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...in the virile way, and proceeded to light his pipe. Presently he heard his landlady behind him, coming with 9 H G Wells his lamp lit from the kitchen... ... it, and shouted. The room was flooded with yellow glare as his astonished landlady entered with the light. His face was white as he turned blinking t... ...as unusually hot). This was Warming, a London solicitor and next of kin to Graham, the man who had fallen into the trance. And the two men stood side ... ...ome day my pigments would glorify the whole blessed coast of England, from Land’s End round again to the Lizard. Luck comes to a man very often when h... ...down at Wookey—a boy. I missed all that… . What a fuss we had with him! My landlady wouldn’t take him in, wouldn’t let him stay—he looked so queer whe... ... a flash of pain in his expres- sion. They peered through the glass again. Graham was indeed in a strange state, in the flaccid phase of a trance, but... ...n. And as it happens to most of us after the night’s sleep, so it was with Graham at the end of his vast slumber. A dim cloud of sensation taking shap... ...g in darkness. Then came a panorama of dazzling unstable confluent scenes. Graham became aware his eyes were open and regarding some unfamiliar thing.... ...ression of consterna- tion, an expression that deepened into awe. Suddenly Graham’s knees bent beneath him, his arm against the pillar collapsed limpl...

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...ains so green, and he rivers so rapid; but it is so. It is piteous that a land so beautiful should be one which fate has marked for misfortune. Had ... ...y. In ad- dition to his sugar-canes Mr. Cumming had grown coffee; for his land ran up into the hills of Trelawney to that altitude which in the tropi... ...ree hundred acres; but by degrees this dwindle down to half that extent of land. And then in those old golden days they had always taken a full hogsh... ...the first time since he commenced, obtain something like a return from his land. What if the turning-point had come, and things were now about to run... ...ning in question, when Marian rode off with Cap- tain Ewing and lieutenant Graham, Maurice Cumming re- mained among the elderly people. A certain Mr. ... ...t the difference be- 23 Anthony Trollope tween him and the Ewings and the Grahams. And then she answered him well and prudently, with words which sta... ... lose your promotion. You’ll never live to be my Lady Rue. And what will Graham say? You know you’ve given him half a promise.” “That’s not true, Ju... ...f, dreading the unnumbered waltzes with Ewing, and the violent polkas with Graham. So Miss Jack resolved to say one word to Marian—”A wise word in go... ...the evening she was suffi- ciently discreet; she did waltz with Lieutenant Graham, and polk with Captain Ewing, but she did so in a tamer manner than ...

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...ivelier light, And mountains that like giants stand T o sentinel enchanted land. High on the south, huge Benvenue Down to the lake in masses threw Cra... ...r mountain air, Till on this lake’s romantic strand I found a fey in fairy land!’— XXIII. ‘I well believe,’ the maid replied, As her light skiff appro... ...afe, we rest us here. My sire, in native virtue great, Resigning lordship, lands, and state, Not then to fortune more resigned Than yonder oak might g... ...; And since, though outlawed, hath his hand Full sternly kept his mountain land. Who else dared give—ah! woe the day, That I such hated truth should s... ...and flows into the one connecting Lochs Achray and Vennachar. According to Graham, it is “the scene of the death of a wild boar famous in Celtic tradi... ...is still used in poetry. 145. Trosachs. “The rough or bristled territory” (Graham); the wild district between Lochs Katrine and Vennachar. The name is... ...me. Scott has the following note here: “The ancient and powerful family of Graham (which, for metrical reasons, is here smelled after the Scottish pro... ...wild beasts. Argyll and the Campbells, on the one hand, Montrose, with the Grahames and Buchanans, on the other, are said to have been the chief instr... ...ows, only one gentleman, an ancestor, if I mistake not, of the present Mr. Grahame of Gartmore, ventured to decline compliance. Rob Roy instantly swe...

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...hed by the name of Drummond-Eirinich, or Ernoch, that is, Drummond of Ire- land; and the same title was bestowed on their estate. The Drummond-ernoch ... ...ror, of having announced as deceased my learned acquaintance, the Rev. Dr. Grahame, minister of Aberfoil.—See Rob Roy, p.360. I cannot now recollect t... ...Scott induced to credit and give it currency, is a false one, and that Dr. Grahame is still the living pastor of Aberfoil, for the de- light and instr... ...ing, in the second series of your admirable T ales on the History of Scot- land, adopted Wishart’s version of the transaction, and be- ing aware that ... ...ld; these, on their march to join Montrose, had committed some excesses on lands belonging to Ardvoirlich, which lay in the line of their march from t... ... Leslie’s army out of England, if it did not recover a great part of Scot- land to the King’s allegiance. This plan was chiefly adopted by the norther... ... for the King’s service. It is a commission under the great seal, to James Graham, Earl of Montrose, to command those forces which are to be assembled... ...rdon my saying, that be- ing at the head of a rival branch of the House of Graham, I have both read of and known an Earl of Menteith, who would have d... ...wer them preremtorie.” “How many Irish may be on their march to join James Graham the delinquent?” “Probably ten thousand,” said Captain Dalgetty. “T ...

