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CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION. It was early in June that Lily went up to her uncle at the Great House, pleading for Hopkins,--pleading that to Hopkins might be restored all the privileges of head gardener at the Great House. There was some absurdity in this, seeing that he had never really relinquished his privileges; but ...
ACT IV. SCENE I.--A wooded pass near the field of battle: drums, trumpets, firing, etc. Cries of 'God save Basilio! Segismund,' etc. (Enter Fife, running.) FIFE. God save them both, and save them all! say I!-- Oh--what hot work!--Whichever way one turns The whistling bullet at one's ears-...
* * * * * Eloquence on the part of the speakers, is not so much the result of superior force of thought, as of the strong and clear positions of right, in which they have been placed by circumstances. It is the force of truth, by which we are charmed. An Indian war song, sung in public...
CHAPTER VI. The entertainment of the evening gave its character to our conversation on the following morning. It was a conversation too grave for introduction into a work intended only to aid in the entertainment of festive hours: it commenced with the English "poor-laws," and ended with a discussion of the tenure of...
CHAPTER XII It must ’a’ been close on to one o’clock when we got below the island at last, and the raft did seem to go mighty slow. If a boat was to come along we was going to take to the canoe and break for the Illinois shore; and it was well a boat didn’t come, for we hadn’t ever thought to put the gun in the canoe...
CHAPTER VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT. Among the new discoveries made with regard to man, we must reckon, in conclusion, the interest taken in descriptions of the daily course of human life. The comical and satirical literature of the Middle Ages could not dispense with pictures of every-day events. But it...
CHAPTER XI. THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES It was about two hours after the interview of Rodin with Mdlle. de Cardoville. Numerous loungers, attracted to the Champs-Elysees by the serenity of a fine spring day (it was towards the end of the month of March) stopped to admire a very handsome equipage. A bright-blue open carriage, ...
CHAP. XXV. OF THE QUARREL THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND THE GOATHERD, WITH THE CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF THE DISCIPLINANTS, WHICH THE KNIGHT HAPPILY ATCHIEVED WITH THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW. This story of the goatherd gave infinite pleasure to all that heard it, especi...
CHAPTER VI. (Year of Rome 698.) (BOOK III. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”) WAR OF THE VENETI--VICTORY OVER THE UNELLI--SUBMISSION OF AQUITAINE--MARCH AGAINST THE MORINI AND THE MENAPII. [Sidenote: Insurrection of the Maritime Peoples.] I. While Cæsar was visiting Illyria and the different towns of the Cisalpine, such as ...
Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/) HEART; A Social Novel. by MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, A.M., F.R.S. Author of Proverbial Philosophy. Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus & Son. 1851. HEART. CHAPTER I. WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY. "Is he rich, ma'am? ...
CHAPTER XXX. EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM CIVIL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS An inquiry into the expediency of amending the constitution so as to prevent the appointment of any member of Congress to any federal office of trust or profit, during the period for which he was elected, was moved at the session 1825-26, b...
* * * * * And now I think I have pretty well run over my diary, the humble record of the birds, the reptiles, the plants, and inanimate things around me. They who have had the patience to read these my notes, will probably be surprised that I could take the trouble to register...
* * * * * When the English began to colonize the northern continent of America, their infant settlements enjoyed at the hands of the mother country a beneficent neglect.[32] The early colonists came out in little groups--obscure men fleeing from oppression, or seeking in a new world an e...
MYSTERIES OF PARIS By EUGENE SUE VOLUME THREE [Illustration: THE RECITATION] PART III. NIGHT. CHAPTER I. IN THE NOTARY'S OFFICE. Brain, or heart of the land, which you will, as large cities are, Paris may claim to have nerves, muscles, and arteries centering in it, which but few capitals, by right of size,...
* * * * * _Brieg, Nov._ 10, 1779. _Evening._ Of to-day's expedition I have little to tell you, unless you would like to be entertained with a long circumstantial account of the weather. About 11 o'clock we set off from Leuk., in company with a Suabian butcher's boy, who had run away hit...
CHAPTER XXII. DAKOTA COUNTY. This county, a rich farming district, lies on the west bank of the Mississippi between Ramsey and Goodhue counties. It was originally well diversified with timber and prairie lands, and is well watered by the tributaries of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. Vermillion river, which fl...
CHAPTER XLVI. Mrs. Hazleton fancied herself in high good luck; for just as she was passing through the door into the hall, Lady Hastings' maid crossed and made her a curtsey. Mrs. Hazleton beckoned her up, saying in a quiet, easy, every-day tone, "I suppose your lady is awake by this time?" "No, madam," replied the...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE WATER-SPOUT. As the sun increased in heat, notwithstanding the season of the year, I was soon sensible of the comfort of white clothing, when contrasted with dark woollen or broadcloth, as the latter absorbs, and the former repels the rays of the sun. Marc Hislop illustrated this to me by ignitin...
CHAPTER III. The Cologne conferences--Intentions of the parties--Preliminary attempt by government to purchase the Prince of Orange--Offer and rejection of various articles among the plenipotentiaries--Departure of the imperial commissionere--Ultimatum of the States compared with that of the royal gover...
***** It was on an afternoon of a long day in that thirsty summer, that on the side of the kopje furthest from the homestead the two girls sat. They were somewhat grown since the days when they played hide-and-seek there, but they were mere children still. Their dress was of dark, coarse stuff; their common blue pin...
* * * * * 300.--To John Murray. June 12, 1813. Dear Sir,--Having occasion to send a servant to London, I will thank you to inform me whether I left with the other things 3 miniatures in your care (--if not--I know where to find them), and also to "report progress" in unpacking the ...
* * * * * * * * * LETTER XXXIV. Jan. 30. FROM the purport of your last letters, I would suppose that this will scarcely reach you; and I have already written so many letters, that you have either not received, or neglected to acknowledge, I do not find it pleasant, or rather I have no...
CHAP. XXIX. [Sidenote: Matt. xv. 14, the second scripture controverted in this cause.] _Peace._ The second scripture brought against such persecution for cause of conscience, is Matt. xv. 14; where the disciples being troubled at the Pharisees’ carriage toward the Lord Jesus and his doctrines, and relating how they ...
