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...ager--it was not in his interest; but how could he maintain a godlike calm, principled though he was in favour of it, the first time one of the great magazines had accepted, even with a cruel reservation, a specimen of his ardent young genius?...

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... principled though he was in favour of it, the first time one of the great magazines had accepted, even with a cruel reservation, a specimen of his ar... ... as one of the sweetest occasions of life.” The emission of steam from the French packet made such an uproar that Baron could breathe his passion into... ...ouldn’t one see them in advance, the clever, taunting things the daily and weekly papers would say? Peter Baron had his guileless side, but he felt, a... ...s hand also at prose, and his offerings are now not always declined by the magazines. But he has never approached the Promiscuous again. This periodic...

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...ow that stir and whirl of human thought one calls by way of embodiment the French Revolution, has altered absolutely the approach to such a question. ... ...lying fragments of abortive salad. It was a fantastic massacre. It was the French Revolution of that cold tyranny, the vindictive overthrow of the pam... ...ys. There was a pleasant old market-house in the middle of the town with a weekly market, and an annual fair at which much cheerful merry making and h... ...ds between the gasworks, Blodgett’s laundries, and the railway goods-yard. Weekly properties, that is to say small houses built by small property owne... ...s ago I met the editor of this same Home Church- man. It was at one of the weekly dinners of that Fleet Street dining club, the Blackfriars. I heard t... ...istic leanings— he had suffered the martyrdom of ducking for it—and a huge French May-day poster displaying a splendid proletarian in red and black on... ...amazing wealth up a piled heap of energetically pushed penny and halfpenny magazines, and a group of daily newspapers. I had expected to find the grea... ...ate, and the Rapid Multiplication of the Unfit were staples of the monthly magazines. But beyond an intermittent scolding of prosperous childless peop...

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...ew every face behind the scenes; and was in the habit of using a number of French phrases in his conversation, having picked up a smattering of that l... ...ny’s the time I shall ‘ope to see you under that ma’ogany.” “What will the French milliner say? She’ll hang herself for despair, Eglantine.” “Hush! no... ...of which operation Morgiana sat in perfect contentment looking at the last French fashions in the Courrier des Dames, and thinking how her pink satin ... ...his hair curled every morning, and a little blue stock, and always two new magazines under his arm, and an umbrella and a little brown frock-coat, and... ...pectable prisoner in the Fleet, Captain Walker. As long as he received his weekly two guineas from Mr. Woolsey, and the occasional half-crowns which h... ... publishers of the metropolis who refused it an insertion in their various magazines. This fact would never have been alluded to but for the following... ...ry will never read this history of him; they never read godless stories in magazines: and I wish, honest reader, that you and I went to church as much...

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...ng; for they were obliged to anticipate it, as a part of their ignominious weekly performance; and they could not avoid reflecting on it, as a thing d... ... at the same time, for an English usher to be spouting and glowing about a French general, who had been a stable- boy and became a king, with his Mura... ...lry under your orders is a toss above fifteen hundred; but the claim for a Frenchman of a superlative merit to swallow and make nothing of the mention... ...ading Virgil and parts of Lucan for his recre- ation. He said he liked the French because they could be splendidly enthusiastic. He almost lost his En... ...orities, and roused eulogistic citations of his name in the newspapers and magazines, he was not on friendly terms with his coun- try yet, having cont...

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...e turned with enthusiasm. Mr. Gunch was president of the Boosters’ Club, a weekly lunch-club, local chapter of a national organization which promoted ... ...ding, as he did invariably, “And uh— Oh, and you might give me an order of French fried pota- toes.” When the chop came he vigorously peppered it and ... ...ents, from annual reference-books, from Sunday School periodicals, fiction-magazines, and journals of discussion. One bene- factor implored, “Don’t be... ...re’s a whole lot of valuable time lost even at the U., studying poetry and French and subjects that never brought in anybody a cent. I don’t know but ... ...the table was a runner of gold-threaded Chinese fab- 82 Babbitt ric, four magazines, a silver box containing cigarette- crumbs, and three “gift-books... ...mitation English hunt- ing-print, an anemic imitation boudoir-print with a French caption of whose morality Babbitt had always been rather suspicious,... ...indow- shopping, went in gossiping twos and threes to card-par- ties, read magazines, thought timorously of the lovers who never appeared, and accumul... ...and said they understood it perfectly. The meeting opened with the regular weekly “stunts.” Retiring President Vergil Gunch was in the chair, his stif...

