... 2 ANTONIO RIBEIRO DE ALMEIDA Contos do Entardecer Editora Í N D I C E ... ...amor serei atento”, e aos filhos Cláudia e Henrique. São José do Rio Preto, Junho de 2002 3 Apresentação - Cecília Demian ... ...r serei atento”, e aos filhos Cláudia e Henrique. São José do Rio Preto, Junho de 2002 3 Apresentação - Cecília Demian ... ...Apresentação - Cecília Demian 1 A Carta Perdida 3 A Procissão do Encontro 9 A Última Missa do Galo 15 A Promessa Inesq... ...nte, para as páginas de Opinião, do jornal Diário da Região de São José do Rio Preto, para o Correio de Uberlândia e A Imprensa. Nestes contos qu... ...de ao escritor Ribeiro. O autor nasceu na cidade mineira de Visconde do Rio Branco, em 1935. Fez cursos de Filosofia e Psicologia na Universidade... ... almoço na casa da fazendeira. Na cozinha de Sá Helena, o movimento era grande. Além da cozinheira Maria, três ajudantes haviam sido convocadas ... ...e tudo, subia e descia, fazendo “toctoc’toc”. No fundo, iluminado por uma grande estrela, o menino Jesus dormia sob os olhos vigilantes de Maria e J... ...João Batista era uma festa de luzes que subiam pela torre e iluminavam uma grande cruz que podia ser vista à distância. Ao entrar no templo, Sá Anja...

...istmas and other stories catadas in the corners of Minas Gerais, where he was born. Cabo Paulino, Astrogildo, os Córdovas, a preta velha Sá Anja saem do passado e vêem viver connosco suas vidas plenas de sabedoria, aventura e simplicidade. Cable Pauline Astrogildo, the Cordova, the old black Sa Anja leave the past and see how they live their lives with us full of wisdom, a...

...“Contos do Entardecer”, do Ribeiro, é uma delicia de ler. Assim como são os artigos que ele escreve, com senso apurado e estilo elegante, para as páginas de Opinião, do jornal Diário da Região de São José do Rio Preto, para o Correio...

...Apresentação - Cecília Demian. 1 -- A Carta Perdida. 3 -- A Procissão do Encontro. 9 -- A Última Missa do Galo. 15 -- A Promessa Inesquecível. 18 -- Álbum de Formatura. 22 -- Aprendendo a Ler. 26 -- Cabo Paulino. 30 -- A Primeira Namorada. 34 -- O Jornalista e o Cardeal. 40 -- Relembranças do N...

...emia Argentina de la Historia Proemio Ideología y tiempo histórico Los grandes maestros de la historia han enseñado que, en primer lugar, no ... ...néutica son las tareas propias para dilucidar esa historia. También aquellos grandes maestros señalaron que, en segundo lugar, se debe tener en cue... ...o desarrollaron los procesos que relatan los historiadores. El examen de las grandes figuras históricas requiere descubrir su condición humana, que... ... de las divergencias arranca, por lo menos, de la creación del Virreinato del Rio de la Plata en 1776 por la Corona española, debido a la necesidad ... ...iembre de 1878, Sarmiento se refiere a: (...) la ocupación intentada del rio Negro, la atención despertada sobre las costas del Atlántico, a ca... ...einato sólo habla de resistir a portugueses que invaden la Banda Oriental del Rio de la Plata, y de pocos documentos se deduce la vigilancia del est... ...osa del Imperio del Brasil guardaba un tono altisonante y belicoso. El Jornal do Commercio anota: Son los Estados Unidos del Sud, en proyecto, ... ...entes somos, pretenderán más tarde tener derecho a Matto Grosso, a Río Grande do Sul y, quizá a Santa Catalina, por haber desembarcado en esta isla ... ...es somos, pretenderán más tarde tener derecho a Matto Grosso, a Río Grande do Sul y, quizá a Santa Catalina, por haber desembarcado en esta isla una...

