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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... South- ern Coast. There is only one phrase to describe his course at this stage, and that is—voluptuous curves. He did not ride fast, he did not ride... ...here you have them well embarked upon the Adventure. Both are in the first stage of repentance, which consists, as you have probably found for 53 H G... ...pursuit and vengeance was in the air. The idyll still had the front of the stage. That accursed detective, it seemed, had been thrown off the scent, a... ... phrase he seemed to regard as a very good light table joke in itself. His English was uncer- 96 The Wheels of Chance tain, but not such as books inf... ...lking of the fashionableness of bicycling,—how judges And stockbrokers and actresses and, in fact, all the best people rode, and how that it was often... ...ently delivered. He would rate them as a nobleman should: “Call themselves Englishmen, indeed, and insult a woman!” he would say; take the names and a...

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...g student publication project to bring classi cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and ... ...f a Garrick, of a Cibber, or a Clive, * can convey to him; so, on the real stage, the character shows himself in a stronger and bolder light than he c... ...ety in mentioning this great ac tor, and these two most justly celebrated actresses, in this place, as they have all formed themselves on the study o... ... entreaties, to his antagonist to desist from pursuing her blows; in plain English, he only begged her with the utmost earnestness to hear him; but be... ...ough I say it, is frequented by gentry of the best quality, both Irish and English. I defy anybody to say black is my eye, for that matter. And, as I ... ...e, the ensign proposed, and the lady presently agreed, to make their first stage on foot; for which purpose the hardness of the frost was very season ... ... held to be in the law. In reality, I apprehend every amorous widow on the stage would run the hazard of being condemned as a servile imita tion of D... ...perform; and, indeed, she executed it so well, that none of our theatrical actresses could exceed her, in any of their performances, either on or off ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...st be added, entirely indiffer- ent about his birthplace; but speaking the English language, and having been during the course of his life pretty gene... ...ke the trouble to inquire. He was a Bavarian by birth (his mother being an English lady), and enjoyed along with a dozen other brothers the title of c... ...ral sur- rendered to him: Mr. Bullock, namely, who gave in at a very early stage of the evening, and ignominiously laid down his arms under the table,... ... under his arm. He was, the reader will therefore understand, in the moral stage of liquor; and when he issued out, it was not merely with the intenti... ...her: the end was coming quickly, and every one of our unknowing actors and actresses were to be implicated, more or less, in the catastrophe. It will ... ...arning ever since this history commenced. W e are now come, O critic, to a stage of the work when this tale begins to assume an appearance so interest...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...m “one of the worst of men.” Literary Paris had combined with Hume and the English Government to sur- round him—as he supposed—with guards and spies; ... ... he knew all the great virtuosi, all the celebrated works, all the actors, actresses, pretty women, and powerful lords; in short nothing was mentioned... ...tterly undo me. I know not by what whimsicallity I resolved to pass for an Englishman; however, in consequence of that determination I gave my- self o... ...with Ma- demoiselle Fel, Grimm, and I think the Abbe Raynal, in one of the stages to the court. The rehearsal was tolerable: I was more satisfied with... ...x by M. de Cury, and which belonged to him. It was very spacious, upon the stage and opposite to a lesser, but more elevated one, in which the king sa... ...g mentioned; but I have rea- son to believe it was known to the actors and actresses, and many other persons. Mademoiselles Gauffin and Grandval playe... ...nfortunate heroine, when she could no longer be suf- fered upon any French stage. I at that time tried my abilities with Tacitus, and translated the f...

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... brilliant glare in the sur- rounding darkness—she caught a glimpse of the stage. It was set for a garden; at the back and in the distance a chateau; ... ...rowded, and Jadwin and Cressler were obliged to stand, in order to see the stage. Although they all spoke in whispers, their arrival was the signal fo... ...balancing in the twilight, defined itself. But soon she turned towards the stage. The applause died away, and the contralto once more sang the aria. T... ...d it was during this lull in the morning’s business that the idiocy of the English ultimatum to the Porte melted away. As inexplicably and as suddenly... ...ons of the vertebrae of his neck. He explained the cause of his delay. His English was without accent, but at times suddenly entangled itself in curio... ...you about this morning—five million bushels of it, and I found out from my English agent that I could slam it right into a couple of fellows over ther... ...eprecatory demeanour; as a jolly and roistering “high roller,” addicted to actresses, suppers, and to bath- ing in champagne. In the Democratic press ...

