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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...on. She could invent stories by the yard, but she couldn’t write a page of English. She went down to her grave without suspecting that though she had ... ...took her pen in her hand she became a creature of passion. She thought the English novel deplorably wanting in that element, and the task she had cut ... ...ing them, but she talked of the price of pension and the convenience of an English chemist. She devoted much thought and many thousands of francs to t... ...ything, and consid- ered that she grovelled before the Rhadamanthus of the English literary tribunal, the celebrated and awful Young Person. I assured... ...and he persuaded her without difficulty that he had one. I don’t know what countesses are capable of, but I have a clear notion of what Leolin was. He...

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...ay the French, All clinquant, all in gold, like heathen gods, Shone down the English; and, to morrow, they Made Britain India: every man that stood Sh... ...er, In seeming to augment it wastes it? Be advised: I say again, there is no English soul More stronger to direct you than yourself, If with the sap o... ...e unmanly, yet are follow’d. Chamberlain: As far as I see, all the good our English Have got by the late voyage is but merely A fit or two o’ the fac... ...amberlain: I’m glad ’tis there: now I would pray our monsieurs To think an English courtier may be wise, And never see the Louvre. LOVELL: ... ...noble company! what are their pleasures? Chamberlain: Because they speak no English, thus they pray’d To tell your grace, that, having heard by fame ... ...ld, wrought with flowers, bearing QUEEN ANNE’s train. 10. Certain Ladies or Countesses, with plain circlets of gold without flowers. [They pass over ... ...ble lady, Duchess of Norfolk. First Gentleman : It is; and all the rest are countesses. Second Gentleman : Their coronets say so. These are stars in...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...play of luxury, a review of self-con- ceits in full dress, is one of those English inventions which tend to mechanize other nations. England seems ben... ...aud. Such refined hypocrisy is as good as virtue.—I am not speaking to you Englishwomen, my lady,” said the Minister, suavely, addressing Lady Barimor... ....” “ Aristocracy begins with the viscountess,” said Blondet with a smile. “Countesses will survive,” said de Marsay. “An elegant woman will be more or... ...with admiration, mingled with desire, but subdued by deep respect. When an Englishwoman at- tempts this step, she looks like a grenadier marching forw... ...between two reef-bound shores. She is as much afraid of her servants as an English- woman who lives in dread of a trial in the divorce-court. This wom...

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... All Clinquant all in Gold, like Heathen Gods 64 Shone downe the English; and to morrow, they 65 Made Britaine, India: Euery man that ... ...ing to augment it, wasts it: be aduis’d; 219 I say againe there is no English Soule 220 More stronger to direct you then your selfe; 221 ... ...) yet are follow’d. 576 L.Ch. As farre as I see, all the good our English 577 Haue got by the late Voyage, is but meerely - 13 - The Fa... ... ’tis there; 598 Now I would pray our Monsieurs 599 To thinke an English Courtier may be wise, 600 And neuer see the Louure. 601 ... ...he Eight Shakespeare: First Folio 758 Cham. Because they speak no English, thus they praid 759 To tell your Grace: That hauing heard by ... ... with Flowers bearing the Queenes Traine. 2442 10 Certaine Ladies or Countesses, with plaine Circlets of 2443 Gold, without Flowers. 2444 ... ...le Lady, Dutchesse of Norfolke. 2468 1 It is, and all the rest are Countesses. 2469 2 Their Coronets say so. These are Starres indeed,...

