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Excerpt: No Thoroughfare by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins.

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...ns and Wilkie Collins A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication No Thoroughfare by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins is a publication of t... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. No Thoroughfare by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins, the Pennsylvania Sta... ... is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins No Thoroughfare by Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins THE OVERTURE D ay of... ...it sky, and below her there are the defilements of the pavement, so may 4 No Thoroughfare she, haply, be divided in her mind between two vistas of re... ...ou want of me? I have never done you any harm?” “Never.” “Do I know you?” “No.” “Then what can you want of me?” “Here are two guineas in this paper. T... ...arles Dickens and Wilkie Collins The lady lifts her veil, and shows a face no older than the nurse’s. A face far more refined and capable than hers, b... ...Now, is it kind, Poor Thing?” “Sally! Hear me, my dear. My entreaty is for no help in the future. It applies to what is past. It is only to be told in... ...Y ou do understand. What are the names they have given my poor baby? I ask no more than that. I have read of the 6 No Thoroughfare customs of the pla... ...tables, and halt at those points to bend down and say a word or two. It is no disparagement to their kindness that 7 Charles Dickens and Wilkie Colli...

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...y the low idea of making a per fectly idle trip, in any direction. They had no intention of going anywhere in particular; they wanted to see noth in... ...amount of pains and labour to assure himself that he was idle; in short, had no better idea of idleness than that it was useless indus try. Thomas Id... ... into that state of mind about a girl, do you think I’d lay me doon and dee? No, sir,’ proceeded Goodchild, with a disparaging assumption of the Scot ... ... do with her, ’ yawned Tho mas Idle. ‘Why should I take the trouble?’ ‘It’s no trouble, Tom, to fall in love,’ said Goodchild, The Lazy Tour of Two I... ... love with somebody, and not unfrequently with several objects at once, made no reply. He heaved a sigh of the kind which is termed by the lower order... ...ing. With ‘Doctor Mantle’s Dispensary for the cure of all Human Maladies and no charge for ad vice,’ and with Doctor Mantle’s ‘Laboratory of Medical,... ...ginning. The village shoemaker declined to have anything to do with Carrock. No visitors went up Carrock. No visi tors came there at all. Aa’ the wor... ... had reluctantly paid the large sum of two guin eas on leaving town; he had no stimulating refreshment about him but a small packet of clammy gingerb... ...s for the road, and intelligently shaped into smooth slabs for the pavement! No! it was not for the laborious ascent of the crags of Carrock that Idle...

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...n, looking up at it. Captain Jorgan had to look high to look at it, for the village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff. There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level yard in it. From the sea-beach to the cliff-top two irregular rows of white houses, placed opposite to one another, and twisting here and there....

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... village was built sheer up the face of a steep and lofty cliff. There was no road in it, there was no wheeled vehicle in it, there was not a level ya... ...illage chimneys, and come to the surface again far off, high above others. No two houses in the village were alike, in chimney, size, shape, door, win... ... in a pair of Wellington boots, and surmounted by a tall, stiff hat, which no mortal could have worn at sea in any wind under heaven; nevertheless, a ... ...ately nautical in a jacket, and shoes, and all things correspondent—looked no more like a seaman, beside Captain Jorgan, than he looked like a sea-ser... ...nd-twenty year. Ac- cording to custom I am called Captain Jorgan, but I am no more a captain, bless your heart, than you are.” “Perhaps you’ll come in... ... obligation to slap both his legs again. She was very simply dressed, with no other ornament than an autumnal flower in her bosom. She wore neither ha... ...t them together across her black gown, and looked eagerly at the visitor. “No! For God’s sake, don’t think that!” said the captain, in a solemn way; “... ...God’s sake, don’t think that!” said the captain, in a solemn way; “I bring no good tidings of him.” There was a silence, and the mother turned her fac... ...; “and you couldn’t take care of a better legacy. But again I interrupt.” “No; for I have nothing more to say. We know that Hugh lived well for the go...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. A narrow grave-yard in the heart of a bustling, indifferent city, seen from the windows of a gloomylooking inn, is at no time an object of enlivening suggestion; and the spectacle is not at its best when the mouldy tombstones and funereal umbrage have received the ineffectual refreshment of a dull, moist snow-fall. If, while the air is thick...

