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... class is, of course, the more popular, as appeal- ing at once to emotions common to us all; some of these rest on the passion of love; others on grie... ... their apportioned curse. They languish, because none feel with them their common na- ture. They are morally dead. They are neither friends, nor lover... ...e, would interpret half the woe That wasted him, would call him with false names Brother and friend, would press his pallid hand At parting, and watch... ...ppealing, in contempt of all artifi- cial opinions or institutions, to the common sympathies of every human breast. I have made no attempt to recommen... ...t of evil, One Power of many shapes which none may know, One Shape of many names; the Fiend did revel In victory, reigning o’er a world of woe, For th... ...m as he passed; for none _375 Knew good from evil, though their names were hung In mockery o’er the fane where many a groan, As King, and L... ...y sank in hideous spasm, or pains severe and slow. 15. 15. 15. 15. 15. The fish were poisoned in the streams; the birds In the green woods perished; t... ... down, The flocks and herds had perished; on the shore The dead and putrid fish were ever thrown; The deeps were foodless, and the winds no more Creak... ... _185 Sounded o’er earth and sea its blast of war, The Balearic fisher, driven from shore, Hanging upon the peaked wave afar, Then saw thei...

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...n less than two minutes after coming upon it for the first time, we all by common consent agreed that this state room was the pleasantest and most fac... ...eve of a sea voyage, is a matter of little consequence; and that, to use a common phrase, ‘it comes to very much the same thing in the end.’ Be this a... ...ch I have never seen or heard described, though I have no doubt it is very common. I lay there, all the day long, quite coolly and contentedly; with n... ... knives, forks, spoons, keys, &c., and pasting upon them labels with their names printed in raised letters. These she felt very carefully, and soon, o... ...the succeeding year was passed in grati fying her eager inquiries for the names of every object which she could possibly handle; in exercising her in... ... by recalling past impressions; she counts with her fingers, or spells out names of things which she has recently learned, in the manual alphabet of t... ...rm, they work with spades, rakes, and hoes. For amusement, they walk, run, fish, paint, read, and ride out to take the air in car riages provided for... ...ke, heartiest of Greek Professors!), but because of all kinds of caters of fish, or flesh, or fowl, in these American Notes – Dickens 93 latitudes, ... ...het sets a rough image of that weapon for his mark. So with the Arrow, the Fish, the Scalp, the Big Canoe, and all of them. I could not but think —as ...

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...ept an eager look out. He had no net, hook, or line, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cushion for a sitter, no paint, no inscription, ... ...mildly of the Court Circular with Boots and Brewer. Is appealed to, at the fish stage of the banquet, by V eneering, on the disputed question whether ... ...ourable roll of solicitors of the High Court of Chancery, and attorneys at Common Law, 21 Charles Dickens five years; and—except gratuitously taking ... ...e family. And we have got a precious one.’ ‘There are four of us, with our names painted on a door- post in right of one black hole called a set of ch... ...edlework. The fire was in a rusty brazier, not fitted to the hearth; and a common lamp, shaped like a hyacinth-root, smoked and flared in the neck of ... ...another part of the wall was a small dresser, mak- ing a spare show of the commonest articles of crockery and 23 Charles Dickens cooking-vessels. The... ...e success with which you put this and that together, you get a woman and a fish apart, or a Mermaid in combination. And Mr Inspector could turn out no... ...d arisen in the neighbourhood surrounding Mincing Lane of making christian names for him of adjectives and participles begin- ning with R. Some of the... ...ouched his hat. Yet, he knew so little about the inmates that he gave them names of his own invention: as ‘Miss Elizabeth’, ‘Master George’, ‘ Aunt Ja...

