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...The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was first published by John Day, in 1563. Lavishly illus...

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...The Book of Martyrs, by John Foxe, is an English Protestant account of the persecutions of Protestants, many of whom had died for their beliefs within the decade immediately preceding its first publication. It was first published by John Day, in 1563. Lavishly illus...

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... was possible to know anybody, and yet, in another sense, we knew nothing at all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I know of this sad affair, I knew nothing whatever. Six months ago I had never been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an Engli...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...t all about them. This is, I believe, a state of things only possible with English people of whom, till today, when I sit down to puzzle out what I kn... ...ever been to England, and, certainly, I had never sounded the depths of an English heart. I had known the shallows. I don’t mean to say that we were n... ...s. With the far-away look in her eyes— which wasn’t, however, in the least romantic—I mean that she didn’t look as if she were seeing poetic dreams, o... ...d without making the stipulation that the children should be brought up as Catholics. And that, of course, was spiritual death to Leonora. I have give... ...ee that Leonora was a woman of a strong, cold conscience, like all English Catholics. (I cannot, myself, help disliking this religion; there is always... ...ence. For, of course, that frame of mind has been driven in on the English Catholics. The centuries that they have gone through—centuries of blind and... ... had never undeceived him on that point. She thought it made her seem more romantic. No, Edward had no remorse. He was able to say to himself that he ... ...nough, the first real trouble between them came from his desire to build a Roman Catholic chapel at Branshaw. He wanted to do it to honour Leonora, an...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... .................................................... 37 THE TOUCH OF PARISIAN ROMANCE....................................................................... ...esus polite and gracious, does not make him meek. The picture of him as an English curate of the farcical comedy type, too meek to fight a policeman, ... ...han any- where else except perhaps in Ulster, retranslations into mod- ern English have been introduced perforce to save its bare intelligibility. It ... ...pollo, and Apollo comes to her in the shape of a serpent, or the like. The Roman emperors, following the example of Augustus, claimed the title of God... ...y of the Holy Ghost is a later interpolation bor- rowed from the Greek and Roman imperial tradition. But experience shows that simultaneous faith in t... ...ng a heresy as the discarding of transubstantiation in the Mass was to the Catholics of the XVI century. JESUS JOINS THE BAPTISTS Jesus entered as a m...

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

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...rom a want of common sense which leads them to value their lives less than Englishmen do (lives are really less worth liv- ing in a poor country), and... ...d partly because even the most cowardly Irishman feels obliged to outdo an Englishman in bravery if possible, and at least to set a perilous pace for ... ...ish recruiting was badly bungled in 1915. The Irish were for the most part Roman Catholics and loyal Irishmen, which means that from the English point... ...cruiting was badly bungled in 1915. The Irish were for the most part Roman Catholics and loyal Irishmen, which means that from the English point of vi... ...tle. They were discouraged and repulsed by refusals to give commissions to Roman Catholic officers, or to allow distinct Irish units to be formed. T o... ... the collar of gold that Malachi won from the proud invader. Oh, she’s the romantic woman is my mother, and no mistake. SIR PEARCE [in great perturbat...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...al of these urns were deposited in the Hartley Museum, Southampton. Of the Roman times we know nothing but that part of the great Roman road between C... ...art of the great Roman road between Caer Gwent (or V enta Belgarum, as the Romans called Winchester) and Sorbiodunum (Old Sarum). It can still be trac... ...ourse of making a new road. He thought it one of the plates carried on the Roman stan- dards of the maniples; but alas! on being sent, in 1891, to be ... ...an of the bed-chamber to Henry VIII., and had put thirty-seven Psalms into English verse, in hopes of improv- ing the morals of the Court. John Hopkin... ...ed-chamber. He was a principal instru- ment of translating the Psalms into English metre; the first twenty-six (and seven-and-thirty in all)* being by... ... eventful history. From the Welleses, it passed to the Smythes, also Roman Catholics. W alter Smythe, the first of these, was second son of Sir John S...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... his age. But I may perhaps be able to add something to the familiarity of Englishmen with Americans. The writings which have been most popular in Eng... ...eat such incidents; but I can tell stories which are quite as good against Englishmen. As, for instance, when I was tapped on the back in one of the g... ... by all around him; and the rule which holds that men at Rome should do as Romans do, if true anywhere, is true in America. Therefore I say that in an... ...France; and has it not always 58 North America V ol. 1 been the case with Roman Catholics when they have been forced to measure themselves against Pr... ...; and has it not always 58 North America V ol. 1 been the case with Roman Catholics when they have been forced to measure themselves against Protesta... ...tely be their fate in the country. Surely one may declare as a fact that a Roman Catholic popula- tion can never hold its ground against one that is P... ...against one that is Protes- tant. I do not speak of numbers; for the Roman Catholics will increase and multiply, and stick by their religion, al- thou... ... that a new people should show their independence in all things. The Roman Catholics have a very strong party—as a matter of course—seeing how great h...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... is wonderful, is inter- esting enough; but it must not lead us astray. We English stand as yet without the sphere of it; neither will we plunge * Wit... ...asure into his peculiar point of vision, that a right study of him, for an Englishman, even of ingenuous, open, inquisitive mind, becomes unusually di... ...estruction or captivity; and peace of this sort is like that of Galgacus’s Romans, who ‘called it peace when they had made a desert.’ Here the ardent ... ...iet country town on the Lahn, one of the seats of govern- ment of the Holy Roman Empire. The emperors lived at Vienna; they were crowned at Frankfort;... ...In the interior of the house my eyes were chiefly attracted by a series of Roman views, with which my father had orna- mented an ante-room. They were ... ...s- ter over the old Adam. We were taught that we were much better than the Catholics for the very reason, that we were not obliged to confess any thin...

