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...ty by Charles Dickens A Penn State Classics Series Publication Going into Society by Charles Dickens is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...ment or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Going into Society by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic C... ...iversity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Charles Dickens Going into Society by Charles Dickens A T ONE PERIOD of its reverses, the House fell i... ...n repeated, deliberately and emphatically, Along of a Dwarf. 4 Going into Society Might it be compatible with Mr. Magsman’s inclination and convenien... ...used to creep into, with a diamond ring (or quite as good to 6 Going into Society look at) on his forefinger, and ring a little bell out of what the ... ... riled him most in the nater of his occupation was, that it kep him out of Society. He was continiwally saying, “Toby, my ambi- tion is, to go into So... .... The curse of my position towards the Public is, that it keeps me hout of Society. This don’t signify to a low beast of a Indian; he an’t formed for ... ...rmed for Society. This don’t signify to a Spotted Baby; he an’t formed for Society.—I am.” Nobody never could make out what Chops done with his money.... ...being in want of backers to that amount, it went no further. 8 Going into Society Arter he had been mad for a week—in a state of mind, in short, in w...

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... in a general manner proposed to do it, for he was on his way to explore a society abounding in comic aspects. This consciousness of a missing measure... ...ywhere but just here on the dock; inasmuch as Pandora was decidedly not in society, where Vogelstein would be of course, and as, if Utica—he had her s... ... II H e went wherever he was asked, on principle, partly to study American society and partly because in Washington pastimes seemed to him not so nu- ... ...rs he had naturally had a good many of various kinds—his study of American society had yielded considerable fruit. When, however, in April, during the... ...o Count Otto’s apprehension, was paved with mistakes; he felt himself in a society founded on fundamental fallacies and trium- phant blunders. Little ... ..., and both the merits and the defects of a good many members of Washington society, as this society was interpreted to him by Mrs. Bonnycastle, he was... ...f the people they didn’t wish to, and of finding plenty of occupation in a society supposed to be meagrely pro- vided with resources for that body whi... ...ss of some of his wife’s reserves; it struck him that for Washington their society was really a little too good. Vogelstein still re- membered the puz... ...endly Washington way, the young German was promptly intro- duced. It was a society in which familiarity reigned and in which people were liable to mee...

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... occasionally kissing, the hand of her sister, Madame Felix de Vandenesse. Society added the baptismal name to the sur- name, in order to distinguish ... ... am covered with diamonds when I go to court; I wear the richest jewels in society, but I have not one farthing I can use. Madame du Tillet, who, they... ... where all things were redo- lent of aristocracy, but where the varnish of society did not impede the ease and “laisser-aller” which young and loving ... ...hings of life; he initiated her slowly into the mysteries of the high- est society; he taught her the genealogies of noble families; he showed her the... ...omething so infantine about 25 Balzac it that it ought to be excused; but society is not more indul- gent than the God of Genesis. Madame de Vandenes... ... themselves sufficiently avenged. The disasters of July, 1830, supervened; society was dissolved for two years; the rich evaded the turmoil and left P... ...ound,—among others that of the Austrian ambassa- dor, where the legitimist society and the new social world met together in the persons of their best ... ... never been compromised, and he determined to take his wife into gen- eral society without fear of its becoming so. His former mis- tresses could scar... ...o childish in the elegant, witty, and gentle countess, who now appeared in society with the exquisite manners of the highest female aristocracy. Mesda...

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...icult passages were translated dif- ferently by each person in fashionable society; a poem that grew more obscure and more sublime from strophe to str... ...blood or mud, betray nothing, and represent everything. Provided that good society knows the amount of your for- tune, you are classed among those fig... ...he cause of my feeling cold.” Ere long the exaggeration to which people in society are naturally inclined, produced a large and growing crop of the mo... ...rior cleverness, with the air of raillery, which in our day characterize a society devoid of faith, kept alive vague suspi- cions concerning the Lanty... ...f circumstances, the members of that family justi- fied the conjectures of society by adopting a decidedly mys- terious course of conduct with this ol... ...ness, the life, or the fortune of all depended. W as it fear or affection? Society could discover no indication which enabled them to solve this prob-... ...ly rendered fruitless, no one sought to discover a secret so well guarded. Society spies, triflers, and politicians, weary of the strife, ended by cea... ...3 Balzac nine from the waist up. “And yet such marriages are often made in society!” I said to myself. “He smells of the cemetery!” cried the terrifie... ...miserly attorney supplied his son with the means to appear to advantage in society. The long and laborious study de- manded by the sculptor’s professi...

