...the most remarkable occurrences, as well public as private, which happened in London during the last great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen wh... ...great visitation in 1665. Written by a Citizen who continued all the while in London. Never made public before. A Penn State Electronic Classics Serie... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...d in the weekly bill of mortality in the usual manner, thus – Plague, 2. Parishes infected, 1. The people showed a great concern at this, and began ... ...ase of the bills stood thus: the usual number of burials in a week, in the parishes of St Giles-in-the-Fields and St Andrew’s, Holborn, were from twel... ...reof one of the plague. The like increase of the bills was observed in the parishes of St Bride’s, adjoining on one side of Holborn parish, and in the... ...self. It is with regret that I take notice of this tavern. The people were civil, mannerly, and an obliging sort of folks enough, 59 Daniel Defoe and... ... unprepared for such a dread- ful visitation, whether I am to speak of the civil preparations or religious. They were, indeed, as if they had had no w... ...etting a lodging anywhere. Thomas. Why, the people where I lodge are good, civil people, and have kindness enough for me too; but they say I go abroad...

...Excerpt: It was about the beginning of September, 1664, that I, mong the rest of my neighbors, heard in ordinary dis course that the plague was returned again in Holland; for it had been very violent there, and particularly at Amsterdam and Rotterdam, in the year 1663, whither, they say, it was brought, some said from Italy,...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Nei- ther the Pennsylvania State... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Prime Minister by Anthony Trollope, the Pennsylvania State ... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in En- glish, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them.... ...’s column. ‘I wish I could make out your father more clearly. He is always civil to me, but he has a cold way of looking at me which makes me think I ... ... of August he and his daughter usually went for a month to Wharton Hall in Hertfordshire, the seat of his cousin Sir Alured Wharton;—and this was the ... ... the present moment he thought he did,—but still the man was entitled to a civil answer. How were lovers to approach the ladies of their love in any m... ...there was Mrs Leslie, a pretty widow, rather poor, who was glad to receive civilities from Mrs Roby, and was Emily Wharton’s pet aversion. Mrs Leslie ... ...angry if I rush off a little before ten. We are going to lend money to the parishes on the security of the rates for draining bits of common land. The... ... him this property. It was a grand time when a man could get half-a- dozen parishes because he tickled the king’s fancy.’ ‘But suppose he didn’t tickl...

...LOVE AND LIFE An Old Story in Eighteenth Century Costume By CHARLOTTE M. YONGE A Penn State Electronic... ...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Love and Life by Charlotte M. Yonge, the Pennsylvania State Uni... ...rtune in his profession, and had formed an engagement with a young lady in Hertfordshire, of a good old family, but one which had always been disliked... ...dered anxiously as though in search of some- thing in the midst of all his civility, and while the Major was sending Eugene to bring Mr. Arden—who was... ...king curate, who lived at Brentford, and divided his services between four parishes, each of which was content to put up with a fortnightly alter- nat... ... your way, you will be warned against putting any miscon- struction on any Civil Attentions he may pay to you. Ever since your Departure Mr. Arden has... ...would it be proper?” “Bless me, madam, he is as old as your father, and as civil a 70 Love and Life gentleman as lives. I would come in with you but ... ...e do you think Lady Belle saw her?” “I thought it was in some old house in Hertfordshire,” said Miss Howard, more readily, “but I am not sure; for it ...

...ond Edition. The first edition of this tale was put forth without explaining the old fable on which it was founded--a fable recurring again and again in fairy myths, though not traceable in the classic world till a very late period, when it appeared among the tales of Apuleius, of the province of Africa, sometimes called the earliest novelist. There are, however, fragments...

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...ions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge?s eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate....

... Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Portable Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this document fil... ...ssoci- ated with the Pennsylvania State University assumes any responsibility for the material con- tained within the document or for the file as an e... ...Manis, Faculty Editor, Hazleton, PA 18201-1291 is a Portable Document File produced as part of an ongoing student publication project to bring classic... ...ople to them as friends, and elicited many touching expressions of gratitude. This clergyman’s brother— The Uncommercial Traveller 11 himself the cle... ...air of repressing and saving her strength, as she stood with her hands folded before her, and her eyes slowly rolling, biding her time for catching or... ...Surely a dear Theatre, then? Because there were in Lon- don (not very long ago) Theatres with entrance-prices up to half-a-guinea a head, whose arrang... ...lsion to live in worse than swinish foulness. Accord- ingly, when any such Circumlocutional embellishments of the soldier’s condition have of late bee... ...ut very worthy man, to the Sussex County Hospital, near Brighton’—a matter of some difficulty at the moment, seeing that the request comes suddenly up...

