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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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...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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...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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...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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...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...

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...Excerpt: ?There are several objections to it, but I?ll take it if you?ll alter it,? Mr. Locket?s rather curt note had said; and there was no waste of words in the postscript in which he had added: ?If you?ll come in and see me, I?ll show you what I mean.? This communication had reached Jersey Villas by the first post, and Peter Baron had scarcely swallowed his ...

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...if you’ll alter it,” Mr. Locket’s rather curt note had said; and there was no waste of words in the postscript in which he had added: “If you’ll come ... ...editorial behest. He knew that such precipitation looked eager, and he had no desire to look eager—it was not in his interest; but how could he mainta... ...the office of that periodi- cal of some of his flights of fancy, there was no want of vividness in his occasional suspicion that he passed there 4 Si... ...nexorable earlier notes, a phrase which still rankled, about his show- ing no symptom of the faculty really creative. “You don’t seem able to keep a c... ... an incident occurring at Jersey Villas. On leaving the house (he lived at No. 3, the door of which stood open to a small front garden), he encountere... ... the house as confessedly musical. Mrs. Bundy, the earnest proprietress of No. 3, who considered her “parlours” (they were a dozen feet square), even ... ...would have reigned supreme had it not been for the singularly bad taste of No. 4. Mrs. Ryves’s piano was on the free side of the house and was regarde... ...as on the free side of the house and was regarded by Mrs. Bundy as open to no objection but that of their own gentleman, who was so reasonable. As muc... ...s so reasonable. As much, how- ever, could not be said of the gentleman of No. 4, who had not even Mr. Baron’s excuse of being “littery”(he kept a bul...

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...nd low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wide deep window seat, upon which the rain might beat, without reaching the interior of the room. And even if it had come in, there was nothing for it to...

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...the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wid... ... There was a fire at each end of this great dark apartment, but there were no chim- neys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick w... ..., and I hit him in the neck.” “You! my Lord Richard! you killed him?” “Oh, no, I only struck him. It was Osmond’s shaft that took him in the eye, and—... ... Montreuil, and this was the reason of Fru Astrida’s great prepa- rations. No sooner had she seen the haunch placed upon a spit, which a little boy wa... ...had long laid claim, but the Duke shook his head, saying that he must seek no selfish advantage, when called to judge between others. Richard was rath... ... more boldly. “You do not know this reading, noble father?” “To my sorrow, no,” said the Duke. “ And Sir Eric cannot read, nor Osmond, nor any one, an... ...ning his will, but the Duke answered him without displeasure. “It is hard, no doubt, my boy, to you now, but it will be the better for you in the end.... ...only hear read to me by a clerk, but since I have had the wish, I have had no time to learn as you have now.” “But Knights and Nobles never learn,” sa... ... sciously repeating. Duke William looked grave. “Fru Astrida must sing you no more such Sagas,” said he, “if they fill your mind with these revengeful...

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...Excerpt: Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what reception the public, our great present judge, will accord to it. Feeling almost certain of your sympathy in my pleasure, I dedicate the book to you. Ough...

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...oire. Here, madame, is one of those books which come into the mind, whence no one knows, giving pleasure to the author before he can foresee what rece... ...om Private Life), that naive relic of old Paris, has at the present moment no existence except in our said typography. The building of the Hotel-de-Vi... ...ed in 1814, leaving Jerome on the point of becoming sub-director, but with no other fortune than that prospect. The worthy Thuillier and his wife (who... ...is rhetoric and philosophy. While grinding the ministerial machine, he had no leisure to cultivate letters, still less the arts; but he acquired a rou... ...uillier, knowing that her brother abhorred read- ing, and could substitute no business for the bustle of a pub- lic office, had wisely resolved to plu... ...with his Empire switch, and holds himself so erect that his back bends in. No one, seeing Thuillier promenading on the boulevards, would take him for ... ...d her own labor, concealed the amount of her savings from Jerome,—fearing, no doubt, the extravagance of a man of gallantry. She merely paid a quota o... ...ocial crisis which presently ex- 17 Balzac tinguished their common hopes. No more successes for that handsome Thuillier in the salons of the nobles w... ...d francs, that sum can be explained by the rise in the Funds, and there is no need to have recourse to accusations more or less well founded, which ha...

