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...or what would Lady Diana’s feelings have been if Viola had carried home an Australian kiss? “This is Miss T racy.” Viola’s carriage was now actually c... ...t I could see that he was shocked at the contrast between our poor and the Australian settlers, where food and space were plenty and the wages high. I... ...d my Aunt Alice tell of it. It was at the first place where we were in New South Wales. I came run- ning out screaming, I believe—I was old enough to ... ...actual servitude they had sent up their statement to the Government of New South Wales; but in the meantime Prometesky had fared much worse than they ... ...t because the old Miss Stympsons, of Lake Side, who had connections in New South Wales, had set it abroad that the poor boys were ruffians, companions... ...s elicited from Harold what things he had done with the unbroken animal in Australia. I went off the scene at once, but when I returned to lun- cheon ... ...to an em- bezzlement. Prosecution was waived, and he was assisted to leave Australia and make a fresh start in New Zealand, whence he had never ceased... ...’ thought. “Is it doing him harm for me to be here? I could go back to New South Wales at once, only in some ways I don’t think the old fellow could g... ...against her will, and make you all as healthy as if you’d been born in New South Wales.” This was Friday, and Phil had an engagement on the Mon- day, ...

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...han- nel from Land’s End to the Forelands, and we could get no crew on the south coast. They sent us one all complete from Liverpool, and we left once... ...chart spread on the table, and looked unhappy. He said, ‘The coast of West Australia is near, but I mean to proceed to our destination. It is the hurr... ...k we learned that the steamer was the Sommerville, Captain Nash, from West Australia to Singapore via Batavia with mails, and that the agreement was s...

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... James Coleridge, of Heath’s Court, Ottery St. Mary, Devon, Colonel of the South Devon Vol- unteers. He was the eldest of the numerous family of the R... ...ten employing the willing services of his pupils in copying let- ters from Australia, Newfoundland, &c. 21 Yo n g e When the Bishop of New Zealand ca... ... and seriously considered of offering himself to assist in the work in the Southern Hemisphere. He discussed the matter seriously with his friend, Mr.... ... .’ The Mission party intended to sail immediately after Christmas in the ‘Southern Cross,’ the schooner which was being built at Blackwall for voyage... ...ther and brother came home on the twenty-sixth, prepared to go with him to Southampton. The note to his cousin Arthur written at this time thus ends: ... ...d upon the patriarch for his willing surrender of his son. After all, the ‘Southern Cross’ was detected in leaking again, and as she was so small that... ... John Coleridge Patteson the third fringe round the north-eastern curve of Australia, the New Hebrides, Banks Islands, and Solomon Isles, were almost ... ... and maintained by the yearly visits of Bishop Selwyn, who usually visited Australia while the lads were wintering at their homes. But the ‘Border Mai... ...s. There is a botanical garden here with a very good collection of all the Australian trees and shrubs, and with many New Zealand and many semi-tropi-...

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...“passenger for his health” on board the good ship Torrens outward bound to Australia) who was the first reader of “Almayer’s Folly”—the very first rea... ...he cabin door rattled slightly in the gusts of wind. It was in latitude 40 south, and nearly in the longitude of Greenwich, as far as I can remember, ... ...se went at once up-country, and died rather suddenly in the end, either in Australia or it may be on the passage while going home through the Suez Can... ...upted obscurity, this inseparable companion went on rolling with me in the south- east direction toward the government of Kiev. At that time there was... ...e had been guardian of many orphans of land-owning families from the three south- ern provinces—ever since the year 1860. Some of them had been my sch... ...was certainly in the year in which my mother obtained permission to travel south and visit her family, from the exile into which she had followed my f... ...k that already they had pronounced her doom unless perhaps the change to a southern climate could re-establish her declining strength. For me it seems...

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...“passenger for his health” on board the good ship Torrens outward bound to Australia) who was the first reader of “Almayer’s Folly”—the very first rea... ... cabin door rattled slightly in the gusts of wind. It was in lati- tude 40 south, and nearly in the longitude of Green- wich, as far as I can remember... ...se went at once up-country, and died rather suddenly in the end, either in Australia or it may be on the passage while going home through the Suez Can... ...s in- 27 Joseph Conrad separable companion went on rolling with me in the south-east direction towards the Government of Kiev. At that time there was... ...e had been guardian of many orphans of land-owning families from the three southern provinces—ever since the year 1860. Some of them had been my schoo... ...was certainly in the year in which my mother obtained permission to travel south and visit her family, from the exile into which she had followed my f... ...k that already they had pronounced her doom unless perhaps the change to a southern climate could re-establish her declining strength. For me it seems...