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...suade Henry to marry, you must have the address of a Frenchwoman. All that English abilities can do has been tried already. I have three very particul... ...uld rant and storm, or sigh or cut capers, in any tragedy or comedy in the English language. Let us be doing something. Be it only half a play, an act... ...ust give my opinion, I have always thought it the most insipid play in the English language. I do not wish to make objections; I shall be happy to be ... ...ve her playful- ness and simplicity without extravagance. I have seen good actresses fail in the part. Simplicity, indeed, is beyond the reach of almo... ... itself is, perhaps, one of the last who would wish to represent it on the stage.” Miss Crawford was silenced, and with some feelings of resentment an... ...Park CHAPTER XVIII Everything was now in a regular train: theatre, actors, actresses, and dresses, were all getting forward; but though no other great... ... must have two chairs at hand for you to bring forward to the front of the stage. There— very good school-room chairs, not made for a theatre, I dare ... ... means of immedi- ate communication, and, opening it, found himself on the stage of a theatre, and opposed to a ranting young man, who appeared likely...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ure. Her mother, the danseuse, now forty-three years old, retired from the stage and went to live in the country,—thus depriving her daughter of the r... ...ociety, though rather mixed, was very amus- ing; she received and welcomed actresses, artists, men of let- ters, and a few rich men. Madame Colleville... ...tremely well; and she had studied the French language, history, geography, English, Italian,— in short, all that constitutes the education of a well-b... ...ister-in-law would be the famous Mariette of the Opera. “She came from the stage,” said Colleville, alluding to his wife, “and there’s no need she sho... ... atti- tude; for once, at a moment of extreme penury, he had gone upon the stage. As he finished making his proposition some one rang at the outer doo... ...his nature. He had as great a horror for straight courses as the lovers of English gardens show in the lines of their paths. Dutocq, having still a po... ...h a practised eye would at once have recognized as second hand. Mothers of actresses are al- ways clothed by this very economical process. Their garme...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...the right-hand side.” “Right hand as you face the house or as you face the stage?” McTeague was dumfounded. “I want to be on the right-hand side,” he ... ...drums.” “Well, the drums are on the right of the orchestra as you face the stage,” shouted the other impatiently; “you want to the left, then, as you ... ...oun the aisle. Directly in front of them was the great iron curtain of the stage, painted with all manner of advertisements. From behind this came a n... ...’s Old Grannis?” suddenly exclaimed Marcus. Sure enough, where had the old Englishman gone? He had been there at first. “I called him down with everyb... ...Baker’s miserable embarrassment on this occasion was the fact that the old Englishman should meet her thus, carrying a sordid market-basket full of so... ... it intently, a great mirror over the mantle of- fered to view an array of actresses’ pictures thrust between the glass and the frame, and a big bunch...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...y Business College 50 Babbitt and instructor in Public Speaking, Business English, Sce- nario Writing, and Commercial Law. Though Babbitt ad- mired t... ...at morning he had advocated lighter lunches and now he ordered nothing but English mutton chop, radishes, peas, deep-dish apple pie, a bit of cheese, ... ...ces between Thompson, the old-fashioned, lean Yankee, rugged, traditional, stage type of American business man, and Babbitt, the plump, smooth, effici... ... gained nothing but his crooked nose, his cel- ebrated vocabulary, and his stage-presence. The service of the Lord had been more profitable. He was ab... ...to grab this celebrated Thespian off his lovely aggregation of beauti- ful actresses—and I got to admit I butted right into his dressing-room and told... ... or two people. “Gosh, I’m not doing so bad; hittin’ ‘em up like a regular stage dancer!” he gloated; and she answered busily, “Yes—yes—I told you I c...