...ications counted. We couldn’t publish almost anything. Then, I said: Let’s do literature… without doing literature! Let’s write… without actually wri... ...on, on different themes” a “post-modern poem” (inter-textualism). Do you want a vertically classification? “Visual poem”, “sonor poem”, “olf... ...paradoxism has a significance, while dadaism, lettrism, the absurd movement do not; - paradoxism especially reveals the contradictions, the anti-nomi... ... forma sincrética. Ent āo o paradoxismo nascia. As piadas do povo, uma grande moda na época de Nicolae Ceau şescu [NT: ultimo presidente comunis... ...de Excelen ţă al Revistei “Haiku”, Bucure şti (1997); “Best Poet” Award of Rio Grande Press, Amarillo, Texas, USA (1998); Premiul revistei “Lumina” ... ...xcelen ţă al Revistei “Haiku”, Bucure şti (1997); “Best Poet” Award of Rio Grande Press, Amarillo, Texas, USA (1998); Premiul revistei “Lumina” pent...

...ications counted. We couldn’t publish almost anything. Then, I said: Let’s do literature… without doing literature! Let’s write… without actually wri... ...on, on different themes” a “post-modern poem” (inter-textualism). Do you want a vertically classification? “Visual poem”, “sonor poem”, “olf... ...paradoxism has a significance, while dadaism, lettrism, the absurd movement do not; - paradoxism especially reveals the contradictions, the anti-nomi... ... forma sincrética. Ent āo o paradoxismo nascia. As piadas do povo, uma grande moda na época de Nicolae Ceau şescu [NT: ultimo presidente comunis... ...de Excelen ţă al Revistei “Haiku”, Bucure şti (1997); “Best Poet” Award of Rio Grande Press, Amarillo, Texas, USA (1998); Premiul revistei “Lumina” ... ...xcelen ţă al Revistei “Haiku”, Bucure şti (1997); “Best Poet” Award of Rio Grande Press, Amarillo, Texas, USA (1998); Premiul revistei “Lumina” pent...

...ato a morte ignominiosa come bandi- to di primo catalogo, e dopo s'imbarcò sul brigantino mer- cantile Union, diretto a Odessa, da dove si diresse a T... ...di cui era affiliato aveva assun- to il nome di Procida. Mazzini aveva una grande fiducia in lui, anche se egli si era rifiutato di compiere un attent... ... dove si imbarcò come secondo sul brigantino Nautonier di Nantes diretto a Rio de Janeiro. NEL NUOVO MONDO Agli inizi dell'estate del 1836 Garibaldi, ... ...i inizi dell'estate del 1836 Garibaldi, però, accu- sato dalle autorità di Rio de Janeiro di loschi traffici, assieme ad altri italiani fuo- riusciti,... ...pirateria. Braccato dalla Marina brasiliana, si rifugiò nella provincia di Rio Grande presso Bento Gonçalves, capo della rivol- ta contro la monarchia... ...teria. Braccato dalla Marina brasiliana, si rifugiò nella provincia di Rio Grande presso Bento Gonçalves, capo della rivol- ta contro la monarchia del... ...vamente con altre navi catturate, si diede a scorrerie e saccheggi nel Rio Grande contro le navi cattoliche- ispaniche e nei villaggi rivieraschi, pro... ...adini dell’interno, facendo razzie, rubando oggetti di valore e violentan- do le donne. Fu in questo periodo che incominciò a portare i capelli lunghi... ...in, che faceva capo al siciliano Giuseppe La Farina ed al marchese lombar- do Giorgio Pallavicino, ma a reggerne le fila era il Cavour che agiva secon...