CHAPTER XIV. THE WITNESS OF PHILOLOGY. We are now in a position to consider certain matters which are of high importance in relation to the subject of the present work. In earlier chapters I have had occasion to show that the whole stress of the psychological distinction between man and brute must be laid—and, in po...
CHAPTER XVII. The summer passed away, and autumn in its garb of mist came creeping over the heath. Red sunbeams wandered wearily along the edge of the wood, and the heather lowered its purple head. At this time in the Howdahs, which till now had been quieter than usual, strange sounds began to be heard. Like the knoc...
CHAPTER VII. John Cheney, the Adirondac hunter—Some of his exploits. _John Cheney’s Cabin, June._ John Cheney was born in New Hampshire, but spent his boyhood on the shores of Lake Champlain, and has resided in the Adirondac wilderness a...
LETTER XLVII. Rome. The present Pope, who has assumed the name of Pius the Sixth, is a tall, well-made man, about sixty years of age, but retaining in his look all the freshness of a much earlier period of life. He lays a greater stress on the cerem...
CHAP. LI. _Thirtieth and last trial of the Ring._ Mirzoza. While Mangogul was entertaining himself with the favorite and Selim, news was brought him of the death of Sulamek. Sulamek's rise began by being appointed the Sultan's dancing-master, and that even contrary to the intentions of Erguebzed: but some intriguin...
CHAPTER 27 Mrs. Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck, whose Affection and Interest are beyond all Bounds Mrs. Nickleby had not felt so proud and important for many a day, as when, on reaching home, she gave herself wholly up to the pleasant visions which had accompanied her on her way thither. Lady...
CHAPTER XII. Joe’s indisposition—His cure—Sneak’s reformation—The pursuit—The captive Indian—Approach to the encampment of the savages—Joe’s illness again—The surprise—The terrific encounter—Rescue of Mary—Capture of the young chief—The return. We return to the white men. The grief of Roughgrove, and of all the par...
CHAPTER XVIII. THE PETERS FAMILY. “SET right up there!” said Mrs. Peters, pointing to a table which was backed up against the wall with one leaf extended. The antelope steak emitted a delicious odor to our hungry travelers, and they did not mind the absence of a table-cloth and napkins. These would have seemed out ...
Transcriber’s Note: Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original printing. Some minor errors in punctuation and capitalisation have been corrected, and some changes to the text are listed at the end. SIR P. S. HIS ASTROPHEL AND ...
CHAPTER XIV. A PIRATES' DINNER. "But the best of the joke was, the moment he spoke Those words which the party seemed almost to choke, As by mentioning Noah some spell had been broke, And, hearing the din from barrel and bin, Drew at once the conclusion that thieves had got in." When the guests ...
*** COME AND WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST; OR, A PLAIN AND PROFITABLE DISCOURSE ON JOHN 6:37 SHOWING THE CAUSE, TRUTH, AND MANNER OF THE COMING OF A SINNER TO JESUS CHRIST; WITH HIS HAPPY RECEPTION AND BLESSED ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY JOHN BUNYAN, AUTHOR OF "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS." "And they shall come which were r...
CHAP. II. _Electric substances; with some of the phenomena attending their excitation._ Those substances by which electrical phenomena may be produced, form the subject which next demands our attention; but these are so numerous that it would be vain to...
CHAPTER XXIV. Visited by Ibrahim.--Map of the Hawash.--Its effect upon table-land of Abyssinia.--Future juncture with the Abi.-- Its early tributaries.--Effects of denudation.--Zui lake.-- Popular tradition.--Abyssinian geographical work.--Galla tribes. _August 16th._--I...
LETTER IV. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE OF THE SEXES. _Andover, 7th Mo. 27th, 1837._ MY DEAR FRIEND,--Before I proceed with the account of that oppression which woman has suffered in every age and country from her _protector_, man, perm...
* * * * * My narrative has now reached a period at which everything like progress was suspended. The increasing cold and brightening stars,--the labours, anxieties, and sickness that pressed upon us,--these almost engross the pages of my journal. Now and then I find some marv...
CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF AGNES. "When you, dear brother--for so I shall henceforth call you--commenced your strange and wondrous revelations ere now, you painted in vivid colors the happiness which dwelt in our poor cottage on the borders of the Black Forest. You saw how deeply your words affected me--I could no...
CHAPTER XXXIII. Pan Yan rode at the head of the prince's squadrons, but to Zbaraj instead of Tarnopol, for a new order had come to march to the latter place; and on the road he told his faithful attendant his own adventures,--how he had been taken in captivity at the Saitch, how long he ha...
* * * * * [Sidenote: The compromise with Anselm. 1107.] [Sidenote: The war with Robert.] [Sidenote: 1106.] [Sidenote: The reign of Rufus how far an episode.] [Sidenote: Problem of reconciling England to the Conquest.] [Sidenote: Not solved under Rufus,] [Sidenote: but solved ...
*** FRAGMENT OF A SONNET. FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON. [Published (from the Esdaile manuscript book) by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887; dated August, 1812.] Where man's profane and tainting hand Nature's primaeval loveliness has marred, And some few souls of the high bliss debarred Which else obey her powerful comman...
CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH ERNEST CONVEYS THE STUDENTS TO PINE ISLAND. We landed the provisions at Pine Island, and being still favored with a fresh breeze, made a quick run over to Cleaver Island. It was bright moonlight now, and very pleasant sailing on the lake. As we approached the landing-place, I discovered a row-b...
CHAPTER VII THE LITTLE FLOWER ENTERS THE CARMEL Monday, April 9, 1888, being the Feast of the Annunciation, transferred from Passiontide, was the day chosen for me to enter the Carmel. On the evening before, we were gathered around the table where I was to take my place for the last time. These farewells are in themse...
CHAPTER IV. The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves. Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love wi...
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE JACOBINS TRIUMPHANT. Views of the Girondists.--Anecdote of Vergniaud.--The Girondists brought to Trial.--Suicide of Valazé.--Anguish of Desmoulins.--Fonfrede and Ducos.--Last Supper of the Girondists.--Their Execution.--The Duke of Orleans; his Execution.--Activity of the Guillotine.--H...
CHAPTER XXII. A MYSTERIOUS APPOINTMENT. Mrs. Savage was in a state of continual unhappiness. When a really good-hearted woman swerves from the right path, either from policy or interest, she is sure to be the greatest sufferer of all the parties in interest. She saw...
SECTION VI. ECHINODERMATA. THIS class consists of five orders, all of which are marine. They are, with one exception, creeping animals, and the whole class is remarkable for having most of their members and general structure either in fives or multiples of f...