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... in France and a fine dis- 46 A Smile of Fortune play of armed robbery in Australia. One afternoon crossing the dining-room I heard Miss Jacobus pipi... ... at the lights about the quay and at the black mass of the mountain on the south side of the harbour. I never heard Jacobus leave the ship with every ...

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...wall and rather tattered is a large yellow-varnished geological map of the South of England. Over the mantel is a huge lump of white coral rock and se... ...ose particular words, yet exactly in that manner, as he slouched along the southward road, with resentful eyes becoming less resentful as he talked, a... ...vailed over the original Bromstead thatch, the huge space of Common to the south was extensively en- closed, and what had been an ill-defined horse-tr... ...come to the very borders of the High Street were broken up north, west and south, by new roads. This enterprising person and then that began to “run u... ...me was a place where I slept and read, and the mooning explorations of the south-eastern 51 H G Wells postal district which occupied the restless eve... ... one boy, Britten, my especial chum, the son of the Agent-General for East Australia. We two discovered in a chance conversation a propos of a map in ... ...d. Thank God! I’ll soon be out of it! The shame of it! The very savages in Australia initiate their children bet- ter than the English do to-day. Neit...

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...tinction survives there between Kentish women and women of Kent, as a true South-eastern dame will let you know, if it is her fortune to belong to tha... ...smelt of cream-bowls and wheaten loaves; the firs on the beacon-ridge, far south- ward, over Fenhurst and Helm villages, were transported nearer to se... ...No wonder, then, that his dream was of prairies, and primeval forests, and Australian wilds. He believed in his heart that he would be a man new made ... ...temptation—one fellow cut his lucky with his master’s cash, dashed away to Australia, made millions, fit to be a lord, and there he was! liable to the... ...hem into the track of the omnibuses run- ning toward Dahlia’s abode in the Southwest, and Mary Ann Wicklow, who had a burning desire in her bosom to b... ...rm with the new-fallen snow, though the stars sparkled coldly . A fleet of South-westerly rainclouds had been met in mid-sky by a sharp puff from due ... ...rge Meredith CHAPTER XXIV WHEN THE SUN takes to shining in winter, and the South- west to blowing, the corners of the earth cannot hide from him—the m... ...rried, and got the money, and the lease o’ my farm disposed of, I’m off to Australia and leave old England be- hind me, and thank ye, mother, thank ye... ...o’ song I’m to sing for ‘En- gland is my nation, ain’t come across me yet. Australia’s such a precious big world; but that’ll come easy in time. And t...

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...carlatina, so we can’t go to Horton Bishop. The choice seems to be between South Beach and Monks Horton.’ ‘That’s no harm,’ cried Nuttie; ‘Mrs. Greenl... ...rm,’ cried Nuttie; ‘Mrs. Greenleaf is so patronising!’ ‘ And both that and South Beach are so stale,’ said the youth. ‘ As if the dear sea could ever ... ...t of Ursula’s life. She was almost wild with the novelty and beauty of the South at first, but except for what she could thus see, there was little va... ... seen the boy?’ he asked. ‘Yes; they are walking him up and down under the south wall,’ said Nuttie, thankful that she had peeped under the many wraps... ...hese had brought him a fair share of riches. An uncle who had emigrated to Australia at the time of the great break up had died without other heirs, l... ...means from 195 Charlotte M. Young Greenleaf and Co. in order to go out to Australia to decide what to do with his new possessions. Mark Egremont purc... ...n. I saw the death of Canon Egremont in the Times soon after I went out to Australia.’ ‘Yes; he had heart disease, and died quite suddenly. The living... ...at the pair accepted the comfortable prospect he was able to offer them in Australia. He would have made the like proposal to the Egremonts, but found...