...vet Gabriel, Lille Carreira Saldanha Jorge, Lisboa Domingues Carlos, d-ro, Rio de Janeiro Dreher Leopold, d-ro, Krakow Facchi Gaetano, Brescia (It.) F... ...endiĝis sur ĉiuj kampoj de la E-a vivo: movado, lingvo, literaturo. Pri la grandega laboro de redakto orientu, ke la redaktoroj skribis dum tri jaroj ... ... sume kaj ronde 800 frankojn svisajn. Oni povas demandi,ĉu la Enciklopedio do estas kompleta? Nu, oni pripensu, ke neniu Enciklopedio povas kontentigi... ...unua en sia speco; tia tasko havas malfacilojn nevenkeblajn per unu salto. Do, kiu havas la pasion serĉi mankojn, tiu ja trovos tiajn certe. Intenca m... ... liaj artikoloj nun relative ŝajnas tro mallongaj. La longo de la artikolo do tute ne mezuras la gravecon de temo aŭ persono. Malgraŭ zorga serĉado ka... ...venkoj kaj triumfoj — kaj, sub la impreso deĉio ĉi, oni sentas kvazaŭ legi grandegan epopeon: la entuziasmigan epopeon de nia movado de “esperantoj” .... ...24 febr. 1875 en Tours. Efektivigas artan plivastigon de urboj: Dunkerque, Rio de Janeiro, k. a. Faris prelegojn kaj verkojn pri tiu temo. Faris multa... ...io en multaj landoj kaj speciale en Germanujo; parte tio estis la kaŭzo de grandega de cito, pagita nur jaron poste. Dum la UK oni prezentis la dramo... ...ser (bakojzer) Edvardo, brazilano, d-ro, prof.ĉe la Politeknika Lernejo en Rio de Janeiro. Verkis pri geogra o, geologio kaj naciaj demandoj. Kunfond...

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...t is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.’ But what solutions do you have in mind?” —“There is no single solution to the problems ... ...ilable pornographic media. No mature adult could bring himself to think or do such unseemly acts. Yet there are many supposedly upright citizens wh... ...nts be required to take a course in infant care in order to be licensed? Or do you think this cruelty to infants should be allowed to continue? Or p... ...st? Why are so many thousands of Latin Americans risking death to cross the Rio Grande for a life in the U.S.? “Chet, can you fathom the dept... ...Why are so many thousands of Latin Americans risking death to cross the Rio Grande for a life in the U.S.? “Chet, can you fathom the depth an...

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...telephone clicked off. He called again. "Yoboseyo." "Yoboseyo. Yang--" "What do you want with him?" "I'd like to talk with your son. I am an acquainta... ...began to question himself. Maybe it was loneliness that had compelled him to do that. After all, the action was undoubtedly bizarre in the sense that ... ...going away he came to his apartment and asked if there was anything he could do or get him. There wasn't. He sat on the sofa, cold and pierced, as Sun... ... "Pronto. Excelente. Necesitas dormir las horas bastante para tener un dia grande por la manana. I go to bed now. You do it too after to eat your ... ...lists (the former having recuperated from the fever that caused delusions of grandeur, but the latter so delusional to think that it was God that gran... ...n. In a little park where all areas of grass were fenced off, near Pasaraya Grande, the shopping mall of he truly affluent on Blok M, she sketched Mo... ...a of the statue of Jesus that was meant to duplicate the one that stood over Rio de Janeiro. The diminished Christ didn't have the efficacy of the or...

...s in the form of a fish -- The contrary Bishop of Malta whom Paul sentenced to do penance in the sea -- Apparitions and Phantoms -- A ghost appears to... ...doned to a terrible fate -- Stories of inconceivable wealth -- Fear and famine do dreadful execution -- Abandonment of the Trinidad -- Pursuit of a fa... ...n his return to the islands -- Shooting at a man to see how far a musket would do execution -- Among the natives of Van Dieman's Land -- Further parti... ...e particularly described by Marco, whose representation is that of one of the grandest cities that any king ever conceived. We will quote from our di... ...s, this place being esteemed not only for its enormous population, but for the grandeur of its buildings, and especially the palace built by King Fanf... ...eturned again to Spain, owing to the death of De Solis, who in discovering the Rio de la Plata was murdered by the natives. DISASTERS OVERTAKE LOYASA'... ...a. But the location proving unhealthy the town was removed to the mouth of the Rio Almenderes; but this site being no better than the first, the settl... ...e peoples occupying that territory lying between the isthmus of Darien and the Rio Grande river) to make sacrifices of human beings to their Sun god. ... ...oples occupying that territory lying between the isthmus of Darien and the Rio Grande river) to make sacrifices of human beings to their Sun god. Thes...