* * * * * It thus appears, that the three most frequent of the names, from which the series of Mercian synods are dated, can be accounted for as of places practically in the same locality; and that, the one to which tradition, before it had been tampered with by philological evolution, h...
LETTER CCLIX BLACKHEATH, September 1, 1763 MY DEAR FRIEND: Great news! The King sent for Mr. Pitt last Saturday, and the conference lasted a full hour; on the Monday following another conference, which lasted much longer; and yesterday a third, longer than either. You take for granted, that the treaty was concluded a...
CHAPTER LV Quints or Semitenths The task which Lady Glencora had taken upon herself was not a very easy one. No doubt Lord Fawn was a man subservient to the leaders of his party, much afraid of the hard judgment of those with whom he was concerned, painfully open to impression from what he would have called public o...
* * * * * It was in the evening of the same day that Polly and I met in the hall, on our way to attempt the difficult task of dressing for dinner in five minutes. The grey-eyed lady of my love had just left me for the same purpose, and I was singing, I don't know what, at the top of my v...
Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _text_ EMINENT DOCTORS. Ballantyne Press BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON EMINENT DOCTORS: Their Lives...
Series Four _Men, Manners and Critics_ No. 2 Anonymous, "Of Genius", in _The Occasional Paper_, Volume III, Number 10 (1719) and Aaron Hill, Preface to _The Creation_ (1720) W...
* * * * * As the splendid cortege attendant upon the Countess of Blois, and her young sons Thibaut, Stephen and Henry, swept along the great road from Chartres to Blois, the green arcades of a beautiful grove stretching down to the brink of a small stream that rolled its clear waters to ...
SECTION III. “Next to the above-mentioned province, on the right hand side, and west of Barnoo, the country of Howssa lies. It consists of seven provinces, to each of which a prince is appointed to superintend its affairs, and the inhabitants of the whole speak one language. The central pr...
LETTER VII MISS BYRON.--IN CONTINUATION SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 2. Dr. Bartlett has received from Sir Charles an account of what passed last Friday between him and Sir Harry and Lady Beauchamp. By the doctor's allowance, I enclose it to you. In this letter, Lucy, you will see him in a new light; and as a man whom there...
LETTER 147 MARY LAMB TO SARAH STODDART [? Feb. 20, 21 and 22, 1806.] My dear Sarah,--I have heard that Coleridge was lately going through Sicily to Rome with a party, but that, being unwell, he returned back to Naples. We think there is some mistake in this account, and that his intended journey to Rome was in his ...
WIDGER'S QUOTATIONS FROM THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITION OF THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPY'S EDITOR'S NOTE Readers acquainted with the Diary of Samuel Pepys in its various editions may wish to see if their favorite passages are listed in this selection...
CHAPTER VII JUAN FERNANDEZ--THE PACIFIC We continued sailing along with a fair wind and fine weather until Tuesday, Nov. 25th, when at daylight we saw the island of Juan Fernandez, directly ahead, rising like a deep blue cloud out of the sea. We were then probably nearly seventy miles from it; and so high and so blu...
CHAP. XII Fish and shells of the Ohio.--Inhabitants on the banks of the river.--Agriculture.--American emigrant.--Commercial intelligence relative to that part of the United States 188 CHAP. XIII Limestone.--Route from Limestone to Lexinton...
CHAP. XI.--SEAMEN'S WAGES, 214--220. Wages affected by desertion or absence, 214;--by misconduct, 216;--by imprisonment, 217;--by capture, 218;--by loss of vessel or interruption of voyage, 218. Wages on an illegal voyage, 220. CHAP. XII.--SEAMEN--CONCLUDED, 220--223. Recovery of wages, 220. Remedies, 221. Time for...
LETTER II. _Mode of Travelling.—Penryn.—Truro.—Dreariness of the Country.—Bodmin.—Earth-Coal the common Fuel.—Launceston.—Excellence of the Inns and Roads.—Okehampton.—Exeter._ Thursday, April 22. Early in the morning our ch...
* * * * * There was a Mr. ----, the Magnus Apollo of New York, who is a musical genius: sings as well as any gentleman need sing, pronounces Italian well, and accompanies himself without false chords; all which renders him _the_ man round whom (as round H----, G----, Lord C----, and that...
CHAPTER XXIV. “Pale set the sun--the shades of evening fell, The mournful night-wind sung their funeral knell; And the same day beheld their warriors dead, Their sovereign captive and their glory fled!” MRS. HEMANS. I shall never forget the journey of that fearful night. Susquesus paddled the canoe, unaid...
* * * * * The Hindoo deities have vehicles assigned for the conveyance of themselves and wives. These are called vahan. The vahan of Siva is a bull, called Nandi. They have likewise peculiar symbols or attributes: those that more particularly designate Siva, his sakti, or anything connec...
CHAPTER XXII "A responsible business firm wants a young man (Dt. Ref.) of good family. He must be moral, well-behaved and not under fifteen years old. Prospect of salary if diligent and reliable. Good treatment guaranteed. Address written applications in own handwriting to 'Business,' care E. Maaskamp's book and art ...
CHAP. VI. _Christians are called to a constant state of prayer and devotion?_ I. IT is one principal article of our religion to believe that our blessed Saviour is now at the right hand of God, there making _perpetual intercession_ for us, till the r...
LETTER 157. To Mrs. Temple, Pall Mall. Silleri, June 30. You are extremely mistaken, my dear, in your idea of the society here; I had rather live at Quebec, take it for all in all, than in any town in England, except London; the manner of living here is uncommonly agreable; the scenes about us are lovely, and the m...
* * * * * A young “English” girl was visiting a “Dutch” one, and the father of the latter, a substantial farmer, was kindly going to take the visitor part way home. The girls stayed talking above until the voice of the farmer was heard at the foot of the stairs, “Staytsch!” He was no mor...
LETTER II It was not till this morning, that a thought of the most interesting nature flashed across my mind. Pondering on the cruel conduct of my reputed father, in having burnt my novels, and discharged you, without even allowing us to take a hysterical farewell, I was struck with the sudden notion that the man is ...
CHAPTER IV. Marie Antoinette gives her Mother her First Impressions of the Court and of her own Position and Prospects.--Court Life at Versailles.--Marie Antoinette shows her Dislike of Etiquette.--Character of the Duc d'Aiguillon.--Cabals against the Dauphiness.--Jealousy of Mme. du Barri.-- The Aunts, too, are Jeal...
CHAPTER LVI. THE GIFT. All prophecies defying, Maria Theresa had given her daughter to France. In the month of May, 1770, the Archduchess Marie Antoinette was married by proxy in Vienna; and amid the ringing of bells, the booming of cannon, and the shouts of the populace, the beautiful young dauphiness left Austria t...
CHAPTER XXVII. 1764. BOUQUET FORCES THE DELAWARES AND SHAWANOES TO SUE FOR PEACE. The work of ravage had begun afresh upon the borders. The Indians had taken the precaution to remove all their settlements to the western side of the River Muskingum, tr...
