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...sibilities, he did not say what he was going to be, proconsul, ambassador, statesman, for days. And he talked vaguely of wanting to do something fine,... ... himself until he congests in cities that have no sense of citizenship and states that have no structure; the clumsy, inconsecutive lying and chatter ... ...his mind. These were the days when the strain and extremity of a dangerous colonial war were fresh in people’s minds, when the quality of the public c... ...don he had begun to dream of possibilities that went beyond the accidental states and empires of to-day. Prothero’s mind, replete with histori- cal de... ...If you are going for the handsome thing in life then the world has to be a united world, Benham, as a matter of course. That was settled when the rail... ...ries and creeds, and so on, that stand in the way. Just as Italy had to be united in spite of all the rotten little dukes and princes and republics, j... ...e rotten little dukes and princes and republics, just as Germany had to be united in spite of its scores of kingdoms and duchies and liberties, so now... ...metimes he was sim- ply abreast of the patriotic and socially constructive British Imperialism of Breeze and Westerton. And there were moods when the ... ...e glamour of world dominion rested wonderfully on the slack and straggling British Empire of Edward the Seventh—and Mr. Rudyard Kipling and Mr. Chambe...

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...ing play of instinctive passion and desire against too abstract a dream of statesmanship. But things that seemed to lie very far apart in Machiavelli’... ... a condition of affairs infinitely more complex, in which every prince and statesman is something of a servant and every intelligent human being somet... ...d come across a vast interval since his time, into the very chamber of the statesman. 2 2 2 2 2 In Machiavelli’s outlook the interest of womanhood was... ...as a Sowerby’s Botany also, with thousands of carefully tinted pictures of British plants, and one or two other important works in the sitting-room. I... ...orant and wretched and the under-equipped and under-staffed Na- tional and British schools, supported by voluntary contribu- tions and sectarian rival... ...nse of effective contact; we boasted, it is true, an under secretary and a colonial governor among our old boys, but they were never real to us; such ... ...o Republican and Democrat, for example, and you have the conditions in the United States. The Crown or a dethroned dynasty, the Estab- lished Church o... ... of their possible babies in the fur- naces that run the machinery. In the United States the na- tive Anglo-American strain has scarcely increased at ... ...e wanted to make that idea of a collective mind play in this book the part United Italy plays in Machiavelli’s Prince. I have called it the hinterland...

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... species of civilization long before the greater portion of even the older States was rescued from the wilderness. Ontario in our own times has been t... ...mming as soon as it was dark. In this manner, the body of friends and foes united reached the margin of the eastern channel, where, as in the case of ... ... which we are writing, Oswego was one of the extreme frontier posts of the British possessions on this conti- nent. It had not been long occupied, and... ...avis! Our Scotch lassies are fair and pleasant; but it must be owned these colonials are of surpassing comeliness.” “Y ou will do well to recollect yo... ...ualities, as it might be.” “A French master is but a poor instructor for a British sailor, notwithstanding.” “I beg your pardon, sir: Jasper Eau-douce... ...honor’s leave.” “It’s a d——d lingo, and never did any one good—at least no British subject; for I suppose the French themselves must talk together in ... ...a general wish to have her settled, rather than from any desire to see her united to any particular individual. These thoughts, however, she kept secr... ...has been the traitor? Ah, Pathfinder! ye’ll no’ be making yourself a great statesman or a great captain if you put too much faith in appearances. Lord... ...eet and precious encouragement which silently marks the course of sympathy united to passion. “Not I, Jasper; I know nothing of all this. Mabel has al...

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...was eighteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was... ...hteen he had cher- ished an ambition to become the President of the United States. “Yes, yes,” he said to Laura, “the bridge was turned. It was an imp... ...that, at least, they were independent. For two years, in the solidly built colonial dwelling, with its low ceilings and ample fireplaces, where once t... ...rowding the Sault Sainte Marie. For her and because of her all the Central States, all the Great Northwest roared with traffic and industry; sawmills ... ...mind telling you this much—that he’s not the least important member of the United States Lega- tion. Well, now and then he is supposed to send me what... ...lling you this much—that he’s not the least important member of the United States Lega- tion. Well, now and then he is supposed to send me what the re... ...fair? You remem- ber that row between England and Turkey. They tell me the British agent in Constantinople put it pretty straight to the Sultan the ot... ...e between England and Turkey over the Higgins-Pasha incident, and that the British Foreign Office has threatened the Sultan with an ultimatum. I can s... ...ned-glass world of seclusion and exclusion. No, sir, that won’t do for the United States and the men who are making them the greatest nation of the wo...

