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...niversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Yo n g e LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE PREF PREF PRE... ...TION THE FIRST EDITION of this tale was put forth without explain- ing the old fable on which it was founded—a fable recurring again and again in fair... ...V enus was jealous of the beauty of a maiden named Psyche, the youngest of three daughters of a king. She sent misery on the land and family, and caus... ...ted of half a dozen worn numbers of the T atler, and a Gazette a fortnight old. The chair on which he sat was elbowed, and made easy with cushions and... ...d curtains of the great four-post bed, and the only carpeting consisted of three or four narrow strips of wool-work. The walls were plain plaster, whi... ...ith air and light. However, nobody cared for stuffiness, certainly not the three young ladies, who, fan in hand, came tripping down the steps that wer... ... Jovian’s bride, and so were the porcelain blue of the eyes, the pencilled arches of eyebrow, and the curve of the lips, while even her complex- ion r... ...ndon Bridge, and beheld the massive walls of the Tower with its low-browed arches opening above their steps. When- ever a scarlet uniform came in view...

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..., waistcoat, and trousers of a sulphur or mustard yellow, and a shirt or blue-and-white striped cotton. It was conspicuous, it was cheap, it pointed u... ...conspicuous, it was cheap, it pointed us out to laughter— we, who were old soldiers, used to arms, and some of us showing noble scars,—like a set of l... ...made a hasty purchase and re- joined her party. A few days after she came again. But I must first tell you how she came to be so frequent. Her aunt wa... ...bound to protect her character, and to support that of the army. You are my elder and my superior: tell me if I am not right.’ He was a quiet-mannered... ...o firm, you may be sure the authorities did not leave the rest of us in peace. No stone was left unturned. We were had in again and again to be examin... ...an infant. How often have I not seen it, that the most unpardon- able fellows make the happiest exits! It is a fate we may well envy them. Goguelat wa... ...elms and beeches, the first en- tirely bare, the last still pretty well covered with red leaves, and the centre was occupied with a thicket of laurel ...

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...g before the morning when my father astonished us all by exclaiming, ‘Poor old James Winslow! So Chantry House is came to us after all!’ Previous to t... ...obtained through his interest, just about the time of Clarence’s birth. We three boys had come so fast upon each other’s heels in the Novembers of 180... ...earlier days. I have no recollection of the disaster, which, at four years old, altered my life. The catastrophe, as others have described it, was tha... ...altered my life. The catastrophe, as others have described it, was that we three boys were riding cock-horse on the balusters of the second floor of o... ...as a deal table for the meals (and very plain meals they were), and two or three big presses painted white for our clothes, and one cupboard for our t... ...sles, my mother found she must submit to transfer us to a daily governess. Old Miss Newton’s attainments could not have been great, for her answers to... ... rooms, and handsome bedchambers above, in Gothic taste, i.e. with pointed arches filled up with glass over the sash-windows. The drawing-room was ver...

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... in particular were very strict. She took Thomas out of Bath School, after three years’ excellent work there, because he was too much praised, and kep... ...e.” He was sent to Manchester Grammar School, however, in order that after three years’ stay he might secure a scholarship at Brasenose College, Oxfor... ... economy, into the Greek and Latin accents, into antiquities, Roman roads, old castles, the ori- gin and analogy of languages; upon all these he was i... ...race of the original subject is lost. De Quincey divides his writings into three groups: first, that class which “proposes primarily to amuse the read... ...falgar), it had been the fixed assumption of the four inside people (as an old tradition of all public car- riages derived from the reign of Charles I... ...our? I myself witnessed such an attempt; and on that occasion a benevolent old gentleman endeavoured to soothe his three holy associates, by suggestin... ...ng wrath. Upon its surface sat mighty mists, which grouped themselves into arches and long cathedral aisles. Down one of these, with the fiery pace of... ...g, under the solemn lights described, with lofty trees meeting overhead in arches. The guard’s horn, again—a humble instrument in itself— was yet glor...

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...calated in the present edition, and other changes made, which, even to the old parts, by giving very great expansion, give sometimes a character of ab... ...ation of all the articles which compose it. I distribute them grossly into three classes: First, into that class which proposes primarily to amuse the... ...rame your question, is half way to- wards insuring the true answer. Two or three of the prob- lems treated in these essays I will here rehearse. 1. ES... ...et in what sense could that be true? For an infant not more than six years old, was it possible that the promises of life had been really blighted, o... ...ght me into special relations to my elder sister; she being at this period three years older than myself. The circumstances which at- tended the sudde... ...ion was it that my heart had been drawn to thine? Could a child, six years old, place any special value upon intellectual forwardness? Serene and capa... ...umns of sound, fierce yet melodious, over the voices of the choir,—high in arches, when it seemed to rise, surmounting and overriding the strife of th... ...in- scriptions, as records of their power or their triumphs, upon columns, arches, temples, basilicae, or medals? A national act, a solemn and deliber...