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... in- different city, seen from the windows of a gloomy- looking inn, is at no time an object of enlivening suggestion; and the spectacle is not at its... ...e blessed vernal season is already six weeks old, it will be admitted that no depressing influence is absent from the scene. This fact was keenly felt... ...was gently moving along his under-lip. “Good-natured—yes. Too good-natured—no.” “You are irritating,” said the lady, looking at her slipper. He began ... ...man was silent a few moments, driving his pencil. Then at last, “There are no such things as mis- takes,” he affirmed. “Very true—for those who are no... ... said, looking up with a smile. “Yes,” she rejoined in a moment, “you make no differ- ence in these things. You have no sense of property.” The young ... ...roperty.” The young man gave his joyous laugh again. “If that means I have no property, you are right!” “Don’t joke about your poverty,” said his sist... ...ic garden, which seemed very pretty, but where she was surprised at seeing no carriages. The afternoon was drawing to a close; the coarse, vivid grass... ...strians, holding their para- sols askance. Here, however, Eugenia observed no indica- 13 Henry James tions of this custom, the absence of which was m... ... that be true?” asked the elder lady, looking straight at the pond again. “No, Charlotte,” said the younger one simply. Charlotte transferred her quie...

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...e of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that opportunity, with my voice sticking in my throat, and my sight failing as I uttered the words, to express my hope that Miss Spenlow was quite well; to which Mr. Spenlow replied, with no mor...

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... and consequently was not obnoxious to the impla- cable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it. I took that opportunity, with my voice sticking in ... ... hope that Miss Spenlow was quite well; to which Mr. Spenlow replied, with no more emotion than if he had been speaking of an ordinary human being, th... ...whom she meant; but beyond that, I was quite lost. And I looked so, I have no doubt. Don t it I don t say that it does, mind I want to know don t it ... ...tand it from you. I have not seen him this long while, until last night. No? Indeed, Miss Dartle, no! As she looked full at me, I saw her face gr... ... her, to a gra- cious dignity. I thought, more than once, that it was well no serious cause of division had ever come between them; or two such nature... ...reature into a pleasant and pleased companion. That he should succeed, was no matter of surprise to me. That she should struggle against the fascinati... ...oured, remem- ber, and ought not to be tried. Rosa did not come back; and no other mention was made of her, until I went with Steerforth into his roo... .... Think of me at my best, if circumstances should ever part us! You have no best to me, Steerforth, said I, and no worst. You are always equally l... ...nfidence of Agnes, but for my uncertainty how to approach the subject with no risk of doing so, it would have reached them before he said, God bless ...

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...Prologue: [Anselmo and Luigi] ANSELMO. What think you,--lies there any truth in the tale The King will wed again? LUIGI. Why not, Anselmo? A king is no less lonely than a collier When his wife dies, And his young daughter there, For all her being a princess, is no less A motherless child, and cries herself to sleep Night after night, as noisily as any, You may be sure....

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... wed again? L L L L LUIGI UIGI UIGI UIGI UIGI. Why not, Anselmo? A king is no less lonely than a collier When his wife dies, And his young daughter th... ... wife dies, And his young daughter there, For all her being a princess, is no less A motherless child, and cries herself to sleep Night after night, a... ...U U U. If you do, You will be stoned to death. FID FID FID FID FID. Not I. No one Will hear me.—Well, I am off.—I know an old man 8 The Lamp and the ... ...delio! [Enter Fidelio.] BEA BEA BEA BEA BEA. Fidelio, sing to us,—there is no nightingale Abroad tonight, save you. And the night cries For music! BIA... ...For music! BIA BIA BIA BIA BIA. Sing, Fidelio! FID FID FID FID FID. I have no thorn To lean my breast on. I’ve been happy all day, And happiness ever ... ...—unless you have a cold, Which is a singer’s only rock of refuge. You have no cold, or you would not be happy. So sing. FID FID FID FID FID. [Singing.... ...the phlox is seed, Nothing’s left of the clover, And the path of the poppy no one knows,— I would blossom if I were a rose! Summer for all your guile ... ... Vincent Millay OCT OCT OCT OCT OCT. Your head is full of images. You have No answers. I shall do as I spoke of doing, And separate them for a little ... ...—Carlotta—someone Is always there. GIO GIO GIO GIO GIO. Ah—ah—but even so, No matter who is there, I tell you, lovers Are always alone! GUI GUI GUI GU...

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...Rather then matter of iust memory, Sith none, that breatheth liuing aire, does know, Where is that happy land of Faery, Which I so much do vaunt, yet no where show, But vouch antiquities, which no body can know....