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...a society that would never have believed in the conjugal passion of an old statesman. How happened it that from the earliest days of his marriage his ... ...g-places along the road, we will ourselves explain what were the ties that united Madame Clapart with Pierrotin, and authorized the two confidential r... ...ping hand, my lad!” he said to Pierrotin. The farmer was hoisted in by the united efforts of Pierrotin and the porter, to cries of “Houp la! hi! ha! h... ... in his green- gray eyes the shrewdness of the magistrate, the wisdom of a statesman, and the knowledge of a legislator. His face was flat, and the no... ...betrayed to the eyes of youth a peer of France, and one of the most useful states- men in the kingdom. Pere Leger had never seen the count, who, on hi... ...EORGES THOSE WHO TRAVEL in public conveyances know that the per- sons thus united by chance do not immediately have any- thing to say to one another; ... ...un- powder and munitions for Ali de Tebelen. You know, don’t you, that the British sell powder and munitions of war to all the world,—Turks, Greeks, a... ...in profusion, buying absolutely nothing but butcher’s-meat, wines, and the colonial supplies required by their life of luxury. The poultry-maid baked ...

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...nly a minute 22 The Secret Places of the Heart or so before been a decent British citizen. He made some blind lunges at the tremulous but obdurate ca... ... labour and finance. The sooner we scrap this nonsense about an autonomous British Empire complete in itself, contra mundum, the better for us. A worl... ...scientific men, load it up so far as Britain is concerned with muck of the colonial politi- cian type and tame labour representatives, balance with sh... ...d years old or even more. It is the most important historical relic in the British Isles. And the most neglected. “ They exchanged archaeological fact... ...yflower that we ought to be told about. I allow it’s a recent revival. The United States has been like one of those men you read about in the papers w... ... that we ought to be told about. I allow it’s a recent revival. The United States has been like one of those men you read about in the papers who go a... ...a day where dawn was already at hand. And in such long perspec- tives, the states, governments and institutions of to-day be- came very temporary-look... ...e world!” 141 H G Wells “Confusions merely. The world is just a muddle of states and religions and theories and stupidities. There are great lumps of...

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...stains and questions of his integrity. It ended in his running away to the States, and no trace has been found of him since. I am afraid he took away ... ...e, even when Lord Ivinghoe handed her the eggs, and, hoped she had not too British an appetite for French eggs; and Lady Ivinghoe asked if she had see... ... 91 Yo n g e all—the money the other boys had put in the thing, off to the States, as we suppose! No trace ever found.” “Really no trace?” “None! The ... ... and David, though most likely they have the habit already. Who knows what united prayer may do with Him who deviseth means to bring home His banished... ... speech was, ‘a superior young man,’ not neces- sarily a gentleman.” “I am colonial enough to like him the better for the ab- sence of a hall mark.” “... ...t uncalled for fears that all the Vanderkists were hard on the poor little colonial damsel; but whether it was the air of Rock Quay, or the quiet infl... ...it was not quite the case with his wife, who did not par- ticularly esteem colonial Bishops, and still less Sisterhoods 176 Modern Broods or devotion... ...g, who was reported to have found a lover while studying at a class in the States, and she also meant to settle her own especial niece Emilia, whose h...