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... that he did not lie to patients, and that he did keep up with the medical magazines. What aroused her to something more than liking was his boyishnes... ...It’s beautiful to be just a solid citizeness!” III From the Gopher Prairie Weekly Dauntless: One of the most charming affairs of the season was held T... ...ted a long mock-quarrel. She pretended that he cheated her in the price of magazines and candy; he pretended she was a detective from the Twin Cities.... ...nts who looked up to her as the squire’s lady and thanked her for toys and magazines. Evenings she went with her husband to the motion pictures and wa... ...to give you a chance to get settled. I am Vida Sherwin, and I try to teach French and English and a few other things in the high school.” “I’ve been h... ... and her irritation at his clumsiness was lost in his strength. V From the Weekly Dauntless: One of the most delightful social events of recent months... ...lic streets; and it was as a Nice Married Woman that she attended the next weekly bridge of the Jolly Seventeen. IV The Jolly Seventeen (the membershi... ...’ was the most interesting pa- per we had, the year we took up English and French travel and architecture. But— And of course Mrs. Mott and Mrs. Warre... ...ven’t done that tonight. But normally— Can’t I be the confidant of the old French plays, the tiring-maid with the mirror and the loyal ears?” “Oh, wha...

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...uise felt humbled through her love, one of the sharpest of all pangs for a Frenchwoman, a mortification for which she cannot forgive her lover. In the... ...is directly affected by the caprices of the season and the vicissitudes of French agricul- ture. By eating your dinners at Flicoteaux’s you learn a ho... ...ather and good or bad seasons. He knows when it is a good year for peas or French beans, and the kind of salad stuff that is plentiful; when the Great... ...e to see the newspapers at Blosse’s reading-room, as well as new books and magazines and poetry, so as to keep himself in- formed of the movements of ... ...ondet of the head-clerk, who rose to bid him good-evening. “He is buying a weekly newspaper. He wants to put new life into it, and set up a rival to t... ...he Chambers and public business with a group of well-known public men. The weekly newspaper for which Dauriat was in treaty was licensed to treat of m... ...ficial observers. “Well, children, here am I, the propri- etor of the only weekly paper in the market, a paper with two thousand subscribers!” “Old jo...

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...Deutsch wohl’ and he found him- self talking to a German on one side and a Frenchman on the other. His letters throughout his foreign travels are more... ...on one Sunday in the month to celebrate the Holy Communion (which is given weekly in the mother Church); and when Mr. Grardiner was able to be at Sidm... ... tower-like masses of the Norfolk pine on the shores, was at that time the French Bishop of New Caledonia, the Oul, as the natives called him and his ... ...te so much time for writing as you have, I dare say, in spite of music and French and history and geography and all the rest of it. But I do dearly lo... ...reat object and a worthy one, the restoration of the universal practice of weekly communion as the special Sunday service. That all our preachifying i... ...ings of joy some utterance.’ With this year the Eucharist was administered weekly, the Melanesians still attending fortnightly; but it proved to have ... ...or don’t learn simple things. ‘ All this modern rage for reviews, serials, magazines, I can’t abide. My mind is far too much distracted already, and t... ...t the best antidote I have seen to much of the poison circulating about in magazines and alluring ignorant, unsound people with the specious name of p... ...o read much of what is worth reading nowadays, and I have little taste for magazines, &c., I con- fess. 662 Life of John Coleridge Patteson ‘But I kn...

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... pointed beard, and a mus- tache that he brushed away from his lips like a French- man. By profession he was an artist, devoting himself more 16 The ... ... chest. Though the others sang in Italian, the tenor, a Parisian, used the French book con- tinually, and now villified the baritone, crying out: 25 ... ... than to enforce her application. She soon acquired a reading knowledge of French, and knew her Racine in the origi- nal almost as well as her Shakesp... ...ura, I just about know that park by heart. Is there any- thing good in the magazines this month?” She got them for him, and he installed himself com- ... ...Frank Norris ride that morning—looked into the room, he was not there. The magazines were helter-skeltered upon the floor and table, where he had toss... ... the dark, they hung hard by their unseen and mysterious friend who daily, weekly, was making them richer. The Bears were scarcely visible. The Great ...

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...ways and sports till they became almost realities. They took shape when my French master set me to write letters for him. The letters gradually became... ...ion and narrative, and the adventures of the family sweetened the toils of French composition. In the exigencies of village school building in those d... ...ee the nest that Wat Greenwood had found.’ ‘On T uesday she cried over her French grammar, and tore a leaf out of the old spelling-book.’ ‘That was ne... ...r. Devereux, who already knew of her troubles, and allowed her a small sum weekly, now told his cousins how much the Greys had assisted her. Andrew Gr... ...e, and as many different things are stored in those books, they are called magazines. A powder magazine is a store of barrels of gun- powder. Now do y... ...re you, Lily? What else? Housekeeper, I suppose, as I see you have all the weekly bills on your desk. Why, Lily, this is perfectly philan- thropic of ...

