...liot 1872 To my dear Husband, George Henry Lewes, in this nineteenth year of our blessed union. Contents Book I — Miss Brooke . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...arch 1 Book I Miss Brooke Prelude W ho that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiment... ...c reality met them in the shape of uncles, and turned them back from their great resolve. That child pilgrimage was a fit beginning. Theresa’s passion... ...on and her own rule of conduct there; she was en amoured of intensity and greatness, and rash in embracing whatever seemed to her to have those aspec... ...great part in men’s lives, but in most cases the worshipper longs for some queenly recognition, some approving sign by which his soul’s sovereign may ... ...ntury before, to sensibilities thus fenced in, Mr. Casaubon had thought of annexing happiness with a lovely young bride; but even before marriage, as ... ...he title aloud with pompous emphasis as if he were offering it for sale: “‘Anne of Geierstein’ (pronounced Jeersteen) or the ‘Maiden of the Mist, by t... ...s a sailor every inch of him, and just the man to rule over an island like Britain. Old Featherstone had often reflected as he sat looking at the fire t... ...ithin him, he might have boasted after the example of old Drayton, that,— “Queens hereafter might be glad to live Upon the alms of her superfluous prai...

...Excerpt: Prelude; Who that cares much to know the history of man, and how the mysterious mixture behaves under the varying experiments of Time, has not dwelt, at least briefly, on the life of Saint Theresa, has not smiled with some gentleness at the thought of the little girl walkin...

...Table of Contents: Book I ?Miss Brooke, 1 -- Prelude, 1 -- Chapter I., 3 -- Chapter II., 10 -- Chapter III., 16 -- Chapter IV., 25 -- Chapter V., 31 -- Chapter VI., 38 -- Chapter VII., 47 -- Chapter VIII., 51 -- Chapter IX., 55 -- ...

...Robert Louis Stevenson (1912 Chatto and Windus edition) is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furni... ...ity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ill now frank the traveller through the most of North America, through the greater South Sea Islands, in India, along much of the coast of Africa, and... ...The name Yankee, of which he is so tenacious, is used over the most of the great Union as a term of reproach. The Yankee States, of which he is so sta... ...of the country to teach rather a moral than a material criterion for life. Britain is altogether small, the mere taproot of her extended empire: Scotl... ... wonder- ful creatures, mem,” he said once. “They just mind me o’ what the Queen of Sheba said to Solomon – and I think she said it wi’ a sigh, – ‘The... ...kettle. In these moods he has an elegant homeliness that rings of the true Queen Anne. I know another person who attains, 73 Memories and Portraits i... .... In these moods he has an elegant homeliness that rings of the true Queen Anne. I know another person who attains, 73 Memories and Portraits in his ...

...books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its exten...

...ER VII: THE MANSE .......................................................................................................... 48 CHAPTER VIII: MEMOIRS OF AN ISLET .................................................................................... 53 CHAPTER IX: THOMAS STEVENSON ? CIVIL ENGINEER...................................................... 58 CHAPTER X: TALK AND TA...

...ions E-books ' 2001, Global Language Resources, Inc. Coleridge: Poems Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Easter Holidays . . . ... ...Sonnet to the Autumnal Moon . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Anthem for the Children of Christ’s Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Julia . .... ...rise, in the Vale of Chamouni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 The Good, Great Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342 Reply to the above . . ... ...s fierce! I am calcined! I die! - 9 - The Nose Coleridge: Poems Thus, like great Pliny, in Vesuvius’ fire, I perish in the blaze while I the blaze ... ...: Poems Shall boast one independent soul! And still, as erst, let favour’d Britain be First ever of the first and freest of the free! 1 Stanzas s... ...ntly small, and of complexion colourless yet clear, was proclaimed the Faery Queen. On which occasion the following Irregular Ode was written. Whom t... ...dolence and Fancy brought, A youthful Bard, ‘‘unknown to Fame,’’ Wooes the Queen of Solemn Thought, And heaves the gentle misery of a sigh Gazing ... ...but the to-morrow is yet to come. As a contrast to this vision, I have annexed a fragment of a very different character, describing with equal f... ... so wild and slow, That his own cheek is wet with quiet tears. But O, dear Anne! when midnight wind careers, And the gust pelting on the out-house ...

...Excerpt: Easter Holidays; Hail! festal Easter that dost bring Approach of sweetly-smiling spring, When Nature?s clad in green: When feather?d songsters through the grove With beasts confess the power of love And brighten all the scene. Now youths the breaking stages load That swiftly rattling o?...

...Table of Contents: Easter Holidays, 1 -- Dura Navis, 2 -- Nil Pejus est Caelibe Vit‘, 4 -- Sonnet to the Autumnal Moon, 5 -- Anthem for the Children of Christ?s Hospital, 6 -- Julia, 7 -- Quae Nocent Docent, 8 -- The Nose, 9 -- To ...

...n Letters on England by Voltaire (Francois Marie Arouet) is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnis... ...sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in a... ...ear 1694. He lived until within ten or eleven years of the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and was a chief leader in the movement of thought ... ...sm a Jewish ceremony?” “Yes, my friend,” says he, “so truly Jewish, that a great many Jews use the bap- tism of John to this day. Look into ancient au... ...this light spread itself in England in 1642. It was at the time when Great Britain was torn to pieces by the intestine wars which three or four sects ... .... This zeal was pretty violent under the T ories in the four last years of Queen Anne; but was productive of no greater mischief than the breaking the... ... zeal was pretty violent under the T ories in the four last years of Queen Anne; but was productive of no greater mischief than the breaking the windo... ...eligious rage ceased in England with the civil wars, and was no more under Queen Anne than the hol- low noise of a sea whose billows still heaved, tho... ...us rage ceased in England with the civil wars, and was no more under Queen Anne than the hol- low noise of a sea whose billows still heaved, though so...

...Introduction: Francois Marie Arouet, who called himself Voltaire, was the son of Francois Arouet of Poitou, who lived in Paris, had given up his office of notary two years before the birth of this his third son, and obtained some years afterwards a treasurer?s office in the Chambre des Comptes. Voltair...

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