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... use, as he did generally, of terms of op probrium extracted from the older English literature. He had seen Tarrant, or his equivalent, often before;... ...ession. He looked like the priest of a religion that was passing through the stage of miracles; he carried his responsibility in the general elongatio... ...upposed to have a remarkably insinuating way of waiting upon prime donne and actresses the morning after their arrival, or some times the very evenin... ... natures more refined. So it was that Olive passed, in three months, from the stage of veneration to that of competition; and the process had been acce... ...d themselves, but he had a longish pedigree (it had flowered at one time with English royalists and cav aliers), and he seemed at moments to be inhabi... ...essons, and when they passed, as sooner or later they were sure to, into the stage I have described, she interceded for her overwrought darling, remin... ...th everything it contained, the swiftness of his horses, the softness of his English cart, the pleasure of rolling at that pace over roads as firm as m...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...se as a finale, I doubt whether the demand is not too deeply rooted in the English, nay, in the human mind, to be safely neglected. The essence of all... ...l Bath has necessarily united all suffrages. He is of course a very little stagey; he reminds us that his author had had a long theatrical apprentices... ... ii Chapter ii The history sets out. Observations on the excellency of the English constitution and curious examinations be- fore a justice of peace. ... ...ad settled themselves a little below the girdle. 18 Amelia I wish certain actresses on the stage, when they are to per- form characters of no amiable... ...lves a little below the girdle. 18 Amelia I wish certain actresses on the stage, when they are to per- form characters of no amiable cast, would stud... ...veyance there- fore for herself and children to Salisbury, from whence the stage coach had brought them to town; and, having depos- ited the children ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...h takes as its spe- cial department the gallantries of married people. The stage has been preoccupied by such affairs for centuries, not only in the j... ... tragically turned adulteries of the Pa- risian school which dominated the stage until Ibsen put them out of countenance and relegated them to their p... ...f my career as a playwright, that adultery is the dullest of themes on the stage, and that from Francesca and Paolo down to the latest guilty couple o... ...ch actors are often scandalized by what they consider the indecency of the English stage, and that French actresses who desire a greater license in ap... ... by what they consider the indecency of the English stage, and that French actresses who desire a greater license in appealing to the sexual instincts... ...s than the French stage allows them, learn and establish themselves on the English stage. The German and Russian stages are in the same relation to th...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...INT SELECT COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE STAGE PLAYS (CENSORSHIP) TOGETHER WITH THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE COMMITTEE, MI... ...E, AND APPENDICES. What the 4 The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet phrase “the Stage Plays” means in this title I do not know; nor does anyone else. The n... ...etrating study of the genteel littleness of our class govern- ments in the English language, that whenever an abuse becomes oppressive enough to persu... ... by the operation of the mere impulse to contradict them, always strong in English human nature. Why the Managers Love the Censorship The only one of ... ...e play, and may honestly see nothing but an ordinary “character part” in a stage figure which may be a libellous and unmistakeable caricature of some ... ...ould appear on the English stage without being pelted off as the Ital- ian actresses were. The theatrical profession was regarded as a shameless one; ... ...fession was regarded as a shameless one; and it is only of late years that actresses have at last succeeded in living down the assumption that actress... ... their best not only innocent, but refining in their effect, whereas those actresses and skirt dancers who have brought the peculiar aph- rodisiac eff...

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...to shore swimming and floating alternately, and was called Old Sky-high by English sailors, any number of whom could 8 The Amazing Marriage always be... ... told that he never forgave the Admiralty for striking him off the list of English naval captains: which is no doubt why in his old age he nursed a gr... ... in favour of Kirby; for though, Lord Cressett was quite the popular young English nobleman, being a capital whip and free of his coin, in those days ... ..., the hero of an adventure celebrated in our Law courts and on the English stage; for he took possession of his coachman’s wife, and was accused of co... ...nd. He was not hanged for it, so we are bound to think him not guilty. The stage-piece is called ‘Saturday Night’, and it had an 13 George Meredith a... ...p in Breach of the Convention XIV. A Pendant of the Foregoing XV . Opening Stage of the Honeymoon XVI. In Which the Bride from Foreign Parts Is Given ... ...no; not clergymen!’ She laughed at the suggestion. She might be one of the actresses by nature. Is the man unsympathetic with women a hater of Nature ... ...man unsympathetic with women a hater of Nature deductively? Most women are actresses. As to worshipping Nature, we go back to the state of heathen bea...