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...‘An old American edition,’ said Birkin. ‘Ha!—of course—translated from the French,’ said Alexander, with a fine declamatory voice. ‘Bazarov ouvra la p... ...es gens-la! Ne sont-ils pas des hiboux incroyables?’ And with the words of French in her mouth, she would look over her shoulder at the giggling party... ...mass of human beings that were making their purchases and 219 doing their weekly spending. They were all subordinate to him. They were ugly and uncou... ...He’s a real king, he really is.’ ‘Bon jour, Mademoiselle,’ said the little French governess, wavering up with a slight bow, a bow of the sort that Gud... ...e. It had a piano, sofas and chairs, and a couple of tables with books and magazines. In its complete absence of decoration, save for the big, blue st...

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............... 192 CHAPTER IX: FIRST REBELLION.......................................................................................... 206 CHAPTER X: FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND REBELLION............ 227 CHAPTER XI: TRAVELLING.................................................................................................... 243 CHAPTER XII: MY BROTHER ............

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.............................................................. 206 CHAPTER X: FRENCH INVASION OF IRELAND, AND SECOND REBELLION............ 227 CHAPTER XI... ...hat then desolated France; for, on the contrary, they detested every thing French, and answered with brotherly signals to the cry of “Church and king,... ...n a favored 113 Autobiographic Sketches correspondent of the most eminent Frenchmen at that time who cultivated literature jointly with philosophy. V... ...ew. Without any colorable relation to the doctor’s jurisdiction, I was now weekly paraded for distinction at the supreme tri- 134 Thomas de Quincey b... ...anced guard, well armed with muskets, (pillaged, be H observed, from royal magazines hastily deserted,) com- menced a tumultuous assault. Less than 30...

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...udes, devised by Ferdinand de Gramont, gentleman,” is a complete manual of French Heraldry, in which noth- ing is forgotten, not even the arms of the ... ...od one of the most ter- 5 Balzac rible sieges of our religious wars, when French Calvinists far outdid the ferocious Cameronians of Walter Scott’s ta... ...nymous fame. Though a mixture of verse and prose is a monstrous anomaly in French literature, there must be exceptions to the rule. This tale will be ... ...tors in black and white! I will give you a description of these editors of magazines.” “When will the conversation begin?” Madame de Clagny asked of D... ...wn on to the feather of his pen, Etienne worked for three or four literary magazines. Still, do not be alarmed; he put no artistic conscientiousness i... ...lers, visits, and lounging. His serial in the paper, two novels a year for weekly magazines, and his miscellaneous articles were the tax he paid for t... ...isits, and lounging. His serial in the paper, two novels a year for weekly magazines, and his miscellaneous articles were the tax he paid for this eas...

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...d as clear as a soap-bubble; you could see yourself in all the tables, and French-polish yourself on any one of the chairs. The banisters were bees-wa... ... ’ didn’t think the terms would suit him; and ‘G. R.’ had never slept in a French bed. The result, however, was, that three gentlemen became inmates o... ...red to the back parlour by his wife’s orders, to check the green- grocer’s weekly account; and ultimately Mrs. Tibbs and Mrs. Bloss were left alone to... ...it on the following Sunday, with the feelings of a penni- less poet to the weekly visit of his Scotch landlady. Sunday arrived; the sky was bright and... ... 53 Charles Dickens everything, and a knowledge of nothing; instruction in French and Italian, dancing lessons twice a-week; and other necessaries of ... ...el. One fine spring afternoon, the latter gentleman was seated on a tub of weekly Dorset, behind the little red desk with a wooden rail, which ornamen... ... or knitting, or reading novels; the gentlemen were reading newspapers and magazines; the children were digging holes in the sand with wooden 74 Sket... ...—No, he had not a foreign ac- cent. Was he a surgeon, a contributor to the magazines, a writer of fashionable novels, or an artist?—No; to each and al...

