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...n into the rich backcloth of ?THE CURSE OF KALI?. In this turbulent setting are a man and a woman whose destinies are inextricably linked, their love yearning to flower despite every obstacle. For more information visit http://www.audreyblankenhagen.co.uk. ...

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...all governments but it is designed for the strangest of all empires.’ Macauley, 1833 On New Years Eve 1600, that most esteemed of English monar... ...f the world’s population? Could they foresee that that same Company would influence more than 200 years of British and Indian history and found the ... ...fted her wet, dangling curls off her face. ‘Why, if it isn’t my cousin, Helen. Don’t cry, little sweetheart, you are safe now and I’ll take you hom... ...ormous swell, pausing for a brief moment before her bows crashed down and down into a deep watery valley and then drunkenly rolled up again. Dr. Gr... ...e felt him bend down and kiss her forehead and whisper, ‘Och, I would have given my life for you, sweet lassie,’ and Helen felt strangely comforted ... ...e consent to be my wife. I will love you as you have never been loved before.’ His full lips, so sweet and close to hers, threw Helen’s emotions int... ...e survived, including Mary Carey,’ said their guide. ‘The written record left by John Holwell, a senior East India Company official, told of the app... ...hat man.’ At last they reached the summit of the mountain and there below them was the beautiful valley of Mirapore. Helen exclaimed with delight at... ...Pine and cedar clad forested hills enclosed the lush green Audrey Blankenhagen 42 floor of the valley, which was traversed by a meandering river w...

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... content and its design. The press was established in 1975. Over the years Autograph Editions has published a variety of distinguished and wide... ...taste. P xiii PREFACE Steven James Bartlett Senior Research Professor of Philosophy, Oregon State University and Visi... ...eople, about whom there is scant knowledge on this level. During the many years of research he devoted to a study of the lives and thoughts of Sapph... ...eer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years old, her hair braided around her head, naked, sandaled, saunters ... ...broken, before they were finally filled and capped. I wanted to help. How sweet the smell flooding my nose. T VOICES FROM THE PAST 6 P Atthi... ...e receding wave and felt it in her ringlets and in her hands. “You’re so sweet,” she said and I saw myself mirrored in her eyes. And it oc- curred t... ..., sleeps, snores. No—he is fixing our boat for our trip. No, he has many sweethearts, dark, tall, frivolous, lusty, daring—all young. Why do I puni... ...thinking. Phaon led us through a jumble of hillside rocks, through little valleys, right to her door, a hut of rocks and straw, her shepherd’s crook...

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...llowed by Madame de Villefort. Both of the visitors, after saluting the old man and speaking to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic....

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... man and speaking to Barrois, a faithful servant, who had been twenty-five years in his service, took their places on either side of the paralytic. M.... ...servant, he had, as we have said, been with his master for five and twenty years, therefore he knew all his habits, and it was seldom that Noirtier fo... ... said he, “you are aware that Valentine is about to enter her nine- teenth year, which renders it important that she should lose no time in forming a ... ... and some dry herbs, hung up to the ceiling, which the count recognized as sweet pease, and of which the good man was preserving the seeds; he had lab... ...t one day make you pay for keeping this terrible secret? Would it not be a sweet revenge for him when he found that I had not died from the blow of hi... ...d Valentine, “Maximilian, come back, I entreat you!” He drew near with his sweet smile, and but for his paleness one might have thought him in his usu... ...t.” The baron was to sign first, then the representative of M. Cavalcanti, senior, then the baroness, afterwards the “future couple,” as they are styl... ... he felt sure that he must be on the Appian Way. On the left, in a sort of valley, he perceived a circular excavation. It was Caracalla’s circus. On a...