...enchantment to one of those evenings which are rest after seeing Rome. You do not know, perhaps, that most of our professors live on Germany, on Engla... ...t proclaimed, “She is mine!” The concierges of Paris have sharp eyes; they do not stop visitors who wear an order, have a blue uniform, and walk ponde... ...tion between our families—” “I had fancied so.” “What! still?” cried she. “Do you not see, monsieur, by the entire ease and freedom with which I can s... ...other Eve received from the hand of God, the form of an Empress, an air of grandeur, and an august line of profile, with her rural modesty, made every... ...urg, adored the Emperor Na- poleon and everything that had to do with the /Grande Armee/. Andre and Johann spoke with respect of Commis- sary Hulot, t... ... is no fool, is my little Duke. There is nothing like a man who has been a grandee in his time for turning coals into gold. Just before dinner the not... ...t unlike Lisbeth’s—too well not to quake as she thought of this Othello of Rio de Janeiro. As the carriage drove up, Steinbock released Valerie, for h... ... “So thought I,” said Montes, “since I sold all my land and possessions at Rio to come back to Madame Marneffe.” “A man does not make such a voyage fo...

...an stay till a quarter-past three.” “Then come and take off your things. I do not know when I have been so glad!” “Do the girls know?” asked Miss Pres... ... And these last holidays! What should the newly-come little one from India do, but catch a fever in the Red Sea, and I had to keep guard over the brot... ... you to take this house off my hands. May be it would be prudent in you to do so even now, considering all things; only I believe that transplanting w... ...,” said Agatha, “there will be an embargo on all ac- quaintance except the grandees at Clipstone.” “I shall never drop old friends,” cried V era. “I a... ...because Will doesn’t like my friends, and Magdalen is altogether gone upon grandees.” “Fancy!” was all that Phyllis managed to say. “She doesn’t want ... ...lided home; and Gillian accepted the arrangements, which would take her to Rio, “as much a matter of course,” said her aunt, “as if she had been a wif...

...ted, or any of those who followed him, Rios, Pellicer, or Navarrete, could do was to eke out the few allusions Cervantes makes to him- self in his var... ...t possibly be found. Navarrete has done all that industry and acumen could do, and it is no fault of his if he has not given us what we want. What Hal... ...me by degrees to take the place of established fact. All that I propose to do here is to separate what is matter of fact from what is matter of conjec... ...whom, with the obei- 45 Cervantes – Ormsby’s 1922 ed. sance I owe to such grandeur, I pray to receive it agreeably under his protection, so that in t... ... serve thee.’ This Duke Ricardo, as you, sirs, probably know already, is a grandee of Spain who has his seat in the best part of this Andalusia. I too... ...om which a duke takes a title which makes him one of those that are called Grandees of Spain. This nobleman has two sons, the elder heir to his dignit...

...y change, except in that mysterious, extraneous thing which has nothing to do with the theories of art; a subtle change in the nature of the inspirati... ...tions. But it had to be done. It took the best part of the years 1903-4 to do; with many intervals of renewed hesitation, lest I should lose myself in... ...t last from the toils of love and wealth, there was nothing more for me to do in Sulaco. J. C. October, 1917. CONTENTS PART FIRST THE SILVER OF THE MI... ...mportance. The fortunes of war served him marvellously, and the victory of Rio Seco (after a day of desperate fighting) put a seal to his success. At ... ...n her simple, white frock, almost like a lost child crying in the degraded grandeur of the noble hall, while he stood by her, again perfectly motionle... ...stle-legs to the turbines working the stamps on the lower plateau—the mesa grande of the San Tome mountain. Only the memory of the water- fall, with i... ...g nostrils, the im- becile and domineering stare of the glorious victor of Rio Seco had in them something ominous and in- credible; the exaggeration o... ... CHAPTER TWO AFTER ANOTHER ARMED STRUGGLE, decided by Montero’s victory of Rio Seco, had been added to the tale of civil wars, the “honest men,” as Do...