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...g student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...me; and the wind was intolerably keen. Mr Squeers got down at almost every stage—to stretch his legs as he said—and as he always came back from such e... ...e little boys were put to thaw by the fire, and regaled with sandwiches. A stage or two fur- ther on, the lamps were lighted, and a great to-do occasi... ...ng blast which swept across the open country. They were little more than a stage out of Grantham, or about halfway between it and Newark, when Nichola... ... torn and filthy book beneath his learned eye. ‘This is the first class in English spelling and philosophy, Nickleby,’ said Squeers, beckoning Nichola... ...y an easy transition, into Mantalini: the lady rightly considering that an English appellation would be of serious injury to the business. He had marr... ...k on the ground with the umbrella before-men- tioned. ‘I have known divine actresses before now, sir, I used to collect—at least I used to call for—an... ...for upwards of four year but never—no, never, sir of all divine creatures, actresses or no actresses, did I see a diviner one than is Henrietta Petowk... ...holas. ‘No, sir, not to make her Mrs Lillyvick,’ replied the collec- tor. ‘Actresses, sir, always keep their maiden names—that’s the regular thing—but...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...print it here as a sample of what can be done with even the most hackneyed stage framework by filling it in with an observed touch of actual humanity ... ...Mrs Warren’s houses. Many people have been puzzled by the fact that whilst stage entertainments which are frankly meant to act on the 6 How He Lied t... ...oral hue and cry against performances of Mrs Warren’s Profession, and drag actresses to the police court to be insulted, bullied, and threatened for f... ...irst actor-managers have offered her a hun- dred a week if she’d go on the stage when they start a reper- tory theatre; and I think they know what the...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Copy... ...on—why, where can you go that they have not been there before? Is there an English farm—is there an English stream, an English city, or an English cou... ... of railways, and was most pathetic upon the virtues of the slow going old stage coaches. Now I, entertaining some little lingering kindness for the r... ... to recognize in this toast the President’s usual disinterestedness; since English literature could scarcely be re membered in any place, and, certai... ... equally accustomed to predict by certain little signs and portents on the stage what is going to happen there. When the young lady, an admiral’s daug... ...ion, although he may not adopt the dramatic form, writes in effect for the stage. He may never write plays; but the truth and passion which are in him... ...ir education gratuitously, and who shall always be the children of actors, actresses, or dramatic writers. This school, you will understand, is to be ... ...ys an Charles Dickens 96 exceptional case—that the children of actors and actresses take to the stage. Persons therefore need not in the least fear t... ...s a blooming woman, and who came from a long line of provincial actors and actresses, once said to me when she was happily married; when she was rich,...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood Professor of English at Princeton University Preface IN MAKING THIS abridgement of Boswe... ...e o’er each scene’ with him, as he actually ad- vanced through the several stages of his life. Had his other friends been as diligent and ar- dent as ... ...ar enough; she should have taken him to Rome.’ He was first taught to read English by Dame Oliver, a widow, who kept a school for young children in Li... ..., Mr. Levett, Captain Garrick, father of the great ornament of the British stage; but above all, Mr. Gilbert Walmsley, Register of the Prerogative Cou... ...the law, from which he was soon diverted by his decided preference for the stage. They were recommended to Mr. Colson, an eminent mathematician and ma... ...behind your scenes, David; for the silk stockings and white bosoms of your actresses excite my amorous propensi- ties.’ 1750: AETAT. 41.]—In 1750 he c...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...me; and the wind was intolerably keen. Mr Squeers got down at almost every stage—to stretch his legs as he said—and as he always came back from such e... ...e little boys were put to thaw by the fire, and regaled with sandwiches. A stage or two fur- ther on, the lamps were lighted, and a great to-do occasi... ...ng blast which swept across the open country. They were little more than a stage out of Grantham, or about halfway between it and Newark, when Nichola... ... torn and filthy book beneath his learned eye. ‘This is the first class in English spelling and philosophy, Nickleby,’ said Squeers, beckoning Nichola... ...y an easy transition, into Mantalini: the lady rightly considering that an English appellation would be of serious injury to the business. He had marr... ...k on the ground with the umbrella before-men- tioned. ‘I have known divine actresses before now, sir, I used to collect—at least I used to call for—an... ...for upwards of four year but never—no, never, sir of all divine creatures, actresses or no actresses, did I see a diviner one than is Henrietta Petowk... ...holas. ‘No, sir, not to make her Mrs Lillyvick,’ replied the collec- tor. ‘Actresses, sir, always keep their maiden names—that’s the regular thing—but...