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...age, reminded him of the crows’ and sparrows’ nests built in the walls and arches of the old churches, destroyed by the Huguenots. Again, he was appre... ...him of the crows’ and sparrows’ nests built in the walls and arches of the old churches, destroyed by the Huguenots. Again, he was appre- hensive, see... ...e people there have no recourse to other founda- tions than the vaults and arches of the old houses, upon which, as on slabs of rock, they raise their... ... have no recourse to other founda- tions than the vaults and arches of the old houses, upon which, as on slabs of rock, they raise their modern palace... ...ay, and herself took him back with them to their chateau, where, at two or three different times, he spent three months alto- gether, most welcome of ... ... 1591 in making fresh additions to his book; and even in the approaches of old age he might fairly anticipate many happy hours, when he was attacked b... ..., who has left us some de- tails his last hours, narrates that he remained three days in full possession of his faculties, but unable to speak, so tha... ...rning. It will be a memorial of your old companion.” Then he addressed all three of us. He blessed God that in his extremity he had the happiness to b...

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...THE FRENCH REVOLUTION A HISTORY Volume Three by THOMAS CARLYLE A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION... ...ONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ctronic transmission, in any way. The French Revolution: A History (Volume Three) by Thomas Carlyle, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Cla... ... execration, wailing; and, on the whole, darkness. But thus too, when foul old Rome had to be swept from the Earth, and those Northmen, and other 8 T... ... sons of Nature, came in, ‘swallowing formulas’ as the French now do, foul old Rome screamed execratively her loudest; so that, the true shape of many... ...pend on these. He shall judge too, whether, in such sudden wreckage of all old Authorities, such a pair of cardinal movements, half- frantic in themse... ...en. Many- voiced harmony and dissonance filling the air. Through Triumphal Arches enough: at the basis of the first of which, we descry—whom thinkest ...

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...Excerpt: The ancient and famous metropolis of the North sits overlooking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a kingdom; none better chosen for noble prospects. From her tall precipice and terraced gardens she looks far and wide on the sea and broad champaigns. T...

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... the North sits over- looking a windy estuary from the slope and summit of three hills. No situation could be more commanding for the head city of a k... ... to end. They lean over the great bridge which joins the New Town with the Old – that windiest spot, or high altar, in this northern temple of the win... ...ty of the same distinction; go where they will, they take a pride in their old home. Venice, it has been said, differs from another cities in the sent... ...fty weeks together, it is no more than a show for tourists and a museum of old furniture; but on the fifty-first, behold the palace reawakened and mim... ... let in! And what a picturesque world remains untouched! You go under dark arches, and down dark stairs and alleys. The way is so narrow that you can ... ...d he made then a decent, personable figure in broad-cloth of the best. For three years he kept falling – grease coming and buttons going from the squa... ...im, he was standing at the mouth of an entry with several men in moleskin, three parts drunk, and his old black raiment daubed with mud. I fancy that ...

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...Excerpt: An ancient English cathedral tower? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower be here! The well-known massive gray square tower of its old Cathedral? How can that be here! There is no spike of rusty iron in the air, between the eye and it, from any point of the real prospect. What is the spike that intervenes, and who has set it up? Maybe it is set up by the...

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...ER I – THE DAWN CHAPTER I – THE DAWN AN ANCIENT ENGLISH CATHEDRAL TOWER? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower be here! The well-known massive g... ...ses in the background, where it cannot be, and still no writhing figure is on the grim spike. Stay! Is the spike so low a thing as the rusty spike on ... ...s, and no ships coming in, these say! Here’s another ready for ye, deary. Ye’ll remember like a good soul, won’t ye, that the market price is dreffle ... ...ng-to, and I ses to my poor self, “I’ll have another ready for him, and he’ll bear in mind the market price of opium, and pay according.” O my poor he... ...g over on her face. 5 Charles Dickens He rises unsteadily from the bed, lays the pipe upon the hearth-stone, draws back the ragged curtain, and looks... ...ary from the chancel, and all of the procession having scuttled into their places, hide their faces; and then the intoned words, ‘When the wicked man ... ...ee he’s having his fire kindled up, for it’s chilly after the wet, and the Cathedral had both a damp feel and a damp touch this afternoon, and he was ... ...the grain. How does our service sound to you?’ ‘Beautiful! Quite celestial!’ ‘It often sounds to me quite devilish. I am so weary of it. The echoes of... ... to a stand-still by the spectacle of Stony Durdles, dinner-bundle and all, leaning his back against the iron railing of the burial-ground enclosing i...