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...r and design; they observe, for example, that two eminent per- sons, whose names were Attis, the one a Syrian, the other of Arcadia, were both slain b... ...n, the other of Arcadia, were both slain by a wild boar; that of two whose names were Actaeon, the one was torn in pieces by his dogs, the other by hi... ...t they could not shut them soon enough; and of two cities which take their names from the most agree- able odoriferous plants, Ios and Smyrna, the one... ...ng himself with the ordinary expressions of their language req- uisite for common intercourse, he threw himself in amongst 7 Plutarch’s Lives the bar... ...mmanders of the age were reduced by the skill of Sertorius; and it was the common opinion in Rome, that he would be in Italy before Pompey. How far Me... ...per- son, and by receiving money he purchased safety, for which it is more common to give it. The Macedonians, also, while there was no show of dan- g... ... empe, until he came to the seaside, and there he betook himself to a poor fisherman’s cottage, where he rested the remainder of the night. The next m... ...es of Theophanes, or their expectation, (for there came but a few men in a fisherman’s boat to meet them,) they began to suspect the meanness of their... ... and down about the sands, at last he found some rotten planks of a little fisher-boat, not much, but yet enough to make up a funeral pile for a naked...

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...ary monuments to record what his intellectual powers were; and even in our common profession the ordinary course and practice are so changed, that I d... ...l that I speak the truth when I describe him as a man of singularly strong common sense, of great acuteness, truthfulness, and integrity of judgment. ... ...ge to the freshness and life of youth, so as to rivet the affections in no common degree. It was during the head-mastership of Dr. Hawtrey that Pattes... ...ay Coleridge; and here the brothers and sisters climbed the rocks, boated, fished, and ran exquisitely wild in the summer holi- days. Christmas was sp... ...f fastening upon that a sectarian char- acter, as of fixing him with party names. His was a catholic mind. What distinguished him was his open-mindedn... ...nt off to shore, in one of his boats, pulled by two of the crew, Lowestoft fisher- men, fine young fellows as you ever saw. Then we bought fresh meat,... ... round a large cloth on the ground, on which were spread tins of potatoes, fish, pork, &c. The leader came to me and said, “This is the Maori fashion.... ...w tide, and watch all the little crabs and other creatures with long Latin names, than walk about Sydney arm-in-arm with the Bishops of New Zealand an... ...en found, and named, most of the Solomon Isles. Grera and Bauro owed their names of Guadalcanar and San Cristoval to him. In 1594, he obtained permiss...

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...ing, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this work... ...d him. The next one comes will be Unwin, and the next Vilkins. I have got names ready made to the end of the alphabet, and all the way through it aga... ... married people, in consequence of the great expense of a suit in Doctors’ Commons; and, in stead of compelling a man to support his family, as they ... ...nd him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked a... ...ldn’t even see her children’s faces, though we heard her gasping out their names. I begged for her in the streets: and they sent me to prison. When I ... ...erberry; giving Oliver a shake, and a box on the ear. ‘He called my mother names,’ replied Oliver. ‘Well, and what if he did, you little ungrateful wr... ...raggling groups of labourers going to their work; then, men and women with fish baskets on their heads; donkey carts laden with vegetables; chaise car... ...Lane are, it has its barber, its coffee shop, its beer shop, and its fried fish warehouse. It is a commercial colony of itself: the emporium of petty ... ...tor, and instantaneously recovered. Here he took to gardening, plant ing, fishing, carpentering, and various other pursuits of a similar kind: all un...

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..................................................................... 149 The Fisherman. ................................................................... ...art. Yes! I was a man! Next I formed the knightly plan 28 Goethe Princess Fish to free; She was much too complaisant, Kindly welcomed me,— And I was ... ...d charms pledges . Of victory are. 1803. Lover in All Shapes. To be like a fish, Brisk and quick, is my wish; If thou cam’st with thy line. Thou would... ... Wille wo wo wo! Wito hu! Then call’ d I their names with angry threat: “What wouldst thou, Anna? What wouldst thou, Bet?”... ...us dames! Star placed by star! What heavenly sight! Whoe’er can tell their names? Within this glittering hall sublime, Be closed, mine eyes! ’tis not ... ...agerly: “Beauteous stranger, light as day *Mahadeva is one of the numerous names of Seeva, the de- stroyer,—the great god of the Brahmins. 194 Goethe... ...d your poor husband henceforward Always must wear a surtout, I suppose, or commonplace jacket, Always must put on his boots; good bye to cap and to sl... ...n they carried Many valueless chattels, o’erlading the cattle and horses,— Common old boards and barrels, a birdcage next to a goosepen. Women and chi... ...t First my coat was too long, the cloth too coarse, and the colour Far too common, my hair was cut and curl’d very badly. I at last was thinking of dr...