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...et the captains of the rusty little schooners that bring firewood from the British provinces; a rough looking set of tarpaulins, without the alertness... ...ly—or, rather, I do not doubt at all—whether any public functionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a pa... ...rather, I do not doubt at all—whether any public functionary of the United States, either in the civil or military line, has ever had such a patriarch... ...ut, I am bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States— was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be termed ... ...m bold to say, of the respectable body of tide waiters all over the United States— was a certain permanent Inspector. He might truly be termed a legit... ...gh, I trust, an honest one—is of such a sort that he does not share in the united effort of mankind. An effect—which I believe to be observable, more ... ... highest rank, he still held an honourable and influential place among the colonial magistracy. Another and far more important reason than the deliver... ...he town, should then have been a question publicly discussed, and on which statesmen of eminence took sides. At that epoch of pristine simplicity, how... ...n the square cast of countenance and large physical development of the new colonial magistrates. So far as a demeanour of natural authority was concer...

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...here was less apparent glory in ministering. A widespread district of very colonial 8 The Trial colonists, and the charge of a college for their uncu... ...e bump when she comes home. Oh! when will our poor remnants be once more a united family? and when shall I get into Cocksmoor school again?’ When Dr. ... ... dark for taking aim, he and the weapon were so thor- 111 Yo n g e oughly united, that no further difficulty remained but of getting out his thanks t... ...tified at having the charge of him all to himself, and considered that the united influence of member and mayor must prevail. Dr. Spencer, on the cont... ...ton friend, who, while quartered in Canada, had made excur- sions into the States, and acquired such impressions as high- bred young officers were apt... ...matters before your brother that might dissuade him from making the United States his home. You have justly more influence than I. Will you object to ... ...on the eve of civil war? He laughed the idea to scorn. How could the rebel states make war, with a population of negroes sure to rise against their ma... ... tion tour. Oh, fancy old June a venerable archdeacon!’ ‘You don’t think a colonial archdeacon is like one of your great portly swells in a shovel hat... ...trimness to go to the early service at the Minster; but he was full of the colonial nil admirari principle, and was quite above being struck by the gr...

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...s one of the institutions of the city, and, in fact, famous throughout the United States. He was one of the younger members, but was popular and well ... ...f the institutions of the city, and, in fact, famous throughout the United States. He was one of the younger members, but was popular and well liked, ... ...ed to flee, T ravis Bessemer fell under the charm of the little spectacled colonial, to whose song we all must listen and to whose pipe we all must da... ...ace, called “The Exiles,” made up chiefly of “younger sons” of English and British-Canadian families, every mem- ber possessed of a “past” more or les... ...ed K. D. B., forgetting that they dined there every Mon- day night. “Plain United States is good enough for me.” Suddenly Captain Jack turned abruptly... .... B., forgetting that they dined there every Mon- day night. “Plain United States is good enough for me.” Suddenly Captain Jack turned abruptly to Con...

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..., on the fathers’ and moth- ers’ sides respectively, from have families of British New En- gland and Dutch New York extraction. Whitman and Van Velsor... ...ur months, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way at one of the Peru... ...hs, employed as a clerk. He joined the crew of the American frigate United States, which reached Boston, stopping on the way at one of the Peruvian po... ...on agent of an American publisher, for its simultaneous publication in the United States. I understand that Murray did not then publish fiction. At an... ...t of an American publisher, for its simultaneous publication in the United States. I understand that Murray did not then publish fiction. At any rate,... ...ly experienced by his brother. Murray brought it out early in 1846, in his Colonial and Home Library, as ‘ A Narrative of a Four Months’ Residence amo... ...in Porter refitted his ships during the late war be- tween England and the United States, and whence he sallied out upon the large whaling fleet then ... ...er refitted his ships during the late war be- tween England and the United States, and whence he sallied out upon the large whaling fleet then sailing...

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...ren, instead of thinking of improving the world you live in—” “We hang on, British bulldog breed,” said Brewitt. There was a general laugh. “Yes, and ... ... even than the people of England. Because they have no responsibility. The British Government takes the responsi- bility. And the people have nothing ... ...em. “Y es, they have to earn their living—and then no more. That’s why the British Government is the worst thing possible for them. It is the worst th... ...he foot of the stairs, he let go again. He was in that rosy condition when united-we-stand. But unfortu- nately it is a complicated job to climb the s... ...ved or liked. He found all his affections snapping off, all the ties which united him with his own 180 Aaron’s Rod people coming asunder. And why? In... ...ancis came of a much more adventurous, loose, excitable family, he had the colonial newness and adaptability. He knew, for his own part, that class su... .... “But didn’t you put something in the seat to RESERVE it?” “Only that New Statesman—but he’s moved it.” The man still sat with the invisible sneer-gr... ...n the sofa sat the Marchesa del Torre, an American woman from the Southern States, who had lived most of her life in Europe. She was about forty years... ...ness, neither of the beloved nor of oneself. Happiness is only one of many states, and it is 299 D. H. Lawrence horrible to think of fixing us down t...