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... daughter of a blind old man, Antigone, to 14 A Book of Golden Deeds what land are we come, Or to what city? Who the inhabit- ants Who with a slender... ...that David, outlawed, yet loyal at the heart, sent his aged parents to the land of Moab for refuge, and himself took up his abode in the caves of the ... ..., In such an evil case, Struggle through such a raging flood Safe to the landing place. But his limbs were borne up bravely By the brave heart with... ...ugh the River Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd. ‘They gave him of the corn land, That was of public right, As much as two strong oxen Could plough f... ...t by the Norsemen in the full certainty that it must be lost. The banner, ‘Landwaster’, was planted in the midst; and the king, chanting his last song... ...e Gra- ham, the son of the dispossessed earl. But the proud and vindictive Grahams were not thus to be pacified. Sir Robert Graham, the uncle of the y... ...e thrown hastily on. Some of the wretches even struck and wounded her, but Graham called them off, and bade them search for the King. They sought him ...

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...other man’s name, inquire as you please, you shall not hear; for the High- lander values a secret for itself and for the congenial exercise of keeping... ..., which is cubical, that’ll see you, it’s my prayerful wish, into a better land.” With that he got upon his feet, took off his hat, and prayed a littl... ...ich makes a convenient ferry going north, and turns the upper reach into a landlocked haven for all man- ner of ships. Right in the midst of the narro... ...ing and drinking with a good appetite. Here it occurred to me that, as the landlord was a man of that county, I might do well to make a friend of him.... ...it seemed that Ebenezer was ill-seen in the country. “Nae doubt,” said the landlord. “He’s a wicked auld man, and there’s many would like to see him g... ...rgh Castle; they were in ill-blood with Highlander and Lowlander, with the Grahames, the Maclarens, and the Stewarts; and Alan, who took up the quarre...

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...ition for himself or his children, constantly look- ing for a new piece of land on which he might make a living without much work; his mother, in her ... ...Whig President, General Taylor, the place of Com- missioner of the General Land Office; willing to bury him- self in one of the administrative bureaus... ...ng, Father Abraham, three hundred thousand strong,” resounded all over the land. Long before the decisive day arrived, the result was beyond doubt, an... ...des thronging the thoroughfares, when sud- denly the news flashed over the land that Abraham Lin- coln had been murdered. The people were stunned by t... ...oses would have had to lead us to our Jordan, to the sight of our promised land of liberty. At the age of twenty-five he became a member of the Legisl... ...rs, and particularly those of Moore and Letcher from Kentucky, Newland and Graham from North Caro- lina, and the famous New Jersey case. In all these ...

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... gaz- ing out over the sea and wishing we could drift away upon it to some land of rest.’ ‘The Glenuskie folk are going to try another land,’ said Jea... ...ned her blue eyes wide. ‘Go to the French King’s Court?’ she said. ‘To the land of chivalry and song,’ exclaimed Eleanor, ‘where they have courts of l... ... said Eleanor; ‘these reivers do not stick at sanctuary. Now in that happy land ladies meet with courtesy, and there is a minstrel king like our fathe... ...s, should yearn for something beyond, es- pecially for that sunny southern land which report and youth- ful imagination made them believe an ideal wor... ...not do all, Jamie,’ persisted Eleanor; ‘and we long after that fair smooth land of peace. Lady Glenuskie would take good care of us till we came to Ma... ...ers.’ ‘Ha! say you so? I had heard a different story from Buchan, from the Grahams, the Halls. Revenge is sweet—as your mother found it.’ ‘The murdere...

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...urmured through his white beard, ‘Have mercy, good Lord, have mercy on the land. 7 Yo n g e Have mercy on my son,—and guard him when he goes out and ... ... on our King, break his fetters, and send him home to be the healer of his land, the avenger of her cruel wrongs.’ So absorbed was the old man that he... ...‘that Father Ninian should be picking up and bringing home stray wandering land-loupers;’ and with an anxious glance at Lilias, he went forward un- wi... ...my heart to part with the lad, yet may I not say a word to detain him in a land where the contagion of violence can scarce be escaped by a brave man.’... ... remarked, promptly answered, ‘That may be; but what is to be the lot of a land whose honest men desert her cause as too evil for them, and seek out a... ...mplacable. All that human cruelty could invent was to be the lot of Robert Graham and his associ- ates; and whereas they had granted no priest to thei... ...re, he went. Through all the frightful and protracted sufferings of Athol, Graham, Hall, and the rest, it was Malcolm Stewart who, never flinching, pr... ... connect him with the treasonable designs 264 The Caged Lion of Athol and Graham. He slowly and partially recovered, but his influence was gone; the ...

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...for months—sometimes alone, sometimes with chance met gipsies of their own land. From the North Cape to the Blue Grotto at Capri they wandered, becaus... ...s the valley. How curious!” They walked toward it through an all abandoned land. Here they found the ghost of a patch of lucerne that had refused to d... ...try upstairs.” The stairs never creaked beneath their feet. From the broad landing they entered a long, green-panelled room lighted by three full-leng... ...climate—a pearly blend, unlike the hot and cold ferocities of their native land— suited them, as the thick stillness of the nights certainly suited Ge... ...lk handkerchief. “Yes, my lady!” Mrs. Cloke ran and returned swiftly. “Our land marches with Pardons for a mile on the south,” she explained, waving t... ...TED IN OUR NEXT WEEK’S LIST OF AIR-KIT. RESURGAM AIR-KIT EMPORIUM HYMANS & GRAHAM 1198 Lower Broadway, New York REMEMBER! * It is now nearly, a genera...

