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...er part of his life, the dignified and sternly simple Abbaye aux Hommes of William the Conqueror and the graceful, richly ornamented Abbaye aux Dames ... ...an de Rou 7 in the stirring account of the advance of the Normans under William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings:— “T aillefer, who sang rig... ...le, and to abate his pride. The armies drew together upon the banks of the Douglas. The two hosts fell one upon the other furiously, and many a sergea... ...y. When he heard the tidings of what had be fallen Colgrin at the Ford of Douglas, and of how he was holden straitly by Arthur in York, he was passin...

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.... That’s the auld Border law, made at Dundrennan, in the days of the Black Douglas, Deil ane need doubt it. It’s as clear as the sun.” “Come away, the... ...ant here?” were the queries of the respectable progenitor. “We are seeking William Graeme of Westburnflat,” said Earnscliff. “He’s no at hame,” return... ...ter and Derwentwater, when a troop, commanded by a Border gentleman, named Douglas, con- sisted almost entirely of freebooters, among whom the noto- r... ...committed on our East-Indian trade by Green and the English thieves,” said William Willieson, half-owner and sole skipper of a brig that made four voy...

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...opened the colloid in that heavenly stillness and mopped his face. “Hello, Williams!” he cried. “A degree or two out o’ sta- tion, ain’t you?” “May be... ...ct’s fate, and Tim volun- teers as he descends: “For an A. B. C. man young Williams is less of a high-tension fool than some. Were you thinking of tak... ... her, stepping forth in sunshine under the hat of civil life, “I saw young Williams in the Mark Boat. I’ve asked him to tea on Friday.” 89 Kipling AE... ...or, under-rake rudder. MABELLE, 50 knt., 40 ft., 310 Hargreaves Motor, Douglas’ lock-steering gear. IVEMONA, 50 knt., 35 ft., 300 Hargreaves (Radi...

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...nanters, remained just the man he was. [The caution and moderation of King William III, and his principles of un- limited toleration, deprived the Cam... ...that tied blessed Mr. Cargill’s limbs till the blude sprung; and Dunbarton Douglas, the twice-turned traitor baith to country and king. There was the ... ... man and a fasting.’ Now these were the very words that the bloody Earl of Douglas said to keep the king’s messenger in hand while he cut the head off... ...ll obey your respected instructions, being your most obedient to command, ‘William Crosbie.’ When Mr. Fairford received this letter, and had read it t... ...denly surprised by a chosen band of insurgent patriots. Their chiefs were, Douglas, Randolph, the young Earl of Moray, and Sir Simon Fraser; and their... ...e’s condition did not prevent Alberick from engaging in the undertaking of Douglas and Moray. He had been the most forward in the attack of the castle... ...ould observe. The Abbot of Dundrennan preached consolation to him in vain. Douglas, who came to visit in his affliction a patriot of such distinguishe... ... as the despotism, of an Eastern sultan permits to his slave. The usurper, William of Nassau, went forth to hunt, and thought, doubtless, that it was ... ...d that, like other Jacobites, in his inveteracy against the memory of King William, he had adopted the party opin- ion, that the monarch, on the day h...

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... (as novel-read- ing women of higher pretensions) to style themselves Miss Douglas, Miss Montague, &c., but simply by their Chris- tian names—Mary, Ja... ...at he is obliged to quit even mathematics for want of en- couragement. 20 William Lithgow. His book (T ravels, &,c.) is ill and pe- dantically writte...

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...f of that band of Scottish chiv- alry who accompanied James, the Good Lord Douglas, on 6 The Talisman his expedition to the Holy Land with the heart ... ...man his expedition to the Holy Land with the heart of King Rob- ert Bruce. Douglas, impatient to get at the Saracens, entered into war with those of S... ... of Richard, who made no distinction betwixt his own subjects and those of William of Scotland, excepting as they bore themselves in the field of batt... ...— from whom hadst thou degree of knighthood?” “I took it from the sword of William the Lion, King of Scotland,” replied the Scot. “A weapon,” said the... ...hard. “I should have known him better—I should have remembered how the fox William deceived me touch- ing this Crusade.” “My lord,” said Sir Kenneth, ... ...illiam deceived me touch- ing this Crusade.” “My lord,” said Sir Kenneth, “William of Scotland never deceived; but circumstances prevented his bringin... ... a Scot,” said the King. “I hold Saladin to be truer to his word than this William of Scot- land, who must needs be called a Lion, forsooth; he hath f...

