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... at the commencement of the spring, had drawn away all the young men of my age to commence their first campaign; and, what piqued me most, the Duc de ... ...ad, in fact, gained the Duke’s confidence, which it was easy to do at that age; had made him afraid of his father and of the King; and, on the other h... ...less very glad of the promise of so many balls—that this was natural at my age; but that, for her part, she was old, and wished they were well over. A... ...y, could no longer serve in any other quality; and would act as a stepping-stone for M. du Maine. From this moment M. de Noailles returned more than e... ...e. On the eve, my mother had sent forty thousand livres’ worth of precious stones to Mademoiselle de Lorges, and I six hun- dred Louis in a corbeille ... ...onry. One day a magpie perched on one of his trees, and neither sticks nor stones could dislodge it. La V arenne and a number of sports- men gathered ... ...etending to seek peace, thought of nothing less than the invasion of Great Britain. The effect of our failure was to bind closer, and to irritate more... ...our the cause of the Pretender, and thus by keeping the attention of Great Britain continually fixed upon her domestic concerns, he would effectually ...

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...t set in conse- quence to farmering. I stuck a good while on the way up, for the path there is largely my own handiwork, and there were a lot of sprou... ...three minutes, I can tell you. I forgot in talking of Saturday to tell of one incident which will particularly interest my mother. I met Dr. D. from... ...this good society. On Friday morning, I had to be at my house affairs be- fore seven; and they kept me in Apia till past ten, disput- ing, and consult... ...s I happy. Happy (said I); I was only happy once; that was at Hyeres; it came to an end from a variety of reasons, decline of health, change of place,... ...ere digging up soil and bringing it by the boxful to the verandah. Lloyd and I and Belle, and sometimes S. (who came to bear a hand), were filling th... ...he brook, and many cray-fish; one of the last with a queer glow-worm head. Like all our brooks, the water is pure as air, and runs over red stones lik... ...he way. Could we ever stand Europe again? did she appreciate that if we were in London, we should be actually jostled in the street? and there was nob...

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...f valor; and af- terwards giving frequent proofs both of conduct and cour- age in all the following war, he was advanced to places of honor and trust ... ...e gate, and seizing upon all quarters of the city, he slew all who were of age to bear arms, and then ordering his soldiers to lay aside their weapons... ... contrasting with the feebleness and slothfulness of other officers of his age, that he got the repute of a man whose life would be one of action. Nor... ... lence, first commanded the soldiers to keep off, calling out and throwing stones at those who pressed forwards. At last, taking Eumenes in his arms, ... ...s no such wonder in this, but it was a wonder rather that he did not throw stones at all he met, he was so transported with joy. Such was the parentag... ...the Nymphs, near Mieza, where, to this very day, they show you Aristotle’s stone seats, and the shady walks which he was wont to frequent. It would ap... ...the assistance of his friends, who now came up, made his escape. Again, in Britain, when some of the foremost officers had accidentally got into a mor... ...k into Gaul, after eighteen days’ stay in Germany. But his expedition into Britain was the most famous testimony of his courage. For he was the first ...

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...tes and confusions with the old gods of 22 First and Last Things wood and stone, and presently he is making his God a Great White Throne and fitting ... ...s which is our will. Such has been the com- mon outfit of motives in every age, and in every age its me- lee has been found insufficient in itself. It... ...0 : 15,745,024 40 : 1,956,282,976 I do not know whether the average age of the parent at the birth of a child under modern conditions can be de... ...There is, I should think, a strong pre- sumption that it has been a rising age. There may have been a time in the past when most women were mothers in... ...e filthy savages who ate food rotten and uncooked in the age of unpolished stone. They live in the mere opening phase of a synthesis of effort the end... ...ontemporary mind more manifest. It is an odd con- tradiction that in Great Britain and Western Europe gener- ally, just those parties that stand most ... ...or my own part I can imagine that a collision between such powers as Great Britain, Germany or America, might very well involve nearly every other pow...

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...ects, with their long black claws, for I always feared to find under their stone wings some little human genius fagged to death with cabals, factions,... ...a few poor articles of household furniture — a bed, a table, two chairs, a stone pitcher — and some dry herbs, hung up to the ceiling, which the count... ...ent parts of the house, and in the foreground, instead of the usual paving-stones, half hidden by the grass, there extended a lawn but that morning la... ..., such a question. It is the work of 38 The Count of Monte Cristo another age, constructed by the genii of earth and water.” “How so? — at what perio... ... said Lord Wilmore, with that tone which is only known to natives of Great Britain. The envoy presented his letter of introduction, which the latter r... ...rous; he described the youth of Monte Cristo, who he said, at ten years of age, entered the service of one of the petty sovereigns of India who make w... ...s married. This is the history of most men who have passed twenty years of age. Perhaps my heart was weaker than the hearts of most men, and I suffere...

