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... Boxtel’s name dis- appeared for ever from the list of the notable tulip-grow- ers in Holland, and those of Dort were now represented by Cornelius van... ... good citizen, and as it is the duty of every good citizen to inform against the bad ones, it is my duty to inform against Cornelius van Baerle.” Spec... ...hat of cupidity. Boxtel was quite aware of the progress which V an Baerle had made towards producing the grand black tulip. Dr. Cornelius, notwithstan... ...d his head whilst he could see Rosa every day; but the more he thought of it, the more clearly he saw the impracticability of such an attempt. He was ... ... which are paid to me for your board.” “But that’s murder,” cried Cornelius, carried away by the first impulse of the very natural terror with which t...

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...isions of the Los Muertos ranch, the first and fourth. Presley now had the choice of two routes. His objective point was the spring at the headwaters ... ... taken a notion that a practical knowledge of law was indispens- able to a modern farmer. In eight months he did the work 21 Frank Norris of three ye... ... a moment’s hush. “Gentle- men,” he said, “if organisation is a good word, modera- tion is a better one. The matter is too grave for haste. I would su... ...s “No, no. The League to-night and Derrick for Presi- dent.” “We have been moderate too long.” “The League first, principles afterward.” “We can’t wai... ...ts, the padded red carpet, the dull olive green tint of the walls, the few choice engravings—portraits of Marshall, T aney, Field, and a coloured lith... ...rgy of the Public and the aggression of the T rust, the two great evils of modern America. Pres, my boy, there is your epic poem ready to hand.” But C... ...e me. You two have much in common. I can see so much that is alike in your modes of interpreting nature. In Mr. Presley’s sonnet, ‘The Better Part,’ t... ...brow, an advancing chin. Then, twice, 470 The Octopus when she had made a choice, and brought her resolution to the point of speech, she quailed, shr...

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...conveniences? But he did not take it right, for deli- cacy and the curious choice of wines is therein to be avoided. If you found your pleasure upon d... ...ondly, to drink, after the French fashion, but at two meals, and then very moderately, is to be too sparing of the favours of the god. There is more t... ... ordinarily in his mouth. His behaviour was gently grave, humble, and very modest; he was very solicitous of neatness and propriety both in his person... ...il with his fleet.” —Aeneid, vi. i.] ’Tis sufficient for a man to curb and moderate his inclina- tions, for totally to suppress them is not in him to ... ... novices and freshmen to in- quire and to dispute, and for the chairman to moderate and determine. My moderator is the authority of the divine will, t... ...dition of life did, so the condition of death ought to depend upon our own choice. And Diogenes meeting the philosopher Speusippus, so blown up with a... ... but above all, I am the most taken with him for having made so discreet a choice of a book so worthy and of so great utility wherewith to present his... ...urpose. T o speak less of one’s self than what one really is is folly, not modesty; and to take that for current pay which is under a man’s value is p... ...ry rule of descent were to be violated, and the destinies corrected in the choice they have made of our heirs, one might more plausibly do it upon the...

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...hoolmaster or two, and was forewarned that those gentlemen might, in their modesty, be shy of receiving a visit from the author of the “Pickwick Paper... ...sizes and a half smaller upon the left hand door-post, surrounding a brass model of an infant’ s fist grasping a fragment of a skewer, and displaying ... ...ices practising vocal music invade the evening’s silence; and the fumes of choice tobacco scent the air. There, snuff and cigars, and German pipes and... ...aracens’ heads and shoulders, which it was once the pride and glory of the choice spirits of this metropolis to pull down at night, but which have for... ...e friar; and fair in truth they were. Even a monk might have loved them as choice masterpieces of his Maker’ s hand. ‘The sisters saluted the holy man... ...on our in- clinations, but that we should be free to live according to our choice. Let us hear no more of this, we pray you. Sisters, it is nearly noo... ... an early messenger bore the request of Von Koeldwethout next morning, and modestly retired to her chamber, from the casement of which she watched the... ...es out of ten, and then very hard,” rejoined the figure, drily. ‘“Never in moderation?” asked the baron. ‘“Never,” replied the figure, with a shudder,... ...class. ‘So he is, to be sure,’ rejoined Squeers. ‘We go upon the practical mode of teaching, Nickleby; the regular education system. C-l-e-a-n, clean,...

