...ARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Love and Life by Charlotte M. Yonge is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, ... ...harge of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...l a very late period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, howe... ...ther;—but at that moment Corporal Palmer knocked at the door, bring- ing a basin of soup for his master, and announcing “Supper is served, young ladie... ...rchway con- ducting the traveller into a courtyard worthy of Chaucer, with ranges of galleries running round it, the balustrades of dark carved oak su... ... arm was broken, set out to send the groom for the doctor—he being used to range the park at night. The stupid fellow, coming home half tipsy from the... ...vate apartment. There were pictures on the walls, and long ranks of chairs ranged round, and card-tables were set out in order. The ladies sat in rows... ... Aurelia felt so grimed and dusty that she ventured to beg for an ewer and basin; but her amiable hostess snarled out that she had enough to do withou...

...to the Second Edition. The first edition of this tale was put forth without explaining the old fable on which it was founded--a fable recurring again and again in fairy myths, though not traceable in the classic world till a very late period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, however,...

...T C H E S S K E T C H E S AUTOBIOGRAPHIC S K E T C H E S Selections, Grave and Gay, from Writings Published and Unpublished BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY A PEN... ...sylvania State Uni- versity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cious and harsh, and car- rying out the public award by means of legs that ranged through all gradations of weight and agility. One kick dif- fered ex... ...y brother, howsoever it might struggle with gratitude to themselves, would range me in martial attitude, with a pocketful of stones, meant, alas! for ... ...round, for the purpose of lashing out when he found himself within kicking range. 20 This little monster was coal black; and, in virtue of his car- ca... ... defect in the structure of the Welsh valleys; too generally they take the basin shape—the level area at their foot does not detach it- self with suff... ...ers. However, on the earnest petition of Scaliger, he made an order that a basin or other vessel of cold water should be produced. His household bowed... ...water should be produced. His household bowed to this judgment, and a slop basin was cautiously introduced. “What!” said Scaliger, “only one, and we s...

...Excerpt: My dear sir, I am on the point of revising and considerably altering, for republication in England, an edition of such amongst my writings as it may seem proper deliberately to avow. Not that I have any intention, or consciously any reason, expressly to disown any one...

... FIRST REBELLION.......................................................................................... 206 CHAPTER X: FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND REBELLION............ 227 CHAPTER XI: TRAVELLING.................................................................................................... 243 CHAPTER XII: MY BROTHER ........................................

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...sent in Rome.” Montaigne, in his new employment, the most important in the province, obeyed the axiom, that a man may not refuse a duty, though it abs... ... rather than clever: give me content, even if I am not to be so wide in my range. This is the reason, Monsieur, why, although persons of an ingenious ... ... the contrary, every one will rather choose to be prating of another man’s province than his own, thinking it so much new reputation acquired; wit- ne... ... went down, caused her to vomit, and, unseen, threw a crooked pin into the basin, which the woman no sooner saw, but believing she had cast it up, she... ...ocritus’ cattle eat his corn and spoil his fields, whilst his soaring mind ranges abroad without the body.”—Horace, Ep., i, 12, 12.] But let us hear w... ... ex- cepted, they go pretty far towards kingship; for do but look into the provinces remote from court, as Brittany for ex- ample; take notice of the ...

...ves, The Adventures of a French Prisoner in England by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable ... ...- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this ... ...y Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of ... ...on Princes Street, as they passed briskly to and fro—met, greeted, and bowed to each other—or entered and left the shops, which are in that quarter, a... ...ompan- ions, and stood studying the snuff in a frame of mind be- tween triumph and chagrin. All had gone well with my flight: the masterful lady who h... ...ll the tale of Tweedie’s dog so as to deceive a native. At the same time, I was afraid my name of St. Ives was scarcely suitable; till I remembered th... ...me distance to creak along the high-road, and I to follow it in amazement, which was soon exchanged for horror. At the corner of a lane the proces- si... ...probably served as a library, for there were traces of shelves along the wainscot. Four or five mattresses lay on the floor in a corner, with a frowsy... ...ss as I gave it to him. ‘Now,’ said I. ‘Here is the key for you; I will hold the lid with both hands in the meanwhile.’ He turned the key. ‘Bring up a...

