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... was not this, however, he mainly relished; it was the fine ivory surface, polished as by the English air, that the old man had opposed to possibiliti... ...ch colour and on the faded gilding of heavy frames; it made a sheen on the polished floor of the gal- lery. Ralph took a candlestick and moved about, ... ...rners, the deep embrasures and curious casements, the quiet light on dark, polished panels, the deep greenness outside, that seemed always peeping in,... ...aid Ralph. “She’ll send a description of us all, including Bunchie, to her newspaper.” “I shall ask her not to,” Isabel answered. “You think she’s cap... ...e people want, and it’s a lovely place.” “It’s too lovely to be put in the newspapers, and it’s not what my uncle wants.” “Don’t you believe that!” cr... ...ur later she was in as cheerful a mood as should have been looked for in a newspaper-lady in want of matter. “I’ve promised to do the social side,” sh... ...mp of London and the nineteenth century. There were books in profusion and magazines and newspapers, and a few small, odd, elaborate pictures, chiefly...

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...air flying machine actually in the air. There were articles in the monthly magazines of those days proving that flying was impossible. One of the writ... ... Is it already proven a dream? Or can we read between the lines of the war news, diplomatic disputations, threats and accusations, political wrangling... ...ilure led me into some unfortunate proph- 1 This chapter was originally a newspaper article. It was writ- ten in December, 1915, and published about ... ...rope, down to the agricultural labourers, can read and write and does read newspapers and “get ideas.” The explanation of economic and social processe... ...ly victorious Russia would probably rejoin Posen to Russian Poland and the Polish fragment of Galicia, and create a dependent Pol- ish kingdom under t... ...ubtful how far national unanimity is any longer possible between the three Polish fragments. Like most En- glish writers, I receive a considerable amo... ... I receive a considerable amount of printed matter from various schools of Polish patriotism, and wide diver- gences of spirit and intention appear. A...

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...en and crimson lights. The New York Flyer boomed past, and twenty lines of polished steel leaped into the glare. In one of the skyscrapers the wires o... ... their mucilage, clip- pings of verses by T. Cholmondeley Frink and of the news- paper editorials from which Babbitt got his opinions and his polysyll... ...tt had seen the paper before her husband just sixty- seven times. “Lots of news. Terrible big tornado in the South. Hard luck, all right. But this, sa... ...ect ballroom, its hardwood floor reflecting the charming pageant above its polished surface. Even the delights of dancing paled before the alluring op... ...dvocate-Times. But Babbitt could not abide it. He grunted. He wrinkled the newspaper. He protested: “Can you beat it! I’m willing to hand a lot of cre... ...g traffic, the crammed trolleys unloading, and high doorways of marble and polished granite. It was big—and Babbitt respected bigness in anything; in ... ...ents, from annual reference-books, from Sunday School periodicals, fiction-magazines, and journals of discussion. One bene- factor implored, “Don’t be... ...the table was a runner of gold-threaded Chinese fab- 82 Babbitt ric, four magazines, a silver box containing cigarette- crumbs, and three “gift-books... ...indow- shopping, went in gossiping twos and threes to card-par- ties, read magazines, thought timorously of the lovers who never appeared, and accumul...

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...ion of every place was made, although by the ca- pitulation all the mines, magazines, &c., had to be shown. At a visit paid to the Jesuits, they prete... ...King. On his way he was joined by another courier, who pressed him for his news. The first courier knew that if he gave up his news, the other, who wa... ...ved that he was ill; there was no more oil in the lamp. I learned this sad news after seeing the King to bed; his Majesty was to purge himself on the ... ...he bed and exclaim that he was a lost man, and ask my father’s advice upon news that he had re- ceived or on quarrels he had had with the King. When a... ...ad received at that time to write the history of the King, was employed to polish and ornament his pleas. Nothing was left undone by M. de Luxembourg ... ...e Prince’s suite, was present, but had been ill. There was drinking in the Polish fashion, and he tried to be let off. The Prince pleaded for him; but... ...moreover, bold, audacious, talk- ing loudly and always with authority; was polished, how- ever, and of good manners when she pleased. Being the most i... ... hands of Madame des Ursins), and was assured by the minister that all the magazines along the line of route to the frontiers of Portugal were abundan... ... to the King and Madame de Maintenon themselves, the wretched state of our magazines and our garrisons; the utter absence of all provision for the cam...

