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...he ditch. The cart was backed to the margin, the body slung off the platform and dumped into the grave with an irreverent roughness. A sharpened stake... ...a doubtful nature; even Romaine had drawn of him no very amiable portrait; and as I was ushered into the room, it was a critical eye that I cast on my... ...as very deliberate and courteous, but scarce louder than a sigh. ‘I bid you welcome, Monsieur Le Vicomte Anne,’ said he, looking at me hard with his p... ...d the service of France; and have since then carried arms in such a manner as not to disgrace my family.’ ‘You narrate well; vous aves la voix chaude,... ...t a wicked, piggish donkey of a girl I have made of myself, to be sure! And there is no hope! O, Mr.—’ And at that she paused and asked my name. I am ...

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...ssistance. We lay upon the floor, with a bundle of cursed law papers for a pillow, but with no other covering than a sort of large horseman’s cloak; a... ...y bed-feet, and stared in upon me through the curtains; but watching by my pillow, or defrauding herself of sleep to bear me company through the heavy... ...ed in wielding logic with a scholastic adroitness, might take up the whole academy of modern economists, and throttle them between heaven and earth wi...

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...udy. He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person on the springy sofa, as though he would sink into a long sleep again; he vigorously embraced the pillow on the other side and buried his face in it; but all at once he jumped up, sat up on the sofa, and opened his eyes....

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... as though he would sink into a long sleep again; he vigorously embraced the pillow on the other side and buried his face in it; but all at once he ju... ...an she loved, and once more all was gladness in her soul, and she lay on the pillow, smiling with happiness. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry; but what could I d... ...tel, ordered supper, and then undressed, and as soon as his head touched the pillow, fell into a sound sleep. Chapter 17 N EXT day at eleven o’clock i... ...nd giving Petritsky, who was lying with ruffled hair and with his nose in the pillow, a prod on the shoulder. Petritsky jumped up suddenly onto his kne... ...said he’d look in again.” And pulling up the rug he flung himself back on the pillow. “Oh, do shut up, Yashvin!” he said, getting furious with Yashvin,... ...ree children, no servant, and scarcely any means. He gets something from the Academy,” she went on briskly, trying to drown the distress that the quee... ...nd had been bought beforehand. The article reproached the government and the academy for letting so remarkable an artist be left without encouragement... ...scow butler, and has never had any sort of bringing up. When he got into the academy and made his reputation he tried, as he’s no fool, to educate him...

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...nd, And the press’d watch return’d a silver sound. Belinda still her downy pillow press’d, Her guardian Sylph 29 prolong’d the balmy rest: ... ...six the British fair, As long as Atalantis 32 shall be read, Or the small pillow grace a lady’s bed, While visits shall be paid on solemn days, When ... ...died in 1648; a favourite of the Duke of Orleans, and member of the French Academy. 149 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One Ah, quit n... ...te trim, Neatness itself impertinent in him, 174 ‘Figs:’ a prize-fighting academy; ‘White’s:’ a gaming- house, both much frequented by the young nobi...

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...ver wear a nightcap: but with my hair pitchforked and touzled all over the pillow; not just falling asleep by any means, but glaringly, persistently, ... ...get everything I read now, I quoted ‘Get out of bed, beat up and turn your pillow, shake the bed clothes well with at least twenty shakes, then throw ... ... all the Modern Exhibitions every season, and of course I revere the Royal Academy. I stand by its forty Academical ar ticles almost as firmly as I s... ...ar monsters, 73 Charles Dickens every first Monday in May, when the Royal Academy Exhi bition opens.’ ‘You are a critic,’ said I, with an air of def... ...t has haunted me ever since. It glares upon me from the walls of the Royal Academy, (except when MaClise subdues it to his genius,) it fills my soul ... ...Calls out of window concerning his luggage, deaf. Suffocates himself under pillows of great coats, for no rea son, and in a demented manner. Will rec... ... made a general observation of the bedroom where it was. T urning down the pillow of the bed with my hand, I found, under neath it, a pair of gloves.... ...nspector Wield of the Detective Police, and I found these gloves under the pillow of the young woman that was murdered the other day, over in the Wate... ...n. Even the painter is uncer tain. He afterwards took Blumb, of the Royal Academy (it is to be observed that our bore takes none but eminent people t...

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...—explains the existence of such re ally national institutions as the French Academy, and the French national theatre, the Th´ eˆ atre Franc ¸ais. The... ...ege des Quatre Nations,” the Institute of France, and the home of the French Academy. In 1635, at a time when France was still struggling with the hea... ...taste in speech, in culture, in manners,— as the fusing principle of his new Academy. The traditional point of view of its founder has been faithfully... ... “Forty Immortals,” the Academicians who throne under the famous cupola. The Academy has never shrunk into a mere retreat for lettered pedantry: as M.... ...hat a standard must be set, and that it is for them to set it. Therefore the Academy does not simply call to its ranks famous or careful writers, but ... ...CTUAL HONESTY I M ost people, in their infancy, have made bogeys out of sofa pillows and over coats, and the imaginative child always comes to believ...

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................................................. 50 X – THEIR LAUREATE TO AN ACADEMY CLASS DINNER CLUB .................................. 51 XI – EMBRO ... ... disease By each lean pallet squats, and pain and sleep Toss gaping on the pillows. But O thou! Uprise and take thy pipe. Bid music flow, Strains by g... ...il a ceevil word to God From a gentleman like me. X – THEIR LAUREATE TO AN ACADEMY CLASS DINNER CLUB Dear Thamson class, whaure’er I gang It aye comes...

