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...te M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Caged Lion by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Caged Lion in Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic C... ...State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e THE CAGED LION by Charlotte M. Yonge PREF PREF PREF PREF PREFA A A A ACE CE CE CE CE ... ...tory. The only other wilful alteration of a matter of time is 4 The Caged Lion with regard to the Duke of Burgundy’s interview with Henry. At the tim... ...r, and rendered impassable, except by the lowering of a draw- 6 The Caged Lion bridge. Glenuskie Castle was thus nearly impregnable, so long as it wa... ...the ensign of the owner, and that ensign was no other than the regal ruddy Lion of Scotland, ramping on his gold field within his tressure fiery and c... ...n Latin, but with none the less fervency; that Psalm that has 8 The Caged Lion ever since David’s time served as the agonized voice of hearts hot-bur... ...g Malcolm’s face, while his sister watched full of animation 10 The Caged Lion and curiosity, as one to whom excitement of any kind could hardly come... ... ‘It is the “Itinerarium” of the blessed Adamnanus,’ replied 12 The Caged Lion Father Ninian, producing from his bosom a parcel, appar- ently done up...

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...Excerpt: A jungle path. A lion?s roar, a melancholy suffering roar, comes from the jungle. It is repeated nearer. The lion limps from the jungle on three legs, holding up his right forepaw, in which a huge thorn sticks. He sits down and contemplates i...

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...haw A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni-... ... for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... ...niversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 GB Shaw Androcles and the Lion by George Bernard Shaw 1912 PROLOGUE Overture; forest sounds, roaring ... ...n by George Bernard Shaw 1912 PROLOGUE Overture; forest sounds, roaring of lions, Christian hymn faintly. A jungle path. A lion’s roar, a melancholy s... ...lancholy suffering roar, comes from the jungle. It is repeated nearer. The lion limps from the jungle on three legs, holding up his right forepaw, in ... ...nly throwing down her stick) I won’t go another step. 4 Androcles and the Lion ANDROCLES (pleading wearily) Oh, not again, dear. What’s the good of s... ...t on to the next village before night. There are wild beasts in this wood: lions, they say. MEGAERA. I don’t believe a word of it. Y ou are always thr... ... when I can hardly drag one foot before another. W e haven’t seen a single lion yet. ANDROCLES. Well, dear, do you want to see one? MEGAERA (tearing t... ...e day for me when you first came drinking in our bar. 6 Androcles and the Lion ANDROCLES. I confess I was addicted to it, dear. But I gave it up when...

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...ames A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Death of the Lion by Henry James is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. ... ...r for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Death of the Lion by Henry James, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Henry James The Death of the Lion by Henry James CHAPTER I I had simply, I suppose, a change of heart, ... ...- quired, he considered a moment and then returned: “I 4 The Death of the Lion see—you want to write him up.” “Call it that if you like.” “And what’s... ...the coming glory as an animal smells its distant prey. 6 The Death of the Lion CHAPTER II I may as well say at once that this little record pretends ... ...ication to Mr. Paraday’s new book, obtained for it the 8 The Death of the Lion hospitality of another journal, where, I must admit, Mr. Pinhorn was s... ...and things. You think of more and more all the while. 10 The Death of the Lion That’s what makes you, if you’ll pardon my familiarity, so respectable... ...eezed into his horrible age. I felt as if he had been 12 The Death of the Lion overtaken on the crest of the hill and brought back to the city. A lit... ...ind back, but because our visitors last words were in 14 The Death of the Lion my ear, I presently enquired with gloomy irrelevance if Guy Walsingham...

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Preface: Androcles and the Lion. On the Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw.

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...PREFACE TO ANDROCLES AND THE LION: ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY By George Bernard Shaw 1912 A Penn S... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Preface to Androcles and the Lion: On the Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw is a publicat... ... as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Preface to Androcles and the Lion: On the Prospects of Christianity by George Bernard Shaw, the Pennsylv... .......................................... 94 7 Preface to Androcles and the Lion PREFACE TO ANDROCLES AND THE LION: ON THE PROSPECTS OF CHRISTIANITY By... ...f his are now turning out to be good sense 9 Preface to Androcles and the Lion and sound economics. I say distinctive, because his common humanity an... ...ure and sacrifice his life without resis- 11 Preface to Androcles and the Lion tance in the conviction that he would presently rise again in glory, y... ...nt them from painters and poets, you came 13 Preface to Androcles and the Lion out with an impression of their contents that would have astonished a ... ...o it, they burn him as a public nuisance. 15 Preface to Androcles and the Lion RELIGION OF THE MINORITY. SALVATIONISM The religion of the tolerated ... ...arer Salvationist opinion that it is much 17 Preface to Androcles and the Lion better to hang the wrong fellow: that, in fact, the wrong fel- low is ...

