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* * * * * Alas, the evil that pressed heaviest on those Literary Heroes of ours was not the want of organisation for Men of Letters, but a far deeper one; out of which, indeed, this and so many other evils for the Literary Man, and for all men, had, as from their fountain, taken rise. Th...
CHAPTER III. Belfont Abbey and St. Alvin’s ruined Priory appeared in view. The ivy climbed around the turrets; and the grass grew upon the paved courts, where desolation and long neglect prevailed. At a distance from the convent, a ruin, a lonely pile stood upon the cliff in solitary grandeur. Not a tree, nor any app...
BOOK IX. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven Years.—From The Death Of Ahab To The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes. CHAPTER 1. Concerning Jehoshaphat Again; How He Constituted Judges And, By God's Assistance Overcame His Enemies. CHAPTER 2. Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning T...
CHAPTER XII On Sunday Tatiana Markovna had guests for the second breakfast. The covers had been removed from the purple damask-covered chairs in the reception room. Yakob had rubbed the eyes of the family portraits with a damp rag, and they appeared to look forth more sharply than on ordinary days. The freshly waxed ...
CHAPTER IV. THE CHILD ASTONISHES THE OLD MAN. On reaching St. Jean market, the post at which had been disarmed already, Gavroche proceeded "to effect his junction" with a band led by Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Combeferre, and Feuilly. They were all more or less armed, and Bahorel and Prouvaire had joined them, and swell...
[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co. Boston: JAMES BUCHANAN] Statesman Edition VOL. VI Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR ...
* * * * * * * * * * _Wednesday, 26th._ After breakfast, put out things for theatre. When I came down to the drawing-room, I found a middle-aged gentleman of very respectable appearance sitting with my father. He rose on my coming in, and, after bowing to...
Chapter LI. Deeds and Mortgages. §1. In whatever manner a person acquires possession of real estate, whether by devise, descent, purchase, or gift, evidence of possession consists, usually, in a _deed_, which is a written instrument conveying real estate to an heir, a purchaser, or a donee. A deed of land sold, con...
CHAPTER XII. WADE BROOKS MAKES A TRADE. Wade Brooks felt like a new boy. The breakfast was a meal to be remembered; for there was nothing like it in the past, and the future at the house of Obed Swikes was equally blank in prospect. His meals there were hardly better than the pigs had, and were often short at that. ...
* * * * * Foreign affairs, less technical, could not in like easy manner be committed to others, and in these Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward labored together. The blackest cloud was the Trent affair, yet after that had passed the sky by no means became clear. In the spring of 1862 the Oreto ...
* * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious typographical errors were corrected. The spelling of French words has been made consistent. Also made consistent were those words which appear as hyphenated, joined or as two individual words (for example, first class to first-class and some one t...
CHAPTER VIII. _Oxford—New College—Magdalen._ Now came my first day in Oxford—a day depended upon from boyhood, and from which I had expected more quiet and meditative delight than from any other enjoyment whatever. To every one who has made English literature and En...
* * * * * APPENDIX. I think it right to give the proof that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is incommensurable. This method of proof was given by Lambert,[672] in the _Berlin Memoirs_ for 1761, and has been also given in the notes to Legendre's[673] Geometry, and to the ...
* * * * * No eligible opportunity offered for sailing until the end of August, when, having concluded an agreement with the owners of a merchant brig, we betook ourselves to Leghorn, and set sail in the Fortuna, Lupi master, for Cyprus, on the 7th of September, 1827. There were four Fran...
CHAPTER IX. THE SQUIRE'S BOLD STROKE. "That boy evidently suspects me," thought Renwick Bates, contracting his forehead. "He is altogether too smart. With the help of his uncle, whose suspicions are already excited, he may make me trouble. I must take a bold course, and make the accusations look ridiculous." Squir...
* * * * CLEOPATRA. In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar. CHARMIAN. Many times, madam. CLEOPATRA. I am paid for't now-- Lead me from hence. I faint. O Iras, Charmian--'tis...
CHAP. XXXVIII. CURIOSITIES RESPECTING MOUNTAINS. _Natural Description of Mountains--The Peak in Derbyshire--Snowden in Wales--Skiddaw in Cumberland._ --------Sublime the uplifted mountains rise, And with their pointed heads invade the skies; While the high cliffs their craggy arms extend, Dis...
CHAPTER XV. THE EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF. Maurice lost no time, the next morning, in seeking out the crafty old Jew. Henriques was a vender of jewels that came into his hands through private sources. There was considerable risk in his traffic; for it was just possible some of the precious stones transferred to him m...
CHAPTER XVII. MONSIEUR ANDRE. "You said that the Breton nobility were ready to second the French nobility: now, what do the French nobility want?" "They desire, in case of his majesty's death, to place the king of Spain on the throne of France, as sole heir of Louis XIV." "Very good, very good," said La Jonquiere,...
CHAPTER CXII. "CHANTONS, CELEBRONS NOTRE REINE." The opera-house was full to overflowing. In the lowest tier were the ladies of the aristocracy, their heads surmounted by those abominable towers of Leonard's invention. Above them sat the less distinguished spectators; and the parquet was thronged by poets, learned me...
CHAPTER XXXVI. TOM TRINGLE GETS AN ANSWER. Faddle as he went down into the country made up his mind that the law which required such letters to be delivered by hand was an absurd law. The post would have done just as well, and would have saved a great deal of trouble. These gloomy thoughts were occasioned by a convi...
LETTER CCXCIII.--TO JOHN DICKINSON, December 19, 1801 TO JOHN DICKINSON. Washington, December 19, 1801. Dear Sir, The approbation of my ancient friends is above all things the most grateful to my heart. They know for what objects we relinquished the delights of domestic society, tranquillity, and science, and comm...
* * * * * "Be valu'd 'gainst your wife's commandement." ACT V. SC. 1. "Full of good news. My master will be here ere morning." By reading _morn_ we should get a rime. * * * * * "My friend, Stephano, I pray you signify." Both 4tos and foli...
CHAPTER III PERSONAL NARRATIVE--BIG SEWELL MOUNTAIN, WINCHESTER AND ROMNEY From Valley Mountain I was sent with the sick of our brigade to a place named Edrai where a number of our troops were encamped. I think it was about sixteen miles distant, but on account of the condition of t...
CHAPTER XII. A gigantic speculation, with a dwarfish result--Perils of waters--Sickness and bereavement--Growth of Sacramento and San Francisco--Voyage homeward--Imposition on shipboard--Panama--Havana--Home--Concluding observations--Practicability of Christian missions in Patagonia consi...