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

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

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...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... ...er tell the whole. It seems that her name was Faith Le Blanc; she was half English, half French-Canadian, and lived in a village in a very unsettled p... ...t at Montreal, where she learnt a good many accomplishments. They were not Roman Catholics; but it was the only way of getting an education. Dayman mu... ...ontreal, where she learnt a good many accomplishments. They were not Roman Catholics; but it was the only way of getting an education. Dayman must hav... ... not listen to her. Why should she wish to make his son a good-for-nothing English lord? That was his 9 Lady Hester view. Nothing but misery, distres... ...at was actually my case. I was enamoured of the blue-spectacle plan; I had romances of watching Alured day and night, and pouring away dan- gerous dra... ...and our dignity. Lady Hester Lea was the heroine of the neighbourhood. The romance of the disowned daughter was charming; and I 42 Charlotte M. Yonge...

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...g student publication project to bring classi- cal works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ing to the honor and con- science of a doctor. Doctors are just like other Englishmen: most of them have no honor and no conscience: what they commonl... ... might pay you four visits for it, seems to have no equivalent nowadays in English society. Better be a railway porter than an ordinary English genera... ...u- lity precisely as the apparitions at Lourdes excited the credu- lity of Roman Catholics. Suppose it were ascertained that every child in the world ... ...y precisely as the apparitions at Lourdes excited the credu- lity of Roman Catholics. Suppose it were ascertained that every child in the world could ... ... there was a time when some trust could be placed in this distinction. The Roman Catholic Church still maintains, with what it must permit me to call ... ...tely very hard to persuade people to admit so much and thereby destroy the romance of doctoring) we may guess that the medical profession, like the ot...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... barracks. A certain terror held him. In a week the great structure of his romantic world, so full of many colors and harmonies, that had sur- vived s... ...e a beer at the En- glish canteen.” “Can you get beer?” “Sure, over in the English camp.” They went out into the slanting rain. It was nearly dark, bu... ...s his throat. He stuttered a little. To Fuselli he seemed to speak like an Englishman. “Fuselli.” “Italian parentage, I presume?” “Yes,” said Fuselli ... ...n, ain’t yer? Well, he’s a good friend o’ hers; see? Bein’ as they’re both Catholics … But I’m goin’ out this afternoon, see what the town’s like … an... ...that shone like lacquer. “This is wonderful,” said Andrews involuntarily. “Romantic I call it. Makes you think of Dickens, doesn’t it, and Locksley Ha... ...tween the palms of both hands. He remembered a speech out of some very bad romantic play he had heard when he was very small. “About your head I fling...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ifted with infallibility in the inter- pretation of Scripture, such as the Roman Catholics boast. (75) But as we can never be perfectly sure, either o... ...with infallibility in the inter- pretation of Scripture, such as the Roman Catholics boast. (75) But as we can never be perfectly sure, either of such... ...hould not be deterred by the fact that there have been heretic and impious Roman pontiffs; for among the Hebrew high-priests of old there were also he... ...f the Hebrew high- priests telling in confirmation of the authority of the Roman pontiffs to interpret religion, it would rather tend to establish ind...