Chapter XIII. Home. "'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home, 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come." Embarking on its tributary stream, Delmé reached the Rhine--passed through the land of snug Treckschut...
* * * * * The race of Gothamites is indeed found everywhere--in popular tales, if not in actual life; and their sayings and doings are not less diverting when husband and wife are well mated, as in the following story: An Arab observing one morning that his house was ready to tumble ab...
CHAPTER II. The Treason at Harper's Ferry--Rebel Occupation of Frederick--Patriotism of the Ladies of Frederick--A Rebel Guard nonplussed by a Lady--The Approach to Antietam--Our Brigadier cuts Red-Tape--THE BLUNDER OF THE DAY AFTER ANTIETAM--The Little Irish Corporal's idea of Strategy, 15 CHAPTER III. The ...
CHAPTER XXXI. THE DORR REBELLION. The Right of Suffrage becomes the question of Rhode Island's politics, 277 Inequality of representation, 278 No relief obtainable from...
[Illustration: NATURE SERIES] THE RIGHT HAND: LEFT-HANDEDNESS [Illustration] _NATURE SERIES_ THE RIGHT HAND: LEFT-HANDEDNESS ...
CHAPTER XLIV NASHVILLE--HOOD'S ARMY ROUTED Defensive works of Nashville--Hood's lines--The ice blockade--Halleck on remounts for cavalry--Pressing horses and its abuse--The cavalry problem--Changes in organization--Assignment of General Couch--Confederate cavalry at Nashville--Counter-movements of our own--Detailed ...
Chapter 9 This summer, which, as it glided away, Lord Cairnforth often declared to be the happiest of his life, ended by bringing him the first heavy affliction--external affliction--which his life had ever known. Suddenly, in the midst of the late-earned rest of a very toilsome career, died Mr. Menteith, the earl's...
* * * * * The following contains an interesting account of his pastoral work, and is worth quoting at length:— "Though it is late, and the text for Sunday (Communion) has not been fixed yet, I am going to tell you a very sad story, that has made me think of many things. Over a year a...
* * * * * porque si yo la matare morira christianamente; yo morire penitente, quando mi suerte llegare." Propaladia, fol. 68. [48] Signorelli waxes exceedingly wroth with Don Blas Nasarre for the assertion, that Naharro first taught the Italians to write comedy, taxing him with...
* * * * * There was no sleep for any one of the little household in the great house on the night of the 14th of July, 1863. Doors and blinds were closed; only a light shone through the half-open slats at a second-story window, and in that room Aline lay sick, almost unto death, her white...
* * * * * The Popular Ballad Concert Society has been reorganised under the name of the Popular Musical Union. Its object will be to train the working classes thoroughly in the enjoyment and performance of music, and to provide the inhabitants of the crowded districts of the East End with concerts and oratorios, to b...
* * * * * ANOTHER FRESHMAN Was unconsciously walking beyond the University church, on a Sunday morning, which (at both Oxford and Cambridge) he would have been expected to attend, when he was met by the Master of St. John's College, Dr. Wood, who, by way of a mild rebuke, stopped him an...
CHAPTER III. ON DINNERS AND DINNER-GIVING. Dinner is unquestionably the most important and substantial meal of the two, three, or four, in which civilized man indulges, and it is a meal which any healthful and laborious person (whether his labour be of mind or body) ...
CHAPTER VII. AT the commencement of the last chapter, Charles Gatty, artist, was going to usher in a new state of things, true art, etc. Wales was to be painted in Wales, not Poland Street. He and five or six more youngsters were to be in the foremost files of truth, and take the world by storm. This was at two o'cl...
CHAPTER XIII. COALS OF FIRE. The gloomy month of November, 1859, was drawing to its close. The weather, as usual at that time of the year, was dull and sober, and the skies were dark and lowering. More than three months had elapsed since the journey to New York, and Mrs. Savareen and her affairs had ceased to be the...
CHAPTER III. About this time a lady came to visit Susy's mamma, bringing with her a little boy. His name was Thomas. He was several years older than Susy, but as there was no one else for him to play with, he had to amuse himself with her as well as he could. Susy followed him about, wherever he went, and thought ev...
* * * * * BUT to return to the “Readings.” One glance at the platform is sufficient to convince the audience that Mr. Dickens thoroughly appreciates “stage effect.” A large screen of maroon cloth occupies the background; before it stands a light table of peculiar design, on the inner ...
CHAPTER VI. The following morning the wind was very slight, and before noon it fell calm. Two sharks of a large size came under the stern of the vessel, and the sailors were soon very busy trying to hook one of them; but they refused the bait, which was a piece of salt pork, and after an hour they quitted the vessel ...
CHAPTER XV. SHOW AND SUBSTANCE. “Mother,” said Ronald, one evening, as the family were sitting together in the twilight, “I wish we had a sugar-orchard. Only think—Charlie Doane and his little brother Tom have made three hundred and ten pounds of sugar, this yea...
CHAPTER XX. ON THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN. In regard to the physical education of children, Dr. Clarke, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen of England, expresses views, on one point, in which most physicians would coincide. He says, "There is no greater error in the management of children, than that of giving t...
CHAPTER IX. HOLIDAY. Ha! like a kind hand on my brow Comes this fresh breeze. Cooling its dull and feverish glow, While through my being seems to flow She breath of a new life--the healing of the seas. Good-by to pain and care! I take Mine ease to-day; Here where these...
CHAPTER IV. THAT PROPERTY IS IMPOSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION. AXIOM. Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own. FIRST PROPOSITION. Property is Impossible, because it demands Something for Nothing. SECOND PROPOSITION. Property is ...
* * * * * John Brown, on his way to the scaffold, stooped to take up a slave-child. That closing example was the legacy of the dying man to his country. That benediction we must continue and fulfil. In this new order, equality, long postponed, shall become the master-principle of our sys...
CHAPTER IV. THE FEMALE INFIDEL. At the time of my father's death, I was nearly seven years old. In the next four years, during which we continued to live at Greenhay, nothing memorable occurred, except, indeed, that troubled parenthesis in my life which connected me with my brother William,--this certainly was memor...
CHAPTER II. KIND FRIENDS, 21 CHAPTER III. THE NEW BOOTS, 32 CHAPTER IV. A SAD STORY, 41 CHAPTER V. GOING TO SCHOOL, 53 CHAPTER VI. JOHNNY A FAVORITE, 64 CHAPTER VII. JOHNNY'S TRUST, 74 CHAPTER VII. JOHN...
Act IV. Sc. 3. ‘_Quid sit pulchrum_,’ _etc._ Horace, Epistles, I. 2, ll. 3-4. _Montaigne._ The _Essais_ of Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592), were published, Books I. and II. in 1580, Book III. in 1588. 93. ‘_Pour out all as plain_,’ _etc._ Pope, _Imitations of Horace_, Sat...

