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...xcerpt: PART I. Mme. De Bargeton and Lucien de Rubempre had left Angouleme behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believed that an infatuated youth who had looked forward to the delights of an elopement, must have found the continual presence of Gentil, the man-servant, ...

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...behind, and were traveling together upon the road to Paris. Not one of the party who made that journey alluded to it afterwards; but it may be believe... .... 20 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris “But I belong to Mme. d’Espard’s party.” “It is not our business to know that,” said the man, who could not ... ...im the applause of the Faubourg Saint-Germain and the gibes of the Liberal party, who dubbed him “the poet of the sacristy.” Mme. de Bargeton, with th... ...rious women learned how Mme. de Bargeton came to be there from some of the party, while the others announced the arrival of a poet, and made fun of hi... ...me. de Bargeton and Lucien. Young Rastignac evidently was entertaining the party; he had raised the laughter that needs fresh fuel every day in Paris,... ...once that something extraordinary is afoot: a mistress to visit, a theatre party, or some excursion into higher spheres. Here, it is said, friendships... ...u must take part in a terrible battle; book against book, man against man, party against party; make war you must, and that systematically, or you wil... ... you must, and that systematically, or you will be aban- doned by your own party. And they are mean contests; struggles which leave you disenchanted, ... ..., I do not know yet; but I mean to keep up my connections with the Liberal party (below the surface). I can speak out with you; you are a good fellow....

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... moved together after their renewal of acquaintance. He had been conveyed by friends an hour or two before to the house at which she was staying; the party of visitors at the other house, of whom he was one, and thanks to whom it was his theory, as always, that he was lost in the crowd, had been invited over to luncheon....

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...y friends an hour or two before to the house at which she was staying; the party of visitors at the other house, of whom he was one, and thanks to who...

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...zens, this much may be said in reply: That bill had been in the hands of a party to which Trumbull did not belong. It had been in the hands of the com... ...n regard to the Mexican War story the more respectable pa- pers of his own party throughout the State have been com- pelled to take it back and acknow... ...the right to infer that Judge Douglas understood it was the purpose of his party, in engineer- ing that bill through, to make a constitution, and have... ...ver said so, until the necessities of the present policy of the Democratic party, in regard to slavery, had to invent that affirmation. And I will rem... ...ld ask the Judge’s attention upon this subject. In the contest of 1856 his party delighted to call themselves together as the “National Democracy”; bu... ...dge has also detained us awhile in regard to the dis- tinction between his party and our party. His he assumes to be a national party, ours a sectiona... ...ether this country has any interest in the main- tenance of the Republican party. He assumes that our party is altogether sectional, that the party to... ... the party to which he adheres is na- tional; and the argument is, that no party can be a rightful party—and be based upon rightful principles—unless ... ...as always been the evi- dence brought forward to prove that the Republican party is a sectional party? The main one was that in the Southern portion o...

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...er; and, as his companions drew their reins at the same instant, the whole party came to a halt, in order to obtain an explanation of the unlooked-for... ...solemn humility, he answered: “Of offense, I hope there is none, to either party: of defense, I make none—by God’s good mercy, having committed no pal... ...am. THE WORDS WERE STILL in the mouth of the scout, when the leader of the party, whose approaching footsteps had caught the vigilant ear of the India... ... less confident than before—though still expressing doubt. “I have heard a party was to leave the encampment this morning for the lake shore?” “Y ou h... ...e Last of the Mohicans that had so unceremoniously enlisted himself in the party of travelers that morning. In passing his gentler companions Heyward ... ...their hiding places, in never ceasing watchfulness of the movements of his party. Looking upward, he found that the thin fleecy clouds, which evening ... ...ootsteps, swiftly, toward the place where he had left the remainder of the party. When they rejoined the expecting and anxious females, he briefly acq... ...quickly to the water’s edge, where the scout had collected the rest of the party, more by the agency of ex- 44 The Last of the Mohicans pressive gest... ... an owl’s eyes would be blinded by the darkness of such a hole.” The whole party was soon reunited, and another consulta- tion was held between the sc...

