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... for his want of success in not pleasing everyone by re- membering that an old Tourainian, of eternal memory, had put up with such contumely, that los... ...ntiments, intolerable though they be, the Author leaves to his friends his old shoes, and in order to make their minds easy, assures them that he has,... ...the rest, since from the Venus of Phidias the Athenian, down to the little old fellow, Godenot, commonly called the Sieur Breloque, a char- acter care... ...ces this is the most variable in principle. You may be sure that never did scholars receive more gayly the precepts of any language, grammar, or lesso... ...s was written in the month of May, of the year 1360, after the manner of a testament. “My very dear and well-beloved son, when it shall be lawful for ...

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... No answer. “What’s gone with that boy, I wonder? You Tom!” No answer. The old lady pulled her spectacles down and looked over them about the room; ... ...desperate — 4 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “My! Look behind you, aunt!” The old lady whirled round, and snatched her skirts out of danger. The lad fl... ...e tricks enough like that for me to be looking out for him by this time? But old fools is the biggest fools there is. Can’t learn an old dog new trick... ...leepiest of sleepy days. The drowsing murmur of the five and twenty studying scholars soothed the soul like the spell that is in the murmur of bees. A... ...ay and come it over ‘em the same way.” So the one went off with one group of scholars, and the other with another. In a little while the two met at th... ...er and thither through lanes until he was well out of the track of returning scholars, and then fell into The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 44 a moody jog... ...e, but disappointment crossed him everywhere. He found Joe Harper studying a Testament, and turned sadly away from the depressing spec tacle. He sou...

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...ice with its shingle-tortured man- sard, the red brick minarets of hulking old houses, factories with stingy and sooted windows, wooden tenements col-... ...is and Peking. Through the building crawled the scrubwomen, yawning, their old shoes slapping. The dawn mist spun away. Cues of men with lunch-boxes c... ... as Floral Heights. His name was George F. Babbitt. He was forty-six years old now, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particu- lar, neither butte... ...us was a benefactor to humanity, Max- well and Howard Littlefield profound scholars, Charles McKelvey an inspiration to ambitious youth, and Mrs. McKe... ...izes were a lot of folderols and doodads like poetry books and illustrated Testaments, instead of something a real live kid would want to work for, li...

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...solent, did they but know how much better I find ye esteem it to imitate the old and elegant humanity of Greece, than the barbaric pride of a Hunnish... ... questioned by the laws. Neither is it recorded that the writings of those old comedians were suppressed, though the acting of them were forbid; an... ...Italy. But Scipio and others of the noblest senators withstood him and his old Sabine austerity; honoured and admired the men; and the censor himse... ...ce demeaned the matter, we are become hitherto the latest and backwardest scholars, of whom God offered to have made us the teachers. Now once aga... ...with ye, so full of meekness and breathing charity, that next to His last testament, who bequeathed love and peace to His disci- ples, I cannot ca...

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.... ACT I [Enter GOWER .] [Before the palace of Antioch .] To sing a song that old was sung, From ashes ancient Gower is come; Assuming man’s infirmitie... ...se latter times, When wit’s more ripe, accept my rhymes. And that to hear an old man sing May to your wishes pleasure bring I life would wish, and tha... ... him ashore, to give him glad: And here he comes. What shall be next, Pardon old Gower,—this longs the text. [Exit.] SCENE I: Pentapolis. An open pla... ... 30 SIMONIDES: Sir, you are music’s master. PERICLES: The worst of all her scholars, my good lord. SIMONIDES: Let me ask you one thing: What do you... ... ‘Faith, they listened to me as they would have hearkened to their father’s testament. There was a Spaniard’s mouth so watered, that he went to bed t... ...rtake all these to teach. I doubt not but this populous city will Yield many scholars. BOULT: But can you teach all this you speak of? MARINA: Prove...

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...of bloodshed suf- fered or inflicted. Judas and Simon Maccabæus in days of old, Gustavus Adolphus* in modern days, fighting for the *The Thirty Years’... ...te present, he will be apt to adopt the ordinary view, namely, that in the Old T estament severity prevails approaching to cruelty. Y et, on considera... ...nch su- periority—that is the object of French wars. Like the Spar- tan of old, the Frenchman would hold that a state of peace, and not a state of war... ...d. And now, nearly a hundred years after Warburton, what is the opinion of scholars upon this point? T wo of the latest and profoundest I will cite:—1... ...e Prophets; secondly, the Christian system, rest- ing upon the Old and New Testaments; thirdly, the Mahometan system, resting confessedly upon the Kor... ..., and in a better sense able than if they had been philologically profound scholars, which at that time, from the imperfect culture of philology, they... ...k; or, at least, that limited form of Greek which was required for the New Testament. In the language of Terence, dictum factum—no sooner said than do... ...s of the many difficulties beset- ting the study of divinity and the Greek Testament, or for such approximations to solutions as my resources would fu... ...siderable town, were that orator a subject of study amongst even classical scholars. I doubt whether, at this day, there exist twenty men in Europe wh...