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... advantages that India has over England is a great Knowability. After five years’ service a man is directly or indirectly acquainted with the two or t... ... grace, 1885, presumably sane, certainly healthy, driven in terror from my sweetheart’s side by the apparition of a woman who had been dead and bur- i... ...eral; and under cover of it, I was addressing some tender small talk to my sweetheart when I was aware that at the further end of the table a short re... ...from refreshment-rooms. They carry their food in bundles and pots, and buy sweets from the native sweetmeat-sellers, and drink the roadside water. Thi... ...he outline of a series of ten, twelve, or twenty- four leading articles on Seniority versus Selection; mission- aries wish to know why they have not b... ...Phantom Rickshaw and Other Ghost Stories cold days. We came to a big level valley all among the moun- tains, and the mules were near dead, so we kille... ...d Dravot sits on the boxes picking them off at all ranges, up and down the valley. Then we goes up to the ten men that had run across the snow too, an... ...rld as though he was King already. They takes the boxes and him across the valley and up the hill into a pine wood on the top, where there was half a ... ...ith Peachey!’ At that he puts on his crown and I puts on mine,—I was doing Senior Warden,—and we opens the Lodge in most ample form. It was an amazing...

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... speech, Seattle explains that man comes from the land and that all men share equally the responsibility to protect the Web of Life on Earth. 150 years later, Dr. Richard Hawk, a lowly archaeology professor, explores the forests of his ancestors. Here he discovers an intriguing artifact he believes has spiritual significance. He takes his disovery to the one person he ...

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...he told him how proud he was that they were part of the same bloodline. It was years later, after his grandfather's death, when he began to truly u... ...ove with the ease of his youth. His mind was agile as ever. He was glad for the years that he lived, they gave him the wisdom he would need to save ... ...otten. Every part of this country is sacred to my people. Every hillside, every valley, every plain and grove has been hallowed by some fond me.mory... ...nd down over the crest. From the edge of the ridge Richard looked down into the valley below. The sight took his breath Johnathan Cross away. He s... ...than Cross away. He saw thousands of teepees lit by the glow of campfires. The valley floor shimmered in the firelight which made the tee­ pees appe... ...andfather. His black shining hair was long and flowed around his shoulders. The sweet smell of incense filled the air. It made him feel light-headed... ... "Meet me tonight, around seven. And don't be late." "Thanks, Uncle," she said sweetly and hung up the phone. From the library window of the Matloc... ... si­ lently toward the ocean through a thin layer of wispy clouds. The aroma of sweet cigar smoke lingered in the air as Alana sat down across from ... ... long, black sedan that was speeding toward Memphis. Arlen Rankin, Tennessee's senior Senator, sat in the rear seat hardly aware of anything, excep...

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...heelies in their mutual driveway. She had been watch- ing him now for four years. She knew it bugged him but she couldn’t stop. His energetic body fli... ...r’s bedroom door. “Hush, child, I have a headache,” Susan Wil- son said. A sweet, tangy odor hung in the room. All her life, Lacey would associate the... ...te her food. 6 SUSAN BRACKEN THE LONELY days turned into lonely weeks and years. Her teach- ers praised Lacey for her excellent work. Their appreciat... ...ccepted the news quietly. Jana hugged her. “Are you all right, Mom?” “Yes, sweetie, thanks. Please do not worry about anything. It will be all right. ... ...tored, but worry about her financial situ- ation overcame her shyness. “My senior editor has great expectations for this book, which is why I’ve been ... ...own, her head turning from side to side to take in the views along the Don Valley Parkway. I never knew there were so many trees in Toronto. It is bea... ...ke during the summer, but now lots come to snowmobile and ski at Horseshoe Valley. Many are tearing down their cottages and cabins and building homes.... ... say. Lacey leaned in towards Jake and he wrapped his arms around her. How sweet it felt to hold her close, and to be able to make her happy. He said,... ...ws what? “I drifted aimlessly. I ran out of water one day, and I came to a valley and saw a dug-out dwelling in the side of a hill. A man was working ...

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...hink it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate friend....

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...ld may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candi... ...perils of infancy and early childhood. I, being the younger by five or six years, was always regarded as the child, and the pet of the family: father,... ...n keep it off.’ ‘Perhaps it will.’ Here ended our colloquy. We crossed the valley, and began to ascend the opposite hill. As we were toiling up, I loo... ...oper person? Take my word for it—’ I heard no more; but that sufficed. The senior Mrs. Bloomfield had been very attentive and civil to me; and till no... ... quarter came to a close—sooner than I either expected or desired; for one sweet evening to- 42 Agnes Grey wards the close of May, as I was rejoicing... ...ulging in some savoury morsel from the housekeeper’s store; told me what a sweet, good boy he was; and then sailed out, with a self-complacent smile u... ...ovely dress— you must see it to-morrow—white gauze over pink satin— and so sweetly made! and a necklace and bracelet of beautiful, large pearls!’ ‘I h... ...ns connected with them; for there are no sweet violets among the hills and valleys round my home.’ ‘It must be a great consolation to you to have a ho... ... preferred walking in fine weather, I should be honoured by going with the seniors. ‘And besides,’ said they, ‘you can’t walk as fast as we do; you kn...