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...r has lost his home and his income; he would give up the lawsuit and go to Australia, with her of course, leaving The Jupiter and Mr Finney to complet... ... his name, when she addressed him. Bold wished with all his heart that the Australian scheme was in the act of realisation, and that he and Eleanor we... ...is perfect; it is that rich yellow gray which one finds nowhere but in the south and west of England, and which is so strong a characteristic of most ... ...e made perfect. Has not Tom Towers an all-seeing eye? From the diggings of Australia to those of California, right round the habitable globe, does he ... ...in the market. A florid-faced gentleman with a nice head of hair, from the south of Ireland, had succeeded in catching the speaker’s eye by the time t...

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...n’s feelings. And when he entered into his own house in Randolph Crescent (south side), and shut the door behind him, his heart swelled with security.... .... The Lodge (as the place was named), stood, indeed, very solitary. To the south it adjoined another house, but standing in so large a garden as to be... ...atter of a pound, in view of that gentleman’s contemplated depar- ture for Australia; there would be a scene of farewell al- most touching in characte...

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...ailed in the Holsatia, Cap- tain Brandt, and had a very peasant trip, indeed. After a brief rest at Hamburg, we made preparations for a long pedestria... ...irst sod,” alluding to the Maryborough-Gympic Railway in course of construction. The words in italics were mutilated by the telegraph in transmis- sio... ...ss summits flashing white and cold in the sun; beyond them shimmered the faint far line of the Ghauts of Jubbelpore and the Aigulles des Alleghenies; ... ...Aigulles des Alleghenies; in the south towered the smoking peak of Popocatapetl and the unapproachable altitudes of the peer- less Scrabblehorn; in th... ...achieved an immortal miracle. The crowd applauded in a gratified way, and it seemed to me that his- tory speaks the truth when it says these children ... ... Tahoe. Frogs. Sheepshead and croakers from American coffee, with real cream. New Orleans. American butter. Black- bass from the Mississippi. Fried ch...

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... 342 Dombey & Son governing inclination towards the north, east, west, or south, but inclined to all four quarters of the compass, and to every point... ...tain, ‘that you’d read in the paper that a Cap’en of that name was gone to Australia, emigrating, along with a whole ship’s comple- ment of people as ...

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...PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas by Herman Melville, the Pennsylvania State University, Electroni... ...ty is an equal opportunity university. 3 Melville Typee: A Romance of the South Seas By Herman Melville PREFACE More than three years have elapsed si... ...s. Here, again, it seems wisest to leave the re- maining adventures in the South Seas to the reader’s own discovery, simply stating that, after a sojo... ...ative romance. Whether our author entered on his whaling adventures in the South Seas with a determination to make them available for literary purpose... ...m he had stayed three years, living part of the time with him at Sidney in Australia, and that at a subsequent visit to the island, the captain had, a... ... my most unexpected es- cape may be very briefly stated. The captain of an Australian vessel, being in distress for men in these remote seas, had put ...

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...gy gorse com- mons, and marshy, snake infested places near the foot of the south downs. The spirit of place lingering on primeval, as when the Saxons ... ...would easily take the place of poetry. Winifred loved him, loved him, this southerner, as a higher being. A higher being, mind you. Not a deeper. And ... ...in the year—and so fragrant! Do you remember the violets under Aunt Bell’s south wall?’ The two friends looked at each other and exchanged a smile, Is... ...h, he thought he’d like the life. He’d been through the 82 D. H. Lawrence South African War. No, he was sick of it, fed up. I’m living with his fathe... ...the two shook hands. ‘How are you, lad?’ ‘All right. I thought you were in Australia.’ ‘Been back three months—bought a couple of these damned things’... ...hed a new ménage with the young lady, shortly after emigrating with her to Australia. Meanwhile his wife had gone to live with a publican, a widower, ... ...il tried to poison me,’ suddenly shouted the elder man. ‘The one I went to Australia with.’ At which, in spite of himself, the younger smiled in secre... ...d the two were returning home. The elder man’s subject of conversation was Australia. As they drew near the town they grew silent, think- ing both of ...

