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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... ...ness. 18 The Village Rector In such a situation she naturally made many a romance such as young girls are fond of weaving. She clasped the idea—perha... ...ector dresser in Limoges had placed the bridal wreath and a costly veil of English lace. Veronique wore a gown of simple white muslin. A rather imposi... ...k if he happens to have forgotten his own. She had sent old Pingret a fine English mastiff, which Jeanne Malassis, the servant-woman brought back the ... ...ion of a man who had the face and bearing of a hero, had been drawn into a romance the outcome of which was crime. This supposition was to some extent... ...rancois Tascheron and his mistress (by this time she was young, beautiful, romantic, for every one made a por- trait of her) had evidently intended to... ...d in France but through sentiments due to Catholicism, and none of you are Catholics! Here am I, a priest, obliged to leave my own ground and argue wi...

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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 the upper circles there was an over-fondness for Ger- man, French, and English words. Between them the two friends, by force of their great genius... ...- sian novel its direction to this very day. More than that. The nomad and romantic in him, troubled and restless with Ukrainian myth, legend, and son... ...sian critic’s observation about Gogol: “Seldom has nature created a man so romantic in bent, yet so masterly in portraying all that is unromantic in l... ...tator.” Into this short work he poured all his love of the heroic, all his romanti- cism, all his poetry, all his joy. Its abundance of life bears one... ...han any mere scholar could be. That letter, unfor- tunately unknown to the English reader, would make ev- ery lover of the classics in this day of the... ...sed and all the shore spoke:— *That is of the Greek Church. The Poles were Catholics. *Lyakhs, an opprobrious name for the Poles. 47 Taras Bulba & Ot... ... secret intercourse with your enemies, and we will have nothing to do with Catholics; may the evil one fly away with them! We are like own brothers to... ...ach us with any insulting speeches. Now, hey there, men! we’ll call on the Catholics.” And then he struck his horse, and there followed him a camp of ...

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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... ...ections. There was a good edition of them in 1870 among the very valuable “English Reprints” for which we are indebted to Professor Edward Arber. H.M.... ...essor Edward Arber. H.M. 5 TRA VELS IN ENGLAND WE ARRIVED AT RYE, a small English seaport. Here, as soon as we came on shore, we gave in our names to... ...seen the statues of two giants, said to have assisted the English when the Romans made war upon them: Corinius of Britain, and Gogmagog of Albion. Ben... ...orinius of Britain, and Gogmagog of Albion. Beneath upon a table the *This romantic inscription probably alluded to Philip II., who wooed the Queen af... ...n old square tower, called Mirefleur, supposed to be that mentioned in the romance of “Amadis de Gaul;” and join- ing to it a plain, where knights and... ...name of Recusant then began first to be known to the world; until then the Catholics were no more than Church-Papists,* but now, commanded by the Pope...

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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... ...etrating study of the genteel littleness of our class govern- ments in the English language, that whenever an abuse becomes oppressive enough to persu... ... by the operation of the mere impulse to contradict them, always strong in English human nature. Why the Managers Love the Censorship The only one of ... ...be great poems, or edifying sermons, or important documents, or charm- ing romances: our tribal citizens know nothing about that and do not want to kn... ... worthy and pious people. They are at present con- demned by the Greek and Roman Catholic censor- ships as unfit for general reading. A censorship of ... ...pation and the admis- sion of Jews to parliament needed no toleration from Catholics and Jews: the toleration they needed was that of the people who r... ...of the Bible, which was always in the hands of our regi- cides; but as the Roman Catholic Church does not hesitate to accept that consequence of the c... ...to the most cherished opinions of the Unionists. A law to compel the Roman Catholics to attend service at St. Paul’s, or the Liberals to attend the me...

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...I am not, I hope, a modern man in any sense of the word. I’m not really an Englishman: my family is Irish: Ive lived all my life in Italy—in Venice mo... ...—in Venice mostly—my very title is a foreign one: I am a Count of the Holy Roman Empire. SAVOYARD. Where’s that? THE COUNT. At present, nowhere, excep... ...n it. You remember Byron’s words: “I am sure my bones would not rest in an English grave, or my clay mix with the earth of that country. I believe the... ...s a Frenchman [Savoyard is rather scandalized]: I asked her not to have an English hero. That is all I know. [Ruefully] I havnt been consulted even ab... ...o!!! You dont tell me that old geezer has a brother a Monsignor! And youre Catholics! And I never knew it, though Ive known Bobby ever so long! But of... ... find out about a person is their religion, isnt it? MRS GILBEY. We’re not Catholics. But when the Samuelses got an Archdeacon’s son to form their boy... ...er people did to me. MRS KNOX. I hope you dont think yourself a heroine of romance. MARGARET . Oh no. [She sits down again at the table]. I’m a heroin... ...confident]. JUGGINS. Very dangerous, sir. No woman will deny her- self the romantic luxury of self-sacrifice and forgiveness when they take the form o...

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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... ...uple of hours. The spencer, as its name indicates, was the invention of an English lord, vain, doubtless, of his handsome shape. Some time before the ... ...ing in the minority, the success of the spencer was short-lived in France, English though it was. At the sight of the spencer, men of forty or fifty m... ...a colander, honeycombed with the shadows of the dints, hollowed out like a Roman mask. It set all the laws of anatomy at defiance. Close inspection fa... ...se abysses, you find nothing but a German at the bottom. Both friends were Catholics. They went to Mass and per- formed the duties of religion togethe... ...3 Balzac Mephistopheles is blended with a homely cheerfulness found in the romances of August Lafontaine of pacific memory; but the predominating elem... ...ssion in a Frenchified German seemed to Cecile to be in the highest degree romantic; the descendant of the Virlaz was a second Werther in her eyes—whe...

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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 possible; I had nothing but my share in the very limited knowledge of my English fellow worshipper John Cumnor, who had never seen the couple. The w... ...oking at me with wonder; and then, “Nothing here is mine,” she answered in English, coldly and sadly. “Oh, you are English; how delightful!” I remarke... ...melt to- gether.” My eccentric private errand became a part of the general romance and the general glory—I felt even a mystic companionship, a moral f... ...landes- tine, in their relations. I on the other hand had hatched a little romance according to which she was the daughter of an artist, a painter or ... ...visitors to Europe. When Americans went abroad in 1820 there was something romantic, almost heroic in it, as compared with the perpetual ferryings of ... ...urano. It appeared from these circumstances that the Misses Bordereau were Catholics, a discovery I had never made, as the old woman could not go 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... ... God, I began to question my courteous host. I opened with that which good Catholics have more than once made to Hugue- nots. “My dear sir,” said I, “... ...enius and knowledge, and to whom Descartes had dedicated his Philosophical Romance. She was then retired to the Hague, where she received these Friend... ..., lost his kingdom in a manner that is hardly to be accounted for. All the English sectarists accepted from William III, and his Parliament the tolera... ... mansiones in domo patris mei (in my Father’s house are many mansions). An Englishman, as one to whom liberty is natural, may go to heaven his own way... ...BERS of the English Parliament are fond of comparing themselves to the old Romans. Not long since Mr. Shippen opened a speech in the House of Commons ... ... to me quite opposite in character, with regard both to good and evil. The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious wars, an abomination rese...