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...n Pope. He had much more, too, of the Christian. He was not so elaborately polished and fur- bished as the author of “The Rape of the Lock;” but he ha... ...ed in the Prologue to the Satires,—a portrait drawn with the perfection of polished malice and bitter sarcasm, but which seems more a caricature than ... ...of its couplets remind you of “pebbles which had long been rolled over and polished in the ocean of his mind.” It has been asserted, but not proved, t... ... 670 The justest rules and clearest method join’d: Thus useful arms in magazines we place, All ranged in order, and disposed with grace, But less ... ... fill; And fast on Fridays—if he will; Toast Church and Queen, explain the news, Talk with churchwardens about pews, Pray heartily for some new gift, ... ... the sounds are sent, And spread o’er all the fluid element. There various news I heard of love and strife, Of peace and war, health, sickness, death,... ..., on every tongue it grew. Thus flying east and west, and north and south, News travell’d with increase from mouth to mouth. So from a spark, that kin...

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...his hair curled every morning, and a little blue stock, and always two new magazines under his arm, and an umbrella and a little brown frock-coat, and... ...e velvet stripe down the side, and get my spurs lacquered up, and a French polish to my boot; and if I don’t do for the Captain, and the tailor too, m... ...ship. 62 Men’s Wives Y ou meet Smith for twenty years, exchange the day’s news with him, laugh with him over the last joke, grow as well ac- quainted... ...lker was arrested at the suit of Ben- jamin Baroski, there appeared in the newspapers an account of the imprisonment of His Highness the Prince of Pan... ...s daily walk to the City. “V ell, Eglantine,” says he, “have you heard the newsh?” “About His Highness?” “About your friend V alker; he’s arrested for... ... publishers of the metropolis who refused it an insertion in their various magazines. This fact would never have been alluded to but for the following... ...ry will never read this history of him; they never read godless stories in magazines: and I wish, honest reader, that you and I went to church as much...

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...ave the right, for example, to raise the question of the proprietorship of newspapers by armament interests. Disarmament is, in fact, a necessary fac-... ...2 § 2 § 2 This letter was presently followed up by an article in the Daily News, entitled “A Reasonable Man’s Peace.” This ar- ticle provoked a consid... ... what follows it, that it was attacked with great virulence in the Evening News, 39 H.G. Wells the little fierce mud-throwing brother of the Daily Ma... ...effect if not in form republican, and upon a series of national republics, Polish, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian, Bulgarian, and the like, in Eastern Euro... ...glish journalism and literature, as any one who cares to consult the bound magazines of the ‘seventies and ‘eighties may soon see for himself. It is w...

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...is easy to imagine the excitement produced in the Sancerre district by the news of Monsieur de la Baudraye’s imprudent marriage. “It is quite intellig... ...and some masked balls during the Carnival. As to literature—there were the newspapers. Politics and business were discussed. Monsieur de la Baudraye w... ...sed by mental storms, was still undecided when, in the autumn of 1827, the news was told of the purchase by the Baron de la Baudraye of the estate of ... ...tors in black and white! I will give you a description of these editors of magazines.” “When will the conversation begin?” Madame de Clagny asked of D... ...wn on to the feather of his pen, Etienne worked for three or four literary magazines. Still, do not be alarmed; he put no artistic conscientiousness i... ...isits, and lounging. His serial in the paper, two novels a year for weekly magazines, and his miscellaneous articles were the tax he paid for this eas... ... said she, “finish your novel without mak- ing any sacrifice to necessity; polish the style, work up the subject.—I have played the fine lady too long...

