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...more effectively into another, a greater, and more satisfac- tory one. The Finn or the Pole, who has hitherto been a rather reluctant member of the sy... ...ywhere. They seemed to give a raison d’être for mankind. It is the Emperor William and the Czar Ferdinand who have betrayed not only humanity but thei...

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...d to scare Nicodemus to death, and explained how he was going to do it. He had a noble new skeleton—the skeleton of the late and only local celebrity,... ...e new skeleton—the skeleton of the late and only local celebrity, Jimmy Finn, the village drunkard—a grisly piece of prop- erty which he had bought of... ...death. The fifty dollars had gone promptly for whiskey and had considerably hurried up the change of ownership in the skel- eton. The doctor would put... ... place to be in: I had forgotten the child’s name; I hadn’t imagined it would be needed again. However, I had to pretend to know, anyway, so I said: “... ...’t you think so?” “I suppose it must be.” “Hi, there’s Mount Pilatus coming in sight again. Named after Pontius Pilate, you know, that shot the apple ... ...t it, they say. I didn’t read it—an American told me. I don’t read when I’m knocking around like this, having a good time. Did you ever see the chapel... ... and clatter. He could not have six horses all the time, so he made the most of his chance while he had it. Up to this point we had been in the heart ...

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...ee above for Gersoni’s translation); The Watch, from the Russian, by J. E. Williams, 1893. WORKS: Novels, translated by Constance Garnett, 15 vols., 1... ...out the factory. At the first glance he gave one the impression of being a Finn or a Swede. He was tall, lean, broad-shoul- dered, with colourless eye...

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..., with curls of black hair, rings in his ears, and a knife not far from his hand, if you got into trouble with him; there were Maltese Jack, and Jack ... ... whole eight hundred, without an exception, this paper is always ready. Inspector (reading the ticket). Jessie Jobson, Sophronia Jobson, Jessie Jobson... ...d away they go. Mormon agent, skilful and quiet, hands them on. Mormon agent, skilful and quiet, hands next party up. Inspector (reading ticket again)...

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...The second of Crompton's series of 39 books about William Brown, our cheeky 11 year-old protagonist. A hero to some, a dastardly villain to others, this book is structured round a year in his life. Starting with William waking up on Christmas morning and ending with him goin...

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... IN MEMORY OF ALFRED POLLEXFEN FIVE AND TWENTY years have gone Since old William Pollexfen Laid his strong bones down in death By his wife Elizabeth... ... POEMS OF W.B. YEATS TO BE CARVED ON A STONE AT THOOR BALLYLEE I, THE poet William Yeats, With old mill boards and sea green slates, And smithy work f... ...ote and an iron bell. TWO SONGS REWRITTEN FOR THE TUNE’S SAKE I MY Paistin Finn is my sole desire, And I am shrunken to skin and bone, For all my hear... ...an old man’s frenzy, Myself must I remake Till I am Timon and Lear Or that William Blake Who beat upon the wall Till Truth obeyed his call; A mind Mic... ...unty Down, A good man on a horse, Sandymount Corbets, that notable man Old William pollexfen, The smuggler Middleton, Butlers far back, Half legendary... ... air. Must live to be old like the wandering moon. Caoilte, and Conan, and Finn were there, When we followed a deer with our baying hounds. With Bran,... ... fern: The hunting of heroes should be glad.’ ‘O pleasant woman,’ answered Finn, ‘We think on Oscar’s pencilled urn, And on the heroes lying slain On ... ... enwound me; He shook himself and neighed three times: Caoilte, Conan, and Finn came near, And wept, and raised their lamenting hands, And bid me stay... ...to me, and my heart grew sore, Remembering how I had stood by white haired Finn Under a beech at Almhuin and heard the thin Outcry of bats. And then y...

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...r ally, staying in the house with them when the Duchess died. This was Mrs Finn, the wife of Phineas Finn, who had been one of the Duke’s colleagues w... ... of the Duke’s colleagues when in office. How it had come to pass that Mrs Finn and the Duchess had become singularly bound together has been told els... ... time and very comfortless, it had been almost a thing of course, that Mrs Finn should go with her. And as she had sunk, and then despaired, and then ... ...wing day they had all left him, and the only stranger in the house was Mrs Finn. On the afternoon of the day after the funeral the Duke and his guest ... ...gear declared that he had made three speeches daily last week, and that Mr Williams the rector who had heard him, declared him to be a godless disside... ...e attractive, almost made him desirous of making a speech himself. Then Mr Williams, the rector, followed, a gentleman who had many staunch friends an... ... to be injuring the cause by every word he spoke. It was necessary that Mr Williams should liberate his own mind, and therefore he persevered with the... ... how a godless man should care enough about religion to be a dissenter. Mr Williams was heard with impatience, and then there was a clamour for the yo... ...mong them. His voice was much pleasanter to their ears than that of old Mr Williams. The women waved their handker- chiefs and the men stamped their f...

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...I want Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Virtue to follow; and perhaps also William Penn, but this last may be perhaps delayed for another volume – I t... ...bject smiles widely on the world:– 1830: A Chapter of Artistic History, by William Ernest Henley (or Of Socail and Artistic History, as the thing migh... ... ished Autobiography reaching up to the first performance of King John. By William Shakespeare. 2. The journals and Private Correspondence of David, K... ...all, of course goes to Lloyd. Lemme see, I have now dedicated to W. E. H. [William Ernest Henley]. S. C. [Sidney Colvin]. T. S. [Thomas Stevenson]. Si... ...on]. 192 The Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 There remain: C. B., the Williamses – you know they were the parties who stuck up for us about our m... ...s, I think, all that can be said by way of news. Have you read Huckleberry Finn? It contains many ex- cellent things; above all, the whole story of a ...

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...ne was brought about by Mr. Pawling, partner in the publishing firm of Mr. William Heinemann. One day Mr. Pawling said to me: “Stephen Crane has arriv... ...n the New Review and later, towards the end of his life, from the late Mr. William Blackwood in his magazine. For the rest I must say that during his ... ...d wife’s and mother’s senti- ments any more than of the good First Emperor William’s tears, shed so abundantly after every battle, by letter, telegram... ...ghtness of character are matters beyond doubt. I remember also a couple of Finns, both carpenters, of course, and very good craftsmen; a Swede, the mo...

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...any as I shall find.” A Stralsund man shot blind and large, and a war-lock Finn was he, And he hit Tom Hall with a bursting ball a hand’s-breadth over... ...hey’ll let me free o’ the barricks to walk on the Hoe again In the name o’ William Parsons, that used to be Edward Clay, An’ — any pore beggar that wa...

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... 8 I see the regions of snow and ice, I see the sharp eyed Samoiede and the Finn, I see the seal seeker in his boat poising his lance, I see the Sibe... ...’s self I hear.) 4 I hear those odes, symphonies, operas, I hear in the William Tell the music of an arous’d and angry people, I hear Meyerbeer’s...