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... him to the King’s, whom I have not called on since my return; received by that mild old gentleman; have some interesting talk with him about Samoan s... ... that the bad banana flourished wild, and the good must be weeded and tended; and I had not the heart to tell him how fortunate they were here, and ho... ...y strange, very extravagant, I daresay; but it’s varied, and picturesque, and has a pretty love affair, and ends well. Ulufanua is a lovely Samoan wor... ...kened—she had tried twice in vain—and I found her very bad. Thence till three, we laboured with mustard poultices, laudanum, soda and ginger—Heavens! ... ...e cap, velvet coat, cords and yellow half boots, Belle in a white kind of suit and white cap to match mine, Lloyd in white clothes and long yellow boo... ...us; but, for our good fortune, we had been looked for earlier, and the crowd was gone. Dinner at the King’s; he asked me to say grace, I could think o... ...er remarked in Samoa, the Samoans being literal observers of the second commandment. At one side of the egg our party sat. a=Mataafa, b=Lady J. , c=B... ...igh, and so on with the rest of our party—Henry of course excepted. You see in public, Lady Jersey followed me—just so far was the secret kept. Then w... ...e had two middies to lunch. Thursday we had Eeles and Hoskyn (lieutenant and doctor—very, very nice fel- lows—simple, good and not the least dull) to ...

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...der), who afterwards reviewed with far too much partiality the Tales of my Landlord, for the Quarterly Review of January 1817. [Lord Kinedder died in ... ...esolution fixed on that point of the opposite shore on which we purpose to land; but gradually giving way to the torrent, are glad, by the aid perhaps... ...anch or bush, to extricate ourselves at some distant and perhaps dangerous landing-place, much farther down the stream than that on which we had fixed... ...f William, second Earl Marischal, who got from his father, about 1480, the lands of Craig, and part of Garvock, in that county. In Douglas’s Baronage,... ...le has been cleared away; and the Great Unknown—the minstrel of our native land—the mighty magician who has rolled back the current of time, and conju... ...r back beyond her own time, and describe how Fletcher of Salton spoke, how Graham of Claverhouse danced, what were the jewels worn by the famous Duche...

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...till she had seen her and got all she could out of her. She is called Mrs. Graham, and she is in mourning—not widow’s weeds, but slightish mourning—an... ...n some useful advice, which, she hoped, would not be thrown away; for Mrs. Graham, though she said little to any purpose, and appeared somewhat self-o... ...ue. After that Rose favoured me with further particulars respect- ing Mrs. Graham. Her appearance, manners, and dress, and the very furniture of the r... ...re frequented regions, the wooded valleys, the corn-fields, and the meadow-lands, and proceeded to mount the steep acclivity of Wildfell, the wildest ... ...me a click of the iron gate, and a rustle of female garments, and lo! Mrs. Graham darted upon 18 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall me—her neck uncovered, h... ...elf, and overflowing with love for Eliza. CHAPTER III TWO DAYS AFTER, Mrs. Graham called at Linden-Car, con- trary to the expectation of Rose, who ent... ...llwards and Wilsons, most of whom you already know, and Mr. Lawrence, your landlord, with whom you ought to make acquaintance.’ ‘I do know something o... ...s in various stages of progression, and a few finished paintings—mostly of landscapes and figures. ‘I must make you welcome to my studio,’ said Mrs. G... ...n special fine days—leisurely rambling over the moor or the bleak pasture- lands, surrounding the old hall, herself with a book in her hand, her son g...

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.................................................................. 92 Magrady Graham ....................................................................... ...ld have hanged me except for this: My lawyer, Kinsey Keene, was helping to land Old Thomas Rhodes for wrecking the bank, And the judge was a friend of... ...he city, Mary McNeely, I meant to return for you, yes I did. But Laura, my landlady’s daughter, Stole into my life somehow, and won me away. Then afte... ...ing it over at Concord). For cards, or for Rev. Peet’s lecture on the holy land; For skipping the light fantastic, or passing the plate; For Pinafore,... ...just a mirror In a rapidly flying car, Which catches and loses bits of the landscape. Then in time Great scratches were made on the mirror, Letting th... ...nd tacking satin. And often I wondered who would go with me To the distant land, our names the theme For talk, in the same week, for I’ve observed Two... ...ng that I should, in so doing, Deprive you of honor to yourselves. Magrady Graham TELL me, was Altgeld elected Governor? For when the returns began to...

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...before him with quiet grace; “Ontario!” “Uncle, you are accustomed to cry ‘Land ho!’ but not ‘Wa- ter ho!’ and you do not see it,” cried the niece, la... ... lookout, while two lubbers, like you and me, lie-to to see what sort of a land-fall she will make! If I do, I—” “It is wisest, uncle,” interrupted th... ... feel sure that the sailor who steers by your Magnet will never make a bad land-fall.” “Ha! you do make use of some of the terms, I find, and that wit... ... not surprising that we should get some of the phrases which belong to the land; for we are seldom out of sight of it 18 The Pathfinder twenty-four h... ...ur hours at a time.” “More’s the pity, boy, more’s the pity! A very little land ought to go a great way with a seafaring man. Now, if the truth were k... ...e at all; but first or second, I was particularly unfortunate with Jeannie Graham, who died in the first lustrum, leaving neither chick nor chiel behi...

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... and with something approaching a shriek of hostil- ity by Mr. Cunninghame Graham. But I think these gentle- men have not perhaps given the Labour pro... ... or disguised, whether enforced by the lash or brought about by iniquitous land-stealing, strikes at the home and freedom of every Eu- ropean worker—a... ...the share of the natives of these countries in the government of their own lands, until they too become free and equal members of the world league. Ne... ... into monarchical channels. Italy was made a monarchy; Greece, the mother- land of republics, was handed over to a needy scion of the Danish royal fam... ...air routes that air transport will follow must go over a certain amount of land, for this reason that every few hundred miles at the longest the machi... ...t can oblige it to alight at the frontier, to follow prescribed routes, to land at specified places on those routes and un- dergo examinations that wi...