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

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...LIAM DEAN HOWELLS ............................................................................................................................... 148 ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ............................................................................................................................ 156 A SIMPLIFIED ALPHABET.....................................................

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them, and ... .................................................... .................... 148 ENGLISH AS SHE IS TAUGHT ..................................................... ...tunate. I have examined many fine and apparently self sacrificing deeds in romances and biographies, but— O.M. Under searching analysis the ostensible... ...alists? And why were the Congregationalists not Baptists, and the Baptists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quake... ...? And why were the Congregationalists not Baptists, and the Baptists Roman Catholics, and the Roman Catholics Buddhists, and the Buddhists Quakers, an... ... can come within a split hair of guessing the complexion of his religion: English—Protestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italia... ...; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek Catholic; T urk—Mohammedan; and so on. And wh... ...m. Both of these men have been Presbyterians, Uni versalists, Methodists, Catholics—then Presbyterians again, What Is Man and Other Essays 74 then M... ...tant Church retorts in kind about the confessional and other matters which Catholics hold sacred; then both of these irreverencers turn upon Thomas Pa...

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...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...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...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...

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... but partly from traditions of our ancestors, partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Prosper, Eusebius, and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons, although our enemies, not following my own inclinations, but, to the best of my ability...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...nts of the ancient inhabit- ants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans, and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymus, Pros... ...oquent than myself, who, kindled with generous ardour, have endeavoured by Roman eloquence to smooth the jarring elements of their tongue, if they hav... ...t I have got together all that I could find as well from the annals of the Romans as from the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Hieronymus, Eusebius, ... ... miles; i.e. from Penguaul, which village is called in Scottish Cenail, in English Peneltun, to the mouth of the river Cluth and Cairpentaloch, where ... ...e, bishop of Milan, was then eminent for his skill in the dog- mata of the Catholics. V alentinianus and Theodosius reigned eight years. At that time ... ...m of the Oghgul 1 race, demanded for his daughter the province, called in English, Centland, in British, Ceint, (Kent.) This cession was made without...

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...Preface: The present is the only collected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various times, and sometimes by men of eminence, since the first publication of the original works; and in several instances these versions have been incorpora...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...ollected edition of the principal works of Schiller which is accessible to English readers. Detached poems or dramas have been translated at various t... ...s have been made, with a view to rendering it as acceptable as possible to English readers. 4 The History of the Thirty Y ears’ War Contents History ... ...r the slightest suspi- cion of heresy. Distrust on the part of the Ro- man Catholics, and a rupture with the church, would have been fatal also to man... ...stances natu- rally placed this prince at the head of the league which the Roman Catholics formed against the Reformers. The principles which had actu... ...s natu- rally placed this prince at the head of the league which the Roman Catholics formed against the Reformers. The principles which had actuated t... ...the church widened, the firmer became the attachment of the Span- iards to Roman Catholicism. The German line of the House of Austria was apparently m... ...con- sistency could an apostate from the Romish Church wear the crown of a Roman emperor?) bound the successors of Ferdinand I. to the See of Rome. Fe... .... for the use of Germany, to rec- oncile the differences between the Roman Catholics and the Lutherans, which, however, was rejected by both parties —...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... God, I began to question my courteous host. I opened with that which good Catholics have more than once made to Hugue- nots. “My dear sir,” said I, “... ...enius and knowledge, and to whom Descartes had dedicated his Philosophical Romance. She was then retired to the Hague, where she received these Friend... ..., lost his kingdom in a manner that is hardly to be accounted for. All the English sectarists accepted from William III, and his Parliament the tolera... ... mansiones in domo patris mei (in my Father’s house are many mansions). An Englishman, as one to whom liberty is natural, may go to heaven his own way... ...BERS of the English Parliament are fond of comparing themselves to the old Romans. Not long since Mr. Shippen opened a speech in the House of Commons ... ... to me quite opposite in character, with regard both to good and evil. The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious wars, an abomination rese...