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...“Now, I’ve done a lot already. That’s what made me late. I’ve ordered your newspaper sent here, and I’ve telephoned the hotel to forward any mail that... ...arm behind her head. “Well, Laura,” she began at length, “I have some real news for you. My dear, I believe you’ve made a conquest.” “I!” murmured Lau... ...ne, his handkerchief over his knee, adjusted his spectacles, and opening a newspaper two days old, began to read with 66 The Pit peering deliberation... ...ce, the writing-paper in geometri- cal parallelograms, the pen tray neatly polished. On the hearth rug, where Laura had sat, Page’s searching eye disc... ...ura, I just about know that park by heart. Is there any- thing good in the magazines this month?” She got them for him, and he installed himself com- ... ...Frank Norris ride that morning—looked into the room, he was not there. The magazines were helter-skeltered upon the floor and table, where he had toss... ...tist to the room in question—her “sit- ting-room,” a wide, airy place, the polished floor covered with deep skins, the walls wainscotted half way to t... ... nor petty culture, nor trivial fine speeches, nor false sham, imita- tion polish. I love you. Ah, I love you, love you, dear!” “Old girl!” said Jadwi...

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... simplicity. From his captivity amongst the Roy- alists he could give them news of people they knew. He described their appearance; and when he relate... ...ivers. They seemed, however, to have galloped night and day out-riding the news of their foray, and holding straight for the town, a hundred miles int... ...z’ hands. “A great explosion of gunpowder ended the confla- gration of the magazines the raiders had set on fire without loss of time. In less than si... ...ip. “I was dining at the headquarters when Gaspar Ruiz himself brought the news of his success. And it was a great blow to the Royalist troops. For a ... ...e I had before me a kind of rare monster. It is true that this monster was polished and in a sense even ex- quisite. His beautiful unruffled manner wa... .... Bos. You have seen the three magic letters on the advertisement pages of magazines and news- papers, in the windows of provision merchants, and on c... ....” Meantime, Lieut. Feraud, splendid in his new dol- man and the extremely polished boots of his calling, sat on a chair within a foot of the couch, o... ...dland, marched and counter-marched in the snow, in the mud, in the dust of Polish plains, picking up distinction and advance- ment on all the roads of...

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...nally crept close to me and put his mouth to my ear and told me his fearful news in a whisper, and with all the cow ering apprehension of one who wa... ... second Clarence had slipped from some place of concealment and was pouring news into my ear, his eyes beaming with tri umph and gladness. He said:... ...rea tures who thought the end of the world was come. Then had followed the news that the producer of this awful event was a stranger, a mighty magic... ...ndeed he looked it; but he would not alight. He said he was after the stove polish man; and with this he broke out cursing and swearing anew. The bul... ...as serious. It was for this reason that I had chosen him to work up a stove polish sentiment. There were no stoves yet, and so there could be nothing... ... There were no stoves yet, and so there could be nothing serious about stove polish. All that the agent needed to do was to deftly and by degrees pre... ... go to the dynamite deposits under all our vast factories, mills, workshops, magazines, etc., and about mid night I and my boys turned out and connec...

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...ooks on mechanics, being ever so courteous to old men who were hunting for newspapers—the light of the library, an authority on books, invited to dinn... ... interest in her—the treasurer of a fur-manufac- turing firm, a teacher, a newspaper reporter, and a petty railroad official. None of them made her mo... ...rown from a sketched-in stranger to a friend, whose gossip was im- portant news. She noticed the healthy solidity of his chest. His nose, which had se... ... that he did not lie to patients, and that he did keep up with the medical magazines. What aroused her to something more than liking was his boyishnes... ...se. “Well, what if it is tin? That’s not my fault. I told D. H. to make it polished granite. You make me tired!” “Leave us go! Come on, Carrie, leave ... ...ted a long mock-quarrel. She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.... ...nts who looked up to her as the squire’s lady and thanked her for toys and magazines. Evenings she went with her husband to the motion pictures and wa... ...est thing in the world!) but it’s a rough diamond, and we need you for the polishing, and we’re ever so humble— ” She stopped for breath and finished ... ...Thanatopsis at her third meeting (which covered Scandinavian, Russian, and Polish Literature, with remarks by Mrs. Leonard Warren on the sinful pagani...