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...itled—the great knightserrant of the sea. It had borne all the ships whose names are like jewels flashing in the night of time, from the Golden Hind r... ...ver into the mystery of an unknown earth! … The dreams of men, the seed of commonwealths, the germs of empires. The sun set; the dusk fell on the stre... ... 9 Joseph Conrad had got filled since my boyhood with rivers and lakes and names. It had ceased to be a blank space of delightful mystery—a white patc... ...a mo- ment—I won’t say of hesitation, but of startled pause, be- fore this commonplace affair. The best way I can explain it to you is by saying that,... ...though we had not moved; but we passed various places—trading places— with names like Gran’ Bassam Little Popo, names that seemed to belong to some so... ...do there, now my boat was lost. As a matter of fact, I had plenty to do in fishing my command out of the river. I had to set about it the very next da... ... did not ask me to sit down after my twenty-mile walk that morning. He was commonplace in complexion, in feature, in manners, and in voice. He was of ... ...denly, and struck you blind as well. About three in the morning some large fish leaped, and the loud splash made me jump as though a gun had been fire... ...o, unless they swallowed the wire itself, or made loops of it to snare the fishes with, I don’t see what good their extravagant salary could be to the...

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...eman, whether he had used the expres sion which had just escaped him in a common sense. ‘Mr. BLOTTON had no hesitation in saying that he had not—he h... ...for sale in the public streets are marine stores, hard bake, apples, flat fish, and oysters. The streets present a lively and animated appearance, oc... ... as the waiter removed one of the covers. ‘Soles, Sir.’ ‘Soles—ah!—capital fish—all come from London stage coach proprietors get up political dinners... ...anied by Mr. Tupman, ascended the staircase leading to the ballroom. ‘What names, sir?’ said the man at the door. Mr. Tracy Tupman was stepping forwar... ...g forward to announce his own titles, when the stranger prevented him. ‘No names at all;’ and then he whispered Mr. Tupman, ‘names won’t do—not known—... ...ll;’ and then he whispered Mr. Tupman, ‘names won’t do—not known—very good names in their way, but not great ones—capital names for a small party, but... ...al man; ‘there is nothing even uncom mon in it. Want and sickness are too common in many sta tions of life to deserve more notice than is usually be... ...f some old companion, or by obtaining an appearance at one or other of the commonest of the minor theatres; and when he did earn anything it was spent... ...y, glistened and sparkled as it flowed noiselessly on; and the oars of the fishermen dipped into the water with a clear and liquid sound, as their hea...

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...nd mysterious worlds ruled by an or- der logical indeed but other than our common sanity. The ‘nineties was a good and stimulating period for a short-... ...tion of what a short story might be to the imagi- native limitation of the common reader—and a maximum length of six thousand words. Short stories bro... ...; Henry James pursued his wonder- ful and inimitable bent; and among other names that occur to me, like a mixed handful of jewels drawn from a bag, ar... ...bs (who alone seems inexhaustible). I dare say I could recall as many more names with a little effort. I may be succumbing to the infirmities of middl... ... ethnology of his visitor. Certainly the man was not a Teutonic type nor a common Latin one. “A morbid product, anyhow, I am afraid,” said the Bacteri... ...onvenient as that of its discoverer? “John-smithia”! There have been worse names. It was perhaps the hope of some such happy discovery that made Winte... ...few trees growing and a spring in one place, and the lagoon full of parrot-fish. I took the egg ashore and put it in a good place, well above the tide... ...ed. I was a bit anxious about his feed, so I gave him a lump of raw parrot-fish at once. He took it, and opened his beak for more. I was glad of that ... ...me about from the very beginning. He used to stand by me and watch while I fished in the lagoon, and go shares in anything I caught. And he was sensib...

