.... The story entitled "The Goal " has some good descriptive touches but its plot (if it can he said to have one) is decidedly weak. Very early in the s... ...m: ISookhl "Go/yo ro lU'noi'E' Maitttl^ lilt R,-i]ucsl cal, nature-loving, narrative, dra- matic and even didactic poetry It has ranged from the simpl... ...hardly justi- fied in classing thera as pessimist- ic. Some of the bits of narrative have shown, however, a marked advance in respect to the finer por... .... "Lucasta" fails by trying to be interesting with tbe wires in sight. The plot and the incidents of tbe story are interesting enough, save for the ta... ...t. "Lucasta" fails by trying to b« interesting with the wires in sight The plot and the incidents of tht story are interesting enough, savi for the ta... ...he reporter,and ask, "When is he go- ing to act like n reporter?" Yet, the narrative is so well done, and the denouement so clever, that we are dispos... ...able interest. Before the reading of the play, Professor Wild outlined the plot and explained briefly the place which the "Adelphi" occupies among the... ...here is a strength, an impetuosi- ty in the telling which marks first rate narrative power, but the read- er refuses to be enthralled by the sweetness... ...re are two other storiei, both well told. "The Gullible Qhost"^ has a good plot and a most at-' tractive title. The method used in telling the story i...

...posed much earlier; for the very incident which suggested the basis of the plot, and of the local scene, viz., the shipwreck of Sir George Somers on t... ...imputing, however, to this Anne Hathaway any thing so hateful as a settled plot for insnaring him, it was easy enough for a ma- ture woman, armed with... ...first drama in a trilogy or series of three dramas, each having a separate plot, whilst all are parts of a more general and comprehensive plan. It may... ...o neither of the classes here noticed; we mean the Hermann and Dorothea, a narrative poem, in hexameter verse. This appears to have given more pleasur... ...other hand, he was a Voltaire in sensual impurity. T o work, to carry on a plot, to affect his readers by voluptuous impressions,—these were the unwor...

...mitted suicide in his cell. *Published in the “Note Book.” **Published in “Narrative and Miscellaneous Essays.” 7 Thomas de Quincey more exquisite, a... ...ay again, is the responsible party. 4. “The Spanish Nun.”* —There are some narratives, which, though pure fictions from first to last, counterfeit so ... ... for a time impose upon everybody. In the oppo- site scale there are other narratives, which, whilst rigorously true, move amongst characters and scen... ...orable to an adventurous cast of incidents, that they would *Published in “Narrative and Miscellaneous Essays.” 13 Thomas de Quincey everywhere pass ... ...tle aware to what length his companions, or some of them, had pushed their plots. “Here are the proofs!” and he pointed to the papers. “And now, gentl... ... alarmed. Hitherto he had believed himself possessed of all the intrigues, plots, or conspiracies, which threatened his influence in the city. Among t... ...nares had been laid for him in vain; every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counter- plotted. And both involuntarily confessed that they ... ...nes, were thus encouraged to arise. The university, the city , teemed with plots. The government of the prince was exhausted with the growing labor of... ...f this “ruler of Klosterheim by night.” He had a scheme for the purpose, a plot baited for snaring him; and he pledged his reputation as a minister an...

...wafted by Providence to a predestined shore. The author thus continues his narrative of the departure of the first pilgrims:— “So they left that goodl... ...purchase.** *See, in the Legislative Documents of Congress (Doc. 117), the narrative of what takes place on these occasions. This curious passage is f... ...to remark the great stress which the public laid on the probability of the plot, and the importance which was attached to the perfect consistency of t... ... its rules is less perceptible on the stage. As for the probability of the plot, it is incompatible with perpetual novelty, surprise, and rapidity of ... ... The choice of such a man as we have sup- posed is soon made; he sells his plot of ground, leaves his dwell- ing, and embarks in some hazardous but lu... ... those who labor for hire in agriculture, are themselves owners of certain plots of ground, which just enable them to subsist without working for anyo... ... similar state of society, like these travellers converging to the central plot of the forest. Book Three – Chapter XVIII Chapter XVIII: Of Honor in t... ...ertain the truth of this report. How- ever worthy of confidence may be the narrative of Major Long, it must be remembered that he only passed through ... ...Charlevoix is not a great painter, yet he exhibits clearly enough, in this narrative, the contrast between the Euro- pean manners and those of savages...

... held to be one of Dickens' finest and most complete novels, containing one of the most vast, complex and engaging arrays of minor characters and sub-plots in his entire canon. Dickens tells all of these both through the narrative of the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and as an omniscient narrator. Memorable characters include the menacing lawyer Tulkinghorn, the frien...

