Full Text Search Details
...ting place of Edgar Allan Poe, the most interesting and original figure in American letters. And, to sig- nify that peculiar musical quality of Poe’s ... ...s unmortified sense of independence.” And this was the tribute paid by the American public to the master who had given to it such tales of conjuring c... ...s Dickens, although they made him many enemies among the over-puffed minor American writers so mercilessly exposed by him; such poems of beauty and me... ...d, the match meeting with pa- rental disapproval, had himself taken to the stage as a profes- sion. Notwithstanding Mrs. Poe’s beauty and talent the y... ...stanza from William Winter’s poem, read at the dedication exercises of the Actors’ Monument to 10 Poe in Five V olumes Poe, May 4, 1885, in New Y ork... ...ch it might be possible to travel. “It is true that balloons, in the first stage of their ascensions from the earth, are known to rise with a velocity... ...egan to fill me with alarm. It will be remem- bered, that, in the earliest stage of my speculations upon the possibility of a passage to the moon, the... ...e any thing to do with the proceedings but himself, and he has elbowed the male rela- tives out of the way, according to their representations, in a v... ...ng the rose in the key-hole; the ‘Marie’ upon the slate; the ‘elbowing the male relatives out of the way;’ the ‘aversion to permitting them to see the...

Full Text Search Details
...cene in Auerbach’s cellar. Egmont was also begun under the stimulus of the American Rebel- lion. A way of escaping from his embarrassments was unex- p... ...on, which continued to vibrate with a great and lasting effect. The little stage, with its speechless personages, which at the outset had only been ex... ...rious other pieces, which were indeed on too grand a scale for so narrow a stage. Al- though this presumption spoiled and finally quite destroyed what... ..., by dint of my mother’s support. There I sat in the pit, before a foreign stage, and watched the more 101 Goethe narrowly the movement and the expre... ...hought myself sufficiently well dressed; but it was not long before my fe- male friends, first by gentle raillery, then by sensible remon- strances, c... ...Huguenots, who settled there after the revocation of the edict of Nantes.— American Note. 235 Goethe me. Her ill health kept her constantly at home. ... ...to her: for, in the first place, she never thought of emulating one of the male sex; and, sec- ondly, she believed, that, in regard to religious cultu... ...to her: for, in the first place, she never thought of emulating one of the male sex; and, secondly, she believed, that, in regard to religious culture... ...g class of men in England or America, which would justify an English word.—American Note. 328 Autobiography tained; which he very soon managed to gai...

Full Text Search Details
...t it does. 20. Sticking on and under-propping. Whatever a learned 159 John Locke man may do here, an intelligent American, who inquired into the nat... ...in confu- sion. 6. Another reason for the necessity of names to num- bers. This I think to be the reason why some Americans I have spoken with, (who ... ... that, with language and reason and a shape in other things agreeing with ours, have hairy tails; others where the males have no beards, and others wh... ...s not distinguished by generation. Nor let any one say, that the power of propagation in animals by the mixture of male and female, and in plants by s... ...des, being actions which perish in their birth, are not capable of a lasting duration, as substances which are the actors; and wherein the simple idea... ... without being peremptory in defining the dif- ferent states which creatures shall come into when they go off this stage. It may suffice us, that He h... ...n lost among us, we should in a few ages be unavoidably reduced to the wants and igno- rance of the ancient savage Americans, whose natural endowments...