... Vailima Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document fil... ...he Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document fil... ...leton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in... ...ive you to-day. I sleep now in one of the lower rooms of the new house, where my wife has recently joined me. We have two beds, an empty case for a ta... ...terms we are on; let him look up our first corre- spondence, and he will see I reserved explicitly, as was my habit, the right to republish as I choos... ...ican Consul …. I went to bed at Haggard’s, came suddenly broad awake, and lay sleep- less the live night. It fell chill, I had only a sheet, and had ... ... which brought me, by all sorts of forest wading, to an open space of palms. These were of all ages, but mostly at that age when the branches arch fro... ...en who were most of them old and in ill-health. Conceive how much I was surprised and touched when I heard the whole scheme explained to me. They were...

...on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her hus band that she could not go on living in... ...the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of thei... ...ot only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their family and household, were painfully conscious of it. Every person in the house ... ...of his mother’s fortune, and the last scandal, when he had gone to a western province in an official capacity, and there had got into trouble for assau... ...e was used to. “Impossible!” he cried, letting down the pedal of the washing basin in which he had been sousing his healthy red neck. “Impossible!” he... ...ng reminiscences. These wounds never healed. And with these memories was now ranged his rejection and the pitiful position in which he must have appea... ...e roused to struggle against this, as it seemed, elemental force continually ranged against him, for which he could find no other expression than “as G... ...e racers could leap or wade through as they preferred. Three times they were ranged ready to start, but each time some horse thrust itself out of line... ...I — Chapter 3 641 expanses in the East. “One may easily be led into error in basing any conclusion on the general vocation of a people,” said Metrov, ...

... Oblonskys? house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their f...

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...urt for two hundred years; they were lords para- mount in the estates of a province where the people looked up to them with superstitious awe, as to t... ...worn out with grief. The Nouastres came of the 7 Balzac best blood in the province; Mlle. de Nouastre was a girl of two-and-twenty; the Marquis d’Esg... ...uring 1804 and 1805, and almost every exile from the Marquis d’Esgrignon’s province came back to the land of his fathers. There were certainly defecti... ...nd overwhelming disaster; whether that I have come to understand the whole range of human feelings, and, best of all, the thoughts of Old Age and Regr... ...ghast; then, again, some profound sally, some sign of the lad’s remarkable range of intellect, would reassure him. He would say, as the Marquis said a... ...ittle flower-cov- ered brick house, as dull a life as any carp in a marble basin. Michu and Camusot also received the Cross of the Legion of Honor, wh...

...ication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this ... ...e and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the... ...g student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...bert Louis Stevenson string band. His repertory of songs was, besides, inexhaust- ible, and ranged impartially from the very best to the very worst wi... ...ll thick and resonant, to reach a lavatory on the other side of the court. There were three basin-stands, and a few crumpled towels and pieces of wet ... ...lies open before him into the distance, and shows him the far-off spires of some city, or a range of mountain-tops, or a rim of sea, perhaps, along a ... ...nd threw quite a glow on the floor. Twelve cockle-shells and a half-penny china figure were ranged solemnly along the mantel-shelf. Even the spittoon ... ...woodland scene in words. Your tree stands in a hollow paved with fern and heather, set in a basin of low hills, and scattered over with rocks and juni... ...trees, a considerable variety of level, several well-grown hedges to divide our garden into provinces, a good extent of old well-set turf, and thicket...

...irit, but looking askance on each other as on possible enemies. A few Scandinavians, who had already grown acquainted on the North Sea, were friendly and voluble over their long pipes; but among English speakers distance and suspicion reigned supreme. The sun was soon overclouded, the wind freshened and grew sharp as we continued to descend the widening estuary; and with t...