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...................................................................... 95 THE THREE MAIDENS................................................................. .................................................................... 109 THE OLD CHARTIST ................................................................. ......................................................................222 THE THREE SINGERS TO YOUNG BLOOD ................................................. .......................................... 259 THE YOUNG PRINCESS—A BALLAD OF OLD LAWS OF LOVE .................................. 262 KING HARALD’S TRANC... ...caught at once, with moist regard, The white gleams of a grey churchyard. ‘Three weeks before my girl had gone, And while upon her pillows propped, Sh... ...a couch just by her, Where in the lone dark hours to lie: For neither dear old nurse nor I Would any single wish deny her. And there unto the last it ... ...fter. XIII Down the awful aisles, by the fretted walls, Beneath the Gothic arches:– King Skull in the black confessionals Sat rub-a-dub-dubbing his ma... ...s at Daddy Green; And that old man, to watch her fly, Had eyebrows made of arches high; Till homeward he likewise did hop, Oft calling on himself to s... ...eard if but named, so hot is the trade he plies. Processions beneath green arches of herbage, the long colonnades; Laboured mounds that a foot or a wa...

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...dess; but we found her to be a good-looking woman of some thirty or thirty-three years of age, with soft, peach-like cheeks,—rather too like those of ... ...customed. I have since become aware that nothing can be more decorous than old Mrs. Upton, the excellent head-nurse at Hardover Lodge; and no gentle- ... ...rmined to show us that she also was ad- vanced beyond the prejudices of an old and dry school of theology. “I have thrown down all the barriers of rel... ...s arm tremble within his own beneath the moon- light gloom of the Coliseum arches. A dash of sentiment the while makes all these things the sweeter; b... ...ollope down upon that countless multitude.” Mackinnon looked down, and saw three groups of French soldiers, with three or four little men in each grou... ...four little men in each group; he saw, also, a couple of dirty friars, and three priests very slowly beginning the side ascent to the church of the Ar... ... is going to make love to some one.” “Somebody always is,” said he. “She’s old enough to be his mother,” said Mrs. Mackinnon. “What does that matter t... ...lls of the Coliseum, and its beauty among the pillars of the Forum and the arches of the Sacred Way; but its history and fall become more palpable to ...

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... “Hotel d’Esgrignon” was nothing more nor less than the house in which the old Marquis lived; or, in the style of ancient documents, Charles Marie Vic... ...hat d’Esgrignons lost their heads on the scaffold during the troubles. The old blood showed itself proud and high even in 1789. The Marquis of that da... ...ould scarce draw nine thousand francs of in- come from the pickings of his old estates? It was in the month of October 1800 that Chesnel brought the M... ...on to bear the name of the d’Esgrignons. The old Marquis— he was but fifty-three, but adversity and sharp distress had added months to every year—the ... ... proved already, was simply unbounded for the great house now re- duced to three persons; although he accepted all their ideas, and thought them nothi... ... Count’s worst tendencies, moreover, were insidiously encouraged by two or three young men who fol- lowed in his train, paid court to him, won his fav... ...nt disease. It was a plain-looking house, built of brick, with brick- work arches above the windows, and bright green Venetian shutters to make it gay... ... the farther side, opposite the house, stood a shed, a roof over two brick arches. A little wicket-gate gave entrance into the gloomy place (made gloo...

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...l days—”The House of Aspen.” The Keepsake for 1828 included, however, only three of these little prose tales, of which the first in order was that ent... ... while I have the use of my limbs, to visit my respected relation at least three times a week. Her abode is about half a mile from the suburbs of the ... ...re; and if leased for building—oh, it was a gold mine! And all sold for an old song out of the ancient possessor’s hands!” My comforters cannot bring ... ...study that no one of them should resemble another in form, size, or in the old-fashioned stone entablature and labels which adorn them. This tenement,... ...he only representative will then be an 8 My Aunt Margaret’s Mirror infirm old man, moving not unwillingly to the grave, which has devoured all that w... ...nd of the apartment, and they saw Damiotti, standing at the head of two or three steps, sign to them to advance. His dress was so different from that ... ...t and darkness over the face of the wonderful glass, a long perspective of arches and columns began to arrange itself on its sides, and a vaulted roof... ... foreign church. The pil- lars were stately, and hung with scutcheons; the arches were lofty and magnificent; the floor was lettered with funeral insc...