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...emen by Charles Dickens TO THE YOUNG LADIES OF THE UNITED KING DOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND; ALSO THE YOUNG LADIES OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF WALES, ... ... or some other criterion in which he has an immediate interest. He is of any age be tween twenty and forty, unmarried of course, must be fond of chil... ...on the Admiralty side of the way, when, as we drew near to one of the little stone places in which a couple of horse soldiers mount guard in the day ... ...isitions connected with the population of the country, the position of Great Britain in the scale of nations, and the balance of power. Then he is exc... ...hat we are ready to receive sealed offers containing a full specification of age, temper, appearance, and condition; but we beg it to be distinctly un...

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...the midnight wind that rattled my lattice window came moan- ing at me from Stonehenge. There was a hanger-on at that establishment (a supernaturally p... ... ages. He was a man with a weird belief in him that no one could count the stones of Stonehenge twice, and make the same number of them; likewise, tha... ...ngth coming up with it, he discovered it to be the last bus- tard in Great Britain, degenerated into a wingless state, and running along the ground. R... ...rst into tears, and beseech, like the prisoner who was released in his old age from the Bastille, to be taken back again to the five windows, the ten ...

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...ctions and the service of his Majesty; and I could wish that all hands, in this ill age, were equally clean of family rancour. But from the accident t... ... giving it this turn, great Mr. David, you must not suppose the Government of Great Britain and Ire- land will ever be stuck for want of evidence. We ... ...to get the thing believed.” “Ah, but you must try and manage, you must try and man- age to believe it,” says he, soothing-like, “and I am very glad to... ...tion and 91 Catriona knowledge of affairs. But for auld, cauld, dour, deadly cour- age, I am not fit to hold a candle to yourself. Look at us two her... ...ze, and I was led within, and forth into the court, and thence into the tumble-down stone hall. Here my con- 95 Catriona ductors built a brisk fire i... ... Andie dryly. The day coming slowly brighter I observed on the bilge, among the big stones with which fisherfolk ballast their boats, several kegs and... ...prehended by some ragged John-Hielandman on August 30th, carried to a rickle of old stones that is now neither fort nor gaol (whatever it once was) bu...

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...first plunge into life, and the best he could look forward to was a middle-age of poorly-paid hack-work, miti- gated by brief and frugal holidays. He ... ...el and post these letters yourself …. It’s been my only chance for such an age; when we meet I’ll ex- plain everything. And in a month at latest I’ll ... ...all her dor- mant qualms awoke. Clarissa was just eight, and small for her age: her little round chin was barely on a level with the tea-service, and ... ... Providence you have become Countess of Altringham in the peerage of Great Britain, and Baroness Dunsterville and d’Amblay in the peerages of Ireland ... ... low whistle Susy bent over the balustrade, her heart thumping against the stone rail. “What was left of soul, I wonder—?” the young composer’s voice ... ...pped slowly downward, dropping to her sides. Lansing sat before her like a stone. “Oh,” she gasped, “why do you stare so? Didn’t you know …?” They hea... ...ioneer’s eye for values, knew to a fraction the worth of those deep convex stones alternating with small emeralds and brilliants. She was glad to own ...

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...nybody else, being, on the contrary, a faded person, fifty- seven years of age, and neither handsome, nor wealthy, nor entertaining; but it is agreed ... ...rds the little woman. She deplored the fatal levelling tenden- cies of the age, which admitted persons of all classes into the society of their superi... ...en extraordinary indeed, and his character greatly changed in his advanced age. Other parties hinted that it was Becky’s habit to levy contributions o... ...happy and green the country looked as the chaise whirled rapidly from mile-stone to mile-stone, through neat country towns where landlords came out to... ...where the pictures and mirrors had hung. Then they went up the great blank stone staircases into the upper rooms, into that where grandpapa died, as G... ...s rival. For instance, on our side we would write, “The interests of Great Britain in this place, and through- out the whole of Germany, are perilled ... ...of the Court against the English minister, represents the conduct of Great Britain in the most odious and atrocious light, and is unhappily backed by ... ...ejudices, Harvey-sauces, cayenne-peppers, and other Lares, making a little Britain wherever we settle down. From one colony to another Becky fled unea...

