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...Excerpt: In the days when New York?s traffic moved at the pace of the drooping horse-car, when society applauded Christine Nilsson at the Academy of Music and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on the walls of the National Academy of Design, an inconspicuous shop with a single show window was intimately and favourably known to the feminine populat...

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...of the drooping horse-car, when society applauded Christine Nilsson at the Academy of Music and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on th... ...ed in the rarely used grate; but as Mrs. Hawkins bent over to “settle” her pillows she raised herself on her elbow to whisper: “Oh, Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs.... ... “Where’s the old red comfortable?” Evelina asked, as she sank down on the pillow. “The comfortable? Oh, it was so hot and heavy I never used it after... ...l and back—if I am back,” Evelina re- peated. She lifted her head from the pillow and began to talk with a sudden feverish volubility. “It began right... ...ars.” Evelina sank back, her face a sallow wedge in the white cleft of the pillow. Ann Eliza leaned over her, and for a long time they held each other... ...and went into the back room. She found Evelina propped upright against the pillows, a flush of agitation on her cheeks. Ann Eliza pulled up the shawl ...

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...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great ...

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...NING of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New Y ork. Though there was already talk of the erectio... ...assemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cher- ished it for being small and inconvenient, and... ...cence gested nose of one’s own coachman gleamed under the por- tico of the Academy. It was one of the great livery-stableman’s most masterly intuition... ... accord with the prima donna’s stage-manager he could not have entered the Academy at a more significant moment than just as she was singing: “He love... ...he bath-room of a nervous aunt, and saw in the small hours by joining in a pillow-fight that ranged from the nurseries to the basement. But on Sunday ... ...e of her cheeks seemed to show that it had recently been pressed against a pillow, and her half-awakened eyes stared at him hospitably but confusedly.... ...sually slept like a baby), had found their mistress sitting up against her pillows with a crooked smile on her face and one little hand hanging limp f...

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...ther’s brother— George stared at his wife. “Go on,” she twinkled, from the pillows. —mother’s brother, sold his place to Walter’s family. We seem to h... ...ss,” Mrs. Cloke went on. “An’ Cloke was only wonderin’ this afternoon—your pillow’s slipped my dear, you mustn’t lie that a-way—just for the sake o’ s... ...n’s custom, till the weather grew hot, to sleep in my bed, her head on the pillow like a Christian; and when morning came I would always find that the... ...ay, all four feet spread out, sighing heavily. She settled her head on the pillow several times, to show her little airs and graces, and struck up her... ... 39 Kipling Let me in and I’ll’ be good!” She was admitted and flew to her pillow. When she was quieted I whispered to the other dog, “You can lie on ... ... the light-built one with the yellow beard painted his picture at the last Academy: He’s a swell R.A., James Loman.” “And the brown chap with the hand... ...reseen extra, as was Jimmy’s gratis full-length—(it will be in this year’s Academy) of Penfentenyou, who has returned to his own place. Now and again,...

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.... How well I remember the pleasant afternoon when I was raised in bed with pillows for the first time to enjoy a great tea drinking with Charley! The ... ... hours at a time, whatever steps they happen to be upon. They dance in the academy, and at this time of year we do figures at five every morning.” “Wh... ... footstool, a sofa, and plenty of cush ions, an easy chair, and plenty of pillows, a piano, books, draw ing materials, music, newspapers, and a few ... ...leep to be wandering abroad rather than count ing the hours on a restless pillow, strolls hitherward at this quiet time. Attracted by curiosity, he o... ...lf. And I noticed as I kissed my dear that she lay with one hand under her pillow so that it was hidden. How much less amiable I must have been than t... ...that, my dear. Then I told Ada how I had seen her hand concealed under her pillow and had little thought why, my dear. Then they began telling me how ... ...he, when he has a lei sure half hour, think of bestowing it on that Royal Academy sculptor, for the advantage of both parties? Bleak House – Volume...

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...ver wear a nightcap: but with my hair pitchforked and touzled all over the pillow; not just falling asleep by any means, but glaringly, persistently, ... ...get everything I read now, I quoted ‘Get out of bed, beat up and turn your pillow, shake the bed clothes well with at least twenty shakes, then throw ... ... all the Modern Exhibitions every season, and of course I revere the Royal Academy. I stand by its forty Academical ar ticles almost as firmly as I s... ...ar monsters, 73 Charles Dickens every first Monday in May, when the Royal Academy Exhi bition opens.’ ‘You are a critic,’ said I, with an air of def... ...t has haunted me ever since. It glares upon me from the walls of the Royal Academy, (except when MaClise subdues it to his genius,) it fills my soul ... ...Calls out of window concerning his luggage, deaf. Suffocates himself under pillows of great coats, for no rea son, and in a demented manner. Will rec... ... made a general observation of the bedroom where it was. T urning down the pillow of the bed with my hand, I found, under neath it, a pair of gloves.... ...nspector Wield of the Detective Police, and I found these gloves under the pillow of the young woman that was murdered the other day, over in the Wate... ...n. Even the painter is uncer tain. He afterwards took Blumb, of the Royal Academy (it is to be observed that our bore takes none but eminent people t...

