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...nne Page, Mistresse Ford, Mistresse Page, Simple. Shallow. Sir Hugh, perswade me not: I will make a Star-Chamber matter of it, if hee were twenty Sir John Falstoffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow Esquire....

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...subiect to heate as butter; a man of conti-nuall 1783 dissolution, and thaw: it was a miracle to scape 1784 suffocation. And in the height of ...

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...the vane. “This way!” and they were ankle deep in a gutter full of drifted thawing snow, between two low walls of metal that presently rose waist high... ...f the gutter they clambered and hurried across a wide flat space damp with thawing snow, and for half its ex- tent dimly translucent to lights that we... ...l. The street showed warm and lit, and Graham was wet now to the skin with thawing snow, and his feet were numbed with cold. For a space he could not ... ...ed the voice, and he began crawling along the gutter through the trickling thaw, pressing himself against the wall. They continued along it for some m... ... clear and ghastly. He was Mas- ter of the Earth, he was a man sodden with thawing snow. Of all his fluctuating impressions the dominant ones pre- sen... ...aten out. “The landowners—the barons and gen- try—began ages ago with King John; there were lapses, but they beheaded King Charles, and ended practica...

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...ven with the assistance of a spur in the head they never like it. Dear old John Leech! What an eye he had for the man who hunts and doesn’t like it ! ... ...vies the condition of the man who hunts and likes it, remember that a cold thaw is going on, that our friend is already sulky with waiting, that to ri...

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...cold sulphur sky at the close of a snowy day. She enjoyed, also, the sunny thaws of March, when patches of earth showed through the snow, like ink-spo... ...r, if he could talk—!” McCarren continued. “Know who he is, of course? Dr. John B. Stell, the biggest alienist in the country—” Granice, with a start,... ... skull, into which a young Dionysus, smooth, brown and sidelong as the St. John of the Louvre, poured a stream of wine from a high-poised flagon. At t... ...Mona Lisa. The head of the naked genius will remind you of that of the St. John of the Louvre, but it is more purely pagan and is turned a little less...

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...resque and beautiful sea shore, was dedicated, once upon a time, to Saint John the Baptist. I believe there is a legend that Saint John’s bones were ... ... which they never fail to calm. In consequence of this connection of Saint John with the city, great numbers of the common people are christened Giova... ...rite comic scene of the travelling English, where a British nobleman (Lord John), with a very loose stomach: dressed in a blue tailed coat down to his... ... scenery, until there lay before us, glittering like gold or silver in the thaw and sunshine, the metal covered, red, green, yel low, domes and churc... ...r how, between Paris and Marseilles, the snow being then exceeding deep, a thaw came on, and the mail waded rather than rolled for the next three hund... ... near the church of San Giovanni decollato (a doubtful compliment to Saint John the Baptist) in one of the impassable back streets with out any footw... ... droll ap pendage to the costume. There was a great eye to character. St. John was represented by a good looking young man. St. Peter, by a grave loo...

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...floor, and admon- ished, in a husky whisper, to ‘kitch hold of his brother Johnny .’ ‘My dear Louisa,’ said Miss T ox, ‘knowing your great anxi- ety ,... ...‘Private West India T rader, burden three hundred and fifty tons, Captain, John Brown of Deptford. Owners, Wiggs and Co.,’ cried W alter. ‘The same,’ ... ...stead of being released by this influence, and running clear and free, had thawed for but an instant to admit its burden, and then frozen with it into... ...u, Louisa,’ said Mr Dombey, grimly. ‘How do 61 Charles Dickens you do, Mr John?’ ‘How do you do, Sir?’ said Chick. He gave Mr Dombey his hand, as if ... ...ick, who had much ado to keep her teeth from chattering; ‘not for me.’ ‘Mr John,’ said Mr Dombey, ‘you are not sensible of any chill?’ Mr John, who ha... ...nute’s pause and silence that took place, the leaves fell sorrowfully. ‘Mr John,’ said Mr Dombey, referring to his watch, and assuming his hat and glo... ...heartily relieved to escape by it. Such temporary indications of a partial thaw that had ap- peared with her, vanished with her; and the frost set in ... ...nclined to the Major. It cannot be said that he warmed towards him, but he thawed a little, The Major had had some part—and not too much—in the days b... ...he dining- room look down on crumbs, dirty plates, spillings of wine, half-thawed ice, stale discoloured heel-taps, scraps of lobster, drumsticks of f...