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...tion he has described in the following words: “Aliens are we in our native land. The fundamental prin- ciples of the republic, to which the humblest w... ...nd keen sensitiveness to wrong, and his wonderful memory, he came from the land of bondage full of its woes and its evils, and painting them in charac... ...cipation; it further proves the immense loss which slavery inflicts on the land while it dooms such energies as his to the hereditary degradation of s... ...efforts to the highest position in society. As a successful editor, in our land, he occupies this position. Our editors rule the land, and he is one o... ...resence of an array of defenders who compose the keenest intellects in the land. “The man who is right is a majority” is an aphorism struck out by Mr.... ...a moment to arrest all proceedings. “Won’t you cross your hands?” said Tom Graham, the constable. “No I won’t,” said Henry, with increasing emphasis. ...

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...t of the Rappahannock by the way of the Potomac and Y ork rivers than by a land march. In order, therefore, to in- crease the strength of the attack u... ...McDowell and his forces as you therein indicate. McDowell can reach you by land sooner than he could get aboard of boats, if the boats were ready at F... ... force resisting him will certainly not be confronting you at Richmond. By land he can reach you in five days after starting, whereas by water he woul... ...ND OTHER OFFICERS DURING A VISIT TO THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC A T HARRISON’S LANDING , VIRGINIA. July 9, 1862. THE PRESIDENT: What amount of force have ... ...ealth in this camp? GENERAL McCLELLAN: Better than in any encampment since landing at Fortress Monroe. PRESIDENT LINCOLN:[to the corps commanders] In ... ...t their salt, which could only refer to the works near Abingdon. Fourthly, Graham’s statement from Martinsburg that Imboden is in retreat for Harrison...

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... in her Apron, rather than he should lie and be a bishop;” what though the Landgravine Elizabeth, with many other Apron worthies,—figure here? An idle... ...her on the utmost verge of our actual horizon there is not a looming as of Land; a promise of new Fortunate Islands, perhaps whole undiscovered Ameri-... ...nay thence, through America, through Hindostan, and the antipodal New Hol- land, finally conquer (einnehmen) great part of this ter- restrial Planet!”... ...Teufelsdrockh having thrown up his legal Profession, finds himself without land- mark of outward guidance; whereby his previous want of 89 Thomas Car... ...fe for a living one,” we must profess ourselves unable to explain. Certain Landlords’ Bills, and other economic Documents, bearing the mark of Settlem... ...made up of Desire and Fear, of emanations from the Gallows and from Doctor Graham’s Celestial-Bed? Happiness of an approving Conscience! Did not Paul ...

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... concealed her ears. A breeze which had crossed a thousand miles of wheat- lands bellied her taffeta skirt in a line so graceful, so full of animation... ...er. I won’t drone. Why should they have all the garden suburbs on Long Is- land? Nobody has done anything with the ugly towns here in the Northwest ex... ...ng the banks of the dark river Carol listened to its fables about the wide land of yellow wa- ters and bleached buffalo bones to the West; the South- ... ... Prairie is going to have a great future. Some of the best dairy and wheat land in the state right near there—some of it selling right now at one-fift... ...training, isn’t he?” “Yes, that’s so, but I guess most of us get rusty. We land in a rut of obstetrics and typhoid and busted legs. What we need is wo... ...dreams which the news-butcher has coaxed her into buying. She brings out a graham cracker which she feeds to a baby lying flat on a seat and wailing h...

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...is the floor I think of chiefly; over the oilcloth of which, assumed to be land, spread towns and villages and forts of wooden bricks; there are steep... ...ded cliffs of an ancient trunk. Then I conquered them and garrisoned their land. (Alas! they died, no doubt through contact with civilisation—one my m... ...no doubt through contact with civilisation—one my mother trod on—and their land became a wilderness again and was ravaged for a time by a clockwork cr... ...got my work to do, and do it I will.” And in no time all my continents and lands were swirling water and swiping strokes of house-flannel. That was th... ...a, and quoted Doughty, at that time a little-known author, and Cunninghame Graham to show that the Arab was worse than a county-town spinster in his r... ...s, Sir Roderick Newton, a Jew who had bought Calersham Castle, and old Sir Graham Rivers, that sturdy old soldier, were among my chief supporters. We ... ...ning we came, rather cross from the strain of sustained amiability, to Sir Graham Rivers’ house. It seemed all softness and quiet—I recall dead white ... ... come in passes my comprehension.” “There’s good work sometimes,” said Sir Graham, “in un- doing.” “You can’t govern a great empire by amending and re... ...amer said something indistinctly. “Order, education, discipline,” said Sir Graham. “Excel- lent things! But I’ve a sort of memory—in my young days— we...

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...ring interest of Britain, identified as it then was with great part of the landed gentlemen, should come forward to finish what had been gallantly att... ... ently, of the wounded of both parties. His return to Scot- 6 Redgauntlet land was ascribed exclusively to family affairs. His behaviour at the bar w... ...throw down my reckoning, I were obliged to deprecate the resentment of the landlord for con- suming that which I could not pay for. I cannot tell how ... ...ter become him to be learning this, than to be scouring the country like a land-louper, going he knows not where, to see he knows not what, and giving... ...ent, does not seem to have improved his taste for the company of the High- landers; (quaere, Alan, dost thou derive the courage thou makest such boast... ...prob- able fiction. Shortly after the close of the American war, Sir James Graham of Netherby constructed a dam-dyke, or cauld, 455 Sir W alter Scott... ... river for the purpose of pulling down the dam-dyke objected to. Sir James Graham armed many of his own people to pro- tect his property, and had some...

