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...th A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Vittoria by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Vittoria by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith VITTORIA By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I FROM MONTE MOTTERONE ... ...ard upon Lombardy. The curtain of an early autumnal morning was everywhere lifted around the Motterone, save for one milky strip of cloud that lay liz... ...ent’s languor, no reflex burning of a solitary lamp; but a quiet grappling force engaged the penetrating look. Gazing upon them, you were drawn in sud... ... both sides of the head there ran a pregnant ridge, such as will sometimes lift men a deplorable half inch above the earth we tread. If this man was a... ...e, he must approve; and when these qualities are displayed in a contest of forces, the 12 Vittoria wisdom of means employed, or of ultimate views ent... ...ted. “But, tell me, when did you learn it, my friend?” In answer, Agostino lifted his hand a little boy’s height from the earth. The old man then said... ...riend, the nursing of a single antipathy is a presumption that your motive force is personal—whether the thirst for vengeance or some internal union o...

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...DIANA OF THE CROSSWAYS By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the ... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. Diana of the Crossways by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...et is what men are for preserving: an observation of still reverber- ating force. Generally in her character of the feminine com- batant there is a tu... ...nk is rebuked by hid- eous revelations of the filthy foul; for nature will force her way, and if you try to stifle her by drowning, she comes up, not ... ...ble. 25 George Meredith Diana turned from her pursuer with a comic woeful lifting of the brows at her friend. Lady Dunstane motioned her fan, and Dia... ...I have and hold—you shall hunger and covet, until you are strong enough to force my hand:—that ‘s the speech of the wealthy. And they are Christians. ... ...urse to grind the contrary to that of the heart, was revealed in one short lift and gasp, a compres- sion of the tremendous change he underwent. ‘Why ... ...e, wherein ini- 67 George Meredith tials raised sewer-lamps, and Asmodeus lifted a roof, leering hideously. Thousands detested it, and fattened their...

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...ORDEAL OF RICHARD FEVEREL By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Ordeal of Ric... ...lectronic Classics Series Publication Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Port... ...n electronic transmission, in any way. Ordeal of Richard Feverel by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Series, ... ...ing that circumstances were making him look won- derfully like one, Ripton lifted his head and retorted defi- 12 Ordeal of Richard Feverel antly, “I’... ... was really becoming discoloured. To upbraid him would be cruel. Ri- chard lifted his head, surveyed the position, and exclaiming “Here!” dropped down... ...nibbled; and dive into what depths he would he was sensible of a summoning force that compelled him perpetually to- wards the gasping surface, which h... ...an Iron Horse, Of Time and Space defiant; Exulting in a Giant’s Force, And trembling at the Giant. ‘An Age of Quaker hue and cut... ...t has been defeated. He allowed Austin to greet him and sit by him without lifting his head. Perhaps his eyes were not presentable. “Where’s your frie... ...e part, with diverse anticipations, the generals of the Blaize and Feverel forces, from opposing ranks, expected him to play . Giles, surnamed the Ban...

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...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Rhoda Fleming by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...ennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith RHODA FLEMING By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I REMAINS of our g... ...appearance which her labour lent to the house, was worn through by the en- forced confession of there being poverty in the household. The ragged elbow... ...ion. It was done, and bitter reproaches were cast upon Anthony for the en- forced necessity to do it. On the occasion of his sister’s death, Anthony i... ... ious, but a trifle perplexed, and nodded his head as Anthony occasionally lifted his, to enforce certain points in some halt- ing explanation. You wo... ...le amount. Now that Anthony himself furnished the incitement, he was quite lifted from the earth. He had, be- sides, taken more of the strong mixture ... ...the mind, like sun- light on the ceiling cast from a morning tea-cup, if a forced simile will aid the conception. The farmer struck on thirty thousand... ...ecame neces- sary to call a cabman, for whom, as he did her the service to lift her box, Rhoda felt a gracious respect, until a quarrel ensued between...

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...SANDRA BELLONI Originally Emilia in England By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sandra Bellon... ...enn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Sandra Belloni by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...e file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Sandra Belloni by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...their father’s house and him, and were at least commanders of what- soever forces they could summon for the task. It may be seen that they were sentim... ... ears that Arabella had to repeat to him all her questions, and as it were force a way for her voice through the hide. This was provoking, since it no... ...for Arabella was about to do duty at the pi- ano. During a pause, Mr. Pole lifting his white waistcoat with the effort, sent a word abroad, loudly and... ... surprise that his heart dropped under some burden, as if he had no longer force to sustain it. By-and-by some of the members of the company issued fo... ...I “MY FATHER is one of the most wonderful men in the whole world!” Wilfrid lifted an eyelid. “He is one of the first-violins at the Italian Opera!” Th... ...man! And I don’t wonder at that: he has reason to be proud.” Again Wilfrid lifted an eyelid, and there is no knowing but that ideas of a connection wi...