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...r the T urk’s-head ad- venture, she never slept without my Bible under her pillow. If by broad daylight she would have renounced the Avatar theory, I ... ...lock last night, with Captain Martindale not coming home. And you with the pillow all awry, and that bit of a shawl over you! Lie you down, and I’ll s... ...ice faltered, broke down, and he was obliged to press his face down on the pillows to stifle his sobs. Violet was roused to such a degree of bewildere... ...r, pallid features looking as if it was cut out in ivory against the white pillows. She welcomed him with a pleased smile; but he started back, and fl... ...as soon be nursed by a monkey as by me. There he lies on a perfect bank of pillows, coughs whenever you speak to him, and only wants to get rid of eve... ... key too audible for such a party. Presently, ‘He has got her to the Royal Academy. She has gone forthwith to the Prae-Raffaelites. Oh! she is walking... ...s. ‘P .S.—He will come to-morrow to take us to a private view of the Royal Academy, before the pictures are removed.’ The same post carried a letter f...

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...ckinged legs crossed, and her knees up under her chin. She stroked a satin pillow while she read. About her was the clothy exuberance of a Blodgett Co... ...aphs of girls, a carbon print of the Coliseum, a chafing-dish, and a dozen pillows embroidered or beaded or pyrographed. Shockingly out of place was a... ...sle is of bare, splintery, grease-black- ened wood. There is no porter, no pillows, no provision for beds, but all today and all tonight they will rid... ...ied to a small poppy, the correct skeins of embroi- dery-silk lying on the pillow. Inside the shop, a glimpse of bad carbon prints of bad and famous p... ...e tis- sue, which she hung as a panel against the maize wall; a couch with pillows of sapphire velvet and gold bands; 72 Main Street chairs which, in... ...nd noisy and breathless and ghastly expensive. But compared with the moldy academy in which I had been smothered—! I went to symphonies twice a week. ...

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...morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall, a large family coach, with two ... ...e interior of which species of marquee was a featherbed, on which were two pillows, on which were two round red faces, one in a laced nightcap, and on... ... city: and it was bruited abroad that he was admitted into Dr. Swishtail’s academy upon what are called “mutual principles”— that is to say, the expen... ...ow with her cushion—or else she would have Becky’s arm and Rawdon with the pillow. “W e must sit together,” she said. “W e’re the only three Christian... ...st all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not de- clare himself to be Rebecca’s confidante too,... ...ed friend and benefactress. Tell her, ere I went, I shed tears on her dear pillow—that pillow that I have so often soothed in sickness—that I long aga... ... Y ou would scarcely have recognised the beaming little face upon Amelia’s pillow that night as the one that was laid there the night before, so wan, ... ...l, who had been so hysterically affected when Amelia left Miss Pinkerton’s academy “The very name,” George said. “Her father was a German Jew—a slave-...

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...morning in June, there drove up to the great iron gate of Miss Pinkerton’s academy for young ladies, on Chiswick Mall, a large family coach, with two ... ...e interior of which species of marquee was a featherbed, on which were two pillows, on which were two round red faces, one in a laced nightcap, and on... ... city: and it was bruited abroad that he was admitted into Dr. Swishtail’s academy upon what are called “mutual principles”— that is to say, the expen... ...ow with her cushion—or else she would have Becky’s arm and Rawdon with the pillow. “W e must sit together,” she said. “W e’re the only three Christian... ...st all the gentle pains and passions which were tossing upon that innocent pillow, why should he not de- clare himself to be Rebecca’s confidante too,... ...ed friend and benefactress. Tell her, ere I went, I shed tears on her dear pillow—that pillow that I have so often soothed in sickness—that I long aga... ... Y ou would scarcely have recognised the beaming little face upon Amelia’s pillow that night as the one that was laid there the night before, so wan, ... ...l, who had been so hysterically affected when Amelia left Miss Pinkerton’s academy “The very name,” George said. “Her father was a German Jew—a slave-... ...residents there, by weeping when Master Alderney came from Dr. Swishtail’s academy to pass his holi- days with his mother. “He and her Rawdon were of ...