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... Surgeon?s Daughter.? In the present volume the two first named of these pieces are included, together with three detached stories which appeared the year after, in the elegant compilation called ?The Keepsake.? ?The Surgeon?s Daughter? it is thought better to defer until a succeeding volume?...

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...es are included, together with three detached stories which ap- peared the year after, in the elegant compilation called “The Keepsake.” “The Surgeon’... ... Castle in Berwickshire, Tillietudlem with Draphane in Clydesdale, and the valley in the Monastery, called Glendearg, with the dale of the river Allan... ... and prom- ontories fifty such castles as Wolf ’s Hope; every county has a valley more or less resembling Glendearg; and if castles like 14 Chronicle... ... feelings would have entered on his justi- fication, and gradually, by the sweet and soft tone of her voice, soothed to rest the spirit of causeless i... ...decay. The story was a common one, and told in a few words. Mr. T reddles, senior, who bought the estate, was a cautious, money-making person. His son... ... as ever, (for old women wear a hundred times better than the hard-wrought seniors of the masculine sex), stood at the door, teedling to herself a Hig... ...w, I am ambitious that my compositions, though having their origin in this Valley of Holyrood, should not only be extended into those exalted regions ... ..., she resembled ex- actly in her criticism the devotee who pitched on the “sweet word Mesopotamia” as the most edifying note which she could bring awa... ...en the companion of my mother, was yet, in gaiety of spirits and admirable sweetness of temper, capable of being agreeable, and even animating society...

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...ustered round Grandfather’s great chair. Little Alice, who was hardly five years old, took the privilege of the youngest, and climbed his knee. It was... ... that, in 1607, many of them went over to Holland, and lived ten or twelve years at Amsterdam and Leyden. But they feared that, if they continued ther... ..., and ideas, and feelings of the Dutch. For this and other reasons, in the year 1620 they embarked on board the ship Mayflower, and crossed the ocean,... ... the cabin, likewise, sat the Lady Arbella in her chair, with a gentle and sweet expression on her face, but looking too pale and feeble to endure the... ... Grandfather; “but when Roger Wil liams travelled thither, over hills and valleys, and through the tangled woods, and across swamps and streams, it w... ... Lady Arbella, as if she were still 21 Hawthorne sitting in the chair. So sweet a child as little Alice may fitly talk with angels, such as the Lady ... ...Eliot!” And, doubtless, good Mr. Eliot would gladly receive the kiss of so sweet a child as little Alice, and would think it a portion of his reward i... ..., weeping, praying, and singing hymns. This detachment was followed by the seniors, who passed through the same scene of sorrow and distress. In this ...

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...s’ “comics” of to-day have replaced. At fourteen, when he emerged from the valley of the shadow of education, there survived something, indeed it surv... ...hat “little Fluffums”—which was the apprentices’ name for Mr. Garvace, the senior partner and managing director of the Bazaar—would think twice before... ...d.” Polly remembered. He went on with his collar boxes with his eye on his senior, Mansfield. Mansfield was presently called away to the count- ing ho... ...ce came out of dreamland into life, and intoxicated and gladdened him with sweetly beautiful suggestions—and left him. She came and left him as that d... ...inous clouds and of desolate hopeless wildernesses of desiring and of wild valleys of unreasonable 75 H G Wells ecstasies, a world whose infinite mis... ...s, a world whose infinite miseries were finer and in some inexplicable way sweeter than the purest gold of the daily life, whose joys—they were indeed... ...o much back- ache for me. My garden will be just a patch of ‘sturtiums and sweet pea. Red brick yard, clothes’ line. T rellis put up in odd time. Humo... ...ive cow, drowsy- eyed, regarding him…. He saw a remarkable sunset in a new valley near Maidstone, a very red and clear sunset, a wide redness under a ... ...he centre of interest; they were under the leadership of a gold-spectacled senior with a fluting voice and an air of mystery; he ordered everything, a...