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...ash. By the time Ben was fagged out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite, in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller... ...s.” “What’ll you take for her?” “What’ll you give?” “Piece of lickrish and a fish hook.” “Less see ‘em.” Tom exhibited. They were satisfactory, and th... ...boys that learn. Now, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 26 no doubt you know the names of all the twelve disciples. Won’t you tell us the names of the fir... ...raid.” Tom still hung fire. “Now I know you’ll tell me,” said the lady. “The names of the first two disciples were —” “David and Goliah!” Let us draw ... ...this row was because you thought you’d get to stay home from school and go a fish ing? Tom, Tom, I love you so, and you seem to try every way you can... ...—” “Oh no, that wouldn’t do for this. That’s good enough for little rubbishy common things — specially with gals, cuz the go back on you anyway, and b... ...o goes there?” “Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main. Name your names.” “Huck Finn the Red Handed, and Joe Harper the Terror of the Seas.... ...this, then, Life?” Perhaps the reader can endure an extract from it: “In the common walks of life, with what delightful emotions does the youthful min... ...umber One?” “No — Number Two — under the cross. The other place is bad — too common.” “All right. It’s nearly dark enough to start.” Injun Joe got up ...

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...o blend the hostile blood of the Normans and Anglo-Saxons, or to unite, by common language and mutual interests, two hos- tile races, one of which sti... ...iesthood, impressed them no less with an opinion of his sanctity. Even the common people, the severest critics of the conduct of their betters, had co... ...since noon, and his usual supper hour was long past, a cause of irritation common to country squires, both in ancient and modern times. His displeasur... ...the tyrannical bastard by whom it was devised, and the heartless slave who names it with a Saxon tongue to a Saxon ear! The curfew!” he added, pausing... ... of sanctity, little short, if we may presume to say so, of her glo- rious namesake, the blessed Saint Hilda of Whitby, God be gracious to her soul!” ... ...board, as also that of fowls, deer, goats, and hares, and various kinds of fish, together with huge loaves and cakes of bread, and sundry confections ... ...plar, filling his goblet, “drink wassail to the fair Rowena; for since her namesake introduced the word into England, has never been one more worthy o... ...His doubts might have been indeed pardoned; for, except perhaps the flying fish, there was no race existing on the earth, in the air, or the waters, w... ...y my hand!” “Think what you do!” cried Wamba; “hasty hand catches frog for fish—by my bauble, yonder is none of my Lady 295 Sir Walter Scott Rowena—s...

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...s which to fire-side people ap- pear strange and romantic, to them seem as common-place as a jacket out at elbows. Yet, notwithstanding the familiar- ... ... harbour in the whaler Acushnet, bound for the Pacific Ocean and the sperm fishery. He has left very little direct information as to the events of thi... ...ast few, years American and English vessels engaged in the extensive whale fisheries of the Pacific have occasionally, when short of provisions, put i... ...iny waves, sparkling in the sunshine. Every now and then a shoal of flying fish, scared from the water under the bows, would leap into the air, and fa... ...come down to it at almost equal distances, all apparently radiating from a common centre, and the upper extremities of which are lost to the eye benea... ... a good many imprecations upon the hard destiny it 51 Melville seemed our common fortune to encounter. T oby, like myself, had evidently moved in a d... ... same moment I stepped forward towards our guides, and pronouncing the two names interrogatively and pointing to the lowest part of the valley, endeav... ...Toby, whose mellifluous appellation was more easily caught. An exchange of names is equivalent to a ratification of good will and amity among these si... ...natives, who in- troduced themselves to us by pronouncing their respective names, and retired in high good humour on receiving ours in return. During ...