... Twenty Years After (The Third Volume of The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Dumas is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State ... ...lexandre Dumas is a publica- tion of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any k... ...s Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201- 1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project t... ...served Ma- dame de Chevreuse, “your teeth are terrible.” “You are unjust to a great poet, it seems to me,” Raoul ventured to say. “A great poet! come,... ... brought the news. He fell back, almost fainting, in his chair. “Escaped? Monsieur de Beaufort escaped?” “My lord, I saw him run off from the top of t... ...ery instant estranged him further and that perhaps he had even left them forever. With a full heart and burning head he desired Olivain to lead on the... ...ward the square before the church. “Stop!” he said, “there he is at his post.” Gondy looked at the spot indicated and perceived a beg- gar seated in a... ...e to, therefore gratitude is on our side. But we must not lose time. We have already wasted too much.” The king again shook hands with all three, exch... ... as a hun- dred pistoles.” The two prisoners were at this point of their conversa- tion when Comminges entered, preceded by a sergeant and two men, wh...

...ber of the Palais Royal, formerly styled the Palais Cardinal, a man was sitting in deep reverie, his head supported on his hands, leaning over a gilt and inlaid table which was covered with letters and papers. Behind this figure glowed a vast fireplace alive with leaping flames; great logs of oak blazed and crackled on the polished brass andirons whose flicker shone upon t...

... summer afternoon. Part of the afternoon had waned, but much of it was left, and what was left was of the finest and rarest quality. Real dusk would no... ...dows were long upon the smooth, dense turf. They lengthened slowly, however, and the scene expressed that sense of leisure still to come which is perh... ...of pleasure. The persons concerned in it were taking their pleasure quietly, and they were not of the sex which is supposed to furnish the regular vot... ... and an expression of placid acuteness. It was evidently a face in which the range of rep resentation was not large, so that the air of contented shr... ...grey eyes, a little too firm perhaps in her graver moments, had an enchanting range of concession. They walked slowly up one side of the gallery and do... ... shyness of demeanour, and of having, as she thought, eyes like the balanced basins, the circles of “ornamental water,” set, in parterres, among the g... ... bribe and yet turning away from it. Sometimes Caspar Goodwood had seemed to range himself on the side of her destiny, to be the stubbornest fact she ... ...a friend so honourably old that he vaguely asked himself what queer temporal province she was annexing. He exchanged greetings with Mr. Osmond, to who...

...ish country-house, in what I should call the perfect middle of a splendid summer afternoon. Part of the afternoon had waned, but much of it was left, and what was left was of the finest and rarest quality. Real dusk would not arrive for many hours; but the flood of summer light had begun to ebb, the air had grown mellow, the shadows were long upon the smooth, dense turf. T...

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ILLUSTRATION: BOB CRATCHIT AND TINY TIM. . . . . . . . . . . . 67 ii A CRISTMAS CAROL He had been T... ... ii A CRISTMAS CAROL He had been Tim’s blood horse all the way from church, and had come home rampant. PREFACE. I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly l... ...ch other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. Decem... ... under the table, nobody under the sofa; a small fire in the grate; spoon and basin ready; and the little saucepan of gruel (Scrooge has a cold in his ... ... a move or two, and being usually equal to the time of day, express the wide range of their capacity for adventure by observing that they are good for... ...h opposite extremes, no doubt, there lies a tolerably wide and comprehensive range of subjects. With out venturing for Scrooge quite as hardily as th... ... To Scrooge’s horror, looking back, he saw the last of the land, a frightful range of rocks, behind them; and his 42 A CRISTMAS CAROL ears were deafe... ... on the death of Jacob, his old partner, for that was Past, and this Ghost’s province was the Future. Nor could he think of any one immediately connec...

...ea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me. May it haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay it. Their faithful Friend and Servant, C. D. December, ....

... THE THREE SPIRITS, 17 -- THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS, 31 -- THE LAST OF THE THREE SPIRITS, 49 -- THE END OF IT, 61 -- ILLUSTRATION: BOB CRATCHIT AND TINY TIM., 67...