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......................................................... 149 Chapter 2.4.VI. Old-Dragoon Drouet. .......................................................... ... debate, for the sessions are occasion- ally ‘scandalous, ’ and as many as three speakers have been seen in the Tribune at once,—let us continue to fa... ...e Fourth of August, when new Faith rose suddenly into miraculous fire, and old Feudality was burnt up, men remarked that Mirabeau took no hand in it; ... ...e financial performances, which shall astonish mankind. So that now, while old rags last, there shall be no lack of circulating medium; whether of com... ...; your old party-coloured Provinces become new uniform Departments, Eighty-three in number;— whereby, as in some sudden shifting of the Earth’s axis, ... ... would not stand on a few hundreds; yet we never rise as high as the round three hundred thousand. Shudder at it, O People; but it is as true as that ... ... westward to the Gate by the river (where also shall be wood, in triumphal arches), we count same thousand yards of length; and for breadth, from this... ...e Car- pentry and Painting have vied, for the upper Authorities; triumphal arches, at the Gate by the River, bear inscrip- tions, if weak, yet well-me...

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...hem out, by his per- petual impecuniosity and slippery dealing; and in his old age he has become rather the laughing-stock of historians. But there is... ...s to do anything. Maximilian’s own father was an avaricious, undig- nified old man, not until near his death Archduke of even all Austria, and with an... ...s un- der a sort of enchantment of devotion to his person, and this in his old age, and when his conduct was most inexcusable and provoking. His varie... ...as a wise old magician, only with claws instead of feet, commissioning his three captains (hauptleutern), Furwitz, Umfallo, and Neidelhard, to beset a... ... presented to Ehrenreich. Ehrenhold recounts his triumphs, and accuses the three captains. One 8 The Dove in the Eagle’s Nest is hung, another behead... ...t Master Gottfried’s stall work was already in requisition for the choir. “Three cubits more,” he reckoned. “Child, hast thou found me fruits enough f... ... blessing. Out into the market-place, with its clear fountain adorned with arches and statues, past the rising Dome Kirk, where the swarms of workmen ... ..., pronounced it excellent material, and al- ready sketched the span of the arches with a view to winter torrents. As to the site, the best was on the ...

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...ly, in accordance with his means. He had been left an orphan at nine years old: his father and mother were drowned when they were being ferried across... ...kin’s Queen of Spades,” cried a lieutenant whose losses had nearly reached three thou- sand. Tyeglev approached the table in silence, took up a pack, ... ... did guess one card but never two in succes- sion. And Tyeglev had guessed three! This incident strength- ened still further his reputation as a myste... ...red, and clumsy, with his drowsy, lustreless eyes fixed on the ground. “An old beggar woman” (Tyeglev never let a single beggar pass without giving al... ...e let his head sink on the pillow. I waited for a little and again knocked three times in succession. Tyeglev sat up again and listened. I tapped agai... ... me. Close to the fence, at no great distance from our hut, there stood an old leafy willow tree; it stood out, a big dark patch, against the whitenes... ...ll’s face the eyes opened till they were immense, incredibly big, like the arches of a bridge.... The guitar dropped, and striking against the floor, ...

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... ... ...nnsylvania State University assumes any re- sponsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic trans- missio... ...n the Court of Requests, at a high price; and as the officers of that court paid very dearly for their places, and as the addition of twelve new colle... ...aid the cardinal; “all goes well in this direction.” D’Artagnan, in the meantime, had taken the head of his detachment without a word and with that re... ...hat honor as captain of the royal guards.” “I am aware of that, and I have told him a hundred times that he was wrong. The king could not give that or... ...e turned away and went off to his post, whistling a tune then popular among the party called the “Fronde,” whilst Mazarin returned, in a pensive mood,... ... for a long time and which she had only left because their poverty seemed to them more difficult to bear in gilded chambers. Mordaunt followed the car... ...ssenger, the Duc de Chatillon, who had taken such a noble part in the engagement; he was, besides, charged to hang five and twenty flags, taken from t...

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...stitution, and required and received great tenderness and care. Once, when three years old, he nar- rowly escaped from an angry cow, but was wounded i... ...nd required and received great tenderness and care. Once, when three years old, he nar- rowly escaped from an angry cow, but was wounded in the throat... ...d by copying printed characters, taught himself to write. When eight years old, he was placed under the care of the family priest, one Bannister, who ... ...nts, who read, rode, conversed with the youth- ful poet; introduced him to old Wycherley, the dramatist; and was of material service to his views. Wit... ... good as his. He remunerated them very handsomely. Of this work, the first three quarto volumes appeared in 1725; and the fourth and fifth, which comp... ... reference to his family history, which he would shew him. Pope replied by three advertisements in the papers, denying all knowledge of P .T . or his ... ...f T roy; Steel could the works of mortal pride confound, And hew triumphal arches to the ground. What wonder then, fair nymph! thy hairs should feel, ... ...ht you see the lengthening spires ascend, The domes swell up, the widening arches bend, 90 The growing towers, like exhalations rise, An... ... vistas open’d to my view: Upward the columns shoot, the roofs ascend, And arches widen, and long aisles extend. Such was her form as ancient bards ha...