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...” said he, “show Mr. William the letters from Voss, Brothers, and give him English copies of the answers; he will translate them.” Mr. Steighton, a ma... ...ers on the desk, and I was soon seated at it, and engaged in rendering the English answers into German. A sentiment of keen pleasure accompanied this ... ...then, the idea of a foreigner. In form and features he might be pronounced English, though even there one caught a dash of something Gallic; but he ha... ...sh, though even there one caught a dash of something Gallic; but he had no English shyness: he had learnt somewhere, somehow, the art of setting himse... ...d, Eugene Sue; in German—Goethe, Schiller, Zschokke, Jean Paul Richter; in English there were works on Political Economy. I examined no further, for M... ...ity belonged to the class bourgeois; but there were many 80 The Professor countesses, there were the daughters of two generals and of several colonel... ...obe and mean appointments brought on it the contempt of the jewelled young countesses and silk- clad misses. Over such feeble fledglings the directres...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...rrative. It was taken from a survey of the coast made a few years later by English officials. The tribe inhabiting Mounts Araz and Couco, and bor- der... ...ing the Marabout of Bugia to negotiate. Mr. Thomas Thompson was really the English Consul at the time, but his share in the matter is imaginary, as it... ... down the path. His tongue instantly changed to French from what he called English, as 11 Yo n g e in pathetic insinuating modulations he demanded ho... ...r which our na- tional consolation is that the French were commanded by an Englishman, the Duke of Berwick, and the English by a Frenchman, the Huguen... ...her,’ thought the little maid; ‘but I wish she was more like Minerva.’ The Countesses met with the lowest of curtseys, and apolo- gies on the one side...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...military an- nals. He revived respect for the noble class in the hearts of Englishmen. He was as good an authority on horseflesh as any Englishman ali... ...of casting eclipse upon Major-General Lord Ormont, the son and grandson of English earls; for he was an earl by his title, and Murat was the son of an... ...d to his amount of dignity. It was rather absurd, at the same time, for an English usher to be spouting and glowing about a French general, who had be... ...mous exploit of his hero. Their verdict was favourable to Lord Ormont. Our English General learnt riding before he was ten years old, on the Pampas, w... ...at she was helpfuller than a Countess of Ormont, ranged with all the other countesses in china and Dresden on a drawing- room mantelpiece for show. Sh...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...of this empire, seemed to Mr. Esmond a monstrous injustice—at least, every Englishman had a right to protest, and the English Prince, the heir-at-law,... ...ung pupil. 9 Thackeray The gazetteers and writers, both of the French and English side, have given accounts sufficient of that bloody battle of Blari... ...a- suist, both dexterous and learned, and presented the case be- tween the English church and his own in such a way that those who granted his premise... ...country being unquestionably for an hereditary monarchy, Esmond thought an English king out of St. Germains was bet- ter and fitter than a German prin... ...there. The old count and countess, and the young counts and all the little countesses her sisters. Counts! every one of these wretches says he is a co...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of lit- erature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ad got me forward with instruc- tions on the piano, and exercises in early English history and the book of the Peerage, I became the wonder of the hou... ... that goal. But whenever he spoke he suffered correction on account of his English. ‘More than his eating and his drinking, that child’s father worrit... ...harvest. So don’t take it ill of me, John; I beg of you be careful of your English. T urn it over as you’re about to speak.’ ‘Change loads on the road... ...e comfortably. He could not tell me whether he meant as old as the book of English History; he fancied he did, for the furrow-track follows the plough... ... thousands and thousands—been gallivanting among his foreign duchesses and countesses. There ‘s a pet- ticoat in that bank-book of his; and more than ... ...rs and suppers to his 372 The Adventures of Harry Richmond marchionesses, countesses, duchesses, and plays clown and pantaloon among the men. He thin...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s for her, and made themselves amiable in a thousand ways. And they talked English with adorable simplic- ity , and to the constant amusement of Becky... ...d mimic one or other to his face, and compliment him on his advance in the English language with a gravity which never failed to tickle the Marquis, h... ... phrase is in our noble and admirable society slang), but some of the best English people too. I don’t mean the most virtuous, or indeed the least vir... ...thers grand, beautiful, sumptuous, solemn, and in diamonds. They talked in English, not in bad French, as they do in the novels. They talked about eac... ...w some ladies here and there—French widows, dubious 159 Thackeray Italian countesses, whose husbands had treated them ill—faugh —what shall we say, w...