CHAPTER XIV. FALL THROUGH THE ICE--DANGEROUS ADVENTURE AT A RAPID--OPPONENTS GIVE IN--ORDERED TO LA CHINE--TREATMENT ON MY ARRIVAL--MANNERS, HABITS, AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE INDIANS--FEROCIOUS REVENGE OF A SUPPOSED INJURY--DIFFERENT METHODS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT MISSIONARY--INDIAN COUNCILS--TRADITION OF...
CHAPTER XX GOING "A-CHESTNUTTING." The bright days of summer were a short-lived joy at Poganuc. One hardly had time to say "How beautiful!" before it was past. By September came the frosty nights that turned the hills into rainbow colors and ushered in autumn with her gorgeous robes of golden-rod and purple asters. ...
THE THREE BROTHERS. VOLUME I. THE THREE BROTHERS. BY MRS. OLIPHANT, AUTHOR OF ‘CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,’ ‘SALEM CHAPEL,’ ‘THE...
CHAPTER XLVIII. It still wanted half an hour of eight o'clock on the following morning, when Dudley walked along the road from Beach Rock to Brandon. He was not alone, however, for by his side was Martin Oldkirk, whose stern but not unpleasant features were lighted up with an expression of high satisfaction. At the d...
* * * * * You in your beauty above me bent In the pause of a wild west country ball-- Spoke to me--touched me without intent-- Made me your servant for once and all. Light laughter rippled your rose-red lip, And you swept my cheek with a shining curl, That stray'd from your shoul...
CHAPTER XLI ON Alfred's leaving Silverton, Mrs. Archbold was prostrated. It was a stunning blow to her young passion, and left her weary, desolate. But she was too strong to lie helpless under disappointed longings. Two days she sat stupefied with the heartache; after that she bustled about her work in a fervour of ...
CHAPTER XXIII. "There can be no sorrow greater than this sorrow," sobbed Ruth, as the heavy sod fell on Daisy's little breast. In after years, when bitterer cups had been drained to the dregs, Ruth remembered these, her murmuring words. Ah! mourning mother! He who seeth the end from the beginning, even in this blow ...
CHAPTER XXV. "When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldrie of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his...
Transcriber's note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESSE DE DINO [Illustration: CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, PRINCE OF BENEVENTO, 1754-1838] MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHE...
* * * * * * * * * * Received another beautiful nosegay. After dinner, went on with letter to ----; tried over my music; Heber's song that I wanted is not among them. At six, went to the theatre. The sunset was glorious, the uprising of the moon most beauti...
Chapter VI. D’Artagnan in his Fortieth Year. Years have elapsed, many events have happened, alas! since, in our romance of “The Three Musketeers,” we took leave of D’Artagnan at No. 12 Rue des Fossoyeurs. D’Artagnan had not failed in his career, but circumstances had been adverse to him. So long as he was surrounded ...
CHAPTER XLV. A SURPRISE. From the hour of Mr. Blake’s departure, my life was no longer molested. My declaration, which had evidently, under his auspices, been made the subject of conversation through the country, was at least so far successful, as it permitted me to spend my time in the way I liked best, and without...
CHAPTER XI. SOCIETY IN JACKSON'S TIME. The most elegant estate in Washington in Jackson's time was the Van Ness mansion, built on the bank of the Potomac, at the foot of Seventeenth Street. Mr. John Van Ness, when a member of the House from the State of New York, had married Marcia, the only child of David Burns, one...
CHAPTER XVII.--Promotion. "I, think there must be something wrong about your rowing," "My rowing!" cried I; "nonsense!--it's because you don't steer right." "I remember, when I was a young man, I once took a fancy to rowing," said Mr. Crobble one day to me. "I wasn't then quite so round as I am at present. Cousin...
* * * * * =MEASURES FOR THE SESSION 1837.= A cheap edition of WHAT NEXT? or, the Peers and the Third Time of Asking. Reprinted from the eighth 8vo. Edition. Price 6_d._ or 3_s._ per dozen. "This is a seasonable pamphlet: it shows the nature of our position--what has been done--what is...
CHAPTER XX The night passed, and a part of the forenoon of the following day, when the Navajos who had been sent for began to gather in. About noon, they informed me they were ready for talk. A lodge had been emptied of its contents for a council room. It was about twenty feet long by twelve feet wide. It was constru...
CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF THE ROMISH INQUISITION. Persecution of the Paulicians--Albigenses--Their sufferings in Languedoc--In England, Spain, France--Counts Raymond and Roger--Massacre of their People--Dominic, founder of the Inquisition. Intolerance seems essential to the office of a priest; as n...
CHAPTER XCIV. 1779. Condition of Affairs--Mason's Letter--Convention Troops removed to Charlottesville--Miscellaneous--Church Establishment abolished--Clergy and Churches--Suffolk burnt--D'Estaing's Siege of Savannah--Lincoln surrenders--Gates defeated at Camden--Sumpter defeated--Battle of K...
Chapter III Jimmie and the old woman listened long in the hall. Above the muffled roar of conversation, the dismal wailings of babies at night, the thumping of feet in unseen corridors and rooms, mingled with the sound of varied hoarse shoutings in the street and the rattling of wheels over cobbles, they heard the sc...
* * * * * Pl. 60 [Illustration] THYREUS Abbottii. * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER. (_Familia Sphingidis_ Latreille.) _Antennae lineares, in medio incrassatae, in maribus extrinsecus ciliatae, (sub-barbatae) in foeminis simplices, filiformes, ...
CHAPTER IX The Prince could rest quietly; in Poland numerous adherents were working for him, in Dresden Sulkowski and Bruehl, equally ambitious, though the former was more sure of his position. The Prince loved him and, what was more important, was accustomed to him. He had been with Fr...
THE QUEEN OF THE ISLE. A Novel. BY MAY AGNES FLEMING. AUTHOR OF "GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE," "THE ACTRESS' DAUGHTER," "A WONDERFUL WOMAN," "LOST FOR A WOMAN," "SILENT AND TRUE," "ONE NIGHT'S MYSTERY," "A TERRIBLE SECRET," "A MAD MARRIAGE," ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: COPYRIGHT, 1886. _G. W. Di...
ACT II. SCENE I. _Milan. The DUKE'S Palace._ _Enter VALENTINE and SPEED._ _Speed._ Sir, your glove. _Val._ Not mine; my gloves are on. _Speed._ Why, then, this may be yours, for this is but one. _Val._ Ha! let me see: ay, give it me, it's mine: Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine! Ah, Sil...
* * * * * SCÈNE V. FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES. (MEPHISTOPHELES reparaît, une cassette sous le bras.) _Mep._ Alerte! la voilà!... Si le bouquet l'emporte Sur l'écrin, je consens à perdre mon pouvoir! (Il ouvre l'écrin.) _Faust._ Fuyons!... je veux ne j...
BEL AMI The Works of Guy de Maupassant VOLUME VI NATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY BIGELOW, SMITH & CO. BEL AMI (A LADIES' MAN) I When the cashier had given him the change out of his five francpiece, George Duroy left the restaurant....