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... prolonged bag arose from within it, and fell down on one shoulder like an old-fashioned night- cap, or a jelly-bag, or the head-gear of a modern huss... ...pate.” “Nay, I can tell you more,” said Wamba, in the same tone; “there is old Alderman Ox continues to hold his Saxon epi- thet, while he is under th... ...cumstances which strongly recommended him to the youthful gentry. With the old, be had another part to play, which, when need- ful, he could sustain w... ... watched the looks and waited the commands of the Saxon dignitary. T wo or three servants of a superior order stood behind their master upon the dais;... ...f the hall. Other attendants there were of a different description; two or three large and shaggy greyhounds, such as were then employed in hunting th... ...ice bold; I have sent such a javelin as this through a stronger fence than three of their war shields!— Haply they think me old; but they shall find, ... ...t in breadth, and the roof, low in proportion, rested upon four concentric arches which sprung from the four corners of the building, each supported u... ...ng, each supported upon a short and heavy pillar. The ribs of two of these arches remained, though the roof had fallen down betwixt them; over the oth... ... time long pass’d Still murmuring o’er us, in the lofty void Of these dark arches, like the ling’ring voices Of those who long within their graves hav...

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..................... 28 Linyu Zhang English 15 – Delaware campus “The Golden Arches” ............................... 32 A Note on Documentation: .......... ...ake me back to when I was part of the magical cavalcade. I was eight years old when my father bought a game stand in the summer of 1984 and decided to... ... live cow with a fifth leg protruding from its side. When I turned around, three strange people stood behind me with arms folded. After I explained my... ...es, and shot out of the camper door. I was hungry and knew Miss Plinky, an old, plump, high-spirited woman, would be making her famous chocolate- cove... ... English 4 – York campus ABNER ONE OF MY most meaningful possessions is an old baseball cap; it is faded navy blue and has a torn brim and a red and w... ...FANATIC PENN S TATE FOOTBALL. When I so much as hear someone mention these three words my ears perk up, and I listen. It is my passion, and I am willi... ...y passion, and I am willing to go all out to show my fanaticism. There are three times in particular that come to mind. The first is the Penn State vs... ...of Freshman Writing 32 Linyu Zhang English 15 – Delaware campus THE GOLDEN ARCHES WHO HASN’T SEEN the golden arches—the smil- ing sign of McDonald’s? ... ...ore profound than the influence of some self-serving lawsuits. “The Golden Arches” does not represent a junk food chain; it represents the car- ing qu...

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...the father's, feeling so proud, so happy, so warm, so loved. A big sister to three, a younger to two others, one of a handful of girls in a grammar sc... ...on now, no time for regrets with two screaming infants in tow. Decorating an old, worn-out house, busy from morn till night, then translations to do t... ...old, worn-out house, busy from morn till night, then translations to do till three, useful money it brings for a family's needs, you see. But transl... ...a villainous crime. A remarkable woman who laughs at the conduct expected of old fogies aged eighty and more; the pursuit of her passions infusing ene... ...at ingenuity. How many of us follow our passion in life? How many of us grow old in grayness and lethargy because we never listen to the heart's joy,... ...'s too old, they say, for an operation, it's too risky, they say, at seventy-three. But he persists, a second opinion he wants and at last he finds a ... ...talents to anyone who asks. His deep, melodious voice ringing richly through arches and pews, enchanting wedding guests and causing the eyes to weep, ...

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...O THE ARMED FLEETS OF ALL NATIONS. EMBELLISHED WITH MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED ORIGINAL ENGRAVINGS AND LARGE DOUBLE-PACE COLORED PLATE... ...-- Discoveries of Erik the Red -- On Greenland's frigid shores -- The Sagas of old Icelandic history -- Discovery of America in the year 889 -- Verdan... ...ailor -- Unnatural forms of the deep -- Portents of safety and disaster -- The old time sailor -- Odds and ends of strange fancies -- Curious beliefs ... ...courts -- Grief displayed -- The people hail his successor -- The skeletons of three large ships excite curiosity -- For what purpose had the King int... ...fitable intercourse with the natives -- Hospitable but thievish -- Meeting the old chief of Amsterdam - - Description of the people -- An Utopian Repu... ...h a voyage was made to the islands of Tharsis and Ophir. This fleet was absent three years on its voyage, and returning each vessel brought a rich car... ...ed from the quaint old Moorish houses, garlands were hung from the windows and arches of evergreens gave the narrow crooked streets the semblance of f... ...ells rang in the steeples; the astounding groups filled the streets; evergreen arches were reared in the squares; organs pealed in the churches, choir...

