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...he bed-clothes off himself. Then he sat up and talked aloud. “I must go to Brighton-Pomfrey,” he said. “ And get a medi- cal dispensation. If I do not... ...Yet it involved a possibility of disappointments in the future. He went to Brighton-Pomfrey too upon the score of his general health, and Brighton-Pom... .... It added greatly to his dis- turbance that—exceeding the instructions of Brighton- Pomfrey—he had now experimented ignorantly and planlessly with on... ... man could go back to Princhester and so leave him perfectly free to go to Brighton-Pomfrey in London and secure that friendly dispensation to smoke a... ...e; and the other was that he 65 H G Wells was now within an hour or so of Brighton-Pomfrey and a cigarette. He would lunch on the train, get to Londo... ...ublicly and honourably and altogether satisfyingly before three. So far as Brighton-Pomfrey’s door this program was ful- filled without a hitch. The d... ...en in khaki in the streets. But at the door he had a disappoint- ment. Dr. Brighton-Pomfrey was away at the front—of all places; he had gone for some ... ...is Dr. Dale. Indeed, he had never heard of Dr. Dale. Seeing his old friend Brighton-Pomfrey and being gently and tactfully told to do exactly what he ... ...ishop’s heart and tongue and eye and knee that ruffled the bishop’s soul. “Brighton-Pomfrey talked of neurasthenia?” he asked. “That was his diagnosis...

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... friend’s health, that they should leave town for a while, and recommended Brighton very strongly . CHAPTER XX In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Mes... ...l prospect of bow windows on the one side and blue sea on the other, which Brighton affords to the traveller. Sometimes it is towards the ocean—smilin... ...or quits, the shore, &c., &c. But have we any leisure for a description of Brighton?—for Brighton, a clean Naples with genteel lazzaroni—for Brighton,... ...on, that always looks brisk, gay, and gaudy, like a harlequin’s jacket—for Brighton, which used to be seven hours distant from London at the time of o... ...ervant in question with a most killing ogle. Jos was even more splendid at Brighton than he had been at his sister’s marriage. He had brilliant under-... ...as Rawdon Crawley of the Guards. Our young bride and bridegroom had chosen Brighton as the place where they would pass the first few days after their ... ... house in Park Lane, her affectionate nephew and niece had followed her to Brighton, where they had emissaries continually planted at her door. “I wis... ...heir minds. Rawdon and his wife had the very best apartments at the inn at Brighton; the landlord, as he brought in the first dish, bowed before them ... ...ted to see his old friend perched on the roof; and whose promised visit to Brighton had been delayed until now. “How are you, old fellow? Glad you’re ...

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...t her cost. She rejoined with spirit, wiping her eyes, that he was down at Brighton 19 Henry James hard at work—he was in the midst of a novel—and th... ... often heard you say so yourself.” The novel that Leolin was engaged in at Brighton was never published, but a friend of mine and of Mrs. Stormer’s wh...

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...am Makepeace Thackeray CHAPTER XXVI Between London and Chatham ON QUITTING BRIGHTON, our friend George, as became a per- son of rank and fashion trave... ...-in-law, and about Jos’s carriage, and whether his horses had been down to Brighton, and about that infernal traitor Bonaparty, and the war; until the... ... very different from the re- ception which Jos vouchsafed to his friend in Brighton and Bond Street. Along with the Captain was Ensign Stubble; who, a... ...rase charitably for George’s ear. “Upon my word, I thought when we were at Brighton she was doing me the honour to be jealous of me; and now I sup- po... ...ring the time of these battles and dangers, old Miss Crawley was living at Brighton, very moderately moved by the great events that were going on. The... ...t distinguished officer, the Dieppe packet brought over to Miss Crawley at Brighton, a box containing presents, and a dutiful letter, from the Colonel... ...uthampton coach used to carry these tokens of affection to Miss Crawley at Brighton: it used sometimes to convey Mr. Pitt thither too: for his differe... ...nt himself a good deal from home now: and besides, he had an attraction at Brighton in the person of the Lady Jane Sheepshanks, whose engagement to Mr... ... formerly mentioned in this history. Her Ladyship and her sisters lived at Brighton with their mamma, the Countess Southdown, that strong-minded woman...