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...entic genius had rubbed shoul- ders with them there began to appear in the magazines of France and America a succession of articles, the reminiscences... ...d numbers the world will willingly remember. I cannot tell. I admire their polish — their youth is already so accomplished that it seems absurd to spe... ...n is incalculable, I should not at this time of day be so surprised by the news that reached me when in the early au- tumn I returned to London. I had... ... which a man might fall in love without making a fool of himself. And this news was slightly disconcerting to me person- ally , because I had written ... ...t might be highly indiscreet on my part to give any sign that this strange news had reached me. I was torn between the fear of hurting a nice woman’s ... ...ng the plates and glasses, the forks and spoons, giving the knives a rapid polish on the knife-board; and then putting everything away , giving the si...

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...mbing his wall and coming to our feet.’ ‘Mischievous elves deserve no good news,’ said Mr. Dutton, who was by no means so venerable that the crossing ... ... The whole place knew it, and some meddling person burst on Alice with the news, roughly and coarsely given, that they were coming to call her to acco... ...pecting him; but at last—four days after her little girl was born—came the news of the Ninon 26 Nuttie’s Father having been burnt, with all on board,... ...tton’s embraces. It was more strange than delightful, and yet she felt the polish of the tone that said, ‘We make acquaintance somewhat late, Ursula, ... ...nt terrible, but he only said, either to his wife or to himself, ‘A little polish, and then she may be fairly presentable. ‘ ‘We have taken great pain... ...untry-town edition of May. I shan’t blunder between them again.’ ‘She will polish,’ said Mark, ‘but she is not equal to her mother.’ ‘Whom I have not ... ..., and blazon it, considerably vulgarised, in all the railway stations, and magazines.’ ‘I know! I had the misfortune to see it in the station at Melbo...

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...ficult to unmask! For example, whence comes his money? Can the profit of a Newspaper, sorely eaten into by Dame Le Jay; can this, and the eighteen fra... ...in this war of the Titans, wherein he shall not conquer! Folded and hawked Newspapers exist in all countries; but, in such a Journalistic element as t... ... Carlyle folded behind his back; and was a notability of Paris, ‘Metra the Newsman;’ (Dulaure, Histoire de Paris, viii. 483; Mercier, Nouveau Paris, &... ... he was sneered at by cold worldlings; but did sneer again, being a man of polished sarcasm; and moved to and fro persuasive in coffeehouse and soiree... ... ‘canvass shirt’ (sarreau de toile) about him; Chateau-Vieux bursts up the magazines; dis- tributes ‘three thousand fusils’ to a Patriot people: Austr... ... this gilding; it was he who ground these lus- tres, Venetian mirrors; who polished this inlaying, this veneering and or-moulu; and made it, by rubbin... ...aderess, in green parasol, leaning on your arm. Dogs dance, and shoeblacks polish, on that Pont Neuf itself, where Fatherland is in danger. So much go...