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.........................................................................11 2 THREE ‘DETECTIVE’ ANECDOTES .................................................. ...o tre mendous, that he is not hanged as he might be, but goes back to his old chained gang work. A little time, and he tempts one other prisoner away... ...prisoner away, seizes another boat, and flies once more—necessarily in the old hopeless direction, for he can take no other. He is soon cut off, and m... ... ‘In addition to the company already in the round house, they had admitted three black women and two soldiers’ wives; who, with the husband of one of ... ...There is a solitary child among the passengers—a little boy of seven years old who has no relation there; and when the first party is moving away he c... ...r rency we have always among us,—he is more worthy of Norfolk Island than three fourths of the worst characters who are sent there. Under any rationa... ...wild endeavour to es cape, he would see the fatal words lurking under the arches of the bridges over the Thames. If he walked the streets with downca... ...s invention that was, which I greatly admired, of sticking bills under the arches of the bridges. ‘Mine!’ said His Majesty. ‘I was the first that ever...

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...rning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue ...

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... ... ...d with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material contained within the document or for the file as an electronic tr... ...nth of May, in the year 1660, at nine o’clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ram- part... ..., and an early rose- tree, the foliage of which, beautifully green, was variegated with numerous red specks announcing future roses. In the chamber li... ...r little lamb, our gentle dove, angry! Don’t be afraid, Louise — Madame de Saint-Remy will not come; and if she should, you know I have a quick ear. B... ...xious I must be to pay my duty to M. le Comte, my father.” “That is true, that is true, Monsieur Raoul; present him, at the same time, my humble respe... ...d you?” “Y es; but how did you discover and join me?” “Stop a bit. I was going to tell you how. Do you imagine Mouston —” “Ah! it was that fellow, Mou...

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...ation, in especial that of young Henri, Duke of Nemours, who, at ten years old, was said to have been hung up with his little brother of eight in one ... ...s to show how a Roman soldier did his duty. In like manner the last of the old Spanish infantry origi- nally formed by the Great Captain, Gonzalo de C... ...d lying in regular order upon the field of battle, with their colonel, the old Count de Fuentes, at their head, expiring in a chair, in which he had b... ..., had just been laid in the middle bed, by far the most comfortable of the three tiers of berths in the ship’s cabin in which the wounded were to be c... ...ch David was to fulfill the ancient promises to his people. There were his three nephews, Joab, the fero- cious and imperious, the chivalrous Abishai,... ...ve me to drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem that is by the gate?’ Three of his brave men, apparently Abishai, Benaiah, and Eleazar, heard the... ...he oval of its outer wall, which outside rises perpendicularly in tiers of arches one above the other. Within, the galleries of seats pro- jected forw... ...sa, King of Hungary, and the sacred crown combined the two. It had the two arches of the Roman crown, and the gold circlet of the Constantinopolitan; ...

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...der, considered as one of the Fine Arts; a task which might be easy enough three or four centuries ago, when the art was little understood, and few gr... ...ld of by its moral handle, (as it gener- ally is in the pulpit, and at the Old Bailey;) and that, I con- fess, is its weak side; or it may also be tre... ... relation to good taste. T o illustrate this, I will urge the authority of three eminent persons, viz., S.T. Coleridge, Aristotle, and Mr. Howship the... ...to be a very meritorious perfor- mance. Thus all the world is pleased; the old proverb is jus- tified, that it is an ill wind which blows nobody good;... ...end of this period, there arose a great charac- ter in our art, I mean the Old Man of the Mountains. He was a shining light, indeed, and I need not te... ... spot, with remainder to the female line, and settled a pension on him for three lives. Assassination is a branch of the art which demands a sepa- rat... ...g wrath. Upon its surface sate mighty mists, which grouped themselves into arches and long cathedral aisles. Down one of these, with the fiery pace of...

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... high salaried man of his profession in Lakeside. He was thirty five years old, now; he had served that store for fourteen years; he had begun in his ... ...I mean to put in ten thou sand. Ground floor. When we organize, we’ll get three shares for one.” “By George, but it sounds good, Aleck! Then the shar... ...to wait! Confound it, I—” “Oh, do be patient! It might even be declared in three months—it’s quite within the possibilities.” The $30,000 Bequest and... ..., thanks!” and Sally jumped up and kissed his wife in gratitude. “It’ll be three thousand—three whole thousand! how much of it can we spend, Aleck? Ma... ...hat time forth, although the daughters and the neighbors saw only the same old wooden house there, it was The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories 18 a ... ...ION WENT OFF WELL. The friends were all present, both the young and the old. Among the young were Flossie and Gracie Peanut and their brother Adelb... ... at this side? It is the Observatory. The bridge is very fine, it have ten arches, and is con structed of free stone. The streets are very layed out ...