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...NTERT T T T TAINMENT AINMENT AINMENT AINMENT AINMENT By By By By By George Meredith George Meredith George Meredith George Meredith George Meredith A ... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The Shaving of Shagpat by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Series, ... ...f the readers of planets.’ Now, when Shibli Bagarag had so deliberated, he lifted his sight, and lo, the old woman was no longer before him! He stared... ...tted beside him, and said, ‘O youth, thou hast been thwacked!’ He groaned, lifting not his face, nor saying aught. Then said she, ‘Art thou truly in s... ...f the Lake; old, wise, powerful; of the brood of the sacred mountain, that lifteth by day a peak of gold, and by night a point of solitary silver. In ... ...arce had she called Almeryl to her, when the outer door of their house was forced, and she shrieked to him, ‘’Tis thou they come for: fly, O my Prince... ...as the dark Vizier Aswarak, and certain officers of the night watch with a force. The Vi- zier cried when he saw them, ‘I accuse thee, Prince Almeryl,... ...fell upon the King en- camped in the Desert, with the loose remnant of his forces. Mashalleed, when he had looked on her, forgot his afflic- tion, and...

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...LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Lord Ormont a... ...ectronic Classics Series Publication Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity. This Port... ... electronic transmission, in any way. Lord Ormont and His Aminta by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...e exact opposite of themselves in an identi- cally similar situation, that forced a resemblance. T ouching the old game, Cuper’s fold was a healthy sc... ...p to the moment of her nearing to pass, when the girl opened on him, as if lifting her eyelids from sleep to the window, a full side—look, like a thro... ...some- thing like the tight band—call it corset—over the chest, try- ing to lift and stretch for draughts of air. But Browny’s feel- ing naturally was,... ...rticularly good an example. Lawyers hear next to everything. I am told she lifted her horsewhip on a gentleman once, and then put her horse at him and... ... brought it to this crisis, he magnanimously proposed to the Fair Enemy he forced her to be, and liked to picture her as being, a month in Paris. Amin... ... if the civilians. I have heard Mr. Morsfield tell that he is ‘de premiere force.’ Be on your guard. You are to know that I never forget a service, an...

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...an of Fifty and the Damsel of Nineteen (An early uncompleted fragment.) By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ge... ...ifty and the Damsel of Nineteen (An early uncompleted fragment.) By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Gentleman... ...s Publication The Gentleman of Fifty and the Damsel of Nineteen by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...n, in any way. The Gentleman of Fifty and the Damsel of Nineteen by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...ravely. The vicar had 8 The Gentleman of Fifty and the Damsel of Nineteen force enough to stay his wife’s descent; but Alice (she boasts of her muscl... ... stay his wife’s descent; but Alice (she boasts of her muscle) had not the force in the other direction—and no wonder. There are few young ladies who ... ...art. Alice could look at me as she rowed, without thinking it necessary to force a smile, or to speak, or to snigger and be foolish. I felt towards th... ...o his poll, and then, you can fancy a woman’s rage and anguish! the figure lifts its nose by the extremist tip. Oh! it’s degradation! What respect can... ...ed, and so penitent I might begin making a collection of beetles. I cannot lift up my head. Mr. Pollingray is such a different man from the one I had ...

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...An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Essay on C... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. An Essay on Comedy by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...y of her admirers. Her wit is at once, like steam in an engine, the motive force and the warning whistle of her headlong course; and it vanishes like ... ..., when its truths appear humiliating: when the facts are not immedi- ately forced on them, they take up the pride of incredulity. They live in a hazy ... ... sense; not the less perfectly sound on account of the sparkle: and Comedy lifts women to a station offering them free play for their wit, as they usu... ...manners. Where Congreve excels all his English rivals is in his liter- ary force, and a succinctness of style peculiar to him. He had correct judgemen... ... build up a conception of his pow- ers if we mount Rabelais upon Hudibras, lift him with the songfulness of Shelley, give him a vein of Heinrich Heine... ...as once a big round satyr’s laugh, that flung up the brows like a fortress lifted by gunpowder. The laugh will come again, but it will be of the order...

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...THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY RICHMOND By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventure... ...ic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...ronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- tronic Classics Series, ... ...! Tell him he’s in peril of a lunatic asylum. And doesn’t talk of staying? Lift him out o’ the house on the top o’ your boot, Sewis, and say it ‘s min... ...ell going on without intermission. He wore the aspect of one who assumes a forced composure under the infliction of outrages on his character in a Cou... ...ng formidable in his appearance, and his manner was affectedly affable. He lifted his hat as soon as he found himself face to face with the squire, di... ...e granted in the morn- ing. Frankly, sir, it is not my intention to employ force: I throw myself utterly on your mercy. I love the woman; I have much ... .... Y ou are earthy; you are an animal.’ The squire saw that he was about to lift the boy, and said, ‘Stop, never mind that. Stop, look at the case. You... ...ho was pacing up and down before the gate leading into Julia’s garden, and force her to receive the letter. I went bound- ing like a ball. The usher, ...

