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...rset Maugham A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 W. Somerset Maugham Of Human Bondage by W . Somerset Maugham I THE DAY BROKE GRAY AND DULL. The clouds h... ...t he closed his eyes and was fast asleep. The doctor came for- 4 Of Human Bondage wards and stood by the bed-side. “Oh, don’t take him away yet,” she... ...Am I to come home?” he asked. “ Y es, I’ve come to fetch you.” 6 Of Human Bondage “ Y ou’ve got a new dress on.” It was in eighteen-eighty-five, and ... ...waitresses were dressed alike, in plain black dresses, with a white apron, cuffs, and a small cap. On a half sheet of paper that he had in his pocket ... ...uty . She came in, and he got up to meet her. She was in black, with white cuffs at her wrists and a lawn collar round her neck. They shook hands. “Ha...

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... Frederick Douglas A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas is a publication of the Pennsyl... ...e document or for the file as an electronic trans- mission, in any way. My Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick Douglas, the Pennsylvania State Univers... ...ate University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Frederick Douglas My Bondage and My Freedom By Frederick Douglas By a principle essential to Chr... ...THFUL AND FIRMLY ATTACHED FRIEND, FREDERICK DOUGLAS. ROCHESTER, N.Y. 4 My Bondage and My Freedom EDIT EDIT EDIT EDIT EDITOR’S PREF OR’S PREF OR’S PRE... ...hat good which you so enthusiastically anticipate. Frederick Douglas 6 My Bondage and My Freedom There was little necessity for doubt and hesitation ... ...d if these idols but nod, or lift a finger, woe to the poor victim: kicks, cuffs and stripes are sure to follow. Masters are frequently compelled to s...

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... men are, in fact, the servants of our creations. We remain in everlasting bondage to the productions of our brain and to the work of our hands. A man... ... in the ser- vice being given on other grounds than that of util- ity. The bondage of art is very exacting. And, as the writer of the article which st... ...eaten and hand- some face, his portly presence, his shirt-fronts and broad cuffs and gold links, his air of bluff distinc- tion, impressed the humble ... ...self-will of men and ships on this globe of land and sea. This interval of bondage in the docks rounds each period of a ship’s life with the sense of ... ...tling to ob- serve. This is the exact truth. Before some of these majestic cuffs Cesar would go down and vanish. He would vanish heels overhead into o...

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...lties. After which, he would go forth in his rags and beg a few farthings, eat his poor crust, take his customary cuffs and abuse, and then stretch hi... ... staggering into goodwife Canty’s arms, who clasped him to her breast, and shel- tered him from a pelting rain of cuffs and slaps by in- terposing her... ...nds and make what success I may 126 Mark Twain toward mounting the big one.” Then followed a confusion of kicks, cuffs, tramplings and plungings, acc... ...s of the awakening— so the mortifications of each succeeding morning of the few that passed between his return to bondage and the combat with Hugo, gr...

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...nds Love rules his kingdom with a gentle sway. Thus, self-deluding, and in bondage sore, And wearing out the wretched shred of life To which I am redu... ...ted Moor, Senor, and he keeps the treasure for others, and for us only the cuffs and lamp-whacks.” “That is the truth,” answered Don Quixote, “and the... ...; and from that till now it has been all cudgellings and more cudgellings, cuffs and more cuffs, I getting the blanketing over and above, and falling ... ...rds, and without saying a word to him, came up to him and gave him several cuffs and kicks, and then turned to the ass with our provisions and took al... ...tory, and the blow of the stone, and the kicks, and more than half a dozen cuffs would have been escaped.” “In faith, Sancho,” answered Don Quixote, “... ...as I can that I will fetch a fair answer out of her stomach with kicks and cuffs; for why should it be borne that a knight- errant as famous as your w... ... is he That a bold front to Fortune dares not show, But soul and sense In bondage yieldeth up to indolence. If Love his wares Do dearly sell, his ri... ...se, ill-born brood; call ye it highway robbery to give freedom to those in bondage, to release the captives, to succour the miserable, to raise up the...

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...ve hours under her roof. The autumn of one year brought him a companion in bondage, a long-haired, gray-eyed little atom, as self-contained as himself... ...aster to slave; Yet at the last, tho’ the Kafirs had maimed him, Broken by bondage and wrecked by the reiver,— Yet at the last, tho’ the darkness had ... ...aying them in piles of two or three on the bed, as they suffer from frayed cuffs or lost buttons. Even this entertainment wearies after a time; and al... ...two lines of the hymn— When Israel of the Lord believed Out of the land of bondage came. He said them over and over thousands of times. The driver tur...