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...y maid must have a vocation, but an educated or half-educated woman has no choice; and educator she must become, to her own detriment, and that of her... ...books?” “We have very few books,” said Fanny, hesitating; “we had not much choice where we were.” “You should have written to me for a selection.” “Wh... ...der- took to convey Fanny to call upon her, and was off with a wonderfully moderate allowance of children, only the two youngest boys outside with the... ... was in the essay style, between argument and sarcasm, something after the model of the Invalid’s Letters; but it was scarcely lightly touched enough,... ...oreover persuaded that Lord Keith must be bent on inspecting his brother’s choice, while even Rachel felt as if the toils of fate were being drawn rou... ...the state of the case, with so much depending on his making a satisfactory choice, I feel convinced, with every regret, that you will feel it to be fo... ...tour—suppos- ing the happy event to take place—will be through a series of model schools and hospitals, ending in Hanwell.” “No,” said Alick, equally ... ...ain, and it is a constant burden on my mind.” “Yes, indeed. The effects of modern civilization are a con- stant burden on the compassion of every high... ...clergyman’s daughter, and your views have a different colouring from mine. Modern research has introduced so many variations of thought, that no good ...

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...early sure; She read some French romances here and there, Although her mode of speaking was not pure; For native Spanish she had no great care... ...n one—the worst of all. Oh! she was perfect past all parallel — Of any modern female saint’s comparison; So far above the cunning powers of he... ...solate hearth, Where all his household gods lay shiver’d round him: No choice was left his feelings or his pride, Save death or Doctors’ Commo... ...boy’s vision, The grosser parts; but, fearful to deface Too much their modest bard by this omission, And pitying sore his mutilated case, ... ...ay On which three single hours of moonshine smile And then she looks so modest all the while. There is a dangerous silence in that hour, A ... ...r hard, And must have cost his majesty a treasure: For my part, I ‘m a moderate minded bard, Fond of a little love (which I call leisure); ... ...gular and wrist. The surgeon, as there was no other fee, Had his first choice of morsels for his pains; But being thirstiest at the moment, he... ... show’d Its power unconsciously full many a time, A taste seen in the choice of his abode, A love of music and of scenes sublime, A pleas... ... between the headache and the heartache. One of the two, according to your choice, Woman or wine, you ‘ll have to undergo; Both maladies are t...

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...e edifices did not greet his eye he found himself confronted with the more modest grey of wooden ones; which, consisting, for the most part, of one or... ...n at any length, he had done so in a gen- eral sort of way and with marked modesty. Indeed, at moments of the kind his discourse had assumed some- thi... ...niversal respect, and will end by retir- ing from business, reordering his mode of life, and be- coming a Russian landowner—in other words, a fine gen... ...ng his service in the army, where he had been looked upon as an officer of modesty, delicacy, and refinement. “Yes, it is 35 Gogol not a bad idea,” h... ...the heart” caused Chichikov to become a little confused; wherefore he made modest reply that, as a matter of fact, he was neither of distinguished ori... ...nd as Selifan spoke the vehicle tilted to an angle which left Chichikov no choice but to hang on with hands and teeth. At length he realised the fact ... ... that the boots were so allur- 161 Gogol ing in their make that he had no choice but to lift up first one foot, and then the other, for the purpose o... ...ersburg, the ladies of N. were pre- eminently careful and refined in their choice of words and phrases. Never did a lady say, “I blew my nose,” or “I ... ... followed a few reflections of a correctitude so remarkable that I have no choice but to quote them. “What, I would ask, is this life of ours?” inquir...

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...hose libations of which so much is recorded in antient au thors and their modern transcribers. The principal differ ence lay in two instances; for, ... ...e, because it is not per fectly a good one. If thou dost delight in these models of perfection, there are books enow written to gratify thy taste; bu... ...orister of the night, hoots forth notes which might charm the ears of some modern connois seurs in music; now, in the imagination of the half drunk c... ...g Mr. Maclachlan was going to Bath, offered to carry him thither at a very moderate price. He was induced to this by the report of the hostler, who sa... ...wards Bristol. Reader, I am not superstitious, nor any great believer of modern miracles. I do not, therefore, deliver the following as a certain tr... ... such a person. Indeed, I believe I should not have erred so grossly in my choice if I had relied on my own judgment; but I trusted totally to the opi... ...standings equal to the wisest and greatest of the other sex, so often make choice of the silliest fellows for companions and favourites? It raises my ... ...city, attends her benig nant mistress. Here Nature indeed pours forth the choicest treasures which she hath lavished on this world; and here 476 The ... ...any but his own subjects. The king ordered a table to be spread with the choicest of their provisions for his accommodation; and, having placed hims...