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... his associations are, and how he came by his politics, and which breed of news paper he reads to get light, and which breed he diligently avoids, an... ... years—and will go on. The chance reading of a book or of a paragraph in a newspaper can start a man on a new track and make him renounce his old asso... ...ean is dead. A month ago I was writing bubbling and hilarious articles for magazines yet to appear, and now I am writing—this. CHRISTMAS DAY. NOON.—La... ...ar to dying. The whole village was in terested, and anxious, and sent for news of me every day; and not only once a day, but several times. Everybody... ...ng to remain one. T raining, experi ence, association, can temporarily so polish him, improve Mark T wain 91 him, exalt him that people will think h... ...how to translate entrails. Caesar Augustus’s education received this final polish. All through his life, whenever he had poultry on the menu he saved ... ...ians these many, many years. They have to make him write that graceful and polished and flawless and beautiful poem before he escaped from Stratford a...

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...rought to light, And how Alfonso sued for a divorce, Were in the English newspapers, of course. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 37 If you would ... ... any person doubt it, I appeal To history, tradition, and to facts, To newspapers, whose truth all know and feel, To plays in five, and oper... ...ith this holy new alliance I may ensure the public, and defy All other magazines of art or science, Daily, or monthly, or three monthly; I ... ...ess ‘Sufficiently’ (he said) ‘his approbation Of all the customs of this polish’d nation. ‘For his own share—he saw but small objection To s... ... Achilles’ self was not more grim and gory Than thousands of this new and polish’d nation, Whose names want nothing but — pronunciation. Still ... ...o raise, A courier on the spur inspired new heart Into all panters for newspaper praise, As well as dilettanti in war’s art, By his despat... ...ould be Now under arms. Ho! Katskoff, take him to (Here he call’d up a Polish orderly) His post, I mean the regiment Nikolaiew: The strang...

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...emplation of the love-letter was reversed in them at once by the startling news of Miss Vincent’s discov- ery and seizure of the sealed thing, and her... ... to be a subject of discussion from time to time, for he was a name in the newspapers; and Mr. Shalders had been worked by Matey Weyburn into a state ... ... head to their nobles, and not, of late, expecting a kick for their pains. Newspapers wrote of him that, “a martinet to subordinates, he was known for... ...ything you have done for us. It will stop the Memoirs, or else give them a polish. Your young friend has made me laugh over stuff taken for literature... ...orities, and roused eulogistic citations of his name in the newspapers and magazines, he was not on friendly terms with his coun- try yet, having cont...

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...lfe reddie, and rode to the head-quarters. At my returne, I could heare no news of my stockins. That night I went to bed, and nixt morning found mysel... ...ecame, in respect of military intelligence, and able commentaries upon the news- papers, gazettes, and bulletins, a very oracle, explanatory of all ma... ...r Walter Scott on an open bench, with spectacles on nose, conning over the newspapers to a circle of village politicians, explaining mili- tary terms,... ... all occasions which offer, to secure as much munition and vivers as their magazines can possibly hold, not knowing when they may have to sustain a si... ...avats and Pandours in Pannonia and Transylvania, and the Cossacks from the Polish frontier, and robbers, banditti, and barbar- ians of all countries b... ...spring, by which the secret door flew open, though so well were its hinges polished and oiled, that it made not the slightest noise in revolving. The ...

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...heerless, sunless room, with the shabby win- dow-curtains, the comfortless polished floor, the hideous furniture bought second-hand, or much the worse... ...n and the Baron de Chatelet chatted about Paris. Chatelet gave her all the news of the day, the myriad nothings that you are bound to know, under pena... ...ry easily acquire the tone of Parisian society. If Mme. de Bargeton needed polish, on the other hand she possessed the native haughtiness of good birt... ... good here is as rare as evil ought to be. You shall have a great piece of news in a very few words. Mme. de Bargeton was ashamed of me, disowned me, ... ...ounter, Lucien was told that his future friend was on the staff of a small newspa- per, and wrote reviews of books and dramatic criticism of pieces pl... ...e to see the newspapers at Blosse’s reading-room, as well as new books and magazines and poetry, so as to keep himself in- formed of the movements of ... ...orthy little old soul, his father-in-law. All three of these city men were polishing their opera-glasses, and anxiously scanning the house; cer- tain ...