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...E CAN BE more sensible than is the Author that the present is an overgrown book of a nondescript class, neither the “tale” for the young, nor the nove... ...esks on it; a small one, and a light cane chair by each window; and loaded book-cases. Flora began, “If you don’t want this afternoon to yourself—” Et... ...The “boys” availed themselves of the permission. Norman tarried to put his books into a neat leather case, and Ethel 10 The Daisy Chain stood thinkin... ...ave her named Dowsabel if they did not agree, and Mrs. May advised all the parties concerned to write their choice on a slip of paper, and little Aubr... ... what to be at with the dead, better than with the living; they don’t make parties against one. I don’t wonder at it. It was very hard on some of thos... ...s not made for schoolboys. The axiom was prevalent, but not universal, and parties were running high. Norman May, who as head boy had, in play-hours, ... ...des and drives, and in quiet little dinners at home, to George’s agreeable political friends. With the help of two such ladies as Mrs. and Miss Rivers... ...eople; but she was surprised to find how full her sister’s letters were of political news. It was a period when great interests were in agitation; and... ...er own views, and composed his letters for him; ruling his af- fairs, both political and private, and undeniably making him fill a position which, wit...

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...re than ordinary youthful folly, which had induced his father to agree with the college authorities that his name had better be taken off the college books,--all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke. The other boy was to go to Cambridge, but his father had thought it well to give him a twelve-month?s run on the Continent, under his own inspection....

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... the college authorities that his name had better be taken off the college books,—all which had been cause of very great sorrow to the Duke. The other... ... and per- haps liked; but his loving and his liking had been exclu- sively political. He had so habituated himself to devote his mind and his heart to... ...sat at work. He was seated at his table when she entered, but there was no book open before him, and no pen ready to his hand. He was dressed of cours... ...they were antagonistic to the politics of her life. He had his ideas about books too, as to manners of life, as to art, and even ethics. Whether or no... ...natural enough—at any rate, was not dis- graceful; that he should have his political creed suffi- ciently at heart to be able to persuade another man,... ...eat doctrine with you that nothing should induce a man to vote against his political opinion. ’ ‘So it is,—if he has really got any. However, as your ... ...cream of the cream. Those two who were elected to be the chiefs of the two parties had more of cream in their composition than any others. But he who ... ...a suburban elysium in Roehampton, in order that she might give two garden- parties every year. When it is said that all these costly luxuries appertai... ...d old woman lived in London, and everybody liked to be asked to her garden-parties. On this occasion there was to be a consid- erable infusion of roya...

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...circumstance doubtless furnished a hint for that piece of tradition in the book which repre- 4 The House of the Seven Gables sents a Pyncheon of a fo... ... malediction in The story. Furthermore, there occurs in The “American Note-Books” (August 27, 1837), a reminiscence of The author’s family, to the fol... ... Waldo County, Maine, owned by the Pyncheon family. In the “ American Note-Books” there is an entry, dated August 12, 1837, which speaks of the Revo- ... ...he Colonel survived only a few weeks longer, it is probable that his great political influence, and powerful connections at home and abroad, would hav... ...of character to achieve it: he could, therefore, effect nothing by dint of political interest; and the bare justice or legality of the claim was not s... ...ic than it could have been under a monar- chy,—the high respectability and political influence of the criminal’s connections, had availed to mitigate ... ... 87 Hawthorne thy to be the scene and centre of one of the cheerfullest of parties. The vapor of the broiled fish arose like incense from the shrine o...

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...bly changed of themselves within him. Stepan Arkadyevitch had not chosen his political opinions or his views; these political opinions and views had c... ... all Moscow will be talking of it, and with good reason. If you have evening parties, invite every one, don’t pick out the possible suitors. Invite al... ... candle was brought in. The familiar details came out: the stag’s horns, the bookshelves, the looking glass, the stove with its ventilator, which had ... ... long wanted mending, his father’s sofa, a large table, on the table an open book, a broken ash tray, a manuscript book with his handwriting. As he sa... ...oom, where he always had tea, and had settled himself in his armchair with a book , and Agafea Mihalovna had brought him tea, and with her usual, “Wel... ...ntained his position, and where they agreed and disagreed. But the circle of political, masculine interests had never interested her, in spite of coun... ...ze,” said Vronsky. “But by marriages of prudence we mean those in which both parties have sown their wild oats already. That’s like scarlatina—one has... ...e its influence on the laborer too.” “Yes, but wait a bit. I’m not talking of political economy, I’m talking of the science of agriculture. It ought to... ...at down again. “. . . In the following cases: physical defect in the married parties, desertion without communication for five years,” he said, crookin...