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... son, and the little party waiting in the hall also numbered Elizabeth and William Cavendish, the Countess’s youngest children, and many dependants mu... ...ge somewhat ruffled by sport, and advanced to the head of the stone steps, William Cavendish, the eldest of the boys, being sent down to take his step... ...e resemblance.” She held her white hand to receive the kisses of the boys: William Cavendish, under his mother’s eye, knelt obediently; Antony Babingt... ...ed stripling, looked on with special sus- picion by the English, as Willie Douglas, the contriver of the Queen’s flight from Lochleven. T wo secretari... ...ptive, in contrast with the innate vulgarity of their own Countess. Willie Douglas (the real Roland Graeme of the escape from Lochleven) had long ago ... ...be unfaithful to the Earl; and I suppose it was thus with this same Willie Douglas.” “She was his own true and lawful Queen,” cried Cis. “His first du... ...t—” “T ell me not that you or he have the presumption to think that my son William Cavendish or even Edward Talbot will ever cast an eye on a mere por... ... helped them off with their cloaks in the porch, exchanging greetings with William Cavendish and Antony Babington. “Will Mrs. Talbot pardon our riding...

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...er and his 143 Rudyard Kipling endless list. “ April 1 9th-Schooner Mamie Douglas lost on the Banks with all hands. “Edward Canton, 43, master, marri... ... all hands. “Edward Canton, 43, master, married, City . “D. Hawkins, alias Williams, 34, married, Shelbourne, Nova Scotia. “G. W. Clay , coloured, 28,...

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...y Lady of the Lake yours too?’ said Anne; ‘what a pretty binding, with the Douglas arms on it!’ ‘Yes,’ said Helen, ‘that was Fanny’s present; and Jane... ... found the afternoon pass rather heavily, in spite of the companionship of William the Conqueror and Hereward the Saxon, of assisting the children in ... ...her old houses nor new; but I wanted to know whether 89 CHARLOTTE M YONGE William Rufus’ monument is in a tolerable state of preser- vation.’ ‘Oh! th... ...ads of the Stuart kings,’ whispered Lucy. ‘Why, Harriet,’ exclaimed Dora, ‘William Rufus was not a Stuart, he was the second of the Normans.’ ‘Very li...

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...stence of the Anglo-Saxons as a separate people subsequent to the reign of William the Second; yet the great national distinctions betwixt them and th... ...ont-de-Boeuf and Philip de Malvoisin know the use of the curfew as well as William the Bastard himself, or e’er a Norman adventurer that fought at Has... ...forgive him,” said Cedric; “I forgive him his descent from the tyrant Duke William.” “The Earl of Leicester was the second,” continued the Pil- grim; ... ...een Lord High Steward of England in the time of the Conqueror, and his son William Rufus. Ralph de Vipont, a knight of St John of Jerusalem, who had s... ...sons, were determined by the heralds, or by the two marshals of the field, William de Wyvil, and Stephen de Martival, who, armed at all points, rode u... ...209 Sir Walter Scott CHAPTER XXIV I’ll woo her as the lion woos his bride. Douglas. WHILE THE SCENES we have described were passing in other parts of ...