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... Where is that happy land of Faery, Which I so much do vaunt, yet no where show, But vouch antiquities, which no body can know. But... ...did euer vew? The Faerie Queene: Book II. 3 Yet all these were, when no man did them know; Yet haue from wisest ages hidden beene: And... ... then admire, But yield his sence to be too blunt and bace, That no’te without an hound fine footing trace. And thou, O fairest Princes... ... A goodly knight, all armd in harnesse meete, That from his head no place appeared to his feete. His carriage was full comely and vprig... ... Or make you good amendment for the same: All wrongs haue mends, but no amends of shame. Now therefore Ladie, rise out of your paine, ... ...m her enimy. At last when fayling breath began to faint, And saw no meanes to scape, of shame affrayd, She set her downe to weepe for s... ... Her golden lockes she roundly did vptye In breaded tramels, that no looser heares Did out of order stray about her daintie eares. ... ... but euermore did seeme As discontent for want of merth or meat; No solace could her Paramour intreat, Her once to show, ne court, nor ... ...laughing, loosely light, And quite contrary to her sisters kind; No measure in her mood, no rule of right, But poured out in pleasure a...

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...Excerpt: The Toys to Have. The jolliest indoor games for boys and girls demand a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It must be a floor covered with linoleum or cork carpet, so that toy soldiers and such-like will stand up upon it, and of a color and surface that will ...

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...IEST INDOOR GAMES for boys and girls demand a floor, and the home that has no floor upon which games may be played falls so far short of happiness. It... ...reen- colored cork carpet without a pattern is the best of all. It must be no highway to other rooms, and well lit and airy. Occasionally, alas! it mu... ... and girls seem to be quite without planks and boards at all, and there is no regular trade in them. The toyshops, we found, did not keep anything of ... ... and accidents notwithstanding. Also we have sailors; but, since there are no red-coated sailors, blue counts as red. Then we have “beefeaters,” (Foot... ... been played by us, many and many a time, with joy and happy invention and no thought of publica- tion. They have gone now, those games, into that vag... ... these woods chiefly that we have our planks perforated with little holes. No tin trees can ever be so plausible and various and jolly as these. With ... ...entleman (of German origin) with a bag, two of our all too rare civilians. No doubt the bag contains samples and a small conversation dictionary in th... ...he nature of the hills I have already explained, and this time we have had no lakes or ornamental water. These are very easily made out of a piece of ... ...pon the passing travel- ler. The oblong object on the placard represents, no doubt, a cake of this offensive and aggressive commodity. The zoo- logic...

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...London, have ever visited, Suez in Egypt, at the head of the Red Sea, is by far the vilest, the most unpleasant, and the least interesting. There are no women there, no water, and no vegetation. It is surrounded, and indeed often filled, by a world of sand. A scorching sun is always overhead; and one is domiciled in a huge cavernous hotel, which seems to have been made pur...

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... far the vilest, the most unpleasant, and the least interesting. There are no women there, no water, and no vegetation. It is sur- rounded, and indeed... ...fferently lined, certainly has his troubles before him. So he has at home, no doubt; but, judging for myself, I should always prefer sticking to the o... ...down at the few small vessels which were moored to the quay, but there was no life in them; not a sail was set, not a boatman or a sailor was to be se... ... had deserted it. I dined at four; not that I chose that hour, but because no choice was given to me. At the hotels in Egypt one has to dine at an hou... ... the hotels in Egypt one has to dine at an hour fixed by the landlord, and no entreaties will suffice to obtain a meal at any other. So at four I dine... ... a glance that the Arab gentleman was got up in his best raiment, and that no expense had been spared on his suit. And here I cannot but make a remark... ...as followed by four or five others, dressed somewhat as himself; though by no means in such magnificent colours, and by one gentleman in a coat and tr... ..., “but I don’t exactly follow the French language when it is spoken.” “Ah! no French!” said the Arab in very broken English, “dat is one sorrow.” How ... ... himself. He knew of it perhaps some- thing more than did the Arab, but by no means enough to enable us to have a fluent conversation. And had the int...

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Excerpt: No one but myself know what I have suffered, nor what my books have gained, by your unsleeping watchfulness and admirable pertinacity.

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...ure into the unpleasant realities of the present hour. An unpleasant voice too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon....