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...hought to have me cleverly. Come in; I’ll furnish them a reception. There, John, fasten the chain. Give Skulker some water, Jenny. T o beard a magistr... ...izes. He’s noan feared o’ t’ bench o’ judges, norther Paul, nur Peter, nur John, nur Matthew, nor noan on ‘em, not he! He fair likes—he langs to set h... ... ing a chair to the fire. ‘Here are two people sadly in need of a third to thaw the ice between them; and you are the very one we should both of us ch... ...e earliest flowers at the Heights,’ she exclaimed. ‘They remind me of soft thaw winds, and warm sunshine, and nearly melted snow. Edgar, is there not ... ...f. At W uthering Heights it always sounded on quiet days following a great thaw or a season of steady rain. And of Wuthering Heights Catherine was thi...

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..., and begins to read by the light of a shaded lamp. “‘In Chancery. Between John Jarndyce—’” My Lady interrupts, requesting him to miss as many of the ... ...o’clock as I always did to read the Bible to her, and was reading from St. John how our Saviour stooped down, writing with his finger in the dust, whe... ...orry then. When she gave me one cold parting kiss upon my forehead, like a thaw drop from the stone porch—it was a very frosty day—I felt so miserable... ...l be a relief to you possibly, and to me certainly, and so my love to you. John Jarndyce” I had perhaps less reason to be surprised than either of my ... ...h, cousin—” Ada hastily began. “Good, my pretty pet. I like cousin. Cousin John, per haps, is better.” “Then, cousin John—” Ada laughingly began agai... ...ined Esther.” “Aye?” said Mr. Jarndyce. “What did Esther do?” “Why, cousin John,” said Ada, clasping her hands upon his arm and shaking her head at me...

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...the hundred steps of the Ara Coeli; she trod the broad, silent nave of St. John Lateran; she stood in the Pantheon, under the round opening in the dom... ...el in his boyhood, and sadly behold them weep themselves away at the first thaw. Kenyon’s Roman artisans, all this while, had been at work on the Cleo...

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...formal, and ceremonious all super time, but I thought she was beginning to thaw, and was more afraid of the Marquis than of me. We played at cards all... ...nce among those who had to do with him, and forming friend- ships with Mr. John Evelyn and other good men. So, when better times came round, and we ha...

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...hun- dred a year; and his heart yearned for the V enice and Florence which John Ruskin had so magi- cally described. He felt that he was unsuited to t... ...s frigid smile. “You think it proves the truth of Roman Ca- tholicism that John Henry Newman wrote good English and that Cardinal Manning has a pictur... ...ut of him. The weather grew very bad; there was snow and frost, and then a thaw with a long succession of cheerless days, on which walking was a poor ... ...es, Dickens, Thackeray , they were hurried into the flames; Mr. Gladstone, John Bright, and Cobden; there was a moment’s discussion about George Mered... ...e leg of mutton and held it high above her , as though it were the head of John the Bap- tist on a platter; and, the cigarette still in her mouth, adv... ...rills, and Heaven knows what figures people still its broad stream, Doctor Johnson with Boswell by his side, an old Pepys going on board a man-o’-war:...