FIRST ARTICLE [II-II, Q. 189, Art. 1] Whether Those Who Are Not Practiced in Keeping the Commandments Should Enter Religion? Objection 1: It would seem that none should enter religion but those who are practiced in the observance of the commandments. For our Lord gave the counsel of perfection to the young man who sa...
CHAPTER II. [1837-1839.] The Siege of Herat—Shah Kamran and Yar Mahomed—Return of the Shah—Eldred Pottinger—Preparations for the Defence—Advance of the Persian Army—Progress of the Siege—Negotiations for Peace—Failure of the Attack—The Siege raised. Surrounded by a fair expanse of country, where alternating co...
VOL. II. RELIGION OF THE QUAKERS. INTRODUCTION. _Religion of the Quakers--Invitation to a patient perusal of this part of the work--No design, by this invitation, to proselyte to Quakerism--All systems of Religion, that are founded on the principles of Christianity, are capable, if heartily embraced, of producin...
SECTION XXX.—_The Facilities requisite._ Not only was the rite of immersion without precedent in the domestic customs of Israel. It was wholly impracticable as an observance to be fulfilled with the frequency of the ritual washings of the law. On this point, delicacy forbids unnecessary detail. But an ...
CHAPTER XXXVII. In a room of no very great dimensions in the fair town of Perth, were collected a number of persons upon a solemn and serious occasion. A number of the officers and magistrates of the town were present, seated on a little sort of platform raised above the rest of the room. On either side were drawn up...
CHAPTER XIII. WEDDED. While baffled in her attempts to bring about an explanation between Allan and Olive, and to smooth matters over with that wilful young lady (as she deemed her) and her naturally irritated _fiancé_, Lady Aberfeldie pushed on vigorously all the arrangements for the marriage of Sir Paget and the il...
* * * * * _Azores._--A group of volcanic islands, nine in number, about 900 miles from the coast of Portugal, and surrounded by ocean depths of 1,800 to 2,500 fathoms. There is geological evidence that the origin of the group dates back at least as far as Miocene times. There is a total ...
BOOK XIII ARGUMENT Ulysses, having finished his narrative, and received additional presents from the Phæacians, embarks; he is conveyed in his sleep to Ithaca, and in his sleep is landed on that island. The ship that carried him is in her return transformed by Neptune to a rock. Minerva meets him on the shore, enab...
CANTO XI. We at the margin of a lofty steep Made of great shattered stones in circle bent, Arrived where worser torments crowd the deep. So horrible a stench and violent Was upward wafted from the vast abyss,[375] Behind the cover we for shelter went Of a great tomb where I saw written this: ...
LETTER MLXXIV. _To Mr. ――――._ _Virginia, in Hanover County, January23,1755._ _My very dear Jonathan_, THAT ever-loving and ever-lovely Redeemer that owned my feeble labours in the northward, still continues to bless and succeed me in my j...
CHAPTER XVII. _THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSY._ LEV. xiii. 1-46. The interpretation of this chapter presents no little difficulty. The description of the diseases with which the law here deals is not given in a scientific form; the point of view, as the purpose of all, is strictly practical. As for the Hebrew word rend...
CHAPTER VIII. MR. SIMON'S ATTEMPT. The next day the sun shone brilliantly upon the snow as Thomas walked to the counting-house. He was full of pleasant thoughts, crossed and shadowed by a few of a different kind. He was not naturally deceitful, and the sense of having a secret which must get him into trouble if it w...
CHAPTER III. OBJECTS AND NATURE OF A REVELATION OF ORIGINS--_Continued._ "What if earth Be but a shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to the other like; more than on earth is thought." MILTON. (3) _Character of the Biblical Cos...
* * * * * "At a meeting of the committee appointed under the above resolution, Philip Hone, Robert Smith, John W. Leavitt, Egbert Benson, Ira B. Wheeler, Caleb Bartow, Simeon Draper, Jr., and Wm. S. Johnson, Esqrs., were appointed a sub-committee to make arrangements for the reception of...
***** Gen. Greene to Gen. Marion. _Camp,* Jan. 22, 1781._ * Camp Hicks. Sir, I have received your letter of the 18th, containing an account of the several little skirmishes between your people and the enemy, which were clever and do them much honour. I am sorry that so few horses fit for service are to ...
* * * * * Having sufficiently proved that nothing could make it _generally_ improper for Mr. Burke to prove what he had alleged concerning the object of this dispute, I pass to the second question, that is, Whether he was justified in choosing the committee on the Quebec Bill as the fiel...
SECTION 13 (1788.) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM. (Since her establishment at Court we have not yet found Fanny so content with her surroundings as she shows herself in the following section of the " Diary." The comparative quiet o...
* * * * * My mother set me in due time to learn the catechism of the Kirk of Scotland, and to attend the public examinations in the kirk. This was a severe trial for me; for, besides being timid and shy, I had a bad memory, and did not understand one word of the catechism. These meetings, which ...
CHAPTER II. Commencement of his Career.--His Education.--Visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Guernsey.--Decides for the Navy.--Is put on the Solebay's books.--School at London.--Embarks in the Montreal.--Winchelsea, Pembroke, Levant.--Smyrna.--Returns home.--Passes for Lieutenant.--Embarks in the Bris...
CHAPTER II JAMES II: WITH THE FIERY FACE It is clear that the public opinion of Scotland, so far as there was such a thing in existence, had no sympathy whatever with the murderers of James. The instruments of that murder were in the first place Highland caterans, with whom no terms were ever held and against whom e...
CHAPTER VII. LADY LAMORNA. It was a difficult task for Constance Devereaux to conceal her undeniable joy from her affectionate and observant son and daughter; and her heart would sometimes upbraid her that she should feel thus happy on an occasion which must cause them all to wear mourning, the external livery of at ...
CHAPTER XXXIII. A FATAL CRISIS. Each at the life Levelled his deadly aim; their fatal hands No second stroke intended.--MILTON. "Hold! on your lives!" exclaimed Lyon Berners, rushing between the opponents, and with swift ha...
Transcribed from the 1896 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org SIGNS OF CHANGE Seven Lectures _DELIVERED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS_ * * * * * ...
CHAPTER XLVIII. THE READING OF THE WILL. Gilbert Monckton went up to Woodlands immediately after the funeral, in order to be present at the reading of the will. He felt that he had a right to see the end of this business, in which his wife had played so extraordinary a part. The will was to be read by Henry Lawford’...