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...he flannel shirt, the black-browed Torpenhow. He rep- resented the Central Southern Syndicate in the cam- paign, as he had represented it in the Egypt... ... the evening Torpenhow was able to announce to his friend that the Central Southern Agency was will- ing to take him on trial, paying expenses for thr... ...end ‘em along.’ To himself he said, ‘That’s the best bar- gain the Central southern has ever made; and they got me cheaply enough.’ So it came to pass... ...orpenhow that Dick turned by instinct. The repre- sentative of the Central Southern Syndicate had shaken himself clear of his enemy, and rose, wiping ... ...ick’s broken head had been some months ended and mended, and the Cen- tral Southern Syndicate had paid Dick a certain sum on account for work done, wh... ... ‘What does that mean?’ ‘It’s the signal of the Cross Keys Line running to Australia. I wonder which steamer it is.’ The note of his voice had changed... ...g, or the Bhutia. No, the Bhutia has a clopper bow. It’s the Barralong, to Australia. She’ll lift the Southern Cross in a week,—lucky old tub!—oh, luc... ...went by.’ ‘Did you see anything you knew?’ ‘Only the Barralong outwards to Australia, and an Odessa grain-boat loaded down by the head. It was a thick...

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...as most people know, was before it was discovered in the British colony of Australia—I was in the West Indies, trading among the Islands. Being in com... ...r the ship’s course so as to stand out of the way of this ice. I made what southing I could; but, all that time, we were beset by it. Mrs. Atherfield ... ...nd found that we were in Lat. 58 degrees S., Long. 60 degrees W ., off New South Shetland; in the neighbourhood of Cape Horn. We were sixty seven days...

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...coasts. These people were in intimate communication with the Indians: in the south the Spaniards were robbing, slaughtering, enslaving and con vertin... ...he foot of lofty heights wrapped thick in forests.’ He continues: ‘T urning southward, they paddled down the stream, through a solitude unrelieved by... ...uck open water, and paddled thence to the Mississippi and turned their prows southward. They plowed through the fields of floating ice, past the mouth... ...r his right eye; then he bent stooping forward, with his back sagged and his south end sticking out far, and his fists a shoving out and drawing in in... ...ing the bar, and I couldn’t make her out entirely. I took her for the ‘Sunny South’—hadn’t any skylights forward of the chimneys.” And so on. And as t... ... 5 47 Greenville 1 10 55 Napoleon 1 16 22 White River 1 16 56 Australia 1 19 Helena 1 23 25 Half Mile Below St. Francis 2 Memphi... ...sed names and places and sent my narrative out of the country. So I chose an Australian magazine for vehicle, as being far enough out of the country, ...

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...u details and news. That is a 5 V ailima Letters picture of a letter. I have been hard at work since I came; three chapters of The Wrecker, and since... ...d, along and about and in between, a hatful of verses. Some day I’ll send the verse to you, and you’ll say if any of it is any good. I have got in a b... ...int. It seems a long while since I have heard from you. I do hope you are well. I am wonderful, but tired from so much work; ’tis really immense what ... ...trouble had fallen to the lot of Peni himself, who deserved it; my field was full of weeders; and I am again able to justify the ways of God. All morn... ...n a new story, which just shot through me like a bullet in one of my moments of awe, alone in that tragic jungle:— 13 V ailima Letters THE HIGH WOODS... ...emony is finished. Down to the post of- fice, where I find Vitrolles and (Heaven reward you!) the White Book, just arrived per upolu, having gone the ...

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...ng this page by the fireside at Home, and hearing the night wind rumble in the chimney, that slight obstruction was the uppermost fragment of the Wrec... ...th little or no aid from the imagination, could yet see how the bodies had been turned, and where the head had been and where the feet. Some faded tra... .... Some faded traces of the wreck of the Australian ship may be discernible on the stone pavement of this little church, hundreds of years hence, when ... ... the former, without the latter. The two will always rest side by side in my memory. If I had lost any one dear to me in this unfor- tunate ship, if I... ...e space to suggest in these notes of a single uncommercial journey; but, the wise men of the East, before they can reasonably hold forth about it, mus... ...at least nine-tenths of them. Indeed, saying that I know the church of old Gower’s tomb (he lies in effigy with his head upon his books) to be the chu... ...d churches in the City of London? It is twenty minutes short of eleven on a Sunday morning, when I stroll down one of the many narrow hilly streets in... ...etely equipped for the Hampstead ponds, with a pickle-jar and wide-mouthed bottle, unless he is with them and barking tremendously. There is a dog res... ...bedstead, washing-stand, and towel-horse-making trade), who are always trying to get in at the door of a chapel. Whether the old lady, under a delusio...