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...By H.G. WELLS 1914 A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsy... ...e document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. An Englishman Looks at the World by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State Univer... ...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... ... opens at the depopulation of Italy by the aggressive great estates of the Roman Empire, at the impoverishment of the French peas- antry by a too cent... ...; the rhythm is a little altered. As between the Gallic peasant before the Roman conquest, the peasant of the Gallic province, the Carlovingian peasan... ... chose to deal with them as they should be dealt with, as out of date as a Roman legion or a Zulu impi. Now, first, as to the impossibility of getting... ...ls is concerned. There are, for example, those great elements, the Spanish Catholics, the French Catholic population of Louisiana, the Irish Catholics... ...lent factors in the American synthesis, the immigrant European aliens, the Catholics, the coloured blood, and so forth. I would now observe that, in t...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...n said, though somewhat less absolutely, of the barbarians who overran the Roman Empire. It required centuries of time, and an entire change of circum... ...mprovement than to make them free: when freed, they may often be fit, like Roman freedmen, to be admitted at once to the full rights of citizenship. T... ...ings, and energies of the people. The despo tism of Augustus prepared the Romans for Tiberius. If the whole tone of their character had not first bee... ... of French people is to say, “Il faut de la 47 J S Mill patience;” and of English people, “What a shame!” The people who think it a shame when any th... ...l. A benefit of the same kind, though far less in degree, is pro duced on Englishmen of the lower middle class by their li ability to be placed on j... ...e majority would allow equal justice to the minority? Suppose the majority Catholics, the minority Prot estants, or the reverse; will there not be th... ... of proselytism, to place his children in a Roman Catholic seminary; Irish Catholics will not send their children to schools in which they can be made...

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...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. Co... ... ish individuals, called the public. The most intoler ant of churches, the Roman Catholic Church, even at the canonization of a saint, admits, and l... ...sonable person can doubt that Christianity might have been extirpated in the Roman empire. It spread, and became pre dominant, because the persecutio... ...n of the wish to persecute, as an example of that very frequent infirmity of English minds, which makes them take a preposterous pleasure in the asser... ...nded from an obscure sect of the despised He brews into the religion of the Roman empire. When their enemies said, “See how these Christians love one... ...roved, it must be by foreigners. They have succeeded beyond all hope in what English philanthropists are so industriously working at—in making a peopl... ...ngs, On Liberty — Mill 101 and of the attempt to enforce them against non Catholics? Yet, if mankind are justified in interfer ing with each other...

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...ind was pursuing some other and more general design than to set one or two Englishmen of the nineteenth century be- yond the reach of needs and duties... ...ginally laid it out’ [intended to lay it out] ‘entirely for the benefit of Catholics, and even so not wisely; but after a long, plain talk, he admit- ... ...u have done me a service; it would have been a theft.’ There are many (not Catholics merely) who require their heroes and saints to be infallible; to ... ...Revenge,’ ‘Duells,’ ‘Cruelty,’ ‘A Defence of some of the Ceremonies of the English Liturgie– to wit– Bowing at the Name of Jesus, The frequent repetit... ...alist Jericho– but to the stealthy change that has come over the spirit of Englishmen and English legislation. A little while ago, and we were still f... ...ue elixir for all vital spir- its, these are what they seek alike in their romantic enter- prises and their unromantic dissipations. When they are tak... ...nightmares– is often found astride of a somnolent sederunt. The Greeks and Romans, too, are reserved as sort of general- utility men, to do all the di... ...mself would defend the lines in which we are told how Laocoon ‘Revealed to Roman crowds, now Christian grown, 114 Robert Louis Stevenson That Pagan a...

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..., 59 -- CHAPTER XVII ? SAN DIEGO?A DESERTION?SAN PEDRO AGAIN?BEATING UP -- COAST, 63 -- CHAPTER XVIII ? EASTER SUNDAY???SAIL HO!???WHALES?SAN -- JUAN?ROMANCE OF HIDE-DROGHING?SAN DIEGO AGAIN, 67 -- CHAPTER XIX ? THE SANDWICH -- ISLANDERS?HIDE-CURING?WOOD-CUTTING? RATTLE-SNAKES?NEW-COMERS 74 -- CHAPTER XX ? LEISURE?NEWS FROM HOME???BURNING THE WATER??, 82 -- CHAPTER XXI ? C...