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...ry, so far as it is connected with civilized men, is soon told. Otsego, in common with most of the interior of the prov- ince of New Y ork, was includ... ...tings that were held at his council fires; the war drove off the agent, in common with the other officers of the crown; and his rude dwelling was soon... ...ng his name to instead of receiv- ing it from his estates as in Europe, is common over the whole of New Y ork. The physician with his theory, rather o... ...here he con- tinued to pound them while speaking. “It’s far easier to call names than to shoot a buck on the spring; but the creatur came by his end f... ...your attention. Gentlemen, I make you acquainted with my child. Y ours are names with which she is very familiar.” “Velcome, velcome Tchooge,” said th... ... Hiram knows that it is entirely mine; a little taken front a print of his namesake in London, I own; but essentially, as to all points of genius, my ... ... in that country, which bore the title of “lake- 89 James Fenimore Cooper fish,” and doubtless the assertion was true; for, although in- tended to an... ...rue; for, although in- tended to answer the purposes of a weathercock, the fish was observed invariably to look with a longing eye in the direc- tion ... ... Now all admire, in each high-flavored dish The capabilities of flesh—fowl—fish; In order due each guest assumes his station, Throbs high his breast w...

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...or their spirits and souls, This word, rebellion, it had froze them up, As fish are in a pond. But now the bishop Turns insurrection to religion: Sup... ...he trick of our English nation, if they have a good thing, to make it too common. If ye will needs say I am an old man, you should give me rest. I wo... ...gainst his opposite; or else We fortify in paper and in figures, Using the names of men instead of men: Like one that draws the model of a house Beyon... ... Let us on, And publish the occasion of our arms. The commonwealth is sick of their own choice; Their over greedy love hath surfe... ...t so full of him, That thou provokest thyself to cast him up. So, so, thou common dog, didst thou disgorge Thy glutton bosom of the royal Richard; And... ... captains were of my mind, they would truncheon you out, for taking their names upon you before you have earned them. You a cap tain! you slave, for... ...fident To give admittance to a thought of fear. Our battle is more full of names than yours, Our men more perfect in the use of arms, Our armor all as... ...to any roof; for thin drink doth so over cool their blood, and making many fish meals, that they fall into a kind of male green sickness; and then wh...

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...om the womenkind. You would have thought I had now all the more reason to pursue my common practice, since I had met this young lady in the city stree... ...says I. “And, though I did ill to speak with you at the first, now it seems we have common acquaintance, I make it my petition you will not forget me.... ... showed the silver button. “Put it in your pocket, sir!” cries he. “Ye need name no names. The deevil’s buckie, I ken the button of him! And de’il hae... ... to the pair of us – a black mark, disaffected, branded on our hurdies, like folk’s names upon their kye! And what can I do? I’m a Stewart, ye see, an... ... said I; “I have nothing to my charge to make me sorry, or you for me, but just the common infirmities of mankind. ‘The guilt of Adam’s first sin, the... ...ur end - “PILRIG, AUGUST 26th, 1751. “MY LORD, – This is to bring to your notice my namesake and cousin, David Balfour Esquire of Shaws, a young gentl... ...cover of this mirth, Prestongrange got forth of the chamber, and I was left, like a fish upon dry land, in that very unsuitable society. I could never... ...adies.” “There is just where you are wrong,” said I; “for I was as uncouth as a sea-fish upon the brae of a mountain. The truth is that I am better fi... ...their business in the inland fields, and those of North Berwick straight to the sea-fishing from their haven; so that few parts of the coast are lonel...

