...ery noisy. Look at the faces of the actors and buffoons when they come off from their business; and Tom Fool washing the paint off his cheeks before h... ...bition of this sort, will not be oppressed, I take it, by his own or other people’s hilarity. An episode of humour or kind- ness touches and amuses h... ...n this to tag to the present story of 4 V anity Fair “V anity Fair.” Some people consider Fairs immoral altogether, and eschew such, with their serva... ...Pinkerton, was an object of as deep veneration as would have been a letter from a sovereign. Only when her pupils quitted the establishment, or when t... ... work which she invariably pre- sented to her scholars, on their departure from the Mall. On the cover was inserted a copy of “Lines addressed to a yo... ...the wide world who would take the trouble off her hands. What causes young people to “come out,” but the noble ambition of matrimony? What sends them ... ...ture than they had ever enjoyed before. They appeared perseveringly at the Winchester and Southampton assemblies; they penetrated to Cowes for the rac... ...ot over yachting men from Southampton, parsons from the Cathedral Close at Winchester, and officers from the barracks there. She tried to inveigle the... ...houses; went stoutly to church; called on the Bishop and all the Clergy at Winchester; and made no objection when the V enerable Archdeacon Trumper as...

...ved at 6:46, but train was an hour late. Buda Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could ... ...ain and the little I could walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the cor ... ... the East and North. I am going among the latter, who claim to be descended from Attila and the Huns. This may be so, for when the Magyars conquered ... ...eep the outside edge of a river clear. At every station there were groups of people, some Chapter 1 5 times crowds, and in all sorts of attire. Som... ... the seventeenth century it underwent a siege of three weeks and lost 13,000 people, the casu alties of war proper being assisted by famine and dis ... ...tly talking of me, for every now and then they looked at me, and some of the people who were sitting on the bench outside the door—came and listened, ... ...ntry, and it may be that he shall get there before us. I propose that we add Winchesters to our armament. I have a kind of belief in a Winchester when... ...dn’t we have given then for a repeater apiece!” “Good!” said Van Helsing, “Winchesters it shall be. Quincey’s head is level at times, but most so wh... ...t them they carried a small arsenal. Said Mr. Morris, “I have brought some Winchesters. They are pretty handy in a crowd, and there may be wolves. T...

...Excerpt: Buda-Pesth seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible....