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...raming a small, clean-shaved, ruddy face. It was wonderfully fresh for his age, beautifully modelled and lit up by remarkably clear blue eyes. A lot o... ...to disturb me at this time of the day,” he added, grinning at me with sav- age cynicism. I looked at my watch. It was past three o’clock—quite the ful... ...captains’ room was a small, vaulted apartment with a stone floor and heavy iron bars in its win- dows like a dungeon converted to hospitable purposes.... ... They had meantime managed to marry the fellow to a woman nearly twice his age, comparatively well off: the only profession he was really fit for. But... ... woman with a face like a large wrinkled lemon, beady eyes, and a shock of iron-grey hair, was dressed in a garment of some ash-coloured, silky, light... ...ell, then—” She had the true Jacobus impudence, that old woman. Her mop of iron-grey hair was parted, on the side like a man’s, raffishly, and she mad... ...orted coolie labourers on sugar estates or the negroes of the town. But in Europe these things were being done daily by a wicked population of white m... ...own fiercely midway be- tween them. “Y es, that’s what we do with girls in Europe,” I began in a grimly matter-of-fact tone. I think Miss Jacobus was ... ...te of her disreputable father, the “lowest of the low” from the crimi- nal Europe, could manage to reassure her I had no concep- tion. She was exasper...

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... because, obviously, the venerable Maga at her pa- 6 The Rescue triarchal age of 1000 numbers could not be kept wait- ing. Then “Lord Jim,” with abou... ...ce of that solid man of bone and muscle on that obedient thing of wood and iron, acquired from that feeling the mysterious dignity of love. She—the cr... ... ers having submitted—at least at sea—to the indig- 16 The Rescue nity of European trousers. Only two sat on the spars. One, a man with a childlike, ... ... was a grim smile on his face. “You saw a floating tree, O Sali,” he said, ironically. “I am Sali, and my eyes are better than the bewitched brass thi... ...treamed flicking to leeward. The overpowering deluge seemed to last for an age; 42 The Rescue became unbearable—and, all at once, stopped. In a coupl... ...st to west, slipped along the dome of the sky like an immense hemispheric, iron shutter pivoting down smoothly as if operated by some mighty engine. A... ...erstanding; he should have the fearlessness of youth and the sagac- ity of age; he should be diplomatic and courageous, so as to secure the favour of ... ... and the then prac- tically unknown shores of New Guinea; every spot where European trade had not penetrated—from Aru to Atjeh, from Sumbawa to Palawa... ...was ended, though he also travelled, leaving behind him in the capitals of Europe a story in which there was noth- ing scandalous but the publicity of...

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...e words of the telegram into George Darrow’s ears, ringing every change of irony on its commonplace syllables: rattling them out like a discharge of m... ...chilled him. The fact of her dealing so reasonably with their case shed an ironic light on the idea that there had been any exceptional warmth in the ... ...the kind of American as to whom one is not quite clear whether he lives in Europe in order to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a pretext fo... ...der to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a pretext for living in Europe. Mr. Leath’s art was water-colour painting, but he practised it furt... ...h had been with him every yard of the way from London, reached a climax of irony as he was drawn into the crowd on the pier. It did not soften his fee... ...hoolmate from the Rocky Mountains, who was taking her father and mother to Europe, had suggested Sophy’s ac- companying them, and “going round” with h... ...e divine gift of self-re- newal; and now he saw her fated to wane into old age repeat- ing the same gestures, echoing the words she had always heard, ... ...ad reached his legal majority two years before, and was soon to attain the age fixed for the taking over of his paternal inheritance, the arrival of t... ...78 The Reef ter than I do. Only there may be difficulties—” “Well! At that age they’re not always to be wished away.” She hesitated. “Owen, at any rat...

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... field of industry, especially in agriculture and in our mines, as well of iron and coal as of the precious metals. While the demand for labor is muc... ...s completed and in the course of completion, and of these seventy-five are ironclad or armored steamers. The events of the war give an increased inte... ...ur country has advantages superior to any other nation in our resources of iron and timber, with inexhaustible quantities of fuel in the immediate vic... ...ternational conference of postal delegates from the principal countries of Europe and America, which was called at the suggestion of the Postmaster-Ge... ...eneral sys- tem of uniform international charges at reduced rates of post- age, and can not fail to produce beneficial results. I refer you to the rep... ...r trade from the sea and raise our blockade. We had failed to elicit from European governments anything hopeful upon this subject. The prelimi- nary... ...Wright, of Indiana, that patriotic and distinguished gentleman repaired to Europe and attended the International Agricultural Exhibition, held at Hamb... ...ps, clothing adapted for uniforms; sail-cloth of all kinds, hemp and cord- age, intoxicating drinks other than beer and light native wines. To vessels... ... process by which thousands are daily passing from under the yoke of bond- age hailed by some as the advance of liberty, and bewailed by others as the...

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...prose can do. without using the wrong music: while over his realism or his irony he cast a tinge of that mixed modern and oriental fantasy which belon... ... to be taken chronologically. He was old enough in youth to understand old age in the forest, and young enough in age to provide his youth with fresh ... ...walls, badly lighted by two dusty windows. The furnishings consisted of an iron bedstead standing in a corner, a table in the middle, several chairs, ... ...at friends— go out hunting a lot together. Such a splendid fellow, with an iron hand, just what an administrator ought to be. He will never allow him-... ... you to death? When is he going to die? “Have you read the article in the “European Messenger” about the latest impostors in the province of Orenburg?... ...st and hostess ... imag- ine a husband and wife both very old, of the same age, with- out a wrinkle, chubby, round, neat little people, just like two ... ...addle horses, one of which, called the Immovable, had turned grey from old age. They were harnessed several times a month to an extraordinary carriage... ...ushkin’s to produce a “chic” dinner. (Golushkin, as a man of the high- est European culture, kept a French cook, who had formerly been dismissed from ... ...ings with the peasants themselves. He never allowed them into his perfumed European study, and conducted all his busi- ness with them through his mana...

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...g one; just like you. I think you are all kind!” “Extremely,” muttered the ironical cornet. “A.F .G.;—those are the initials on the handkerchief!” “Th... ...ly: and they had besides an idea that Wed- lock, until ‘late in life’ (the age of thirty, say), was the burial alive of woman intellectual. Toward mid... ... worthy merchant’s conscious- ness of his identity was vanishing under the iron social rule of the ladies. His perishing individuality prompted the in... ...The de- grees of an expression of approbation, naturally enough, vary with age. Did my instinct prompt me to the discussion of these themes, I should ... ...s, and parsons, impar- tially. Lady Charlotte was nine-and-twenty years of age; with clear and telling stone-blue eyes, firm but not unsweet lips, sli... ...w a chief, I think. That was creditable, for they are swordmen. Cavalry in Europe 67 George Meredith can’t win much honour—not individual honour, I m... ...(a dim reminiscence of poetical readings): “Ambrosial locks indeed!” A sad irony, which told that much gold-leaf had peeled away from her image in his... ...indows on the second floor? That man there could buy up any ten princes in Europe —excepting one or two Austrians or Russians. He wears a coat just li... ...she refuse. I say ‘Go, and you are a queen. You are a Prima at twenty, and Europe is beneas you.’ No: she refuse, and she is ruined. ‘What,’ I say, ‘w...

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...tend, And pride bestow’d on all, a common friend: See some fit passion ev’ry age supply , Hope travels thro’, nor quits us when we die. Essay on Man ... ...ers, gold, amuse his riper stage, And beads and pray’r–books are the toys of age: Pleas’d with this bauble still, as that before; ‘ Till tir’d he slee... ...ry and fore–cast just returns engage, That pointed back to youth, this on to age; While pleasure, gratitude, and hope, combin’d, Still spread the int’... ...laming mine? T win’d with the wreaths Parnassian lawrels yield, Or reap’d in iron harvests of the field? Where grows? where grows it not? If vain our ... ...ilt and greatness equal ran, And all that rais’d the hero, sunk the man: Now Europe’s laurels on their brows behold, But stain’d with blood, or ill ex...

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... of the re- volted sons of Time, fast chained before scornful heaven in an iron peace. Day at last brings vigorous fire; arrows of light pierce the mi... ...grey beard with quieting hands, he took refuge in his habitual sententious irony. “My friend, I am not a hare in front of the king, nor am I a ram in ... ...anced up from the maps and papers spread along the grass to question Carlo ironically, while the latter ap- peared to be keeping rigid watch over the ... ...y, but principally, to submit a proposition to him and to us.” “What’s her age?” Corte sneered. “According to what calendar would you have it reckoned... ...n, hungry as he is for her, and all of us! But Minerva’s handmaiden has no age. And now, dear Ugo, you have your opportunity to denounce her as a conv... ...l for Christendom. The keen French wit is sick of its compromise-king. All Europe is in convulsions in a few months: to-morrow it may be. The elements... ...ble men fail at the ordeal of such an hour: not fail in cour- 22 Vittoria age, not fail in the strength of their desire; that was the mis- ery for th... ...heard enough for discomfort. ‘ Ah! my dear Ammiani, the youngest editor in Europe! how goes it with you?’ the Greek called out with revived affability... ...inter in Milan, turning to the new year—the year of flames for continental Europe. A young man with a mili- tary stride, but out of uniform, had stepp...

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...s were paid by an old gentleman who was not related to him. Thence, at the age of seventeen, he had been sent to a German university, and at the age o... ...d enough to have seen many of the hopes of its early youth become dim with age and inaction. For the Progress had intended to do great things for the ... ...e use of them too.’ Wharton nearly asked his friend,—almost summoned cour- age to ask him,—whether his father had done much for him. They were very in... ...ffronted she would speak out, whether to her husband, or to another,—using irony rather than ar- gument to support her cause and to vindicate her ways... ...s house is considered to have the very best society in England, or indeed, Europe, can give. And I think it is some- thing in a young man’s favour whe... ...en to their legs, and Wharton was standing on his feet leaning against the iron railings. The whole thing had occupied a very short space of time, and... ...s man- ner as almost to fancy that the expressions of his delight had been ironical. He had been so unlike himself as she had known him that she almos... ...nister. He is the first man in England. Some people would say the first in Europe—or in the world. A Prince should entertain like a Prince.’ ‘He need ...

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... for the morrow, which, after besetting middle life, of- ten so desert old age as to render it as free and fresh as child- hood. She had known the wor... ... earnestly, the trio had reached the Terrace, and James was unlatching the iron gate, when he interrupted him- self in the midst of detailing his view... ...tion that claims gratitude, you would not have left your mother in her old age, to labour unaided for the support of your brother’s orphans. For our- ... ...her lie.’ It was said with that peculiar cheerfulness with which happy old age can contemplate the end of the pilgrimage, and she looked at Louis with... ...of the Andes, a mere infant among the giants; but, had it been set down in Europe, Mont Blanc must have hid his diminished head; and the view was bett... ...r him, but he marches straight through them all, and only a little tone of irony betrays that he sees through them. Every one likes him, and the only ... ...re seems to be the same sort of rest and cheering in coming into these old iron gates! After all, Isabel is growing almost worthy to be called Mrs. Fr...

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... mand of Lieut.-Colonel Julius Jowler, C.B., was known throughout Asia and Europe by the proud title of the Bundelcund Invincibles—so great was its ch... ...econd I levelled at his head. I said that he wore a steel cap, with a gilt iron spike of six inches, and a hood of chain mail. I rose in my stirrups a... ... the drumstick of a grilled chicken. “Gentlemen, remember that the eyes of Europe are upon us, and follow me!” Each aide-de-camp started from table an... ...reat deal faster than to the regular corps in the Company’s service. I had European officers, of course, to command them, and a few of my coun- trymen... ...o death every male in the garrison, and every female above twenty years of age. For yourself I shall reserve a punishment, which for nov- elty and exq... ...ung birds, his ac- tions, be strong and swift in flight.” “May they digest iron!” said Puneeree Muckun, who was evidently a wag in his way. “O—ho!” th... ...to be blown up, with Gahagan’s garrison in the citadel. Who talks of cour- age? Were I not in your august presence, O star of the faithful, I would cr... ...s worthy of a soldier’s consideration, are beefsteaks, gunpowder, and cold iron. The two latter means of competency we possessed; I had in my own apar...

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...lodging-houses and public institutions would see poverty and dullness, old age lying down to die, and joyous youth condemned to drudg- ery. It is the ... ... two windows on each floor, and the lowest of all are adorned with a heavy iron grating. Behind the house a yard extends for some twenty feet, a space... ...he house is completed by the portrait of its mistress. Mme. Vauquer at the age of fifty is like all women who “have seen a deal of trouble.” She has t... ...ing the flaunting triumphs of a youth overcrowded with pleasures by an old age in which she was shunned by every passer-by? Her vacant gaze sent a chi... ...stairs; Father Goriot knocked up against me, and his parcel was as hard as iron. What is the old fellow up to, I wonder? He is as good as a plaything ... ...bby between the kitchen and the din- ing-room; the place was lighted by an iron-barred fanlight above a door that gave access into the garden. Sylvie ... ...d good- natured of great cities. If the proud aristocracies of the rest of Europe refuse admittance among their ranks to a disrepu- table millionaire,... ...is left in stock after supplying the Great Mogul. All the crowned heads of Europe, including the Gr-r-rand Duke of Baden, have been anxious to get a s...

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...ly taken aback. She watched her sister for some moments. ‘Well,’ she said, ironically, ‘it usually means one thing! But don’t you think anyhow, you’ d... ... a highly attractive individual of sufficient means— well—’ she tailed off ironically. Then she looked searchingly at Ursula, as if to probe her. ‘Don... ...of line. There was a certain playfulness about her too, such a piquancy or ironic suggestion, such an untouched reserve. Ursula admired her with all h... ... ‘I think Gerald is right—race is the essential element in nationality, in Europe at least,’ he said. Again Hermione paused, as if to allow this state... ... heat, watching. The elder was a short, hard-faced energetic man of middle age, the younger a labourer of twenty-three or so. They stood in silence wa... ...cted to see her at the party, and Gudrun, although she scorned the patron- age of the Criches, would nevertheless accompany her mother and father if t... ...leaving two single beings constellated together like two stars. In the old age, before sex was, we were mixed, each one a mixture. The process of sing... ... like his, curious and cold, the savage was duller, less exciting than the European. So he took hold of all kinds of sociological ideas, and ideas of ...

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... and the like. My father, at the death of his father, was but six years of age, and he grew up literally without education. He removed from Kentucky t... ...lutely nothing to excite ambition for education. Of course, when I came of age I did not know much. Still, somehow, I could read, write, and cipher to... ...eople shall be lost, it is but little to any one man of fifty-two years of age, but a great deal to the thirty millions of people who inhabit these Un... ...em. Inasmuch as our own country is extensive and new, and the countries of Europe are densely populated, if there are any abroad who desire to make th... ...andard of value, is it not plain that if equal labor get a bar of railroad iron out of a mine in England and another out of a mine in Pennsylvania, ea... ...se a vigorous continental spirit of independence on this continent against European intervention. And, if satisfactory explanations are not received f... ...act that has not yet been officially communicated to us—namely, that other European States are apprised by France and England of their agreement, and ...

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...e Campbell and Stewart clans. I have in my possession a paper, yellow with age, that was sent soon after the novel appeared, containing “The Pedigree ... ... of Appine was not killed at Flowdoun, tho there, but lived to a great old age. He married Cameron Daughter to Ewen Cameron of Lochiel.” Following thi... ...his great prospect now suddenly opening before a lad of seventeen years of age, the son of a poor country dominie in the Forest of Ettrick. “Mr. Campb... ...t was plainly meant to be, but never finished; instead of gates of wrought iron, a pair of hurdles were tied across with a straw rope; and as there we... ...bout the captain; but I was told drink made no difference upon that man of iron. I did my best in the small time allowed me to make some thing like a ... ...ey’re disarmed — or supposed to be — for there’s still a good deal of cold iron lying by in quiet places. And then Colin Campbell has the sogers com- ... ...given you considerable sums; and that you had started for the continent of Europe, intending to fulfil your education, which was probable and praisewo...

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...e more ready explanation that he was detested of the gods. His father—that iron gentleman—had long ago en- throned himself on the heights of the Disru... ...h Flora; and his father, from the other end, had looked on with a kind and ironical smile. John had read the signifi- cance of that smile, which might... ... and shaken, the poorer by a purse which contained exactly one penny post- age-stamp, by a cambric handkerchief, and by the all-im- portant envelope. ... ...id expectations of re- lief. Alan was rich, or would be so when he came of age. By a stroke of the pen he might remedy this misfortune, and avert that... ...e. As he went, he reflected that Flora must now be a woman of near his own age, and it was within the bounds of possibility that she was married; but ... ...h; and John did as he supposed his friend had done. The ground was hard as iron, the frost still rigorous; as he brushed among the hollies, icicles ji... ...een to Greece in a brigantine with four brass carronades; he had travelled Europe in a chaise and four, drawing bridle at the palace-doors of German p... ..., or had some new protector made his appearance from among the millions of Europe? It is the character of love to loathe the near relatives of the lov...

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...ppertain. The more he thought of the Lord Mayor, the more enviable a person age he seemed. To be a King was all very well; but what was the King to t... ...ied Ned, ‘you might as well ask me to wear a seventy four pounder, or a cast iron boiler.’ ‘Nonsense, Twigger, nonsense!’ said the Mayor. ‘I couldn’t ... ... providing for them a comfortable and respectable mainte nance in their old age.” ‘The author stated, that, having long turned his attention to the m... ...their houses was only thirty thousand, which, upon the very favourable aver age of three legs to a seat, yielded only ten thousand seats in all. From... ...th laughter. Take that old gentleman who has just emerged from the Cafe de L’Europe in the Haymarket, where he has been din Mudfog and Other Sketche... ...o cash. I never have nothing to do with blockheads, unless I can’t awoid it (ironically), and a dead bear’s about as much use to me as I could be to ...

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...e to the mis- led Prouts. And Prout himself, with a dull and lowering vis- age, tried to think out the rights and wrongs of it all, only plunging deep... ...rs hurling jests one after another—simple and primitive jests of the Stone Age. T o these the three added themselves, dispassionately, with an air of ... ...on toast. You know he always jaws about the learned Lipsius.” “‘Who at the age of four’—that chap?” said McT urk. “Yes. Whenever he hears I’ve written... ...handed up his Rudyard Kipling contribution and lay hopelessly on the cold iron. “Something’s wrong with the beastly thing. I say, Beetle, have you be... ... first-class carriages. Just imagine Stalky let loose on the south side of Europe with a sufficiency of Sikhs and a reasonable prospect of loot. Consi...

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..., in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cherished it for being small and inconvenient, and thus keeping ...

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...by Edith Wharton A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton is a publication of the Pennsylvania Stat... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton, the Pennsylvania State University, Elect... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Edith Wharton The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton Book I I. ON A JANUARY EVENING of the ea... ...e which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great European capitals, the world of fashion was still content to reassemble eve... ...ly as “poor Ellen Olenska.” Archer knew that she had suddenly arrived from Europe a day or two previously; he had even heard from Miss Welland (not di... ...lish, who had returned the previous year from a long initiatory sojourn in Europe to lay siege to the tight little citadel of New Y ork. “Of course if... ...the places of the Lawrence Leffertses at her dinner.” He paused to let the irony of this sink in. “As you know, this is impos- sible.” Mrs. Archer sou... ... the peeling stucco house with a giant wisteria throttling its feeble cast-iron bal- cony, which she had hired, far down W est Twenty-third Street, fr... ...f his life he would go up every 51 Edith Wharton evening between the cast-iron railings of that greenish-yellow doorstep, and pass through a Pompeian...

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