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... not with a view to regulate your prac- tice, but your judgment: as to old women, and the mob of newspaper readers, they are pleased with anything, pr... ... the poor king (Charles VI.) falling in at such a crisis, like the case of women laboring in childbirth during the storming of a city, trebled the awf... ... Domrémy, and, by a satisfactory consequence, how thinly sown with men and women must have been that region even in its inhabited spots. But the fores... ...he sun, 10 “Three hundred.” Of necessity this scale of measurement, to an American, if he happens to be a thoughtless man, must sound ludicrous. Acco... ...less man, must sound ludicrous. Accordingly, I remember a case in which an American writer indulges himself in the luxury of a little lying, by ascrib... ...o an Englishman a pompous account of the Thames, constructed entirely upon American ideas of grandeur, and concluding in something like these terms:— ... ... arose, did people (but observe, very great people) advance to four, P .M. Philosophers, who watch the “semina rerum,” and the first symptoms of chang...

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...over the way. ‘Such,’ thought Mr. Pickwick, ‘are the narrow views of those philosophers who, content with examining the things that lie before them, l... ...ir, not assembly, Sir. Ball for the benefit of a charity, Sir.’ ‘Many fine women in this town, do you know, Sir?’ in quired Mr. Tupman, with great in... ...endid—capital. Kent, sir—everybody knows Kent— apples, cherries, hops, and women. Glass of wine, Sir!’ ‘With great pleasure,’ replied Mr. Tupman. The ... ...mpanion stationed themselves in a corner to observe the company. ‘Charming women,’ said Mr. Tupman. ‘Wait a minute,’ said the stranger, ‘fun presently... ...ed—take home the lady —do for T uppy.’ Mr. Pickwick was a philosopher, but philosophers are only men in armour, after all. The shaft had reached him, ... ... or other happened, from time immemorial, that many of the best and ablest philosophers, who have been perfect lights of science in matters of theory,... ...f steps, leading to the house door, which was guarded on either side by an American aloe in a green tub, the sedan chair stopped. Mr. Pickwick and his... ...turn both Mr. Jingle and his attendant, down the flight of steps, into the American aloe tubs that stood beneath. ‘Having discharged my duty, Sir,’ sa...

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... woman’s” name or to admit her girlishness. “I can’t think what minds some women must have—to try and get a girl’s young man away from her. But there,... ...e in the moonlight, and shouting, “Fizzle, you fool! Fizzle, you hunter of women! You hot-blooded hound! Boil! boil! boil!” Suddenly he caught up a ha... ...o obtain.” “I think none the better of it for that.” “Men must work though women may weep,” said Wedderburn with profound gravity. “Fancy dying away f... ...8 The Country of the Blind on a way of settling him at last. It is a South American dodge. I joined all my fishing-lines together with stems of seawee... ...ve dry for me, houses, copyrights, investments; I had never suspected that philosophers were so rich. He watched me drink and eat with a touch of envy... ..., the people were supposed to be English and were dressed like fashionable Americans of the current epoch, and I fell into the natural error of suppos... ...eboard partially covered by a black velvet cloth, and beside a decanter of American whisky. It is from 202 The Country of the Blind Mr. Wace, indeed,... ... insisted on his lying in the dark, and that was a great misery. And blind philosophers came and talked to him of the wicked levity of his mind, and r...

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...please, a good sort of creature) was one of the most tedious grumbling old women I ever knew. Thus have I given a brief, but faithful, history of my c... ...y of exemplary pru- dence, but maintained a degree of modest reserve which women have long since thought unnecessary. My father, it is true, loved ple... ...o a natural timidity, has always prevented my being very enterprising with women, so that I have passed my days in languishing in silence for those I ... ...me accordingly, with their waters and whey. In this respect physicians and philosophers differ widely from theologians; admitting the truth only of wh... ... with mine. T o prove this by experience, I taught music gratis to a young American lady, Mademoiselle des Roulins, with whom M. Roguin had brought me... ...tributed amongst all the beggars on the rampart. You are pleasant men, you philosophers, while you consider the inhabitants of the cities as the only ... ...into the company of the great, as well as that of the women, devotees, and philosophers. He knew how to accommodate himself to every one. I was greatl... ...ly connected with him to pass his name over in silence. M. du Perou was an American, son to a commandant of Surinam, whose successor, M. le Chambrier,...