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...ustere, the transgressor softly sobbing. The mother turned her head on the pillow; her tired eyes flamed up instantly with sym pathy and passionate m... ...hem over and over again, and treasured them as pre cious things under her pillow. Then came a day when the strength was gone from the hand, and the m... ...e notice. One mild winter day, as he walked along the streets to ward the Academy, which stood upon a small eminence, surrounded by native growth—som... ... tions are always better than his English: “You walk carelessly toward the academy grove, where you will find me with a lightning steed, elegantly equ... ...able notice. One mild winter day as he walked along the streets toward the Academy, which stood upon a small eminence, sur rounded by native growth—s... ...e future happiness of an untried life.” The people were now rushing to the Academy with impa tient anxiety; the band of music was closely followed by... ...vantageously that I have left for the west. You walk carelessly toward the academy grove, where you will find me with a lightning steed, elegantly equ... ...ds; such a bedroom as I had not seen for years: white counter pane, white pillows, carpeted floor, papered walls, pictures, dressing table, with mirr... ...e got up and visited the artist. I sleep with all these portraits under my pillow every night, so that I can go on studying them as soon as the day da...

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...dis- covered sitting at a table placed against the opposite wall, her head pillowed upon her arms, and these resting upon the table. Her beautiful lon... ... sum equal to one hundred guineas English; which, having well secured in a pillow-case, she then lashed firmly to the raft. Now this, you know, though... ...arity school; and, in the year 1732, removed to the Royal (or Frederician) Academy. Here he studied the Greek and Latin classics, and formed an intima... ... he sank down against the right side of the chair. I went and arranged his pillows so as to raise and support his head; and, having done this, I said—... ...in order; he was therefore lifted out in our arms, and the bed-clothes and pillows being hastily arranged, he was carried back again. He did not sleep... ...ey a more honorable purpose than by placing it in the coffin, as the final pillow of that immortal head. Upon the style and mode of his funeral, Kant ...

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...e, in pontificals, with his pyxes and his tools; he ap- proaches the royal pillow; elevates his wafer; mutters or seems to mutter somewhat;—and so (as... ...hemist Berthollet too,—on the part of Monseigneur de Chartres. Had not the Academy of Sciences, with its Baillys, Franklins, Lavoisiers, interfered! B... ...ys a rising man; he used to tell Mercier, “You will see; I shall be in the Academy before you.” (Mercier, Nouveau Paris.) Likely indeed, thou skilfull... ...; nay, on one occasion, as the Queen cannot sleep, he offers to sit by her pillow, and converse a little! (Ibid. ii. 149.) 290 The French Revolution ... ...ons approvingly; will help, were she ready. Spanish Bourbon stirs amid his pillows; from him too, even from him, shall there come help. Lean Pitt, ‘th... ... her very night-gown, nothing saved of her goods except the watch from the pillow: with brotherly despair he flings her in, among the bandboxes, into ... ...d possession, of means or metal, is ruthlessly searched for, in pocket, in pillow and paillasse, and snatched away; red- capped Commissaries entering ...

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... Horace. I think the well of Castaly’s run out. No more the Muses round my pillow haunt. I am fallen once more to the mere proser. God bless you. R. L... ...last year, and walked in the procession to the new. I blush to own I am an Academy boy; it seems modern, and smacks not of the soil. P.P.S. – I enclos... ... beauty; all but love – to any worthy practiser. I sleep upon my art for a pillow; I waken in my art; I am unready for death, because I hate to leave ... ...ng Walter I had unearthed ‘a W.S. that I thought would do’ – it was in the Academy Lane, and he questioned me as to the Signet’s qualifications; fourt... ...t was – you were – his religion. I write by this post to Austin and to the Academy. – Y ours most sincerely, ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, 299 The Letters ... ..., that I preferred to keep it for another place and make but a note in the Academy. To try to draw my friend at greater length, and say what he was to...

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...ndness for her never ceased, even after her death. He now set up a private academy, for which purpose he hired a large house, well situated near his n... ...s. Johnson was not more satisfied with his situ- ation as the master of an academy, than with that of the usher of a school; we need not won- der, the... ...ir, I have no doubt that I can do it in three years. Adams. But the French Academy, which consists of forty members, took forty years to compile their... ...England, and was employed successively in the capacities of an usher to an academy, a correc- tor of the press, a reviewer, and a writer for a news-pa... ... Boswell’s Life of Johnson ried me out to dine with Mr. Elphinston, at his academy at Kensington. A printer having ac- quired a fortune sufficient to ... ...nto the wheel, and as sleepy as a dor- mouse.’ Mr. Windham having placed a pillow conve- niently to support him, he thanked him for his kindness, and ... ... him, he thanked him for his kindness, and said, ‘That will do,—all that a pillow can do.’ 656 Boswell’s Life of Johnson He requested three things of...

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...ere, in pontificals, with his pyxes and his tools; he approaches the royal pillow; elevates his wafer; mutters or seems to mutter somewhat;—and so (as... ...hemist Berthollet too,—on the part of Monseigneur de Chartres. Had not the Academy of Sciences, with its Baillys, Franklins, Lavoisiers, interfered! B... ...ys a rising man; he used to tell Mercier, “You will see; I shall be in the Academy before you.” (Mercier, Nouveau Paris.) Likely indeed, thou skilfull...

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...or another look 49 Joseph Conrad I saw that he had turned his head on the pillow and was staring wistfully out of the window at the sails of a cutter... ...lish. A wild and stormy abode, sometimes, was that confined, shallow-water academy of seamanship from which I launched myself on the wide oceans. My t... ... beds within sound of the sea. I imagine that not one head on those envied pillows was made uneasy by the slightest premonition of the realities of na...