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... Learn’d, pious, temperate in love and wine; But, his life falling into Johnson’s way, We ‘re told this great high priest of all the Nine W... ...orr’d Who name the French in English, save to show How Peace should make John Bull the Frenchman’s foe. The Russians, having built two batteries... ...cause which makes a verse want feet, And throws a cloud o’er Longman and John Murray, When the sale of new books is not so fleet As they who... ..., When London had a grand illumination, Which to that bottle conjurer, John Bull, Is of all dreams the first hallucination; So that the st... ...ation; So that the streets of colour’d lamps are full, That Sage (said john) surrenders at discretion His purse, his soul, his sense, and even... ...eroes, who stood shyly near, Sliding knee deep in lately frozen mud, Now thaw’d into a marsh of human blood. The Kozacks, or, if so you please, ... ...wn to ten, Or five, or one, or zero, she could never Believe that virtue thaw’d before the river.’ Oh for a forty parson power to chant Thy ... ... yet Thought her predictions went not much amiss, Began to dread she’d thaw to a coquette— So very difficult, they say, it is To keep extr...

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...of a new specific name, and what so convenient as that of its discoverer? “John-smithia”! There have been worse names. It was perhaps the hope of some... ... ing, that grows thicker and presses upon me—me and mine. I feel like King John’s abbot in his cope of lead. I doubt, indeed, whether I should not aba... ... proper person, the world a better place to live in. He took Bradlaugh and John Burns for his leaders and models, poor, even impecunious, great men. B... ...e must beat W edderburn. He forgot the examples of those starry gentlemen, John Burns and Bradlaugh. Be- sides, he reflected, the glimpse of the rest ... ...had gripped all Cen- tral Europe and France and England softened towards a thaw. But you must not imagine, because I have spoken of people praying thr... ...become a third the size of the moon before it set to English eyes, and the thaw was assured. It rose over America near the size of the moon, but blind... ..., flickering violet lightning, and hail unprec- edented. In Manitoba was a thaw and devastating floods. And upon all the mountains of the earth the sn... ...bing engines beat. A certain liberal heathen deity, in the shape of a demi-john, held seductive court aft, and, it is probable, forward. But Gerilleau... ...aquil; everywhere along the Pacific slopes there were land-slips and swift thawings and sudden floods, and one whole side of the old Arauca crest slip...

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Contents Areopagitica ? 3 John Milton: A Brief Bio, 1608 - 74 ? 49 L?ALLEGRO ? 50 IL PENSEROSO ? 54 COMUS ? 58 LYCIDAS ? 86

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...ent or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Five Works of John Milton: Areopagitica, Comus, “L’Alegro,” “Il Penseroso,” and “Lyci... ...ate University is an equal opportunity University. Contents Areopagitica … 3 John Milton: A Brief Bio, 1608 74 … 49 L’ALLEGRO … 50 IL PENSEROSO … 54... ...49 L’ALLEGRO … 50 IL PENSEROSO … 54 COMUS … 58 LYCIDAS … 86 Areopagitica By John Milton A SPEECH FOR THE LIBERTY OF UNLICENSED PRINTING TO THE PARLI... ...es gave to young Joshua, nor the countermand which our Saviour gave to young John, who was so ready to pro hibit those whom he thought unlicensed, be... ... none can participate but greatest and wisest men. Areopagitica Milton 49 John Milton: A Brief Bio, 1608 - 74 Educated at St. Paul s School and Chr... ...affodils. And, as the old swain said, she can unlock The clasping charm, and thaw the numbing spell, If she be right invoked in warbled song; For maid...

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...ent that it had for me: and that from a man cleaning a byre! Y ou see what John Knox and his schools have done. SA TURDAY . – This has been a charming... ...was out of the humour. Only, I am beginning to see some- thing great about John Knox and Queen Mary: I like them both so much, that I feel as if I cou... ...are say the torrents have given them many a shrewd scar, and the rains and thaws dislodged many a boulder from their heights, if one were only keen en... ... and a half: she speaks six languages. She and her sister (aet. 8) and May Johnstone (aet. 8) are the delight of my life. Last night I saw them all da... ...– that is the two Russian ladies, Robinet the French painter, Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone, two governesses, and fit- ful kids joining us at intervals – pla... ...L MENTONE, TUESDAY, 13TH JANUARY 1874. … I lost a Philipine to little Mary Johnstone last night; so to-day I sent her a rubbishing doll’s toilet, and ... ...’, The Pentlands poothered weel wi’ snaw, The ways half-smoored wi’ liquid thaw, An’ half-congealin’, The snell an’ scowtherin’ norther blaw Frae blae...