CHAPTER LX. CONCLUSION. It was early in June that Lily went up to her uncle at the Great House, pleading for Hopkins,--pleading that to Hopkins might be restored all the privileges of head gardener at the Great House. There was some absurdity in this, seeing that he had never really relinquished his privileges; but ...

ACT IV. SCENE I.--A wooded pass near the field of battle: drums, trumpets, firing, etc. Cries of 'God save Basilio! Segismund,' etc. (Enter Fife, running.) FIFE. God save them both, and save them all! say I!-- Oh--what hot work!--Whichever way one turns The whistling bullet at one's ears-...

* * * * * Eloquence on the part of the speakers, is not so much the result of superior force of thought, as of the strong and clear positions of right, in which they have been placed by circumstances. It is the force of truth, by which we are charmed. An Indian war song, sung in public...

CHAPTER VI. The entertainment of the evening gave its character to our conversation on the following morning. It was a conversation too grave for introduction into a work intended only to aid in the entertainment of festive hours: it commenced with the English "poor-laws," and ended with a discussion of the tenure of...

CHAPTER XII It must ’a’ been close on to one o’clock when we got below the island at last, and the raft did seem to go mighty slow. If a boat was to come along we was going to take to the canoe and break for the Illinois shore; and it was well a boat didn’t come, for we hadn’t ever thought to put the gun in the canoe...

CHAPTER VIII. DESCRIPTIONS OF LIFE IN MOVEMENT. Among the new discoveries made with regard to man, we must reckon, in conclusion, the interest taken in descriptions of the daily course of human life. The comical and satirical literature of the Middle Ages could not dispense with pictures of every-day events. But it...

CHAPTER XI. THE CHAMPS-ELYSEES It was about two hours after the interview of Rodin with Mdlle. de Cardoville. Numerous loungers, attracted to the Champs-Elysees by the serenity of a fine spring day (it was towards the end of the month of March) stopped to admire a very handsome equipage. A bright-blue open carriage, ...

CHAP. XXV. OF THE QUARREL THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN DON QUIXOTE AND THE GOATHERD, WITH THE CURIOUS ADVENTURE OF THE DISCIPLINANTS, WHICH THE KNIGHT HAPPILY ATCHIEVED WITH THE SWEAT OF HIS BROW. This story of the goatherd gave infinite pleasure to all that heard it, especi...

CHAPTER VI. (Year of Rome 698.) (BOOK III. OF THE “COMMENTARIES.”) WAR OF THE VENETI--VICTORY OVER THE UNELLI--SUBMISSION OF AQUITAINE--MARCH AGAINST THE MORINI AND THE MENAPII. [Sidenote: Insurrection of the Maritime Peoples.] I. While Cæsar was visiting Illyria and the different towns of the Cisalpine, such as ...

Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/c/) HEART; A Social Novel. by MARTIN FARQUHAR TUPPER, A.M., F.R.S. Author of Proverbial Philosophy. Hartford: Published by Silas Andrus & Son. 1851. HEART. CHAPTER I. WHEREIN TWO ANXIOUS PARENTS HOLD A COLLOQUY. "Is he rich, ma'am? ...

CHAPTER XXX. EXCLUSION OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM CIVIL OFFICE APPOINTMENTS An inquiry into the expediency of amending the constitution so as to prevent the appointment of any member of Congress to any federal office of trust or profit, during the period for which he was elected, was moved at the session 1825-26, b...

* * * * * And now I think I have pretty well run over my diary, the humble record of the birds, the reptiles, the plants, and inanimate things around me. They who have had the patience to read these my notes, will probably be surprised that I could take the trouble to register...

* * * * * When the English began to colonize the northern continent of America, their infant settlements enjoyed at the hands of the mother country a beneficent neglect.[32] The early colonists came out in little groups--obscure men fleeing from oppression, or seeking in a new world an e...

MYSTERIES OF PARIS By EUGENE SUE VOLUME THREE [Illustration: THE RECITATION] PART III. NIGHT. CHAPTER I. IN THE NOTARY'S OFFICE. Brain, or heart of the land, which you will, as large cities are, Paris may claim to have nerves, muscles, and arteries centering in it, which but few capitals, by right of size,...

* * * * * _Brieg, Nov._ 10, 1779. _Evening._ Of to-day's expedition I have little to tell you, unless you would like to be entertained with a long circumstantial account of the weather. About 11 o'clock we set off from Leuk., in company with a Suabian butcher's boy, who had run away hit...

CHAPTER XXII. DAKOTA COUNTY. This county, a rich farming district, lies on the west bank of the Mississippi between Ramsey and Goodhue counties. It was originally well diversified with timber and prairie lands, and is well watered by the tributaries of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. Vermillion river, which fl...

CHAPTER XLVI. Mrs. Hazleton fancied herself in high good luck; for just as she was passing through the door into the hall, Lady Hastings' maid crossed and made her a curtsey. Mrs. Hazleton beckoned her up, saying in a quiet, easy, every-day tone, "I suppose your lady is awake by this time?" "No, madam," replied the...

CHAPTER XVIII. THE WATER-SPOUT. As the sun increased in heat, notwithstanding the season of the year, I was soon sensible of the comfort of white clothing, when contrasted with dark woollen or broadcloth, as the latter absorbs, and the former repels the rays of the sun. Marc Hislop illustrated this to me by ignitin...

CHAPTER III. The Cologne conferences--Intentions of the parties--Preliminary attempt by government to purchase the Prince of Orange--Offer and rejection of various articles among the plenipotentiaries--Departure of the imperial commissionere--Ultimatum of the States compared with that of the royal gover...

***** It was on an afternoon of a long day in that thirsty summer, that on the side of the kopje furthest from the homestead the two girls sat. They were somewhat grown since the days when they played hide-and-seek there, but they were mere children still. Their dress was of dark, coarse stuff; their common blue pin...

* * * * * 300.--To John Murray. June 12, 1813. Dear Sir,--Having occasion to send a servant to London, I will thank you to inform me whether I left with the other things 3 miniatures in your care (--if not--I know where to find them), and also to "report progress" in unpacking the ...

* * * * * * * * * LETTER XXXIV. Jan. 30. FROM the purport of your last letters, I would suppose that this will scarcely reach you; and I have already written so many letters, that you have either not received, or neglected to acknowledge, I do not find it pleasant, or rather I have no...

CHAP. XXIX. [Sidenote: Matt. xv. 14, the second scripture controverted in this cause.] _Peace._ The second scripture brought against such persecution for cause of conscience, is Matt. xv. 14; where the disciples being troubled at the Pharisees’ carriage toward the Lord Jesus and his doctrines, and relating how they ...

CHAPTER XIV. THE WITNESS OF PHILOLOGY. We are now in a position to consider certain matters which are of high importance in relation to the subject of the present work. In earlier chapters I have had occasion to show that the whole stress of the psychological distinction between man and brute must be laid—and, in po...

CHAPTER XVII. The summer passed away, and autumn in its garb of mist came creeping over the heath. Red sunbeams wandered wearily along the edge of the wood, and the heather lowered its purple head. At this time in the Howdahs, which till now had been quieter than usual, strange sounds began to be heard. Like the knoc...

CHAPTER VII. John Cheney, the Adirondac hunter—Some of his exploits. _John Cheney’s Cabin, June._ John Cheney was born in New Hampshire, but spent his boyhood on the shores of Lake Champlain, and has resided in the Adirondac wilderness a...

LETTER XLVII. Rome. The present Pope, who has assumed the name of Pius the Sixth, is a tall, well-made man, about sixty years of age, but retaining in his look all the freshness of a much earlier period of life. He lays a greater stress on the cerem...