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...robation was tumultuous. He gave an imitation of the two negroes in broken English; the roof was rent with applause. From that period we date (with on... ... hope she is. We were somewhat curious to ascertain what would be the next stage—for that the place had no chance of succeeding now, was perfectly cle... ...r maze of streets, courts, lanes, and alleys? Where such a pure mixture of Englishmen and Irishmen, as in this complicated part of London? We boldly a... ...n great rough trousers and Guernsey shirts, are getting them ready by easy stages; now coming down the yard with a pair of sculls and a cushion—then h... ...Did any of our readers ever notice the class of people, who hang about the stage-doors of our minor theatres in the daytime? You will rarely pass one ... ...Ay, ay, I see,’ replied the mayor.—’Horses and dogs, play and wine—grooms, actresses, and cigars—the stable, the green-room, the saloon, and the taver...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...uple of hours. The spencer, as its name indicates, was the invention of an English lord, vain, doubtless, of his handsome shape. Some time before the ... ...ing in the minority, the success of the spencer was short-lived in France, English though it was. At the sight of the spencer, men of forty or fifty m... ...ill you see such spec- tacles as this; for of her boulevards Paris makes a stage where a never-ending drama is played gratuitously by the French natio... ...upants of the baignoires, lost to view of the house, to gain a view of the stage, Pons and Schmucke eclipsed them- selves by their success. In Paris (... ...ces that needs must come when a corps de ballet is blended with actors and actresses, one of the most trying combinations ever created by the laws of ... ...take your places!” called Pons, look- ing round at his little army, as the stage manager’s bell rang for the overture. The piece was a dramatized fair... ...t, I should have thought that you had had mistresses by the dozen—dancers, actresses, and duchesses, for you went out so much. . . . When you went out... ...e official contributions. He sold boxes, he took presents from indifferent actresses burning to go upon the stage to fill small speaking parts, or sim...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ved like the bow of Love—every man or maiden, every babe or matron in that English Jewry bore in his countenance one or more of these characteristics ... ...e dark and grimy counter, strewed with old feathers, old yellow hoots, old stage mantles, painted masks, blind and yet gazing at you with a look of sa... ...est to have my parole withdrawn from me, and to cause me to be sent to the English depot of prisoners at V erdun, the Marquis’s interest with the Empe... ...w the youth did his foes engage; and at length they went off in the Gretna stage, the high-born dame and the peasant page. W olfgang beat time, waggle... ...(Have you not remarked, dear friend, how often in novel- books, and on the stage, joy is announced by the above burst of insensate monosyllables?) “To... ...ts of young and old gents of the fashion crowding round and staring at the actresses prac- tising their steps. Fancy yellow snuffy foreigners, chatter...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ernard Shaw PARENTS AND CHILDREN T railing Clouds of Glory C HILDHOOD is a stage in the process of that con- tinual remanufacture of the Life Stuff by... ...to classical education, another Shakespear. I can read French as easily as English; and under pressure of necessity I can turn to account some scraps ... ... were re- strained by law at the suggestion of Robert Owen, the founder of English Socialism. Most of this legislation will become an insufferable res... ...eatise on it which I prepared for the Joint Committee on the Censorship of Stage Plays, and prefixed to The Shewing Up of Blanco Posnet. It must suffi... ...its way by experiment; and this finding of the way varies according to the stage of development reached, from the blindest groping along the line of l... ...ments of art. Tenors and prima donnas, pianists and violinists, actors and actresses enjoy powers of seduction which in the middle ages would have exp...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ..., between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great as an English Principal- ity, though in the early times its revenues were but sma... ...e not only brought back my Lord to the Church of England, but procured the English peerage for him, which the junior branch of our family at present e... ...ond, who had frequented the one as long as he had money to spend among the actresses, now came to the church as assiduously. He looked so lean and sha... ...and tearful eyes conveyed them. Then, perhaps, the pair reached that other stage which is not uncommon in married life, when the woman perceives that ... ...not to be imagined that Harry Esmond had all this experience at this early stage of his life, whereof he is now writing the history—many things here n... ...ordingly, he took leave of Castlewood, proposing to ride to London by easy stages, and lie two nights upon the road. His host treated him with a stud-... ...l- land. My lord had a paper of oranges, which he ate and of- fered to the actresses, joking with them. And Mrs. Bracegirdle, when my Lord Mohun said ... ...ad made acquaintance, had promised to present him to that most charming of actresses, and lively and agreeable of women, Mrs. Bracegirdle, about whom ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...y sheer force of repetition, that view is imposed upon the reader. The two English mas- ters of the style, Macaulay and Carlyle, largely exemplify its... ...s himself to blame; so good a Wordsworthian was out of character upon that stage. This half apology apart, nothing more falls to be said ex- cept upon... ...on Society in England; and Mr. John Payne has translated him entirely into English, a task of un- usual difficulty. I regret to find that Mr. Payne an... ...fect. This is in the nature of things. Men who are in any way typical of a stage of progress may be compared more justly to the hand upon the dial of ... ...o paint his beaches with real sand: real live men and women move about the stage; we hear real voices; what is feigned merely puts a sense upon what i... ...danc- ing, singing, and drinking, become his natural element; ac- tors and actresses and drunken, roaring courtiers are to be found in his society; un...