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...ent genius of their disciples, it has come about that now, to many a Royal Society, the Creation of a World is little more mysterious than the cooking... ...lean-brushed, pacific individu- als, perhaps sufficiently distinguished in society by this fact, that, in dry weather or in wet, “they never appear wi... ... inevitable in a German, but fatal to his success with our public. Of good society Teufelsdrockh appears to have seen little, or has mostly forgotten ... ...culated millions, but a huge scarlet-colored, iron-fastened Apron, wherein Society works (uneasily enough); guarding itself from some soil and stithy-... ... but- toned together, and held up, by Clothes.” He says in so many words, “Society is founded upon Cloth;” and again, “Society sails through the Infin... ... of Com- merce and Polity, and all the living and lifeless integuments (of Society and a Body), wherewith your Existence sits sur- rounded,—the sight ... ...rrel-skins, and a plush-gown; whereby all mortals know that he is a JUDGE?—Society, which the more I think of it astonishes me the more, is founded up... ...whole fabric of Government, Legisla- tion, Property, Police, and Civilized Society, are dissolved, in wails and howls.” Lives the man that can figure ... ... which to any one that has once fairly pictured out the grand mother-idea, Society in a state of Nakedness, will spontaneously suggest itself. Should ...

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...ral mysteries. Legion is the name of the haunted German students, in whose society we draw yet nearer to the fire, while the schoolboy in the corner o... ... courageous fellows were invited to come forward and enrol themselves in a Society for mak- ing a set against him. The President of the Society was Fi... ... his candle, and his hands before his face, crying. But no mem- ber of the Society could pity him, even if he felt in- clined, because the President s... ..., and he suffered from them con- stantly. He never told about it, that the Society could find out; but he got no credit for that, because the Presiden... ...d showed the letter to Jane. Jane was Old Cheeseman’s friend. The more the Society went against him, the more Jane stood by him. She used to give him ... ...y knew with indignation who had sent it up. Under these circumstances, the Society resolved, after a quantity of meeting and debating, that Jane shoul... ...e President, was appointed to wait on Jane, and inform her of the vote the Society had been under the painful ne- cessity of passing. She was very muc... ...e whole respected body out of the room. Consequently it was entered in the Society’s book (kept in astronomical cypher for fear of detection), that al... ...t, and the evident fact that old Cheeseman was not expected, confirmed the Society in this opinion. Some began to discuss whether the President was li...

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...houses. Whether it was that she dis- liked being obliged to go out to seek society, and considered that at her age she had a right to expect some retu... ...because Mademoiselle Salomon de Villenoix belonged to the most aristocatic society in Tours. For though Made- moiselle Salomon came to Mademoiselle Ga... ...out ladies who were in the habit of receiving the pious and ecclesiastical society of T ours. But alas! the abbe Birotteau himself caused this cherish... ... company so distasteful that they prefer to seek the doubtful pleasures of society. The cause of this desertion is plain enough. Although the vicar wa... ...belonged 20 The Vicar of Tours to the aristocratic circles of T ourainean society, to which Ma- demoiselle Gamard was not admitted. Therefore the abb... ...h him.” Presented thus, the innocent abbe was considered by this bourgeois society, which secretly hated the aristocratic soci- ety, as a man essentia... ...iability had made the leaders of the diocese and the mem- bers of the best society in T ours seek his company , had steadily opposed, though secretly ... ...ad even adroitly man- aged to prevent his access to the salons of the best society. Nevertheless, during Chapeloud’s lifetime Troubert treated him inv... ...m the soul, and the soul forms the physical presence. Though all things in society as well as in the universe are said to have a purpose, there do exi...