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...an, who flourished tempore Caroli primi was, says my authority, Sir Robert Douglas, in his Scottish Baronage (see the title Ellangowan), “a steady loy... ...trological research; so that, before he became convinced of its absurdity, William Lilly himself would have allowed him “a curious fancy and piercing ... ...Tousand donner—no; I’m all in the way of fair trade— just loaded yonder at Douglas, in the Isle of Man—neat cogniac—real hyson and souchong—Mechlin la... ...ver saw more of them than is above narrated. Such was the account given by William Pritchard, master and commander of his Majesty’s sloop of war, Shar... ...f this class, now no more. Mr. James Davidson of Hindlee, a tenant of Lord Douglas, besides the points of blunt honesty, personal strength, and hardih...

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... agone, in the old war, when I 19 James Fenimore Cooper was out under Sir William, I travelled seventy miles alone in the howling wilderness, with a ... ...celebrated among us as the wars of King Philip; but the peaceful policy of William Penn, or Miquon, as he was termed by the natives, effected its obje... ...the game, and you wanted a boat to carry it about in. When I went with Sir William agin’ the French, at Fort Niagara, all the rangers used the rifle; ... ...if they keep on fighting across the water.” “Thou reasonest with judgment, William,” returned Marmaduke. “So long as the Old Worm is to be convulsed w... ... s a green spot; take it out like men, while Jotham and I see fair play.” “William Kirby , I order you to do your duty,” cried Hiram, from under the b... ...rs. CHAPTER XXXI “ And dar’st thou then T o beard the lion in his den, The Douglas in his hall” —Marmion. THE COMMOTION was just subsiding, and the in...

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..., Master T ressilian. I understood the good knight’s case from what Master William Badger told me; and I hope I am able enough to administer a poor do... ...or be she dead, I fear, stern Earl, ‘s the same to thee. Cumnor Hall, by William Julius Mickle. THE LADIES of fashion of the present, or of any othe... ... the gulf of hell destruction cry, T o take dissimulation’s winding way. Douglas. IT WA S NOT till after a long and successful morning’s sport, and ... ...cribe the princely plea- sures of Kenilworth, by the kindness of my friend William Hamper, Esq., who had the goodness to communicate to me an inventor...

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...bad cold in the head when De Wilton was re-knighted; and when “the hand of Douglas was his own,” he jumped up and shouted out, “Well done, old fellow!... ... And some remarks highly adverse to the volunteer movement were cut short. William Andrews, groom, had been called by Anne Ellis, had seen the wound, ...

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...r, The Frog Prince,Rumpel-stilts-ken, and Snow-white and Rose-red, among many others. Children of all ages will enjoy these stories. (Summary by Paul Williams)...

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.... A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publica... ... A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni-... ... A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne, Written by Himself by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic ... .... A COLONEL IN THE SERVICE OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ANNE WRITTEN BY HIMSELF by WILLIAM MAKEPEACE THACKERAY original from the publishers Boston, Estes and ... ...he publishers Boston, Estes and Lauriat, Publishers To the Right Honorable William Bingham, Lord Ashburton. My Dear Lord, The writer of a book which c... ..., your kinswoman, I hope you will please to command any service that James Douglas can perform. I shall never be easy until I repay you a part of my o...

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...William Wells Brown was born a slave, near Lexington, Kentucky. His mother, Elizabeth, was a slave; his father was a white man who never acknowledged his paternity. Brown escaped slavery at about the age of 20. For many years...

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...................................................... 12 Dana Helsel ?Role Reversal within MacBeth? ................................................ 14 Douglas Webster ?What Are We Fighting For?? ............................................ 17 John P Netterwald, Jr ?The Frogs? ................................................................ 19 Joy Marshall ?The Case of Billy...

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...versal within MacBeth” ................................................ 14 Douglas Webster “What Are We Fighting For?” ................................. ... her evil ambi- tion as originally depicted. According to Edith Whitehurst Williams: Therefore, as Lady Macbeth’s ambition increases, there is a notic... ... regard for the radical alteration afterward is to misread the character. (Williams 222) Best of Freshman Writing 16 Why then, ‘tis time to do’t. Hel... ...fumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little/hand. O, o, o!” (5.1. 53-55). Williams interprets this modification in Lady Macbeth as a woman “whose mad... ...onging to ‘sweeten this little hand’ speak of a conscience far from dead” (Williams 222). Thus, as the play begins to conclude, Lady Macbeth is no lon... ...er capable of restraining her guilt-ridden conscience. Throughout Macbeth, William Shakespeare chronicles the drive for power and the lengths one is w... ...h.” Shakespeare Quarterly 24 (1973): 221-223. Best of Freshman Writing 17 Douglas Webster Delaware County – English 15 What Are We Fighting For? Am...