CHAPTER VI Indolence and ill-health, in the opinion of many the salient points in Philip Rainham's character, had left him at forty with little of the social habit. The circle of his intimates had sensibly narrowed, and for the rest he was becoming more and more conscious that people whom one does not know exceedingl...
chap. 3. sect. 36. "For he hopeth by _this means_ to acquit himself."----Rawley's Sylva Sylvarum. "And by _that means_ they lost their barrier."----Moyle on the Lacedem. Gov. "Clodius was now quæstor and by _that means_ a senator."----Middleton L. of Cic. vol. 1. p. 261. "By _this means_ however, there was nothing ...
chapter 2. 249. _What can we reason._ Pope’s _Essay on Man_, I. 18. _When_ [where] _thieves break through_. _S. Matthew_, vi. 19. _Dyot-street, Bloomsbury-square._ See vol. VI. _Table Talk_, Note to p. 120. _An aerie of children._ _Hamlet_, II. 2. _A Panopticon._ See _ante_, note to p. 129. _S...
CHAPTER XXXII. A DESPERATE VENTURE I have set my life upon a cast. And I will stand the hazard of the die.--SHAKESPEARE. It was yet so early in the morning that they drove ten miles out to a small village on the road before they thought...
VOL. XI.--=MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.= “We recommend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to read this work for themselves. They will find it well worth their while. There are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is a certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and...
LETTER XIV. We have been brought to the idea of such a correlation between the two impulsions that the action of the one establishes and limits at the same time the action of the other, and that each of them, taken in isolation, does arrive at its highest manifestation just because the other is active. No doubt thi...
CHAPTER XII. THE POEM. The ladies of the court, and those who were guests at the palace of Rheinsberg, were assembled, and waiting in the ante-room, as the princess royal had supposed. A few of them had withdrawn to one of the windows with Madame von Katch, the first lady of honor, and were conversing in low voices,...
CHAPTER XLIII "THE TERROR BY NIGHT" When Aun' Sheba saw that Mara, Mrs. Hunter, and Clancy were among friends, with a physician in attendance, she sat down by her daughter Sissy, and took little Vilet in her lap. "I kin'er feel," she said, "dat ef de yearth is gwine ter swaller us, I'se like ter go down wid dis chi...
* * * * * No. 148 Monday, August 20, 1711 Steele 'Exempta juvat spinis e pluribus una.' Hor. My Correspondents assure me that the Enormities which they lately complained of, and I published an Account of, are so far from being amended, that new...
CHAPTER XXIII. THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH. Displacement of the Earth’s Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice-cap.—Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement.—Note by Sir W. Thomson on fo...
CHAPTER II. THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN 9 CHAPTER III. THE AQUARIUM 19 CHAPTER IV. THE VEGETATION OF THE MARINE AQUARIUM 39 ...
Chapter LXXI. The State Prisoners. I Beg to say at once, that with the exception of Hayes and Manning, of the remaining ten, seven were perfect strangers to me; three I had simply met at work on the gold-fields; and I won't say anything further. Yes, though, MICHAEL TUHEY was the stoutest heart among us, an Iris...
CHAPTER IV. Huy--The citadel--Churches--_The mineral and coal districts of Belgium_--Prosperity of coal mines--Quantity produced in Belgium compared with other countries--Its price at Ghent, Brussels, and Antwerp--Panic in 1836 for the exhaustion of coal in Belgium--Scenery of the Meuse--Remarkab...
* * * * * In spring the ancient Romans celebrated the _Ludi Florales_. These were annual games in honour to Flora, accompanied by supplications for beneficent influences on the grass, trees, flowers, and other products of the earth, during the year. The Greeks likewise invoked fertility ...
CHAPTER XXV CHECKMATE The winter passed; slowly for the sufferers, more quickly for those who were less unhappy. Spring came with its disappointed hopes of sun and verdure, and in its turn made room for the summer which was but a short introduction to the autumn. On a May morning Arvid Falk, now a member of the per...
* * * * * For some nights after, I watched among the ruins, spending all the dark hours up to midnight patrolling about the bit of wall which was associated with so many emotions; but I heard nothing, and saw nothing beyond the quiet course of nature; nor, so far as I am aware, has anyth...
Book 3 Chapter 4 Severe Passage Of The Andes--Embassies From Atahuallpa-- The Spaniards Reach Caxamalca--Embassy To The Inca-- Interview With The Inca--Despondency Of The Spaniards 1532 That night Pizarro held a council of his principal officers, and it was determined that he should lead the advance, consisting of ...
* * * * * My wandering meditation being over, I now drew myself up to a gipsy “grand stand.” To all sensible, good men it appears as a _horrible fall_ rather than the “grand stand.” Thousands of young men and women, trained by Christian, godly parents, have been brought to ruin by its...
MAROCCO AND THE GREAT ATLAS [Illustration] [Illustration: From a Drawing by W. Prinsep, December 1829 PANORAMA OF THE GREAT ATLAS FROM THE CITY OF MAROCCO] _JOURNAL OF_ A TOUR IN MAROCCO ...
* * * * * It is matter of popular knowledge that an impression is remembered the better in proportion as it is 1) More recent; 2) More attended to; and 3) More often repeated. The effect of recency is all but absolutely constant. Of two events of equal significance the remoter one wi...
CHAP. II. OF THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOMENA (76.) _Phenomena_, then, or appearances, as the word is literally rendered, are the sensible results of processes and operations carried on among external objects, or their constituent principles, of which they are only signals, conveyed to our minds as aforesaid. Now, these pr...
* * * * * The BUTCHER-BIRD TANGARAS (_Lanio_) are also recognisable by the formation of the beak, which is somewhat elongated; the upper mandible is hooked at its extremity, and possesses (what constitutes its greatest peculiarity) a strong tooth-like appendage situated near its apex. Th...
Section III. _Names of the Sanjaks of each Province._ Rumeïli has two Defterdárs, one of the treasury-office (mál), and of the feudal tenures (tímár) a Kehiyá of Chávushes, an inspector of the Defter (rolls), a Kehiyá of the Defter; an Aláï-beg (colonel of the feudal militia); a Cherí-báshí (lieutenant-colonel); a Vo...
[Illustration: TORTURING A CAPTIVE] WESTERN SCENES AND REMINISCENCES: TOGETHER WITH THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST. TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS. AUBURN: DERBY & MILLER. BUFFALO: DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN. 185...
CHAPTER XVII. “But if Misfortune’s han? We plunge an’ feel her smartin’ wan’, Let us wi’ fortitude withstan’, The lash extended. As a’ things come by Heaven’s comman’, ...
CHAPTER II General Dermoncourt's papers--Protest of Charles X. against the usurpation of the Duc d'Orléans--The stoutest of political men--Attempt at restoration planned by Madame la duchesse de Berry--The _Carlo-Alberto_--How I write authentic notes--Landing of Madame near La Ciotat--Legitimist affray at Marseilles-...