...e could be laid over with concrete … after to-morrow. “We may just as well do away with the fence. Y ou could have your drying-line out, quite clear o... ...Her argumentation would puzzle him and cast him down for a time. “They all do it,” he pointed out. There was a whole column devoted to appeals after m... ...hat boy? Not want to look at the only sensible girl for miles around? What do you think I am here for, my dear— my dear—my dear? … What? Y ou wait. Y ... ...….” He hummed a snatch very low, leaning against the wall. Oh, ho, ho Rio! And fare thee well, My bonnie young girl, We’re bou... ... And fare thee well, My bonnie young girl, We’re bound to Rio Grande “Capstan song,” he explained. Her teeth chat-tered. “Y ou are co... ... And fare thee well, My bonnie young girl, We’re bound to Rio Grande “Capstan song,” he explained. Her teeth chat-tered. “Y ou are cold,”... ...the old days, on the edge of the gold country, away north there beyond the Rio Gila. I’ve seen it. A prospecting engineer in Mazatlan took me along wi...

...ted, or any of those who followed him, Rios, Pellicer, or Navarrete, could do was to eke out the few allusions Cervantes makes to him- self in his var... ...t possibly be found. Navarrete has done all that industry and acumen could do, and it is no fault of his if he has not given us what we want. What Hal... ...me by degrees to take the place of established fact. All that I propose to do here is to separate what is matter of fact from what is matter of conjec... ...r Excellency’s glamorous name, to whom, with the obei- sance I owe to such grandeur, I pray to receive it agreeably under his protection, so that in t... ... serve thee.’ This Duke Ricardo, as you, sirs, probably know already, is a grandee of Spain who has his seat in the best part of this Andalusia. I too... ...om which a duke takes a title which makes him one of those that are called Grandees of Spain. This nobleman has two sons, the elder heir to his dignit...

...e back.’ ‘I don’t stir till I have heard the state of the case.’ ‘Yes, you do; for all the sportsmen will be coming home, and my aunt would not for al... ...d found something at which you could not grumble.’ ‘How does she look? How do they treat her?’ ‘Apparently they have not yet fed her on bread and wate... ...’ ‘I never asked for any such thing! I would not for worlds see her led to do anything underhand.’ ‘She will honour you! That’s right, Jem!’ ‘Neither ... ...ing in his devotion of a lifetime to redeem his mother’s fortunes, but the grandeur was not easily visible in the detail. He came down on Dynevor Ter-... ...hurt you,’ said James, smiling. ‘Ah! Jemmy, you didn’t know me as a county grandee,’ she said, with a bright sad look, ‘when your poor grandpapa used ... ...eary I am of that hateful thing, a great house!’ ‘I hope Cheveleigh is not grander than Ormersfield,’ said Clara, in an odd sort of voice. The ladies,... ...e V olume II of business he had engaged a new assistant, who had come from Rio as servant to a traveller. She had sometimes heard Robson speak in prai...

...ost-boys will strike you, Mr. Beltham, as it does me. Nevertheless, I must do it; I have no resource. Owing to a rascal of the genus, incontinent in l... ...aid, ‘My wife deranged! I might presume it too truly an inherited disease. Do you trifle with me, sir? Her reason unseated! and can you pretend to the... ...vens! it is infamous, it is a curst piece of inhumanity. Mr. Beltham, if I do not see my wife, I carry off my son.’ ‘You may ask till you’re hoarse, y... ...s merely appetite that induced me to choose him; I never could imag- ine a grandeur in his office, notwithstanding my father’s elo- quent talk of ruli... ... when I had forgotten that of all the others. CHAPTER IV I HAVE A TASTE OF GRANDEUR THOUGH I HAD NOT previously seen a postillion in my life, I gazed ... ...‘So you’ve got a valentine,’ the captain addressed me. ‘I went on shore at Rio last year on this very day of the month, just as lively as you youngste... ...t the extent of his knowledge on the subject, so we drank our tea with the grandeur of London for our theme, where, T emple assured me, you never had ...