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...L REPORT OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE MUDFOG ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EVERYTHING IV. THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE V. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION VI.MR. ROBERT BOLTON: THE ?GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS? VII. FAMILIAR EPISTLE FROM A PARENT TO A CHILD AGED TWO YEARS AND TWO MONTHS...

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...T OF EVERYTHING IV. THE PANTOMIME OF LIFE V. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION VI.MR. ROBERT BOLTON: THE ‘GENTLEMAN CONNECTED WITH THE PRESS’ VII. ... ...at we are all actors in The Pantomime of Life. SOME PARTICULARS CONCERNING A LION We have a great respect for lions in the abstract. In com mon with ... ...d one old spelling book in particular recounts a touching instance of an old lion, of high moral dignity and stern principle, who felt it his imperati... ...y pleasant to reflect upon, and, indeed, says a very great deal in favour of lions as a mass. We are bound to state, however, that such individual lio... ...he chiv alrous character assigned them by their chroniclers. We never saw a lion in what is called his natural state, certainly; that Mudfog and Othe... ...fog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 67 is to say, we have never met a lion out walking in a forest, or crouching in his lair under a tropical s... ... must say that they appeared to us very apathetic, heavy headed fellows. The lion at the Zoological Gardens, for instance. He is all very well; he has... ...ndeniable mane, and looks very fierce; but, Lord bless us! what of that? The lions of the fashion able world look just as ferocious, and are the most... ...ust as ferocious, and are the most harmless creatures breathing. A box lobby lion or a Regent street ani mal will put on a most terrible aspect, and ...

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... of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legislature? It seems to me he would be hard to beat. What objection could be made to him? What is your Senator Martin saying and doing? What is Webb about...

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...tion to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day—or rather of the night. Can you not elect him to the Legisl... ...udge Trumbull strongly tended to sustain and preserve the position of that lion of the Demo- crats who condemned the repeal of the Missouri Compro- mi...

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...on his part, and equally remembred by Don Pedro, he hath borne himselfe beyond the promise of his age, doing in the figure of a Lambe, the feats of a Lion, he hath indeede better bettred expectation, then you must expect of me to tell you how....

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...romise of his age, doing in the figure of a Lambe, the 19 feats of a Lion, he hath indeede better bettred expecta-tion, 20 then you must e...

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...Excerpt: Half-way down the Rue Saint-Denis, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable historians to reconstruct old Paris by analogy. The threatening walls of this tumbledown abode seemed to have been decorated with hieroglyphics....

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...ALF-WAY DOWN THE RUE SAINT-DENIS, almost at the corner of the Rue du Petit-Lion, there stood formerly one of those delightful houses which enable hist...

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...nd I hope there 328 is a play fitted. 329 Snug. Haue you the Lions part written? pray you if 330 be, giue it me, for I am slow of s... ...e let Thisby haue cleane linnen: and let not him 1785 that playes the Lion, paire his nailes, for they shall hang 1786 out for the Lions claw... ...oe remaine. 1951 Exit all but Wall. 1952 Thes. I wonder if the Lion be to speake. 1953 Deme. No wonder, my Lord: one Lion may, whe... ...asse for excellent men. Here com 2020 two noble beasts, in a man and a Lion. 2021 Enter Lyon and Moone- shine. 2022 Lyon. You Ladies, ... ...e) 2024 May now perchance, both quake and tremble heere, 2025 When Lion rough in wildest rage doth roare. 2026 Then know that I, one Snug... ... doth roare. 2026 Then know that I, one Snug the Ioyner am 2027 A Lion fell, nor else no Lions dam: 2028 For if I should as Lion come in ... ...m. The verie best at a beast, my Lord, y ere I saw. 2032 Lis. This Lion is a verie Fox for his valor. 2033 Du. True, and a Goose for h... ... old Ninnies tombe: where is my loue? 2064 Lyon. Oh. 2065 The Lion roares, Thisby runs off. 2066 Dem. Well roar’d Lion. 2067 ... ...9 Truly the Moone shines with a good grace. 2070 Du. Wel mouz’d Lion. 2071 Dem. And then came Piramus. 2072 Lys. And so th...