* * * * * Alas, the evil that pressed heaviest on those Literary Heroes of ours was not the want of organisation for Men of Letters, but a far deeper one; out of which, indeed, this and so many other evils for the Literary Man, and for all men, had, as from their fountain, taken rise. Th...

CHAPTER III. Belfont Abbey and St. Alvin’s ruined Priory appeared in view. The ivy climbed around the turrets; and the grass grew upon the paved courts, where desolation and long neglect prevailed. At a distance from the convent, a ruin, a lonely pile stood upon the cliff in solitary grandeur. Not a tree, nor any app...

BOOK IX. Containing The Interval Of One Hundred And Fifty-Seven Years.—From The Death Of Ahab To The Captivity Of The Ten Tribes. CHAPTER 1. Concerning Jehoshaphat Again; How He Constituted Judges And, By God's Assistance Overcame His Enemies. CHAPTER 2. Concerning Ahaziah; The King Of Israel; And Again Concerning T...

CHAPTER XII On Sunday Tatiana Markovna had guests for the second breakfast. The covers had been removed from the purple damask-covered chairs in the reception room. Yakob had rubbed the eyes of the family portraits with a damp rag, and they appeared to look forth more sharply than on ordinary days. The freshly waxed ...

CHAPTER IV. THE CHILD ASTONISHES THE OLD MAN. On reaching St. Jean market, the post at which had been disarmed already, Gavroche proceeded "to effect his junction" with a band led by Enjolras, Courfeyrac, Combeferre, and Feuilly. They were all more or less armed, and Bahorel and Prouvaire had joined them, and swell...

[Illustration: A. W. Elson & Co. Boston: JAMES BUCHANAN] Statesman Edition VOL. VI Charles Sumner HIS COMPLETE WORKS With Introduction BY HON. GEORGE FRISBIE HOAR ...

* * * * * * * * * * _Wednesday, 26th._ After breakfast, put out things for theatre. When I came down to the drawing-room, I found a middle-aged gentleman of very respectable appearance sitting with my father. He rose on my coming in, and, after bowing to...

Chapter LI. Deeds and Mortgages. §1. In whatever manner a person acquires possession of real estate, whether by devise, descent, purchase, or gift, evidence of possession consists, usually, in a _deed_, which is a written instrument conveying real estate to an heir, a purchaser, or a donee. A deed of land sold, con...

CHAPTER XII. WADE BROOKS MAKES A TRADE. Wade Brooks felt like a new boy. The breakfast was a meal to be remembered; for there was nothing like it in the past, and the future at the house of Obed Swikes was equally blank in prospect. His meals there were hardly better than the pigs had, and were often short at that. ...

* * * * * Foreign affairs, less technical, could not in like easy manner be committed to others, and in these Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Seward labored together. The blackest cloud was the Trent affair, yet after that had passed the sky by no means became clear. In the spring of 1862 the Oreto ...

* * * * * Transcriber's note: Obvious typographical errors were corrected. The spelling of French words has been made consistent. Also made consistent were those words which appear as hyphenated, joined or as two individual words (for example, first class to first-class and some one t...

CHAPTER VIII. _Oxford—New College—Magdalen._ Now came my first day in Oxford—a day depended upon from boyhood, and from which I had expected more quiet and meditative delight than from any other enjoyment whatever. To every one who has made English literature and En...

* * * * * APPENDIX. I think it right to give the proof that the ratio of the circumference to the diameter is incommensurable. This method of proof was given by Lambert,[672] in the _Berlin Memoirs_ for 1761, and has been also given in the notes to Legendre's[673] Geometry, and to the ...

* * * * * No eligible opportunity offered for sailing until the end of August, when, having concluded an agreement with the owners of a merchant brig, we betook ourselves to Leghorn, and set sail in the Fortuna, Lupi master, for Cyprus, on the 7th of September, 1827. There were four Fran...

CHAPTER IX. THE SQUIRE'S BOLD STROKE. "That boy evidently suspects me," thought Renwick Bates, contracting his forehead. "He is altogether too smart. With the help of his uncle, whose suspicions are already excited, he may make me trouble. I must take a bold course, and make the accusations look ridiculous." Squir...

* * * * CLEOPATRA. In praising Antony I have dispraised Caesar. CHARMIAN. Many times, madam. CLEOPATRA. I am paid for't now-- Lead me from hence. I faint. O Iras, Charmian--'tis...

CHAP. XXXVIII. CURIOSITIES RESPECTING MOUNTAINS. _Natural Description of Mountains--The Peak in Derbyshire--Snowden in Wales--Skiddaw in Cumberland._ --------Sublime the uplifted mountains rise, And with their pointed heads invade the skies; While the high cliffs their craggy arms extend, Dis...

CHAPTER XV. THE EMBROIDERED HANDKERCHIEF. Maurice lost no time, the next morning, in seeking out the crafty old Jew. Henriques was a vender of jewels that came into his hands through private sources. There was considerable risk in his traffic; for it was just possible some of the precious stones transferred to him m...

CHAPTER XVII. MONSIEUR ANDRE. "You said that the Breton nobility were ready to second the French nobility: now, what do the French nobility want?" "They desire, in case of his majesty's death, to place the king of Spain on the throne of France, as sole heir of Louis XIV." "Very good, very good," said La Jonquiere,...

CHAPTER CXII. "CHANTONS, CELEBRONS NOTRE REINE." The opera-house was full to overflowing. In the lowest tier were the ladies of the aristocracy, their heads surmounted by those abominable towers of Leonard's invention. Above them sat the less distinguished spectators; and the parquet was thronged by poets, learned me...

CHAPTER XXXVI. TOM TRINGLE GETS AN ANSWER. Faddle as he went down into the country made up his mind that the law which required such letters to be delivered by hand was an absurd law. The post would have done just as well, and would have saved a great deal of trouble. These gloomy thoughts were occasioned by a convi...

LETTER CCXCIII.--TO JOHN DICKINSON, December 19, 1801 TO JOHN DICKINSON. Washington, December 19, 1801. Dear Sir, The approbation of my ancient friends is above all things the most grateful to my heart. They know for what objects we relinquished the delights of domestic society, tranquillity, and science, and comm...

* * * * * "Be valu'd 'gainst your wife's commandement." ACT V. SC. 1. "Full of good news. My master will be here ere morning." By reading _morn_ we should get a rime. * * * * * "My friend, Stephano, I pray you signify." Both 4tos and foli...

CHAPTER III PERSONAL NARRATIVE--BIG SEWELL MOUNTAIN, WINCHESTER AND ROMNEY From Valley Mountain I was sent with the sick of our brigade to a place named Edrai where a number of our troops were encamped. I think it was about sixteen miles distant, but on account of the condition of t...

CHAPTER XII. A gigantic speculation, with a dwarfish result--Perils of waters--Sickness and bereavement--Growth of Sacramento and San Francisco--Voyage homeward--Imposition on shipboard--Panama--Havana--Home--Concluding observations--Practicability of Christian missions in Patagonia consi...

CHAPTER XIV. FALL THROUGH THE ICE--DANGEROUS ADVENTURE AT A RAPID--OPPONENTS GIVE IN--ORDERED TO LA CHINE--TREATMENT ON MY ARRIVAL--MANNERS, HABITS, AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE INDIANS--FEROCIOUS REVENGE OF A SUPPOSED INJURY--DIFFERENT METHODS OF THE ROMAN CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT MISSIONARY--INDIAN COUNCILS--TRADITION OF...

CHAPTER XX GOING "A-CHESTNUTTING." The bright days of summer were a short-lived joy at Poganuc. One hardly had time to say "How beautiful!" before it was past. By September came the frosty nights that turned the hills into rainbow colors and ushered in autumn with her gorgeous robes of golden-rod and purple asters. ...