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...‘prentices in this condition, but I speak of only one, and his name was Hugh Graham. This Hugh was apprenticed to an honest Bowyer who dwelt in the wa... ...May—it was her birthnight, and twenty years since she had left her home—Hugh Graham sat in the room she had hallowed in his boyish days. He was now a ... ...ck — Dickens 24 the Bowyer’s cruel daughter had come home, and that Master Graham had given her lodging in his house. It was rumoured too that he ha... ...y appeared to re ceive some corroboration from the circumstance of Mas ter Graham taking up his abode in another tenement hard by. The estimation in... ...s to the prescribed dimensions. In pursu ance of these arrangements, Master Graham and another were posted at Lud Gate, on the hill before St. Paul’s... ... old women who, under the name of Witches, spread great disorder through the land, and inflicted various dismal tortures upon Christian men; sticking ...

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... of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper Originally published in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERI... ... of a Pocket-Handkerchief by James Fenimore Cooper Originally published in Graham’ s Magazine (Jan.-Apr. 1843) CHAPTER I Chapter numbers inserted from... ...ects of real es- tate, he had a sovereign contempt; but offer him a bit of land that could be measured by feet and inches, and he was your man. Mr. Ha... ... owning a considerable part of a place called Coney Island. In a word, the landed estate of Henry Halfacre, Esq., “inventoried,” as he expressed it, j... ...culating, to be always remembering that Betts owned a good old-fash- ioned landed estate that was said to produce twenty, and which did actually produ... ... of your skyrockets, but a known, old for- tune, in substantial houses and lands—let us suppose the old woman outlive him, and that she gets her full ... ...otion, every thing being suit- able for every body, that get them, in this land of liberty, but Adrienne had not been educated in a land of liberty, a...

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...rvations, among others:— “So much of my voice has lately been heard in the land, that I might have been contented with troubling you no further from m... ...me on every side—changes moral, changes physical, changes in the amount of land subdued and peopled, changes in the rise of vast new cities, changes i... ...as here first. And this brings me to a point on which I have, ever since I landed in the United States last November, ob- served a strict silence, tho... ...he enno- bling pursuit and the healthful recreation of the Quality of this land. Consequently, it is a source of inexpressible comfort and happi- ness... ...osed upon the family by the presence among them for the first time of Mary Graham (for by that name old Martin Chuzzlewit had introduced her) did not ... ...f waking uneasiness—that he had betrayed his trust, and run away with Mary Graham. It must be acknowledged that, asleep or awake, Tom’s position in re... ...evil-doers and the triumph of a righteous nature, he always felt that Mary Graham was his stum- bling-block. Let the old man say what he would, Mr Pec... ... one of the worthiest creatures in this county), is hardly a home for Miss Graham.’ Martin mused a moment; and then said, as he shook him by the hand:... ...ly.’ ‘Of the very vulgar,’ Mr Pecksniff answered. ‘Then why not bring Miss Graham here, sir? Here is the house. Here am I alone in it, for Thomas Pinc...

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... Here had we two expatri- ated Frenchmen engaged in an ill-regulated combat like the battles of beasts. Here was he, who had been all his life so grea... ...set here on the top of this rock in the midst of your city. Even with what liberty I have, I have the opportunity to see a myriad roofs, and I dare to... ... all comes up to what they called his elbow) have I the least desire of his acquaintance. From the heel of the masonry, the rascally, breakneck precip... ...ed within a little distance of a bush of wallflower, for the scent of it came over me with that impression of reality which characterises scents in da... ...e to hear the alarm spread through the city. In the fortress drums were beat and a bell rung backward. On all hands the watchmen sprang their rattles.... ...ord, I do not know,’ said I. ‘Hesitate, as you are doing, I believe.’ ‘I will tell you,’ he said. ‘I have a kinsman, and it is what HE would think, th... ... and looked each other in the eyes. Soon after the Major was wounded, taken prisoner, and carried into Cadiz. One fine day they announced to him the v...

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...esbit, Stephen Crane, Joseph Conrad, Edwin Pugh, Jerome K. Jerome, Kenneth Graham, Arthur Morrison, Marriott Watson, George Moore, Grant Allen, George... ...’ve never seen it? Fancy that! You’ve spent too many of your evenings phi- landering up in Newcastle there. I tell you, for real florid quality——But y... ... the infinite series of tints between lavender-blue and black in which the landscape was painted. His hands and face were smeared with ointment agains... ...ck and blood-red it was, in streaks—a beauti- ful sight. And up beyond the land rose grey and hazy to the hills, and the sky behind them red, like a f... ...his canoe affair—it wasn’t properly a boat—and, perhaps, twenty yards from land. I realised what was up in a moment. My gun was in the tent, and, besi... ...e very far; leastways, Madagascar was clean out of sight, and any trace of land at all. I saw a sail going south-west- ward—looked like a schooner but...