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...e is known to partake of the latter in a very 18 moderate degree; and the party, with which my Landlord was associated, continued to sit late in the ... ... this well-attested legend, two young Northumbrians were out on a shooting party, and had 19 plunged deep among the mountainous moorlands which borde... ...after they had partaken of such food as they brought with them, one of the party fell asleep; the other, unwilling to disturb his friend’s repose, sto... ...ng some hearty and gen- eral abuse upon them all (for Grace was not of the party), snatched the candle from the hand of one of the rustic co- quettes,... ... front of his mansion. As he sate there one day, about the hour of noon, a party of gentlemen and ladies, well mounted, and numer- ously attended, swe... ...- 47 tendants, who had made a circuit, and detached themselves from their party, in order to gratify their curiosity by a sight of the Wise Wight of ... ... “We have lost the right path that leads through these mo- rasses, and our party have gone forward without us,” said the young lady. “Seeing you, fath... ...wards her father’s castle of Ellieslaw, until the brow of the hill hid the party from his sight. The ladies, meantime, jested with Miss V ere on the s... ... relief from that man’s company which we have gained by deviating from the party to visit Elshie.” “What would you say, then,” said Miss V ere, in a l...

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...tial to my issue. He is dead and gone, all his immediate correla- tions to party and faction have faded to insignificance, leav- ing only on the one h... ...vorce. I climbed high and fast from small beginnings. I had the mind of my party. I do not know where I might not have ended, but for this red blaze t... ...g pent and crappled and sometimes crippled ideas. And we went on a reading party that Easter to a place called Pulborough in Sussex, where there is a ... ...n returns to those ancient courts beside the Cam. We were the anti-decency party, we discovered a catch phrase that we flourished about in the Union a... ... it meant so much to us. We spent one evening at least during that reading party upon the Pinky Dinky; we sat about our one fire after a walk in the r... ...ink face very simply done, came to meet our rather too consciously dressed party,—we had come in the motor four strong, with my aunt in grey silk. Mar... ...me out upon the moss-edged flagstones even as Mrs. Seddon had planned. The party was almost entirely feminine except for a little curate with a large ... ...The little curate, stirring a partially empty cup of tea, mingled with our party, and preluded, I remem- ber, every observation he made by a vigorous ... ...d that we had both kept memories of each other. We made that Misterton tea-party and the subsequent marriages of my cousins and the world of Burslem g...

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... once in the olden time, on the rugged side of one of the Crystal Hills, a party of adven turers were refreshing themselves, after a toilsome and frui... ...e close of which, a sentiment of good fellowship was perceptible among the party, though repressed by the idea, that the renewed search for the Great ... ... which flowed from him had a smack of all these dainties. The sixth of the party was a young man of haughty mien, and sat somewhat apart from the rest... ...conversation the wearer of the prodigious spectacles looked round upon the party, making each indi vidual, in turn, the object of the sneer which inv... ...he midnight gloom their chiefest glory. As the Cynic spoke, several of the party were startled by a gleam of red splendor, that showed the huge shapes... ...the farthest corner of the wigwam, and were separated from the rest of the party by a curtain of curiously woven twigs, such as might have hung, in de... ...ck, in Boston. But, as he passed through the Notch of the mountains, a war party of Indians captured our unlucky merchant, and carried him to Montreal... ...ferior to what would have accompanied the painted array of an In dian war party gliding forth from the same wild chasm. All the passengers, except a ... ...pleasant company in the guests who were assembled at the door. Our Evening Party among the Mountains We stood in front of a good substantial farmhouse...

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...Come,” said that kind and hospitable gentleman, “and make one of my family party; in all your life you will never probably have a chance again to see ... ...; and the captain dare only disobey him suo periculo. It was agreed that a party of us should land for half-an-hour, and taste real Spanish chocolate ... ...oulder only, holding on by the porter’s whis- kers; and though some of our party were of the tallest and fattest men whereof our race is composed, and... ... a short stay, and accordingly a couple of carriages were provided for our party, and we were driven through the long merry street of Belem, peopled b... ... to say, be said for the ladies, of whom, with every anxiety to do so, our party could not perceive a single good-looking specimen all day. The noble ... ...r little informant said, who addressed us in better French than any of our party spoke, whose manners were perfectly gentlemanlike and respectful, and... ...bushy whiskers and a faded velvet dress came singing and jumping after our party,—not singing to a guitar, it is true, but imitating one capitally wit... ... meek bishop got home to his gruel? I think these were the notables of our party. I will not men- tion the laughing ogling lady of Cadiz, whose manner... ...elieve guard at some one of the innumerable posts in the town. Some of our party went to a Spanish venta, as a more con- venient or romantic place of ...