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...cting the eye in diminishing per- spective to a mansion on a broad base of stone steps. Herds of cattle, horses, and deer, gave animation to the scene... ... reasoning and remonstrance; but you must remember that your brother is of age, and if the young lady’s parents consent, Mr. Jones has no choice.’ ‘I ... ... his pet. But I can never think it was such a short time; it seems a whole age ago.’ ‘It must,’ said John, with a look of interest that made her conti... ...t the recollection was too pleasant not to be easily drawn out; and at her age the transition is short from shyness to confi- dence. ‘Not at all silly... ...s, the great pile of building, the innumerable windows, the long ascent of stone steps, their balustrade guarded by sculptured sphinxes, the lofty ent... ...rsailles, by the sparkling fountain rising high in fantastic jets from its stone basin, in the midst of an expanse of level turf, bor- dered by terrac... ...n with the folks in Dacia. Droll state of things there; one could fancy it Britain, or Gaul half settled by the Teutons, with the Roman sticking about...

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...ld of their race since the Reformation. My old lord, eighth of the name, was not old in years, but he suffered prematurely from the disabilities of ag... ...op, who had had a child to the Master, and by all ac- counts been very badly used, yet made herself a kind of cham- pion of his memory. She flung a st... ...g from his lip. “Ay, Jess?” says he. “You too? And yet ye should ken me better.” For it was he who had helped her with money. The woman had another st... ...the hissing began, and the hooting, and the cries of “Judas!” and “Where was the Master?” and “Where were the poor lads that rode with him?” Even a st... ...oubt, that my patron had become so great a miser – a fault always despicable, but in the young abhorrent, and Mr. Henry was not yet thirty years of ag... ...to endure the sus- pense you paint so feelingly; and I am pleased mine should be the hand to set these fears at rest. Mr. Bally is as safe in Great Br... ...Ross; and I was driven, although much against my will, to take my use of it perhaps once in the two months. It befell when Mr. Alexander was of the ag...

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... as yet the initial strange- ness of his being alive at all in this remote age touched every- thing with wonder, with a sense of the irrational, with ... ...member the Bulgar- ian atrocities as though it was yesterday. ’Tis a great age! Ha 48 When the Sleeper Wakes ha!” He was surprised at first to hear h... ...uths, flut- tering robed bare-armed women, girls. Men and women of the new age! Rich robes, grey rags fluttered together in the whirl of their movemen... ... Sleeper. That years and years ago I did, indeed, fall asleep, in a little stonebuilt village, in the days when there were hedgerows, and villages, an... ... new aggregation of men. Save London, there were only four other cities in Britain—Edinburgh, Portsmouth, Manchester and Shrewsbury. Such things as th... ...dere. “We were savages,” was his refrain, “we were savages. We were in the stone age—compared with this… . And what else have you?” There came also pr... ... swifter and swifter. He aimed at the apex of the wedge. He dropped like a stone through the whistling air. It seemed scarce a second from that soarin...

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...cious Majesty, Victoria, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, did, on the 23rd day of... ...ly contrived by vast numbers of single ladies in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and now extending its ramifica tions in every quart... ...r eight years old, brother to the bride, — and the other a girl of the same age, or something younger, whom he calls ‘his wife.’ The real bride and b... ...hirsty and vicious) they were more playful than ever, for Mrs. Leaver threw stones at Mr. Leaver, and Mr. Leaver ran after Mrs. Leaver on the grass, ... ...r being a young fellow, and very subject to that complaint). ‘That’s a great age, Crofts,’ says the old gentleman. ‘I don’t think it’s sich a wery gre... ... age, Crofts,’ says the old gentleman. ‘I don’t think it’s sich a wery great age, Sir,’ replied the barber. ‘Crofts,’ rejoins the old gentleman, ‘you’...