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...d parties. The Pennsylvania State University and Jim Manis, editor, assume no responsibilities for its use, either in content or as an electronic tran... ...ice, Then mightst thou pause, for then I were not for thee; But having no defects, why dost abhor me? "Thou canst not see one wrinkle in my brow; ... ..., Or like a nymph, with long dishevell’d hair, Dance on the sands, and yet no footing seen: Love is a spirit all compact of fire, Not gross to sin... ...ke misty vapors when they blot the sky, Souring his cheeks, cries, "Fie! no more of love: The sun doth burn my face; I must remove." "Ay me," quot... ...ll and dead, Statue contenting but the eye alone, Thing like a man, but of no woman bred: Thou art no man, though of a man’s complexion, For men w... ...e from tempest and from rain; Then be my deer, since I am such a park; No dog shall rouse thee, though a thousand bark." At this Adonis smiles as ... ...ides his angry brow; Looks on the dull earth with distrubed mind, Taking no notice that she is so nigh, For all askance he holds her in his eye. 1... ...art on fire: The sea hath bounds, but deep desire hath none; Therefore no marvel though thy horse be gone. 18 "How like a jade he stood, tied to ... ... your feigned tears, your flattery; For where a heart is hard, they make no battery." "What! canst thou talk?" quoth she, "hast thou a tongue? O, wo...

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...n of a sick-room. Before I had been confined to it many days, everything else seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really divided by years. In falling ill, I seemed to have crossed a dark lake and to have left all my experiences, mingled together by the great distance, on ...

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...se seemed to have retired into a remote distance where there was little or no separation between the various stages of my life which had been really d... ...for myself and could have heard (or so I think now) that I was dying, with no other emotion than with a pitying love for those I left behind—this stat... ...ht as it twinkled on me once more, and knew with a boundless joy for which no words are rapturous enough that I should see again. I had heard my Ada c... ...and imploring to be let in to nurse and comfort me and to leave my bedside no more; but I had only said, when I could speak, “Never, my sweet girl, ne... ... and evening and could put them to my lips and lay my cheek upon them with no fear of hurting her. I could see my little maid, so tender and so carefu... ...at. My guardian had throughout been earnest to visit me, and there was now no good reason why I should deny myself that happiness. He came one morning... ...d read of Caddy in Ada’s letters, but not of Richard. I told him so. “Why, no, my dear,” he replied. “I have thought it better not to mention it to he... ...them by the extinction of my own original right (which I can’t either, and no human power ever can, anyhow, I believe, to such a pass have we got), I ... ...bsent mirrors, but not much, for I knew my loving girl would be changed by no change in my looks. “Dear guardian,” said I, “as I have shut her out so ...

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...Excerpt: The reader must not expect to know where I live. At present, it is true, my abode may be a question of little or no import to anybody; but if I should carry my readers with me, as I hope to do, and there should spring up between them and me feelings of homely affection and regard attaching something of interest to matters ever so slight...

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...here I live. At present, it is true, my abode may be a question of little or no import to anybody; but if I should carry my read ers with me, as I ho... ...s I can never be, for all mankind are my kindred, and I am on ill terms with no one member of my great family. But for many years I have led a lonely,... ...st— ay, of downright hatred too. But when in course of time they found I did no harm, but, on the contrary, inclined towards them despite their unjust... ...hem despite their unjust usage, they began to relent. I found my foot steps no longer dogged, as they had often been before, and observed that the wo... ...ged, as they had often been before, and observed that the women and children no longer retreated, but would stand and gaze at me as I passed their doo... ... whim of mine, when I first took up my abode in this place, to acknowl edge no other name than Humphrey. With my detrac tors, I was Ugly Humphrey. W... ...ion of childish grace and beauty, and a strong love for it, but I was. I had no thought that I remember, either that I possessed it myself or that I l... ...hat declaration. I spend many hours of every day in solitude and study, have no friends or change of friends but these, only see them at stated period... ...IME, that is to say, in this our time,—the exact year, month, and day are of no matter,—there dwelt in the city of London a substantial citizen, who u...