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...ST CHAPTER XVIII — EASTER SUNDAY—’’SAIL HO!’’—WHALES—SAN . . . . . . 67 JUAN—ROMANCE OF HIDE DROGH ING—SAN DIEGO AGAIN CHAPTER XIX — THE SANDWICH 7... ... She hailed us at first in French, but receiving no answer, she tried us in English. She was the ship La Carolina, from Havre, for New York. We desir... ...e saw a sail on our weather (starboard) beam. She proved to be a brig under English colors, and passing under our stern, reported herself as forty ni... ...e scuppers, and the bearer lying at his length on the decks. I remember an English lad who was always the life of the crew, but whom we afterwards ... ...ous for the day, that I might see more nearly, and perhaps tread upon, this romantic, I may almost say, classic island. When all hands were call... ... its still beauty, and I gave a parting look, and bid farewell, to the most romantic spot of earth that my eyes had ever seen. I did then, and have e... .... Consequently, the Americans and English who intend to remain here become Catholics, to a man; the current phrase among them beings—‘‘A man must le... ..., and they would not be allowed to remain, were it not that they become good Catholics, and by marrying natives, and bringing up their children as ... ...Catholicism’s spreading in New England; Yankees can’t afford the time to be Catholics. - 69 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana American...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ... leisurely; when he saw those old Moscow ladies, the Moscow balls, and the English Club, he felt himself at home in a quiet haven. In Moscow he felt a... ...d his waistcoat, of abus- ing the government a bit, a member of the Moscow English Club, and a universal favorite in Moscow society. For a long time h... ...ees. I went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indul- gence for doing woolwork on Sunda... ... went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indul- gence for doing woolwork on Sundays. An...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... ...vlovna. “Y ou are staying the whole evening, I hope?” “And the fete at the English ambassador’s? Today is W ednesday. I must put in an appearance ther... ...e secret motive in our actions. What answer did Novosiltsev get? None. The English have not understood and cannot understand the self-abnega- tion of ... ...ur letter of the 13th has given me great delight. So you still love me, my romantic Julie? Separation, of which you say so much that is bad, does not ... ...than the feelings which the beautiful eyes of a young man can inspire in a romantic and loving young girl like your- self. The news of Count Bezukhov’... ...Bourienne, they quite understood one another as to the first part of their romance, up to the appearance of the pauvre mere; they understood that they... ... went to a party last night, and there out of five ladies three were Roman Catholics and had the Pope’s indulgence for doing woolwork on Sundays. And ...

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...islands whence she sprang. Ireland, Wales, and the Scottish mountains still cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech. It was but the other day that English triumphed in Cornwall, and they still show in Mousehole, on St. Michael?s Bay, the house of the last Cornish-speaking woman. English itself, which will now frank the traveller through the most of North America, throug...

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................. 92 CHAPTER XIV: A GOSSIP ON A NOVEL OF DUMAS?S ............................................................ 98 CHAPTER XV: A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE ................................................................................. 106 CHAPTER XVI: A HUMBLE REMONSTRANCE ........................................................................117...

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...ing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cove... .................................................. 98 CHAPTER XV: A GOSSIP ON ROMANCE ...................................................................... ...e, some have ap- peared already in The Cornhill, Longman ’s, Scribner, The english Illustrated, The Magazine of Art, The contemporary Review; three ar... ... cling, in part, to their old Gaelic speech. It was but the other day that English triumphed in Cornwall, and they still show in Mousehole, on St. Mic... ...heir air, gigantically human, as of a creature half alive, put a spirit of romance into the tamest landscape. When the Scotch child sees them first he... ...nd body, more active, fonder of eat- ing, endowed with a lesser and a less romantic sense of life and of the future, and more immersed in present circ... ...e never con- demned anybody else. I have no doubt that he held all Ro- man Catholics, Atheists, and Mahometans as considerably out of it; I don’t beli...