... for saying an unkind word to her, were any persons hard-hearted enough to do so—why, so much the worse for them. Even Miss Pinkerton, that aus- tere ... ...ley was exceedingly alarmed at this act of insubordination. “How could you do so, Rebecca?” at last she said, after a pause. “Why, do you think Miss P... ... never set eyes on it again. I wish it were in the bottom of the Thames, I do; and if Miss Pinkerton were there, I wouldn’t pick her out, that I would... ...ustomers: and Rawdon abused the dinners and wine with an audacity which no grandee in the land could surpass. Long custom, a manly appearance, faultle... ...ne carriage and fine horses and sat at the head of a table loaded with the grandest plate. She had a cheque-book, a prize foot- man to follow her when... ...y Frederica Bullock. Jane’s own life, as we have said, admitted of no such grandeur. It was an awful existence. She had to get up of black winter’s mo... ...azil,” said one gossip to another, with a grin—”Brazil is St. John’s Wood. Rio de Janeiro is a cottage surrounded by four walls, and George Gaunt is a...

...cer- tain strictures upon “the gentleman with the gun on his back” which I do not intend to make accessible to the public. Yet the gun episode did rea... ...nimals, Gaspar Ruiz went away with them, having been invited pressingly to do so by the eloquent officer. Shortly afterwards a detachment of Royali... ...rk. Why should he, unwounded and the strongest of them all, have failed to do so?” “My strength is as nothing against a mounted man with a lasso,” Gas... ... A Set of Six “AFTER THIS—as he called it—act of justice, Ruiz crossed the Rio Blanco, followed by the greater part of his band, and entrenched himsel... ...16 A Set of Six generosity this unreasonable being—a fellow-soldier of the Grande Armée, a companion in the wonders and terrors of the great military ...

...nd En- glish at that; we’ll be having ‘em in March if things go on as they do go. 8 The War in the Air I never see such Times. See his tie last night... ...pped!” Few of them anticipated a tithe of what the Brennan mono-rail would do for their railway securities and the face of the world. In a few, years ... ...had enough of roads and ways.” “They tork,” said Bert. “They talk—and they do,” said the soldier. “The thing’s coming—” “It keeps on coming,” said Ber... ...Abraham Lin- coln, two powerful and entirely modern ships, were already at Rio Grande, on the Pacific side of the canal. His manoeu- vre was, however,... ...ham Lin- coln, two powerful and entirely modern ships, were already at Rio Grande, on the Pacific side of the canal. His manoeu- vre was, however, del... ...y short of food once more when they fell in with a petrol-driven ship from Rio to Cardiff, shorthanded by reason of the Purple Death and glad to take ...

...y 18, 1843. DEAR SPEED:—Yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a “bore,” but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the b... ...e may be some reality in it. What day does Butler appoint? By the way, how do “events” of the same sort come on in your family? Are you possessing hou... ...pondents enough, I have forborne to trouble you heretofore; and I now only do so to get you to set a matter right which has got wrong with one of our ... ... or is not isolated from any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west, and by wide uninhabited regions on the no... ...is not isolated from any and all other settlements by the Gulf and the Rio Grande on the south and west, and by wide uninhabited regions on the north ... ...ound that the true western boundary of Texas is the Nueces, instead of the Rio Grande; and that, therefore, in marching our army to the east bank of t... ... that the true western boundary of Texas is the Nueces, instead of the Rio Grande; and that, therefore, in marching our army to the east bank of the l... ... ana- lyzed, it is all included in the following propositions (1) That the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Loui- siana as we purchased it of Fr... ...- lyzed, it is all included in the following propositions (1) That the Rio Grande was the western boundary of Loui- siana as we purchased it of France...