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...argain that it should sit nowhere. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO _________ WILLIAMS, SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845. FRIEND WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court ad... ...esired. Nothing else now. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. ABOLITION MOVEMENT TO WILLIAMSON DURLEY. SPRINGFIELD, October 3, 1845 When I saw you at home, it ... ...ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. 18 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON WASHINGTON, December 5, 1847. DEAR WILLIAM:—You may reme... ...ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. 19 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, December 13, 1847 DEAR WILLIAM:—Your letter... ...t would not be fair and just. 1848 DESIRE FOR SECOND TERM IN CON- GRESS TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON. WASHINGTON, January 8, 1848. DEAR WILLIAM:—Y our letter... ...Senatorial dis- trict, I believe. Yours etc., A. LINCOLN. REPLY TO SENATOR DOUGLAS—PEORIA SPEECH SPEECH AT PEORIA, ILLINOIS, IN RE- PLY TO SENATOR DOU... ...st six or at seven o’clock. It is now several minutes past five, and Judge Douglas has spoken over three hours. If you hear me at all, I wish you to h... ...ew of this subject, my remarks will not be specifically an answer to Judge Douglas; yet, as I proceed, the main points he has presented will arise, an... ...e reckless enough to disturb.” I do not read this extract to involve Judge Douglas in an inconsistency. If he afterward thought he had been wrong, it ...

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...pardon, I only thought, in case you were wish- ing for some one, that Miss Williams will be at liberty shortly.” “I do not imagine Miss Williams is th... ...t I believe the people at the Cliff Cottages are going away, and that Miss Williams might be at liberty.” “Didn’t I know that Grace would come out wit... ...on of the T ouchettomania. We have had him already advertising her.” “Miss Williams!” said Mrs. Curtis. “Yes, she might suit you very well. I believe ... ...r done so well with any one,” said Mrs. Curtis. “She wanted to engage Miss Williams permanently, but could not induce her to leave her sister, or even... ...lk down with you to Mackarel Lane, and then I can form a judgment on these Williamses without committing Fanny .” “Then you do not intend to go on tea... ...he Benorchie property that I should have thought it would have been Jessie Douglas, the heiress thereof, only coming here does not seem the way to set... ...I am sure it is no fault of mine! The parties I gave to get him and Jessie Douglas together! Donald was quite savage about the bills. And after all Un... ...would not come! I would not have minded half so much if it had been Jessie Douglas; but to have her at Gowanbrae—a glass-blower’s daughter—isn’t it to...

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...o the honour of the present venerable master of that College, the Reverend William Adams, D.D., who was then very young, and one of the jun- 37 Boswe... ... found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Pro- fessor, Mr. Shenstone, Sir William Blackstone, and others; not forgetting the celebrated popu- lar pre... ...rticle of the Gentlemen’s Magazine was, for several years, executed by Mr. William Guthrie, a man who deserves to be respectably recorded in the liter... ... had at once its Juvenal and Horace as poetical monitors. The Reverend Dr. Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, to whom I am indebted for some obliging c... ...an,’ which was afterwards published with some other pieces of his, in Mrs. Williams’s Miscellanies. This Epitaph is so ex- quisitely beautiful, that I... ...ane and chari- table disposition was constantly exerting itself. Mrs. Anna Williams, daughter of a very inge- nious Welsh physician, and a woman of mo... ... be investigated; and in this research he was assisted by the Reverend Dr. Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, the great detector of im- postures; who i... ...antry and inge- nuity in talking Jacobitism. My much respected friend, Dr. Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, has favoured me with the following admira... ...m I collected to meet him. They were Dr. Percy, now Bishop of Dromore, Dr. Douglas, now Bishop of Salisbury, Mr. Langton, Dr. Robertson the Historian,...