...e subject of the work. Nor is the unity of the book that of an undeviating narrative in chronological order of one man’s life; it grows rather out of ... ...e upon the excel- lent plan of Mr. Mason, in his Memoirs of Gray. Wherever narrative is necessary to explain, con- nect, and supply, I furnish it to t... ...throughout with so much philosophy, that it is one of the most interesting narratives in the English language. Sir Joshua Reynolds told me, that upon ... ...s of Italy, and tell them the story of the editor, among the other strange narratives with which your long residence in this unknown region has suppli... ...o in the morn- ing. As Dr. Oliver Goldsmith will frequently appear in this narrative, I shall endeavour to make my readers in some degree acquainted w... ...e. I imagined something like an assassination of the King—like a gunpowder plot carried into ex- ecution—or like another fire of London. When asked, ‘... ... from immediate springs, but after having run for many miles under ground. Plott, 416 Boswell’s Life of Johnson in his History of Staffordshire, give...

...he author feels bound to place the following statement at the head of this narrative. Ferragus is a first episode which clings by invisible links to t... ... puerile society; this certainty of forcing all things to serve an end, of plotting a vengeance that could not fail of living in thirteen hearts; this... ...ice of Paris, and without bringing Ma- dame Jules’ name or person into the narrative, although they were really the gist of it, he made the official a... ...his cabriolet, and his duel about Madame de Serizy—were the result of some plot I had laid against him. He also threatened to reveal to you the cause ... ...his picture of Daphnis and Chloe. The bedroom of Madame Jules was a sacred plot. Herself, her husband, and her maid alone entered it. Opulence has glo... ...me Jules, and the de- tails of the affair in the rue Soly which began this narrative. Any one would have listened to him with attention; but Madame Ju... ...this moment, was Ferragus, and to Ferragus all the threads of this strange plot led. The Gordian knot of the drama, already so bloody, was surely in a...

...before the day when the sun shone on Marseilles and on the opening of this narrative, a debtor with whom this narrative has some concern. He was, at t... ...the express au- thority of the Circumlocution Office. If another Gunpowder Plot had been discovered half an hour before the lighting of the match, nob... ... you the rest of the case.’ With this prelude, Mr Meagles went through the narrative; the established narrative, which has become tiresome; the matter... ...the established narrative, which has become tiresome; the matter-of-course narrative which we all know by heart. How, after interminable attendance an... ...me glance of mysterious meaning or warning, as if they were en- gaged in a plot. Mr F.’s Aunt sat silently defying him with an aspect of the greatest ... ...nto a haunted state of mind, from which it may be long before this present narrative descries any trace of her recovery. In the vagueness and indis- t... ...ally to produce the family skeleton for the overawing of the College, this narrative cannot precisely state. Probably at 231 Little Dorrit – Book One...

...ysterious fits of ugliness or beauty. So the outer world seemed to be in a plot to steep this man about to die in a painful trance. A prey to the ma- ... ...ing left to do but to set their country ablaze, blow their own brains out, plot for a republic or clamor for a war—” “Emile,” Raphael’s neighbor calle... ...not to go back home till the morrow; but was prepared for my father with a plot more intricate than the Marriage of Figaro, which he could not possibl... .... Night threw dark shadows over this prolonged revelry, in which Raphael’s narrative had been a second orgy of speech, of words without ideas, of idea... ... the slip, and were escorted hither by their lovers— one and all were in a plot to drive away a wretched, feeble creature to die, who seemed unable to...

...before the day when the sun shone on Marseilles and on the opening of this narrative, a debtor with whom this narrative has some concern. He was, at t... ...the express au- thority of the Circumlocution Office. If another Gunpowder Plot had been discovered half an hour before the lighting of the match, nob... ... you the rest of the case.’ With this prelude, Mr Meagles went through the narrative; the established narrative, which has become tiresome; the matter... ...the established narrative, which has become tiresome; the matter-of-course narrative which we all know by heart. How, after interminable attendance an... ...me glance of mysterious meaning or warning, as if they were en- gaged in a plot. Mr F.’s Aunt sat silently defying him with an aspect of the greatest ... ...nto a haunted state of mind, from which it may be long before this present narrative descries any trace of her recovery. In the vagueness and indis- t... ...ally to produce the family skeleton for the overawing of the College, this narrative cannot precisely state. Probably at 231 Little Dorrit about the ... ...throwing myself into the fire, rather than I would endure to look at their plotting faces. I went among young women next, and I found them no bet- ter...

... he was struck for giving back talk. When he was grave, Bunster accused him of plot ting and gave him a thrashing in advance; and when he strove to ... ...es don’t lie, but liars will parable. — Lip King O LD LONG BEARD paused in his narrative, licked his greasy fin gers, and wiped them on his naked side...