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...is functions, a blue blouse, ornamented on the collar, shoulder-straps and cuffs, with many-colored embroi- dery. A cap with a visor covered his head.... ...at means did this young and pretty and clever 19 Balzac woman hold him in bondage? The answer to all these questions would require a long history, wh...

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...lter Scott His dress was a tunic of forest green, furred at the throat and cuffs with what was called minever; a kind of fur inferior in quality to er... ...rom this pearl of Zion—Oh, happy day!—Such another, Gurth, will redeem thy bondage, and make thee a brother as free of thy guild as the best. And then... ... Wamba, that Gurth found no difficulty in freeing his arms altogether from bondage, and then, gliding into the thicket, he made his escape from the pa... ...eless, there is my hand, in friendly witness, that I will exchange no more cuffs with thee, having been a loser by the barter. End now all unkindness.... ...deem the captivity of the ten tribes of Israel, who were led into Assyrian bondage?—I have seen but little of him myself, but our cellarer and treasur... ... the strong men of his people, and as he was our companion in the house of bondage, he may find some one to do battle for my sake. And say unto him, e... ...ury—may your Majesty ever pay your debts as fully!” “If I could do so with cuffs,” said the King, “my creditors should have little reason to complain ... ...“Speak no more of it, brother,” said the King; “after having stood so many cuffs from Paynims and misbelievers, I were void of reason to quarrel with ...

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...d to find her safe out of reach; so she let her cousin heap on shawls, fur cuffs, and boas in a far less leisurely and discriminating man- ner than wa... ...ng chiefly of a fur cloak, a fur cap, adorned with a pair of grey squirrel cuffs, sewn ingeniously into the form of ears, a boa by way of tail, and an... ... and Catherine Seyton?” said Henrietta. “Let me see,” said Beatrice; “bond—bondage, jew—jew- eller, juniper,—” “Lawsuit,” said Fred. “ Ay, don’t you s...

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...m so dangerous a person, and such a dread always made me submissive to the bondage in which we were all held. Was it not strange that a Queen who woul... ...t his hat in the crowd; with blood on his collar, and with one of his lace cuffs torn, though he said he was not hurt. ‘They have him!’ he said bitter... ...epared to receive me, Monsieur de Lamont, in a satin suit, lace collar and cuffs, and deep lace round his boots. I wrenched my hand from M. d’Aubepine... ...ell him all, Margaret! He is too noble, but his generous soul must feel no bondage towards one who has nothing—not even a face or a purse for him.’ ‘O...

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...nds Love rules his kingdom with a gentle sway. Thus, self-deluding, and in bondage sore, And wearing out the wretched shred of life To which I am redu... ...ote Moor, Señor, and he keeps the treasure for others, and for us only the cuffs and lamp-whacks.” “That is the truth,” answered Don Quixote, “and the... ...; and from that till now it has been all cudgellings and more cudgellings, cuffs and more cuffs, I getting the blanketing over and above, and falling ... ...rds, and without saying a word to him, came up to him and gave him several cuffs and kicks, and then turned to the ass with our provisions and took al... ...tory, and the blow of the stone, and the kicks, and more than half a dozen cuffs would have been escaped.” “In faith, Sancho,” answered Don Quixote, “... ...as I can that I will fetch a fair answer out of her stomach with kicks and cuffs; for why should it be borne that a knight- errant as famous as your w... ... is he That a bold front to Fortune dares not show, But soul and sense In bondage yieldeth up to indolence. If Love his wares Do dearly sell, his ri... ...se, ill-born brood; call ye it highway robbery to give freedom to those in bondage, to release the captives, to succour the miserable, to raise up the...

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... She wore a dark blue dress, with a small lace ruff opening in front, deep cuffs to match, and a white apron likewise edged with lace, and a coif, ben... ... sweet bed-fellow, my little Scot— one more loyal subject come to me in my bondage.” Cis’s impulse was to put a knee to the ground and kiss the hands ... ... Humfrey, hurrying upstairs, met her coming down with a packet of his lace cuffs in her hands. He caught the hand on the balusters, and cried, “My pri... ...” “Mistress Cis,” screamed one of the maids,” madam is wait- ing for those cuffs.” 199 Charlotte M. Yonge Cis ran down, but the squeeze ... ...iends, the most welcome tidings that could greet me would be that my weary bondage was over for ever, and that I should wreck no more gallant hearts. ... ... in a rage! And what would become of herself? Would she be detained in the bondage in which the poor sisters of the Grey blood had been kept? Or would...