...Excerpt: Dear Speed, yours of the 9th instant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, howev...

...pleased to see you in it.” “Oh yes, I will bedizen myself to oblige her. I do assure you I am not ungrateful. It is beautiful in itself, and shows how... ...f with it or not.” “Oh yes, dear mother, I’ll bind my hair when you bid me do it and really these buds do credit to the makers. I wonder whether they ... ...d to me! Here is the world around one mass of misery and evil! Not a paper do I take up but I see something about wretchedness and crime, and here I s... ...Mackarel Lane, when she was stayed by the words, “My little girl!” and the grandest and most bearded gentleman she had ever seen, demanded, “Can you t... ...ned by the outline whether granite, gneiss, limestone, or slate formed the grander height beyond, thus leading to schemes of more distant rides to ver... ...nnocent me, as if I could help people’s folly, or as if he was not gone to Rio Janeiro,” exclaimed Bessie, with a sort of meek simplicity and unconsci... ...e same plea- sure in any one’s attentions, and I believe he is gone out to Rio in hopes of earning means to justify his addresses.” Colonel Keith sat ... ...nt door. I do so hope Rachel has not been fluttered.” “I thought he was at Rio,” said Alick. “He could not stand the climate, and was sent home about ... ...“Tired?” he asked. “No; I only sent down nurse to drink tea with the other grandees. What a delightful day it has been! I never hoped that such good f...

...at one does cease to be a girl.? ?Only try it on, Rachel dear, she will be pleased to see you in it.? ?Oh yes, I will bedizen myself to oblige her. I do assure you I am not ungrateful. It is beautiful in itself, and shows how well nature can be imitated; but it is meant for a mere girl, and this is the very day I had fixed for hauling down the flag of youth.?...

...THE BEAGLE CHAPTER I ST. JAGO — CAPE DE VERD ISLANDS Porto Praya — Ribeira Grande — Atmospheric Dust with Infusoria — Habits of a Sea-slug and Cuttle-... ...glish landscape, the novel as- pect of an utterly sterile land possesses a grandeur which more vegetation might spoil. A single green leaf can scarcel... ...a wide difference. One day, two of the officers and myself rode to Ribeira Grande, a village a few miles eastward of Porto Praya. Until we reached the... ...rything appeared to prosper well, excepting, in- deed, that which ought to do so most — its inhabit- ants. The black children, completely naked, and l... ...ge prawns. The sealers call them whale-food. Whether whales feed on them I do not know; but terns, cor- morants, and immense herds of great unwieldy s... ...r- case of some whale, which probably was floating at no great distance. I do not here mention the minute gelatinous particles, hereafter to be referr... ...nimals is invariably found in a certain part of the Arctic Sea. CHAPTER II RIO DE JANEIRO Rio de Janeiro — Excursion north of Cape Frio — Great Evapor... ... coast of Brazil. M. Gay* has stated that he found in the neighbourhood of Rio, shells of the marine genera solen and mytilus, and fresh wa- ter ampul... ...whole week. April 14th. — Leaving Socego, we rode to another estate on the Rio Macae, which was the last patch of cultivated ground in that direction....

...requently urged by friends to write my mem- oirs I had determined never to do so, nor to write anything for publication. At the age of nearly sixty-tw... ...the subject is too large to be treated of in two volumes in such way as to do justice to all the officers and men engaged. There were thousands of ins... ... Solomon, remained with his rela- tives in Connecticut until old enough to do for himself, when he emigrated to the British West Indies. Not long afte... ...repub- lic of Mexico. It extended from the Sabine River on the east to the Rio Grande on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico on the south and east t... ...b- lic of Mexico. It extended from the Sabine River on the east to the Rio Grande on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico on the south and east to th... ...er- cised jurisdiction over the territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Mexico had never recognized the inde- pendence of Texas, and ma... ...cised jurisdiction over the territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande. Mexico had never recognized the inde- pendence of Texas, and mainta... ...le he was under duress, ceded all the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande—, but he was a prisoner of war when the treaty was made, and his... ...e was under duress, ceded all the territory between the Nueces and the Rio Grande—, but he was a prisoner of war when the treaty was made, and his lif...