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...ions of lunacy, that the Court of Chancery, though the shining subject of much popular prejudice (at which point I thought the judge?s eye had a cast in my direction), was almost immaculate. There had been, he admitted, a trivial blemish or so in its rate of progress, but this was exaggerated and had been entirely owing to the ?parsimony of the public,? which guilty public...

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, the Pennsylvania State... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...s, great-grandfathers, had been educated there and had all been rectors of parishes in the diocese of Tercanbury; and they came to it with their minds... ... one day to go for a walk he accepted only because he could not think of a civil excuse. He made his usual apology , angry with himself for the flush-... ...getically , Weeks tore to pieces all that Hayward had said; with elaborate civility he displayed the superficiality of his attainments. He mocked him ... ... had been before: one could not tell whether his manner was a tri- umph of civilisation or an expression of contempt on the part of the Oriental for t... ... very keen on games and the good of the country . He was an officer in the Hertfordshire Yeomanry and chairman of the Conservative Association. When h...

...Excerpt: The day broke gray and dull. The clouds hung heavily, and there was a rawness in the air that suggested snow. A woman servant came into a room in which a child was sleeping and drew the curtains. She glanced mechanically at the house opposite, a stucco house with a portico, and went to the child?s bed....

...e of any kind. Any per- son using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylvania State Un... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ...as a curious mixture in the boy, of uncompleted savagery , and uncompleted civilization. His voice was hoarse and coarse, and his face was coarse, and... ...s were before him, and he looked at them about as hopefully as an innocent civilian might look at a crowd of troops whom he was required at five minut... ...as, in the service of him that shall be nameless, tackled the Romans, both civil and military, till he has got as husky as if he’d been weaned and eve... ... Missis, with all speed. You’re not in a state to be let come upon strange parishes ‘ceptin as a Casual.’ ‘’T was the deadness again!’ murmured Betty ... ...nd my charming young goddaughter,’ said Mr W rayburn plaintively, ‘down in Hertfordshire—’ (‘Humbugshire you mean, I think,’ interposed Miss W ren.) ‘...

...Excerpt: In these times of ours, though concerning the exact year there is no need to be precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, a...

...ert Naunton A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul Hentzner, and Fragme... ...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Travels in England During the Reign of Queen Elizabeth by Paul ... ...coat of Edward IV ., enriched with rubies, and was preserved here till the civil war. *This is confounded with the Round Tower. 35 halls, and bathing... ...rbury, about the year 636, began to divide England in the same manner into parishes: as it has two Provinces, so it has two Archbishops: the one of Ca... ...e, but, as some aver upon knowledge, of a younger brother of the Cecils of Hertfordshire, a family of my own knowledge, though now private, yet of no ... ...inaries or nursery of very many brave sol- diers, and so likewise were the civil wars of France, whither she sent five several armies. They were the F... ... sent Ambassador to France, and stayed there LEGAR long in the heat of the civil wars, and at the same time that Monsieur was here a suitor to the Que...

...Introduction: Queen Elizabeth herself, and London as it was in her time, with sketches of Elizabethan England, and of its great men in the way of social dignity, are here brought home to us by Paul Hentzner and Sir Robert Naunton....

...rge of any kind. Any person using this document file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania State U... ...ntained within the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Our Mutual Friend Volume Three by Charles Dickens, the Pennsylv... ...ngoing student publication project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. C... ... Missis, with all speed. You’re not in a state to be let come upon strange parishes ‘ceptin as a Casual.’ ‘’T was the deadness again!’ murmured Betty ... ...nd my charming young goddaughter,’ said Mr W rayburn plaintively, ‘down in Hertfordshire—’ (‘Humbugshire you mean, I think,’ interposed Miss W ren.) ‘... ...e course of ages, related how that he had had a deceased friend, a married civil officer with a family , who had wanted money for change of place on c... ...f in an agreeable light. More particularly, as Mr Fledgeby did, with great civility, which I could not feel that I deserved from him, render me the sa...

...Excerpt: It was a foggy day in London, and the fog was heavy and dark. Animate London, with smarting eyes and irritated lungs, was blinking, wheezing, and choking; inanimate London was a sooty spectre, divided in purpose between being visible and invisi...