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...tector. BUCKINGHAM: Why should he, then, protect our sovereign, He being of age to govern of himself? Cousin of Somerset, join you with me, And all t... ...himself Unlike the ruler of a commonweal. Warwick, my son, the comfort of my age, Thy deeds, thy plainness and thy housekeeping, Hath won the greatest... ...uise, Is this the fashion in the court of England? Is this the government of Britain’s isle, And this the royalty of Albion’s king? What shall King He... ...s are full of tears, my heart of grief. Ah, Humphrey, this dishonor in thine age Will bring thy head with sorrow to the ground! I beseech your majesty... .... Cannon Street. [Enter CADE and the rest, and strikes his staff on Lon don stone.] CADE: Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sit ting upo... ....] CADE: Now is Mortimer lord of this city. And here, sit ting upon London stone, I charge and command that, of the city’s cost, the pissing conduit... ...ays, thus To die in ruffian battle? Even at this sight My heart is turn’d to stone: and while ’tis mine, It shall be stony. York not our old men spare...

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...d by sudden adventure there was an horrible lion kept in a strong tower of stone, and it happened that he at that time brake loose, and came hurling a... ...m from La Beale Isoud. A nd then he pulled off his helm and washed his vis age and his hands, and so he fell asleep. In the mean while came a damosel ... ... was not Sir Launcelot. And it was told him that Sir Tristram was in Petit Britain with Isoud la Blanche Mains, for he deemed, an he had been in the r...

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...consider his house as her home when it suited her. Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years, when he was tempted by an accidental recommendation to l... ...uch girls to have the sense of their father and mother. — When they get to our age I dare say they will not think about officers any more than we do. I... ... much. Such a countenance, such manners! and so extremely accomplished for her age! Her performance on the piano forte is exquisite.” “It is amazing t... ...ley, into which the road with some abruptness wound. It was a large, handsome, stone building, standing well on rising ground, and backed by a ridge o... ...The satisfaction of prevailing on one of the most worthless young men in Great Britain to be her husband, might then have rested in its proper place. ... ...ame to the door, my uncle was called away upon business to that horrid man Mr. Stone. And then, you know, when once they get together, there is no end...

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...the bowels; and while this was done He stretched their hides over a craggy stone. 21. 21. 21. 21. 21. We mortals let an ox grow old, and then Cut it u... ...hus, what a world of toil, both now And ere these limbs were overworn with age, Have I endured for thee! First, when thou fled’st The mountain-nymphs ... ...Neither here, nor on the dew Of the lawny uplands feeding? Oh, you come!—a stone at you _55 Will I throw to men... ... _290 And ancient women and gray fathers wail Their childless age;—if you should roast the rest— And ’tis a bitter feast that you prepare... ...oot’s tendon, and knocked out his brains Upon the sharp edge of the craggy stone: Then peeled his flesh with a great cooking-knife _395 And pu... ...— With women and the people ’tis the same, Youth will stand foremost ever,—age may go T o the dark grave unhonoured. MINISTER: MINISTER: MINISTER: MIN... ...iences, a Voltaire”.) We find, from the testimony of ancient writers, that Britain, Germany, and France were much colder than at present, and that the...

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...s, more properly speaking, a medley of sinister revelations that paint our age, to which indeed no other kind of story should be told; and, besides, I... ... Josephine; and that after he had had the spirit to use her as a stepping- stone, he had made himself ridiculous by trying to make a companion of her.... ... little dears,” said Bixiou. “Let not your terrors rise to fever-heat, Our age is lenient with those who cheat. Now, I will tell you about the beginni... ...sense!” cried Couture. “The woman that 11 Balzac will not make a stepping-stone of her body, that the man she singles out may reach his goal, is a wo... ...famous Samuel Ber- nard was all but ruined. Some great capitalist in every age makes a colossal fortune, and leaves behind him neither for- tune nor a... ... Finot, you have yet to learn the great law of the ‘Im- proper’ that rules Britain. But, for the sake of the bond be- tween us—that bill for a thousan... ...he shuffling sound of the feet of the men that carried the coffin over the stone floor. “There are poets and romancers and writers that say many fine ...

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...phical expe- rience of one that is a Waiter in the sixty-first year of his age. Y ou were conveyed,—ere yet your dawning powers were otherwise develop... ... of bed. On market-days, some friendly enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place, and instantly arose the liveliest booths and sta... ...quipage and brazen blast. And now the enchanter struck his staff upon the stones of the Great Place once more, and down went the booths, the sittings... ...ngs in it (from the Englishman’s point of view), and of a certainty in all Britain you would have found nothing like it. Not to mention the fan- ciful... ...ly and heartily, clapped her chubby hands, and beat her little feet on the stone pavement of the Place. “He doesn’t know Theophile! Why, he doesn’t k...