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...t too. Keep her off.” He relaxed his grasp, and sank back exhausted on the pillow. ‘I knew but too well what all this meant. If I could have entertain... ...as the same persecutor that had followed him before. He fell back upon his pillow and moaned aloud. A short period of oblivion, and he was wandering t... ...g bottle, while a fourth was busily engaged in patting and punch ing the pillows which were arranged for her support. On the opposite side sat a bal... ...ked like half a gigantic roll of flannel, elevated on a couple of inflated pillow cases. ‘You’ll find it much pleasanter, Sir,’ urged another stout ge... ...owd to ‘send a boy home, to ask whether he hadn’t left his voice under the pillow,’ begged to nominate a fit and proper person to repre sent them in ... ...e Den, ‘you know that when your picture was in the exhibition of the Royal Academy, last year, everybody inquired whether it was intended for you, or ...

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...and at last thought it great pro- motion to be a teacher at the Commercial Academy, as they call it, at Moorworth, where Markham’s nephews went to sch... ...- ation in the worn, flushed, suffering face that rested helplessly on the pillows, and every unconscious movement of the wasted, nerveless limbs stre... ...doing the honours of my room, Guy?’ said Philip, raising his head from the pillow, with a becoming shade of his ceremonious courtesy. ‘Give her a chai... ...tion, now meek and helpless, requir- ing to be lifted, and propped up with pillows, and depend- ing entirely and thankfully upon Guy. When he had been... ...t on such a sensation of dizziness and faintness, that he sunk back on the pillow. ‘No; it is of no use to fight against it,’ said Amy, as soon as he ... ...gain and again this happened; she smoothed the coverings, and shook up the pillow: he would thank her, look at her anxiously, beg her not to exert her...

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...—explains the existence of such re ally national institutions as the French Academy, and the French national theatre, the Th´ eˆ atre Franc ¸ais. The... ...ege des Quatre Nations,” the Institute of France, and the home of the French Academy. In 1635, at a time when France was still struggling with the hea... ...taste in speech, in culture, in manners,— as the fusing principle of his new Academy. The traditional point of view of its founder has been faithfully... ... “Forty Immortals,” the Academicians who throne under the famous cupola. The Academy has never shrunk into a mere retreat for lettered pedantry: as M.... ...hat a standard must be set, and that it is for them to set it. Therefore the Academy does not simply call to its ranks famous or careful writers, but ... ...CTUAL HONESTY I M ost people, in their infancy, have made bogeys out of sofa pillows and over coats, and the imaginative child always comes to believ...

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.... Many and many a time, in the day and in the night, with my head upon the pillow by her that my whispers might be plainer to her, I kissed her, thank... ...me, I suppose; it’s time I should take my craftier head to my more worldly pillow. Good night, my dears. God bless you!” He peeped in again, with a sm... ...Now, come hither,” says the housekeeper. “Hither, child, towards my Lady’s pillow. I am not sure that it is dark enough 94 Bleak House – Dickens yet,... ...ngling piano at last is silent, and the Harmonic friends rally round their pillows. Then there is rest around the lonely figure, now laid in its last ... ...0 Bleak House – Dickens proposed that she and I and Peepy should go to the academy and afterwards meet my guardian and Ada at Miss Flite’s, whose name... ... bending our steps towards Newman Street, which was very near. I found the academy established in a sufficiently dingy house at the corner of an archw... ... and all looking rakish in the daylight. Miss Jellyby informed me that the academy had been lent, last night, for a concert. We went upstairs—it had b... ...en (his mind wandering) he insisted on keeping his little hammer under the pillow and chipping at the countenances of the attendants. The ruling passi... ... are!” “I am engaged, Ma,” sobbed Caddy, “to young Mr. T urveydrop, at the academy; and old Mr. T urveydrop (who is a very gentlemanly man indeed) has...

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...he ditch. The cart was backed to the margin, the body slung off the platform and dumped into the grave with an irreverent roughness. A sharpened stake... ...a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my... ...as very deliberate and courteous, but scarce louder than a sigh. ‘I bid you welcome, Monsieur Le Vicomte Anne,’ said he, looking at me hard with his p... ...d the service of France; and have since then carried arms in such a manner as not to disgrace my family.’ ‘You narrate well; vous aves la voix chaude,... ...t a wicked, piggish donkey of a girl I have made of myself, to be sure! And there is no hope! O, Mr.—’ And at that she paused and asked my name. I am ...