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...ent before dinner! Oh, horrible! oh, horrible! most horrible!? ?Sylvia, you know I hate hearing Hamlet profaned.? ?You can?t hate it more than having no one to hear our lessons.?...

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... know I hate hearing Hamlet profaned.” “You can’t hate it more than having no one to hear our lessons.” “That makes you do it. What on earth can Mary ... ...ngst her cousins, calling Mr. and Mrs. Wardour Papa and Mamma, and feeling no difference be- tween their love to their own five children and to her. M... ...followed, Sylvia looking on, and making suggestions; for in fact there was no quiet pastime more relished by the two cousins than draw- ing stories, a... ...giving any sort of heed to her performances to note the manner, and needed no more en- couragement to set her tongue off. “Lady Ethelinda, Papa. She i... ...d looking appealingly up, cried out, “O Mary, Mary! have I been naughty?” “No, my dear,” said Mr. Wardour; “but we have heard a very strange piece of ... ...as the chil- dren scarcely ever did, for he seldom made many caresses; “Oh no, never! Doesn’t Caergwent Castle belong to me? Then you must all come an... ...at proper care is taken of young heirs and heiresses and their estates, if no one have been ap- pointed by their parents to do so; and it is this cour... ...ou upon the melancholy ’ oh, what is it, Sylvia?” “The melancholy comet!” “No, no; nonsense.” “Melancholy event,” suggested Mary. “Yes, to be sure. I ... ...r; and she was subdued directly. “Shall I read it to you?” said Mary. “Oh, no, no!” Kate was too proud of her letter to give it up, and applied hersel...

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...t. Bob Redforth (he?s my cousin, and shaking the table on purpose) wanted to be the editor of it; but I said he shouldn?t because he couldn?t. He has no idea of being an editor....

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...to be the editor of it; but I said he shouldn’t because he couldn’t. He has no idea of being an editor. Nettie Ashford is my bride. We were married i... ...ing her so obstinate, he had said to her, ‘Die, recreant!’ but had found her no more open to reason on that point than the other. My blooming bride ap... ...‘Hah! What syllable?’ was my inquiry. ‘She asks, can she write the word? And no; you see she “Holiday Romance” Charles Dickens 4 couldn’t,’ said th... ...ittering, on a matter of life or death, called upon me to plead, ‘Coward or no coward, guilty or not guilty?’ I pleaded in a firm tone, ‘No coward an... ... the same point, but the admiral knew where to wound me. Be still, my soul, no mat ter. The colonel was then brought forward with his evidence. It w... ... the turning point of my case. Shaking myself free of my guards, who had no business to hold me, the stupids, unless I was found guilty, I as... ...s lost the field might be quitted without disgrace. I was going to be found ‘No coward and not guilty,’ and my blooming bride was going to be publicl... ...ession, when an unlooked for event disturbed the general rejoicing. This was no other than the Emperor of France’s aunt catching hold of his hair. The... ...eaking, till at length the bride of the colonel poutingly observed, ‘It’s of no use pretending any more, and we had better give it up.’ ‘Hah!’ exclaim...

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...Excerpt: Sydney Spring. My dear sir, your letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superintendent of Public Instruction, but through him Egypt made a most valuable contribution to the convention. I think it may be fairly said that he came off the lion of the day--or rather of ...

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... DEAR SIR:—Y our letter introducing Mr. Faree was duly received. There was no opening to nominate him for Superin- tendent of Public Instruction, but ... ...g the attack of the Times upon me was received this morning. Give yourself no concern about my voting against the supplies. Unless you are without fai... ...D, Aug. 5, 1858. HON. J. M. PALMER. DEAR SIR:—Since we parted last evening no new thought has occurred to [me] on the subject of which we talked most ... ...democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy. A. LINCOLN. TO B. C. COOK. SPRINGFIELD, August 2, 1858 HON. B... ...consent of the governed. If that is not popu- lar sovereignty, then I have no conception of the meaning of words. If Judge Douglas did not invent this... ...selves, and a lot of “niggers,” too, if they wanted them? Clearly this was no invention of his be- cause General Cass put forth the same doctrine in 1... ...- nificant, we are very foolish to have anything to do with it—if it is of no importance we had better throw it aside and busy ourselves with somethin... ... of the Nebraska bill would tran- quilize the whole country—there would be no more slavery agitation in or out of Congress, and the vexed question wou... ...ssociate with them on terms of perfect equality. He knows that we advocate no such doctrines as these, but he cares not how much he misrepresents us i...