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...ty I have taken being the bestowal of names. ‘M. Arture’ was really of the party, but I have made him Scotch instead of Irish, and I have no knowledge... ... the Catalans are always ill-af- fected to us French.’ ‘Nay; but you are a party of women, and belong to an ambassador!’ was the answer. ‘What do thos... ...o be repre- sented by Arthur Hope, now further heard it explained that the party were to go southward to meet her father at one of the Mediterranean p... ...e horses of the home establishment, driven by their own coachman, took the party the first stage out of Paris; and though afterwards the post-horses o... ...interest, otherwise than by moving near enough to listen. That evening the party reached the banks of one of the canals which connected the rivers of ... ... especially in the south of France. It was very con- venient to the Bourke party; who were soon established on the deck. The lady’s dress was better a... ...ly by day, and was already ar- rived before the land one brought the weary party to the meeting-place—a picturesque water-side inn with a high roof, a... ...e under his clothes. He had arrived at the front of the Cathedral when the party came out. Madame de Bourke had been weeping, but looked more peaceful... ... the legend was appended, he grew in- dignant, and would not accompany the party. ‘It was a very different thing from the martyrs of Lyon and Vienne! ...

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...en of 1856 very differently from what they seem to [be] going in the other party. Below is the vote of 1856, in your district: Counties. Counties. Bu... ...e Douglas, and such were the opinions of the leading men of the Democratic Party. Even as late as the spring of 1856 Mr. Buchanan said, a short time s... ...t hobby of negro equality. He thinks—he says at least— that the Republican party is in favor of allowing whites and blacks to intermarry, and that a m... ...orld. Judge Douglas is very much afraid in the triumph that the Republican party will lead to a general mixture of the white and black races. Perhaps ... ... correct myself by saying that he pretends to fear that the success of our party will result in the amalgamation of the blacks and whites. I think I c... ...n, is squared to meet these views. I will not affirm that the Demo- cratic party consider slavery morally, socially and politically right, though thei... ... for the past five years. I pre- fer to take, as the accepted maxim of the party, the idea put forth by Judge Douglas, that he don’t care whether slav... ...r ideas and preferences on this subject. Every measure of the Demo- cratic party of late years, bearing directly or indirectly on the slavery question... ... is boldly suggested that slavery is better than freedom. The Re- publican party, on the contrary, hold that this government was instituted to secure ...

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...rest expression. In general, the story is best told in letters to the home party; while thoughts are generally best expressed in the correspondence wi... ...s song at a cricket or foot-ball dinner as joyfully as the youngest of the party; but if mirth sank into coarseness and ribaldry, that instant Patteso... ...rld to him. It was the farthest limit of his travels on this occasion. The party returned by way of Geneva; and Coley, alone with four guides, attempt... ...of an excursion in the Alps is fully satisfied.’ After this adventure, the party broke up, James Patteson returning home with Mr. Hornby, while Coley,... ... do feel this very much, and, added to Granny’s illness, you must be a sad party at home. I feel as if it were very selfish to be in this beautiful ci... ... I may have but a tenth part of his honesty and freedom from prejudice and party spirit. It may come, un- der God’s blessing, if a man’s mind is earne... ...hink of fastening upon that a sectarian char- acter, as of fixing him with party names. His was a catholic mind. What distinguished him was his open-m... ... You felt what he was, that you were in the presence of a man too pure for party, of one in whose presence ordinary party distinctions almost ceased t... ... Court, so that our acquaintance ceased for that time. It was not a formal party at Deerpark, and the evening was chiefly spent in playing at games, t...

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... with a smile which seemed to confess surrepti- tiously, and as if neither party could be eager, to recog- nition. “Well, Mr. Bellamy says you’ll do a... ..., during the second year of his residence, he presented himself at a large party given by Mrs. Bonnycastle and of which it was believed that it would ... ...ook in, applied with much less force when it was thrown open for a general party. Toward the end of the social year, in those soft scented days of the... ...mes Mrs. Steuben to take me to some other place. I believe it’s a literary party near the Capitol. Ev- erything seems so separate in Washington. Mrs. ... ... Mrs. Steuben thought him bright enough he should be delighted to join the party; and he was told the hour for which the tryst was taken. He remained ... ...ou all about it,” Mrs. Bonnycastle said. “I like talking this way, after a party’s over. You can smoke if you like, and Alfred will open another windo... ...er the benefit of his own experience to the most inquisitive member of the party. They were not to lunch for another hour, and in the interval the you... ... against one of the outstanding piles of the wharf at which Mrs. Steuben’s party was to disembark. There was some delay in getting the steamer adjuste...

