... ..., 85 James Fenimore Cooper among which was a large proportion of Barlow’s jack-knives, potash-kettles, and spiders; a very formidable collection of c...

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...d gallantry displayed in the cap- ture since 21st December, 1861, of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of various... ...adron commanded by Flag-officer Farragut which led to the capture of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, city of New Orleans, and the destruction of rebel g... ...SAXTON. WAR DEPARTMENT, May, 24 1862. 2 P.M. GENERAL SAXTON: Geary reports Jackson with 20,000 moving from Ashby’s Gap by the Little River turnpike, t... ..., and was successful to the latest point of which we have any information. Fourth. Mr. Fulton says that on Friday night, between twelve and one o’cloc... ...everal of the Southern States, thus practically restoring to the civilized world our great and good government. All believe that the decisive moment i... ...e. As you would perpetuate popular govern- ment for the best people in the world, I beseech you that you do in nowise omit this. Our common country is... ...ing a speedy relief. Once relieved, its form of government is saved to the world; its beloved history and cherished memories are vindicated, and its h... ...he act, will be noticed hereafter. I perceive no objection to the third or fourth sections. So far as I wish to notice the fifth and sixth sections, t... ...in Central America. It is nearer to us than Liberia not much more than one fourth as far as Liberia, and within seven days’ run by steamers. Unlike Li...

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...he ears of Mr Dombey, whom it nearly concerned; and probably no one in the world would have received it with such utter incredulity as he, if it had r... ...e I know, Louisa,’ said Mr Dombey, stiffly, ‘how to bear myself before the world.’ ‘Nobody better, my dear Paul. Nobody half so well. They would be ig... ...great and painful effort which you are not disposed to make; but this is a world of effort you know, Fanny , and we must never yield, when so much dep... ...e coast of Cornwall, in a dismal gale, two hours before day- break, on the fourth of March, ‘seventy-one, she had near two hundred horses aboard; and ... ...taking a short walk uphill over Richards’s gown, in a short and airy linen jacket, Miss T ox was so transported beyond the ignorant present as to be u... ... he continued, catching up a candle, ‘till I run upstairs, and get another jacket on, and then I’ll be off. I say, Uncle, isn’t this an adventure?’ ‘M... ...one in favour of Joey B., Sir, ever since his elder brother died of Yellow Jack in the West Indies.’ It was some time coming to his aid in the present... ... highest number, I find these qualities in Dombey stated each at six three-fourths!’ Miss Blimber paused to see how Paul received this news. Being und... ...used to see how Paul received this news. Being undecided whether six three-fourths meant six pounds fifteen, or sixpence three farthings, or six foot ...

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...nticed him; it may have been resentment of return from this fine, bold man-world to a restricted region of wives and stenographers, and of suggestions... ...” 12 Babbitt “Now see here, George: I want you to put on your nice dinner-jacket that evening.” “Rats! The rest of ‘em won’t want to dress.” “Of cour... ...er for it. And oh, Georgie, I do wish you wouldn’t say ‘Tux.’ It’s ‘dinner-jacket. ’” “Rats, what’s the odds?” “Well, it’s what all the nice folks say... ...ancestor, Henry T., doesn’t even call it a ‘Tux. ’! He calls it a ‘bobtail jacket for a ringtail monkey,’ and you couldn’t get him into one unless you... ...plift and flipflop and settlement- work and recreation is nothing in God’s world but the entering wedge for socialism. The sooner a man learns he isn’... ...he Great Scholar of the neighbor- hood; the authority on everything in the world except babies, cooking, and motors. He was a Bachelor of Arts of Blod... ...ing a dinner, he slew the temptation to wear his plaited dress-shirt for a fourth time, took out an entirely fresh one, tightened his black bow, and r... ...t a propo- sition before you. The Sunday School needs bucking up. It’s the fourth largest in Zenith, but there’s no reason why we should take anybody’... ...nified, un-Ameri- can, ungentlemanly, and unchristian”—but it climbed from fourth place to second, and there was rejoicing in heaven, or at least in t...

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... Laneret, The Bockerel and Bockeret, The Saker and Sacaret, The Merlin and Jack Merlin, The Hobby and Jack: There is the Stelletto of Spain, The Blood... ...y of fish; of which it is observed in story, that the greatest part of the world now do. And it may be fit to remember that Moses appointed fish to be... ...ity of a Christian, to see that place, on which the blessed Saviour of the world was pleased to humble him self, and to take our nature upon him, and... ...risen, and it remains yet unresolved, whether the happiness of man in this world doth con sist more in contemplation or action? Concerning which, som... ...enator. And so say I. T T T T THE HE HE HE HE FOUR FOUR FOUR FOUR FOURTH TH TH TH TH D D D D DA A A A AY Y Y Y Y Piscator. Good morr... ...der the wings and under the tail, and so made with wings of the drake. The fourth is the ruddy fly, in the beginning of May: the body made of red wool... ...e twenty shillings, which all men know is 6s. 8d. The second was to have a fourth The Compleat Angler — Walton 85 part of the 20s., which all men kn...