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...re and there with heather, gorse, or furze. Just in the widest part of the valley, a sort of plat- form of rock jutted out from the hill-side, and aff... ...is eyes filled with tears as he continued, ‘Ah! that fair chapel, with the sweet chant of the choir, the green smooth-shaven quadrangle, the calm cloi... ...pitifully, as one much moved by a certain patience on his brow, and in his sweet full voice. ‘No one, lady. My uncle was but too willing that the heir... ...eplied Malcolm; ‘Philomel, that pierces her breast with a thorn, and sings sweetly even to her death.’ ‘That’s mere minstrel leasing, Malcolm,’ said P... ...inburgh, which descended from a heathery moorland into a somewhat spacious valley, with copsewood clothing one side, in the midst of which rose a high... ... and kept them in the leash, as it were, until the troop was fairly in the valley, those in front beginning to halt to give their horses water. 24 Th... ...ular features. It would have been hard to define what instantly showed the seniority of his brother, for the clearness of his colouring— bright red an... ...ith buoyant high spirits and unfailing drollery that scandalized the grave seniors of the Court, there is full proof that Prince Hal ever kept free fr... ...he sword, and laid the honour of knighthood on the gray-headed substantial senior, whom he bade to arise Sir Richard Whittington. Jaqueline of Hainaul...

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...liant eager person we have tried in some degree to describe. In his latter years it is well known that he was much struck by Luther’s arguments; and, ... ...queen- lily of the garden that she resembled, but the retiring lily of the valley—so purely, transparently white was her skin, scarcely tinted by a ro... ... a part of Christina’s training; her uncle likewise set great store by her sweet Italian voice, and caused her to be care- fully taught to sing and pl... ...ing your own niece.” “Heaven knows how I love her,” said Gottfried, as the sweet face was raised up to him with a look acquitting him of the charge, a... ...g to show herself ready to be gratified, she observed on the freshness and sweetness of the air. “Thou find’st it out, child? Ay, ’tis worth all the f... ... was hastening. “Like an army defeated, The snow had retreated,”out of the valley, whose rich green shone smiling round the pool into which the Debate... ... other side, and there only resulted some sighs and lamentations among the seniors, such as Hatto and Ursel, that it boded ill to have the Needfire tr... ... back in the tilt- yard,” said Ebbo. But, as Rudiger was by four years his senior, and very ex- pert, the upshot of these encounters was quite otherwi... ...onder crag, between the pass you call the Gemsbock’s and the Schlangenwald valley. They told me the right in it had never been decided, and I have not...

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... by calling it the Ho- tel d’Esgrignon in jest, and ended after a score of years by giving it that name in earnest. The name of Carol, or Karawl, as t... ...ine of great descent; they had been neglected by the court for two hundred years; they were lords para- mount in the estates of a province where the p... ... natures gratitude seems an excessive payment; they would rather have that sweet equality of feeling which springs from similar ways of thought, and t... ...for the fun of the thing. But as soon as I caught sight of Mlle. Armande’s sweet face, I used to tremble; and there was a trace of jealousy in my admi... ...ady, but he really believed in that farrago of maidenliness and muslin, in sweet looks as much studied as an Act of Parliament. And if the one man, wh... ...auvager. “I am bringing an action,”* said du Croisier. “I shall have Dupin senior. We shall see how the d’Esgrignon family will escape out of his clut... ...sion to that feature. 103 Balzac Before the Revolution broke out, Blondet senior had been a barrister; afterwards he became the public accuser, and o... ...d Son Modeste Mignon Cousin Betty Lenoncourt, Duc de The Lily of the Valley Cesar Birotteau The Old Maid The Gondreville Mystery Beatrix... ...een The Unconscious Humorists Another Study of Woman The Lily of the Valley 139 Balzac Father Goriot Ursule Mirouet A Marriage Settlement...