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..., Philip leading the dis- cussion to bear upon the duties and prospects of landed pro- prietors, and dwelling on the extent of their opportunities for... ...or destroyed his father’s will, so as to leave his brother, your ancestor, land- less; his brother remonstrated, and he turned him out of doors. The f... ...nd Philip proceeded to improved 83 Yo n g e methods of farming, to enable landlords to meet the exigen- cies of the times. Guy had got hold of Mr. Ed... ...such mere milk-and- water, your reading the Praelectiones is an additional land- mark to time; besides the mutton of to-day succeeding the beef of yes... ...one, bearing his address, in the well-known hand of Mr. Edmonstone. Y oung Graham, who had taken up a newspaper, was startled by Guy’s loud, sudden ex... ...him that made his wrath more than fierce, intense, almost appalling. Harry Graham was dumb with astonishment; but while Guy spoke, Mrs. Henley had com... ...new pretty well the whole history of his anger. ‘I don’t know,’ said young Graham. ‘Some absurd, person interfering between him and his guardian. I sh... ...considerably, but of which he could not mention the contents; and as Harry Graham, who knew something of the Broadstone neighbourhood, had picked up a... ...for he felt that his reluctance almost wronged his own beloved home. Harry Graham wanted to persuade him to come and spend Christmas at his home, with...

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...g Man of his Recommendation. They were to be married in a few months, and Graham, was in the House when we arrived. We soon saw through his character... ...unfortunate Victim of her father’s Cruelty to the ex- ecrable and detested Graham.” “Alas! why do you thus so cruelly connive at the pro- jected Mise... ...on They had been gone nearly a couple of Hours, before either Macdonald or Graham had entertained any sus- picion of the affair. And they might not ev... ...was obliged to confine herself solely to the Bed allotted us by our worthy Landlady—. Her disorder turned to a galloping Consumption and in a few day... ...er, my Husband and my Freind. Augusta has been for several years united to Graham the Man of all others most suited to her; she became acquainted with... ...s, which we were lucky enough with the 44 Love and Friendship help of our Landlady, her husband, and their three chil- dren, to get rid of, in less t... ... 45 Jane Austen quire fortitude sufficient to undertake a Journey to Scot- land in the hope of its Proving at least beneficial to her health, if not c... ...g them to the ruinous depredations of time has been of infinite use to the landscape of En- gland in general, which probably was a principal mo- tive ...

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...ng HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN O NCE UPON A TIME, on an uninhabited is land on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the ... ...AM the Most Wise Baviaan, saying in most wise tones, ‘Let us melt into the landscape—just us two by our lones.’ People have come—in a carriage—calling... ...and throwing the rind about, because he could not pick it up. He went from Graham’s Town to Kimberley, and from Kimberley to Khama’s Country, and from... ...es are What and Where and When And How and Why and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west; But after they have worked for m... ...river, past Selangor, past Malacca, past Singapore, out and out to the Is- land of Bingtang, as though it had been pulled by a string. Then the Eldest... ...me for you and your children—so that you shall be able to hide both on the land and in the sea.’ And Pau Amma said, ‘I do not choose yet. Look! there ...

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... provides the laws doth not provide for the execution of them, they act as Graham would do, if he should form all the parts of a clock in the most exq... ...ll defect in the con- stitution of the clock. 12 Amelia To say the truth, Graham would soon see the fault, and would easily remedy it. The fault, ind... ...and a coach and six: for to be sure, if an he was the greatest lord in the land, you would deserve it all.’ But why do I attempt to mimic the honest c... ...think that hundreds, thousands for aught I know, of miles or leagues, that lands and seas are between us? What is the pros- pect from that mount in ou... ... passion of fear; but so great is the force of habit, that what inspires a landsman with the highest apprehension of danger gives not the least concer... ...g of an order superior to all around him, and more especially to us of the land service. Nay, such was the behaviour of all the sea-officers and sailo... ...e same prince, engaged in one quarrel, and joined to support one cause, we land-men rather seemed to be captives on board an enemy’s vessel. This is a...

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...w. He rose, opened the door with unnecessary abruptness, and waited on the landing. The person stopped simultaneously half a flight downstairs. 21 Vi... ...s Herbert only just going to bed now,” Joan in- terposed, as a door on the landing slammed vigorously. “And then he won’t get up in the morning.”) Ral... ...themselves very manifest. Perhaps it is a little depressing to inherit not lands but an example of 30 Night and Day intellectual and spiritual virtue... ... a fool of myself with her again. Why, I’d sooner marry the daughter of my landlady than Katharine Hilbery! She’d leave me not a moment’s peace— and s... ...steps, and she always ran up the last flight of steps which led to her own landing, at whatever hour she came, so as to get her typewriter to take its... ...ays than they are now, in spite of their odious whiskers? Look at old John Graham, in his white waistcoat—look at Uncle Harley. That’s Peter the manse...

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... could you suppose me ignorant? Is not this room rich in specimens of your landscapes and flow- ers; and has not Mrs. Weston some inimitable figure-pi... ...nd what you were telling your brother,” cried Emma, “about your friend Mr. Graham’s intending to have a bailiff from Scotland, to look after his new e... ...unger branch of a very ancient family—and that the Eltons were nobody. The landed property of Hartfield certainly was inconsiderable, being but a sort... ... we shall explore a great deal, I dare say. They will have their barouche- landau, of course, which holds four perfectly; and therefore, without sayin... ...e time draws on, I shall decidedly recom- mend their bringing the barouche-landau; it will be so very much preferable. When people come into a beautif... ...in that way, most delightfully, just after their first having the barouche-landau. You have many parties of that kind here, I suppose, Miss Woodhouse,...

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...e New England metropolis. His diges- tion was weak and he lived chiefly on Graham bread and hominy—a regimen to which he was so much attached that his... ...t his tour seemed to him destined to be blighted when, 62 The American on landing on the Continent, he found that these delica- cies did not flourish... ...ke people open windows, and poke into sofas with his cane, and gossip with landladies, and ask who lived above and who below—he knew that this was of ... ...ella,” said Madame de Cintre, “and carried her off to live with him in the Land of the Pink Sky. There she was so happy that she forgot all her troubl... ...quently fabulously rich, and you would be richer still if you didn’t grant lands and houses free of rent to all newcomers who will pledge themselves n... ...urney during which he heeded less what he would have called the lay of the land. He obtained lodging at the inn at Poitiers, and the next morning drov...