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..., and burdened with des- patch-boxes, had appointments to keep, and drew a weekly salary, so that there was some reason for the unfriendly stare which... ... one,” he repeated. “And you’ll find yourself some employment, eh? Scales, French, a little German, eh? There’s Mr. Pepper who knows more about separa... ...uld have told her that her hands were dirty. The one hour or the two hours weekly passed very pleasantly, partly owing to the other pupils, partly to ... ...? Well, then I shall make a point of sending you a copy. The Speech on the French Revolution—The Ameri- can Rebellion? Which shall it be, I wonder?” H... ...k in deep arm-chairs, occa- sionally speaking or turning over the pages of magazines. A thin woman was flourishing up and down the piano. “What is a d... ...r. Hughling Elliot, who had joined the group. “You might read your news in French, which is equivalent to reading no news at all.” Mr. Elliot had a pr... ...er very much from a leading article upon topics of general interest in the weekly newspapers. It rambled with a kind of amiable verbosity from one hea...

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...they were usually recognized as Americans it was only be- cause they spoke French so well, and because Nick was too fair to be “foreign,” and too shar... ... might 54 The Glimpses of the Moon give him an opening in the reviews and magazines, and in that case he meant to abandon archaeology for novels, sin... ...the life of heavy county responsibilities, dull parties, laborious duties, weekly church- going, and presiding over local committees …. What a pity th... ... their suite. Among those invited to meet their Serene Highnesses were the French and Spanish Ambassadors, the Duchesse de Vichy, Prince and Princess ... ...ghter-in-law had come over from England to see; and with other English and French guests of a rank and standing worthy of the Duneses. Susy knew that ...

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...ds wait on you. There are enough of them—my mother has two, and Theodora a French one to her own share. ‘I should not like any one to do my hair, if t... ...he inner room opened, but only a little dark damsel appeared, saying, in a French accent, that Miss Martindale was gone to Miss Gardner’s room. ‘Is Mi... ... a very amusing companion. Her clear, shrewd observation is like a book of French memoirs.’ ‘And you are one of the few not afraid of her.’ ‘No. We un... ...urces, which seemed to come from Mrs. Martindale her- self; and though the weekly bills always exceeded her reck- onings, so many things were wanting,... ...drawer had fallen out, and with it the large account- 105 Yonge book, the weekly bills, and a sheet of paper covered with figures, and blotted and bl... ...ble being. It really is time to put forth a little common sense, since the magazines will have it that earls write better than other people.’ ‘Some of...

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...ixty or seventy boarders, and the town boys slept at home, and spent their weekly holiday there on Saturday—the happiest day in the week to the May fa... ...s he ran down again, called Richard to take the reins, and was off. It was French day, always a trial to Ethel. M. Ballompre, the master, knew what wa... ...ays a trial to Ethel. M. Ballompre, the master, knew what was good and bad French, but could not render a reason, and Ethel, being versed in the princ... ...d, gave the chiffonier a thor- ough dusting and setting-to-rights, sorting magazines, burn- ing old catalogues, and finding her own long-lost ‘Undine’... ... and ship-shape. There was no speaking to Margaret the next morning—it was French day—and Ethel had made strong resolutions to behave better; and whet... ...ht it his duty to let his father know his 235 Yo n g e opinion of Ethel’s weekly resort. All he wished was to avoid Ethel herself, not liking to show...

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...t which this book was written. It was done in 1907: it appeared in various magazines as a serial in 1908 and it was published in the Fall of that year... ...o see a balloon go over, and now every little place in the country has its weekly-outings— uppings, rather. It’s been the salvation of them gas compa-... ...imited range of produce; but Progress came shoving things into his window, French artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of... ...age, what with touting for parcels at the station and selling the Bun Hill Weekly Express, he was making three shillings a week, or more, and spending... ...newspapers; articles and allusions increased and multiplied in the serious magazines. People asked in mono-rail trains, “When are we going to fly?” A ... ...ing. The latter had an ivory plate bearing “statoscope” and other words in French, and a little indica- tor quivered and waggled, between Montee and D... ...t him thinking about lan- guages and trying to recall his seventh-standard French. “Je suis Anglais. C’est une meprise. Je suis arrive par accident ic... ...l backbone which termi- nated in the engine and propeller, and the men and magazines were forward in a series of cabins under the expanded headlike fo...

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...old and lifeless state of public religion prevailed up to the American and French Revolutions. These great events gave a shock everywhere to the medit... ...om Methodism. This last effect became more conspicuously evident after the French Revo- lution. The church of Scotland, which, as a whole, had ex- hib... ...ous organization of irreligion, which gave its most fearful aspects to the French Revolution. Other evils are in the rear as likely to arise out of th... ...llets, grape, and canister shot, have all been ‘parked’ in inexhaust- ible magazines; whilst the leading feature which strikes the mind with amazement... ... on Pope has been taxed with exaggeration. This charge comes from a London weekly journal (The Leader) distinguished by its ability, by its hardihood ...