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... Our present musters grow upon the file To five and twenty thousand men of choice; And our supplies live largely in the hope Of great Northumberland, ... ... bite them. When we mean to build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model; And when we see the figure of the house, Then must we rate the cost ... ...ion; Which if we find outweighs ability, What do we then but draw anew the model In fewer offices, or at last desist To build at all? Much more, in th... ...om down And set another up, should we survey The plot of situation and the model, Consent upon a sure foundation, Question surveyors, know our own est... ...in figures, Using the names of men instead of men: Like one that draws the model of a house Beyond his power to build it; who, half through, Gives o’e... ...nd publish the occasion of our arms. The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; Their over greedy love hath surfeited: An habitation giddy and unsu... ...ath been but as a scene Acting that argument: and now my death Changes the mode; for what in me was purchased, Falls upon thee in a more fairer sort; ...

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...tion.—The Golden Stairway.—St. Peter Damian.—Predestination.—The luxury of modern Prelates. ........... 80 CANTO XXII. Beatrice reassures Dante.—St. B... ...yrean, all the inferior spheres con- tained within it derive their special mode of being. 14 The heaven of the Fixed Stars. 15 Through the planets, ... ...tars. 15 Through the planets, called essences because each has a specific mode of being. 16 “The rays of the heavens are the way by which their vir-... ... standard-bearer, 14 Bruttis and Cassius are barking in Hell; and it made Modena and Perugia woful. Still does the sad Cleopatra weep therefor, who, ... ...ly that which I bear; but it is occult to we why God should will only this mode for our redemption.’ This decree, brother, stands buried to the eyes o... ...e spheres pour down their various influences without discrimination in the choice of the individual upon whom they fall. Hence sons may differ in thei... ...understood not, he spoke so pro- foundly. Nor did he hide himself to me by choice, but by necessity, for his conception was set above the mark of mor-...

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...s the phy- sician may cure us with our will, or against our will, and by any mode of treatment, burning, bleeding, lowering, fattening, if he only pro... ...d change in the weather, the patient or pu- pil seems to require a different mode of treatment: Would he persist in his old commands, under the idea t... ... together by common honours and reputations, by intermar- riages, and by the choice of rulers who combine both qualities. The temperate are careful an... ...le may be said to rest. These are some of the devices by which Plato, like a modern novelist, seeks to familiarize the marvellous. 28 Statesman The m... ...ion of the problem to a transcendental world; he speaks of 29 Plato what in modern language might be termed ‘impos- sibilities in the nature of thing... ...en discussed by him in the previous dialogues, but nowhere has the spirit of modern inductive philosophy been more hap- pily indicated than in the wor...

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...e age. I was chosen from among them all, and was the first, last, and only choice. I may be deemed superstitious, and even egotistical, in re- garding... ...an’s mighty speeches on and in behalf of Catholic emancipation. These were choice documents to me. I read them over and over again with unabated inter... ...st, and scream out, “Ha, ha! Come, come! Dash on, dash on!” This being his mode of attack, it was never safe to stop a single minute. His comings were... ...ning foot-races, fiddling, danc- ing, and drinking whisky; and this latter mode of spending the time was by far the most agreeable to the feelings of ... ...o a belief was freedom, back to the arms of slavery. I have said that this mode of treatment is a part of the whole system of fraud and inhumanity of ... ...part of the whole system of fraud and inhumanity of slavery. It is so. The mode here adopted to disgust the slave with freedom, by allowing him to see... ...es, until the poor fellow is made sick at the very mention of it. The same mode is sometimes adopted to make the slaves refrain from asking for more f...