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...too. He had heard it for many years, and with every year he liked it less. No matter; there would be an end to all this soon. He shuffled uneasily, bu... ...er; there would be an end to all this soon. He shuffled uneasily, but took no further notice of the call. Leaning with both his elbows on the balustra... ...use—that last failure of his life— he looked on the broad river. There was no tinge of gold on it this evening, for it had been swollen by the rains, ... ...ubordinate official employed in the Botanical Gar- dens of Buitenzorg, was no doubt delighted to place his son in such a firm. The young man himself t... ...pose of a Malay woman, a slave, after all, to his Eastern mind, convent or no convent, ceremony or no ceremony. He lifted his head and confronted the ... ...ng to refuse. Mind you, Kaspar, I always get my way, so it would have been no use. But you are no fool.” He remembered well that time—the look, the ac... ...ad exultation at the thought of that fortune thrown into his hands. He was no fool then, and he was no fool now. Circumstances had been against him; t... ...was too dark to distinguish anything under the overhanging bushes. “Arabs, no doubt,” muttered Almayer to himself, peering into the solid blackness. “... ... . A grave voice answered— “Tuan Almayer is speaking to a friend. There is no Arab here.” Almayer’s heart gave a great leap. “Dain!” he exclaimed. “At...

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...not the theatre of the events here related. The arrondissement of Arcis votes at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber....

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...es at Bar-sur-Aube, which is forty miles from Arcis; consequently there is no deputy from Arcis in the Chamber. Discretion, required in a history of c... ...ion, having first looked into the antechamber and garden to make sure that no one overheard her, “he cannot have Mademoi- selle Beauvisage; his succes... ...ng his eyes very wide and looking at his sister in stupefaction. “There is no one but you in the whole department who would forget the dot and the exp... ...om Arcis. This banker, recently made count and peer of France, ex- pected, no doubt, to transfer to his son, then thirty years of age, his electoral s... ...o Charles Keller, for whom, however, he had a high esteem. “Arcis shall be no longer a rotten borough!” he said, “or I’ll emigrate to Paris.” Flatter ... ... his profession and the fortune his aunt would not fail to leave him, felt no doubt of his election. Nevertheless, the first sound of the bell announc... ...-two years of age, had been eighteen years a clerk in Grevin’s office with no means of becoming himself a no- tary. His father, son of the justice of ... ...g: “How are you, my good friend? Your dear aunt and our worthy colonel are no doubt as well to-day as they were yes- terday,—that is, I presume so,—he... ...et- ing—essentially friendly, but entirely free, which will preju- dice in no way whatever the great preparatory and primary meeting in which you will...

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...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closi...

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...LOOK OUT IN THESE TIMES OF OURS, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable ap- pearance, with ... ...ands, and his hands loose in his waistband, kept an eager look out. He had no net, hook, or line, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cus... ...ne, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cushion for a sitter, no paint, no inscription, no appliance beyond a rusty boathook and a coil o... ...for delivery, and he could not be a lighterman or river-carrier; there was no clue to what he looked for, but he looked for something, with a most int... ...d were seeking what they often sought. Half savage as the man showed, with no covering on his matted head, with his brown arms bare to between the elb... ...her well afore the sweep of it.’ T rusting to the girl’ s skill and making no use of the rudder, he eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention. S... ... ‘Here! and give me hold of the sculls. I’ll take the rest of the spell.’ ‘No, no, father! No! I can’ t indeed. Father!—I cannot sit so near it!’ He w... ... of Gaffer’ s boat and holding to it. ‘He’s had touches enough not to want no more, as well as I make him out, Gaffer! Been a knocking about with a pr... ...fer’s boat. ‘Easy does it, betwixt us. Shall I take him aboard, pardner?’ ‘No,’ said the other. In so surly a tone that the man, after a blank stare, ...

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...ired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ?and what is the use of a book,? thought Alice ?without pictures or conversation??...

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...nce or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it had no pictures or conversations in it, ‘and what is the use of a book,’ thou... ...s not a very good opportunity for showing off her knowl edge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) ‘—yes... ...tance— but then I wonder what Latitude or Longitude I’ve got to?’ (Alice had no idea what Latitude was, or Longitude either, but thought they were nic... ...heads downward! The An tipathies, I think—’ (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) ‘—... ...d manage it?) ‘And what an ignorant little girl she’ll think me for asking! No, it’ll never do to ask: perhaps I shall see it written up somewhere.’ ... ... at tea time. Dinah my dear! I wish you were down here with me! There are no mice in the air, I’m afraid, but you might catch a bat, and that’s ver... ...ng!’ She was close behind it when she turned the corner, but the Rabbit was no longer to be seen: she found herself in a long, low hall, which was l... ...ink that very few things indeed were really impossible. There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half... ...‘Drink me,’ but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. ‘No, I’ll look first,’ she said, ‘and see whether it’s marked “poison” or ...