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...ures of a broomstick, with the aid of a yashmak and an ankle, may know the world; you had better not know him—that is my remark; and do not trust him.... ... on account of his age and his passion for a young woman. As to blood, the Kirbys of Lincolnshire were quite equal to the Cressetts of Warwick. The Ol... ...arge that the countess had stooped to a degrading alliance. John Peter was fourth of a family of seven children, all males, and hard at the bottle ear... ...r on Countess Fanny, were brother officers of his, General Abrane, Colonel Jack Potts, and Sir Upton Tomber. The door fast shut, Countess Fanny kissed... ...ood terms; and so General Abrane jumped up on the box beside the coachman, Jack Potts jumped up between the footmen, and Sir Upton Tomber and the one-... ...t was; that with a shout of the name of some dreadful heathen god, Colonel Jack Potts roared out, ‘She’s half a foot short o’ the mark!’ He was on the... ...he Old Buccaneer; a distinguished member of the family of the Lincolnshire Kirbys, boasting a present representative grimly acquitted, men said, on a ... ... Old Buccaneer. He was to mix his blood with the blood of the Lincolnshire Kirbys, lying pallid under the hesitating acquittal of a divided jury. How ... ...e at the counters. They were three, un- der supervision of a watchful-eyed fourth. Dame Gossip is for quoting his wit. But the conclusion he reached, ...

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...ur condition, especially your outward condi tion or circumstances in this world, in this town, what it is, whether it is necessary that it be as bad ... ...gh each other’s eyes for an instant? We should live in all the ages of the world in an hour; ay, in all the worlds of the ages. History, Poetry, Mytho... ...he end of its burrow! The poor man is wont to complain that this is a cold world; and to cold, no less physical than social, we refer di rectly a gre... ... new coats, coats to change as often as the man changes in them. But if my jacket and trou sers, my hat and shoes, are fit to worship God in, they wi... ... inconvenience of many and noisy neighbors, and perhaps a residence in the fourth story. I cannot but think that if we had more true wisdom in these r... ...have advanced the most at the end of a month the boy who had made his own jack knife from the ore which he had dug and smelted, read ing as much as... ...mnesty is proclaimed; all malefactors may return to their town.” “On the fourth morning, the high priest, by rubbing dry wood together, produces new... ...as well as days there, which, by accident, was on Independence Day, or the Fourth of July, 1845, my house was not finished for winter, but was merely ... ...le distance I never saw one walk and then suddenly, before you could say Jack Robinson, he would be in the top of a young pitch pine, winding up his...

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... the Pacific—and to carry a chain of chronometrical measurements round the World. On the 6th of January we reached Teneriffe, but were prevented landi... ...ng: it was such a perfect retirement and independence from the rest of the world. As soon as any stranger is seen arriving, a large bell is set tollin... ...heir boughs, and resembling bundles of hay. If the eye was turned from the world of foliage above, to the ground be- neath, it was attracted by the ex... ...ape Anteater, but in some other respects it approaches to the armadilloes. Fourthly, the Mylodon Darwinii, a closely related genus of little inferior ... ...the four nests which I saw, three contained twenty- two eggs each, and the fourth twenty-seven. In one day’s hunting on horseback sixty-four eggs were... ...apar. The first ex- tends ten degrees further south than any other kind; a fourth species, the Mulita, does not come as far south as Bahia Blanca. The... ...s a curious coinci- dence with the fact which is generally affirmed of the jackals accompanying, in a similarly officious manner, the East Indian tige... ...n the anterior and basa part of each eye. This bird is commonly called the jackas penguin, from its habit, while on shore, of throwing its hea backwar... ... in the icebergs near Spitzbergen, and, lately, with more care, by Colonel Jackson (Journ. of Geograph. Soc., vol. v. p. 12) on the Neva. Mr. Lyell (P...

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...except, I believe, that he was the first Mayor of Georgetown. He supported Jackson for the Presidency; but he was a Whig, a great admirer of Henry Cla... ...f Henry Clay, and never voted for any other democrat for high office after Jackson. My mother’s family lived in Montgomery County, Pennsyl- vania, for... ...warm discus- sion, which finally became angry—over some act of Presi- dent Jackson, the removal of the deposit of public moneys, I think—after which t... ... the same as it was among the sergeants, and I was dropped, and served the fourth year as a private. During my first year’s encampment General Scott v... ...ndependence, after many years of war, it was the most natural thing in the world that they should adopt as their own the laws then in exist- ence. The... ...ed the only means of communication between Humboldt and the balance of the world. I was obliged to remain in San Francisco for several days before I f... ...cting its candidate 114 Personal Memoirs to the Presidency. The civilized world has learned the conse- quence. Four millions of human beings held as ... ... force that could be brought against its front. Sherman could not use one- fourth of his force. His efforts to capture the city, or the high ground no... ...rned to their rendezvous on the Mississippi; and thus ended in failure the fourth attempt to get in rear of Vicksburg. 247 U. S. Grant CHAPTER XXXII ...