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...volley of cannon balls, swooped away four country people with nosegays, and three men of business with portmanteaus, and fired itself off again, bang... ... as his way always is when he has nothing to do) had read of a certain black old Cumberland hill or mountain, called Carrock, or Carrock Fell; and had... ...and down hill, and twisting to the right, and twisting to the left, and with old Skiddaw (who has vaunted himself a great deal more than his merits de... ... Idle and Goodchild, as their conveyance stopped at the village shoemaker’s. Old Carrock gloomed down upon it all in a very ill tem pered state; and ... ...epness of the ascent was slightly mitigated; and here the exploring party of three turned round to look at the view below them. The scene of the moorl... ...isted in following. It appeared to the uninstructed mind of Thomas that when three men want to get to the bottom of a moun tain, their business is to... ...e was a frightful chasm somewhere near the foot of Carrock, called The Black Arches, into which the travellers were sure to march in the mist, if they... ...und the slope of the mountain, still desperately resolved to avoid the Black Arches, and to succeed in reaching the ‘certain point.’ A quarter of an h... ...public house bar. In one direction, confused perspectives of embankments and arches were to be seen from the platform; in the other, the rails soon di...

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......................................................... 278 Chapter 2.4.VI. Old-Dragoon Drouet. .......................................................... .................................................... 413 Chapter 3.2.VII. The Three V otings. .............................................................. ...by name, returning from Corsica, could see ‘with sorrow, at Compiegne, the old King of France, on foot, with doffed hat, in sight of his army, at the ... ...orever growing and changing. Does not the Black African take of Sticks and Old Clothes (say, exported Monmouth-Street cast-clothes) what will suffice,... ..., nevertheless, do we not see whole genera- tions (two, and sometimes even three successively) live, what they call living; and vanish,—without chance... ... hundred years ago, could make an Emperor wait barefoot, in penance-shift; three days, in the snow, has for centuries seen itself decaying; reduced ev... ...d loaves, is not plun- dered; nor are the Sevres Potteries broken. The old arches of Sevres Bridge echo under Menadic feet; Seine River gushes on with... ... westward to the Gate by the river (where also shall be wood, in triumphal arches), we count same thousand yards of length; and for breadth, from this... ...ere Carpentry and Painting have vied, for the upper Authorities; triumphal arches, at the Gate by the River, bear inscriptions, if weak, yet well-mean...

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...by name, returning from Corsica, could see ‘with sorrow, at Compiegne, the old King of France, on foot, with doffed hat, in sight of his army, at the ... ...ever growing and chang- ing. Does not the Black African take of Sticks and Old Clothes (say, exported Monmouth-Street cast-clothes) what will suffice,... ...th, nevertheless, do we not see whole generations (two, and sometimes even three successively) live, what they call living; and vanish,—without chance... ... hundred years ago, could make an Emperor wait barefoot, in penance-shift; three days, in the snow, has for centuries seen itself decaying; reduced ev... ...n the snow, has for centuries seen itself decaying; reduced even to forget old purposes and enmities, and join interest with the King- ship: on this y... ...cesses alone wait at the loathsome sick-bed; impelled by filial piety. The three Princesses, Graille, Chiffe, Coche (Rag, Snip, Pig, as he was wont to... ...ked loaves, is not plundered; nor are the Sevres Potteries broken. The old arches of Sevres Bridge echo under Menadic feet; Seine River gushes on with...

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...me on sick leave from an India to which he was never to return, was thirty-three; Mrs Ashburnham Leonora —was thirty-one. I was thirty-six and poor Fl... ...was a Hurlbird of Stamford, Connecticut, where, as you know, they are more old-fashioned than even the inhabitants of Cranford, England, could have be... ...owell of Philadelphia, Pa., where, it is historically true, there are more old English families than you would find in any six English counties taken ... ...bathing places must be stepping itself still. Isn’t there any heaven where old beautiful dances, old beautiful intimacies prolong themselves? Isn’t th... ... dine languidly and work without enthusiasm and find it a bore to carry on three minutes’ conversation about anything what- ever and yet, when the oth... ...s; the tall windows; the many tables; the black screen round the door with three golden cranes flying upward on each panel; the palm-tree in the centr... ... what these words meant. She thought of her mother as sleeping beneath the arches whilst the snow fell. That was the impression conveyed to her mind b...