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... supposed we were all absconding from the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no common sentiment but that of cold united us, until at leng... ...tables at the same meal we were gloriously favoured; for in addition to porridge, which was common to all, we had Irish stew, some- times a bit of fis... ...r in addition to porridge, which was common to all, we had Irish stew, some- times a bit of fish, and sometimes rissoles. The dinner of soup, roast fr... ...e dinner of soup, roast fresh beef, boiled salt junk, and potatoes, was, I believe, exactly common to the steerage and the second cabin; only I have h... ...orm of spare patties or rissoles; but as a gen- eral thing mere chicken-bones and flakes of fish, neither hot nor cold. If these were not the scraping... ...the day’s experience. We were then like a couple of anglers comparing a day’s kill. But the fish we angled for were of a metaphysical species, and we ... ...man shop, indicated squarely that he put no faith in my honesty, and refused to look up the names of books or give me the slightest help or informatio... ...und. I accosted them very politely in my capacity of stranger, and requested to be told the names of all manner of hills and woods and places that I d... ...e out of my wits. Sometimes, as when I inquired too particularly into the question of their names, she laughed at me so long and heartily that I began...

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...ere perfectly gentlemanlike and respectful, and whose clothes, though of a common cotton stuff, were cut and worn with a military neatness and precisi... ...re we were landed, and the market blaz- ing in sunshine, piled with fruit, fish, and poultry, under many- coloured awnings; the tall white houses with... ...onia and Granada lying purple beyond them. There’s something even in those names which is pleasant to write down; to have passed only two hours in Cad... ...m, richly decorated with cold gravy and spilt beer. I heard there the very names of the gentlemen who wrote the famous letters from the “Warspite” reg... ...ation. Y ou walk through narrow white- washed lanes, bearing such martial names as are before men- tioned, and by-streets with barracks on either sid... ...stone. The lights and shadows, the cries and stenches, the fruit-shops and fish-stalls, the dresses and chat- ter of all nations; the soldiers in scar... ...siness has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common read- ing is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in lov... ... lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?What have these people in common with Pericles, what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)... ...hief of the eunuchs brings down the ladies of the harem. I saw Hassan, the fisher- man, getting his nets; and Ali Baba going off with his donkey to th...

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...was clearer than crystal to the lords of the State preserves of loaves and fishes, that things in general were settled for ever. It was the year of Ou... ...ed on the mob, and nobody thought any of these occurrences much out of the common way. In the midst of them, the hang man, ever busy and ever worse t... ...ses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it, as sick people went down to be dipped in t... ...e dipped in it, as sick people went down to be dipped in the sea. A little fishing was done in the port, and a quantity of strolling about by night, a... ...rkman with an unfinished shoe upon his lap, pausing in his labour. His few common tools and various scraps of leather were at his feet and on his benc... ...ll was covered by inscrip tions which had been carved by prisoners dates, names, com plaints, and prayers. Upon a corner stone in an angle of the wa... ...and all soci ety (except the scarecrows), the Fancy Ball descended to the Common Executioner: who, in pursuance of the charm, was required to officia... ...r property was in course of confis cation and destruction, and their very names were blotting out, was as well known to himself as it could be to any... ... quickly. Early in the evening he embraced her, and her scarcely less dear namesake, pretending that he would return by and bye (an imaginary engageme...

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...ight, ‘rising and falling with the waves, like a torch in the bark of some fisherman,’ which is the shining star of a new world. Bruce is caged in Aby... ...(he patiently walking at all other times); they share with him such putrid fish as they find to eat; they lie down and wait for him when the rough car... ...ve money to day in recognition of a begging letter,—no matter how unlike a common begging letter,—and for the next fortnight you will have a rush of s... ...been his busi ness to write to all sorts and conditions of people, in the names of persons of high reputation and unblemished honour, pro fessing to... ...ght like a drowsy lion—its glassy waters scarcely curve upon the shore—the fishing boats in the tiny harbour are all stranded in the mud—our 25 Char... ...th the natural grace with which they wear the com monest cap, or fold the commonest handkerchief round their luxuriant hair—we say, in a word and out... ...e of the milliners and tailors, a wholesome knowledge of the art of making common and cheap things uncommon and pretty, by good sense and good taste, ... ..., for some ten minutes. The Royal George takes no more heed of us than its namesake under water at Spithead, or under earth at Windsor, does. The Roya... ...nnounced; but we do not undertake to warrant the orthography of any of the names here mentioned. Inspector Wield presents Inspec tor Stalker. Inspect...