...syl- vania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...nt. Imagination had thrown open her fairy realms, and in these our spirits ranged at will, each in turn serving as magic steed to the other, the more ... ... barren shore! I find in my soul the image of the deserts where my fathers ranged, illumined by a scorching sun which shrivels up all life. Proud remn... ... glorious stock of the l’Estorades, that is all. You will be buried in the provinces. Are these the promises we made each other? Were I you, I would s... ... whirl, must demand different treatment from the more peaceful home in the provinces. But if place alters the conditions of marriage, much more does c... ...g. One single glance did I take at those beautiful wild plateaus where you range at your sweet will, and I will not tell you the tears that fell as I ... ...nd they stand, spotless and shining, amid a chaos of soap, sponges, combs, basins, blotting-paper, flannel, and all the nameless litter of a true Engl...

...Excerpt: Your name, dear George, while casting a reflected radiance on my book, can gain no new glory from this page. And yet it is neither self-interest nor diffidence which has led me to place it there, but only the wish that it should bear witness to the solid friendship between us, which has survived our wanderings and separations, and t...

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...manated from the capital, all opinions must have travelled slowly into the provinces. But even then, whilst the perfect organs of communication were w... ...pen between the great central organ of the national mind, and the remotest provinces. Parliaments were occasionally summoned, (for the judges’ circuit... ...and explicit imitation. Possibly, as we have already suggested, within the range of 80 Biographical Essays English literature Pope might have found a... ...improved in its arithmetic by Sir Isaac Newton. But in literature such ar- rangements are degrading; and, above all, in a work which was but too much ... ...t because the compass and sweep of his perfor- mances lies more within the range of ordinary judgments. Many questions that have been raised upon Milt... ...an gains his first chance of entering the po- 136 Biographical Essays lar basin, or of running ahead on the true line of approach to it. The very rea...

...Excerpt: William Shakespeare, the protagonist on the great arena of modern poetry, and the glory of the human intellect, was born at Stratford-upon- Avon, in the county of Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on th...

... HEROES OF UNKNOWN SEAS AND SAVAGE LANDS By J. W. BUEL, Author of "The Beautiful Story," "T... ...thor of "The Beautiful Story," "The Story of Man," "The Living World," "Russia and Siberia," etc. A RECORD OF THE FINDING OF ALL LANDS And Descripti... ... FOLLOWING THE FOOTSTEPS OF ADVANCING CIVILIZATION FROM THE CAVES OF BARBARISM AND THE CRUDE CORACLE TO THE CHRISTIANIZING OF THE GLOBE. DESCRIBING... ...storian has seen the supernatural visitors and described their appearance. The range of superstitious fancy is not confined to the limits of ship's de... ... and was soon afterward sent by Kubia Khan on a mission to Yunnan, which was a province in the extreme south-western part of China. THE POLOS ATTACHED... ... tassels of gold thread, and another cushion of red satin for the feet; a hand basin chased and gilded, with a ewer of the same kind, a very handsome ... ...he dense jungles of a tropical climate, among the crags and along the mountain ranges, and numbers of trembling wretches were thus apprehended and bro... ... shot and fell on the deck. For five long hours the battle was kept up at long range, and until the Buccaneers again came to close quarters, when they... ...k a rock with such great force that she was carried over and left resting in a basin between the rock which she had cleared and another that, lifting ...

...Thrilling narratives of voyages, discoveries, adventures, battles, darings and sufferings of the heroic characters, bold explorers and dauntless spirits who have made ocean history and established christian supremacy over the most savage lands of the earth. Reciting astonishing incidents and perilou...

...e Rolling Stone of History. -- Surprising revelations -- Ancient Cities that are now no more -- Effects of Cataclysms upon the human race -- The rise and fall of nations -- Cave dwellers who became masters of the world -- The first boats -- Building a strong nation -- The earliest navigators -- Evolution of the ship -- Discoveries of the ancients -- Islands of the long ago...