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... friend’s health, that they should leave town for a while, and recommended Brighton very strongly . CHAPTER XX In Which Captain Dobbin Acts as the Mes... ...l prospect of bow windows on the one side and blue sea on the other, which Brighton affords to the traveller. Sometimes it is towards the ocean—smilin... ...or quits, the shore, &c., &c. But have we any leisure for a description of Brighton?—for Brighton, a clean Naples with genteel lazzaroni—for Brighton,... ...on, that always looks brisk, gay, and gaudy, like a harlequin’s jacket—for Brighton, which used to be seven hours distant from London at the time of o... ...ervant in question with a most killing ogle. Jos was even more splendid at Brighton than he had been at his sister’s marriage. He had brilliant under-... ...as Rawdon Crawley of the Guards. Our young bride and bridegroom had chosen Brighton as the place where they would pass the first few days after their ... ... house in Park Lane, her affectionate nephew and niece had followed her to Brighton, where they had emissaries continually planted at her door. “I wis... ...heir minds. Rawdon and his wife had the very best apartments at the inn at Brighton; the landlord, as he brought in the first dish, bowed before them ... ...ted to see his old friend perched on the roof; and whose promised visit to Brighton had been delayed until now. “How are you, old fellow? Glad you’re ...

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...Elizabeth, with the greatest satisfaction. “They are going to be encamped near Brighton; and I do so want papa to take us all there for the summer! It... ...be a delightful scheme, indeed, and completely do for us at once. Good Heaven! Brighton, and a whole campful of Pride and Prejudice 175 soldiers, to ... ...on his account. She had not been many hours at home, before she found that the Brighton scheme, of which Lydia had given them a hint at the inn, was u... ...my heart.” “I am sure I shall break mine,” said Lydia. “If one could but go to Brighton!” observed Mrs. Bennet. “Oh, yes! — if one could but go to Bri... ...m Mrs. Forster, the wife of the Colonel of the regiment, to ac company her to Brighton. This invaluable friend was a very young woman, and very latel... ..., and the probability of her being yet more imprudent with such a companion at Brighton, where the temptations must be greater than at home. He heard ... ...ery silly sisters. We shall have no peace at Longbourn if Lydia does not go to Brighton. Let her go then. Colonel Forster is a sensible man, and will ... ... mischief; and she is luckily too poor to be an object of prey to any body. At Brighton she will be of less importance even as a common flirt than she ... ...nd expression in their united volu bility. In Lydia’s imagination, a visit to Brighton comprised every possibility of earthly happiness. She saw with...

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...eth, with the greatest satis- faction. “They are going to be encamped near Brighton; and I do so want papa to take us all there for the summer! It wou... ...a delightful scheme indeed, and completely do for us at once. Good Heaven! Brighton, and a whole campful of soldiers, to us, who have been overset alr... ...his account. She had not been many hours at home before she found that the Brighton scheme, of which Lydia had given them a hint at the inn, was under... ...eart.” “I am sure I shall break mine,” said Lydia. “If one could but go to Brighton!” observed Mrs. Bennet. “Oh, yes!— if one could but go to Brighton... ...Mrs. Forster, the wife of the colonel of the regiment, to accompany her to Brighton. This invaluable friend was a very young woman, and very lately ma... ...d the probability of her being yet more imprudent with such a companion at Brighton, where the temptations must be greater than at home. He heard her ... ...silly sisters. We shall have no peace at Longbourn if Lydia does not go to Brighton. Let her go, then. Colonel Forster is a sensible man, and will kee... ...hief; and she is luckily too poor to be an ob- ject of prey to anybody. At Brighton she will be of less im- portance even as a common flirt than she h... ...xpression in their united volubility. In Lydia’s imagi- nation, a visit to Brighton comprised ever possibility of earthly happiness. She saw, with the...

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...yclist’s suit, cap, badge, and all; and to see him and Grubb going down to Brighton (and back)—heads down, handle-bars down, backbones curved— was a r... ...g of the greatness of other days, of old Sir Peter, who drove his coach to Brighton and back in eight-and-twenty hours, of old Sir Peter’s white top-h... ... voluntary public danger to the amenities of the south of England. “Orf to Brighton!” said old Smallways, regarding his young- est son from the sittin... ...le dratted country sims flying to pieces. Wonder they all get back. Orf to Brighton indeed! Anybody want to buy ‘orses?” “You can’t say I bin to Brigh... ...shed and a mushroom-shed for Tom. All day and all night the fast cars from Brighton and Hastings went murmuring by overhead long, broad, comfortable-l... ...the sunken green- grocery beneath the great iron standard of the London to Brighton mono-rail, and their minds reverted to the discus- sion that had e... ...ere, too, they were doomed to disappointment. The High Road from London to Brighton that ran through Bun Hill was like the British Empire or the Briti... ...d ‘undreds.” “But where was they all going?” asked T eddy. “Tearin’ off to Brighton—you never seen Brighton, I ex- pect—it’s down by the sea, used to ... ...n ‘em among the houses. They was parts of the mono-rail. They went down to Brighton too and all day and night there was people going, great cars as bi...