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...going student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, an... ... problem, As if she deem’d that mystery would ennoble ‘em. She liked the English and the Hebrew tongue, And said there was analogy between ‘em... ...ments lean ‘em, ‘’T is strange — the Hebrew noun which means “I am,” The English always use to govern d—n.” Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 8 S... ... Call me the only virtuous wife in Spain? Were there not also Russians, English, many? The Count Strongstroganoff I put in pain, And Lord M... ...ch was brought to light, And how Alfonso sued for a divorce, Were in the English newspapers, of course. Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 37 If yo... ...ing into girls, With fair long locks, had also kept their station; And countesses mature in robes and pearls: Also some beauties of Sir Peter ... ...e Mrs. Sleep, Who look’d a white lamb, yet was a black sheep: With other Countesses of Blank—but rank; At once the ‘lie’ and the ‘elite’ of cr...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...his linen, his clothes, gloves, and perfumery from Paris. He wanted a good English saddle-horse, a tilbury, and a second horse. M. du Croisier had a t... ...ables were forsaken, the Collection of Antiquities—elderly nobles, elderly countesses, young marquises, and simple baronesses— had settled their losse... ...antage over all of you, my young friends, he has a genuine specimen of the English tiger—” “Just see, gentlemen, what the noblesse have come to in Fra... ...roadside of her eyes, an art acquired by Frenchwomen since the Peace, when Englishwomen im- ported it into this country, together with the shape of th... ...heroism and self-sacrifice; an angel who would have her lover live like an English lord, with an income of a million francs. D’Esgrignon once exchange...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...tists should be translated into Italian for the clearer un- derstanding of English-speaking audiences. This seemed as natural to Newland Archer as all... ... married two of her daughters to “foreigners” (an Italian mar- quis and an English banker), and put the crowning touch to her audacities by building a... ...ying Julius Beaufort? The question was: who was Beaufort? He passed for an Englishman, was agreeable, handsome, ill-tempered, hospi- table and witty. ... ...to America with letters of rec- ommendation from old Mrs. Manson Mingott’s English son- in-law, the banker, and had speedily made himself an impor- ta... ...Mingott’s.” “Whew—a Countess!” whistled Ned Winsett. “W ell, I didn’t know Countesses were so neighbourly. Mingotts ain’t.” “They would be, if you’d l...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ded. “Did you ever see anything so—so affreux as—as everything?” She spoke English with perfect purity; but she brought out this French epithet in a m... ...ugustine who was naturally devoid of all acquaintance with the expurgatory English tongue. By far the most immoral sentiment which I shall have occasi... ...tained an unpractical admiration. He had been in love with duch- esses and countesses, and he had made, once or twice, a perilously near approach to c...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...st be added, entirely indiffer- ent about his birthplace; but speaking the English language, and having been during the course of his life pretty gene... ...ke the trouble to inquire. He was a Bavarian by birth (his mother being an English lady), and enjoyed along with a dozen other brothers the title of c... ...- self among them; and at the epoch when this story commences, had enjoyed English pay for a year or more. It is unnecessary to say how he exchanged i... ...was employed in curs- ing the wine, the landlady, the wine-grower, and the English nation generally, when the young woman entered and (choos- ing so t... ...o Flanders with his regiment; and, I make no doubt, there have been twenty Countesses of Galgenstein since your time.” “I don’t believe any such thing...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...aided by the Italian and Basque workmen who rallied faithfully round their English chiefs. The Company’s lightermen, too, natives of the Republic, beh... ...o be burnt; and I bent my knee to him. No! he must run at the heels of his English.” She seemed to think that Nostromo’s mere pres- ence in the house ... ... had made for him- self by the waterside, along the railway line, with the English and with the populace of Sulaco. To his face, and even against her ... ... is all he cares for. To be first somewhere—somehow—to be first with these English. They will be showing him to everybody. ‘This is our Nostromo!’” Sh... ...reedom. He respected their nation because they loved Garibaldi. Their very countesses and prin- cesses had kissed the general’s hands in London, it wa...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... polished and refined circle. Those vir- tues which characterize the young English gentlewoman, those accomplishments which become her birth and stati... ...e Crawley. She and Miss Rose thus read together many delightful French and English works, among which may be mentioned those of the learned Dr. Smolle... ...ou lucky folks of the City. But then I am in a gentleman’s family—good old English stock. I suppose you know Sir Pitt’s father refused a peerage. And ... ...m—the best of mothers; but—’ “As the mother of a family and the wife of an English clergy- man, I humbly trust that my principles are good,” Mrs. Bute... ...Becky, too, knew some ladies here and there—French widows, dubious Italian countesses, whose husbands had treated them ill—faugh —what shall we say, w...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...hered by the Benedictines. Louis XVI., a just mind, himself translated the English work in which Walpole en- deavored to explain Richard III.,—a work ... ...ore terrible, though less known, of Marie dé Medici. Isabella summoned the English into France against her son, and loved her brother-in-law, the Duc ... ...n, and on the same platform, were seated, in two rows, twelve duchesses or countesses, wearing ermine surcoats, bodices, robes, and circlets,—that is ... ...odices, robes, and circlets,—that is to say, the coronets of duchesses and countesses. These were the Duchesses d’Estouteville, Montpensier (elder and... ...inently arrested them and marched them before the justice at the Chatelet. Englishwomen, who are so fond of ermine, do not know that in former times n... ...d died in prison after seven years’ captivity.” “Charles V . conquered the English,” she cried triumphantly . “No, not he, but du Guesclin. He himself...