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... wayside preacher, discarded in a moment his name, his old nature, and his political principles, and with the zeal of a proselyte sealed his adherence... ...eek; in one place he mentions that the Orations of Cicero were his highest book in Latin; in another that he had ‘delighted’ in Virgil and Horace; but... ...‘his position became intolerable’; it was plain he must choose between his political and his religious tenets; and in the last years of his life, abou... ...lked and found some amuse- ment at her (or rather at her husband’s) dinner-parties. It is 22 Robert Louis Stevenson conceivable that even my grandmot... ...eannie will be reading Wotherspoon, or some other suitable and instructive book, I presume our friend, Aunt Mary, will have just arrived with the news... ...e entered upon the writing. The library will afford abundance of excellent books, which I wish you would employ a little. I hope you are doing me the ... ... chief engineer. The precise meaning attached to these words by any of the parties appears irrecover- able. Chief engineer should have full authority,...

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Excerpt: Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second translated by Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt.

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...CHILDREN................... 63 CHAPTER IX OF THE ARMS OF THE PARTHIANS .............................................................. 84 CHAPTER X OF BOOKS .............................................................................................................. 87 CHAPTER XI OF CRUELTY.......................................................................................

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...liam Carew Hazilitt 1877 1877 1877 1877 1877 ESSAYS OF MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE Book the Second T ranslated by Charles Cotton Edited by William Carew Hazil... ...blication ublication ublication ublication Essays of Michel de Montaigne, Book the Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt is a publ... ...e as an electronic transmission, in any way. Essays of Michel de Montaigne Book the Second trans. Charles Cotton, ed. William Carew Hazilitt, the Penn... ... war may put on what forms it will, multiply and diversify itself into new parties; for my part, I stir not. Amongst so many garrisoned houses, myself... ...seems to be dangerous and slippery.”—Cicero, Acad., ii. 21.] especially in political affairs, there is a large field open for changes and contestation... ...mas, or extremity of cold at Mid- summer. I have the same opinion of these political contro- versies; be on which side you will, you have as fair a ga... ...tious fa- cility of Monsieur de la Noue, in so great an injustice of armed parties (the true school of treason, inhumanity, and robbery), wherein he a... ...as look upon one. As to his justice, he took himself the pains to hear the parties, and although he would out of curiosity in- quire what religion the...

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...Preface: It may save misunderstanding if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and together with that and a small pamphlet, ?The Discovery of the Future,?** presents a general theory of social development and of social and political con...

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...MISUNDERSTANDING if a word or so be said here of the aim and scope of this book. It is written in relation to a previous work, Anticipations,* and to... ...s in a new way and from a new starting-point, viewing the whole social and political world as aspects of one universal evolving scheme, and placing al... ...ld as aspects of one universal evolving scheme, and placing all social and political activities in a defined relation to that; and to this general met... ...end it is that the attention of the reader is especially directed. The two books and the pamphlet to- gether are to be regarded as an essay in present... ... reference to authorities in the chapter on the biological problem, and to books in the educational chapter, the lacunar quality of his reading and kn... ...e writer, out- side the complications of practical politics, some man who, politically, “doesn’t matter,” to provide the first tentatives of a politic... ...thlessly and entirely. And these repudiations extend also to the political parties that struggle to realize themselves within the forms of our establi... ...action-fighting may be turned for a time to- wards his remoter ends. These parties derive from that past when the new view of life had yet to establis... ... aim at all—as we of the new generation mea- sure comprehensiveness. These parties, and the phrases of party exposition—in America just as in England—...

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...esbury, the author of the Characteristics, was the grandson of that famous political agitator, the Chan- cellor Shaftesbury, who passed his whole life... ...out reviews, or newspapers, or advertisements, to diffuse the knowledge of books, the progress of literature was necessar- ily slow, and its expansion... ...es were sup- plied by the necessities of the times, or by the instincts of political zeal. T wo channels especially lay open between the great central... ...ng importance of the gentry, and the consequent birth of a new interest in political questions, had begun to express itself at Oxford, and still more ... ...ore frequently traversed vindictively from without, and harassed by flying parties from Oxford, or others of the 18 Biographical Essays king’s garris... ...ctor in plays and to their author. The contemp- tuous appellation of “play-book,” served as readily to degrade the mighty volume which contained Lear ... ... the pretensions of Shakspeare to the hereditary rank of gentle- man. Both parties violate the majesty of the subject. When we are seeking for the sou... ...k of this document? Trepidation and anxiety are written upon its face. The parties are not to be married by a special license; not even by an ordinary... ...ted with the London stage. The conversation of comedians ac- quainted with books, fresh from the keen and sparkling circles of the metropolis, and fil...