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...d. ‘Not for two days. Y ou have not heard? The Miss Duvidneys have gone to Brighton.’ ‘They are rather in advance of the Season.’ She thanked him for ... ...conan to town, for a consultation, and expects he will have to take him to Brighton.’ ‘Brighton? What a life for a man like Dartrey, at Brighton!’ Her... ...F KINDNESS were not beyond the range of Colney Durance, and he ran down to Brighton, to give the exiled Nesta some taste of her friendly London circle... ... a young woman with whom he had recently made acquaintance; and who was in Brighton now, upon missionary work; a member of the ‘ Army,’ an officer of ... ...hunting and fawning for alliances. Up along that terrace Miss Nesta lives. Brighton would be a choice place for a landing.’ Skepsey temporized, to get... ...hearing Simeon Fenellan relate to Victor some of the recent occurrences at Brighton. Simeon’s tone was un- satisfying; Colney would have the word; he ... ...a! Mr. Sowerby is unable to explain. And how the Miss Duvidneys! … At that Brighton!’—The voice he heard was not his darling’s deep rich note, it had ... ...sta! She was insulted by a man in the woman’s house. She is talked of over Brighton. The mother!—the daughter! And grant me this—that never was girl m... ...ked to consume. She now referred him to her father, who had spent a day in Brighton, and would, she said, explain whatever there was to be explained. ...

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...ify her he took a splendidly furnished house in the most expensive part of Brighton for them, and now and then ran down for a week- end, with a trunk ... ... (Polly was the third Fyne girl) she did not get on very well, and went to Brighton for some months to recover her strength—and there, one day in the ... ...eriod of solemn silence. De Barral, he resumed suddenly, was not coming to Brighton for week-ends regularly, then. Must have been conscious al- ready ... ...n to her. How exas- perated she must have been by that couple falling into Brighton as completely unforeseen as a bolt from the blue—if not so prompt.... ...an crumbs, less than drops, there were to be grabbed, the lease of the big Brighton house, the furniture therein, the carriage and pair, the girl’s ri... ...rumble of the cataclysm the questionable young man arrived unexpectedly in Brighton to stay with his “Aunt.” To all outward appearance everything was ... ...received a most alarming straight tip from somebody in the City arrived in Brighton, at about lunch- time, with something very much in the nature of a... ...uin absolutely standing at the door. By that time, or very soon after, all Brighton had the infor- mation and formed a more or less just appreciation ... .... An account opened in her name for the expenses of the es- tablishment in Brighton, had been fed by de Barral with defer- ential lavishness. The gove...

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...y I think, with Miss Tox, that a short absence from this house, the air of Brighton, and the bodily and mental training of so judicious a person as Mr... ...upposing we should decide, on to-morrow’ s inquiries, to send Paul down to Brighton to this lady, who would go with him?’ inquired Mr Dombey, after so... ...s. The Castle of this ogress and child-queller was in a steep by-street at Brighton; where the soil was more than usually chalky , flinty , and steril... ...to say that Mr Dombey was not there. It was Sat- urday, and he had gone to Brighton. ‘I tell you what, Wal’r!’ said the Captain, who seemed to have pr... ...o have prepared himself for this contingency in his absence. ‘W e’ll go to Brighton. I’ll back you, my boy. I’ll back you, Wal’r. We’ll go to Brighton... ... When the dark servant, with full particulars, reported Miss Tox absent on Brighton ser- vice, the Major was suddenly touched with affectionate remi- ... ... the Major being released from his fit, went one Saturday growling down to Brighton, with the native behind him; apostrophizing Miss T ox all the way,... ...iss T ox and Mrs Chick to see the children, and finding the Major again at Brighton, invited him to dinner at the Bedford, and complimented Miss T ox ... ...ly re-established. Y ou have no misgivings on that subject, Mrs Pipchin?’ ‘Brighton has proved very beneficial, Sir,’ returned Mrs Pipchin. ‘V ery ben...

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...y I think, with Miss Tox, that a short absence from this house, the air of Brighton, and the bodily and mental training of so judicious a person as Mr... ...upposing we should decide, on to-morrow’ s inquiries, to send Paul down to Brighton to this lady, who would go with him?’ inquired Mr Dombey, after so... ...s. The Castle of this ogress and child-queller was in a steep by-street at Brighton; where the soil was more than usually chalky , flinty , and steril... ...to say that Mr Dombey was not there. It was Sat- urday, and he had gone to Brighton. ‘I tell you what, Wal’r!’ said the Captain, who seemed to have pr... ...o have prepared himself for this contingency in his absence. ‘W e’ll go to Brighton. I’ll back you, my boy. I’ll back you, Wal’r. We’ll go to Brighton... ... When the dark servant, with full particulars, reported Miss Tox absent on Brighton ser- vice, the Major was suddenly touched with affectionate remi- ... ... the Major being released from his fit, went one Saturday growling down to Brighton, with the native behind him; apostrophizing Miss T ox all the way,... ...iss T ox and Mrs Chick to see the children, and finding the Major again at Brighton, invited him to dinner at the Bedford, and complimented Miss T ox ... ...ly re-established. Y ou have no misgivings on that subject, Mrs Pipchin?’ ‘Brighton has proved very beneficial, Sir,’ returned Mrs Pipchin. ‘V ery ben...