...nning of each year, the government imposes wealth (the burden of reverse taxation) upon its unfortunate subjects as a form of punishment. A secondary plot about the four yachtsmen who find the manuscript forms a frame for the central narrative. [Condensed from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Strange_Manuscript_Found_in_a_Copper_Cylinder ]...

...s proposed to unite his own powers with mine for the illustration of these narratives, he mixed many a dose of salutary criticism with the panegyrics ... ...us mode of composition which went to confound the proper art of fictitious narrative with that of the drama, a widely different species of composition... ...pon the stage. But as noth- ing,” said Dick, “can be more dull than a long narrative writ- ten upon the plan of a drama, so where you have approached ... ... though not entirely, my friend Tinto”s advice, I endeavoured to render my narrative rather descriptive than dramatic. My favourite propensity, howeve... ...cal circumstances of the country. “Has anything come to your knowledge—any plot or conspiracy?” “No, my lord; those who traffic in such commodities do... ... you when it ripens, reserving the power of turning you adrift, should his plot fail in the concoction.” “His plot! Then you suppose it is a treasonab... ...o learn the contents of the letter of which he was the bearer. But as this plot had been foreseen, the messenger returned by a different and dis- 153... ...ptain; I am going to make you happy; I am going to let you into a secret—a plot—a noosing plot—only the noose is but typical.” “ A marrying matter?” s...

... impart a savour of quaint antiquity to the baldest and most modern flower-plots. There was a dig- nity about his tall stooping form, and an earnestne... ...feeling that it was condescension on his part to dress your humbler garden plots. Y ou were thrown at once into an invidious position. You felt that y... ...r nightfall “spunkies” might be seen to dance at least by children; flower-plots lying warm in sunshine; laurels and the great yew making elsewhere a ... ..., these dramas did not much appeal to me. I forget the very outline of the plots. Of The Blind Boy, beyond the fact that he was a most injured prince ... ... to the lowest terms, a certain interest can be communicated by the art of narrative; a sense of human kinship stirred; and a kind of monotonous fitne... ...nimitable courage and unflagging art. It contains wit, character, passion, plot, conversations full of spirit and insight, letters sparkling with unst... ...sentence. It is not merely bad English, or bad style; it is abominably bad narrative besides. Certainly the contrast is remarkable; and it is one that... ...James and Mr. Besant had in view was neither more nor less than the art of narrative. But Mr. Besant is anxious to speak solely of “the modern English... ...ould hasten to propose two additions, and read thus: the art of fictitious narrative in prose. Now the fact of the existence of the modern English nov...

...MISSION STAFF xiv Final FM.1pp 7/17/04 5:26 PM Page xiv We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the P... ...A or the airlines that day had ever dealt with multiple hijackings. Such a plot had not been carried out anywhere in the world in more than 30 years, ... ...vement is at best cloudy are the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center, a plot that same year to destroy landmarks in New Y ork, and the 1995 Manila ... ... that same year to destroy landmarks in New Y ork, and the 1995 Manila air plot to blow up a dozen U.S. airliners over the Pacific. Details on these p... ...to hand over three individuals identified as involved in the assassination plot, the UN Secu- rity Council passed a resolution criticizing their inact... ...rists, import weapons, forge ties with other jihad groups and leaders, and plot and staff ter- rorist schemes.While Bin Ladin maintained his own al Qa... ...s report, we indicate where such statements provide the foundation for our narrative.W e have been authorized to identify by name only ten detainees w... ...17/04 4:12 PM Page 338 11 FORESIGHT—AND HINDSIGHT 339 In composing this narrative, we have tried to remember that we write with the benefit and the... ...errorism effort was broken. The Millennium Exception Before concluding our narrative, we offer a reminder, and an explanation, of the one period in wh...

...Excerpt: We present the narrative of this report and the recommendations that flow from it to the President of the United States, the United States Congress, and the American people for their consideration. Ten Commissioners--five Republicans and fi...

...NG OF THE THIRTEENTH of February, which the read ers of this authentic narrative know, as well as we do, to have been the day immediately precedin... ...ptly; for he was considerably startled by this tragical termination of the narrative. ‘Wot did he do it for, Sir?’ reiterated Sam. ‘Wy, in support of ... ...he blows ‘em up enough.’ Mr. Weller delivered this hurried abstract of his plot with great vehemence of whisper; and then, as if fearful of weak enin... ...t, sir!’ reiterated Fogg. ‘Do you know that I have been the victim of your plots and conspiracies?’ continued Mr. Pickwick. ‘Do you know that I am the... ...his is not the best of it, it seems. This is only half the love making and plotting that have been going forward. We have been walking on mines for th... ...ickwick started. ‘What’s the matter now?’ inquired Wardle, stopping in his narrative. ‘Nothing,’replied Mr. Pickwick. ‘Pray go on.’ ‘I never could spi...