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... for the sculptured horrors which disgrace the tomb. If I have put into my book anything which can fill the young mind with better thoughts of death, ... ...ish life was all light and no shadows, and I began to doubt that beautiful book to which I have turned again and again, always to find new beauties an... ...tage hearth a graceful thing—of whom it might truly be said that he found “books in the running brooks,” and who has left in all he did some breathing... ...or fictitious characters the classes from which they are drawn—about third parties, in whom we had a common interest. At every new act of kindness on ... ...eed—which is a very wide and comprehensive one, and includes all sects and parties— is very easily summed up. I have faith, and I wish to diffuse fait... ...o my way rejoicing, and for the future to shake hands with America, not at parties but at home; and, therefore, gentlemen, I say to night, with a full... ... Speeches: Literary and Social 37 The good work, however, in spite of all political and party differences, has been well begun; we are all interested... ...ng of a very powerful piper, whom we always pay. Sir, as this is the first political meeting I have ever attended, and as my trade and calling is not ... ..., until the woolsack might want re stuff ing. Returning home from excited political meetings in the country to the waiting press in London, I do veri...

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...oman out. Her previous admiration of ‘the board’ (who all sit behind great books, and with their hats on) fades into nothing before her respect for he... ... him at the top of the aisle, and divides his attention between his prayer-book and the boys. Sud- denly, just at the commencement of the communion se... ...arochial meeting, with his gloves crumpled up in one hand, and a large red book under the other arm. As to the churchwardens and overseers, we exclude... ...matter; they could be taught, retorted Mrs. Johnson Parker. A bal- ance of parties took place. The Miss Browns publicly examined—popular feeling incli... ...t the mails, and a long look at the girls, much to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. The mail itself goes on to the coach-office in due cours... ...s roaring song may turn away, only to die of cold and hunger. One o’clock! Parties returning from the different the- atres foot it through the muddy s... ... this rather ominous title. We assure them that we are not about to become political, neither have we the slightest inten- tion of being more prosy th... ...has a great idea of the degeneracy of the times. He seldom ex- presses any political opinions, but we managed to ascer- tain, just before the passing ... ...of busi- 163 Charles Dickens ness, and a thing not to be laughed at. At a political dinner, everybody is disagreeable, and inclined to speech- ify—mu...

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...out them. With that intent I went down into Y orkshire before I began this book, in very severe winter time which is pretty faith- fully described her... ...ese gentry, I may here quote a few words from the original preface to this book. “It has afforded the Author great amusement and satisfac- tion, durin... ...ant subject, it may be right to say, that there are two characters in this book which are drawn from life. It is remarkable that what we call the worl... ...g away , which of course is a very pleasant thing to reflect upon, for all parties.’ T wo or three hands went to two or three eyes when Squeers said t... ...nsiderable height, and was as- suming a very violent complexion, when both parties, falling into a great passion of tears, exclaimed simultaneously, t... ...r, reproachfully, ‘that I dis- like doing anything professional in private parties.’ ‘Oh, but not here!’ said Mrs Kenwigs. ‘We are all so very friendl... ... general impression seemed to be, that as an explanation of Mr Gregsbury’s political con- duct, it did not enter quite enough into detail; and one gen... ...nk I understand,’ said Nicholas. ‘With regard to such questions as are not political,’ contin- ued Mr Gregsbury , warming; ‘and which one can’ t be ex...

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...out them. With that intent I went down into Y orkshire before I began this book, in very severe winter time which is pretty faith- fully described her... ...ese gentry, I may here quote a few words from the original preface to this book. “It has afforded the Author great amusement and satisfac- tion, durin... ...ant subject, it may be right to say, that there are two characters in this book which are drawn from life. It is remarkable that what we call the worl... ...g away , which of course is a very pleasant thing to reflect upon, for all parties.’ T wo or three hands went to two or three eyes when Squeers said t... ...nsiderable height, and was as- suming a very violent complexion, when both parties, falling into a great passion of tears, exclaimed simultaneously, t... ...r, reproachfully, ‘that I dis- like doing anything professional in private parties.’ ‘Oh, but not here!’ said Mrs Kenwigs. ‘We are all so very friendl... ... general impression seemed to be, that as an explanation of Mr Gregsbury’s political con- duct, it did not enter quite enough into detail; and one gen... ...nk I understand,’ said Nicholas. ‘With regard to such questions as are not political,’ contin- ued Mr Gregsbury , warming; ‘and which one can’ t be ex...

