...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 rather a family record than a novel. Formerly the Muse of the historical romance was an inde- pendent and arbitrary personage, who could compress ti... ...r. I shall be glad thus to draw closer the bonds between ourselves and the English kindred, whom I love so heartily, though I may never hope to see th... ...dear old home where I grew up. For, as perhaps you have forgotten, I am an English woman by birth, having first seen the light at Walwyn House, in Dor... ...g our life and its inconveniences endurable is to give them a colouring of romance.’ I did not understand her then, but I have often since thought of ... ...I appreciated; for now that I was a married woman, I was permitted to read romances, and I had just begun on the first volume of the Grand Curus. My h... ...f the Romans, even when Eustace had given her his word they were not Roman Catholics. She used to say she had the cramp, or that her foot was asleep, ... ...been bred a Puritan, he should have been amazed to perceive that the Roman Catholics were not all that they had been painted, and should find rest in ...

... in general, to these restless appeals was the rather grim admonition that romantic and historic sites, such as the land of Italy abounds in, offer th... ...lights, and of as many different colours, if possible, as the rockets, the Roman candles and Catherine- wheels of a “pyrotechnic display,” would be em... ...e implements of the little feast had been disposed upon the lawn of an old English country-house, in what I should call the perfect middle of a splend... ...uch consideration and was the most characteristic object in the peculiarly English picture I have attempted to sketch. It stood upon a low hill, above... ...f these was a remarkably well-made man of five- and-thirty, with a face as English as that of the old gentle- man I have just sketched was something e... ...othing about bills; but even as a child she thought her grandmother’s home romantic. There was a covered pi- azza behind it, furnished with a swing wh... ...e had evoked and seemed greatly pleased with it. And then he went on: “The Catholics are very wise after all. The con- vent is a great institution; we...

...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... ...d heart-searching. It is an industry which, like other industries, has its romance, its honour and its rewards, its bitter anxieties and its hours of ... ... have been many open mouths and following eyes on board those ships—Dutch, English, with a sprin- kling of Americans and a German or two—who had all h... ...equal the feats which made the old Tweed a name of praise upon the lips of English-speaking seamen. There was something pathetic in it, as in the ende... ...f pencilled lines without a meaning. But in that maze there lurked all the romance of the “overdue” and a menacing hint of “missing.” “We had three we... ...s towards the fulfilment of great expectations. The commander of the first Roman galley must have looked with an intense absorption upon the estuary o... ... squabble, in the cause of some Serbs or else Bulgarians, who were neither Catholics nor gentlemen—at least, not in the exalted but narrow sense he at...

...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... ...d himself to be deceived by certain chroniclers, since the archives of the Roman Empire make no mention of an acquisition of this kind. I am angry wit... ...range with you a merry feast after the ancient method, when the Greeks and Romans said their Pater noster to Master Pria- pus, and the learned god cal... ... was authorised to take the name. Now this said captain had two sons, good Catholics, of whom the eldest was in favour at court. After the peace, whic... ... the legions of Caucquemarres, because emperors disliked them and also the Romans according to that sulky fellow Tacitus. He re- jected the Pechrochol...

...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 passions were absolutely in harmony with the intelligence. He had the English manner; a remarkable simplicity contrasting with the demonstrative ... ...nal we might arrange for certain letters to recur at distinct intervals in Roman capi- tals, which might spell out, ‘This Night AT Twelve,’ or ‘At Onc... ...cquiescence. “Once more, good-bye.” The Chief addressed the signo- rina in English. She replied in the same tongue, “Good-bye,” tremulously; and passi... ...rt of intruding aborigines, whose presence entirely dispelled the sense of romantic dominion which a mighty eminence should give, and which Britons ex... .... Laura caressed her, whispering, ere she replied: ‘The Signorina Vittoria Romana!—Biancolla!—Benarriva!’ and numerous other names of inventive endear... ...shed the Austrians to be beaten, remarking, how- ever, that they were good Catholics, most fervent Catholics. As the Lord decided, so it would end! “O...