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...which he forms about it, those few who hold that they are born for fidelity, modesty, and unerring sureness in dealing with the things of sense, never... ...we do think him in a bad way . But mortifica- tion of the sense of shame and modesty we go so far as to dub strength of mind! XXIV XXIV XXIV XXIV XXIV... ...more faithful than myself: keep this man for me such as Nature hath made him modest, faithful, high-minded, a stranger to fear, to pas- sion, to pertu... ...Who then is a Stoic in the sense that we call a statue of Phidias which is modelled after that master s art? Show me a man in this sense modelled af... ...elp me Heaven, I long to see one Stoic! Nay, if you cannot show me one fully modelled, let me at least see one in whom the process is at work one wh... ...eration, nor after strictly testing and viewing it from every side; no, your choice was thoughtless; the glow of your desire had waxed cold . Friend...

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... brave things she did, the splendid things! she was just a soldier; and so modest about it—well, you couldn’t help admiring her, and you couldn’t help... ...rdinary cause, but this was vital. This was a duty. With a duty one has no choice; one must put all lighter considerations aside and perform it. We we... ...he size of it. Is the fellow to that to be found in literature, ancient or modern, foreign or domestic, living or dead, drunk or sober? One notices ho... ...ot Major Elfonzo, the great musician *—the cham pion of a noble cause—the modern Achilles, who gained so many victories in the Florida War?” “I bea... ... the boldest chivalry. His close attention to ev ery important object—his modest questions about whatever was new to him—his reverence for wise old a... ... beneath its spreading shades. He en tered its classic walls in the usual mode of southern man ners. The artfulness of this man! None knows so well ... ... disposed to visit me, who may honor me with their graceful bows and their choicest compliments. It is true that young men too often mistake civil pol... ...nly demonstrate that one or the other is a fake, and let a person take his choice. The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories 244 By watching, I know that...

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...ed, whom perchance Guido thy son Had in contempt.” Already had his words And mode of punishment read me his name, Whence I so fully answer’d. He at o... ...ome stately castle, sure defence Affording to the space within, so here Were model’d these; and as like fortresses E’en from their threshold to the br... ..., what time in dreams The village gleaner oft pursues her toil, So, to where modest shame appears, thus low Blue pinch’d and shrin’d in ice the spirit... ...Hell 94 Of gentle ones, of whom my song hath told, Their tender years, thou modern Thebes! did make Uncapable of guilt. Onward we pass’d, Where other... ...(storia della Lett. Ital. t. v. 1. ii. c. ii. sect. 4.) he was the source of modern philosophical impiety. The critic quotes some passages from Petrar... ...produce a rebellion against themselves, in order to satisfy the people, made choice of two knights, Frati Godenti (joyous friars) of Bologna, on whom ...

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...ion to be quite visible. Nothing could be more clumsy than the gentleman’s mode of complimenting her; but for this, perhaps, his speeches were more ef... ...ie: and marry her I will.” For very much to the credit of Miss Catherine’s modesty, she had declared that marriage was with her a sine qua non, and ha... ...nstances of such strange inexplicable passions? Was not Helen, by the most moderate calculation, ninety years of age when she went off with His Royal ... ...w—no more being a gentleman for me; and if I remained to be caught, only a choice between Tyburn and a file of grenadiers. My love, under such circum-... ...nd nobody ever hinted that she had relatives: but it is easy for a lady of moderate genius to invent circumstances; and with lies, tears, threats, coa... .... He had a white velvet suit, covered over with stars and or- ders, a neat modest wig and bag, and peach-coloured silk- stockings with silver clasps. ... ...on on whom his affections were centred. One of these gifts was a hamper of choice mountain-wine, which had been some weeks in the house, and excited t...

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...ls with the rights of property; yet nearly all of this is of comparatively modern growth. A new emotion may take possession of man which will result i... ...se criminal statutes. The ever-growing social restrictions are of the same modern growth, and it is equally impossible to feel and understand them. Wh... ...nly be told by long experience. Women must accept the facts and make their choice of ac- tivities in view of these facts. Quite apart from any senti- ... ...ks and cultivated the fields in a simple way. With the introduction of the modern machine, the fac- tory system and the railroads, in the last century... ...ne, the fac- tory system and the railroads, in the last century, our great modern cities were evolved. As they grew more complicated, new problems aro... ... conditions are related to all crimes. Other criminal statutes are of more modern date, and as a rule involve not much more than adultery, except in r... ...ed that man is a specially created animal and that he does wrong from free choice, that much more time and investigation are necessary before sane and... ...her the dangers that lurked along other roads, nor the fact that he had no choice about the way he went. All he knows is that he stumbled along a cert... ...nt toil. It may be that he had the bad luck not to marry the person of his choice, or it may be that he had the bad luck to marry her. It may be becau...