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ... which, consisting, for the most part, of one or two storeys (added to the range of attics which provin- cial architects love so well), looked almost ... ...d he re- main at home for more than a single day, for his keen scent could range over scores and scores of versts, and detect any fair which promised ... ...esi- dent had so much as left his bed and been served with his silver wash-basin. Nevertheless, it was only when Kopeikin had been waiting four hours ... ...selves in a retired spot. But what a spot! Imagine, if you can, a mountain range like a gigantic fortress, with embrasures and bastions which appear t... ...here stood waiting by the door his valet, Mikhailo, armed with a towel and basin. For one hour, for two hours, did poor Mikhailo stand there: then he ... ...as standing a bewhiskered butler, armed with a silver soap-dish and a hand-basin. “Do you mind if I wash in your presence?” asked the host. “By no mea...

...sylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...tion project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ... her own house. The outposts of France, as one may call the great frontier provinces, were of all localities the most devoted to the Flours de Lys. To... ... first caught the colors of the new morning in advance. But the whole vast range alike of sweep- ing glooms overhead, dwelt upon all meditative minds,... ...ting for this, amongst other features— that they do not, like some loftier ranges, repel woods: the forests and they are on sociable terms. Live and l... ...her promises, the restoration of the prostrate throne. France had become a province of England; and for the ruin of both, if such a yoke could be main... ... her attention upon myself. The victory which we were carrying down to the provinces on this occasion was the imperfect one of T alavera. I told her t... ...st demonstrably he has taken nothing yet which comes near in value to that basin of soup which many of ourselves take at the Roman hour of bathing. No...

...uncan, produced to my feelings an effect for which I never could account. The effect was, that it reflected back upon the murder a peculiar awfulness and a depth of solemnity; yet, however obstinately I endeavored with my understanding to comprehend this, for many years I never could see why it should produce such an effect....

..........................................129 On the above Theme of Sudden Death .......................................................129 Dinner, Real and Reputed ...........................................................................138...

... Ten Years Later– Volume One (The Three Musketeers) by Alexandre Duma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Un... ...re Duma [Pere] is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kin... ... Series, Jim Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to ... ...re, she did not walk — she bounded. The other, she who was writing, looked at her turbulent companion with an eye as limpid, as pure, and as blue as t... ... majesty.” “Speak on, my brother — speak on.” “Y ou know, sire, that being called in 1650 to Edinburgh, during Cromwell’s expedition into Ireland, I w... ...Artagnan. Stop, you rascals!” These last words were addressed to the lackeys who pushed and dragged him. The box stopped, and the four lackeys, with a... ...ent of Latin, nodded his head, in ca- dence, at every roll which La Fontaine impressed upon his body, according to the undulations of the dactyls and ... ...iastic success. The populace had come to witness an execution, and here was an opportunity offered them of performing one themselves. It was this that... ...n movements of earth about which the eye of a sol- dier could not be mistaken. At the two extremities of the port, in order that their fires should co...

...n the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to express...

...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ... brothers already. ’Twas that wicked young Mohun who, coming back from the provinces last year, where he had disinterred her, raved about her all the ... ... in the course of his military life. The wretched towns of the defenceless provinces, whose young men had been drafted away into the French armies, wh... ...s lifetime, when a trembling page he stood before her, with her ladyship’s basin and ewer, or crouched in her coach-step. The only fault she found wit... ...speak to her now. Did you see her at Bushy, Harry? She is furious, and she ranges about the park like a lioness, and tears people’s eyes out.” “And th...

...Excerpt: The writer of a book which copies the manners and language of Queen Anne?s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron; and I ask leave to inscribe this volume to your Lordship, for the sake of the great kindness and friendship which I owe to you and yours. My volum...

... George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Celt and Saxon by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...nnsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...good bow and short speech. Here we are, and the room’s lighted. Off to the basin, give me the key; and here’s hot water in trip- 53 George Meredith p... ... have caught Rockney’s deliberate gaze. ‘The effect of it, I’m told in the provinces is astonishing for promoting enlistment. Hear it any morning in y... ...e dancing away like harmless wood-nymphs when the Satyr slumbers. His eyes ranged over his guests despondently, and fixed in desperation on Mr. 98 Ce... ...view were not attributed to a fluctuating devotion; they passed out of the range of criticism upon inconsistency, notwithstanding that the commencemen... ...green of the earth green- ing out from under wings of shadow, the mountain ranges holding hands about an immensity of space. It was one of our giant d...

