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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...wn opinions; being quite convinced that not only should a biographer never at- tempt either to twist or conceal the sentiments of the sub- ject, but t... ...Norfolk family, and was born at Coney Weston, on February 11, 1790. He was educated at Eton, and there formed more than one friendship, which not only... ...ly, and was born at Coney Weston, on February 11, 1790. He was educated at Eton, and there formed more than one friendship, which not only lasted thro... ...ionate association to be handed on to succeeding generations. The thorough Etonian impress, with all that it involved, was of no small account in his ... ... in his life, as well as in that of his son. The elder John Patteson was a colleger, and passed on to King’s College, Cambridge, whence, in 1813, he c... ...arnest wish to be a clergyman, because he thought saying the Absolution to people must make them so happy, ‘a belief he must have gleaned from his Pra... ...ng out to found a church, and then to die neglected and forgotten. All the people burst out crying, he was so very much beloved by his parishioners. H... ...tone through life, and became apparent in his sermons when he addressed an educated audience. Here is a letter to his eldest sister: ‘The weather has ...

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Excerpt: Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series... ...nic Classics Series Publication Scenes and Characters Or, Eighteen Months at Beechcroft by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania ... ...nt and sympathetic ears. And then came the impulse to literature for young people given by the example of that memorable book the Fairy Bower, and fol... ...be like the old days, when every birthday of yours was a happy day for the people at Hetherington,’ said Emily. ‘ Ah! those were happy old days,’ said... ...nion of his sisters. A danger- ous illness had occasioned his removal from Eton, and he had since been at home, reading with his cousin Mr. Devereux, ... ...ty reading, and very useful read- ing, and you can hardly be called a well-educated person if you do not know them; but read them only after the dutie... ...s the younger ones. He never was in any scrape, had all sorts of prizes at Eton, besides getting his scholarship before he was seven- teen.’ Whenever ... ...the Oxford vacation Claude ac- companied Lord Rotherwood on visits to some college friends, and only came home the same day as the younger ones. Mauri... ... cousin was not yet well enough to leave the room; but just at this time a college friend of the Rector’s, hearing of his illness, wrote to propose to...

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Excerpt: The Trial, or More Links of the Daisy Chain by Charlotte M. Yonge.

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...d as soon drive papa out as walk with Blanche. Flora was quite scandalized at it.’ ‘I should not imagine that George had often driven my father out,’ ... ...rs’ respite. It ensued upon an attachment that had grown up with the young people, so that they had been entirely one with each other; and there had b... ...mmunities of ill-health. He had been Ethel’s pupil till Tom’s last year at Eton, when he was sent thither, and had taken a good place; but his brother... ...pe- cially when diligently kept down by his brother. Even the half year at Eton had not produced superciliousness, though it had given Eton polish to ... ...read district of very colonial 8 The Trial colonists, and the charge of a college for their uncultivated sons, was quite as troublesome as the most a... ...Trial it a wholesome one, because it is so visible and unjustifiable, that people strive against it. And the rest? Was Henry able to see his father or... ...apothecary’s half measures. She believed that the son had been much better educated than the father, and after the fearful lesson he had received, tho... ...s things are now, who knows what good may be done by the presence of a man educated, religious, unstained by crime, yet in the same case as those arou...

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...DYNEVOR TERRACE VOL. II by Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publiaction Dynevor Terrace ... ...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...their conquest available. Apart from Louis’s magnificent prognostications, at the lowest compu- tation, the head master’s income amounted to a sum whi... ... point abruptly. ‘In short, Isabel, my dear, what can you have done to set people saying that you have been corresponding with the young men at Ebbscr... ...y dear, you may mean, very rightly -I am sure you do, but you must not set people talking! It is not acting rightly by me, Isabel; but I would not car... ...eep- ing a third-rate grammar-school,’ said Oliver, with his one remaining Eton quality of contempt for provincial schools. The Northwold scholar and ... ... should have thought of that when you left this heir of the Dynevors to be educated by the charity of this third-rate grammar-school.’ ‘Is this your g... ...en an intimacy, and was by him introduced to Clara as belonging to James’s college. She frankly held out her hand, but was discomfited by his in- quir... ...y call himself my tutor if he likes. I don’t care if you take me away from Eton.’ ‘A kind scheme, Walter,’ said Isabel, ‘but wanting in two important ...