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...lory shine around thy bed; and may the gates of plenty, honour, and happiness be ever open to thee. May no sorrow distress thy days; may no grief dist... ...iled up and turned away, as though it had turned its back on this world for ever; the uninter- ested face at once lead-coloured and yellow, looking pa... ... many such places as most travellers in my line, and I never saw one such, better kept. Among the bedridden there was great patience, great reli- ance... ...patient had died but yesterday. That bed was a hope- less one, because its occupant was sinking fast, and could only be roused to turn the poor pinche... ...he most to tell it, but because they happened to be in a state admitting of their safe removal. Fourthly, to say whether the coroner and jury could ha... ...ere the boy Horatio Nelson got out of bed to steal the pears: not because he wanted any, but because every other boy was afraid: yet I have sev- eral ...

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...he deuce! nobody hurt, then? all right!’ The squire had fallen back on his pillow and was relapsing to sleep. Sewis spoke impressively: ‘There’s a gen... ...practise, a school-match of an important character coming off with a rival academy; and it was only through fear of our school being beaten if she did... ...A FREE LIFE ON THE ROAD I WOKE VERY EARLY, though I had taken kindly to my pillow, as I found by my having an arm round my companion’s neck, and her f... ...at he wore a shirt-collar up to his eyebrows for concealment by day, and a pillow-case over his head at night, and his wife said she was a deceived un... ...l!’ the margravine interjected repeatedly. The princess was laid on raised pillows in her swingcot un- der an awning aft, and watched the sailors, the... ...together a great deal in attending on poor old Sewis, who would lie on his pillows recounting for hours my father’s midnight summons of the inhabitant...

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...ht of his love made her happy. She slept better with the picture under her pillow, and how many many times did she kiss it and weep and pray over it! ... ...f the invalid. Amelia bore her harshness quite gently; smoothed the uneasy pillow; was always ready with a soft answer to the watchful, querulous voic... ...d soft shoulder on which to lean and a gentle hand to soothe our gouty old pillows. Old Sedley grew very fond of his daughter after his wife’s death, ... ...and had com- menced one of those lightly troubled slumbers which visit the pillow of old age. The old man clung to his daughter during this sickness. ... ...residents there, by weeping when Master Alderney came from Dr. Swishtail’s academy to pass his holi- days with his mother. “He and her Rawdon were of ...

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...t to him, “Oh, sir!” and fell a-weeping. Sir Austin turned the lamp on her pillow, and harshly bade her go to sleep, striding from the room forthwith.... ...e; he turned on that. He lay on his back; he tried putting his face to the pillow; and he continued to swell. He wondered the room could hold him—he t... ...hard, you sleep the moment you get into bed!” “The instant my head’s on my pillow, and up the moment I wake. Health’s everything!” “Health’s everythin... ...y whispered, “Sure you’ve got a dearer!” “Ah!” sighed Lucy, sinking on her pillow, overwhelmed by 215 George Meredith the strangeness of her state. M... ...r avowal of her secret, but forth- with leaned her consummate bosom to the pillow, and peti- tioned heaven to bless them both!—Then the little bride w... ...ments with two or three of the delica- cies of language she learnt at your Academy. I rather like to hear a woman swear. It embellishes her!” Mountfal...

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................................................. 50 X – THEIR LAUREATE TO AN ACADEMY CLASS DINNER CLUB .................................. 51 XI – EMBRO ... ... disease By each lean pallet squats, and pain and sleep Toss gaping on the pillows. But O thou! Uprise and take thy pipe. Bid music flow, Strains by g... ...il a ceevil word to God From a gentleman like me. X – THEIR LAUREATE TO AN ACADEMY CLASS DINNER CLUB Dear Thamson class, whaure’er I gang It aye comes...

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...pilot house; and then he galloped in, at the head of his troops. Old General Pillow, with his white hair, mounted on a white horse, sailed in, too, le... ...ighead’s Point, and glided unchallenged by what was once the formidable Fort Pillow, memorable because of the mas sacre perpetrated there during the ... ...ut we must bunch Anglo Saxon history together to find the fellow to the Fort Pillow tragedy; and doubtless even then we must travel back to the days a... ...g man, but he did not look it. He was abed, and had his head propped high on pillows; his face was wasted and colorless, his deep sunken eyes were shu... ...e is nothing strikingly remarkable about it; but one can say of it as of the Academy of Music in New York, that if a broom or a shovel has ever been u... ... the fact. It is curious that cabbages and hay and things do not grow in the Academy of Music; but no doubt it is on account of the interruption of th...