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...ve her a box, told her not to open it except in Lon- don.” “Was this woman English?” “He called her Milady.” “It is he; it must be he!” murmured Trevi... ...utor. “And you, my dear companion,” said he, “you speak of the baronesses, countesses, and prin- cesses of others?” “Pardieu! I spoke of them because ... ...” “Why does she love what we hate most in the world, the Spaniards and the English?” “Spain is her country,” replied D’Artagnan; “and it is very natur... ...As to the second reproach, I have heard it said that she does not love the English, but an Englishman.” “Well, and by my faith,” said Athos, “it must ... ... “Well, and by my faith,” said Athos, “it must be acknowl- edged that this Englishman is worthy of being loved. I never saw a man with a nobler air th... ...duchy of Mantua, after having taken Nimes, Castres, and Uzes, to drive the English from the Isle of Re and lay siege to La Rochelle. At first sight, n...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ring volumes of linen to be un- folded and shown to him, precisely like an Englishwoman in the humor for “shopping.” The young person deigned to take ... ...e things of their own country. A French merchant must call his discoveries English to make them fashionable, just as in England the druggists attribut... ... of young shop-women, whose desire to attract attention inspires the truly English minutiae of their toilet. The beauty of this young girl was not the... ...ae of their toilet. The beauty of this young girl was not the beauty of an English lady, nor of a French duchess, but the round and glowing beauty of ... ...and his impudent airs—all because he has got a notary’s wife! I could have countesses if I wanted them; I sha’n’t respect him any the more for that. A...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... stout, white-faced lady, wearing a high cap of very stiff tulle, speaking English with a for- midable accent, and suffering from dropsy. Captain Rowl... ...er might serve his purpose. He had not been, for instance, half an hour on English soil before he perceived that he was dressed like a rustic, and he ... ...ainted them with remarkable skill. Her pictures were chiefly bought by the English. Rowland had made her acquaintance early in the winter, and as she ... ... very city of Rome 79 Henry James where we sit talking nineteenth century English.” “Nineteenth century nonsense, my dear!” cried Madame Grandoni. “M... ... members of the European aristoc- racy were present—duchesses, princesses, countesses, and others distinguished by similar titles. But for beauty, gra...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...se. “Why cannot you come to the Italiens?” “Affairs! I am to dine with the English Ambassador.” “Throw him over.” When a man once enters on a course o... ...and took up a sheet of dainty notepaper. “When, instead of dining with the English Ambassador,” she wrote, “you go to the Rochefides, you owe me an ex... ...n have your fling, go into society, and fish for heiresses, and dance with countesses who have peach blos- som in their hair. But take my advice, youn... ... continued. “When we come across a man like a bar of steel tempered in the English fash- ion, there is always one resource left—we can kill him if he ... ...less from this sharp and terrible ordeal, like a bar of iron tested in the English fashion. He remembered Father Goriot’s confidences of the evening b...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...1 CHAPTER I WE ARE TO MAKE ACQUAINTANCE with some serious damsels, as this English generation knows them, and at a season verg- ing upon May. The ladi... ...point of the other, he observed that to sing abroad in the night air of an English Spring month was conclusive of imbecility; and that no imbecile san... ... he trusted they would be merciful to a sensitive ear. Mr. Pole—who, as an Englishman, could not understand anyone being so seri- ous in the pursuit o... ... one of the green bowery lanes leading up to Brookfield. Cold as he was to English scenes and sentiments, his alien ideas were not unimpressed by the ... ...an. “ And well, Mr. Paricles! have ye got nothin’ to tell us about foreign countesses and their slips? Because, we can listen, sir, garls or not. Sure...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...agined that 8 Redgauntlet this wench had been placed in his family by the English min- isters; and, considering her sister’s situation, they seemed t... ...LATIMER TO ALAN FAIRFORD DUMFRIES. Cur me exanimas querelis tuis? In plain English, Why do you deafen me with your croaking? The disconsolate tone in ... ...he tumult of the Gaits’ Class at the High School— when I was mocked for my English accent—salted with snow as a Southern—rolled in the gutter for a Sa... ...hat scat- ter-brained. —By the way , Wilkinson must get our ale bottled in English pints now, for a quart bottle is too much, night after night, for y... ...chal, Airley, Winton, Vemyss, Balmerino, all passed and gone—aye, aye, the countesses and ladies of quality will scarce take up too much of your ball-...