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......................................................... 399 CHAPTER XLV TEN YEARS AFTER .................................................................. ...ITTLE TLE TLE TLE TLE W W W W WAIF AIF AIF AIF AIF ON A SPRING DAY, in the year 1568, Mistress Talbot sat in her lodging at Hull, an upper chamber, wi... ...pron likewise edged with lace, and a coif, bent down in the centre, over a sweet coun- tenance, matronly, though youthful, and now full of wistful exp... ...d and hunger, and when it had been fed, warmed, and dressed, it had fallen sweetly asleep in her arms, appeasing her heartache for her own little Sue,... ...nd.” “Then if there be no one to claim her, we may bring up as our own the sweet babe whom Heaven hath sent us.” “Not so fast, dame. Thou wert wont to... ...ch with the Spaniard? So the gray walls stood on the tongue of land in the valley, formed by the junction of the rivers Sheaf and Dun, with towers at ... ...ently had gained a sufficient height to look over the country, marking the valleys whence still were rising “fra- grant clouds of dewy steam” under th... ...om their own Sheffield, and with still more interest to guess which wooded valley before them con- tained Buxton. “Have you lost your way, my pretty m... ... should join in a capacity something like that of an esquire to one of the seniors of the troop. Humfrey was likewise inquired for, but it was thought...

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...on the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity; yet, however obstinately I endeavored with my understanding to comprehend this, for many years I never could see why it should produce such an effect....

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...bstinately I endeavored with my understanding to comprehend this, for many years I never could see why it should produce such an effect. Here I pause ... ... much better from one of the Monthly Lectures read before the society last year. This has fallen into my hands accidentally, in spite of all the vigil... ...be little approved at this day in Sheffield; and there- fore of Cain (Cain senior, I mean,) it is no disparagement to say, that his performance was bu... ...ner. In fact, it was one of its sentimental incidents. Being as old as the valleys at the dinner of 1812, naturally he was as old as the hills at the ... ...n princely power both in Lorraine and in the German Diets. These had their sweet bells that pierced the forests for 62 many a league at matins or ves... ... the demur, asked them if they fancied God, who clothed the flowers of the valleys, unable to find raiment for his servants. The answer of Joanna move... ...e in Arabian deserts) from the fens of death—most of all are reflected the sweet counte- nances which the man has laid in ruins; therefore I know, Bis... ...ed about dawn into the lawny thickets of Marlborough Forest, couldst thou, sweet Fanny of the Bath road, have become known to myself? Yet Fanny, as th... ... by a roar as from some great king’s artillery advancing rapidly along the valleys, and heard afar by its echoes among the mountains. “Hush!” I said, ...

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...passers-by, who, in Paris, often thus meet an ingratiating smile meant for sweet eyes that are absent. The vehicle stopped in the part of the street b... ...-looking spinster, who looked older than the Baroness, though she was five years younger. “They are settling your marriage,” said Cousin Betty in 7 B... ...wn, my mother’s sister, whom I sent for from the country, to live with the sweet creature and keep an eye on her, that she might behave as well as mig... ...t with it—her lover; to kill two birds with one stone, a good action and a sweetheart. For five years I was very happy. The girl had one of those voic... ...fault with them. Her absolute secrecy also won her the confidence of their seniors; for, like Ninon, she had certain manly qualities. As a rule, our c... ... irritation which prompts men to commit murder, and found Monsieur Crevel /senior/ in his drawing-room awaiting his children, Monsieur and Madame Hulo... ...le Wenceslas at play fell on her ear, as if he had been in the depths of a valley and she on a high mountain. Thus insulted at four- and-twenty, in al... ...nt seat, respectfully leaving the whole of the back of the carriage to his senior. The two men spoke not a word. Hec- tor was helpless. The Marshal wa... ...led, where toiled a swarm of apprentices and workmen—all Italians from the valley of Domo d’Ossola—the master’s family occupied a set of rooms, which ...

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...of the kind of high romance and sentiment more preva- lent thirty or forty years ago than now, imagined that whereas 4 The Two Sides of the Shield th... ...sity, and only mitigated by the honest simplicity and dutifulness of eight years old Phyllis. The remedy was found at last in the marriage of the elde... ...y came as near to feeding the pair as was possible with people above three years old. The one was a dark, thin man, with a good deal of white in his t... ... showed signs that she was not young, her dark, soft, long-lashed eyes and sweet-looking lips made her face full of life and freshness; and the figure... ... Sefton has been working Goosey Goosey Gander on a toilet-cover.’ ‘Oh! how sweet! We never get any new patterns here! Do come in and see, I don’t know... ...e has written a note to her to ask her today! Fancy, that goose told me my sweet cousin was a dear, and that we didn’t appreciate her. Even Miss Hacke... ...l well with the Indian folks?’ ‘Oh yes; they’ve come back from the emerald valleys of Cashmere, and Alethea has actually sent me a primrose— just like... ... taken a jour- 119 Yo n g e ney before in all their lives. The fog in the valleys, the sleepy villages, the half-roused stations, all gave rise to ex... ...e were forlorn, being so much used to having their sports led by their two seniors that they hardly knew what to do with- out them, and the entreaty, ...