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...t black chasms, huge black cliffs, rug- ged and over-hung gullies, natural arches, and deep green pools below them, almost too deep to let you see the... ...mp with continual droppings from above, with no more furniture than two or three tin pans, a truss of rotten straw, and a few ragged cloaks. In winter... ...ouble weights at the guys, and hope to get it up like a shot. What fun you three must be having! I hope the cold don’t disagree with you. – I remain, ... ...e night closes in and the sea slowly rising along with it; it looks like a three days’ gale. Last week has been a blank one: always too much sea. I en... ...g or other that looks fallible, it would be a relief. I sometimes wish the old Colo- nel had got drunk and beaten her, in the bitterness of my spirit.... ...t is a feature in art which seems to have come in with the Italians. Y our old Greek statues have scarce enough vitality in them to keep their monstro... .... Of course, I was glad to hear from you; you know, you and I have so many old stories between us, that even if there was nothing else, even if there ... ...z, a pretty and very melancholy village on the plain. A low bridge of many arches choked with sedge; great fields of white and yellow water-lilies; po...

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...s of a frailty more exquisite and consum- mate. We account it frailty that threescore years and ten make the upshot of man’s pleasurable existence, an... ... golden morning the streets were resonant with female parties of young and old, the timid and the bold, nay, even of the most delicate valetudinarians... ...oble crea- ture, as I first looked at her, when yet upon the early thresh- old of womanhood ‘With household motions light and free, And steps of virgi... ...ian lady upon the sudden seizure of her son, a child of four or five years old, by a spasmodic inflammation of the throat (since called croup) peculia... ...ether, a family of love, and there we never sat again. Never again were we three gathered together, nor ever shall be, so long as the sun and its gold... ...ver more to be seen returning from the cruel city. It was nearly half-past three, and therefore close upon two hours beyond the time fixed by Agnes fo... ...aerial curtains rents were perceived, sometimes taking the form of regular arches, portals, and windows, through which began dimly to gleam the heads ...

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........................................................ 114 PROLOGUE TO ‘THE THREE HOURS AFTER MARRIAGE’ .................................................. ..................................................................... 132 THE THREE GENTLE SHEPHERDS. ...................................................... ................................................................... 159 ON AN OLD GATE. .................................................................... ...and, Pope’s ardent friends erred in classing him with or above these great old writers; and on the other, his enemies were thus provoked to thrust him... ...ilton has winged his daring flight from heaven to earth, through Chaos and old Night; Pope’s Muse never wan- dered in safety, but from his library to ... ...elations, be- comes the foundation, and furnishes out the subjects, of the three following; so that— The second book takes up again the first and seco... ... all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears, With nodding arches, broken temples spread! The very tombs now vanish’d, like their dead... ...ed; No labour’d columns in long order placed, No Grecian stone the pompous arches graced: No nightly bands in glittering armour wait Before the sleepl...

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...ted anec- dotes. I wish to indicate here how this work, illu- mined by the three or four positive data which I have given, appears to me to demand it.... ... me instance “Saint-Antonin,” “ A Midnight Revel,” “The Little Cask,” and “Old Amable.” You close the book at the end of these vigorous sketches, and ... ...sensations are in turn those of a hunter and of a sailor, who have, as the old French say- ing expressively puts it, “swift foot, eagle eye,” and who ... ...tion, which does not often obtain between a renowned senior who is growing old and an ob- scure junior, whose renown is increasing. From 10 De Maupas... ...e-class adventures. 12 De Maupassant From this point of view, examine the three great romances of the Master from Rouen, and you will see that he has... ...riticism, Tolstoi adds: “I find in the book, in almost equal strength, the three cardinal qualities essential to great work, viz: moral purpose, perfe... ...tic ani-mals, with monstrous flowers, are joined together by finely carved arches, to the blue sky by day, and to the black sky by night. When I had r...

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...vas and the sky god Ukko. The word, Ukko, seems related to the Magyar Agg, old, and meant, therefore, an old being, a grandfather; but ultimately it c... .... Among the other deities of the air are the Luonnotars, mys tic maidens, three of whom were created by the rubbing of Ukko’s hands upon his left kne... ...ecame 13 The Kalevala green, and the people danced around it, so that the old men grew joyous as the youth.” The chief water god is Ahto, on the etym... ...is own, and received it with gratitude. To the shepherd lad Ahto gave the three knives as a reward for his honesty. A general term for the other wate... ...ian of hidden treasures. This important office is also filled by a hideous old deity named Mammelainen, whom Renwall, the Finnish lexicographer, descr... ...dead. Thus, as described in The Kalevala, when the hero of Wainola needed three words of master magic wherewith 17 The Kalevala to finish the boat i... ...drous beauty, Lasting joy and pride of Suomi. Whence the harp’s enchanting arches? From the jaw bones of the monster. Whence the necessary harp pins? ...