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...ous snuff-box. “You won’t live of it, either,” said Goupil, making the two women tremble. More quick-witted than their husbands, they saw the privatio... ...sts, materialists, or whatever you are 18 Ursula pleased to call the rich philosophers of that period. Though Minoret was very little of a humbug, he... ... church with the straps of his breeches tied into the button-holes, devout women would redeem the buckles from the clock-maker and jeweler of the town... ...arasol in the other; and this she did with the innate grace which graceful women put into the awkward or difficult things of their charming craft of w... ... three thousand francs, a gift from Havana, which city, at the time of the American War of Independence, he had protected from an attack by the Britis...

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...nd adoration of abstract good, the to agathon kai to kalon of the Socratic philosophers, with our sympathies with our kind. In this, Shelley resembled... .... O 2. O 2. 1 1 1 1 1. The starlight smile of children, the sweet looks Of women, the fair breast from which I fed, The murmur of the unreposing brook... ...Serpent and the Dove, Wisdom and Innocence. 20 20 20 20 20. ‘The wild-eyed women throng around her path: _1585 From their luxurious dung... ... by, And stared and spoke not;—then with piercing cry A troop of wild-eyed women, by the shrieks Of their own terror driven,—tumultuously ... ...der institutions not more perfect than those of Athens, each would produce philosophers and poets equal to those who (if we except Shakespeare) have n... ...e reflected, and in which they compose one form. Poets, not otherwise than philosophers, painters, sculptors and musicians, are, in one sense, the cre... ... the revolution eight hundred students, and among them several Germans and Americans. The munificence and energy of many of the Greek princes and merc... ... reported that this Messiah had arrived at a seaport near Lacedaemon in an American brig. The association of names and ideas is irresistibly ludicrous...

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...le INTRODUCTION TO THE EDITION OF 1892 BY ARTHUR STEDMAN Of the trinity of American authors whose births made the year 1819 a notable one in our liter... ...tsfield, Mass., ‘boarding around’ with the families of his pupils, in true American fashion, and easily suppressing, on one memorable occasion, the ef... ...e remained for four months, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way a... ...urning home, toiling and sweat- ing, with a bundle of it, under which most women would have sunk. T o tell the truth, Kory-Kory’s mother was the only ... ...in the valley. In this secluded abode of happiness there were no cross old women, no cruel step-dames, no withered spinsters, no lovesick maidens, no ... ...ining hills, and then a burst of voices in the same direction. At this the women who had congregated in the groves, set up the most violent clamours, ... ... consideration in which the ever-adorable sex is held by the men be—as the philosophers affirm—a just cri- terion of the degree of refinement among a ...

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... ture. In spite of the intense labour and wonderful discover ies of modern philosophers, I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied.... ...he worst event. On her deathbed the fortitude and benignity of this best of women did not desert her. She joined the hands of Elizabeth and myself. “... ...tals cannot be transmuted and that the elixir of life is a chimera but these philosophers, whose hands seem only made to dabble in dirt, and their eye... ...d exhibited. He said that “These were men to whose indefatigable zeal modern philosophers were indebted for most of the foundations of their knowledge... ... placed my foot within the door before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted. The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me,... ...re, of chiv alry, Christianity, and kings. I heard of the discovery of the American hemisphere and wept with Safie over the hapless fate of its orig... ...ue. The prospect of marrying a Chris tian and remaining in a country where women were allowed to take a rank in society was enchanting to her. “The ...

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...o sit about and take your vittles. D’you think this world was made for old women to mop about in? Well, any- how, you can’t help yourselves now—you’ve... ... the passage much relieved. (Eh! but it’s a base job this being a man—with women as they are!) VI VI VI VI VI Before the year was out there were, in a... ...and falling flower, and western pictures too, pictures of gracious men and women, sweet groupings, and broad views of land and sea. He shall have book... ...’ll have to stop here,” said the clerk; “my keys are no good here. It’s an American lock. I’ll get out and slam the door behind me and see if I can fi... ...emocracy, and Secular Education, and Sky Scrapers, and Motor Cars, and the American Invasion, the Scrappy Reading of the Public, and the disappearance... ...a general air of remon- strance. “Giant wasps! What’s the world coming to? American jour- nalists, I suppose! Hang these Novelties! Giant gooseberries... ...ese forces of the New … I don’t know of course. I’m not one of your modern philosophers—explain everything with ether and atoms. Evolution. Rubbish li...

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... is not so light nor so pure; nor is the sun any brighter. As for the beautiful men and women, you would see many of them in rags and many of them def... ...ill kept his countenance bravely, and merely remarked that, for as little as he knew of women, he had acted very prudently in not 68 Robert Louis Ste... ...sort were greatly taken wi’ his gifts and his gab; but auld, concerned, serious men and women were moved even to prayer for the young man, whom they t... ...y the most relevant objections. Besides, was he not educat- ing the boy? And education, philosophers are agreed, is the most philosophical of duties. ... ...is an argument exactly suited to your intellectual level – many of them are English and American. Where else should we expect to find a thief? – And n... ...ning life with mountebanks and thieves, passing onward to the society and friendship of philosophers, he may be said to have skimmed the volume of hum...

