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..., dwelt there yet; and in each century they had done something for the old Hall,— building a tower, adding a suite of rooms, strengthening what was al... ... expression of a person gifted with a natural liking for children, and the freemasonry req uisite to bring him acquainted with them; and it lighted u... ...al substance of ancient, ivy grown, hewn stone some where,—that visionary hall in England, with its surround ing woods and fine lawns, and the becko... ...“Tell Ned,” said the Doctor solemnly, “to think no more of the old English hall, or of the bloody footstep, or of the silver key, or any of all that n... ...achment—the lofty and noble and unselfish attach ment of a subject to his prince—is out of the question? where your sovereign is felt to be a mere ma... ... were a naked sword between the Englishman and him, as between the Arabian prince in the tale and the prin cess whom he wedded; he felt as if that wo... ...to him, there was no such beautiful festoon and drap ery for the halls of princes as the spinning of this heretofore despised and hated insect; and b...

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...parting below. Words refuse to tell it. All the servants were there in the hall—all the dear friend—all the young ladies—the dancing-master who had ju... ...d was as tall as a grenadier, and had been up to this time an irresistible princess, had no will or strength like that of her little apprentice, and i... ...s in the house, as they stood bobbing, and curtseying, and smiling, in the hall to welcome their young mistress. Y ou may be sure that she showed Rebe... ...mical, good-humoured air, “I ought to have remembered the pepper which the Princess of Persia puts in the cream-tarts in the Arabian Nights. Do you pu... ...n him with uncontrollable force. His father was asleep: his hat was in the hall: there was a hackney-coach standing hard by in Southampton Row. “I’ll ... ..., and was away with Sindbad the Sailor in the V alley of Diamonds, or with Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Peribanou in that delight- 44 V anity Fair ful ... ...anting upon this part of her career. As I cannot describe the mysteries of freemasonry, although I have a shrewd idea that it is a humbug, so an unini...

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...ut the tea-things and provided some cake.” He ushered her into a slip of a hall hung with old prints. She noticed the letters and notes heaped on the ... ...vour to her artificiality. He followed her across the room to the entrance-hall; but on the threshold she held out her hand with a gesture of leave- t... ...her in her room, she lingered on the broad stairway, looking down into the hall below, where the last card-players were grouped about the tray of tall... ... political ambi- tions and vast estates; or, for second choice, an Italian prince with a castle in the Apennines and an hereditary office in the V ati... ...ce she had wavered in imagination between the English earl and the Italian prince? Relentlessly her mind travelled on over the dreary interval… . Afte... ... mean—of course there isn’t anything, really; but I suppose she brought in Prince V arigliano—and Lord Hubert—and there was some story of your having ... ..., noticing Selden’s approach, gave way to him in accordance with the tacit freemasonry of the ball-room. Lily was therefore standing alone when he rea...

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... which Mr Dombey reserved for his own inhabiting, were attainable from the hall, and consisted of a sitting-room; a library, which was in fact a dress... ...ephants, howdahs, hookahs, umbrellas, palm trees, palanquins, and gorgeous princes of a brown complexion sitting on carpets, with their slippers very ... ...aighter either. Due north. Not the twentieth part of a point either way.’ ‘Halloa, Uncle Sol!’ ‘Halloa, my boy!’ cried the Instrument-maker, turning b... ...urned Susan, slightly mollified, ‘when their child’ s made as much of as a prince, and is petted and patted till it wishes its friends further, but wh... ...rf before. Walter picked up the shoe, and put it on the little foot as the Prince in the story might have fitted Cinderella’ s slipper on. He hung the... ...r House. Not Carker our Manager, Miss Dombey—the other Carker; the Junior -Halloa! Mr Carker!’ ‘Is that W alter Gay?’ said the other, stopping and ret... ...cterises the daughters of Eve in their tending of each other; none of that freemasonry in fainting, by which they are generally bound together In a my...