Full Text Search Details
... last, in desperation, I sent one, which I called A Man of Honour, to the Stage Society, which gave two performances, one on Sunday night, another on... ...t merit to please an intellectual audience. As every one knows, it was the Stage Society that produced the early plays of Bernard Shaw. The committee ... ...st serve to keep his theatre open for a few weeks, by the end of which the actors he wanted for the play he had been obliged to postpone would be at l... ...anged in a horse shoe, which was reserved for a small party of English or American painters and a few Frenchmen with their wives. At least, they were... ...s, who painted still life with a certain amount of skill, and Clayson, the American sculptor. Raggles stood for rank and fashion at the Chien Noir. He... ...t out with the tall Jagson, who smarted still under Haddo’s insolence. The American sculptor paid his bill si lently. When he was at the door, Haddo ... ...y off the most famous, the most infamous, of them all, Sprenger’s Malleus Malefikorum. ‘Here is one of my greatest treasures. It is the Clavicula Sa... ... became manifest. Of these, the most marvellous were those strange beings, male and female, which were called homunculi. The old philosophers doubted ... ... was found that the spirits had grown to about a span and a half each; the male homunculi were come into possession of heavy beards, and the nails of...

Full Text Search Details
...d he was the only gentleman so engaged, except the two clergymen—the other male teachers being a formal, grave, little baker, and one or two monitors.... ... own brother. It was believed that the Alcestis was destined for the South American station. “A three years’ business,” said Dr. May, with a sigh. “Bu... ...es, joys, and incen- tives shone out more and more upon her in this blithe stage 281 Yo n g e of her life. She knew there was a dark side, but hope a... ...r surprise is likely to be very much like Blanche’s birth- day presents, a stage aside.” “No, I am going to keep it to myself.” T wo or three days aft... ...hinking Cocksmoor was the excuse!” “Spectators are more philosophical than actors, Ethel. Oth- ers have not been tying parcels all day.” “I had rather... ...le plump arms, her eyes grew wide with wonder, and she felt, at least, two stages nearer womanhood. Flora had omitted no one. There was a Paris presen... ...ut in a way that seemed to have called for the reproof of the more earnest actors. “Ethel! Ethel!” screamed the children, with one voice, and, while t... ...e enough, and they saw our signal of distress!” The vessel proved to be an American whaler, which had just parted with her cargo to a homeward bound s... ... hunt him up.” Flora supposed he meant a directory; and all possible South American merchants having been overlooked, and the Mack- intoshes selected,...

Full Text Search Details
... of women when she learns that she has destroyed the peace of mind of some male victim, there was a hard, haggard expression in Julie’s face—a look of... ... the carriage as escort. At nightfall, as they changed horses for the last stage before Blois, Julie grew uneasy. All the way from Amboise she had hea... ...ly.” 65 Balzac “Such devotion would be highly creditable to one of us old stagers; but Lord Grenville was a youngster and—an En- glishman. Englishmen... ...s countenance and to play an actor’s part. They know the side-scenes where actors may retire to calculate chances, shed their tears, or pass their jes... ...system. Italy at any rate is the land of sharp contrasts. Woman there is a malevolent animal, a dangerous unreasoning siren, guided only by her tastes... ...ich even in our literature we affect to hold this land of ours, and poured maledictions on the pitiable plutocrats who fall out of love with fair Fran... ...s of him; but a few days before Spain recog- nized the independence of the American Republics, he wrote that he was coming home. 141 Balzac So, one f... ...rcelain vases painted by Madame Jacotot; tiny South 150 A Woman of Thirty American birds, like living rubies, sapphires, and gold, hov- ered among th... ...ne had tasted danger without shrinking; how could she return to the pretty stage, the superficial circumscribed life of society? It was the captain wh...

Full Text Search Details
...posite the fire, on a little table brought to him all ready laid as on the stage. When, therefore, he perceived that Charles’s cheeks grew red if near... ..., and in the niches constellations of gilt paper stars; then on the second stage was a dungeon of Savoy cake, surrounded by many fortifications in can... ...rsecuted la- dies fainting in lonely pavilions, postilions killed at every stage, horses ridden to death on every page, sombre forests, heart- aches, ... ...iosity , he said, while he lived at Rouen, to go to the theatre to see the actors from Paris. He could neither swim, nor fence, nor shoot, and one day... ...d be strong and dark; she would call him George; and this idea of having a male child was like an expected revenge for all her impotence in the past. ... ...erves. She had not eyes enough to look at the cos- tumes, the scenery, the actors, the painted trees that shook when anyone walked, and the velvet cap... ...r for calls. I saw that the very moment that I came in. I’ve the eye of an American!” He did not send the stuff; he brought it. Then he came again to ... ..., near the espalier, and he ground his teeth; he raised to heaven looks of malediction, but not so much as a leaf stirred. A fine rain was falling: Ch...