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...ome years ago, to expatiate on the vicious addiction of the lower classes of society to Sun day excursions; and were thus instrumental in calling for... ...rtunities of increasing the comforts and pleasures of the humbler classes of society — not by the expenditure of the smallest portion of your princel... ...exceedingly pleasing in the general desire evinced by the humbler classes of society, to appear neat and clean on this their only holiday. There are ... ...nt to promote the observance of the Lord’s day, by protecting every class of society against being re quired to sacrifice their comfort, health, reli... ...worship of God according to his Holy Will, and for protecting every class of society against being required to sacrifice their health and comfort on t... ...character of a whole people, by the confessions of the very worst members of society. It is not fair, to cry down things which are harmless in themsel... ...Sundays, or even providing the means of amusement for the humbler classes of society on that day, would be hurtful and injurious to the character and ...

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...hree ladies.” “Well,” my interlocutor declared, “I am very fond of ladies’ society. I think when it’s superior there’s nothing comes up to it. I’ve go... ...tic attitude of Mrs. Church. “No, she doesn’t mingle, except in the native society. Though she lives in pensions, she detests them.” “Why does she liv... ...e young ladies began to stroll about the garden again, and I enjoyed their society until M. Pigeonneau’s festival came to an end. CHAPTER V M r. Ruck ... ...her mother’s. “Well, for a gentleman there is nothing so sacred as ladies’ society,” replied Miss Ruck, in the manner of a person accustomed to giving... ...me Galopin. Going to see Madame Galopin—mamma calls that being in European society. European society! I’m so sick of that expression; I have heard it ... ...n a valued friendship, a delightful social tie.” “Here comes the ‘European society, ’ the poor daughter’s bugbear,” I said to myself. “Certainly,” I r... ...d in European homes.” “Oh, I see!” “We have the entree of the old Genevese society I like its tone. I prefer it to that of Mr. Ruck,” added Mrs. Churc... ...angles. He had his usual anomalous appearance of both seeking and avoiding society, and he wandered obliquely toward Mrs. Church, whose last words he ...

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...at Mr. Clay, when he was once answering an objection to the Colo- nization Society, that it had a tendency to the ultimate emanci- pation of the slave... ...on must do more than put down the benevo- lent efforts of the Colonization Society: they must go back to the era of our liberty and independence, and ... ...of that declaration, and it is desirable in the original con- struction of society, and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundamen... ...rcumstances should permit. “They meant to set up a standard maxim for free society which should be familiar to all,—constantly looked to, con- stantly... ... of that declaration; and it is desirable, in the original construction of society and in organized societies, to keep it in view as a great fundament... ...n view as a great fundamental principle. But, then, I apprehend that in no society that ever did exist, or ever shall be formed, was or can the equali... ...ed; but he says it is true as an abstract principle in the organization of society as well as in organized society and it should be kept in view as a ... ... If a state of nature existed, and we were about to lay the foundations of society, no man would be more strongly opposed than I should be to incorpor... ...ental truth which should be constantly kept in view in the organization of society and in societies al- ready organized. But if I say a word about it;...

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...epths of character. He seemed to delight in scourging the upper classes of society with the lash of his tongue, to take pleasure in convicting it of i... ...ntained, as might have been expected, the elements out of which a complete society might be con- structed. And, as in a school, as in the world itself... ...he aroused in others was not so strong that he must be banished from their society—he paid his way. Besides, Goriot had his uses, every one vented his... ...d soul into his work, but he was diverted from this purpose by the need of society and connections; then he saw how great an influence women exert in ... ...s that Rastignac thought he was only doing a piece of necessary service to society to watch the self-styled vermicelli maker’s nocturnal industries. T... ...er look to be anything but a boorish country magistrate. How can I go into society , when to manage properly you want a lot of cabs, varnished boots, ... ...the house. I sometimes hear it said that there is noth- ing dramatic about society in these days; but the Drama of the Son-in-law is appalling, to say... ...the restoration of the Bourbons, M. de Restaud felt bored by the old man’s society, and the banker was still more tired of it. His daughters were stil... ...ly sends a young man of his age into a furious rage; he shakes his fist at society, and vows vengeance when his belief in himself is shaken. Just then...