THE THREE BROTHERS. VOLUME I. THE THREE BROTHERS. BY MRS. OLIPHANT, AUTHOR OF ‘CHRONICLES OF CARLINGFORD,’ ‘SALEM CHAPEL,’ ‘THE...

CHAPTER XLVIII. It still wanted half an hour of eight o'clock on the following morning, when Dudley walked along the road from Beach Rock to Brandon. He was not alone, however, for by his side was Martin Oldkirk, whose stern but not unpleasant features were lighted up with an expression of high satisfaction. At the d...

* * * * * You in your beauty above me bent In the pause of a wild west country ball-- Spoke to me--touched me without intent-- Made me your servant for once and all. Light laughter rippled your rose-red lip, And you swept my cheek with a shining curl, That stray'd from your shoul...

CHAPTER XLI ON Alfred's leaving Silverton, Mrs. Archbold was prostrated. It was a stunning blow to her young passion, and left her weary, desolate. But she was too strong to lie helpless under disappointed longings. Two days she sat stupefied with the heartache; after that she bustled about her work in a fervour of ...

CHAPTER XXIII. "There can be no sorrow greater than this sorrow," sobbed Ruth, as the heavy sod fell on Daisy's little breast. In after years, when bitterer cups had been drained to the dregs, Ruth remembered these, her murmuring words. Ah! mourning mother! He who seeth the end from the beginning, even in this blow ...

CHAPTER XXV. "When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurl'd her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldrie of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his...

Transcriber's note: Inconsistent hyphenation and spelling in the original document have been preserved. Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHESSE DE DINO [Illustration: CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PÉRIGORD, PRINCE OF BENEVENTO, 1754-1838] MEMOIRS OF THE DUCHE...

* * * * * * * * * * Received another beautiful nosegay. After dinner, went on with letter to ----; tried over my music; Heber's song that I wanted is not among them. At six, went to the theatre. The sunset was glorious, the uprising of the moon most beauti...

Chapter VI. D’Artagnan in his Fortieth Year. Years have elapsed, many events have happened, alas! since, in our romance of “The Three Musketeers,” we took leave of D’Artagnan at No. 12 Rue des Fossoyeurs. D’Artagnan had not failed in his career, but circumstances had been adverse to him. So long as he was surrounded ...

CHAPTER XLV. A SURPRISE. From the hour of Mr. Blake’s departure, my life was no longer molested. My declaration, which had evidently, under his auspices, been made the subject of conversation through the country, was at least so far successful, as it permitted me to spend my time in the way I liked best, and without...

CHAPTER XI. SOCIETY IN JACKSON'S TIME. The most elegant estate in Washington in Jackson's time was the Van Ness mansion, built on the bank of the Potomac, at the foot of Seventeenth Street. Mr. John Van Ness, when a member of the House from the State of New York, had married Marcia, the only child of David Burns, one...

CHAPTER XVII.--Promotion. "I, think there must be something wrong about your rowing," "My rowing!" cried I; "nonsense!--it's because you don't steer right." "I remember, when I was a young man, I once took a fancy to rowing," said Mr. Crobble one day to me. "I wasn't then quite so round as I am at present. Cousin...

* * * * * =MEASURES FOR THE SESSION 1837.= A cheap edition of WHAT NEXT? or, the Peers and the Third Time of Asking. Reprinted from the eighth 8vo. Edition. Price 6_d._ or 3_s._ per dozen. "This is a seasonable pamphlet: it shows the nature of our position--what has been done--what is...

CHAPTER XX The night passed, and a part of the forenoon of the following day, when the Navajos who had been sent for began to gather in. About noon, they informed me they were ready for talk. A lodge had been emptied of its contents for a council room. It was about twenty feet long by twelve feet wide. It was constru...

CHAPTER III. ORIGIN OF THE ROMISH INQUISITION. Persecution of the Paulicians--Albigenses--Their sufferings in Languedoc--In England, Spain, France--Counts Raymond and Roger--Massacre of their People--Dominic, founder of the Inquisition. Intolerance seems essential to the office of a priest; as n...

CHAPTER XCIV. 1779. Condition of Affairs--Mason's Letter--Convention Troops removed to Charlottesville--Miscellaneous--Church Establishment abolished--Clergy and Churches--Suffolk burnt--D'Estaing's Siege of Savannah--Lincoln surrenders--Gates defeated at Camden--Sumpter defeated--Battle of K...

Chapter III Jimmie and the old woman listened long in the hall. Above the muffled roar of conversation, the dismal wailings of babies at night, the thumping of feet in unseen corridors and rooms, mingled with the sound of varied hoarse shoutings in the street and the rattling of wheels over cobbles, they heard the sc...

* * * * * Pl. 60 [Illustration] THYREUS Abbottii. * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER. (_Familia Sphingidis_ Latreille.) _Antennae lineares, in medio incrassatae, in maribus extrinsecus ciliatae, (sub-barbatae) in foeminis simplices, filiformes, ...

CHAPTER IX The Prince could rest quietly; in Poland numerous adherents were working for him, in Dresden Sulkowski and Bruehl, equally ambitious, though the former was more sure of his position. The Prince loved him and, what was more important, was accustomed to him. He had been with Fr...

THE QUEEN OF THE ISLE. A Novel. BY MAY AGNES FLEMING. AUTHOR OF "GUY EARLSCOURT'S WIFE," "THE ACTRESS' DAUGHTER," "A WONDERFUL WOMAN," "LOST FOR A WOMAN," "SILENT AND TRUE," "ONE NIGHT'S MYSTERY," "A TERRIBLE SECRET," "A MAD MARRIAGE," ETC., ETC. NEW YORK: COPYRIGHT, 1886. _G. W. Di...

ACT II. SCENE I. _Milan. The DUKE'S Palace._ _Enter VALENTINE and SPEED._ _Speed._ Sir, your glove. _Val._ Not mine; my gloves are on. _Speed._ Why, then, this may be yours, for this is but one. _Val._ Ha! let me see: ay, give it me, it's mine: Sweet ornament that decks a thing divine! Ah, Sil...

* * * * * SCÈNE V. FAUST, MEPHISTOPHELES. (MEPHISTOPHELES reparaît, une cassette sous le bras.) _Mep._ Alerte! la voilà!... Si le bouquet l'emporte Sur l'écrin, je consens à perdre mon pouvoir! (Il ouvre l'écrin.) _Faust._ Fuyons!... je veux ne j...

BEL AMI The Works of Guy de Maupassant VOLUME VI NATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY BIGELOW, SMITH & CO. BEL AMI (A LADIES' MAN) I When the cashier had given him the change out of his five francpiece, George Duroy left the restaurant....