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...s small sum and the earnestness that the under- taking implied, he came to Williams College when Dr. Mark Hopkins was president. Williams College had ... ...This reminds me of a conversation which I once had with the Hon. Frederick Douglass. At one time Mr. Douglass was travelling in the state of Pennsylva... ...When some of the white passengers went into the baggage-car to console Mr. Douglass, and one of them said to him: “I am sorry, Mr. Douglass, that you ... ... that you have been degraded in this 67 Booker T. Washington manner,” Mr. Douglass straightened himself up on the box upon which he was sitting, and ... ...x upon which he was sitting, and replied: “They cannot de- grade Frederick Douglass. The soul that is within me no man can degrade. I am not the one t... ... T. Washington self-possessed, patient, and polite. I think that President William McKinley is the best example of a man of this class that I have eve... ...the trustees of the Tuskegee Institute, as well as my personal friend, Mr. William H. Baldwin, Jr. was at the time General Manager of the Southern Rai... ...liver ad- dresses at many of our leading colleges including Harvard, Yale, Williams, Amherst, Fisk University, the University of Pennsylvania, Wellesl... ... cheers to Booker T. Washington!” Among those on the platform was Sergeant William H. Carney, of New Bedford, Mass., the brave coloured officer who wa...

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...led in the county of Kent. Persons of strong genealogical pinion pass from William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to his contemporary ‘John Jenk... ...e. Of their consequence we have proof enough in the fact that not only was William Jenkin (as already mentioned) Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, but no l... ...ot marry below him, like his father, his sister, and a certain great-uncle William, it was perhaps because he never married at all. The second brother... ...ohn, who was of weak in- tellect and feeble health, and the fifth brother, William, whose brief career as one of Mrs. Buckner’s satellites will fall t... ... as I can make out, to the land service. Stephen’s son had been a soldier; William (fourth of Stowting) had been an officer of the unhappy Braddock’s ... ...mpany – Mr. and Mrs. R. O. Carter of Colwall, W . B. Hole, Captain Charles Douglas, Mr. Kunz, Mr. Burnett, Professor Lewis Campbell, Mr. Charles Baxte...

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...m Giusti Security Officer Nicole Marie Grandrimo Professional Staff Member Douglas N. Greenburg Counsel Barbara A. Grewe Senior Counsel, Special Proje... ...on Intern Bonnie D. Jenkins Counsel Reginald F . Johnson Staff Assistant R.William Johnstone Professional Staff Member Stephanie L. Kaplan Special Ass... ...el J. Leopold Staff Assistant Sarah W ebb Linden Professional Staff Member Douglas J. MacEachin Professional Staff Member & Team Leader Ernest R. May ... ...nd to deflect calls for even stronger regulation. In 1983,Attorney General William French Smith revised the Levi guidelines to encourage closer invest... ...h had endorsed a concept already urged by Director of Central Intelligence William Casey—a Counterterrorist Center, where the FBI, the CIA, and other ... ...aving first thought the FBI might take that role.The father of the OSS was William J.“Wild Bill” Dono- van, a Wall Street lawyer. He recruited into th... .... law. He may have had encouragement from Director of Central Intelligence William Casey. 97 When the facts were revealed in 1986 and 1987, it appeare... ...207 Final 5-7.5pp 7/17/04 11:46 AM Page 207 tary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith in July . Though the new officials were briefed about terrori... ...ice President Cheney interview with Newsweek, Nov. 19, 2001, pp. 7–8. 215. Douglas Cochrane meeting (Apr. 16, 2004); Condeleeza Rice meeting (Feb. 7, ...