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...eign (to the length of sixpence) over all men; commands cooks to feed him, philosophers to teach him, kings to mount guard over him,—to the length of ... ...“was red-painted on the nose, and white-painted on the cheeks, as her tire-women, when from spleen and wrinkles she would no longer look in any glass,... ...uriant green one. Of a truth, it is the duty of all men, especially of all philosophers, to note down with accuracy the characteristic circumstances o... ...her unspeakable. A visible Divinity dwelt in them; to our young Friend all women were holy, were heavenly. As yet he but saw them flitting past, in th... ...ipient Dotage, would crown with no new myrtle-garland. To the Profes- sor, women are henceforth Pieces of Art; of Celestial Art, indeed, which celesti... ...as articulately perhaps as the case admitted. Or call him, if you will, an American Backwoodsman, who had to fell unpenetrated forests, and battle wit... ...onsiderably involved in haze. To the first English Edition, 1838, which an American, or two American had now opened the way for, there was slightingly... ... pacificated. ’ Here is a” ...— Sun Newspaper, 1st April, 1834. III. NORTH—AMERICAN REVIEWER. ... “After a careful survey of the whole ground, our bel...

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...s she met with chapters full of romance and poetry. They were the works of philosophers of the middle ages, such as Albertus Magnus, Cornelius Agrippa... ...ed the other, “e’en go thy ways, Goodman Brown. I would not for twenty old women like the one hobbling before us that Faith should come to any harm.” ... ... accents of towns 26 Mosses from an Old Manse people of his own, men and women, both pious and un godly, many of whom he had met at the communion t... ...these chaste dames and dewy virgins, there were men of dissolute lives and women of spotted fame, wretches given over to all mean and filthy vice, and... ...d fain do the little in our power towards introducing him favorably to the American public. The ensuing tale is a translation of his “Beatrice; ou la ... ...e—Nature’s generals, her lawgivers, her kings, and with them also the deep philosophers who think the thought in one generation that is to revolutioni... ... reader a few desirable particulars about Drowne himself. He was the first American who is known to have at tempted—in a very humble line, it is true...

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...ppers, and moccasined 9 Melville squaws; Northern speculators and Eastern philosophers; English, Irish, German, Scotch, Danes; Santa Fé traders in st... ...n from the persuasion that these same destroyers of confidence, and gloomy philosophers of 48 The Confidence-Man the stock-market, though false in th... ...mes, for the most part keep their hands in their pockets. These may be the philosophers. But here and there, with a curious expression, one is reading... ...solution. Some other points about her were likewise such as pertain to the women of savage life. Lithe though she was, she loved supineness, but upon ... ... a malicious invention. Ere long, at the suggestion of some woman’s-rights women, the in- jured wife began a suit, and, thanks to able counsel and ac-... ... to Show Him to Be One of the Most Logical of Optimists YEARS AGO, a grave American savan, being in London, ob- served at an evening party there, a ce... ...sustained throughout an almost entire sitting; that they may not, like the American savan, be thereupon be- trayed into any surprise incompatible with... ... what I say. I speak from fifteen years’ experience; five and thirty boys; American, Irish, English, German, African, Mulatto; not to speak of that Ch... ...inest of the primitive races, possessed of many heroic virtues. Some noble women, too. When I think of Pocahontas, I am ready to love Indians. Then th...

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...expeditions; but of late whalers and sandal wood traders, both English and American, had been finding their way among them, and too often acting as ir... ...igent and answered well, and it was striking to see grown-up men and young women sit- ting so patiently to be taught. Then the evening service prayers... ...the voyage—one of dys- entery, I think—all the rest flourishing, the three women respectable and tidy-looking individuals, and two children very well.... ...etc., and that will soon come. ‘But here the men are nice fellows, and the women and girls make capital servants; and so whereas many of the clergy an... ...er of all. ‘Viewed indeed from that position which was occupied by ancient philosophers, the existing contrarieties between na- tions might well appea... ...e the chief obstacle to the Mission. After describing an interview with an American captain, he continues:—’Reports are rife of a semi-legalised slave... ...tion, a sugar plantation has not been found a very advanced school for the American or West Indian negro, and as a matter of fact, the islander who ha...