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...said, ?An orphan?s fate Is sad and hard to bear.? --Scott ?MOTHER, you could do a great kindness.? ?Well, Joe?? ?If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath?s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she has had the measles last and worst, and they don?t know what to do with her, for she came from the asylum for officers? daughters, and has no home at all, and...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...d do a great kindness.” “Well, Joe?” “If you would have the little teacher at the Miss Heath’s here for the holidays. After all the rest, she has had ... ... seemed to charm her above all. “I always did want to know what was inside people’s windows,” she said. And in the same way it was a feast to her to g... ...en, you know. It will be always warm about my heart to know there are such people.” Mrs. Brownlow happened to overhear this little colloquy while her ... ...here might be, since he had come out triumphantly from the examination for Eton College, and had been informed that morning that there were vacancies ... ...might be, since he had come out triumphantly from the examination for Eton College, and had been informed that morning that there were vacancies enoug... ...as old as yourself.” “I sometimes think she is older! And have you seen my Eton boy?” “Was it he who received the delightful popinjay, who ‘Up and spa... ...ner almost like that of Babie herself, and yet the cleverness of a highly- educated woman. Mary Ogilvie did not wonder at what Mr. and Mrs. Acton had ... ...was poor little Caroline so ignorant as ac- tually to glory in having been educated for a governess! The Colonel, wanting to finish his Times in peace...

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...A BOOK OF GOLDEN DEEDS BY CHARLOTTE M YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication A Book of Golden... ...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...he collection has been made. It is rather intended as a treasury for young people, where they may find minuter particulars than their abridged histori... ...tish Navy;’ the Jersey Powder Magazine from the Annual Registrer, and that at Ciudad Rodrigo, from the tra- ditions of the 52nd Regiment. There is a c... ...er and thicker from the volcano, and the liquid mud streamed down, and the people fled and struggled on, and still the sentry stood at his post, unfli... ...isdom of Sir Thomas, or conversing with the daughters, who had been highly educated, and had much of their father’s humor and sprightliness. Even Henr... ...for the ministry, even selling the oxen from the plough to provide for the college expenses. A small legacy had just fallen to the young man, from a r... ...birthday in Jersey ‘sixty years since’—in 1804, when that 4th of June that Eton boys delight in, was already 222 A Book of Golden Deeds in the forty-... ...cent fireworks, and had blocked up the passage leading out by the Military College. A woman fell down in a fainting fit, others stumbled over her, and...

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...rtinence to revive the personages of one story in another, even though it is after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. This precedent is, however, a true impertinence in calling on the very great to justify the very small!...

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...The T wo Sides of the Shield By Charlotte M. Yonge A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Two Sides of... ...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...s after the example of Shakespeare, who revived Falstaff, after his death, at the behest of Queen Elizabeth. This precedent is, how- ever, a true impe... ...d the plates, really came as near to feeding the pair as was possible with people above three years old. The one was a dark, thin man, with a good dea... ...thing,—and sharks, and volcanoes, and hurricanes.’ ‘I don’t think they eat people there now.’ ‘It’s bad enough if they don’t! And you know those aunts... ... I ever heard of her, I should think she was, and cleverer and more highly educated than any of us.’ ‘Yes,’ said Hal, ‘that was the kind of pretension... ...e had been his correspondent in school 96 The Two Sides of the Shield and college days, and being a person never easily rebuffed, she had kept up mor... ... Sides of the Shield ‘The Fitzhughs said they would knock it out of him at Eton,’ returned Mysie. ‘They got very nice after the first day, and said Fl... ...ill make much difference to you.’ ‘Oh, but I do want to be thoroughly well educated. I meant to go through them all, like Gillian and Mysie, and I am ...

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...y person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State University nor Jim M... ...November. There were two persons in the room—a young lady, who sat drawing at the round table, and a youth, lying on a couch near the fire, surrounded... ...ery touching one that he wrote to me on my father’s death. Those Redclyffe people certainly have great force of character.’ ‘And was it then he settle... ...The sisters were again charmed and surprised, and Guy looked gratified, as people do at the discovery of a faculty which they are particularly glad to... ... Yo n g e He used to go two or three days in the week to one Potts, a self-educated genius—a sort of superior writing-master at the Moorworth commerci... ...ite to bring his attainments to a level with those of far less clever boys educated at a public school. Mr. Lascelles told him so at first; but as the... ...no Laura and Amy to talk to.’ He had made one friend, a scholar of his own college, of the name of Wellwood. This name had been his attraction; Guy wa... ... but he was not one whit convinced of his cousin’s innocence, thinking the college authorities blind and careless, and the tradesmen combined to conce... ...n air of tri- umph, that was rather amusing, considering what a pale skel- eton face he was regarding with so much satisfaction. ‘I dare say he is loo...