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...eted as being written “Upon the late Viscount Stair and his family, by Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw. The marginals by William Dunlop, writer in Ed... ... in Edinburgh, a son of the Laird of Househill, and nephew to the said Sir William Hamilton.” There was a bitter and personal quarrel and rivalry betw... ...es ne’er were cured but by the fall. One of the marginal notes ascribed to William Dunlop ap- plies to the above lines. “She had betrothed herself to ... ...atire on Lord Stair and his family was, as already noticed, written by Sir William Hamilton of Whitelaw, a rival of Lord Stair for the situation of Pr... ...trait of the first Lord Viscount Stair in the tricky and mean-spirited Sir William Ashton. Lord Stair, whatever might be his moral qualities, was cert... ...nded to a remote period of an- tiquity, and they had intermarried with the Douglasses, Humes, Swintons, Hays, and other families of power and distinct... ...mine, a haughty beauty, bearing in her looks all the pride of the house of Douglas, from which she was descended. The painter, notwithstanding his ski... ... lady. “Your mother, my Lucy!” replied Ravenswood. “She is of the house of Douglas, a house that has intermarried with mine even when its glory and po... ... agement of a little political interest in a neighbouring county where the Douglas family originally held large possessions. It was one of the bosom-h...

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...itorem, obscuris lucem, fastiditis gratiam.—I am Your most humble servant, William Cleland. 133 ST JAMES’S, Dec. 22, 1728. 170 The Poetical Works of ... ...ing song.’ To the same tune also singeth that learned clerk of Suffolk, MR WILLIAM BROOME. ‘Thus, nobly rising in fair Virtue’s cause, From thy own li... ...tes, for his diversions and amusements; 220 to Horace, Montaigne, and Sir William T emple for an elegant vanity that maketh them for ever read and ad... ...sup, as well as dine: There all the learn’d shall at the labour stand, And Douglas 425 lend his soft, obstetric hand.’ The goddess smiling seem’d to ... ...The patriot’s cloak:’ this is a true story, which happened in the reign of William III. to an unsuspected old patriot, who coming out at the back-door... ...h ten thousand, another seven thou- sand a-year.—P . 26 ‘Colepepper:’ Sir William Colepepper, Bart., a person of an ancient family and ample fortune,... ...Macedonian Empire, and whose horns they wore on their medals.—P . W. 425 ‘Douglas:’ a physician of great learning and no less taste; above all, curio...

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...e, there was one among them who ran more in her thoughts than the rest. It was William whom she talked of most and wanted most to see. William, the el... ... her advocate with her mother (of whom he was the darling) in every distress. “William did not like she should come away — he had told her he should m... ... should come away — he had told her he should miss her very much indeed.” “But William will write to you, I dare say.” “Yes, he had promised he Mansfi... ...may write your letter whenever you choose. Would it make you happy to write to William?” “Yes, very.” “Then let it be done now. Come with me into the ... ...shall go with the other letters; and as your uncle will frank it, it will cost William nothing.” “My uncle!” repeated Fanny with a frightened look. “Y... ...t plays were run over in vain. Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Oth ello, nor Douglas, nor the Gamester, presented any thing that could satisfy even ...

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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... ...itt’s Table Talk and Plain Speaker. If you care to get a box of books from Douglas and Foulis, let them be solid. Croker Papers, Correspondence of Na-...

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...of the first slaveholders were members of the Church of England. Frederick Douglass, who has devoted his great heart and noble talents entirely to the... ...ong his low and worthless comrades-passing under the assumed name of Peter Williams; and she began to feel a parent’s pride in the promising appearanc... ...usual; but she went not to his relief. In his extremity, he sent for Peter Williams, a respectable colored barber, whose name he had been wearing, and... ...ing no credence to his story till she found herself in the presence of Mr. Williams, and heard him saying to her, ‘I am very glad I have assisted your... ...la’s heart gave her no peace till the time of sailing, when Peter sent Mr. Williams and another messenger whom she knew, to tell her he had sailed. Bu...