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... dies, for Olga Ivanovna considered all ladies wearisome and vulgar except actresses and her dressmaker. Not one of these entertainments passed withou... ...ng her on the steamer before the artists, and went with her to the landing-stage. The steamer soon came up and carried her away . She arrived home two... ... minute of proceedings. Another point: I find it easier to write German or English than to write Russian. As regards my present manner of life, I must... ...ries Later on she used to bring with her dozens of portraits of actors and actresses which she worshipped; then she attempted several times to take pa... ...vain in what is more important. When an actor wrapped from head to foot in stage traditions and conventions tries to recite a simple ordinary speech, ... ...lly, is a very clever man, and that “Woe from Wit” is not a dull play, the stage gives me the same feeling of conventionality which bored me so much f... ...e; that for the benefit of the Actors’ Fund, which they only talked about, actresses of the serious drama demeaned themselves by singing chansonettes,...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven. In Moscow he felt a... ...d his waistcoat, of abus- ing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society. For a long time h... ...fancied, had suddenly learned to ap- preciate her worth. Julie was at that stage in the life of a soci- ety woman when she feels that her last chance ... ...their bare flesh, turned their whole attention with eager curiosity to the stage. Natasha too began to look at it. CHAPTER IX THE FLOOR OF THE STAGE c... ...s, and at the back was a cloth stretched over boards. In the center of the stage sat some girls in red bodices and white skirts. One very fat girl in ... ...act that he slighted them and plainly preferred the gypsy girls and French actresses—with the chief of whom, Mademoiselle 43 Tolstoy George, he was s...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...d lost their parents, on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor... ...plexion which became a student; as different as possible from the blooming Englishman of the red-whis- kered type represented by Sir James Chettam. “I... ...coincident with foreshadowing needs, but providentially related thereto as stages towards the completion of a life’s plan), I should pre- sumably have... ...ersons who have hitherto shown their disapproval of it, and in the present stage of things I feel more tenderly towards his experience of suc- cess th... ...nvestigation. On one point he may fairly claim approval at this particular stage of his career: he did not mean to imitate those philanthropic models ... ...g sor- row, herself wandering, and finding no faithful comforter. Hid- den actresses, however, are not so difficult to find as some other hidden facts...

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...ad lost their parents, on plans at once narrow and promiscuous, first in an English family and afterwards in a Swiss family at Lausanne, their bachelor... ...plexion which became a student; as different as possible from the blooming Englishman of the red whiskered type represented by Sir James Chettam. “I a... ...d: it is true that when he used a Greek or Latin phrase he always gave the English with scrupu lous care, but he would probably have done this in any... ...wing needs, but providentially related thereto as 32 Book I — Miss Brooke stages towards the completion of a life’s plan), I should presumably have g... ...sons who have hitherto shown their disap proval of it, and in the present stage of things I feel more tenderly towards his experience of success than... ...nvestigation. On one point he may fairly claim approval at this particular stage of his career: he did not mean to imitate those philanthropic models ... ...ring sorrow, herself wandering, and find ing no faithful comforter. Hidden actresses, however, are not so difficult to find as some other hidden facts, ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s sure to be something ridiculous. V ery likely he would want to go on the stage, like me.” “Oh! Then you would not encourage any tendency of that sor... ...did not dare to tell her so; indeed, having a prejudice to the effect that actresses were deficient in natural feeling, he doubted the use of daring. ... ...eated Mrs. Byron, looking at him curi- ously. “All about your being on the stage, I mean,” said Cashel. “You complain of my fighting; but I should hav... ... piofessional pursuits had familiarized him with the manners and speech of English gentlemen, and he immediately rec- ognized the shabby sailor lad as... ...he works of Greek and German philosophers long before she under- stood the English into which she translated them. When Lydia was in her twenty-first ... ...nceive how any person can hope to disparage a train by comparing it with a stage-coach; and I know something of stage-coaches—or, at least, of diligen... ...picion of his unfitness, he was awake to the fact that the favorite London actresses, though admirable in modern com- edy, were not mistresses of what...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...no, just because of its incongruities, was exactly what was wanted at that stage of the campaign. It would be difficult and even impossible to imagine... ... and in Posnyakov’s house were closed again at once because the actors and actresses were robbed. Even philanthropy did not have the desired effect. T...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ignan, a change of name unknown to most of the new actors brought upon the stage of society by the revolu- tion of July, did really become a stranger ... ...ment full of modest confusion. One of the most skilful manoeuvres of these actresses is to veil their manner when words are too expressive, and speak ... ...lightful to be thus deceived for a good long time. Certainly T alma on the stage was often above and beyond nature, but the Princesse de Cadignan is t...