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... so wan with care, Finde we a time for frighted Peace to pant, And breath shortwinded accents of new broils To be commenc?d in Stronds afarre remote: No more the thirsty entrance of this Soile, Shall daube her lippes with her owne childrens blood: No more shall trenching Warre channell her fields, Nor bruise her Flowrets with the Armed hoofes Of hostile paces. Those oppose...

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...f new broils 8 To be commenc’d in Stronds a- farre remote: 9 No more the thirsty entrance of this Soile, 10 Shall daube her lippes... ...e, 10 Shall daube her lippes with her owne childrens blood: 11 No more shall trenching Warre channell her fields, 12 Nor bruise her ... ...l now in mutuall well- beseeming rankes 19 March all one way, and be no more oppos’d 20 Against Acquaintance, Kindred, and Allies. 21 ... ... Allies. 21 The edge of Warre, like an ill- sheathed knife, 22 No more shall cut his Master. Therefore Friends, 23 As farre as to th... ...unne himselfe a faire 124 hot Wench in Flame- coloured Taffata; I see no reason, 125 why thou shouldest bee so superfluous, to demaund the ... ...wilte 132 haue none. 133 Prin. What, none? 134 Fal. No, not so much as will serue to be Prologue to 135 an Egge and Butter... ... Prin. Did I euer call for thee to pay thy part? 165 Fal. No, Ile giue thee thy due, thou hast paid al there. 166 Prin. Yea ... ...First Part of Henry the Fourth Shakespeare: First Folio 174 Prin. No, thou shalt. 175 Fal. Shall I? O rare! Ile be a braue Iudge. 1... ... Fal. Yea, for obtaining of suites, whereof the Hang-man 184 hath no leane Wardrobe. I am as Melancholly as a 185 Gyb- Cat, or a lugg’d ...

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...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closi...

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...LOOK OUT IN THESE TIMES OF OURS, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable ap- pearance, with ... ...ands, and his hands loose in his waistband, kept an eager look out. He had no net, hook, or line, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cus... ...ne, and he could not be a fisherman; his boat had no cushion for a sitter, no paint, no inscription, no appliance beyond a rusty boathook and a coil o... ...for delivery, and he could not be a lighterman or river-carrier; there was no clue to what he looked for, but he looked for something, with a most int... ...d were seeking what they often sought. Half savage as the man showed, with no covering on his matted head, with his brown arms bare to between the elb... ...her well afore the sweep of it.’ T rusting to the girl’ s skill and making no use of the rudder, he eyed the coming tide with an absorbed attention. S... ... ‘Here! and give me hold of the sculls. I’ll take the rest of the spell.’ ‘No, no, father! No! I can’ t indeed. Father!—I cannot sit so near it!’ He w... ... of Gaffer’ s boat and holding to it. ‘He’s had touches enough not to want no more, as well as I make him out, Gaffer! Been a knocking about with a pr... ...fer’s boat. ‘Easy does it, betwixt us. Shall I take him aboard, pardner?’ ‘No,’ said the other. In so surly a tone that the man, after a blank stare, ...

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...fter graduating from Bowdoin College, Hawthorne published his first romance, ?Fanshawe.? It was issued at Boston by Marsh & Capen, but made little or no impression on the public. The motto on the title-page of the original was from Southey: ?Wilt thou go on with me??...

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...HORNE INTR INTR INTR INTR INTRODUCT ODUCT ODUCT ODUCT ODUCTOR OR OR OR ORY NO Y NO Y NO Y NO Y NOTE TE TE TE TE In 1828, three years after graduating ... ..., “Fanshawe.” It was issued at Boston by Marsh & Capen, but made little or no impression on the public. The motto on the title-page of the original wa... ... its reputation has been eclipsed, have sprung up since its foundation. At no time, indeed, during an existence of nearly a century, has it acquired a... ...uced to the reader, had borne the matrimonial yoke (and in his case it was no light burden) nearly twenty years. The blessing of children, however, ha... ...re (to reverse the words of Queen Elizabeth) there was “but one master and no mis- tress”; and that man has little right to complain who pos- sesses s... ... of the charge. The doctor, after perusing the epistle of his friend, lost no time in laying it before Mrs. Melmoth, though this was, in truth, one of... ...were country-bred,” continued the lady, “we might give her house-room, and no harm done. Nay, she might even be a help to me; for Esther, our maid-ser... ...cipated with pleasure the arrival of a new subject to her authority, threw no difficulties in the way of his intention. To do her justice, her prepara... ...only a woman’s true affection could have suggested. The traveller met with no incidents impor- tant to this tale; and, after an absence of about a for...