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...n offic- ers and soldiers, I dismounted and went in. I found there Captain Williams, of the Engineer Corps, wounded in the head, probably fatally, and... ...nder the new orders my regiment was transferred to the division of General William Worth, in which I served to the close of the war. The troops withdr... ... Scott of the command of the army in the field and assigning Major-General William O. Butler of Kentucky to the place. This order also released Pillow... ...at the time, for my pledges would have compelled me to vote for Stephen A. Douglas, who had no possible chance of elec- tion. The contest was really b... ... November election the fall before, and John A. Rawlins, an elector on the Douglas ticket. E. B. Washburne, with whom I was not acquainted at that tim... ...ant the governor, whom I was serving, and, by chance, with Sena- tor S. A. Douglas. The only members of Congress I knew were Washburne and Philip Foul... ...e ablest speakers in the State. He was also a candidate for elector on the Douglas ticket. When Sumter was fired upon and the integrity of the Union t... ... our side was great for the number of men engaged. In this assault Colonel William Morrison fell badly wounded. Up to this time the surgeons with the ... ...pared to take ad- vantage of them in case they did. In 1862 General Thomas Williams had come up from New Orleans and cut a ditch ten or twelve feet wi...

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...oked and saw that the tombstone they were looking at be- longed to Captain William E. Miller. When I re- turned home, I looked him up on the Internet ... ...ino, Rita. “Fueling Fears.” Village Voice 19 December 2003: 30. Pasternak, Douglas. “Assessing Threats.” U.S. News and World Report 28 April 2003: 47...

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...es; and the patient believes him abjectly and instantly. Had a bishop told William the Con- queror that the sun was seventy-seven miles distant from t... ...e Con- queror that the sun was seventy-seven miles distant from the earth, William would have believed him not only out of re- spect for the Church, b... ...mless pit to burn there to all eternity. And sceptical physicists like Sir William Crookes demonstrate by laboratory experiments that “mediums” like D... ... William Crookes demonstrate by laboratory experiments that “mediums” like Douglas Home can make the pointer of a spring-balance go round without touc... ...ou do not believe everything Macaulay tells you disproves the existence of William III. The gospel narratives in the main give you a biography which i...

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...ed over in silence the influences of his home and his father. That father, William Burnes, after having been for many years a gardener, took a farm, m... ...vigorous talk. Nothing is more characteristic of the class in general, and William Burnes in particular, than the pains he took to get proper schoolin... ... the prose style of Robert; that of Gilbert need surprise us no less; even William writes a remarkable letter for a young man of such slender opportun... ...what voluptuous style of beauty,” judging from the silhouette in Mr. Scott Douglas’s invaluable edition, the reader will be fastidious if he does not ... ...er is one of unmingled *For the love affairs see, in particular, Mr. Scott Douglas’s edition under the different dates. 53 Familiar Studies of Men & ... ...asses over our own. News reached them, indeed, of great and joyful import. William Peel received eight livres and five sous from the duch- ess, when h... ...is, because he had let slip his secret to one so grave and friendly as Sir William Coventry. And from two other facts I think we may infer that he had... ...hrie, or some other, or all, of these Edinburgh friends while he was still Douglas of Longniddry’s private tutor. But our certain knowledge be- gins i...

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...re likely to arise. He was, at last, on the 25th day of the month, between Douglas and Lanark, permitted to behold their evolutions. ‘I found their ho... ...63. *Turner, p. 198. 65 Lay Morals attained to it in so short a time.* At Douglas, which they had just left on the morning of this great wapinshaw, t... ...he fame of some of the great ones of the past. A man, for instance, called William Shakespeare could never dare to write plays. He is thrown into too ... ...of Hamlet. Its own name coming after is such an anti-climax. ‘The plays of William Shakespeare’? says the reader– ‘O no! The plays of William Shakespe...