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...ated by pre-revolutionary mar- riages to several members of the French and British aristocracy. The Lannings survived only in the person of two very o... ...d Skuytercliff, the great es- tate on the Hudson which had been one of the colonial grants of the Dutch government to the famous first Governor, and o... ...ding out when they were to pass through London on their way to or from the States. The intimacy be- came indissoluble, and Mrs. Archer and Janey, when... ...hanging calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within ... ... calendar surmounted by the rugged features of the President of the United States. That such a conversation should be going on anywhere within the mil... ... from being as simple as that.” Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it.... ...eing as simple as that.” Archer looked back to the President of the United States, and then down at his desk and at the papers scattered on it. For a ... ...dapting Georgian types, and protesting at the meaningless use of the word “Colonial.” No- body nowadays had “Colonial” houses except the millionaire g...

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...ching, leaving still behind Something of which its masters are afraid, States to be curb’d and thoughts to be confined, Conspiracy or Congress... ...es, making history change its tune, Then spur away o’er empires and o’er states, Leaving at last not much besides chronology, Excepting the po... ...ish readers should grow skittish, I ‘ve bribed my grandmother’s review—the British. I sent it in a letter to the Editor, Who thank’d me duly b... ...Cadiz— A pretty town, I recollect it well— ‘T is there the mart of the colonial trade is (Or was, before Peru learn’d to rebel), And such ... ...of those. As for the ladies, I have nought to say, A wanderer from the British world of fashion, Where I, like other ‘dogs, have had my day,’ ... ... Love’s, and Night’s, and Ocean’s solitude, O’erflow’d her soul with their united power; Amidst the barren sand and rocks so rude She and her ... ... their witness, and the cave their bed, By their own feelings hallow’d and united, Their priest was Solitude, and they were wed: And they were... ... finish’d by a death, All comedies are ended by a marriage; The future states of both are left to faith, For authors fear description might ... ... wrong, To aid the damsel and destroy the caitiff; Opposing singly the united strong, From foreign yoke to free the helpless native: Alas...

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...commonplace than the original bald stark words. Conning for an hour in the British Museum the pages of works devoted to extinct, half extinct, obscure... ...as he stooped; and, presently, selecting a spe cially fine product of the ‘British Queen’ variety, he stood up and held it by the stem to her mouth. ‘... ...tanding. A loud laugh from behind Tess’s back, in the shade of the garden, united with the titter of the room. She looked round, and saw the red coal ... ...tood in the relations to d’Urberville that Car had also been suspected of, united with the latter against the common enemy. Several other woman also c... ...d’s note seemed to lurk a joy. Her face had latterly changed with changing states of mind, continually fluc tuating between beauty and ordinariness, a... ...years; and having an acquaintance who was starting on a thriving life as a Colonial farmer, it occurred to Angel that this might be a lead in the righ... ...he use of his marrying a fine lady, and all the while ten thousand acres of Colonial pasture to feed, and cattle to rear, and corn to reap. A farm woma... ...ce 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 woman out o... ...m with her hand, and as she and Clare stood side by side at leaving, as if united body and soul, there would have been some thing peculiarly sorry in...

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...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanist... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “Whaling V oyage by One Ismael. “Bloody Battle in Affghanistan.” Th... ... slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro lik... ... Oh, the world! Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Eur... ...pon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters, he states as follows: “On account of their warm bilocular heart, their lungs, ... ...Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficie... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland 146 Moby Dick Fishery, under the corrupted title of Spec... ...ow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated Protestant of the Middle Ameri- can States, why does the passing mention of a White Friar or a White Nun, evoke... ...ld, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commodore Davis of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r...