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...Excerpt: You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings. I arrived here yesterday, and my first task is to assure my dear sister of my welfare and increasing confidence...

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...ville, England St. Petersburgh, Dec. 11th, 17 You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you h... ...nce between walking the deck and remaining seated motionless for hours, when no exercise prevents the blood from actually freezing in your veins. I ha... ... no exercise prevents the blood from actually freezing in your veins. I have no ambition to lose my life on the post road between St. Petersburgh and ... ... the absence of the object of which I now feel as a most severe evil, I have no friend, Margaret: when I am glowing with the enthusiasm of success, th... ...here will be none to participate my joy; if I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavour to sustain me in dejection. I shall com mit my th... ...e romantic, my dear sister, but I bitterly feel the want of a friend. I have no one near me, gentle yet courageous, possessed of a cultivated as well ... ...regulate my mind. Well, these are useless complaints; I shall certainly find no friend on the wide ocean, nor even here in Archangel, among merchants... ...nd professional preju dices, unsoftened by cultivation, retains some of the no blest endowments of humanity. I first became acquainted with him on b... ...oing to unexplored regions, to “the land of mist and snow,” but I shall kill no albatross; therefore do not be alarmed for my safety or if I should co...

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...Excerpt: Louis Lambert was born at Montoire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his precocious bent for study modified the paternal decision. For, indeed, the tanner and his wife adored Louis, their only child, and never contradicted h...

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...toire, a little town in the Vendomois, where his father owned a tannery of no great magnitude, and intended that his son should succeed him; but his p... ...ks, and he obtained them by those winning ways peculiar to children, which no one can resist. While devoting himself to these studies under no sort of... ...did not allow of their purchasing a substitute for their son, and they saw no means allowed by law for evading the con- scription but that of making h... ...ently brings forth fruit both in the understanding and character of a man; no, Louis mastered the facts, and he accounted for them after seeking out b... ...ng which is instinctive in great men; perhaps their sublime superiority is no more than the desire to devote themselves which characterizes woman, onl... ...ntleman’s neglect of the Baroness’ protege. The authoress of Corinne heard no more of her little Moses. A hundred louis, which she placed in the hands... ...ome few young minds, struck, as mine was, by the strangeness of the story. No one who had not gone through the training at our col- lege could underst... ... at the ar- rival of a new boy, a passenger suddenly embarked on the ship. No young duchess, on her first appearance at Court, was ever more spitefull... ...s new boy added fuel to our excited fancy. “If he has pigeons, he can have no pigeon-house; there is not room for another. Well, it cannot be helped,”...

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...e Latin Quarter and the Faubourg Saint-Marcel. Her house (known in the neighborhood as the Maison Vauquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that if a young man stays ther...

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...borhood as the Maison V auquer) receives men and women, old and young, and no word has ever been breathed against her respectable establishment; but, ... ...blishment; but, at the same time, it must be said that as a matter of fact no young woman has been under her roof for thirty years, and that if a youn... ...At night the wicket gate is replaced by a solid door. The little garden is no wider than the front of the house; it is shut in between the wall of the... ...in the very worst taste. The first room exhales an odor for which there is no name in the language, and which should be called the odeur de pension. T... ... about by scouring and peri- odical renewings of color. In short, there is no illusory grace left to the poverty that reigns here; it is dire, parsimo... ...surely as her lodging-house implies the existence of its mistress. You can no more imagine the one without the other, than you can think of a jail wit... ...by moral or physical suffering; but, then, Paris is in truth an ocean that no line can plumb. You may survey its surface and describe it; but no matte... ...of communication, had not come to see her for four years, and had sent her no assistance; yet she prayed to God to unseal her father’s eyes and to sof... ... to God to unseal her father’s eyes and to soften her brother’s heart, and no accusations mingled with her prayers. Mme. Couture and Mme. V auquer exh...