CHAP. LI. _Thirtieth and last trial of the Ring._ Mirzoza. While Mangogul was entertaining himself with the favorite and Selim, news was brought him of the death of Sulamek. Sulamek's rise began by being appointed the Sultan's dancing-master, and that even contrary to the intentions of Erguebzed: but some intriguin...

CHAPTER 27 Mrs. Nickleby becomes acquainted with Messrs Pyke and Pluck, whose Affection and Interest are beyond all Bounds Mrs. Nickleby had not felt so proud and important for many a day, as when, on reaching home, she gave herself wholly up to the pleasant visions which had accompanied her on her way thither. Lady...

CHAPTER XII. Joe’s indisposition—His cure—Sneak’s reformation—The pursuit—The captive Indian—Approach to the encampment of the savages—Joe’s illness again—The surprise—The terrific encounter—Rescue of Mary—Capture of the young chief—The return. We return to the white men. The grief of Roughgrove, and of all the par...

CHAPTER XVIII. THE PETERS FAMILY. “SET right up there!” said Mrs. Peters, pointing to a table which was backed up against the wall with one leaf extended. The antelope steak emitted a delicious odor to our hungry travelers, and they did not mind the absence of a table-cloth and napkins. These would have seemed out ...

Transcriber’s Note: Variable spelling and hyphenation have been retained from the original printing. Some minor errors in punctuation and capitalisation have been corrected, and some changes to the text are listed at the end. SIR P. S. HIS ASTROPHEL AND ...

CHAPTER XIV. A PIRATES' DINNER. "But the best of the joke was, the moment he spoke Those words which the party seemed almost to choke, As by mentioning Noah some spell had been broke, And, hearing the din from barrel and bin, Drew at once the conclusion that thieves had got in." When the guests ...

*** COME AND WELCOME TO JESUS CHRIST; OR, A PLAIN AND PROFITABLE DISCOURSE ON JOHN 6:37 SHOWING THE CAUSE, TRUTH, AND MANNER OF THE COMING OF A SINNER TO JESUS CHRIST; WITH HIS HAPPY RECEPTION AND BLESSED ENTERTAINMENT. WRITTEN BY JOHN BUNYAN, AUTHOR OF "THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS." "And they shall come which were r...

CHAP. II. _Electric substances; with some of the phenomena attending their excitation._ Those substances by which electrical phenomena may be produced, form the subject which next demands our attention; but these are so numerous that it would be vain to...

CHAPTER XXIV. Visited by Ibrahim.--Map of the Hawash.--Its effect upon table-land of Abyssinia.--Future juncture with the Abi.-- Its early tributaries.--Effects of denudation.--Zui lake.-- Popular tradition.--Abyssinian geographical work.--Galla tribes. _August 16th._--I...

LETTER IV. SOCIAL INTERCOURSE OF THE SEXES. _Andover, 7th Mo. 27th, 1837._ MY DEAR FRIEND,--Before I proceed with the account of that oppression which woman has suffered in every age and country from her _protector_, man, perm...

* * * * * My narrative has now reached a period at which everything like progress was suspended. The increasing cold and brightening stars,--the labours, anxieties, and sickness that pressed upon us,--these almost engross the pages of my journal. Now and then I find some marv...

CHAPTER VIII. THE HISTORY OF AGNES. "When you, dear brother--for so I shall henceforth call you--commenced your strange and wondrous revelations ere now, you painted in vivid colors the happiness which dwelt in our poor cottage on the borders of the Black Forest. You saw how deeply your words affected me--I could no...

CHAPTER XXXIII. Pan Yan rode at the head of the prince's squadrons, but to Zbaraj instead of Tarnopol, for a new order had come to march to the latter place; and on the road he told his faithful attendant his own adventures,--how he had been taken in captivity at the Saitch, how long he ha...

* * * * * [Sidenote: The compromise with Anselm. 1107.] [Sidenote: The war with Robert.] [Sidenote: 1106.] [Sidenote: The reign of Rufus how far an episode.] [Sidenote: Problem of reconciling England to the Conquest.] [Sidenote: Not solved under Rufus,] [Sidenote: but solved ...

*** FRAGMENT OF A SONNET. FAREWELL TO NORTH DEVON. [Published (from the Esdaile manuscript book) by Dowden, "Life of Shelley", 1887; dated August, 1812.] Where man's profane and tainting hand Nature's primaeval loveliness has marred, And some few souls of the high bliss debarred Which else obey her powerful comman...

CHAPTER XVI. IN WHICH ERNEST CONVEYS THE STUDENTS TO PINE ISLAND. We landed the provisions at Pine Island, and being still favored with a fresh breeze, made a quick run over to Cleaver Island. It was bright moonlight now, and very pleasant sailing on the lake. As we approached the landing-place, I discovered a row-b...

CHAPTER VII THE LITTLE FLOWER ENTERS THE CARMEL Monday, April 9, 1888, being the Feast of the Annunciation, transferred from Passiontide, was the day chosen for me to enter the Carmel. On the evening before, we were gathered around the table where I was to take my place for the last time. These farewells are in themse...

CHAPTER IV. The next day after, being the Saturday, our little Easter party assembled; first our neighbors the Sedgwicks, who were a party in themselves. Ten years before, Hugh Sedgwick had been the finest gentleman in our neighborhood, which he filled with amazement and consternation when he chose to fall in love wi...

CHAPTER XXXIV. THE JACOBINS TRIUMPHANT. Views of the Girondists.--Anecdote of Vergniaud.--The Girondists brought to Trial.--Suicide of Valazé.--Anguish of Desmoulins.--Fonfrede and Ducos.--Last Supper of the Girondists.--Their Execution.--The Duke of Orleans; his Execution.--Activity of the Guillotine.--H...

CHAPTER XXII. A MYSTERIOUS APPOINTMENT. Mrs. Savage was in a state of continual unhappiness. When a really good-hearted woman swerves from the right path, either from policy or interest, she is sure to be the greatest sufferer of all the parties in interest. She saw...

SECTION VI. ECHINODERMATA. THIS class consists of five orders, all of which are marine. They are, with one exception, creeping animals, and the whole class is remarkable for having most of their members and general structure either in fives or multiples of f...

* * * * * It thus appears, that the three most frequent of the names, from which the series of Mercian synods are dated, can be accounted for as of places practically in the same locality; and that, the one to which tradition, before it had been tampered with by philological evolution, h...

LETTER CCLIX BLACKHEATH, September 1, 1763 MY DEAR FRIEND: Great news! The King sent for Mr. Pitt last Saturday, and the conference lasted a full hour; on the Monday following another conference, which lasted much longer; and yesterday a third, longer than either. You take for granted, that the treaty was concluded a...