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...n something like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL. “BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANIST... ...hing like this: “Grand Contested Election for the Presidency of the United States. “WHALING VOYAGE BY ONE ISHMAEL. “BLOODY BATTLE IN AFFGHANISTAN.” Th... ... slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, and at the apex united in a tufted point, where the loose hairy fibres waved to and fro like... ...! Oh, the world! Until the whale fishery rounded Cape Horn, no commerce but colonial, scarcely any intercourse but colonial, was carried on between Eur... ...pon which Linnaeus would fain have banished the whales from the waters, he states as follows: “On account of their warm bilocular heart, their lungs, ... ... Coffin, of Nantucket, both messmates of mine in a certain voyage, and they united in the opinion that the reasons set forth were altogether insufficien... ... its concerns, the Specksynder or Chief Harpooneer reigned supreme. In the British Greenland Fishery, under the corrupted title of Specksioneer, this ... ...snow? Or, to the unread, unsophisticated Protestant of the Middle American States, why does the passing mention of a White Friar or a White Nun, evoke... ...d, on good authority, that on the Barbary coast, a Commander Davies of the British navy found the skeleton of a sperm whale. Now, as a vessel of war r...

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... in prices, sugar was still in Grandet’s eyes the most valuable of all the colonial products; to him it was always six francs a pound. The necessity o... ... might seem dishonor- able in me under my present circumstances. I owe the British Islander six louis, which I lost at cards; don’t fail to pay him— “... ...e hounds, more in number, lay better on the scent, and beset the prey more unitedly. If Charles could have dropped from the Indian Isles, he would hav... ...n the Indies, at St. Thomas, on the coast of Africa, at Lisbon, and in the United States the adventurer had taken the pseudonym of Shepherd, that he m... ...ndies, at St. Thomas, on the coast of Africa, at Lisbon, and in the United States the adventurer had taken the pseudonym of Shepherd, that he might no...

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... seduce young and enthusiastic minds to the cause in which they were found united, although wisdom and reason frowned upon the en- terprise. The adven... ...enough to induce him to risk himself within the dangerous precincts of the British capital. This appears from Dr. King’s Anecdotes of His Own Times. ‘... ...esistance. If the unhappy prince gave implicit faith to the professions of statesmen holding such notions, which is implied by his whole conduct. 11 ... ...fety and future for- tunes, from visiting England; every other part of the British dominions, and a tour, if I pleased, on the Continent, being left t... ...swork says that he believes he was very familiar with your father, whom he states to have been called Ralph Latimer of Langcote Hall, in Westmoreland;... ... father; ‘and you, who are acquainted with the forms, know that the client states the cause to the agent—the agent to the counsel’— ‘The counsel to th... ... which the elder Mr. Fairford had expected and desired. The young men were united by the closest bonds of intimacy; and the more so, that neither of t... ..., and a handsome and flourishing pair of boot-garters, as they are called, united the one part of his garments to the other; in fine, a richly-laced s... ...on, he took the first opportunity afforded by a pause in the discussion of colonial politics, to say, ‘I must remind you, Provost Crosbie, of your kin...

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...t was not then, or, at least it ought not to have been, a trifling source of pride for the city of Blois, that Gaston of Orleans had chosen it as his ... ... next hawking-day. 5 Dumas So much for the ennui extra muros; of the ennui of the interior we will give the reader an idea if he will with us follow ... ...ight, perhaps not before the next morn- ing. Y et what is expectation but a kind of folly, and what is that folly but an excess of hope? In the lower ... ...aps ensue if your marriage fails” (Mazarin stole a furtive glance at the king), “and there are a thousand causes that might yet make your marriage fai... ...f the Fronde, the reconciliation of M. de Conde with the king, and the probable marriage of the infanta of Spain; but he avoided, as Athos himself avo... ...n- ishment and disdain, instead of the terror the officers ex- pected to read in it at this threat. “Scotch or English judges upon me, a subject of th... ...t it must abdi- cate — be dissolved — and yield its place to a government which would not be a joke. Monk pronounced this decla- ration, supported by ... ...ular, had undergone great changes; the ancient host of the mus- keteers, having become tolerably rich for an innkeeper, had closed his shop, and made ...