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...Excerpt: Accusations of ingratitude, and just accusations no doubt, are made against every inhabitant of this wicked world, and the fact is, that a man who is ceaselessly engaged in its trouble and turmoil, borne hither and thither upon the fierce waves of the crowd, bustling, shift...

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...akepeace Thackeray Reprinted from the W estminster Review for June, 1840. (No 66.) A ccusations of ingratitude, and just accusations no doubt, are mad... ...re likely to be jostled to death, and then forgotten. The world will allow no such compromises between it and that which does not belong to it—no two ... ...s the wisdom not to give up his quiet in quest of visionary gain. Here is, no doubt, the reason why a man, after the period of his boyhood, or first y... ...e the privilege of discoursing upon whatever subject shall suit us, and by no means admit the public has any right to ask in our sentences for any mea... ...ormer. The composition writhes and twists about like the Kermes of Rubens. No less than seven little men and women in nightcaps, in frocks, in bibs, i... ...ps, and merry, harmless sprites,—where are they? Fairburn’s shop knows him no more; not only has Knight dis- appeared from Sweeting’s Alley, but, as w... ...d cause one to smile in a quiet, gentleman-like kind of way. There must be no smiling with Cruikshank. A man who does not laugh outright is a dullard,... ...g with Cruikshank. A man who does not laugh outright is a dullard, and has no heart; even the old dandy of sixty must have laughed at his own wondrous... ...n, and at the proper moment, honest Diggory is sure to explode. Every man, no doubt, who loves Cruikshank has his “Grouse in the Gun-room.” There is a...

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...ul Overt as to introduce him to this view, after asking him if he wished first to go to his room. The young man declined that privilege, conscious of no disrepair from so short and easy a journey and always liking to take at once a general perceptive possession of a new scene. He stood there a little with his eyes on the group and on the admirable picture, the wide grounds...

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...t to go to his room. The young man declined that privi- lege, conscious of no disrepair from so short and easy a journey and always liking to take at ... ...h yes, I know; thank you.” General Fancourt was dis- tinguished, there was no doubt of that, for something he 4 The Lesson of the Master had done, or... ...s a veil. When Paul Overt became aware that the people under the trees had no- ticed him he turned back through the open doors into the great gallery ... ...lights, amid names of persons and places -names which, for our friend, had no great power of evocation. It was all sociable and slow, 6 The Lesson of... ...leasant an occasion would in every way speak for itself. She of- fered him no particular facility for sitting by her, and when they had all subsided a... ... general diffusion of the air of the gentleman -the gentleman committed to no particular set of ideas. More than once, on returning to his own country... ...f “drawn to”—perhaps he was 11 Henry James wrong—he found himself adding “No wonder they con- ceal it—when it’s so bad!” He noted that oftener than i... ...s at all— he isn’t ridiculous.” “I’m afraid you consider then that I am.” “No, I don’t”—she spoke it rather shortly. And then she added: “He understan... ...ss trivial: “Do you sup- pose he understands his wife?” Miss Fancourt made no direct answer, but after a moment’s hesitation put it: “Isn’t she charmi...

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... love. Val. ?Tis true; for you are over- bootes in love, And yet you never swom the Hellespont. Pro. Over the Bootes? nay give me not the Boots. Val. No, I will not; for it boots thee not....