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...oumois for the rest of his days. Has he discovered some secret to ruin the English?” “He has done what you will not do in a hurry,” retorted Rastignac... ...the herd of mankind the observation recently made on flocks of Spanish and English sheep which, in low meadows where pasture is abundant, feed side by... ...ny one who saw them might have taken them for the originals of some pretty English vignette. Esther was the first to recognize the basilisk eyes of th... ...ted a godlike appearance. Italian genius could invent the tale of Othello; English ge- nius could put it on the stage; but Nature alone reserves the p... ...my aunt succeeded in catching those damned females? Have the Duchesses and Countesses bestirred themselves and prevented his being examined? Has Lucie...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... the world; and have certainly not dis- tressed their parents, as too many English girls have lately done, by any enthusiastic wish to devote themselv... ...d little to trouble her;—little, that is, till the edict for this terrible English journey had gone forth; since, then, indeed, her life had been labo... ...fferent as to what the subject was. She prided herself on her freedom from English prejudice, and she might have added, from feminine delicacy. On rel... ..., though that way was not very comfortable with the customary usages of an English clergyman. Madame Neroni, though forced to give up all motion in th... ...en harder than before. But she had now to do with one who cared little for countesses. It was, one may say, impossible for mortal man or woman to abas...

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...the Mass, that is strange. What! so many of our brave 15 Sir Walter Scott English hearts are abroad, and you, who seem to be a man of mark, have no f... ...that Grave Maurice thanked him at the head of the army? Men said he was an English cavalier, and of no high extraction.” “It could scarcely be my neph... ...ouble- some thoughts haunt your mind, and will not get them gone for plain English, we will have one of Father Bacon’s pupils from Oxford, to conjure ... ..., content you, sir,” replied Foster, “there is a change since you knew the English world; and there are those who can hold their way through the bolde... ... lantern of an old monastic house, but would fain shine a countess amongst countesses.” 61 Sir Walter Scott “V ery natural, very right,” answered Var... ...sitated to place the foot on such exquisite workmanship. The table, of old English oak, stood ready covered with the finest linen; and a large portabl...

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...imadversions or commendations of Miss Scatcherd on the performance. It was English history: among the readers I observed my ac- quaintance of the vera... ...nearer my own age). She is qualified to teach the usual branches of a good English educa- tion, together with French, Drawing, and Music” (in those da... ...gown and widow’s cap; frigid, perhaps, but not uncivil: a model of elderly English respectability. Thornfield! that, doubtless, was the name of her ho... ...it till within six months ago. When she first came here she could speak no English; now she can make shift to talk it a little: I don’t understand her... ...phie. She will be glad: nobody here understands her: Madame Fairfax is all English. Sophie is my nurse; she came with me over the sea in a great ship ... ...ed against me. I sought my ideal of a woman amongst English ladies, French countesses, Italian signoras, and Ger- man grafinnen. I could not find her....

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...e one of those the apothecary meant; moreover this is a countess, and when countesses serve as duennas it is in the service of queens and em- presses,...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s no anachronism in his language; he put the Spanish of Cervantes into the English of Shakespeare. Shakespeare himself most likely knew the book; he m... ...or even a moder- ate popularity for Shelton was vain. His fine old crusted English would, no doubt, be relished by a minority, but it would be only by... ...here can be no thor- oughly satisfactory translation of “Don Quixote” into English or any other language. It is not that the Spanish idioms are so utt... ...at best be only distantly imitated in any other tongue. The history of our English translations of “Don Quixote” is instructive. Shelton’s, the first ... ...e one of those the apothecary meant; moreover this is a countess, and when countesses serve as duennas it is in the service of queens and em- presses,...