...Excerpt: A young Irish gentleman of the numerous clan O?Donnells, and a Patrick, hardly a distinction of him until we know him, had bound himself, by purchase of a railway-ticket, to travel direct to the borders of North Wales, on a visit to a notable landowner of those marches, the Squire ...

...nsylvania State University. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, fo... ... charge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...as instilled into the princess that in our times young people ought to ar- range their lives for themselves, she was unable to be- lieve it, just as s... ... his mother’s fortune, and the last scandal, when he had gone to a western province in an official capacity, and there had got into trouble for assaul... ...was used to. “Impossible!” he cried, letting down the pedal of the washing basin in which he had been sousing his healthy red neck. “Impossible!” he c...

... Oblonskys? house. The wife had discovered that the husband was carrying on an intrigue with a French girl, who had been a governess in their family, and she had announced to her husband that she could not go on living in the same house with him. This position of affairs had now lasted three days, and not only the husband and wife themselves, but all the members of their f...

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... 3 CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY C ONSIDERING our present advanced state of culture, and how the Torch of Science has now been brandished and borne about, wit... ...brandished and borne about, with more or less effect, for five thousand years and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still bur... ...and upwards; how, in these times especially, not only the Torch still burns, and perhaps more fiercely than ever, but innumerable Rushlights, and Sulph... ... censured wanderer light on some out lying, neglected, yet vitally momentous province; the hidden treasures of which he first discovered, and kept proc... ...efrom in quite another than that omniscient style, are my humbler and proper province.” THE WORLD IN CLOTHES 25 Acting on which prudent restriction, ... ...ise half naked Vulcans hammer and smelt in their smelt furnace,—is there not range enough in the fashion and uses of this Vestment? How much has been ... ...e, were it screwed off, and (like the Doctor’s in the Arabian Tale) set in a basin to keep it alive, could prosecute without shadow of a heart,—but on... ...culiar feeling it is that will rise in the Traveller, when turning some hill range in his desert road, he descries lying far below, embosomed among it... ...lowly arranging their descent towards every quarter of the sky. The mountain ranges are beneath your feet, and folded together: only the loftier summi...

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...Selected Writings by Guy De Maupassant Short Stories of the T ragedy and Comedy of Life with a Critical Preface by Paul Bourget of the French Ac... ...medy of Life with a Critical Preface by Paul Bourget of the French Academy and an introduction by Robert Arnot, M.A. A Penn State Electronic Classics ... ...tion Selected Writings by Guy de Maupassant: Short Stories of the Tragedy and Comedy of Life with acritical preface by Paul Bourget of the French Aca... ... dramatic incident, since, pro- duced by causes less general, these have a range more restricted. The truly scientific romance writer, proposing to pa... ...ing book. She welcomed me, and I went into the hall, where three children, ranged according to their height, were ranked for review, like firemen befo... ...k beard. Sud- denly I had a kind of vision, I know not why—the vision of a basin filled with noisome water, the water which should have been applied t... ...h their magnetic look had a happy, frank expression, and from the mere ar- rangement of her hair, one could see that she was fair among the fair. He u... ...uble, leaning on the parapet. Sometimes they would gaze out over the great basin of Argenteuil, where the skiffs might be seen scudding, with their wh... ...nt slowly out of the chapel, the old man following him with the holy-water basin in one hand, and a taper in the other. Then the police director left ...

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........................................................................................................ 26 CHAPTER IV I AM PLACED UNDER A POPISH PRIEST AND BRED TO THAT RELIGION.?VISCOUNTESS CASTLEWOOD .................................................................................................................................................... 36 CHAPTER V MY SUPERIORS ...