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...plain of the Queen’s Yeomanry Guard, and almoner to his Royal Highness the Prince of Rappe- Blankenburg. His residence in the metropolis, rendered nec... ...rdship was at home, and the two visitors were shown through the accustomed hall into the well-known room, where the good old bishop used to sit. The f... ... had discovered a large hole, evidently the work of rats, in the servants’ hall. The bishop expressed an utter detestation of rats. There was nothing,... ...bered how to behave himself en bishop. At last a carriage dashed up to the hall steps with a very different manner of approach from that of any other ... ... on, for he did not know whether his friend was a signor, or a count, or a prince. ‘My sister really puts you all to great trouble, ’ said Bertie. ‘No... ...r and sister. The man, he presumed, must be Signor Vicinironi—or count, or prince, as it might be. It was wonderful what good English he spoke. There ... ...d for the last few days with his first incipient masticator, and with that freemasonry which exists between ladies, Miss Thorne became aware of the fa... ...feeling of faithful staunch high-churchism, which to him was tantamount to freemasonry. He was not strict in his lines of definition. He endured witho...

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...e, at one end of the terrace, burns the cook- ing-fire under a shed; at the other there is perhaps a pen for pigs; the remainder is the evening lounge... ...suffered, on grounds of policy, to spare one child; all other children, who had a father or a mother in the company of Oro, stood condemned from the m... ...f, Taipi-Kikino; and yet that was not his name, but only the wand of his false position. As soon as he was appointed chief, his name—which signified, ... ...e of a High Place, Father Simeon Delmar was shown a stone, and told it was the throne of some well-descended lady. How exactly parallel is this with E... ...ck quarters; and, when we visited the Government bungalow, that Mr. Donat, acting Vice-Resident, greeted us alone, and entertained us with cocoa-nut p... ...,’ and he pointed to one of the coloured photo- graphs on the wall. On this I gave up all desire of under- standing; and when the time came for me to ... ...cording to a very intelligent observer, Mr. Magee of Mangareva, this element of the mysterious is a chief attraction of the Mor- mon Church. It enjoys... ... is singular in itself, is well-known in Tahiti, and has this of interest, that it is post-Christian, dating indeed 145 Robert Louis Stevenson from b...

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...l somewhat ere his time. Vernon, the butcher Cumberland, Wolfe, Hawke, Prince Ferdinand, Granby, Burgoyne, Keppel, Howe, Evil and good, have h... ...wn more popular, At which the naval people are concern’d; Besides, the prince is all for the land service, Forgetting Duncan, Nelson, Howe, an... ...power Of calling wholly back its self control; The silver light which, hallowing tree and tower, Sheds beauty and deep softness o’er the who... ... I ‘ll tell you who they were, this female pair, Lest they should seem princesses in disguise; Besides, I hate all mystery, and that air O... ...ptacles Work’d by the storms, yet work’d as it were plann’d, In hollow halls, with sparry roofs and cells, They turn’d to rest; and, each clas... ...ed: Ocean their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallow’d and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed: ... ...inners, or at other— For Juan stood well both with Ins and Outs, As in freemasonry a higher brother. Upon his talent Henry had no doubts; ...

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...and closely then) between the river and Cheapside. Passing, now the mouldy hall of some obsolete Worshipful Company, now the illuminated windows of a ... ...rn, and knocked. A shuffling step was soon heard on the stone floor of the hall, and the door was opened by an old man, bent and dried, but with keen ... ...e banisters on account of her candle having died out. In one corner of the hall, behind the house- door, there was a little waiting-room, like a well-... ...ture to congratulate one of England’s world-famed capitalists and merchant-princes (he had turned that original sentiment in the house a few times, an... ...let’s have a good ‘un!’ ‘What shall it be about, Maggy?’ ‘Oh, let’s have a princess,’ said Maggy, ‘and let her be a reg’lar one. Beyond all belief, yo... ...t prime!’ ‘This King had a daughter, who was the wisest and most beautiful Princess that ever was seen. When she was a child she understood all her le... ... and here he laughed again in the easiest way, ‘that I am lapsing into the freemasonry of the craft—for it’s not so; upon my life I can’t help betrayi...