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...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorpora...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ollected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various t... ...s have been made, with a view to rendering it as acceptable as possible to English readers. 4 The History of the Thirty Y ears’ War Contents History ... ...trian deputies held language which would have excited surprise even in the English Parliament. “The Protestants,” they said, “are determined to be not... ...r to his envied neighbour. Both laid their conditions and plans before the English ministry, and Christian IV. finally succeeded in outbidding his riv... ...the same moment, he heard, from the adjoining building, the shrieks of the Countesses Terzky and Kinsky, who had just learnt the violent fate of their...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ench authors of saintly temperament are forced to include in their retinue countesses of ardent complexion with whom they are sup- posed to live in si... ...ch actors are often scandalized by what they consider the indecency of the English stage, and that French actresses who desire a greater license in ap... ...s than the French stage allows them, learn and establish themselves on the English stage. The German and Russian stages are in the same relation to th... ...e two performers can perceive that the caress is not genuine. And here the English stage is certainly in the right; for whatever question there arises... ...’s a foreigner’s mistake: we are the most romantic people in the world, we English. Why, my very presence here is a romance. MRS. LUNN [faintly ironic...

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...g student publication project to bring classical works of litera- ture, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...arovs’ ball, talked about the war with Field Marshal Kamenski, visited the English Club, and was on intimate terms with a colonel of forty to whom Den... ...’ society with an affectation of doing so against his will. The races, the English Club, sprees with Denisov, and visits to a certain house—that was a... ...ostov was very busy arranging a dinner in honor of Prince Bagration at the English Club. The count walked up and down the hall in his dressing gown, g... ...ird of March, soon after one o’clock, two hundred and fifty members of the English Club and fifty guests were awaiting the guest of honor and hero of ... ...have met loving, noble, high- minded men, but I have not yet met any women—countesses or cooks—who were not venal. I have not yet met that divine pu- ...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...akes and moun- tains, among the pictures and statues, among the counts and countesses; she had often felt that there was no hap- piness except in that... ...d great personal gifts. He had taught himself to regard himself as a young English gentleman of the first water, qualified by his birth and position t... ...s continued opposition, should he resolutely oppose her; bear all that the countesses of the world might say to her;—for it was thus that she thought ... ...to be innumer- able, but which did, in truth, amount to three of four,— of English gentlemen who had come up from a former Carlist war, bearing the ti... ...d to ask a question about Prime Minister. Racing was an amusement to which English noblemen had been addicted for many ages, and had been held to be s... ... Master. ‘If you knew my father, sir!’ ‘Everybody knows your father;—every Englishman I mean. Of course I know your father,—as a public man, and I kno... ...but very many who were not her friends. No doubt she was fond of Lords and Countesses, and worked very hard to get round her all the rank and fashion ... ...easily defined as lords. I do like lords. ’ ‘Do you?’ ‘Oh yes,—and ladies;—Countesses I mean and women of that sort. Your Lady Mabel Grex is not here....

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...most massive creatures into sylphs, fools into clever women, peasants into countesses; the more ac- complished a woman was, the more she lost her valu...

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...g student publica- tion project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... torn and filthy book beneath his learned eye. ‘This is the first class in English spelling and philosophy, Nickleby,’ said Squeers, beckoning Nichola... ...y an easy transition, into Mantalini: the lady rightly considering that an English appellation would be of serious injury to the business. He had marr... ...ped their uncle’ s drab shorts in their arms, and prayed him, in imperfect English, to remain. ‘Why should I stop here, my dears?’ said Mr Lillyvick; ... ...sincerely believe, illimitable—I value that noble independence which is an Englishman’ s proudest boast, and which I fondly hope to bequeath to my chi... ...ake poison, because she had a demd fine husband who might have married two countesses and a dowager—’ ‘T wo countesses,’ interposed Madame. ‘You told ... ...ll the world, and while that little fascinator is my wife, may not all the countesses and dowagers in England be—’ Mr Mantalini did not finish the sen... ...auty. I will ride him in the park before the very chariots of the rejected countesses. The demd old dowa- ger will faint with grief and rage; the othe... ...rs, and never heard of it. How could she, indeed? what did they know about countesses? The two gentlemen having, by the greediness with which this lit...