CHAPTER LV Quints or Semitenths The task which Lady Glencora had taken upon herself was not a very easy one. No doubt Lord Fawn was a man subservient to the leaders of his party, much afraid of the hard judgment of those with whom he was concerned, painfully open to impression from what he would have called public o...

* * * * * It was in the evening of the same day that Polly and I met in the hall, on our way to attempt the difficult task of dressing for dinner in five minutes. The grey-eyed lady of my love had just left me for the same purpose, and I was singing, I don't know what, at the top of my v...

Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _text_ EMINENT DOCTORS. Ballantyne Press BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO. EDINBURGH AND LONDON EMINENT DOCTORS: Their Lives...

Series Four _Men, Manners and Critics_ No. 2 Anonymous, "Of Genius", in _The Occasional Paper_, Volume III, Number 10 (1719) and Aaron Hill, Preface to _The Creation_ (1720) W...

* * * * * As the splendid cortege attendant upon the Countess of Blois, and her young sons Thibaut, Stephen and Henry, swept along the great road from Chartres to Blois, the green arcades of a beautiful grove stretching down to the brink of a small stream that rolled its clear waters to ...

SECTION III. “Next to the above-mentioned province, on the right hand side, and west of Barnoo, the country of Howssa lies. It consists of seven provinces, to each of which a prince is appointed to superintend its affairs, and the inhabitants of the whole speak one language. The central pr...

LETTER VII MISS BYRON.--IN CONTINUATION SUNDAY NIGHT, APRIL 2. Dr. Bartlett has received from Sir Charles an account of what passed last Friday between him and Sir Harry and Lady Beauchamp. By the doctor's allowance, I enclose it to you. In this letter, Lucy, you will see him in a new light; and as a man whom there...

LETTER 147 MARY LAMB TO SARAH STODDART [? Feb. 20, 21 and 22, 1806.] My dear Sarah,--I have heard that Coleridge was lately going through Sicily to Rome with a party, but that, being unwell, he returned back to Naples. We think there is some mistake in this account, and that his intended journey to Rome was in his ...

WIDGER'S QUOTATIONS FROM THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EDITION OF THE DIARY OF SAMUEL PEPY'S EDITOR'S NOTE Readers acquainted with the Diary of Samuel Pepys in its various editions may wish to see if their favorite passages are listed in this selection...

CHAPTER VII JUAN FERNANDEZ--THE PACIFIC We continued sailing along with a fair wind and fine weather until Tuesday, Nov. 25th, when at daylight we saw the island of Juan Fernandez, directly ahead, rising like a deep blue cloud out of the sea. We were then probably nearly seventy miles from it; and so high and so blu...

CHAP. XII Fish and shells of the Ohio.--Inhabitants on the banks of the river.--Agriculture.--American emigrant.--Commercial intelligence relative to that part of the United States 188 CHAP. XIII Limestone.--Route from Limestone to Lexinton...

CHAP. XI.--SEAMEN'S WAGES, 214--220. Wages affected by desertion or absence, 214;--by misconduct, 216;--by imprisonment, 217;--by capture, 218;--by loss of vessel or interruption of voyage, 218. Wages on an illegal voyage, 220. CHAP. XII.--SEAMEN--CONCLUDED, 220--223. Recovery of wages, 220. Remedies, 221. Time for...

LETTER II. _Mode of Travelling.—Penryn.—Truro.—Dreariness of the Country.—Bodmin.—Earth-Coal the common Fuel.—Launceston.—Excellence of the Inns and Roads.—Okehampton.—Exeter._ Thursday, April 22. Early in the morning our ch...

* * * * * There was a Mr. ----, the Magnus Apollo of New York, who is a musical genius: sings as well as any gentleman need sing, pronounces Italian well, and accompanies himself without false chords; all which renders him _the_ man round whom (as round H----, G----, Lord C----, and that...

CHAPTER XXIV. “Pale set the sun--the shades of evening fell, The mournful night-wind sung their funeral knell; And the same day beheld their warriors dead, Their sovereign captive and their glory fled!” MRS. HEMANS. I shall never forget the journey of that fearful night. Susquesus paddled the canoe, unaid...

* * * * * The Hindoo deities have vehicles assigned for the conveyance of themselves and wives. These are called vahan. The vahan of Siva is a bull, called Nandi. They have likewise peculiar symbols or attributes: those that more particularly designate Siva, his sakti, or anything connec...

CHAPTER XXII "A responsible business firm wants a young man (Dt. Ref.) of good family. He must be moral, well-behaved and not under fifteen years old. Prospect of salary if diligent and reliable. Good treatment guaranteed. Address written applications in own handwriting to 'Business,' care E. Maaskamp's book and art ...

CHAP. VI. _Christians are called to a constant state of prayer and devotion?_ I. IT is one principal article of our religion to believe that our blessed Saviour is now at the right hand of God, there making _perpetual intercession_ for us, till the r...

LETTER 157. To Mrs. Temple, Pall Mall. Silleri, June 30. You are extremely mistaken, my dear, in your idea of the society here; I had rather live at Quebec, take it for all in all, than in any town in England, except London; the manner of living here is uncommonly agreable; the scenes about us are lovely, and the m...

* * * * * A young “English” girl was visiting a “Dutch” one, and the father of the latter, a substantial farmer, was kindly going to take the visitor part way home. The girls stayed talking above until the voice of the farmer was heard at the foot of the stairs, “Staytsch!” He was no mor...

LETTER II It was not till this morning, that a thought of the most interesting nature flashed across my mind. Pondering on the cruel conduct of my reputed father, in having burnt my novels, and discharged you, without even allowing us to take a hysterical farewell, I was struck with the sudden notion that the man is ...

CHAPTER IV. Marie Antoinette gives her Mother her First Impressions of the Court and of her own Position and Prospects.--Court Life at Versailles.--Marie Antoinette shows her Dislike of Etiquette.--Character of the Duc d'Aiguillon.--Cabals against the Dauphiness.--Jealousy of Mme. du Barri.-- The Aunts, too, are Jeal...

CHAPTER LVI. THE GIFT. All prophecies defying, Maria Theresa had given her daughter to France. In the month of May, 1770, the Archduchess Marie Antoinette was married by proxy in Vienna; and amid the ringing of bells, the booming of cannon, and the shouts of the populace, the beautiful young dauphiness left Austria t...

CHAPTER XXVII. 1764. BOUQUET FORCES THE DELAWARES AND SHAWANOES TO SUE FOR PEACE. The work of ravage had begun afresh upon the borders. The Indians had taken the precaution to remove all their settlements to the western side of the River Muskingum, tr...

Chapter XIII. Home. "'Tis sweet to hear the watchdog's honest bark Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home, 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark Our coming, and look brighter when we come." Embarking on its tributary stream, Delmé reached the Rhine--passed through the land of snug Treckschut...