FIRST ARTICLE [II-II, Q. 189, Art. 1] Whether Those Who Are Not Practiced in Keeping the Commandments Should Enter Religion? Objection 1: It would seem that none should enter religion but those who are practiced in the observance of the commandments. For our Lord gave the counsel of perfection to the young man who sa...

CHAPTER II. [1837-1839.] The Siege of Herat—Shah Kamran and Yar Mahomed—Return of the Shah—Eldred Pottinger—Preparations for the Defence—Advance of the Persian Army—Progress of the Siege—Negotiations for Peace—Failure of the Attack—The Siege raised. Surrounded by a fair expanse of country, where alternating co...

VOL. II. RELIGION OF THE QUAKERS. INTRODUCTION. _Religion of the Quakers--Invitation to a patient perusal of this part of the work--No design, by this invitation, to proselyte to Quakerism--All systems of Religion, that are founded on the principles of Christianity, are capable, if heartily embraced, of producin...

SECTION XXX.—_The Facilities requisite._ Not only was the rite of immersion without precedent in the domestic customs of Israel. It was wholly impracticable as an observance to be fulfilled with the frequency of the ritual washings of the law. On this point, delicacy forbids unnecessary detail. But an ...

CHAPTER XXXVII. In a room of no very great dimensions in the fair town of Perth, were collected a number of persons upon a solemn and serious occasion. A number of the officers and magistrates of the town were present, seated on a little sort of platform raised above the rest of the room. On either side were drawn up...

CHAPTER XIII. WEDDED. While baffled in her attempts to bring about an explanation between Allan and Olive, and to smooth matters over with that wilful young lady (as she deemed her) and her naturally irritated _fiancé_, Lady Aberfeldie pushed on vigorously all the arrangements for the marriage of Sir Paget and the il...

* * * * * _Azores._--A group of volcanic islands, nine in number, about 900 miles from the coast of Portugal, and surrounded by ocean depths of 1,800 to 2,500 fathoms. There is geological evidence that the origin of the group dates back at least as far as Miocene times. There is a total ...

BOOK XIII ARGUMENT Ulysses, having finished his narrative, and received additional presents from the Phæacians, embarks; he is conveyed in his sleep to Ithaca, and in his sleep is landed on that island. The ship that carried him is in her return transformed by Neptune to a rock. Minerva meets him on the shore, enab...

CANTO XI. We at the margin of a lofty steep Made of great shattered stones in circle bent, Arrived where worser torments crowd the deep. So horrible a stench and violent Was upward wafted from the vast abyss,[375] Behind the cover we for shelter went Of a great tomb where I saw written this: ...

LETTER MLXXIV. _To Mr. ――――._ _Virginia, in Hanover County, January23,1755._ _My very dear Jonathan_, THAT ever-loving and ever-lovely Redeemer that owned my feeble labours in the northward, still continues to bless and succeed me in my j...

CHAPTER XVII. _THE UNCLEANNESS OF LEPROSY._ LEV. xiii. 1-46. The interpretation of this chapter presents no little difficulty. The description of the diseases with which the law here deals is not given in a scientific form; the point of view, as the purpose of all, is strictly practical. As for the Hebrew word rend...

CHAPTER VIII. MR. SIMON'S ATTEMPT. The next day the sun shone brilliantly upon the snow as Thomas walked to the counting-house. He was full of pleasant thoughts, crossed and shadowed by a few of a different kind. He was not naturally deceitful, and the sense of having a secret which must get him into trouble if it w...

CHAPTER III. OBJECTS AND NATURE OF A REVELATION OF ORIGINS--_Continued._ "What if earth Be but a shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to the other like; more than on earth is thought." MILTON. (3) _Character of the Biblical Cos...

* * * * * "At a meeting of the committee appointed under the above resolution, Philip Hone, Robert Smith, John W. Leavitt, Egbert Benson, Ira B. Wheeler, Caleb Bartow, Simeon Draper, Jr., and Wm. S. Johnson, Esqrs., were appointed a sub-committee to make arrangements for the reception of...

***** Gen. Greene to Gen. Marion. _Camp,* Jan. 22, 1781._ * Camp Hicks. Sir, I have received your letter of the 18th, containing an account of the several little skirmishes between your people and the enemy, which were clever and do them much honour. I am sorry that so few horses fit for service are to ...

* * * * * Having sufficiently proved that nothing could make it _generally_ improper for Mr. Burke to prove what he had alleged concerning the object of this dispute, I pass to the second question, that is, Whether he was justified in choosing the committee on the Quebec Bill as the fiel...

SECTION 13 (1788.) ROYAL VISIT TO CHELTENHAM. (Since her establishment at Court we have not yet found Fanny so content with her surroundings as she shows herself in the following section of the " Diary." The comparative quiet o...

* * * * * My mother set me in due time to learn the catechism of the Kirk of Scotland, and to attend the public examinations in the kirk. This was a severe trial for me; for, besides being timid and shy, I had a bad memory, and did not understand one word of the catechism. These meetings, which ...

CHAPTER II. Commencement of his Career.--His Education.--Visit of the Duke of Gloucester to Guernsey.--Decides for the Navy.--Is put on the Solebay's books.--School at London.--Embarks in the Montreal.--Winchelsea, Pembroke, Levant.--Smyrna.--Returns home.--Passes for Lieutenant.--Embarks in the Bris...

CHAPTER II JAMES II: WITH THE FIERY FACE It is clear that the public opinion of Scotland, so far as there was such a thing in existence, had no sympathy whatever with the murderers of James. The instruments of that murder were in the first place Highland caterans, with whom no terms were ever held and against whom e...

CHAPTER VII. LADY LAMORNA. It was a difficult task for Constance Devereaux to conceal her undeniable joy from her affectionate and observant son and daughter; and her heart would sometimes upbraid her that she should feel thus happy on an occasion which must cause them all to wear mourning, the external livery of at ...

CHAPTER XXXIII. A FATAL CRISIS. Each at the life Levelled his deadly aim; their fatal hands No second stroke intended.--MILTON. "Hold! on your lives!" exclaimed Lyon Berners, rushing between the opponents, and with swift ha...

Transcribed from the 1896 Longmans, Green, and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org SIGNS OF CHANGE Seven Lectures _DELIVERED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS_ * * * * * ...

CHAPTER XLVIII. THE READING OF THE WILL. Gilbert Monckton went up to Woodlands immediately after the funeral, in order to be present at the reading of the will. He felt that he had a right to see the end of this business, in which his wife had played so extraordinary a part. The will was to be read by Henry Lawford’...

CHAPTER VI Indolence and ill-health, in the opinion of many the salient points in Philip Rainham's character, had left him at forty with little of the social habit. The circle of his intimates had sensibly narrowed, and for the rest he was becoming more and more conscious that people whom one does not know exceedingl...

chap. 3. sect. 36. "For he hopeth by _this means_ to acquit himself."----Rawley's Sylva Sylvarum. "And by _that means_ they lost their barrier."----Moyle on the Lacedem. Gov. "Clodius was now quæstor and by _that means_ a senator."----Middleton L. of Cic. vol. 1. p. 261. "By _this means_ however, there was nothing ...

chapter 2. 249. _What can we reason._ Pope’s _Essay on Man_, I. 18. _When_ [where] _thieves break through_. _S. Matthew_, vi. 19. _Dyot-street, Bloomsbury-square._ See vol. VI. _Table Talk_, Note to p. 120. _An aerie of children._ _Hamlet_, II. 2. _A Panopticon._ See _ante_, note to p. 129. _S...