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...stlewood, saying—”No wonder she became a favorite, for the King likes them old and ugly, as his father did before him.” On which papa said—”All women ... ...f a story which is much more inter- esting than that of their affectionate old mother, Rachel Esmond Warrington. Castlewood, Virginia, November 3, 177... ...HE TIME OF HIS LEAVING TRIN- ITY COLLEGE, IN CAMBRIDGE. T HE ACTORS IN THE OLD TRAGEDIES, as we read, piped their iambics to a tune, speaking from und... ...would get what he called an exhibition from his school, and then a college scholarship and fellowship, and then a good living—it tasked young Harry Es... ...ed to converting a hundred thousand heathens by a single sermon? What is a scholarship at Trinity by the side of a crown of martyrdom, with angels awa... ...ll, as some of them may,” continued Mr. Westbury. “I hope he has made some testament, or provided for thee somehow. This letter says he recommends uni... ...Esmond’s indolent patron. Of the pupils the two young people were but lazy scholars, and as my lady would admit no discipline such as was then in use,...

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...s as clean as a white boulder at ebb tide. On the door-stone stood a clean old woman, in a dark-striped linen gown, a red kerchief, and a linen cap, t... ...awn towards her by an illusory expectation of cold potatoes or barley. The old woman’s sight seemed to be dim, for she did not recognize Adam till he ... ...adow- grass and thick corn; and where at every turn he came upon some fine old country-seat nestled in the valley or crowning the slope, some homestea... ...ter-supper ex- pression of hearty good-nature. It is well known that great scholars who have shown the most pitiless acerbity in their criticism of ot... ...ho have shown the most pitiless acerbity in their criticism of other men’s scholarship have yet been of a relent- ing and indulgent temper in private ... ...s well, you rascal, I should have had a pleasanter prospect before me. But scholarship doesn’t run in your fam- ily blood.” “No indeed. It’s well if I... ...s unlovely.” “Ah,” said Adam, “I like to read about Moses best, in th’ Old Testament. He carried a hard business well through, and died when other fol... ... his son, touched him closely; at other 456 Adam Bede times, over the New Testament, a very solemn look would come upon his face, and he would every ...

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... sailed from San Fran- cisco towards the end of June 1888, visited the eastern islands, and was left early the next year at Honolulu. Hence, lacking c... ...m-tree wine, a thing forbidden by law; and when the wind thus suddenly revealed them, they were doubtless more troubled than ourselves. At the top of ... ...him!’ He was a poor man; he had no choice of gifts; he had only a pig, he repeated; and I had refused it. I have rarely been more wretched than to see... ...n there, he said, and fin- gered his white locks as a bashful child pulls out his pin- afore. ‘Et point de resultats, monsieur, presque pas de resulta... ...ed the brother if he did not tell them stories, and he stared at me; if he did not teach them history, and he said, ‘O yes, they had a little Scriptur... ... save the race, this would be the means. No such praise can be given to the boys’ school at Hatiheu. The day is numbered already for them all; alike f... ...nd growing coco-palms in some adjacent isle. Thither—from the gendarme to the babe in arms, the pas- tor followed by his flock, the schoolmaster carry... ...y; and turned for more information—not to Mr. Stephen’s Dictionary, not to the Britannica, but to the Bible in the Gilbert Island version (which consi...

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...htly malig- nant. Already, though there was sunlight in the haze, tattered old men and women were nodding off to sleep 6 The Voyage Out upon the seat... ...llow fog, they got neither help nor attention. It seemed a miracle when an old man ap- proached, guessed their condition, and proposed to row them out... ...hey sat bobbed and curtseyed across the line of traffic. In mid-stream the old man stayed his hands upon the oars, and as the water rushed past them, ... ... failed. She was made slightly uneasy by what she had heard. She knew that scholars married any one—girls they met in farms on reading parties; or lit... ...life. Nothing’s been quite so vivid since. It’s the philosophers, it’s the scholars,” he continued, “they’re the people who pass the torch, who keep t... ...or hip-bones?” enquired Hughling Elliot. He knew by this time exactly what scholarships and distinction Hirst enjoyed, and had formed a very high opin... ...urned as if they were in class, and then they read a little bit of the Old Testament about making a well, very much as school boys translate an easy p... ...en they have shut up their French gram- mar. Then they returned to the New Testament and the sad and beautiful figure of Christ. While Christ spoke th...