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...from refreshment-rooms. They carry their food in bundles and pots, and buy sweets from the native sweetmeat- sellers, and drink the roadside water. Th... ...mits, and the ruler is not drugged, drunk, or diseased from one end of the year to the other. They are the dark places of the earth, full of unimagina... ...he outline of a series of ten, twelve, or twenty- four leading articles on Seniority versus Selection; missionar- ies wish to know why they have not b... ... paper is as blank as Modred’s shield. But that is the amusing part of the year. There are six other months when none ever come to call, and the therm... ...e bookcases. “Are you at all in earnest?” I said. “A little,” said Dravot, sweetly. “As big a map as you have got, even if it’s all blank where Kafiri... ...the rump, and never took no heed for ten cold days. We came to a big level valley all among the mountains, and the mules were near dead, so we killed ... ...dges that was jolted out. “Then ten men with bows and arrows ran down that valley, chasing twenty men with bows and arrows, and the row was tremenjus.... ...d Dravot sits on the boxes picking them off at all ranges, up and down the valley. Then we goes up to the ten men that had run across the snow too, an... ...ith Peachey!’ At that he puts on his crown and I puts on mine,—I was doing Senior War- den,—and we opens the Lodge in most ample form. It was an amazi...

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...m, for a Postscript* to the original paper; since, in a lapse of forty-two years, both the man and his deeds had faded away from the knowledge of the ... ...ys of old, Gustavus Adolphus* in modern days, fighting for the *The Thirty Years’ War, from 1618 to the Peace of Westphalia in 1648, was notoriously t... ...less bless- ing of her own womanly charms, her delightful society, and her sweet, Irish style of innocent gayety. No transformation that ever legends ... ...ch a standard; but all was counteracted, and thrown back into the mould of sweet natural womanhood, by the cheru- bic beauty of her features. These it... ...xtended her mater- nal cares to General Smith’s daughter; but very soon so sweet and winning was the disposition of Miss Smith that Mrs. Schreiber app... ...increase of peril and discretionary power is thrown by preference upon the senior graduates, who are seldom below the age of twenty-two or twenty-thre... ...a little better, and for them I paid six guineas. Finally, by privilege of seniority, I obtained a handsome set of well-proportioned rooms, in a moder... ...l selection, trial, and probation, the best qualified amongst those of its senior members who choose to undertake a trust of such heavy responsibility... ...so. But enough; the reader will understand that a year spent either in the valleys of Wales, or upon the streets of London, a wanderer, too often hous...

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...me to them as pupils, and who sometimes stayed with them as long as twenty years. These Druids built great Temples and altars, open to the sky, fragme... ...d not wonder if the Dru ids, and their pupils who stayed with them twenty years, knowing more than the rest of the Britons, kept the people out of si... ...here. Such was the improved condition of the an cient Britons, fifty five years before the birth of Our Saviour, when the Romans, under their A Chil... ...golden goblet to the brim with wine, and gave it to Vortigern, saying in a sweet voice, ‘Dear King, thy health!’ the King fell in love with her. My op... ... dying, and the junior monks of that place wishing to get the start of the senior monks in the appointment of his successor, met together at midnight,... ...ertain Reginald, and sent him off to Rome to get the Pope’s approval. The senior monks and the King soon finding this out, and being very angry about... ...oise, took him prisoner. The Queen cried out from her bed chamber, ‘Oh, my sweet son, my dear son, spare my gentle Mortimer!’ They carried him off, ho... ...the two lords, charged them with alienating from him the affections of his sweet nephew, and caused them to be arrested by the three hundred horsemen ... ...bove all this, Oliver found that the Vaudois, or Protestant people of the valleys of Lucerne, were insolently treated by the Catholic powers, and wer...