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...s made the more difficult by the unconscious Joe. In our already-mentioned freemasonry as fellow-sufferers, and in his good-natured companionship with... ...said the sergeant. “And I’ll tell you where from. From the blacksmith’s.” “Halloa!” said the sergeant, staring at Joe. “Halloa, Pip!” said Joe, starin... ...ts of Parliament in print, without having begun, when he were a unpromoted Prince, with the alphabet – Ah!” added Joe, with a shake of the head that w... ...e in company with Mr. Wopsle and a stranger. Joe greeted me as usual with “Halloa, Pip, old chap!” and the moment he said that, the stranger turned hi... ...s when I had found myself staring at him, and I now saw that he was inky. “Halloa!” said he, “young fellow!” Halloa being a general observation which ... ... struggle, and had informed Mr. Pocket that his wife was “a treasure for a Prince.” Mr. Pocket had invested the Prince’s treasure in the ways of the w... ...g deeds of the young Knight 213 Charles Dickens of romance, and marry the Princess. I had stopped to look at the house as I passed; and its seared re...

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...y. War and Peace by Leo T olstoy/T olstoi BOOK ONE: 1805 CHAPTER I “WELL, PRINCE, so Genoa and Lucca are now just fam- ily estates of the Buonapartes... ...nd fa- vorite of the Empress Marya Fedorovna. With these words she greeted Prince V asili Kuragin, a man of high rank and importance, who was the firs... ...at morn- ing, ran as follows: “If you have nothing better to do, Count [or Prince], and if the prospect of spending an evening with a poor invalid is ... ...e, including Anna Pavlovna, felt this. Prince Andrew had gone out into the hall, and, turning his shoulders to the footman who was helping him on with... ...tly to his wife’s chatter with Prince Hippolyte who had also come into the hall. Prince Hippolyte stood close to the pretty , pregnant prin- cess, and... ...t me know how her father looks at the matter. Au revoir!”—and she left the hall. Prince Hippolyte approached the little princess and, bending his face... ...n the aim of supporting one another in the path of virtue, and that is how Freemasonry presented itself to him. CHAPTER III ON REACHING P ETERSBURG Pi... ...tomed to speak of abstract matters in Russian. “What is your conception of Freemasonry?” “I imagine that Freemasonry is the fraternity and equality of... ...ill lived the old life, only in new surroundings. Of the three precepts of Freemasonry Pierre realized that he did not fulfill the one which enjoined ...

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...rsity. 3 Tolstoy War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy BOOK SIX: 1808-10 CHAPTER I PRINCE ANDREW HAD SPENT two years continuously in the country. All the plan... ...ing from one thing to another had never accom- plished—were carried out by Prince Andrew without display and without perceptible difficulty. He had in... ...h reading and writing to the children of the peasants and household serfs. Prince Andrew spent half his time at Bald Hills with his fa- ther and his s... ...ry life, and it was difficult for him to regard them merely as Brothers in Freemasonry and not as Prince B. or Ivan V asilevich D., whom he knew in so... ...did not share their interests. His heart was not in the mystical aspect of Freemasonry. In the second category Pierre reckoned himself and others like... ...elf and others like him, seeking and vacillating, who had not yet found in Freemasonry a straight and comprehensible path, but hoped to do so. In the ... ...tures but was apathetic. After- wards went and paced up and down the large hall. I wished to meditate, but instead my imagination pictured an occurren... ...y when, after stepping over the red baize at the entrance, she entered the hall, took off her fur cloak, and, beside Sonya and in front of her mother,... ... in peace she could not now be at peace, and immediately felt this. In the hall the porch door opened, and someone asked, “At home?” and then footstep...

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... eyelids red. She was an image of sorrow, and her uncle who met her in the hall would have been alarmed, if Celia had not been close to her looking so... ...hour, Mrs. Cadwallader had circumvented Mrs. Carter and driven to Freshitt Hall, which was not far from her own parsonage, her husband being resident ... ... by that background. “Oh dear!” Celia said to herself, “I am sure Freshitt Hall would have been pleasanter than this.” She thought of the white freest... ...tico, and the terrace full of flowers, Sir James smiling above them like a prince issuing from his enchantment in a rose-bush, with a handkerchief swi... ...l schemes, accurate work, and the faithful completion of undertakings: his prince of darkness was a slack workman. But there was no spirit of denial i... ...htful to make captives from the throne of marriage with a husband as crown-prince by your side—him- self in fact a subject—while the captives look up ... ...ptation to go there. Probably its regular visitants, like the initiates of freemasonry, wished that there were something a little more tremendous to k...