...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... ...n the doorway. Tall, large-eyed, draped in purple shawls, Mrs. Ambrose was romantic and beautiful; not perhaps sym- pathetic, for her eyes looked stra... ...ce; on the other hand it was much bolder than the face of the usual pretty Englishwoman. “Oh, Rachel, how d’you do,” she said, shaking hands. “How are... ...y, eco- nomics, and the Icelandic Sagas. He had turned Persian poetry into English prose, and English prose into Greek iambics; he was an authority up... ...o had, he said, many difficulties to contend with, he con- tinued with the Romans, passed to England and the right method, which speedily became the w... ... out in the East, there was cholera in Russia, and he was heard of, not so romantically, in Lisbon. They had been through France; he had stopped at ma... ...conceive why, if people must have a religion, they didn’t all become Roman Catholics. They had made several expeditions though none of any length. It ... ... the immortal passions, or the thought of new-born males to keep the Roman Catholics out? I assure you,” he said to Helen, “he’s capable of being move...

...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... ...blouse, and how shall you recognize the god- like creature of the Greek or Roman chisel? The eyes note and compare before the heart has time to revise... ...costume has only to walk in the Tuileries,” he said, “and he will marry an English heiress within a fortnight.” Lucien brightened a little under the i... ...ment he believed in chance. Had he not a volume of poems and a magnificent romance entitled The Archer of Charles IX. in manuscript? He had hope for t... ...oth partners. The booksellers nodded slightly. “I have a French historical romance after the style of Scott. It is called The Archer of Charles IX.; I... ...“But my book is very serious. It is an attempt to set the struggle between Catholics and Calvinists in its true light; the Catholics were supporters o... ...tyle of Scott. The char- acter of the struggle between the Protestants and Catholics is depicted as a struggle between two opposed systems of governme... ...ree hundred francs for a romance; I give two hun- dred for translations of English books. Such prices would have been exorbitant in the old days.” “Si...

...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... ... view its bonds, For I will never feel them?— Italy! Thy late reviving Roman soul desponds Beneath the lie this State thing breathed o’er th... ...ayer,’ And Greek—the alphabet — I ‘m nearly sure; She read some French romances here and there, Although her mode of speaking was not pure; ... ... 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... ...ontroulless core Of human hearts, than all the long array Of poets and romancers: You ‘re a bore, A charlatan, a coxcomb and have been... ...undred souls Had left their bodies; and what ‘s worse, alas! When over Catholics the ocean rolls, They must wait several weeks before a mass...

...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... ... put Pango-Pango, instead of Pago-Pago; the sound being that of soft NG in English, as in singer, not as in finger. R. L. S. VAILIMA, UPOLU, SAMOA. 4... ...ships, the ideas and the manners of the native actors date back before the Roman Empire. They are Christians, church-goers, singers of hymns at family... ...f our tattooed ancestors who drove their chariots on the wrong side of the Roman wall. We have passed the feudal system; they are not yet clear of the... ...or many offices and members of the body are taboo in the drawing- rooms of English ladies. Special words are set apart for his leg, his face, his hair... ...rue the beggar was sup- posed in time to make a return, somewhat as by the Roman contract of mutuum. But the obligation was only moral; it could not b... ...ed his colours, abjured the errors of reform, and, with the support of the Catholics, rose to the chief power. In a very brief interval he had thus ru... ... king; one is secure of the small but compact and fervent following of the Catholics, the other has the sympathies of a large part of the Protestant m...

...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... ...up without any clear traces about it or near it, like the brazen castle of romance round which the sea-tide flows. My father must have borne me miles ... ...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... ...I remem- bered of my mother. The ladies observed that it was clear I was a romantic child. I noticed that the old gentleman said ‘Humph,’ very often, ... ... 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... ...he spoke of his exposure to the risk of marrying again; it added a curious romantic tenderness to my adoration of him, and made me feel that he and I ... ...f faith, and it was found refractory. Hence our many divisions. ‘The Roman Catholics admit reason?’ said Janet, who had too strong a turn for showing ...