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...lf to read them; and though there seemed no chance of her throwing a whole party into raptures by a prelude on the pianoforte, of her own com- positio... ...st arrived in the tea-room, she felt yet more the awkwardness of having no party to join, no acquaintance to claim, no gentleman to assist them. They ... ...ituation, were obliged to sit down at the end of a table, at which a large party were already placed, without having anything to do there, or any- bod... ...s if they wondered why we came here—we seem forc- ing ourselves into their party .” “Aye, so we do. That is very disagreeable. I wish we had a large a... ...anger Abbey CHAPTER 8 IN SPITE OF UDOLPHO and the dressmaker, however, the party from Pulteney Street reached the Upper Rooms in very good time. The T... ...e Mrs. Hughes and Miss Tilney with seats, as they had agreed to join their party. This was accordingly done, Mr. Tilney still continuing standing befo... ...d see nothing. They were in different sets. She was separated from all her party, and away from all her acquaintance; one mortification succeeded anot... ...ied with having so respect- ably settled her young charge, returned to her party. Miss Tilney had a good figure, a pretty face, and a very agreeable c... ...t of the evening she found very dull; Mr. Tilney was drawn away from their party at tea, to attend that of his partner; Miss Tilney, though belonging ...

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...s, as Hal fell back, the dark eyes shot a mean- ing glance at him, and the party went on in silence, except that now and then Hob launched at Hal an o... ... but Anne recognised them at once. ‘Men-at-arms! archers! lances! A search party for me! The Prioress must have sent to the Warden’s tower.’ ‘Off with... ...and through the low brushwood on the bank, and were in sight of the search party, who set up a joyful halloo of welcome on perceiving her. A young man... ... Bertram, as a courteous squire of dames, came forward bowing low, and the party were soon seated at the board— literally a board, supported upon tres... ...of the remnants of the contending armies, people who were generally of the party opposite to that which they intended to rob. But on the banks of the ... ...her side in the service of their King, who might wreak the wrongs of their party on Clifford’s eldest son. There was reported to be a hermit on the co... ...on the trampled path, but when he emerged from it he could only see a dark party, containing a horseman or two, so far on the way that it was hopeless... ...nd,’ he said almost to himself, but he showed himself ready to go with the party to Threlkeld, merely pausing at Hob’s cottage to pick up a few needfu... ...t may befall him to his harm and ours. —Shakespeare. THROUGH THE WOODS the party went to the fortified house of Threlkeld, where the gateway was evide...

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...inaction. For the Progress had intended to do great things for the Liberal Party,—or rather for political liberality in general,—and had in truth done... ... men were pretentious puppies. It was, however, not to be doubted that the party of Progress had become slack, and that the Liberal politicians of the... ...s of Parliament who had been made to believe that they would neglect their party duties unless they paid their money, and the usual assortment of barr... ...ney. There were cer- tain men, nominally belonging to this or to the other party, who would certainly within a week of the nomination of a Cabinet in ... ... and the Chancellors, and the First Lords, selected from this or the other party felt that the eyes of mankind were upon them, and that it behoved the... ...it was felt on all sides that Sir Orlando could not join the new composite party without a high place. And the same grace was shown in regard to Lord ... ...ay anything against Drought, who had always been a very useful man to your party;—but he lacks something of the position.’ ‘The fact is,’ said Roby, ‘... ...o be something like a fair division. Individuals might be content, but the party would be dissatisfied. For myself, I’ d have sooner stayed out as an ... ...62 The Prime Minister I would support him, but I had been too thoroughly a party man for a new movement of this kind. But he said just the same?—that ...

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... interest in exten- sive tracts of land in this wilderness, arrived with a party of surveyors. The manner in which the scene met his eye is de- scribe... ...h my own jack-knife. Old Indian John knows the time well. I met him with a party of the Dela- wares, on the trail of the Iroquois, who had been down a... ...about to move off, when, suddenly recollecting himself, he again faced the party, and added: “If you see anything of In- dian John, about the foot of ... ...is piece. When this was ended, he took up his game, and, showing it to the party without a head, he cried: “ Here is a tidbit for an old man’s Christm... ...erful sound of sleigh-bells, however, attracted the attention of the whole party, as they came jingling up the sides of the mountain, at a rate that a... ...h she is very familiar.” “Velcome, velcome Tchooge,” said the elder of the party, with a strong German accent. “Miss Petsy vill owe me a kiss.” “And c... ... been admirably preserved during the whole evolution, was the first of the party that gained his feet and his voice. “T er deyvel, Richart!” he exclai... ...e looked wistfully after her figure, and when the door closed on the whole party , he laid himself in a kennel that was placed nigh by, as if con- sci... ...aced in high, old- fashioned, brass candlesticks. The door closed, and the party 53 James Fenimore Cooper were at once removed from an atmosphere tha...