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...rk”? The object of this particular study—startling in its truth so long as society makes philanthropy a principle instead of regarding it as an accide... ...tle woman. What do you think of such a marriage as that? To those who know society such things are common enough; a well-assorted marriage is the exce... ...is guests. Soulanges, according to a saying in these parts, was a town for society and amusement only, while Blangy was a business borough; crushed, h... ...thing aroused vigilance; in the other, everything rouses it; the result to society is, perhaps, very much the same. The presence of old Mother T onsar... ...rder of things that are often the result of qualities which, unhappily for society, have no vent. Deeds of heroism performed upon the battle-field oug... ...l holds its own against that of the old monarchy in the minds of the “best society” of Soulanges. Soudry, who had paid his addresses to Mademoiselle C... ...eat estates and land-agents had existed, that is, ever since the origin of society, the said agents had set up, for their own use, an argument such as... ... kill the oligarchical selfishness so necessary to the existence of modern society, and which England has practised with such success for the last thr... ...with which com- munism, that living and acting logic of democracy, attacks society from the moral side, shows plainly that the Samson 94 Sons of the ...

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...at we had transported our selves a world wide distance from the system of society that shackled us at breakfast time. Good, comfortable Mrs. Foster (... ... blazing fire were those very men. We had left the rusty iron framework of society behind us; we had broken through many hindrances that are powerful ... ... life governed by other than the false and cruel principles on which human society has all along been based. And, first of all, we had divorced oursel... ...abor. But, to own the truth, I very soon became sensible that, as regarded society at large, we stood in a position of new hostility, rather than new ... ...s fail to be the case, in some degree, until the bigger and better half of society should range itself on our side. Constituting so pitiful a minority... ...uggested “Sunny Glimpse,” as expressive of a vista into a better system of society. This we turned over and over for a while, acknowledging its pretti... ...r whose hab its, in this particular, I cannot vouch,—of all our apostolic society, whose mission was to bless mankind, Hollingsworth, I apprehend, wa... ...ament, I seriously wished—selfish as it may appear—that the reformation of society had been postponed about half a century, or, at all events, to such... ...e question. What, in the name of common sense, had I to do with any better society than I had always lived in? It had satisfied me well enough. My ple...

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... of prime minister; besides, in the present imperfectly-organized state of society, there are social barriers. David could invent delightful things in... ...said to have had their hands set free from cookery to add to the wealth of society in some other way. Only it happened at Grimworth, which, to be sure... ...el their soft elasticity. She wore them in a crop, for in those days, when society was in a healthier state, young ladies wore crops long after they w... ... as brought under his observation at church, but he had to make his way in society a little before he could come into nearer contact with them; and ev... ...body in Jamaica was anxious to maintain David for the mere pleasure of his society; and those hidden merits of a man which are so well known to himsel... ...self were as little recognized there as they notoriously are in the effete society of the Old World. So that in the dark hints that David threw out at...

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...new governmental authorities; trying to make them pleased at obtaining her society, without arousing either hatred or jeal- ousy. Gracious and kind, g... ...he delicate line along which she might satisfy the exactions of this mixed society, without humiliating the touchy pride of the parvenus, or shocking ...

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...ed. “There’s not a regiment in the service where you’ll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. There’s no quarrelling, bickering, ... ...om those damned vulgar women. But this vulgarity of being ashamed of one’s society is much more common among men than women (except very great ladies ... ...to his wife, whom he could leave alone with less scruple when she had this society. “But what a comfort it is that Rebecca’s come: you will have her f... ...he least deceived), and consigning his wife to soli- tude or her brother’s society, passed his evenings in the Crawleys’ company; losing money to the ... ...such as only English ladies will employ, in order to gain admission to the society of the great of their own nation. Jos and Mrs. O’Dowd, who were pan... ...ade Jos envious, and George wonder how the deuce he should be getting into society. Mr. and Mrs. Rawdon, finally, were of course invited; as became th... ...oom. It is a fact, that in a fortnight, and after three dinners in general society, this young woman had got up the genteel jar- gon so well, that a n... ...ad known perpetually how to divert him; and he had found his house and her society a thousand times more pleasant than any place or company which he h... ...e old father abandoned himself completely to rum-and-water, and the odious society of the Horrocks family. Pitt’s success rendered the Rector’s family...