* * * * * The race of Gothamites is indeed found everywhere--in popular tales, if not in actual life; and their sayings and doings are not less diverting when husband and wife are well mated, as in the following story: An Arab observing one morning that his house was ready to tumble ab...

CHAPTER II. The Treason at Harper's Ferry--Rebel Occupation of Frederick--Patriotism of the Ladies of Frederick--A Rebel Guard nonplussed by a Lady--The Approach to Antietam--Our Brigadier cuts Red-Tape--THE BLUNDER OF THE DAY AFTER ANTIETAM--The Little Irish Corporal's idea of Strategy, 15 CHAPTER III. The ...

CHAPTER XXXI. THE DORR REBELLION. The Right of Suffrage becomes the question of Rhode Island's politics, 277 Inequality of representation, 278 No relief obtainable from...

[Illustration: NATURE SERIES] THE RIGHT HAND: LEFT-HANDEDNESS [Illustration] _NATURE SERIES_ THE RIGHT HAND: LEFT-HANDEDNESS ...

CHAPTER XLIV NASHVILLE--HOOD'S ARMY ROUTED Defensive works of Nashville--Hood's lines--The ice blockade--Halleck on remounts for cavalry--Pressing horses and its abuse--The cavalry problem--Changes in organization--Assignment of General Couch--Confederate cavalry at Nashville--Counter-movements of our own--Detailed ...

Chapter 9 This summer, which, as it glided away, Lord Cairnforth often declared to be the happiest of his life, ended by bringing him the first heavy affliction--external affliction--which his life had ever known. Suddenly, in the midst of the late-earned rest of a very toilsome career, died Mr. Menteith, the earl's...

* * * * * The following contains an interesting account of his pastoral work, and is worth quoting at length:— "Though it is late, and the text for Sunday (Communion) has not been fixed yet, I am going to tell you a very sad story, that has made me think of many things. Over a year a...

* * * * * porque si yo la matare morira christianamente; yo morire penitente, quando mi suerte llegare." Propaladia, fol. 68. [48] Signorelli waxes exceedingly wroth with Don Blas Nasarre for the assertion, that Naharro first taught the Italians to write comedy, taxing him with...

* * * * * There was no sleep for any one of the little household in the great house on the night of the 14th of July, 1863. Doors and blinds were closed; only a light shone through the half-open slats at a second-story window, and in that room Aline lay sick, almost unto death, her white...

* * * * * The Popular Ballad Concert Society has been reorganised under the name of the Popular Musical Union. Its object will be to train the working classes thoroughly in the enjoyment and performance of music, and to provide the inhabitants of the crowded districts of the East End with concerts and oratorios, to b...

* * * * * ANOTHER FRESHMAN Was unconsciously walking beyond the University church, on a Sunday morning, which (at both Oxford and Cambridge) he would have been expected to attend, when he was met by the Master of St. John's College, Dr. Wood, who, by way of a mild rebuke, stopped him an...

CHAPTER III. ON DINNERS AND DINNER-GIVING. Dinner is unquestionably the most important and substantial meal of the two, three, or four, in which civilized man indulges, and it is a meal which any healthful and laborious person (whether his labour be of mind or body) ...

CHAPTER VII. AT the commencement of the last chapter, Charles Gatty, artist, was going to usher in a new state of things, true art, etc. Wales was to be painted in Wales, not Poland Street. He and five or six more youngsters were to be in the foremost files of truth, and take the world by storm. This was at two o'cl...

CHAPTER XIII. COALS OF FIRE. The gloomy month of November, 1859, was drawing to its close. The weather, as usual at that time of the year, was dull and sober, and the skies were dark and lowering. More than three months had elapsed since the journey to New York, and Mrs. Savareen and her affairs had ceased to be the...

CHAPTER III. About this time a lady came to visit Susy's mamma, bringing with her a little boy. His name was Thomas. He was several years older than Susy, but as there was no one else for him to play with, he had to amuse himself with her as well as he could. Susy followed him about, wherever he went, and thought ev...

* * * * * BUT to return to the “Readings.” One glance at the platform is sufficient to convince the audience that Mr. Dickens thoroughly appreciates “stage effect.” A large screen of maroon cloth occupies the background; before it stands a light table of peculiar design, on the inner ...

CHAPTER VI. The following morning the wind was very slight, and before noon it fell calm. Two sharks of a large size came under the stern of the vessel, and the sailors were soon very busy trying to hook one of them; but they refused the bait, which was a piece of salt pork, and after an hour they quitted the vessel ...

CHAPTER XV. SHOW AND SUBSTANCE. “Mother,” said Ronald, one evening, as the family were sitting together in the twilight, “I wish we had a sugar-orchard. Only think—Charlie Doane and his little brother Tom have made three hundred and ten pounds of sugar, this yea...

CHAPTER XX. ON THE MANAGEMENT OF YOUNG CHILDREN. In regard to the physical education of children, Dr. Clarke, Physician in Ordinary to the Queen of England, expresses views, on one point, in which most physicians would coincide. He says, "There is no greater error in the management of children, than that of giving t...

CHAPTER IX. HOLIDAY. Ha! like a kind hand on my brow Comes this fresh breeze. Cooling its dull and feverish glow, While through my being seems to flow She breath of a new life--the healing of the seas. Good-by to pain and care! I take Mine ease to-day; Here where these...

CHAPTER IV. THAT PROPERTY IS IMPOSSIBLE DEMONSTRATION. AXIOM. Property is the Right of Increase claimed by the Proprietor over any thing which he has stamped as his own. FIRST PROPOSITION. Property is Impossible, because it demands Something for Nothing. SECOND PROPOSITION. Property is ...

* * * * * John Brown, on his way to the scaffold, stooped to take up a slave-child. That closing example was the legacy of the dying man to his country. That benediction we must continue and fulfil. In this new order, equality, long postponed, shall become the master-principle of our sys...

CHAPTER IV. THE FEMALE INFIDEL. At the time of my father's death, I was nearly seven years old. In the next four years, during which we continued to live at Greenhay, nothing memorable occurred, except, indeed, that troubled parenthesis in my life which connected me with my brother William,--this certainly was memor...

CHAPTER II. KIND FRIENDS, 21 CHAPTER III. THE NEW BOOTS, 32 CHAPTER IV. A SAD STORY, 41 CHAPTER V. GOING TO SCHOOL, 53 CHAPTER VI. JOHNNY A FAVORITE, 64 CHAPTER VII. JOHNNY'S TRUST, 74 CHAPTER VII. JOHN...

Act IV. Sc. 3. ‘_Quid sit pulchrum_,’ _etc._ Horace, Epistles, I. 2, ll. 3-4. _Montaigne._ The _Essais_ of Michael de Montaigne (1533-1592), were published, Books I. and II. in 1580, Book III. in 1588. 93. ‘_Pour out all as plain_,’ _etc._ Pope, _Imitations of Horace_, Sat...