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...cere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men?s lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to t...

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...en’s lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land ... ...e feet by forty, its Augean stables never cleansed, and one hundred acres of land, tillage, mowing, pasture, and wood lot! The portionless, who strugg... ... Wilberforce is there to bring that about? Think, also, of the ladies of the land weaving toilet cushions against the last day, not to betray too gree... ...and the Roman prætors have decided how often you may go into your neighbor’s land to gather the acorns which fall on it without trespass, and what sha... ...h perspiration at undergoing such a roasting.” So, we are told, the New Hol lander goes naked with impunity, while the European shivers in his clothe... ...arm, to Brister’s Hill. East of my bean field, across the road, lived Cato In graham, slave of Duncan Ingraham, Esquire, gentleman of Concord village; ...

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...? DEPARTURE, 1 -- CHAPTER II ? FIRST IMPRESSIONS???SAIL HO!??, 3 -- CHAPTER III ? SHIP?S DUTIES?TROPICS, 6 -- CHAPTER IV ? A ROGUE?TROUBLE ON BOARD???LAND -- HO!???POMPERO?CAPE HORN, 9 -- CHAPTER V ? CAPE HORN?A VISIT, 13 -- CHAPTER VI ? LOSS OF A MAN?SUPERSTITION, 18 -- CHAPTER VII ? JUAN FERNANDEZ?THE PACIFIC, 21 -- CHAPTER VIII ? ??TARRING DOWN???DAILY LIFE???GOING AFT?...

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...CHAPTER III — SHIP’S DUTIES—TROPICS CHAPTER IV — A ROGUE—TROUBLE ON BOARD—’’LAND . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 HO!’’—POMPERO—CAPE HORN . . . . . . . .... ...XXII — ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CAPE . . . . . . . . . . 167 HORN—’’LAND HO!’’—HEADING FOR HOME CHAPTER XXXIII — CRACKING ON—PROGRESS HOME... ...self to be looking as salt as Neptune himself, I was, no doubt, known for a landsman by every one on board as soon as I hove in sight. A sailor has a... ...ed, and we began to heave up the anchor, which was our last hold upon Yankee land. I could take but little part in all these preparations. My little ... ...ildered. There is not so helpless and pitiable an object in the world as a landsman beginning a - 1 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dana ... ...s, and a quiet Sunday. During all this times,—which would have startled Dr. Graham—we lived upon almost nothing but fresh beef; fried beefsteaks, th...

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...Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO MRS. THOMAS STEVENSON HOTEL LANDSBERG, FRANKFURT, MONDAY, 29TH JULY 1872 ... LAST night I met with rath... ...Letters of R. L. Stevenson: V ol. 1 Letter: TO MRS. THOMAS STEVENSON HOTEL LANDSBERG, THURSDAY, 1ST AUGUST 1872 ... YESTERDAY I walked to Eckenheim, a... ... alehouse. In the room, which was just such as it would have been in Scot- land, were the landlady, two neighbours, and an old peas- ant eating raw sa... ...t the far end. I soon got into con- versation; and was astonished when the landlady, having asked whether I were an Englishman, and received an an- sw... ...o the most ghastly romancing about Scottish scenery and manners, the High- land dress, and everything national or local that I could lay my hands upon... ...ledge. I have already expressed myself as to the political as- pect. About Grahame, I feel happier; it does seem to have been really a good, neat, hon... ...mmanders: Wolseley and Roberts, and this pile of Woods, Stewarts, Alisons, Grahames, and the like. Had we but one statesman on any side of the house! ...

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...t be, we thought, that danger threatened any one within the house; but Mr. Graham Balfour, my husband’s cousin, very near and dear to us, was away on ... ...he greedy and the treacherous, lead us out of our tribulation into a quiet land. Look down upon ourselves and upon our absent dear ones. Help us and t... ... THE FAMILY Aid us, if it be thy will, in our concerns. Have mercy on this land and innocent people. Help them who this day contend in disappointment ...

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...would, however, like to express my especial indebtedness to my friend, Mr. Graham Wallas, who generously toiled through the whole of my typewritten co... ...from public sight amidst the happy tumults and splendours of the time. The land was filled with poetry in the Monarch’s praise, bad be- yond any suspi... ...be- yond any suspicion of insincerity. All that was certainly great in the land, all that has any hold upon the motives and con- fidence of the Englis... ...superficiality. His impersonation of an amiable, spirited, self-conscious, land-owning gentleman with a passion for justice in remote places and a whi... ...e Making lucidly agreed.* *It has been pointed out to me by my friend, Mr. Graham Wallas, that although the State may not undertake any posi- tive sch... ...ricts, the burthen of heavy rates could be thrown upon silly and self- ish landowners who attempted to stifle sound populations by using highly habita... ... wide regions will become specifically administrative and central—the home lands, the mother lands, the centres of education and popu- lation, and oth... ...ve a quickened ear rather than a disciplined hand. I owe to my friend, Mr. Graham Wallas, the suggestion that the piano is altogether too exacting an ...