Full Text Search Details
...ker and Mrs Crawley, and the lawyer was very gentle with her. In the first stages of the inquiry he had simply desired to learn the truth, and place t... ...this world are due to emulation, rather than to the native nobility of the actors. A young man leads a forlorn hope because an- other young man has of... ... founded on the instincts of true humanity. And now the tidings of another stage in the battle, as fought against Mr Crawley by the bishop, had gone f... ...n as a peacemaker, changed the conversation again and began to talk of the American war. But even that was made a matter of discord on church matters—... ...rt to the door. It was better by far that he should go, and so he went. An American when he has spent a pleasant day will tell you that he has had a ‘... ...irls. Emily Dunstable had nei- ther brother nor sister, and Lily’s nearest male relative in her own degree was now Miss Dunstable’s betrothed husband.... ...im that sort of love which ladies in the country do feel for their elderly male friends. There was not one of the three who would not have taken much ... ... of the catastrophe which had happened in the City. Servants are wonderful actors, looking often as though they knew noth- ing when they knew everythi... ...ion that her ladyship must have passed the early part of her life upon the stage. ‘You would trifle with me, sir. Beware that you do not trifle with h...

Full Text Search Details
...RS QUESTIONED When he had finished his speech, the president turned to the male prisoner. “Simeon Kartinkin, rise.” Simeon jumped up, his lips continu... ... away from their regiment any longer, for their leave was fully up. At the stage which Nekhludoff’s selfish mania had now reached he could think of no... ...e afraid of him,” said Khoroshavka, who managed to exchange notes with the male prisoners and knew all that went on in the prison. “He’ll run away, th... ..., and some military men and some civilians stood near them. The clatter of male and female voices went on unceasingly. “Enfin! you seem to have quite ... ...nd this is a thing not only we but many have been considering. There is an American, Henry George. This is what he has thought out, and I agree with h... ...s the Frenchman’s name. Perhaps you’ve heard of him. He makes wigs for the actors in the big theatre; it is a good business, so he’s prospering. He bo... ...suddenly uncovered his face, and smiled a very real-looking smile, such as actors express joy with, and began again with a sweet, gentle voice: “Yet t... ...lova’s would shape if she were acquitted. He remembered the thought of the American writer, Thoreau, who at the time when slavery existed in America s...

Full Text Search Details
...e! Alabin was giving a dinner at Darmstadt; no, not Darmstadt, but something American. Yes, but then, Darmstadt was in America. Yes, Alabin was giving... ...most all of them by their Christian names: old men of sixty, boys of twenty, actors, ministers, merchants, and adjutant generals, so that many of his ... ...ry face in the ballroom was familiar and tiresome. But she was in the middle stage between these two; she was excited, and at the same time she had su... ...ot know his heart. Levin remembered that when Nikolay had been in the devout stage, the period of fasts and monks and church services, when he was see... ...ctor. “I’ve no liking for foreign tours. And take note: if there is an early stage of tuberculous process, of which we cannot be certain, a foreign to... ... that any smile would jar on them. “Thou who didst from the beginning create male and female,” the priest read after the exchange of rings, “from Thee... ...here I call upon the count, and in three words we settle the business.” “The American way of doing business,” said Sviazhsky, with a smile. “Yes, ther... ...e sums subscribed by the nobility of the province, the high schools, female, male, and military, and popular instruction on the new model, and finally,... ...re of his book, the various public questions of the dissenting sects, of the American al liance, of the Samara famine, of exhibitions, and of spiritu...