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...ntenero. Sit Mason Monday, Tuesday. Marguerite awful. Cissy.” That was the second. The third, the girl noted when she took it, was on a foreign form: ... ...all sorts of impossible things, such as, almost on the very spot, the presence of drama at a critical stage and the nature of the tie with the gentlem... ...ete; and whatever he was at any moment it was always as much as all the rest the mere bloom of his beatitude. He was some- times Everard, as he had be...

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... her lips. LXXIII THREE WEEKS LATER Philip saw Mildred and her baby off to Brighton. She had made a quick recovery and looked better than he had ever ... ...f invention in the working out of the details. Mildred proposed to find in Brighton some woman who would be willing to take charge of the baby. Philip... ...such a fancy to baby , she was going to the theatre on Saturday night, and Brighton was filling up. It 452 Of Human Bondage touched Philip because it... ...saying that she thought it would be better for her to stay another week in Brighton. She had found a woman who would be glad to take the baby for seve... ...ng else. But he had nothing to do now; he might spend the week with her in Brighton, and they could be together all day . His heart leaped at the thou... ...ld be pleased to see him; she had made friends in 453 W. Somerset Maugham Brighton; he was quiet, and she liked boisterous joviality; he realised tha... .... Sunday . He blessed the day because it was fine. As the train approached Brighton the sun poured through the carriage window. Mildred was wait- ing ... ...he parade, sunning themselves, and watched the people pass. There were the Brighton shop-boys who walked in twos and threes, swinging their canes, and... ...ys who walked in twos and threes, swinging their canes, and there were the Brighton shop-girls who tripped along in giggling bunches. They could tell ...

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...ly papers columns of virtuous ver- biage. The following week I ran down to Brighton for a chat, as Mr. Pinhorn called it, with Mrs. Bounder, who gave ...

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...ards to go and say to my wife, “My dear! I am going away for a few days to Brighton. Here are all the keys of the house. Y ou may open every door and ...

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... hundred glori- ous pantomimes — walking by the summer wave at Margate, or Brighton perhaps, revolving in his mind the idea of some new gorgeous spect...

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...her eye. The plan of the young couple was to proceed, after a few days, to Brighton, and take a house there for some weeks. Every public place was new... ...ake a house there for some weeks. Every public place was new to Maria, and Brighton is almost as gay in winter as in summer. When the novelty of amuse... ... would be time for the wider range of London. Julia was to go with them to Brighton. Since rivalry between the sisters had ceased, they had been gradu... ...de Fanny quite hate him, he said, “So! Rushworth and his fair bride are at Brighton, I understand; happy man!” “Yes, they have been there about a fort... ...rget their relations, and Mr. Rushworth is a most amiable man. They are at Brighton now, you know; in one of the best houses there, as Mr. Rushworth’s... ... want to get conveyed to your cousins.” “I should be very happy, aunt; but Brighton is almost by Beachey Head; and if I could get so far, I could not ... ...pped by Sir Thomas’s saying with authority, “I do not advise your going to Brighton, William, as I trust you may soon have more convenient opportuniti... ...ghters,” replied Sir Thomas, gravely interposing, “have their pleasures at Brighton, and I hope are very happy; but the dance which I think of giving ...

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... a guinea a week, and she was eighteen, with no money, when we ran away to Brighton and got married. Poor old Pater, he took it awfully well, I have b... ...tter let me go by the South-Western from Portsmouth while you go on by the Brighton.’ ‘But why?’ she exclaimed in astonishment. ‘I don’t want to sit l... ...to the mainland. ‘Won’t you let me go by the South-Western, and you by the Brighton?’ asked Siegmund, hesitating, repeating the morning’s question. He... ... been to?’ she asked suddenly. ‘To the seaside,’ he answered, smiling. ‘To Brighton?’ she asked. Her tone was still condemning. ‘Much farther than tha...

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...eam which resembled (proportions excepted) George the Fourth’s Pavilion at Brighton. The inventive and industrious Parisian workmen had moulded the do...