...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... ...n a cave (like the Baron of Bradwardine), he lay for many days so near the English sentinels, that he could hear their muster-roll called, His food wa... ...sors, I had only to seize upon the most sounding and euphonic surname that English history or topography affords, and elect it at once as the title of... ...he had heard in the servants’ hall? Again, had my title borne ‘Waverley, a Romance from the German,’ what head so obtuse as not to image forth a profl... ...te knowledge of the particular ingredients necessary to the composition of romances and novels of various descrip- tions: but it is enough, and I scor... ...readers under- stand, that they will meet in the following pages neither a romance of chivalry, nor a tale of modern manners; that my hero will neithe... ...ion, perhaps,’ said Fergus, ‘may make obstacles, though we are not bigoted Catholics.’ ‘My grandmother was of the Church of Rome, and her religion was...

...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... ...ot refuse me on that account. He is a good lad, and has lived enough among Catholics to keep his opinions in the background. But you understand that i... ...listening with all her ears, and try- ing to find a character in Fenelon’s romance to be repre- sented by Arthur Hope, now further heard it explained ... ...s a possible martyr, sometimes as a figure in the mythological or Arcadian romance that had filtered into her nursery. CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER... ...ed by stern battlemented castles, while the arches of one of the great old Roman aqueducts made a noble cord to the arc described by the lower part of...

...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 imagination, and the narrow alleys round the harbour grew rich with the romance which his young fancy lent them. One evening he asked whether he mi... ...ic. He was accustomed to say that Papists re- quired an epithet, they were Roman Catholic; but the Church of England was Catholic in the best, the ful... ...in her even voice read the opposite 39 W. Somerset Maugham page. It was a romantic narrative of some East- ern traveller of the thirties, pompous may... ...offee in the restaurant at Boulogne un- less the waiter had known a little English. Geog- raphy was taught chiefly by making boys draw maps, and this ... ...o or three holidays in France; and he expected to get the Dean’s Prize for English essay; Philip got a good deal of satisfaction in watching his disma... ...hen— Mahommedans, Buddhists, and the rest—would spare Dissenters and Roman Catholics (though at the cost of how much humiliation when they were made t... ...n theirs and they had neglected it (in which category were obviously Roman Catholics and Dissenters), the punishment was sure and merited. It was clea... ...he Church of England, on that account were nearer the truth than the Roman Catholics. Most of the men—it was largely a masculine congregation—were Sou...

...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... ...nd I think of lank and coaly steamships heaving on the grey rollers of the English Channel and darkling streets wet with rain, I recall as if I were b... ...d Wood’s Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound ... ...ing, and upon nations for weakening towards Ritualism, or treating Ro- man Catholics as tolerable human beings; there would be great rejoicings over t... ...ess homes in which so many find themselves, a going out towards something, romance if you will, beauty, that has suddenly be- come a need—a need that ... ...e, joys and fears on such a scale, in such an intricacy as never Greek nor Roman knew. The interminable procession of horse omnibuses went lumbering p... ...g fingers flat together, carried the point against him. He quoted Cato and Roman law and the monasteries of Thibet. “Well, anyway,” said Hatherleigh, ...

...mistress, spoke two languages; the dialect at home, more or less; ordinary English Phase the First — The Maiden 13 abroad and to persons of quality.)... ...ng off splints and bandages; even the one customary curb on the humours of English rural societies being absent in this place, Talbothays having no re... ...y convenience as well as my happiness. If I have a very large farm, either English or colonial, you will be invaluable as a wife to me; better than a ... ...a last jaunt in her company while they were yet mere lover and mistress; a romantic day, in circumstances that would never be repeated; with that othe... ...It is the only safeguard for us poor human beings. “Integer vitae,” says a Roman poet, who is strange company for St. Paul — The man of upright life, ... ...ir own vaults to this day, but done out of his property in the time o’ the Romans. However, Sir John, as we call’n now, kept up the wedding day as wel... ...rry because I’ve decided to go to Brazil.’ ‘Brazil! Why they are all Roman Catholics there surely!’ ‘Are they? I hadn’t thought of that.’ But even the...

... Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File pro- duced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classical w... ...el is, for a boy of twelve, to change heavens; to cross the Atlantic, for a man of twenty-four, is hardly to modify his diet. But I was now escaped ou... ...on the bounty of the natives, are to be found in almost every isle and hamlet; and even where these are unserviceable, the natives themselves have oft... ...er, it may be called, and will almost certainly become, the tongue of the Pacific. I will instance a few examples. I met in Majuro a Marshall Island b... ...ins pre-eminent authority; the king be- comes his Mairedupalais; he can proscribe, he can com- mand; and the temptation is ever towards too much. Thus... ...seven hundred or a thousand feet above the beach, a Virgin looks insignificantly down, like a poor lost doll, forgotten there by a giant child. This l... ... it is the missionary’s delicate task to modify; and the more he can do so from within, and from a native stand- point, the better he will do his work... ...the foot of the ravine. Two roads divided it, and met in the midst. Save for this intersection the amphitheatre was strangely perfect, and had a certa... .... Conceive one that has been partly plucked of its rush fringe; you have the atoll of Kauehi. And for either shore of it at closer quarters, con- ceiv...

... to dispose of a manuscript of this kind, he can never know what stores of romance and sensibil- ity lie hidden in breasts he would not have suspected... ... have reason to believe that you, on your part, were equally free from all romantic regard to me. Still, out of school hours we walked and talked con-... ...ctive, fertile look. Steam, trade, machinery had long banished from it all romance and seclusion. At a distance of five miles, a valley, opening betwe... ...” 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... ...r, I long to live once more among Protes- tants; they are more honest than Catholics; a Romish school is a building with porous walls, a hollow floor,...

...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... ... moved by the new picture of a girl, as if it had been a frontispiece of a romantic story some day to be read. She looked compelled to look, but conse... ...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... ... as the men have it; and when their wor- shipped figure of manliness, in a romantic sombrero, is a threadbare giant, showing bruises, they sink on the... ...ike a pestilence! This young Weyburn would touch the fancy of a woman of a romantic turn. Supposing her enthusiastic in her wor- ship of the hero, aft... ...plained; “I said, America. Y ou would be among Prot- estants in America.” “Catholics and Protestants are both welcome to us, accord- ing to our scheme...

...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... ...eenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessari... ...nger’s education and opinions are looked on as not sufficiently alien from Roman Catholicism, a reference to Froude’s ‘History of Queen Elizabeth’ wil... ...ike most of the other nobles of Picardy—and had thus been brought into the English camp, where, regarding Henry V. as lawfully appointed to the succes... ... ing him and his brother Nedford, he had become an ardent supporter of the English claim. He had married an English lady, and had received the grant i... ... decorated with the glorious paintings collected by Francois I., Greek and Roman statues clustered at the angles, and cabinets with gems and antiques ... ...magined that the Huguenots were on the point of rising and slaying all the Catholics, and, with the savagery of alarmed cowardice, the citizens and th... ...bound to the French Reformers who would gladly have come to terms with the Catholics at the Conference of Plassy, and regretted the more decided Calvi... ...tics. De Mericour consulted spiritual advisers, who told him that none but Catholics could be truly holy, and that what he admired were merely heathen...

...rawing certain scenes and certain characters as the convulsions of the sixteenth century may have affected them, and is, in fact, like all historical romance, the shaping of the conceptions that the imagination must necessarily form when dwelling upon the records of history. That faculty which might be called the passive fancy, and might almost be described in Portia?s son...

...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... ...ot only more celebrated but more opulent every year. It, is one of the few romances written in the epistolary form that do not oppress the reader with... ...m “one of the worst of men.” Literary Paris had combined with Hume and the English Government to sur- round him—as he supposed—with guards and spies; ... ...elf. Every night, after supper, we read some part of a small collection of romances which had been my mother’s. My father’s design was only to improve... ... retard the future efforts of my reason, though they added an extravagant, romantic notion of human life, which experience and reflection have never b... ... general, are better instructed in the prin- ciples of their religion than Catholics; the reason is obvious; 67 Rousseau the doctrine of the former r... ...e two leagues distant from Lausanne, and generally in com- pany with other Catholics, particularly a Parisian embroi- derer, whose name I have forgott... ...tterly undo me. I know not by what whimsicallity I resolved to pass for an Englishman; however, in consequence of that determination I gave my- self o...