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...THE HOUSE ON THE BEACH By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The House on ... ...e Electronic Classics Series Publication The House on the Beach by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univer- sity. This Port... ...s an electronic transmission, in any way. The House on the Beach by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Clas- sics Series, ... ...de for the first. It really seemed as if Tinman would be compelled, by the force of circumstances, to go and shake his old friend by the hand. Otherwi... ... to laugh at the most risible caricatures of Tinman. In her antagonism she forced her simplicity so far as to say that she did not think him absurd. A... ... heard to say, there was worse than transportation for Mr. Smith if he but lifted his finger. They Tinmans have awful tempers. His old mother died mal... ...itally, Crickledon.” “And then old Tinman said, ‘And a D. to you; and if I lift my finger, it’s Big D. on your back.” “And what did Mr. Smith say, the... ... which her father was placed; but the com- parison between her two suitors forced itself on her now, when the younger one spoke in a manner so self-co... ...is males. Women it suited; because they do not like to 75 George Meredith lift up their voices unless they are in a passion; and if you take from the...

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...BEAUCHAMP’S CAREER By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s C... ...State Electronic Classics Series Publication Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ...le as an electronic transmission, in any way. Beauchamp’s Career by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...ends; each had given the other proof of it. Nevil looked up and beheld her lifted finger. ‘You are composing a love-letter, Nevil!’ The accusation sou... ...ment upon his property in game, he was a liberal landlord. No tenants were forced to take his farms. He dragged none by the collar. He gave them liber... ... in. I wish you were in another battery than Robert Hall’s. He forgets the force of example, however much of a dab he may be at precept. But there you... ...k on the chin from the rogue’s foot; the second round he caught him by the lifted leg, and pun- ished him till pec was all he could say of peccavi. Fi... ...m, and Nevil thought that a tomb there would be a welcome end, if he might lift Renee in one wild flight over the chasm gaping for her. He had no lang... ... closing her eyes, suffering herself to be divided from him, borne away by forces she acquiesced in. Roland was not visible till near midnight on the ...

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...to the borders of North Wales, on a visit to a notable landowner of those marches, the Squire Adister, whose family-seat was where the hills begin to lift and spy into the heart of black mountains. Examining his ticket with an apparent curiosity, the son of a greener island debated whether it would not be better for him to follow his inclinations, now that he had gone so f...

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...The Egoist A Comedy in Narrative by George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by... ... A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Egoist by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Por- t... ...r the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Egoist by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ...as far as I am concerned”; a piece of somewhat chilling generosity, and he forced her to pass him through love’s catechism in turn, and came out with ... ... do not defend their younger sisters for doing what they perhaps have done—lifting a veil to be seen, and peep- ing at a world where innocence is as p... ... repose. The lips met full on the centre of the bow and thinned along to a lifting dimple; the eyelids also lifted slightly at the outer corners, and ... ...t their love for one another may pour in a clear channel, and with all the force they have. They cannot enjoy the sense of security for their love unl... ...gel! 48 The Egoist But if she holds them off and keeps her path, they are forced to respect her. The dead husband is not the dishonoured wretch they ... ...pringing with pots of jam in him, join his patron at a bound, and taking a lift of arms, fly aloft, clapping heels. Her reflections were confused. Sir...

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...EVAN HARRINGTON By George Meredith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Evan Harringt... ...nn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Evan Harrington by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State University. This Portab... ... file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Evan Harrington by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Electronic Classics Series, Ji... ... his opinion, a man who re- jected medicine in extremity, ought to have it forced down his throat: and considering that the invalid was pretty deeply ... ... pardon, ‘m sure!” I don’t know whether he didn’t say, marm!’ The Countess lifted her hands, and fell away in laughing horror. When her humour, or her... ...e replied with the quietest affirmative. ‘Yes? What does “Yes!” mean?’ She lifted her chest to shake out the dead-alive monosyllable, as he had done. ... ...Rose? inviting the Count? down to Hampshire?’ The diplomatist’s brows were lifted. ‘No, I mean the other,’ said the diplomatist’s wife. ‘Oh! the young... ...’ said Evan, mastering the shrewd un- pleasantness he felt in the colloquy forced on him. ‘Oh, you! you’re a gentleman!’ the postillion ejaculated. ‘Y... ...aid Mrs. Mel. ‘There, go! Women have no place here.’ ‘How the wretches can force themselves to touch a morsel, after this morning!’ Mrs. Fiske exclaim...