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... the settlers, for a Massachusetts boy to go down there with a trunk full of choice scions, and his grafting apparatus, in the spring. The next mornin... ... potatoes, nearly ripe, growing like weeds, and turnips mixed with them. The mode of clearing and planting is, to fell the trees, and burn once what w... ...ast glued by the pitch. This should be recorded among the advantages of this mode of advertising, that so, possibly, even the bears and wolves, moose,... ...eared. 44 The Maine Woods we reached the larger lakes, and detain us; for a moderate wind produces quite a sea on these waters, in which a batteau wi... ... search. I observed, while he was tracking the moose, a certain reticence or moderation in him. He did not communicate several observations of interes... ...ongue of the moose for supper, — having left the nose, which is esteemed the choicest part, at Chesuncook, boiling, it being a good deal of trouble to... ...ndry; it is a safe theme, like piety; but as for the beauty of one of these “model farms,” I would as lief see a patent churn and a man turning it. Th...

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...iterary implements 6 Heartbreak House for forming the mind of the perfect modern Socialist and Creative Evolutionist. It was a curious experience to ... ...the House of commons, with nobody to correct their incredible ignorance of modern thought and political science but upstarts from the counting-house, ... ...s of Votes for Everybody get into parlia- ment if handicapped by a serious modern cultural equip- ment; but if they had, their habit of living in a va... ...chanical reactions over which they have no control. Such figments as mind, choice, purpose, conscience, will, and so forth, are, they taught, mere ill... ...e form of a book for lack of an opportunity of presenting it in its proper mode by a performance in a theatre. The war has thrown me back on this expe... ...They are badly wanted in this house. I am excessively old. Hesione is only moderately young. Her children are not youthful. LADY UTTERWORD. How can ch...

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...flected on it, has induced me some times to say, that were it offered to my choice, I should have no objection to a repetition of the same life from ... ...prevailed with to accompany them thither, where they expected to enjoy their mode of religion with freedom. By the same wife he had four children more... ...gradually left it, retaining only the habit of expressing myself in terms of modest dif fidence; never using, when I advanced any thing that may poss... ... at the same time express yourself as firmly fix’d in your present opinions, modest, sensible men, who do not love disputation, will probably leave yo... ...ranklin 18 coupled with another, I think, less properly, “For want of modesty is want of sense.” If you ask, Why less properly? I must repeat t... ...epeat the lines, “Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of modesty is want of sense.” Now, is not want of sense (where a man is so u... ...s even improv’d the original. In his common conversation he seems to have no choice of words; he hesi tates and blunders; and yet, good God! how he w... ...or I was but a bad speaker, never eloquent, subject to much hesitation in my choice of words, hardly correct in language, and yet I generally carried ... ...t promotion was my being chosen, in 1736, clerk of the General Assembly. The choice was made that year with out opposition; but the year following, w...

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...n to see men, or to try to see them, from within, nor to learn charity and modesty and justice from the sight; but still stared at them externally fro... ...k grasses and the upright and recumbent stones. Dr. Laurie was, I think, a Moderate: ’tis certain, at least, that he took a very Roman view of deathbe... ...ed them at all) the lower and less intellectual ele- ments of the art, the choice of the essential note and the right word: things that to a happier c... ...ming to his call, dozens of turns of phrase simultaneously bidding for his choice, and he him- self knowing what he wants to do and (within the narrow... ...itations that there still shines beyond the student’s reach his inimitable model. Let him try as he please, he is still sure of failure; and it is a v... ...presence could impart a savour of quaint antiquity to the baldest and most modern flower-plots. There was a dig- nity about his tall stooping form, an... ...ty Water of Leith. Often and often I desire to look upon it again; and the choice of a point of view is easy to me. It should be at a certain water-do... ... thee keeps,” it ran: a strange conglomerate of the unpronounceable, a sad model to set in childhood before one who was himself to be a versifier, and... ...or many a long evening. His manner is dry, brisk and pertinacious, and the choice of words not much. The point about him is his extraordinary readines...