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..., whose activity he seemed to mistrust. ‘I have brought your bread, Signor John Baptist,’ said he (they all spoke in French, but the little man 10 Ch... ... might recommend you not to game—’ ‘Y ou don’t recommend the master!’ said John Baptist, show- ing his teeth as he smiled. ‘Oh! but the master wins,’ ... ...t peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel’s in the prison. John Baptist rose and moved towards it, as if it had a good attraction for ... ...ledge of the grate, ‘she shall feed the birds. This big loaf is for Signor John Baptist. W e must break it to get it through into the cage. So, there’... ... had put the lump of coarse bread into the swart, scaled, knotted hands of John Baptist (who had scarcely as much nail on his eight fingers and two th... ... by it with a rare fidelity. Y ou should alike find rain, hail, frost, and thaw linger- ing in that dismal enclosure when they had vanished from other... ... St john’s, New Brunswick, at the period of his birth there, and had never thawed from that hour. Another by-word represented him as having in his in-... ...dles and packages of many shapes, were crowded confusedly together in this thawed quagmire and about the steps. Up here in the clouds, everything was ... ... several places clearing the track. Already the snow had begun to be foot- thawed again about the door. Mules were busily brought out, tied to the rin...

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...cultivated out of doors, where there is no house and no housekeeper. Old Johnson, in his “Wonder Working Providence,” speaking of the first settlers... ...hey were pleasant spring days, in which the winter of man’s discontent was thaw ing as well as the earth, and the life that had lain torpid began to ... ...rtions of their bodies still numb and inflexible, wait ing for the sun to thaw them. On the 1st of April it rained and melted the ice, and in the ear... ...l. In my front yard grew the strawberry, blackberry, and life everlasting, johnswort and gold enrod, shrub oaks and sand cherry, blueberry and ground... ...tay put and stick. Here is a hogshead of molasses or of brandy directed to John Smith, Cuttingsville, Vermont, some trader among the Green Mountains, ... ...ck, or the north star, or the south wind, or an April shower, or a January thaw, or the first spider in a new house. I have occasional visits in the... ...of the earth’s surface, which had yielded only cinque foil, blackberries, johnswort, and the like, before, sweet wild fruits and pleasant flowers, pr... ...ve nibbled for me a quarter of an acre clean. But what right had I to oust johnswort and the rest, and break up their ancient herb garden? Soon, howev... ...ff. Few phenomena gave me more delight than to ob serve the forms which thawing sand and clay assume in flowing down the sides of a deep cut on the...

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... Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This ... ...lectronic transmission, in any way. Paradise Lost, A Poem in Twelve Books by John Milton , the Pennsylvania State University, Jim Manis, Faculty Edito... ...al opportunity University. Paradise Lost A Poem In T welve Books The Author John Milton The Second Edition Revised and Augmented by the Same Author. ... ...e, beat with perpetual storms Of Whirlwind and dire Hail, which on firm land Thaws not, but gathers heap, and ruin seems Of ancient pile; all else dee... ... farr, whereby he soon Saw within kenn a glorious Angel stand, The same whom JOHN saw also in the Sun: His back was turnd, but not his brightness hid;... ...art, and oft Humbles his stubborn heart, but still as Ice More hard’nd after thaw, till in his rage Pursuing whom he late dismissd, the Sea Swallows h... ...mspdf.htm http://www2.hn.psu.edu/faculty/jmanis/jimspdf.htm To return to our John Milton site, go to: To return to our John Milton site, go to: To ret...