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... Pro. Ouer the Bootes? nay giue me not the Boots. 31 Val. No, I will not; for it boots thee not. 32 Pro. What? 33 ... ...d thither will I bring thee Valentine. 60 Val. Sweet Protheus, no: Now let vs take our leaue: 61 To Millaine let me heare from thee... ...ut I seeke my Master, and my 92 Master seekes not me: therefore I am no Sheepe. 93 Pro. The Sheepe for fodder follow the Shepheard, 9... ...s to set it toge-ther, 121 take it for your paines. 122 Pro. No, no, you shall haue it for bearing the letter. 123 Sp. Well, I ... ...? 136 Sp. Sir, I could perceiue nothing at all from her; 137 No, not so much as a ducket for deliuering your letter: 138 And being ... ...feare she’ll proue as hard to you in telling your minde. 140 Giue her no token but stones, for she’s as hard as steele. 141 Pro. What sa... ...hard as steele. 141 Pro. What said she, nothing? 142 Sp. No, not so much as take this for thy pains: 143 To testifie your bount... ... I thinke him best. 175 Iul. Your reason? 176 Lu. I haue no other but a womans reason: 177 I thinke him so, because I thinke hi... ...99 There: take the paper: see it be return’d, 200 Or else returne no more into my sight. 201 Lu. To plead for loue, deserues more fe...

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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?? So she was considering in her own mind (as well as she could, for the hot day made her feel very sleepy an...

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... 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,’ th... ...or showing off 4 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) ‘—y... ...distance—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 n... ...heir heads downward! The Antipathies, I think—’ (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) ... ...ould 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.... ... milk 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 v... ...tting!’ 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 ... ...o think 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, ha... ...ay ‘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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...suruiue my well contented daie, 34 -- 33: Full many a glorious morning haue I seene, 35 -- 34: Why didst thou promise such a beautious day, 36 -- 35: No more bee greeu?d at that which thou hast done, 37 -- 36: Let me confesse that we two must be twaine, 38 -- 37: As a decrepit father takes delight, 39 -- 38: How can my Muse want subiect to inuent, 40 -- 39: Oh how thy wort...

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... 34: Why didst thou promise such a beautious day . . . . . . . . . 37 35: No more bee greeu’d at that which thou hast done . . . . . . . . . . 38 36... ... Thy guift, thy tables, are within my braine . . . . . . . . . . 125 123: No Time, thou shalt not bost that I doe change . . . . . . . . . . 126 124... ... a makelesse wife, The world wilbe thy widdow and still weepe, That thou no forme of thee hast left behind, When euery priuat widdow well may keepe... ...aste hath in the world an end, And kept vnvsde the vser so destroyes it: No loue toward others in that bosome sits That on himselfe such murdrous s... ...your selfe, but loue you are O that you were your selfe, but loue you are No longer yours, then you your selfe here liue, Against this cumming end y... ...e to some other giue. So should that beauty which you hold in lease Find no determination, then you were Your selfe again after your selfes decease... ... The region cloude hath mask’d him from me now. Yet him for this, my loue no whit disdaineth, Suns of the world may staine, whe[n] heauens sun stain... ...h the cloude thou breake, To dry the raine on my storme-beaten face, For no man well of such a salue can speake, That heales the wound, and cures n... ... 34: Why didst thou promise such a beautious day Shakespeare: Sonnets 35: No more bee greeu’d at that which thou hast done No more bee greeu’d at tha...

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...Or A Chronicle of Mistakes By Charlotte M. Yonge Fail—yet rejoice, because no less The failure that makes thy distress May teach another full success.... ...ing for work was strong, and I fear it actuates her more than she knows.’ ‘No such thing. It is a case of good hearty love. What, are you afraid of th... ... am. I grudge her giving her fresh whole young heart away to a man who has no return to make. His heart is in his first wife’s grave. Yes, you may smi... ...not afraid of her doing any harm by it, if that is what you suspect me of. No, indeed; but I fear it may make her feel any trials of her position more... ...e Albinia. How sick the poor child must be of our arguments, when there is no real objection, and she is so much attached! Have you heard anything abo... ...d up his head since; he had a terrible relapse.’ ‘And,’ said Winifred, ‘he no sooner recovers than he goes and marries our Albinia!’ ‘T wo years, my d... ...considered—thrown himself away on a little lively lady of Irish parentage, no equal in birth or fortune, in their opinion, for the grandson of Lord Be... ...ee his face, as he leant back silently in his corner, and she tried to say no more. She was sure that coming home was painful to him; he had been so w... ...anly a manner, and her head and face looked too large; moreover, there was no lighting-up to answer the greeting, and Albinia was disappointed. Poor c...