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...and. The value of uncleared ground is very little. The government gave Mr. Douglas (the present sur- veyor, who informed me of these circumstances) ei... ... I was curious to ascertain how rich any of these people might be, but Mr. Douglas says that no one can be considered as possessing a regular income. ... ... we had fears for her safety from robbers during the night. Our pilot, Mr. Douglas, accordingly told the constable of the district that we always plac... ...can crawl out to the stockade and reconnoitre their en- emies. The Rev. W. Williams, who gave me this ac- count, added, that in one Pas he had noticed... ...ome land for agricul- tural purposes. I had been introduced to the Rev. W. Williams, who, upon my expressing a wish, in- vited me to pay him a visit t... ...placed there as if by an enchanter’s wand, was exceedingly pleas- ant. Mr. Williams not being at home, I received in Mr. Davies’s house a cordial welc... ...mate there are three large houses, where the missionary gentlemen, Messrs. Williams, Davies, and Clarke, reside; and near them are the huts of the nat... ...ot like that of a New Zealand gentleman. Late in the evening I went to Mr. Williams’s house, where I passed the night. I found there a large party of ...

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... just as you left it.’ ‘Ah, so it is,’ muttered Evan, eyeing a print. ‘The Douglas and the Percy: “he took the dead man by the hand.” What an age it s... ...to press his hand,’ and looking wistfully at the Percy lifting the hand of Douglas dead, Evan’s eyes filled with big tears. ‘He suffered very little,’... ...-con- tempt, that caused whatever he touched to sicken him. There were the Douglas and the Percy on the wall. It was a 69 George Meredith happy and a... ... out. Rose smiled on many. She smiled on Drummond Forth, Ferdinand Laxley, William Harvey, and her brother Harry; and she had the same eyes for all ag... ...d Evan. With which promise the peace was signed between them. Drummond and William Harvey were cordial, and just laughed over the incident. Laxley, ho... ... belonging to them? T ell me.’ Now Jenny had come to Beckley Court to meet William Harvey: she was therefore sufficiently soft to think she could care... ...e of them have—I mean; supposing him gay and handsome, taking—’ ‘Just like William,’ Rose cut her short; and we may guess her to have had some one in ... ... does not altogether like it, even though she is not playing to the ear of William Harvey, for whom billiards have such attractions; but, at the close...

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...in money, but in kind, that is, in victuals and provi- sions of all sorts. William the Conqueror introduced the custom of paying them in money. This m... ...ortion to silver. Upon the reformation of the silver coin, in the reign of William III., the price of silver bullion still continued to be somewhat ab... ...r being burdened by such intrud- ers, it was further enacted by the 3rd of William III. that the forty days residence should be accounted only from th... ...away, the invention of certificates was fallen upon. By the 8th and 9th of William III. it was enacted that if any person should bring a certificate f... ...erstocked, too, they have sometimes, in plentiful years, we are told by Dr Douglas {Douglas’s Summary,vol. ii. p. 379, 373.} (I suspect he has been il... ... Augustine’s, Canterbury, gave a feast upon his installation-day, of which William Thorn has preserved, not only the bill of fare, but the prices of m... ...dent marks of having originally been, what the honest and downright Doctor Douglas assures us it was, a scheme of fraudulent debtors to cheat their cr...

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... last more than six months were very signally refuted by the event. As Sir Douglas Haig has pointed out, its Waterloos lasted months instead of hours.... ...his house I have done hardly anything else but assure you that I am not Mr William Dunn, but Mazzini Dunn, a very different person. THE BURGLAR. He do...

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... P . Nichol, LL.D., Professor of As- tronomy in the University of Glasgow. William Tait, Edinburgh. 1846. 190 Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers on s... ...imself and his own family, of the subsequent event. The case was this:—Mr. William Wardlaw Ramsay, the companion (and we believe relative) of Lord Lin... ...ntley, for an Addison, for a Johnson, for a wicked Lauder, for an avenging Douglas, for an idolizing Chateaubriand; and yet, after all, little enough ... ...’s skirmishings with Malthus. They are to be found chiefly in the late Mr. William Hazlitt’s work on that subject: a work which Coleridge so far claim... ...themselves short of amusement. I esteem them as equal to Codrus, Timoleon, William T ell, or to Milton, as regards the liberty of unlicensed printing....