...sing themselves and passing on, And have said, Why should not a man or woman do as much as the seasons, and effuse as much? We dwell a while in every ... ...ight, storms, hunger, ridicule, accidents, rebuffs, as the trees and animals do. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 20 SAVANTISM Thither as I look I see each ... ...himself is, and how certain the future is. I say that the real and permanent grandeur of these States must be their religion, Otherwise there is just ... ...States must be their religion, Otherwise there is just no real and permanent grandeur; (Nor character nor life worthy the name without religion, Nor l... ...ny more than such are to religion. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 29 9 What do you seek so pensive and silent? What do you need camerado? Dear son do... ...as of glory incessant and branching, A new race dominating previous ones and grander far, with new contests, New politics, new literatures and religio... ...aples, Hamburg, Bremen, Bordeaux, the Hague, Copenhagen, Wait at Valparaiso, Rio Janeiro, Panama. 5 I see the tracks of the railroads of the eart... ...the coasts of Florida, Otherways there atwixt the banks of the Arkansaw, the Rio Grande, the Nueces, the Brazos, the Tombigbee, the Red River, Leaves ... ...little lakes, or on the Columbia, Dwellers south on the banks of the Gila or Rio Grande, friendly gatherings, the characters and fun, Dwellers along t...

...ever laid upon any man. But I have another reason for asking this favor. I do not speak for my son alone; or for him and his friend alone. My son has ... ... been needlessly kept in Hell as many weeks as my boy’s mother has—I would do something to make American citizenship as sacred in the eyes of French- ... ...ers about which I will not now express an opinion. I would only add that I do not in the least share your complacency in regard to the treatment which... ...e, vraiment; elle n’est fas comme moi, un pet-it homme laide, ma femme est grande et belle, elle sait bien lire et é-crire, vraiment; et notre fils … ... ...ning for- ward with jaw protruding and a oneness of bristly eyebrows, “Ces grande messieurs qui ne foutent ‘pas mal si l’on CREVE de faim, savez-vous ... ...nish); for The Fighting Sheeney had made his home for a number of years in Rio, and his opinion thereof may be loosely translated by the expressive ph...

... narrative to the public. I had several reasons, however, for declining to do so, some of which were of a nature altogether private, and concern no pe... ...s truth. Notwithstanding this representation, I did not make up my mind to do as he suggested. He afterward proposed (finding that I would not stir in... ...tily frightened, “what ails you?—what is the matter?—what are you going to do?” “Mat- ter!” he stammered, in the greatest apparent surprise, letting g... ...nity of speaking with him privately. CHAPTER 7 JUL Y 10. Spoke a brig from Rio, bound to Norfolk. Weather hazy, with a light baffling wind from the ea... ... off the wreck by the Fame, of Hull, Captain Featherstone, bound home from Rio Janeiro. When picked up, they were in latitude 28 degrees N., longitude... ...sugar-cane, with which he had been furnished by the Ameri- can Minister at Rio Janeiro. This settlement, however, was finally abandoned, and in 1817 t... ...ldest and least frequented portions of fair England. The gloomy and dreary grandeur of the building, the almost savage aspect of the domain, the many ... ...utterance of the romance in Otello—the tone with which she gave the words “Sul mio sasso,” in the Capuletti—is ring- ing in my memory yet. Her lower t... ...Monsieur Croissart, and den again, 218 Poe in Five V olumes my daughter’s grande daughter, Mademoiselle Croissart, she marry von Monsieur Froissart; ...