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ved like the bow of Love—every man or maiden, every babe or matron in that English Jewry bore in his countenance one or more of these characteristics ... ...est to have my parole withdrawn from me, and to cause me to be sent to the English depot of prisoners at V erdun, the Marquis’s interest with the Empe... ...rce of the blow; “he was wounded an hour since in a duel, Sire, by a young English prisoner, Monsieur de Fogarty.” “Wounded! a marshal of France wound... ... Monsieur de Fogarty.” “Wounded! a marshal of France wounded! Where is the Englishman? Bring him out, and let a file of grenadiers—” “Sire!” interpose... ... and had more than one direct offer of marriage made to him by princesses, countesses, and noble ladies possessing both charms and money, which they w...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...s portresses, washerwomen, street-sweepers, beggars, occasionally insolent countesses, admired actresses, applauded singers; she has even given, in th... ...e with claws, scissors, impudent as a Spanish woman, snarling as a prudish English woman pro- claiming her conjugal rights, coquettish as a great lady... ... husband to eau de Melisse for faintness, sugarplums for the children, and English court-plaster in case of cuts. Jules studied all. He looked attenti... ... few men of my age who would have had the patience to learn Portuguese and English, which were spoken fluently by that devil of a sailor, who was drow...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ..., between the rivers Potomac and Rappahannock, and was once as great as an English Principal- ity, though in the early times its revenues were but sma... ...e not only brought back my Lord to the Church of England, but procured the English peerage for him, which the junior branch of our family at present e... ...whom he served (and who as regards mere lineage are no better than a dozen English and Scottish houses I could name), was prouder of his post about th... ...uld talk to him in his own language perfectly well: he knew it better than English indeed, having lived hitherto chiefly among French 28 Henry Esmond... ...there. The old count and countess, and the young counts and all the little countesses her sisters. Counts! every one of these wretches says he is a co...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... torn and filthy book beneath his learned eye. ‘This is the first class in English spelling and philosophy, Nickleby,’ said Squeers, beckoning Nichola... ...y an easy transition, into Mantalini: the lady rightly considering that an English appellation would be of serious injury to the business. He had marr... ...ped their uncle’ s drab shorts in their arms, and prayed him, in imperfect English, to remain. ‘Why should I stop here, my dears?’ said Mr Lillyvick; ... ...sincerely believe, illimitable—I value that noble independence which is an Englishman’ s proudest boast, and which I fondly hope to bequeath to my chi... ...ake poison, because she had a demd fine husband who might have married two countesses and a dowager—’ ‘T wo countesses,’ interposed Madame. ‘You told ... ...ll the world, and while that little fascinator is my wife, may not all the countesses and dowagers in England be—’ Mr Mantalini did not finish the sen... ...auty. I will ride him in the park before the very chariots of the rejected countesses. The demd old dowa- ger will faint with grief and rage; the othe... ...rs, and never heard of it. How could she, indeed? what did they know about countesses? The two gentlemen having, by the greediness with which this lit...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...aid Mr. Brownlow laughing—having just found her trying to make out the Old English of King Alfred’s 7 Yonge ‘Boethius’—”such as this?” “Just so! They... ... of the verb “to be” in five languages—Greek, Latin, French, Ger- man, and English. “And Allen—reposing on your honours? Eh, my boy?” Allen looked rat... ...p, look- 123 Yonge ing shivery and forlorn, as if they were not suited to English winters, and the huge house looked down on them like a London terra... ...oo proper behaved for you.” “Precisely so, after her experience of Russian countesses. I don’t know whether she will let you be mistress of your own h... ...oon was spent in an easy-going, loitering way, more like a foreign than an English Sunday. Miss Ogilvie used to go to the Litany at one of the Churche...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ied Lord Dumbello, the eldest don of the Marquis of Hartletop—than whom no English nobleman was more puissant, if broad acres, many castles, high titl... ...ter very well knew. And even to this day he would sometimes recite to them English poetry, lines after lines, stanzas upon stanzas, in a sweet low mel... ...an was usual. Books in Latin and in French he read with as much ease as in English, and took delight in such as came to him, when he would condescend ... ...nstance they would have committed almost any sin practicable by a board of English magistrates, so great was their faith in him; and she knew that she... ...own, somewhere near Kensington Palace, where he painted portraits of young countesses, and in which he had even painted a young duch- ess. It was the ... ...ate as good as a painter who was pelted with gilt sugar-plums for painting countesses. But he was a man whose ill-humour never lasted long, and he was...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...vlovna. “Y ou are staying the whole evening, I hope?” “And the fete at the English ambassador’s? Today is W ednesday. I must put in an appearance ther... ...e secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of ... ...r. “Oh! Oh!” exclaimed several voices. “Capital!” said Prince Hippolyte in English, and began slapping his knee with the palm of his hand. The vicomte... ...Pierre’s glass while explaining that Dolokhov was betting with Stevens, an English naval officer, that he would drink a bottle of rum sitting on the o... ...ave met lov- ing, noble, high-minded men, but I have not yet met any women—countesses or cooks—who were not venal. I have not yet met that divine puri...