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...dicrafts, wares; round it a wild country and a waste of sand, ruled by the lion in his wrath, and in it the tiger, the camelopard, the antelope, and o... ... that failed not to assemble in groups and gaze at him. He was as a sleepy lion cased in his mane; as an owl drowsy in the daylight. Now would he clos... ...d over her while she slept. And the damsel dreamed, and the roaring of the lion was hoarse in her dream, and it was to her as were she the red whirlwi... ...his forehead became black as night, and he shouted in the thun- der of his lion-voice, ‘Do this!’ She took the Jewel from its warm bed in her bosom, a... ...by Bhanavar?’ The dark light in his eyes kindled as light in the eyes of a lion, and she continued, ‘Ruark, what a yoke is hers who weareth this crown... ...He that is my lord, how am I mated to him save in loathing? O my Chief, my lion! hadst thou no dream of Bhanavar, that she would come hither to unbind... ...ed, saying, ‘What boldness was mine—the making offer to shear Shagpat, the lion in his lair, he that holdeth a whole city in enchantment! Wah! ’twas a... ...were her transformations, and she was a serpent, a scorpion, a liz- ard, a lioness in succession, but I leapt perpetually into fresh rings of fire and... ... sky was a brown colour; the earth a deeper brown, like the skins of tawny lions. T rees with reddened stems stood about the valley, scattered and in ...

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...ery human countenance resembles some animal. The animal for Marcas was the lion. His hair was like a mane, his nose was sort and flat; broad and dente... ...ike a mane, his nose was sort and flat; broad and dented at the tip like a lion’s; his brow , like a lion’s, was strongly marked with a deep median fu... ...ill be re-estab- lished among us when it is proved that France leaves mil- lions at the German tables. This splendid Carnival brought us to utter penu...

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...mmensity of the Future. He was rigid with emotion. It was like abusing the Lions in 14 The Wheels of Chance T rafalgar Square. But the heathkeeper fe... ...y. In passing, he made inquiries at the Black Swan, the Crown, and the Red Lion Hotel. At six o’clock in the evening, he was walking downcast, intent,... ... said. The faint breath of summer stirred the trees, and a bunch of dande- lion puff lifted among the meadowsweet and struck and broke into a dozen se... ...ECTED ANECDO ECTED ANECDOTE OF TE OF TE OF TE OF TE OF THE THE THE THE THE LION LION LION LION LION XXIX XXIX XXIX XXIX XXIX THEY RODE ON to Cosham an... ...chicken food, and so forth. You have to use judgment.” “Did you ever see a lion?” “They weren’t very common in our district,” said Hoopdriver, quite m... ... modestly. “But I’ve seen them, of course. Once or twice.” “Fancy seeing a lion! Weren’t you frightened?” Mr. Hoopdriver was now thoroughly sorry he h... ...garette and re- garded the Solent languidly as he settled the fate on that lion in his mind. “I scarcely had time,” he said. “It all happened in a min... .... Hoopdriver. “T o run would have been Death.” “I don’t think I ever met a lion-killer before,” she remarked, evidently with a heightened opinion of h... ...his ears bright red. She ascribed his confusion to modesty. He rose with a lion added to the burthens of his conscience, and held out his hand to assi...

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...w York, I said: “I felt as one might feel upon escape from a den of hungry lions.” Anguish and grief, like darkness and rain, may be depicted; but gla... ...for his protection. One of the invaluable compensations of the late Rebel- lion is the highly instructive disclosure it made of the true source of dan...

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...ver which there had been a little dispute. Was it Her- cules with club and lion-skin, or was it a gentleman I had known? Ah me! how soon a man’s place... ...” said Viola. “I never saw any one so big, but I think he is like Coeur de Lion. Ah!” We both shrieked, for a most uncanny monster was rearing up in f... ...ngth, and, as Viola had said, his head was very much what one knows as the Lion Heart’s, not Marochetti’s trim carpet knight, but Vertue’s rugged port... ...y Young Alcides CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II CHAPTER II THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME... ...EME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEA THE LION OF NEME HEATH TH TH TH TH THE WORK WAS done. The sixteen pages of larg... ... seen. I remember that, instead of being dis- appointed in the size of the lions and tigers, he dwelt with special admiration on their supple and terr... ...ess voices called out to Eustace, “Stop, sir; turn, for Heaven’s sake. The lion! He’s loose!” Turning was impossible, for the crowd was rushing back o... ...e shafts of a waggon, too low for him to creep under, lay the great yellow lion, waving the tufted end of his tail as a cat does, when otherwise still... ... in time to receive the child, whom Harold flung to him, snatched from the lion’s grasp; and again we saw a wrestling, struggling, heaving mass, Harry...