...ts bold illumina- tion on the rustic flower-tub in the middle of his grass-plot. For a long time she continued to lean in the window. But a fever of u... ...ainst a bench along the wall, where he dropped down muttering his unheeded narrative. 117 Edith Wharton There was a silence; then the young woman who...

...a!’ ‘Yes, Pa, that is the state of the case. If ever there was a mercenary plotter whose thoughts and designs were always in her mean occupation, I am... ... naturally given to playing the spy—it was not that she was at all secret, plotting, or mean— it was simply that she loved the irresponsive Bradley wi... ...lf at the point from which he had begun. ‘This is like what I have read in narratives of escape from prison,’ said he, ‘where the little track of the ... ...me for myself; also to try Mrs Boffin and give her a glad surprise. So the plot was made out of our getting common sailors’ dresses (as he was able to...

...te of your example, I shall keep to myself. My age is not essential to the narrative. I am descended from my ancestors by ordinary generation, and fro... ...allibly the guilty person. And remember that we only know a portion of the plot; and the same infamous contrivers have doubtless arranged many other c... ...rful of ob- servation – I believe upon my soul,” he thought, “the pair are plotting some disgraceful action.” The detective that there is in all of us... ...le history,” said the stranger, after the young man had made an end of his narrative; “and your position is full of difficulty and peril. Many would c...

...et, in the cornfields, on the dusty roads, by the breezy windmills, on the plots of short sweet grass overhanging the sea—anywhere—a young fisherman a... ...der is now acquainted with me, and perhaps will condescend to listen to my narrative. I am naturally of a dreamy turn of mind; and my abun dant leisu... ...e replied. ‘I sets to the profession for a bob a hour.’ (All through this narrative I give his own words, which are indelibly imprinted on my memory.... ... to show him London, that he could not help reverting to that point in his narrative; and gently repeating with the Butcher snigger, ‘“Oh, dear,” I sa... ... intelligent young sojourner in the wilderness, in the first sentence of a narrative, and beat all confidence out of him with one blow of his brother....

... A Story CHAPTER I. Introducing to the reader the chief personages of this narrative. AT THA T FAMOUS PERIOD OF HISTORY, when the seventeenth century ... ...ever men- tioned the fact) upon the losing side. The very year before this narrative commences, he had been one of Mordaunt’s forlorn hope at Schellen... ...spect that the Count could be unfaithful to them, and had no notion of the plot that was formed against her. But Mr. Brock had: for he had seen many t... ...ng the ears of morn by the regular and melodious music of his nose, a vile plot was laid against him; and when about seven of the clock he woke, he fo... ...ed on sotto voce; and I don’t know whether Mr. Brock had any notion of the plot which was arranged by the three worthies. The landlady began it. “Whic... ...lue; and as that remark- able work totally discards all the unities in its narratives, and reckons the life of its heroes only by their actions, and n... ...s and title; in which being disappointed, he very sulkily went on with his narrative, and detailed many of those events with which the reader has alre... ...hee of his death.” Hayes started as if he had been shot. “He too is in the plot,” thought he. “They are all leagued against me: they will kill me: 14... ...est writing might have been employed, Solomons replies that the “ordinary” narrative is far more em- phatic than any composition of his own could be, ...

...ssity of the case, all the more neutral circumstances are omitted from his narrative; and that of itself, by the negative exaggeration of which I have... ... incredulous as we find that every character fits again and again into the plot, and is, like the child’s cube, serviceable on six faces; things are n... ...he interest of the novel centres about revolution- ary France: just as the plot is an abstract judicial difficulty, the hero is an abstract historical... ...elicate critical perception that the true business of lit- erature is with narrative; in reasoned narrative, and there alone, that art enjoys all its ... ...kened the suspicion of the authorities, and led to a full discovery of the plot and the arrest of all who were concerned. In Yeddo, to which he was ta... ... from the southern highlands of Satzuma. They were in prison for different plots indeed, but for the same intention; they shared the same beliefs and ... ..., nor the boy of eighteen, Nomura, of Choshu, whose eagerness betrayed the plot. It is exhilarating to have lived in the same days with these great-he... ... Montcorbier. Nay, it appears there was a further complication; for in the narrative of the first of these documents, it is mentioned that he passed h... ...us par- ticulars, and yet sweeps all away in the forthright current of the narrative, – such a style may be ungrammatical, it may be inelegant, it may...