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...mists and intensely interested in the events of the frontier of Spain, for political, religious, or romantic rea- sons. But I was not interested. Appa... ...arnival time. “Nine tenths of the people there,” I said, “would be of your political opinions, if that’s an inducement. Come along. Let’s be festive,”... ... my ear: “They are all Y ankees there.” I murmured a confused “Of course.” Books are nothing. I discovered that I had never been aware before that the... ...ity, I mean interest: “Does anybody know 25 Joseph Conrad besides the two parties concerned?” he asked, with some- thing as it were renewed (or was i... ...oman spoken about in that way, a real live woman that is, not a woman in a book. For this was no poetry and yet it seemed to put her in the category o... ... old balustrade, with her feet in the damp grass, and reading a tat- tered book of some kind. She had on a short, black, two- penny frock (une petite ... ... that Pavilion so well known to the elite of the artistic, scientific, and political world, not to speak of the members of aristocratic and even royal...

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...oman out. Her previous admiration of ‘the board’ (who all sit behind great books, and with their hats on) fades into nothing before her respect for he... ... him at the top of the aisle, and divides his attention between his prayer-book and the boys. Sud- denly, just at the commencement of the communion se... ...arochial meeting, with his gloves crumpled up in one hand, and a large red book under the other arm. As to the churchwardens and overseers, we exclude... ...matter; they could be taught, retorted Mrs. Johnson Parker. A bal- ance of parties took place. The Miss Browns publicly examined—popular feeling incli... ...t the mails, and a long look at the girls, much to the satisfaction of all parties concerned. The mail itself goes on to the coach-office in due cours... ...s roaring song may turn away, only to die of cold and hunger. One o’clock! Parties returning from the different the- atres foot it through the muddy s... ... this rather ominous title. We assure them that we are not about to become political, neither have we the slightest inten- tion of being more prosy th... ...has a great idea of the degeneracy of the times. He seldom ex- presses any political opinions, but we managed to ascer- tain, just before the passing ... ...of busi- 163 Charles Dickens ness, and a thing not to be laughed at. At a political dinner, everybody is disagreeable, and inclined to speech- ify—mu...

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... not despise the ninnies who are silly enough to believe in the truth of a book, when the sands of the African deserts are made of the ashes of I know... ...known and pulverized Londons, Romes, Venices, and Parises, I would write a book on mod- ern marriages made under the influence of the Christian sys- t... ... the most distinguished young men of the place, and giving various hunting parties on the estate at Lanstrac, Paul saw very plainly that provincial li... ...to shine in the Paris of the Restoration. There alone were the elements of political for- tune, the only business in which women of the world could de... ...ll now relate, the interest of which will be far less in the pages of this book than in the memories of married persons. CHAPTER III THE MARRIAGE CONT... ...ary steps and circumlocutions which must be taken before he entered on the political life she planned for him. After dinner the two plenipotentiaries ... ...as, after a pause, “the profession of notary has changed from what it was. Political revolutions now exert an influence over the prospects of fami- li... ...ply suffice for the fortunes of the younger children. If the con- tracting parties will agree to this arrangement, Monsieur ought certainly to accept ... ...e ef- fect of the new proposal, based, as it was, on the self-love of both parties, into which his client had fallen headlong. Now, while Mathias was ...

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...l do something. Married! arried!! The ig norance of the first principles of political economy on the part of these people; their improvidence; their ... ...world, was waited for, with welcomes, presents, and rejoic ings. There were books and toys for the New Year, glittering trinkets for the New Year, dr... ...nventions to beguile it. Its life was parcelled out in almanacks and pocket books; the coming of its moons, and stars, and tides, was known be fore... ...dy, have you?’ said Sir Joseph. ‘If you have, present it. There is a cheque book by the side of Mr. Fish. I allow nothing to be carried into the New ... ...I see what you want,’ said Tugby; ‘and what you mean. You know there are two parties in this house about you, and you delight in setting ‘em by the ea...