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...ad in her Apron, rather than he should lie and be a bishop;” what though the Landgravine Elizabeth, with many other Apron worthies,—figure here? An idl... ...ether on the utmost verge of our actual horizon there is not a looming as of Land; a promise of new Fortunate Islands, perhaps whole undiscovered Amer... ... Teufelsdr¨ ockh having thrown up his legal Profession, finds himself without landmark of outward guidance; whereby his previous want of decided Belief... ...life for a living one,” we must profess ourselves unable to explain. Certain Landlords’ Bills, and other economic Documents, bearing the mark of Settl... ... more pleasant to keep silence. Besides, his occupation being that of Owning Land, there might be faculties enough, which, as superfluous for such 84 ... ..., made up of Desire and Fear, of emanations from the Gallows and from Doctor Graham’s Celestial Bed? Happiness of an approving Conscience! Did not Pau...

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...llusion is made, in the first chapter of the “Seven Gables,” to a grant of lands in Waldo County, Maine, owned by the Pyncheon family. In the “ Americ... ...ugust 12, 1837, which speaks of the Revo- lutionary general, Knox, and his land-grant in W aldo County , by virtue of which the owner had hoped to est... ...et that infringes upon nobody’s private rights, and appropriating a lot of land which had no visible owner, and building a house of materi- als long i... ...ausible claims to the proprietorship of this and a large adjacent tract of land, on the strength of a grant from the legislature. Colonel Pyncheon, th... ...ed how loudly Colonel Pyncheon had joined in the general cry, to purge the land from witchcraft; nor did it fail to be whispered, that there was an in... ...iting stories; and my name has figured, I can assure you, on the covers of Graham and Godey, making as respectable an ap- pearance, for aught I could ... ... at her. “My poor story, it is but too evident, will never do for Godey or Graham! Only think of your falling asleep at what I hoped the newspaper cri...

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...a, worth far more than any pounds, shillings, and pence, or even houses or lands I might get with a serene and solemn dame, even with clear notions as... ...llow, they started apart. T wo seconds later they met Mrs. Brownlow on the landing— “There, mother,” said the Doctor. “My child!” and Carey was in her... ... her feeling that the Magnum Bonum itself was imperilled by exile into the land of dulness, which of course the poor child exaggerated in her imaginat... ...er Carey! Oh, mother! mammie, dear! come and see!” “Come—where?” “To fairy-land. Get her bonnet, Babie.” “Out of doors, you boy? just look there!” “Oh... ...m its crest. —Scott. “HARK!” The guides and the one other traveller, a Mr. Graham, who had been at the inn, were gathered at the border of the Daubens... ... taken John with them, but with a resolute look he uttered “Ich komm.” Mr. Graham, an elderly man, not equal to a moraine in the snow, stayed with the... ...naged otherwise, and when Johnny tried to enforce his aunt’s or- ders, Mr. Graham, by a sign, made him comprehend why they had thus arranged, filling ... ...l the resources of the little way- side house were put in requisition. Mr. Graham and Johnny did their best for Jock, his mother seemed to see and thi... ...f-consciousness, and something like a word came from between his lips, Mr. Graham sent John to call the mother, saying very low, “Get her away. She wi...

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...where Mr. Levet frequently vis- ited; and having mentioned his wish to his land- lady, she introduced him to Mr. Levet, who readily obtained Johnson’s... ...cordingly sailed. But the weather was so tem- pestuous that they could not land. Reynolds and he were at this time the guests of Dr. Mudge, the celebr... ...siasm for intellectual improvement would gladly have resorted from distant lands;—I opened my mind to him ingenuously, and gave him a little sketch of... ...im directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was drest, and found that his landlady had ar- rested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent pass... ...e. On Thursday, April 8, I dined with him at Mr. Allan Ramsay’s, with Lord Graham and some other company. We talked of Shakspeare’s witches. Johnson. ... ...point. Ramsay. ‘Yes, like a strong horse in a mill; he pulls better.’ Lord Graham, while he praised the beauty of Lochlomond, on the banks of which is... ... the stones off the road, lest Lady Margaret’s horse should stumble.’ Lord Graham commended Dr. Drummond at Naples, as a man of extraordinary talents;... ...en, and some other company, none of whom I recollect, but a beautiful Miss Graham, a relation of his Lordship’s, who asked Dr. Johnson to hob or nob w... ...according to his usual custom, had circulated the bottle very freely. Lord Graham and I went together to Miss Monckton’s, where I certainly was in ext...

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...r Professional Staff Member Susan Ginsburg Senior Counsel & Team Leader T. Graham Giusti Security Officer Nicole Marie Grandrimo Professional Staff Me... ...Staff Member Catharine S.Taylor Staff Assistant Y oel T obin Counsel Emily Landis Walker Professional Staff Member & Family Liaison Garth W ermter Sen... ...t.We present this report as a foundation for a better under- standing of a landmark in the history of our nation. We have listened to scores of overwh... ...and tracked Delta 1989 as it reversed course over Toledo, headed east, and landed in Cleveland. 156 But another aircraft was heading toward Washington... ...anager, Ben Sliney, ordered all FAA facilities to instruct all aircraft to land at the nearest airport.This was an unprecedented order.The air traffic... ... great skill, as about 4,500 commercial and general aviation aircraft soon landed without incident. 165 At 9:46 the Command Center updated FAA headqua... ...- ing minority member, Jane Harman (D-Calif.). In the Senate, Senators Bob Graham (D-Fla.) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) have introduced reform pro-... ...eberman (D-Conn.) Intelligence Oversight and the Joint Inquiry Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.) Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) Representative Porter Goss ... ...outines and the reasons why the intercepts were not properly digested, see Graham Allison and Philip Zelikow, Essence of Decision, 2d ed. (Longman, 19...