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... liar novel relish of it, coming from a social pressman and a dame of high society. The different hemispheres became known as one sphere to these bird... ...d, with a certain amount of truth, that the women unaware of the advantage Society gave them (as to mastering men) were fools. Tender, is not a word c... ...warranted good blood. Is that to be found certificated out of the rolls of Society? It may just possibly be found, without certificate, however, in th... ...table woman—I’ve heard no scandal. We have to hear of a Lady Ormont out of Society! We have to suppose it means there’s not to be a real 45 George Me... ...ied Mrs. Pagnell, from her just expectation of reciprocal dealings in high society; for she confessed herself a fly to a title. Where is the shame, if... ...l the agitation produced by Mrs. Pagnell left him free to sail away in the society of the steadiest. He decided that by not observing, not thinking, n... ...reviews … Low comedy act- ing.’ He muttered his objections to London. ‘The society of people speaking one’s own tongue, add that,’ she ventured to say... ... I know. But now we are settled in England, I have a wish to study English society.’ ‘Disappointing, I assure you;—dinners heavy, dancing boorish, int... ...the lion in her lord to exhibit himself, and she had gained noth- ing with Society by the step, owing to her poor performance of the lion’s mate. She ...

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...which they scarcely supposed to be largely pursued in any section of human society. The arrival of Felix and his sister was a satisfaction, but it was... ...o unrestricted with young un- married ladies. He was extremely fond of the society of ladies, and it was new to him that it might be enjoyed in just t... ... are very pure.” The Baroness by this time was an old inhabitant; the best society in Boston had called upon her, and Clifford Wentworth had taken her... ...ifford, who was a mere shame-faced boy, and whom a large section of Boston society sup- posed to be “engaged” to Lizzie Acton. Not, indeed, that it wa... ...way. Felix had lately become con- scious of a luxurious preference for the society—if pos- sible unshared with others—of Gertrude Wentworth; but he ha... ...ially if she is a little of a coquette. My dear 87 Henry James uncle, the society of such women has been half my edu- cation. If Clifford is suspende... ....” “Introduced?” Clifford demanded. “They had no opportunity of going into society; they formed no relations.” This was one of a certain number of wor... ... need n’t be afraid. I am not in the least one of those who think that the society of women who have lost their place in the vrai monde is necessary t... ...at Newport with Eugenia alone. It would be a great pleasure to see her, in society, carry everything before her, as he was sure she would do. When Act...

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... there was scarce any trace of man but the road we followed; I think we passed but one ranchero’s house in the whole distance, and that was closed and... ...desire to live there; but let me hear, in some far land, a kindred voice sing out, “Oh, why left I my hame?” and it seems at once as if no beauty unde... ...ntages on earth. You have to learn the paraphrases and the shorter catechism; you generally take to drink; your youth, as far as I can find out, is a ... ...nd to the hotel to see him. We said a few words to each other; we had not much to say – should never have seen each other had we stayed at home, separ... ...verado; Sam, the Crown Prince; and Chuchu, the Grand Duke. Chuchu, a setter crossed with spaniel, was the most un- suited for a rough life. He had bee... ...izarre and admirable taste – the taste of an Indian. With all this, he was a perfect, unoffending gentleman in word and act. Take his clay pipe from h... ...in the persons of these brothers-in- law, we had the two sides of rusticity fairly well repre- sented: the hunter living really in nature; the clodhop... ...n be said to be complete, nor can he pronounce the world yet emptied of enjoy- ment, till he has made the acquaintance of “the Rever- end Patterson, d...

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...lmost my only book, had done nothing to enlighten me concerning North- ern society. I had been taught that slavery was the bottom fact of all wealth. ... ...or a firmer hold and a longer lease of oppression, the result is the same,—society is instructed, or may be. Such are the limitations of the common mi...