CHAPTER XXXII. A DESPERATE VENTURE I have set my life upon a cast. And I will stand the hazard of the die.--SHAKESPEARE. It was yet so early in the morning that they drove ten miles out to a small village on the road before they thought...

VOL. XI.--=MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS.= “We recommend all who are in search of a fascinating novel to read this work for themselves. They will find it well worth their while. There are a freshness and originality about it quite charming, and there is a certain nobleness in the treatment both of sentiment and...

LETTER XIV. We have been brought to the idea of such a correlation between the two impulsions that the action of the one establishes and limits at the same time the action of the other, and that each of them, taken in isolation, does arrive at its highest manifestation just because the other is active. No doubt thi...

CHAPTER XII. THE POEM. The ladies of the court, and those who were guests at the palace of Rheinsberg, were assembled, and waiting in the ante-room, as the princess royal had supposed. A few of them had withdrawn to one of the windows with Madame von Katch, the first lady of honor, and were conversing in low voices,...

CHAPTER XLIII "THE TERROR BY NIGHT" When Aun' Sheba saw that Mara, Mrs. Hunter, and Clancy were among friends, with a physician in attendance, she sat down by her daughter Sissy, and took little Vilet in her lap. "I kin'er feel," she said, "dat ef de yearth is gwine ter swaller us, I'se like ter go down wid dis chi...

* * * * * No. 148 Monday, August 20, 1711 Steele 'Exempta juvat spinis e pluribus una.' Hor. My Correspondents assure me that the Enormities which they lately complained of, and I published an Account of, are so far from being amended, that new...

CHAPTER XXIII. THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF THE SUBMERGENCE AND EMERGENCE OF THE LAND DURING THE GLACIAL EPOCH. Displacement of the Earth’s Centre of Gravity by Polar Ice-cap.—Simple Method of estimating Amount of Displacement.—Note by Sir W. Thomson on fo...

CHAPTER II. THE FLOOR OF THE OCEAN 9 CHAPTER III. THE AQUARIUM 19 CHAPTER IV. THE VEGETATION OF THE MARINE AQUARIUM 39 ...

Chapter LXXI. The State Prisoners. I Beg to say at once, that with the exception of Hayes and Manning, of the remaining ten, seven were perfect strangers to me; three I had simply met at work on the gold-fields; and I won't say anything further. Yes, though, MICHAEL TUHEY was the stoutest heart among us, an Iris...

CHAPTER IV. Huy--The citadel--Churches--_The mineral and coal districts of Belgium_--Prosperity of coal mines--Quantity produced in Belgium compared with other countries--Its price at Ghent, Brussels, and Antwerp--Panic in 1836 for the exhaustion of coal in Belgium--Scenery of the Meuse--Remarkab...

* * * * * In spring the ancient Romans celebrated the _Ludi Florales_. These were annual games in honour to Flora, accompanied by supplications for beneficent influences on the grass, trees, flowers, and other products of the earth, during the year. The Greeks likewise invoked fertility ...

CHAPTER XXV CHECKMATE The winter passed; slowly for the sufferers, more quickly for those who were less unhappy. Spring came with its disappointed hopes of sun and verdure, and in its turn made room for the summer which was but a short introduction to the autumn. On a May morning Arvid Falk, now a member of the per...

* * * * * For some nights after, I watched among the ruins, spending all the dark hours up to midnight patrolling about the bit of wall which was associated with so many emotions; but I heard nothing, and saw nothing beyond the quiet course of nature; nor, so far as I am aware, has anyth...

Book 3 Chapter 4 Severe Passage Of The Andes--Embassies From Atahuallpa-- The Spaniards Reach Caxamalca--Embassy To The Inca-- Interview With The Inca--Despondency Of The Spaniards 1532 That night Pizarro held a council of his principal officers, and it was determined that he should lead the advance, consisting of ...

* * * * * My wandering meditation being over, I now drew myself up to a gipsy “grand stand.” To all sensible, good men it appears as a _horrible fall_ rather than the “grand stand.” Thousands of young men and women, trained by Christian, godly parents, have been brought to ruin by its...

MAROCCO AND THE GREAT ATLAS [Illustration] [Illustration: From a Drawing by W. Prinsep, December 1829 PANORAMA OF THE GREAT ATLAS FROM THE CITY OF MAROCCO] _JOURNAL OF_ A TOUR IN MAROCCO ...

* * * * * It is matter of popular knowledge that an impression is remembered the better in proportion as it is 1) More recent; 2) More attended to; and 3) More often repeated. The effect of recency is all but absolutely constant. Of two events of equal significance the remoter one wi...

CHAP. II. OF THE ANALYSIS OF PHENOMENA (76.) _Phenomena_, then, or appearances, as the word is literally rendered, are the sensible results of processes and operations carried on among external objects, or their constituent principles, of which they are only signals, conveyed to our minds as aforesaid. Now, these pr...

* * * * * The BUTCHER-BIRD TANGARAS (_Lanio_) are also recognisable by the formation of the beak, which is somewhat elongated; the upper mandible is hooked at its extremity, and possesses (what constitutes its greatest peculiarity) a strong tooth-like appendage situated near its apex. Th...

Section III. _Names of the Sanjaks of each Province._ Rumeïli has two Defterdárs, one of the treasury-office (mál), and of the feudal tenures (tímár) a Kehiyá of Chávushes, an inspector of the Defter (rolls), a Kehiyá of the Defter; an Aláï-beg (colonel of the feudal militia); a Cherí-báshí (lieutenant-colonel); a Vo...

[Illustration: TORTURING A CAPTIVE] WESTERN SCENES AND REMINISCENCES: TOGETHER WITH THRILLING LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS OF THE RED MEN OF THE FOREST. TO WHICH IS ADDED SEVERAL NARRATIVES OF ADVENTURES AMONG THE INDIANS. AUBURN: DERBY & MILLER. BUFFALO: DERBY, ORTON & MULLIGAN. 185...

CHAPTER XVII. “But if Misfortune’s han? We plunge an’ feel her smartin’ wan’, Let us wi’ fortitude withstan’, The lash extended. As a’ things come by Heaven’s comman’, ...

CHAPTER II General Dermoncourt's papers--Protest of Charles X. against the usurpation of the Duc d'Orléans--The stoutest of political men--Attempt at restoration planned by Madame la duchesse de Berry--The _Carlo-Alberto_--How I write authentic notes--Landing of Madame near La Ciotat--Legitimist affray at Marseilles-...