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...o be quit of a court puppet and a Papist. Shall you have finished my point-cuffs next week, Lucy? Depend upon it, no gentleman of them all will wear s... ... this kerchief is hemmed by little Dolly, and here are a pair of bands and cuffs to match, that Nanny and Bessy have been broidering with their choice... ...ly to carry her mistress’s linen; for starching Eustacie’s plain bands and cuffs was Mere Perrine’s special pride. The wonted bundle, therefore, now c... ... us kindly, and would gladly have sped us well away. Methought he felt his bondage bitterly, and would fain have dared to be a true king. Even at the ... ...been broken two guilty lives, or to make her husband free himself from his bondage to bloody counsels. To pray for him was all that remained to her—an... ...en opened at last to the treachery of the court, and his own dishonourable bondage. During a feverish at- tack, one night when D’Aubigne and D’Armagna...

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...e to me from the other corner of the coach, brushed one of his large furry cuffs across my eyes (but with out hurting me), and showed me that it was ... ...y. The beadle is very care ful that two gentlemen not very neat about the cuffs and buttons (for whose accommodation he has provided a spe cial litt... ... because you are in a state of sinful ness, because you are in a state of bondage. My young friend, what is bondage? Let us, in a spirit of love, inq... ...PTER XXXIII Interlopers NOW DO THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN not very neat about the cuffs and buttons who attended the last coroner’s inquest at the Sol’s Arms...

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...rmination, little Oliver, to his excessive astonishment, was released from bondage, and or dered to put himself into a clean shirt. He had hardly ach... ...ffect his elo quence had produced; ‘Come, Oliver! Wipe your eyes with the cuffs of your jacket, and don’t cry into your gruel; that’s a very foolish ... ...He wore a man’s coat, which reached nearly to his heels. He had turned the cuffs back, half way up his arm, to get his hands out of the sleeves: appar...

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...red such dangers in order to res- cue the young Attalus from his miserable bondage. Somewhat of the same kind of faithfulness was shown early in the n... ...ecting face, and wearing the long lovelocks and deep point lace collar and cuffs characteristic of Queen Henrietta’s Court. Lindsay was called General...

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...al as against the creditor class. The common people are mortgaged into the bondage of debt. And on the other hand an unexpected spate of gold produc- ... ...with a mute inquiry, and then as we fall to, we catch him scrutinising our cuffs, our garments, our boots, our faces, our table manners. He asks nothi...

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...nfinite noise, res cued by two cocked hats, and brought into Custom house bondage with the rest of us. Here, I resign the active duties of life to an... ...n, come along!” says I. But when I took out the hand 121 Charles Dickens cuffs, Thompson cries, “No! None of that! I won’t stand them! I’ll go alon...

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... than accept the love she proffered. The old way of love seemed a dreadful bondage, a sort of conscription. What it was in him he did not know, but th... ..., happy eyes of discovery. Gerald looked down at him, attracted, so deeply bondaged in fascinated attraction, that he was mistrustful, resenting the b... ... them life. But this very love, based on pity and despair, was 241 only a bondage and a pain to her. She loved best of all the animals, that were sin... ... was dark green, lus- trous, with a high collar of grey fur, and great fur cuffs, the edge of her dress showed silver and black velvet, her stock- ing... ... mounted involuntarily through his veins. He groaned in- wardly, under its bondage, but he loved it. He looked at her with clear eyes, waiting for her... ...t made her heart palpitate with a real approach of mad- ness. The terrible bondage of this tick-tack of time, this twitching of the hands of the clock...

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...e to me from the other corner of the coach, brushed one of his large furry cuffs across my eyes (but with out hurting me), and showed me that it was ... ...y. The beadle is very care ful that two gentlemen not very neat about the cuffs and buttons (for whose accommodation he has provided a spe cial litt... ... because you are in a state of sinful ness, because you are in a state of bondage. My young friend, what is bondage? Let us, in a spirit of love, inq... ...PTER XXXIII Interlopers NOW DO THOSE TWO GENTLEMEN not very neat about the cuffs and buttons who attended the last coroner’s inquest at the Sol’s Arms... ...own as mine was quite gone from me and that I freely released him from his bondage to one whom he had never seen! Oh, it was so much better as it was!...