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...ndition is that which adults recognize as the most miserable and dangerous politically possible for themselves: namely, the condition of slavery. For ... ...n of slavery. For its alleviation we trust to the natural affection of the parties, and to public opinion. A father cannot for his own credit let his ... ...not save children from the slavery that denial of rights involves in adult political relations. It some- times intensifies it, sometimes mitigates it;... ... children and parents confront one another as two classes in which all the political power is on one side; and the results are not at all unlike what ... ... are also human lim- its to it. There is an active Society which brings to book a 10 A Treatise on Parents and Children good many parents who starve ... ...k at the same pace without distress and final loss of health to one of the parties. When they are sitting indoors they cannot endure the same degrees ... ..., may or may not exist: when it does it either depends on qualities in the parties that would produce it equally if they were of no kin to one another... ...cruel than a prison. In a prison, for instance, you are not forced to read books writ- ten by the warders and the governor (who of course would not be... ... of course would not be warders and governors if they could write readable books), and beaten or otherwise tormented if you cannot remember their utte...

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... it seemed to him a sort of answer, inasmuch as it silenced the contending parties, that he had been the victim of an impe- tus. T rue; still his pres... ...on, and the old mappemonde, and the severely-shin- ing orderly regiment of books breathing of her whether she had opened them or not, as he bowed to h... ...winge or suspicion of a sting from the tone of his host, though he was not political and was of 17 George Meredith a mood to pity the poor gentleman’... ...y should decide to come. ‘There is the library,’ he said, ‘if you care for books; the best books on agriculture will be found there. You can make your... ...anywhere?’ Caroline stood at her piano, turning over the leaves of a music-book, with a pressure on her eyelids. She was near upon being thrilled in s... ...hire Riviera. ‘I will venture to guess at nonsense,’ he answered. ‘Nothing political, then.’ ‘That scarcely follows; but a host at his own table may b... ...long way to see the exhibition.’ ‘But why cannot men be temperate in their political argu- ments?’ ‘The questions raised are too close about the roots... ...elves. Thus did Optimism and Pessimism have their turn, like the two great parties in the State, and the subsiding see-saw restored a proper balance, ... ...But your Liberals are sometimes Radicals in their youth, and his choice of parties might not be so much sagacity as an in- stance of unripe lightheade...

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...Conqueror’s great survey, neither Merdon nor Hursley ap- pears in Domesday Book, though Otterbourne, and even the hundred of Boyate or Boviate, as it ... ...gh Otterbourne, and even the hundred of Boyate or Boviate, as it is in the book, appear there. It had once belonged, as did Baddesley first, at first ... ...limits of the vicarage. “The value of the benefice, as rated in the King’s Book, is 9 pounds per annum, and the tenths are of course 18s. These the in... ...uantities of little black cherries called merries, used to grow, and where parties used to go as a Sunday diversion, and eat, before the days of the s... ...rsity of Oxford, from first to last, through all the waves and weathers of political and personal bitterness, he re- tained the trust of friend and op... ...y culture, the fastidious taste, the independence of thought, the union of political life with county associations—bound up as they are in this case b... ...younger, of differ- ent surroundings, differing from him in many opinions, political and religious. Yet it is my pride and sorrowful de- light to reco... ... with him. They were small fair-complexioned buns, which stuck together in parties of three, and when soaked, expanded to twice or three times their f...

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...CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edition BOOK THE FIRST: POVERTY 1. Sun and Shadow 2. Fellow Travellers 3. Home 4. Mrs Flintwinch has a Dream 5. Family Affairs 6. The Father of the Marshalsea 7. The Child of the Marshalsea 8. The Lock 9. little Mother 10. Containing...

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...ickens A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania S... ... or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Little Dorrit, Book One: Poverty by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, El... ...ia State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Little Dorrit – Book One Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens CONTENTS Preface to the 1857 Edit... ...lways his last resource when he found his little friend getting him into a political, social, or theological corner. But this was the origin of a seri... ... out; and with the blessing of Providence upon the harvest (natu- ral, not political), I now dismiss you. All this is true, but the Circumlocution Off... ...the habit of fre- quenting all the races, and all the lounges, and all the parties, and being well known, Society was satisfied with its son-in- law. ... ...he opportunity.’ Such a purchase would involve not only a great legitimate political influence, but some half-dozen church presentations of considerab... ...r F.’s Aunt then we would come and ask you if it would be agreeable to all parties that she should be engaged at our house when required for I know sh... ...other kind and gout is not a child’s affection though very painful for all parties and Mr F. a martyr with his 409 Little Dorrit – Book One leg upon ...