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...stle in the little gallery out- side. When he and I engaged in some of our old exercises on the lawn behind the house, I saw her face pass from window... ...ed full at me, I saw her face grow sharper and paler, and the marks of the old David Copperfield Vol. II 6 wound lengthen out until it cut through ... ...isy, if anything should ever separate us, you must think of me at my best, old boy. Come! Let us make that bargain. Think of me at my best, if circums... ...om he left residuary legatee, and sole executrix of that his last will and testament. I felt myself quite a proctor when I read this document aloud wi... ...us unaccount- able and negligent proceedings of men, in re- spect of their testamentary arrangements of all subjects, the one on which perhaps the Da... ...any evidence; for there was no kind of hint, sketch, or memorandum, of any testamentary intention whatever. What was scarcely less astonishing to me, ... ...th fever, and, what is very strange to me is, maybe tis not so strange to scholars, the language of that country went out of her head, and she could ... ...receiving the very best education, and distinguishing themselves as steady scholars and good fellows; there are three of the girls married very comfor...

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... Poor Lily! Jasper— accident—Come.’ ‘Poor dear Lily! Is it young Jasper or old Jasper, I wonder?’ ‘If it were young Jasper she would have put Japs. I ... ...cked up, and on your hands. The suspense is bad enough at home.’ ‘If it is old Jasper, we shall see in the paper to-day. I will send it down to you fr... ...ke him, or, if she would not consent to that, at least to have Macrae, the old soldier-ser- vant, with her—it was not fit for her to travel alone. Lad... ...or it appeared that an omnibus came round on such occasions to pick up the scholars; and Valetta thought this so delight- ful that she danced about ex... ...was getting on beautifully at Leeds, and we thought he would have gained a scholarship and gone on to be a clergyman. That was what his mind has alway... ...ended with- out reference to the passage, upon which Alexis pulled a Greek Testament out of his pocket, and his sister could not help exclaiming— ‘Oh,... ...rors, and explained the difficulties or mis- takes in the translation from Testament and Delectus, feel- ing all the time how much more mastery of the... ...terested in the Whites, and was inquiring right and left about schools and scholarships for the little boys. She asked their master about them, and he...

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...y lend themselves to a revivification by meanings and applications, new or old, under the galvanism of democratic forces. The disturbers of 8 Theolog... ...ry purpose, the far more frantic attempt to renew in a practical shape the old disputes so often agitat- ing the forum of Christendom, as to the bound... ...ving made that explanation, we go on to inform the Southern reader—that an old traditionary usage has prevailed in Scotland, but not systematically or... ... than theatrical ostenostentation. Mr. C. requires a good deal of critical scholarship, Mr. D quar- rels with this as unsuitable to a rustic congregat... ...s,) of translating the Scriptures into languages scarcely known by name to scholars, of converting Jews, of organizing and propagating education. T ow... ... feud, schism, or shadow of change among its members. This is what the New Testament, a code of philosophy fertile in new ideas, first introduced unde... ...the verb devoir, in all tenses, that eternal stumbling-block to bad French scholars, is uniformly mis- translated. As an instance of ignoble language,... ...of a known ethical system, viz., that system which is contained in the New Testament, to the ordinary cases of human action. Such a man pretends to no... ...f a will. A miser is not, therefore, a fool; and he knows that no possible testamentary abdication of an estate dis- turbs his own absolute command ov...

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...at it might be an instruction for children and the simple-minded. Hence of old it was called in Greek catechism, i.e., instruction for children, what ... ...r the time, indeed, even now it is a daily occurrence that one finds rude, old persons who knew nothing and still know nothing of these things, and wh... ...satisfied with the three parts, which have remained in Christendom from of old, though little of it has been taught and treated cor- rectly until both... ...anks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; this cup is the new testament in My blood, which is shed for you for the remission of sins: thi... ... for it is altogether an external matter, like other ordinances of the Old Testament, which were attached to particular customs, persons, times, and p... ... But such an example, I trust, will not occur among us, because in the New Testament those who are married are forbidden to be divorced, except in suc... ...anded and divided into as many parts as there are words. But now for young scholars let it suffice to indicate the most necessary points, namely, as w... ...hen they are properly observed, may be a good exercise for young children, scholars, and simple persons, and may be called sing- ing or reading, but n... ...nd wine be the body and blood of Christ? etc., I know that all spirits and scholars together are not as wise as is the Divine Majesty in His little fi...