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... last, in desperation, I sent one, which I called A Man of Honour, to the Stage Society, which gave two performances, one on Sunday night, another on... ...t merit to please an intellectual audience. As every one knows, it was the Stage Society that produced the early plays of Bernard Shaw. The committee ... ...cian bowler hats and the neat coats of the boulevardier. Dr Porhoët spoke English fluently, with scarcely a trace of foreign accent, but with an elab... ... lecturing at his hospital, and took pains to read every word, not only in English, but in French and German, which was published concerning his profe... ...ere. Innumerable mirrors re flected women of the world, admirably gowned, actresses of renown, and fashionable courtesans. The noise was very great. ... ...ook at Arthur, ‘if only to show you how much more amusing I am than lovely actresses.’ Arthur, forcing himself to smile, accepted the invitation. The ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...vlovna. “Y ou are staying the whole evening, I hope?” “And the fete at the English ambassador’s? Today is W ednesday. I must put in an appearance ther... ...e secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of ... ... a bear somewhere, put it in a carriage, and set off with it to visit some actresses! The police tried to interfere, and what did the young men do? Th... ...onvoys (whose movements were concealed from the French) advance if but one stage nearer Znaim. The offer of a truce gave the only, and a quite unexpec... ...ot exist for the countess. Her son’s growth toward manhood, at each of its stages, had seemed as extraordinary to her as if there had never existed th... ...ure trip, parading their cleanliness and discipline. They had come by easy stages, their knapsacks con- veyed on carts, and the Austrian authorities h... ...act that he slighted them and plainly preferred the gypsy girls and French actresses—with the chief of whom, Mademoiselle George, he was said to be on... ... and in Posnyakov’s house were closed again at once because the actors and actresses were robbed. Even philanthropy did not have the desired effect. T...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ien to him and incomprehen- sible; if he had seen this world before on the stage, or read of it in a book, he would not have believed in it… . The wom... ...d man. There are all sorts of talents — talent for writing, talent for the stage, talent for art; but he had a peculi ar talent — a talent for _humani... ... learning that his mother had a beautiful voice and sometimes acted on the stage, he grew more animated at once, and asked: “Excuse me, but don’t you ... ...pany to dinner. “All except the fair sex,” he whispered. “I don’t want the actresses, for I have a daughter.” 108 Anton Chekhov Next day the actors d... ...ok her into the company as a “countess” — the name they used for the minor actresses who usually came on to the stage in crowds or in dumb parts. To b...

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...g student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...sently.’ And after exhibiting every symptom of slow suffocation in all its stages, and drinking about a tea-spoonful of water from a full tumbler, and... ... 42 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY ing a livelihood upon the stage. There were graver reasons, too, against his returning to that mode o... ...not stop to consider; for Kate entered the room, with her workbox, in this stage of her reflections; and a much slighter interruption, or no interrupt... ...y as a wolf. I should like to have him compelled to swal- low one of every English coin. The penny would be an awk- ward morsel—but the crown—ha! ha!’... ...which he had to pass on his way home, and reading a list of the actors and actresses who had promised to do honour 217 Charles Dickens to some approa... ...said Mrs Nickleby, em- phatically; ‘but something to me, I confess. I like English people to be thorough English people, and not half English and half...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... of all the Russian entertainments the prince 5 Tolstoy liked best French actresses and ballet dancers and white- seal champagne. Vronsky was used to... ...t consist? The En- glish, the French, the Germans, which is at the highest stage of development? Which of them will nationalize the other? We see the ... ...hine provinces have been turned French, but the Germans are not at a lower stage!” he shouted. “There is another law at work there.” “I fancy that the... ...an can’t nurse a baby,” said Pestsov, “while a woman...” “No, there was an Englishman who did suckle his baby on board ship,” said the old prince, fee... ...conversation permissible before his own daughters. “There are as many such Englishmen as there would be women officials,” said Sergey Ivanovitch. “Yes...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... is wonderful, is inter- esting enough; but it must not lead us astray. We English stand as yet without the sphere of it; neither will we plunge * Wit... ...asure into his peculiar point of vision, that a right study of him, for an Englishman, even of ingenuous, open, inquisitive mind, becomes unusually di... ...on, which continued to vibrate with a great and lasting effect. The little stage, with its speechless personages, which at the outset had only been ex... ...rious other pieces, which were indeed on too grand a scale for so narrow a stage. Al- though this presumption spoiled and finally quite destroyed what... ..., by dint of my mother’s support. There I sat in the pit, before a foreign stage, and watched the more 101 Goethe narrowly the movement and the expre... ... upon the stage, and led me especially to the foyers, where the actors and actresses remained during the intervals of the performance, and dressed and...