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...ure of that.” “Y ou are prejudiced, like your poor dear mother—the best of women, if only she could ever have done justice to her Ladyship! Don’t you ... ...ted by grinning skulls. The men’s shields preserved their eagle crest, the women had only lozenges, and the family motto, Amo et 67 Yo n g e Amabo, w... ...ve Molly that they were Mistress Phoebe and Mistress Delia Treforth, kins- women of the Belamour family, who had in consequence a life residence rent-... ...for his new gown and cassock; but la! it was only a set of old doctors and philosophers, and he wished to know what musty discoveries they had been ma... ...Their father will provide 270 Love and Life for them, and they will marry American settlers in the for- ests. What should they do with court jewels? ...

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... genial manner, a ready laugh, a long pair of sandy whiskers, a dash of an American accent, a close familiarity with the great American joke, and a ce... ...stiny that have, from time to time, arrested the flight of my own pen; for women, such as she, are no philosophers, and behold the concrete only. And ... ...to time, arrested the flight of my own pen; for women, such as she, are no philosophers, and behold the concrete only. And women, such as she, are ver... ...‘All your what?’ asked Alexander. ‘Stamps—money,’ explained John. ‘It’s an American ex- pression; I’m afraid I contracted one or two.’ ‘I have some,’ ... ...ne under the trees sat a young lady sketching. We have learned to think of women in a sort of 92 Tales & Fantasies symbolic transfiguration, based on...

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...cealment; but the fact remained that though a great many men and not a few women knew Ferdinand Lopez very well, none of them knew whence he had come,... ...y a handsome man,—his beauty being of a sort which men are apt to deny and women to admit lav- ishly. He was nearly six feet tall, very dark and very ... ...ew,—if, as suggested, amidst summer flowers on the water’s edge to men and women mixed,—he would be a courtly and efficient host; for he had 8 The Pr... ...ty. I don’t want him to sell his country to Germany, or to turn it into an American republic in order that he may be president. But when he gets the r... ...r,—the result of which was, that he had gone rather deep into two or three American mines before the end of July. But he had already made some money o... ...,—or perhaps an Irishman. We have learned the lesson from the divines, the philosophers, and the poets. Post equitem sedes atra cura. Thus was Ferdina... ...rds, has not yet given it a name. I am a good deal at present in the South American trade.’ She listened, but received no glimmering of an idea from h...

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...the devil; a few found resources in science and letters; one or two turned philosophers in a small way, peeped into micro- scopes, and became familiar... ...y grandsire, the inditer of this goodly matter, was rather lengthy, as our American friends say. Indeed, I reserve the rest of the piece until I can o... ...here my little Highland landlady, as dapper and as tight as ever, (for old women wear a hundred times better than the hard-wrought seniors of the masc... ...ng the corpse in its bloody plaid before carrying it from the fatal spot. “Women,” she said, starting up and interrupting their chant at once and thei... ...arting up and interrupting their chant at once and their labour—”T ell me, women, why sing you the dirge of MacDhonuil Dhu in the house of MacTavish M... ...rvade every civilized country. Amongst their mountains, as among the North American Indians, the various tribes were wont to make war upon each other,...

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... head. “Come, come,” said the sailor, “I have a better opinion than you of women in general, and of Mercedes in particular; and I am cer- tain that, c... ...ny misfor- tune happened to her betrothed, she would kill herself.” “Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.” “You do not know Mercedes; what... ...y part of the company talked unreservedly of Moscow and Leipsic, while the women commented on the divorce of Josephine. It was not over the downfall o... ...y by the world, for I am not an Italian, or a Frenchman, or a Hindu, or an American, or a Spaniard — I am a cosmopolite. No country can say it saw my ... ...tation. But you know how the theo- logians in their collegiate chairs, and philosophers in their contro- versies, occasionally say cruel truths; let u... ...e treated in Asia Minor, whose masters made them grammarians, doctors, and philosophers, in order that they might fetch a higher price in the Roman ma...

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...and extensive ravages by fire, such as now happen, not unfrequently in the American woods, (but gen- erally from carelessness in scattering the glowin... ...hey are even ladies paramount, and in situations of command, they are also women. The staff of authority does not annihilate their sex; and scruples o... ... always been in force. But in the age succeeding to the civil wars men and women “married,” says one author, “with a view to divorce, and divorced in ... ...uent contemplation of these authorized mur- ders, in which a whole people, women* as much as men, and children intermingled with both, looked on with ... ...philosophic attainments, and perhaps upon philosophic glory. All the great philosophers of his own time, whether Stoic or Peripatetic, and amongst the...