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...he thirty years’ war burst out in Bohemia. The sect which owed its rise to John Huss, still existed in that country;—it agreed with the Romish Church ... ...stance; but only one appanaged prince of the Palatine House, the Palsgrave John Casimir, a zealous Calvin- ist, kept his word. Despite of the imperial... ...eath of the bishop, to nominate a new Protestant bishop in the per- son of John George of Brandenburg. The Ro- man Catholic canons, far from allowing ... ... this illegal testament was disregarded by his brother the Count Palatine, John Casimir, who, by the regulations of the Golden Bull, assumed the guard... ...Neuburg, two Margraves of Brandenburg, the Margrave of Baden, and the Duke John Frederick of Wirtemburg,—Lutherans as well as Calvinists, — who for th... ... and encour- aged the rest by his example. Unfortunately for the Swedes, a thaw came on, which broke up the ice upon the Danube, so that it was no lon...

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...l the grooms”; and sturdily did Caleb roar till the old tower rang again: “John— William—Saunders! The lads are gane out, or sleeping,” he observed, a... ... host and entertainer. “T ake the goods the gods provide you, as the great John Dryden says; or stay—here, my friend, lend me that horse; I see you ha... ...roprietor of the lands and barony of Wolf ’s Crag, on othe ne part, and to John Whitefish and others, feuars in the town of Wolf’s Hope, within the ba... ...” quoted Caleb to himself; “and I had ance the ill hap to say he was but a Johnny New-come in our town, and the carle bore the family an ill- will eve... ...ear: “If ony thing about Peter Puncheon’s place could be airted their way, John 141 Sir Walter Scott [Gibbie] Girder wad mak it better to the Master ... ...est in our hereditary property seems to have melted away like an icicle in thaw—all this you under- stand better than I do. I am willing, however, to ...

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... Does transcendental idealism fare better? Its principles— Quotations from John Caird— They are good as restatements of religious experience, but unco... ... on for present delight. When I recall the years … I am filled with a [34] John Weiss: Life of Theodore Parker, i. 152, 32. 85 William James sense of... ...sease much as our mind-curers do. “What is the answer which Jesus sends to John the Baptist?” asks Harnack, and says it is this: “‘The blind see, and ... ...- ing and removal of misery, of need, of sickness, by these actual effects John is to see that the new time has arrived. The casting out of devils is ... ...mewhat different type of religious mel- ancholy enshrined in literature in John Bunyan’s au- tobiography. Tolstoy’s preoccupations were largely object... ...ally to have been a matter of temporary inhibition. Even late in life some thaw, some release may take place, some bolt be shot back in the barrenest ...

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... when coming up, dripping from the water, we were raised high into the air. John (that was the sailor’s name) thought the boom would go, every moment... ...ay the d—l with you.’’ As I still doubted, he said he would leave it to John, who was the oldest seaman aboard, and would know, if anybody did. J... ...; but I consented to have him called. The cook stated the matter to him, and John, as I antici- pated, sided with the cook, and said that he himself ... ...through the mill, ground, and bolted, and come out a regular built down east johnny cake, good when it’s hot, but when it’s cold, sour and indigestib... ...angue I remember well, for it made a strong impression, and the ‘‘downeast johnny cake’’ became a by word for the rest of the voyage. So much for ou... ...ay the sun rose fair, but it ran too low in the heavens to give any heat, or thaw out our sails and rigging; yet the sight of it was pleasant; and we...

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... dark starry night was followed by a bright cheerful morning. The snow was thawing in the sunshine, the horses galloped quickly, and on both sides of ... ...hich were stuck intothe ground ten paces apart to mark the barrier. It was thawing and misty; at forty paces’ distance nothing could be seen. For thre... ...- ably for some weeks near a totally ruined and deserted German village. A thaw had set in, it was muddy and cold, the ice on the river broke, and the... ...ir was sharp, but toward evening the sky be- came overcast and it began to thaw. On the fifteenth, when young Rostov, in his dressing gown, looked out... ...e following prophecy concerning Napoleon, drawn from the Revelation of St. John. In chapter 13, verse 18, of the Apocalypse, it is said: Here is wisdo...