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...me girl. “I am so sorry you moved,” he said, confidently, in 8 Confidence English. “You were so—so beautiful.” She stopped, looking at him more direc... ...,” said Longueville. “Is she travelling alone?” “Oh, no. They ‘ve got some Englishman. They say he ‘s devoted to Ella. Every one seems to have an Engl... ... conclusion he took leave of her. CHAPTER XII I t was affirmed at an early stage of this narrative that he was a young man of a contemplative and spec... ... a towering poplar, looking as if it had survived from some more primitive stage of culture, with its stiff boughs motionless and its leaves forever t... ... thought a good deal of certain incidents which have figured at an earlier stage of this narrative. He had forbidden himself the future, as an object ... ...that his gaze was heavy and opaque, and that, though he was staring at the actresses, their charms were lost upon him. He saw that, like himself, poor...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...posite the fire, on a little table brought to him all ready laid as on the stage. When, therefore, he perceived that Charles’s cheeks grew red if near... ..., and in the niches constellations of gilt paper stars; then on the second stage was a dungeon of Savoy cake, surrounded by many fortifications in can... ...rsecuted la- dies fainting in lonely pavilions, postilions killed at every stage, horses ridden to death on every page, sombre forests, heart- aches, ... ...dress wearing an alms-bag at her belt; or there were nameless portraits of English ladies with fair curls, who looked at you from under their round st... ...s; all were pale; all got up at four o’clock; the women, poor angels, wore English point on their petticoats; and the men, unappreciated geniuses unde... ...y the light of wax candles, laughed the motley crowd of men of letters and actresses. They were prodigal as kings, full of ideal, ambi- tious, fantast... ...And you don’t know what a life those dogs lead in the Latin quar- ter with actresses. Besides, students are thought a great deal of in Paris. Provided...

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... persuade Henry to marry, you must have the address of a Frenchwoman. All that English abilities can do, has been tried already. I have three very par... ...I could rant and storm, or sigh, or cut capers in any tragedy or comedy in the English language. Let us be doing something. Be it only half a play — a... ... I must give my opinion, I have always thought it the most insipid play in the English language — I do not wish to make objections, I shall be happy t... ... to give her playfulness and simplicity without extravagance. I have seen good actresses fail in the part. Simplicity, indeed, is beyond the reach of ... ...ion itself, is, perhaps, one of the last who would wish to represent it on the stage.” Miss Crawford was silenced; and with some feelings of resentmen... ...ters. Chapter XVIII E VERY thing was now in a regular train; theatre, actors, actresses, and dresses, were all getting forward: but though no other g... .... We must have two chairs at hand for you to bring forward to the front of the stage. There — very good school room chairs, not made for a theatre, I ... ...ing the means of immediate communication, and opening it, found himself on the stage of a theatre, and opposed to a ranting young man, who appeared li...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...women, street-sweepers, beggars, occasionally insolent countesses, admired actresses, applauded singers; she has even given, in the olden time, two qu... ...e with claws, scissors, impudent as a Spanish woman, snarling as a prudish English woman pro- claiming her conjugal rights, coquettish as a great lady... ... husband to eau de Melisse for faintness, sugarplums for the children, and English court-plaster in case of cuts. Jules studied all. He looked attenti... ...e affliction. He is kind and tender to other feelings; he will weep over a stage-hero, over Monsieur Germeuil in the “Auberge des Adrets,” the man wit...

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...OIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL T ranslated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux A Penn ... ...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ROIC DEEDS AND SAYINGS OF GARGANTUA AND HIS SON PANTAGRUEL Translated into English by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty and Peter Antony Motteux The tex... ...ouse, and natatory or place to swim in, with most admirable baths in three stages, situated above one another, well furnished with all necessary accom... ...ever did Mr. Mush, who shall be able any more this year to bring me on the stage of preparation for a dreaming verdict. Fie! not to sup at all, that i... ...in Jack-pudding whom he had seen to act his part most egregiously upon the stage, and whose meaning, albeit he knew not what it was he had spoken, he ... ...d Xenomanes; you may find there many goodly hypocritesses, jolly spiritual actresses, kind hermitesses, women that have a plaguy deal of religion; the...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...He goes about in the best restaurants and in cellars and taverns, and with actresses, and he’s trying to get into the hussars—he’s just applied for a ... ... put him into a fine dress-coat, or something like it, and take him to the English club and call him the great landowner, count Barabanov; he’ll pass ... ...h your while. Why, it was there, in Paris, at Mme. Joubert’ s, we broke an English pier-glass.” “What did you break?” A pier-glass. There was a lookin... ...self! All that’s a thing of the past. I did that when I was in my romantic stage. I wanted to be a benefactor of humanity, to found a philanthropic so...