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...th an air of great triumph, Susan held up three-halfpence, whereat all the party screamed with laughter. “Well, but Bessie always has lots! She’s as r... ... though in gen- eral the least token of affection was scouted by the whole party. It was a pretty walk to church, over a paddock, where the cows were ... ... and she perceived, in the village street into which they were emerging, a party on the way to church. There were two ladies, one in stately handsome ... ...-tailed father kitty, popping in and out of the thorn hedge, spying at the party. Now then for a wonder as they came out. Sam waved ev- erybody away—n... ...ut short by a loud and lamentable burst of roaring where they had left the party. Miss Fosbrook hurried back, hearing Hal’s rude laugh as she came nea... ...ll girls from boys. Susan brought little George down with her, and off the party set. Sam and Hal, who had been waiting in the hall, took Miss Fosbroo... ... without the manners to thank Miss Fosbrook, but to assure the rest of the party that the governess really was very good-natured, and that she would s... ...had told him of it. At about four o’clock it set in for rain, catching the party at some distance from home, so that, though they made good speed, the... ...all, and brought out in a new form, Bessie enjoyed it extremely. The whole party were delighted to gather flowers for Miss Fosbrook—the wetter or the ...

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...y, Captain—do sit down. I’ll curl you in one minute. And, I say, won’t the party renew?” “Impossible—it’s the third renewal.” “But I’ll make the thing... ...isker.” “No, I meant for commission.” “Well, I’ll see if that will do. The party I deal with, Eglan- tine, has power, I know, and can defer the matter... ...hich the gallant tailor had sent down to the “Bootjack,” and off which the party supped. “What is it?” said Mr. Woolsey to his ally, Crump, as they sa... ...t nine glasses to her share), how happy, merry, and confidential the whole party had become. Crump told his story of the “Bootjack,” and whose boot it... ...d in the overflowing of his heart the perfumer mentioned to the tailor the party which he had arranged for the next day, and offered him a seat in the... ...ed; nor was Mr. Eglantine in the least stiff or fa- tigued by the time the party reached Richmond, where he ar- rived time enough to give his steed in... ...o the ladies as they alighted from the clarence carriage. What this jovial party ate for dinner at the “Star and Garter” need not here be set down. If... ...sence of their friends of the “Kidney Club”. The perfumer said he would be party to no such vulgar trans- action; on which, Woolsey, exasperated, made... ...ed at the progress in singing which Morgiana had made; and when the little party separated, he took Mr. Woolsey by the hand, and said, “Give me leave ...

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...Clarenham, never failed to take advantage of the ascendency of the popular party, and make encroachments on their privileges and possessions. Thus whe... ...r Hugo Lynwood, the old Crusader, was made prisoner by Simon de Montfort’s party at Lewes, he was treated with great severity, in order to obtain from... ... feudal superiority of the Clarenhams; and though the success of the royal party at Evesham occasioned his liberation, his possessions were greatly di... ...d, the steel clanging, hammers ringing without inter- mission. Most of the party, such at least as could leave their employment without a sharp reprim... ...sound of horses’ feet approached rapidly from another quarter, and a small party came in sight, the foremost of whom checked his bridle, as, at Regina... ...their turn carved for them. Gaston kept Leonard under his own eye till the party broke up. On the way to the tent, he began to take him to task. “ A p... ...conversation than such as was afforded by the comparative seclusion of the party round the hearth, consisting of the Knight, his arm around his little... ...venture, the Lances of Lynwood, as Arthur still chose to call their little party, safely arrived at Rennes, the capital of Brittany, where Jean de Mon... ...ard III., to remain a guest at his court until the arrival of a sufficient party of English Knights, who were sure to be attracted by the news of the ...

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...sold in a day, especially when a clever and cau- tious lawyer acts for one party. Matters thus dragged on, till the space before the Christ- mas holid... ...em for each other, their names or rather their nicknames had almost become party words among their schoolfellows. Nor was it probable that this compet... ...the many fervent resolutions she had made against it. The next morning the party bade adieu to Mrs. Geoffrey Langford, and set out on their journey to... ... Sutton. They filled a whole railroad carriage, and were a very cheer- ful party. Alexander and Beatrice sat opposite to each other, talking over Knig... ...calling them to eat her turkey before it grew cold. The spirits of all the party were perhaps damped by Mrs. Frederick Langford’s absence and its caus... ...a’s apologies, and there was one exclamation of joy from all the assembled party at Mrs. Frederick Langford’s unhoped-for entrance. “Geoffrey, my dear... ...re. Fred and the other boys had gone out together some time since, and the party now set forth, the three gentlemen walking to- gether first. Henriett... ...calculated to soothe her spirits. Grandmamma was talking of giving a young party—a New-year’s party on Monday week, the second of Janu- ary. “It would... ...lex? you must practise your steps, for grandmamma is going to give a grand party , Careys and Evanses, and all, on purpose to gratify Fred’s great lov...