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.................................................................... 109 THE OLD CHARTIST ................................................................. .......................................... 259 THE YOUNG PRINCESS—A BALLAD OF OLD LAWS OF LOVE .................................. 262 KING HARALD’S TRANC... ...a couch just by her, Where in the lone dark hours to lie: For neither dear old nurse nor I Would any single wish deny her. And there unto the last it ... ...r thunder, Saw I once a white dove, sole light of earth. * * * Prim little scholars are the flowers of her garden, T rained to stand in rows, and aski... ...n the sunny bench of Age. It is the sentence which completes that stage; A testament of wisdom reading blank. The seniors of the race, on their last p...

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...ed, she wore round her neck the barrenest of lockets, representing a fishy old eye, with no approach to speculation in it. These and other appearances... ...out dexterously , Miss T ox had made the inquiry as in condescension to an old acquaintance whom she hadn’t seen for a fortnight or so. ‘I’m glad to h... ...m a going to, Sir. One of my little boys is a going to learn me, when he’s old enough, and been to school himself.’ ‘Well,’ said Mr Dombey, after look... ...able Grinders; where not only is a wholesome education be- stowed upon the scholars, but where a dress and badge is like- wise provided for them; I ha... ...nclosed is my will!’ The Captain turned it over, with a doubtful look—‘and Testament— Where’s the T estament?’ said the Captain, instantly impeach- in...

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...ed, she wore round her neck the barrenest of lockets, representing a fishy old eye, with no approach to speculation in it. These and other appearances... ...out dexterously , Miss T ox had made the inquiry as in condescension to an old acquaintance whom she hadn’t seen for a fortnight or so. ‘I’m glad to h... ...m a going to, Sir. One of my little boys is a going to learn me, when he’s old enough, and been to school himself.’ ‘Well,’ said Mr Dombey, after look... ...able Grinders; where not only is a wholesome education be- stowed upon the scholars, but where a dress and badge is like- wise provided for them; I ha... ...nclosed is my will!’ The Captain turned it over, with a doubtful look—‘and Testament— Where’s the T estament?’ said the Captain, instantly impeach- in...

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...adicted him in anything. At the age of five Louis had begun by reading the Old and New Testaments; and these two Books, including so many books, had s... ...in anything. At the age of five Louis had begun by reading the Old and New Testaments; and these two Books, including so many books, had sealed his fa... ...es in the Church. After remaining for about three years with his uncle, an old and not uncultured Oratorian, Louis left him early in 1811 to enter the... ... genius are they due? If it takes great intelligence to create a word, how old may human speech be? The combination of letters, their shapes, and the ... ...tion, nor to the hazard of fortune by which the only 16 Louis Lambert two scholars of V endome, of whose fame V endome ever hears, were brought toget...

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...urse of a great length of time, by the power of the restless water. In the old days, a long, long while ago, before Our Saviour was born on earth and ... ... grown up from acorns, and withered away, when they were hundreds of years old—and other oaks have sprung up in their places, and died too, very aged—... .... And still, at last, as at first, the Britons rose against them, in their old brave manner; for, a very little while before, they had turned away the... ...t deal of trouble yet. The priests of those days were, generally, the only scholars. They were learned in many things. Having to make their own conven... ...doned Mount St. Michael, and wandered about as poor and forlorn as other scholars have been sometimes known to be. Charles Dickens 71 The Scotch be... ...as dead); and soon submitted and was again forgiven, swear ing on the New Testament never to rebel again; and in another year or so, rebelled again; ... ...r, and worry her into saying anything and everything; and how all sorts of scholars and doctors be Charles Dickens 243 stowed their utmost tediousne...

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...urteen years ago, when the youngest of his five children was not six weeks old. The Selby family were very kind to Mrs. King, who, be- sides her husba... ... unfair, and could always be made sorry when they had been in fault. Their old school-mistress liked them in spite of all the plague they gave her; an... ...had her own way, he went up to the Grange when he was about thirteen years old, and put on a suit thickly sown with buttons. But ere the gloss of his ... ...scholar to know how to help him.’ ‘You can help him by what is better than scholarship,’ said Mr. Cope; and he shook her hand warmly, and went away, f... ...s mother; and though Mr. Cope found him better instructed than most of his scholars, he saw him quite as idle, as restless at church, and as ready to ... ... Catechism, as you have done.’ ‘Oh,’ said Paul, ‘we had only the Bible and Testament to read in the school, because they were the cheapest; and the ch...