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...is, at the corner of the rue d’Enghien, is still there, and is called the “Lion d’Argent.” The proprietor of the estab- lishment, which from time imme... ...ages along the road,—at Saint-Brice, Moisselles, and La Cave. The hotel du Lion d’Argent occupies a piece of land which is very deep for its width. Th... ...nd. In 1822 the offices of all the lines of coaches which started from the Lion d’Argent were kept by the wife of the inn- keeper, who had as many boo... ...kets through the apertures of his blouse, beneath the porte-cochere of the Lion d’Argent, whence he could see, diagonally , the kitchen of the inn, an... ...mous porch or passage, above which could be read on a long sign, “Hotel du Lion d’Argent,” stood the stablemen and porters of the coaching-lines watch... ... and lad over there with packages under their arms; they are coming to the Lion 12 A Start in Life d’Argent, for they’ve turned a deaf ear to the cou... ...and where to get them he did not know. He was in debt to the master of the Lion d’Argent; he was in danger of his losing his two thousand francs alrea... ... de l’Echiquier, after treat- ing the valet, he saw in the gate-way of the Lion d’Argent the lady and the young man in whom his perspicacity at once d... ...indicated by the present names of the streets,—Cerisaie, Beautreillis, des Lions, etc. Madame Clapart’s apartment, which was panelled throughout with ...

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...hat fatal duty which superstition en- tails upon him of visiting the chief lions of the city in which he may happen to be. Y ou must go through the ce... ...ow- ever much you may sigh to avoid it; and however much you know that the lions in one capital roar very much like the lions in another; that the chu... ...nze baton on his broad-flanked brazen charger. We only saw these state old lions in Lisbon, whose roar has long since ceased to frighten one. First we... ...came to the Rock just before gun-fire. It is the very image of an enormous lion, crouched between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, and set there to... ... set there to guard the passage for its British mistress. The next British lion is Malta, four days further on in the Midland Sea, and ready to spring... ...d in the best society too. That humble hab- erdasher at Beyrout had been a lion here, at the very best houses of the great people, and had actually ma... ...eing roused, would let the rascal hear the roar of the indignant Brit- ish lion; so we rose up in our wrath. The poor consul got a lamp for us with a... ...ed it to us; and having lapped up the little modicum of drink, the British lion began to speak. All the other travellers (said the lion with perfect r... ...alil Pasha’s letters dirt, that you attend to them in this way?Are British lions dogs that you treat them so?—and so on. This speech with many variati...

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...tion, piracy, or inheritance—they owed a fortune estimated at several mil- lions. All the members of the family spoke Italian, French, *Macedoine, in ... ...some supernatural brush. The picture represented Adonis stretched out on a lion’s skin. The lamp, 14 Sarrasine in an alabaster vase, hanging in the c...

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...l Delivering sealed dispatches which the Head Took half-amazed, and in her lion’s mood Tore open, silent we with blind surmise Regarding, while she re... ...ty, till we heard The drowsy folds of our great ensign shake From blazoned lions o’er the imperial tent Whispers of war. Entering, the... ... this, or was it chance, She past my way. Up started from my side The old lion, glaring with his whelpless eye, Silent; but when she saw me lying sta... ... the tide ebbs in sunshine, and he said: ‘O fair and strong and terrible! Lioness That with your long locks play the Lion’s mane! 57 Tennyson But Lo...

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...who dared not to confront him with arms, let loose upon him the tigers and lions of Scindiah’s menagerie, this meritorious officer destroyed, with his... ... I, before leaving my apartment. “He has recovered from the blow which the Lion dealt him; two men and myself watch over him; and Macgillicuddy Sahib ... ...translated:— “Epigram. (On disappointing a certain Major.) “The conquering lion return’d with his prey, And safe in his cavern he set it; The sly litt... ...et it; The sly little fox stole the booty away, And, as he escaped, to the lion did say, ‘Aha! don’t you wish you may get it?’” Confusion! Oh, how my ...

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... back drawing-room that will make the music. “Very well; but I must be the lion and bear killing the courtier.” “O yes—very well, and I’ll be courtier... ...hemia, and the stair-carpet the sea, because then the aunts won’t hear the lion and bear roar- ing.” With these precautions, the characteristic roarin... ...- ing.” With these precautions, the characteristic roaring and growling of lion and bear, and the shrieks of the courtier, though not absolutely unhea... ...lf. However, her good humour recovered the next minute, at the Fountain of Lions. She wanted to know how the Moors came to have lions; she thought she... ... carving of such figures was a new art 67 Yo n g e with them, since these lions were very rude and clumsy per- formances for people who could make su... ...is, and kissed him; but she could nearly as soon have slid her hand into a lion’s; and she was right, it would have been very ob- trusive. Some little...