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...Excerpt: PART I. Chapter One. We were in class when the head-master came in, followed by a ?new fellow,? not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant carrying a large desk. Those who had been asleep woke up, and every one rose as if just surprised at his work. The head-master made a sign to us to sit down. T...

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...Chapter One W E WERE IN CLASS when the head-master came in, followed by a “new fellow,” not wearing the school uniform, and a school servant car- ryin... ...ory, he will go into one of the upper classes, as be- comes his age.” The “new fellow,” standing in the corner behind the door so that he could hardly... ... whether he had not noticed the trick, or did not dare to attempt it, the “new fellow,” was still holding his cap on his knees even after prayers were... ...e village. He went after the labourers, drove away with clods of earth the ravens that were flying about. He ate blackberries along the hedges, minded... ...efore everything! Y ou are wrong.” “And how do you think I can ride when I haven’t got a habit?” “Y ou must order one,” he answered. The riding-habit ... ...ket was heard the fluttering of wings, or else the hoarse, soft cry of the ravens flying off amidst the oaks. They dismounted. Rodolphe fastened up th... ... to diet him- self. “Don’ t listen to him, my lad,” said Mere Lefrancois, “Haven’ t they tortured you enough already? You’ll grow still weaker. Here! ... ...g fellow, passing his hand over the crinoline or the hooks and eyes. “Why, haven’t you ever seen anything?” Felicite answered laughing. “As if your mi... ...the theatre, if it were only for once in your life, to enrage one of these ravens, hang it! If anyone could take my place, I would accompany you mysel...

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...rquhart’s trans- lation of Book III. appeared posthumously in 1693, with a new edition of Books I. and II., under Motteux ’s editorship. Motteux ’s re... ... tions we must set the privilege of Francis I. of September, 1545, and the new privilege granted by Henry II. on August 6th, 1550, Cardinal de Chatill... ...ssed to Cardinal de Guise, and in 1552 the fourth book was dedicated, in a new prologue, to Cardi- nal de Chatillon, the brother of Admiral de Coligny... ...his arrest by Hercules the raven Was flayed at her (his) return from Lybia haven. Why am not I, said Minos, there invited? Unless it be myself, not on... ... Rochelle, which they draw up at night betwixt the two great towers of the haven. Another is at Lyons,—a third at Angiers,—and the fourth was carried ... ... otherwise than we see the phares, or high towers erected in the mouths of havens, that navigators may the further off perceive with ease the lights o... ...koos, bumbling of bees, rammage of hawks, chirming of linnets, croaking of ravens, screeching of owls, whicking of pigs, gushing of hogs, curring of p... ...by I do not well know what kind of fowls,—it may be that they are the same ravens which in the deserts are said to have fed St. Paul, the first hermit... ... fields their so dismembered bodies, to serve for food unto the wolves and ravens. Upon the chivalrous, bold, and courageous achieve- ment of a so val...

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...ared away the debris which made for sterility and erected in their stead a new structure out of living Russian words. The spoken word, born of the peo... ...the appearance in Europe of brotherhoods and knight- hood-orders, and this new race, in spite of its living the life of marauders, in spite of turning... ...s combination of influences joined to his own genius produced a work quite new and original in effect and only remotely reminiscent of the models whic... ...; Revizor, trans. for the Yale Dramatic Association by Max S. Mandell, New Haven, Conn., 1908; Home Life in Russia (adaptation of Dead Souls), London,... ...booty and glory, to be everlastingly com- memorated in the songs of guitar-players? or was it . . . ? But the future is unknown, and stands before a m... ...the Cossacks’ bodies out decently, and cov- ered them up in order that the ravens and eagles might not claw out their eyes. But binding the bodies of ... ...should not be mentioned) sobbed so pitifully in his lair that the startled ravens rose in flocks from the neighbouring oak-wood and flew through the a... ...se the watchman said, “Why are you poking yourself into a man’s very face? Haven’t you the pave- 156 Gogol ment?” This caused him to look about him, ... ...ens, Ivan Ivanovitch, I did not insult you!” “It’s strange that the quails haven’t come yet to the whistle.” “Think what you please, but I have not in...

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..., with emphatic surprise. “ Are you sulky?” “No,” he retorted, angrily. “I haven’t said anything. I sup- pose my manners are not good enough, I’m very... ...r own weight!” exclaimed Skene. “That ain’t the way to get on in life.” “I haven’t been weighed since I was in England,” said the other, beginning to ... ...terary trifling.” She looked at him with the vague fear that accompanies a new and doubtful experience; and he, dissatisfied with his way of putting t... ...de, Miss Goff; but I find you very shy. You want to run away and hide from new faces and new sur- roundings.” Alice, who was self-possessed and even o... ...dered for a moment, and said, “It is nearly three years since I have had a new dress.” Alice looked up with interest. “Now that I have you to help me ... ...ughed and shook his head. “I am ashamed of my low tastes,” he said; “but I haven’t the heap to distinguish myself in your—Eh?” Miss Carew was saying i... ...speare’s history. He knew that he could find in the provinces many veteran players who knew every gesture and inflection of voice associated by tradit... ...arn your liv- ing? Or do you earn it?” “I suppose I do, unless I am fed by ravens, as Elijah was. What do you think I was best fitted for by my educat... ...ty, or they are men of pleasure, which means that they are dancers, tennis-players, butchers, and gamblers. I leave the nonentities out of the questio...

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...HE THE THE THE THE O O O O OLD LD LD LD LD AND AND AND AND AND N N N N NEW EW EW EW EW T T T T TEST EST EST EST ESTAMENTS AMENTS AMENTS AMENTS... ... him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings. 3 Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud noise. 4 For the word of the LORD is r... ...k, and estab lished my goings. Psalms 39:1 – 40:2 40 3 And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear... ...ings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary. 25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing ... ... people, that this man was born there. Selah. 7 As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there: all my springs are in thee. Chapter ... ...re they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven. 31 Oh that men would praise the LORD for his good ness, and for his... ...ow upon the mountains. 9 He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. 10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he tak...

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... taken with Bartlett’s work and commend it highly.” CHARLES POORE in The New York Times: “...believable characters who are stirred by intensely per... ...ure artist, Bartlett writes with ease and taste.” J. DONALD ADAMS in The New York Times: “...the freshest, most vital writing I have seen for some ... ...o tell us? Had the fog tricked the fleet? Changing my clothes, putting on new sandals, I walked to the pier and the seagulls screamed and we waited ... ...ny longer. I hurried home, past his house to mine, wondering what kind of haven it could be, wondering what people would say at my flight. Yet this ... ...flesh, his great muscles rising in his hands. “Take me to my room... You haven’t forgotten the way, have you?” I took his arm and the Parthian open... ...mehow out of focus; yet it seems I hear the flute and lyre of the ceramic players. I dreamed I talked with Cyprus-born... No, that is a poor li... ...tered the beach, he allowed me to help him, and was soon apologizing. “I haven’t been home a month and already I act the fool. What right have I to... ...ye, a woodland village, a pagan altar, a tired bridge, a flock of charcoal ravens ...these are the enchantment, along with August cicadas and August ... ...e animal crashed into a ravine, and disappeared. We saw fox and squirrel, ravens, an owl. The bird was dumbwitted on a stump, too sleepy, too careles...

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...He is not inhospitable, but not over easy of access; nor is he a friend of new fashions. Steady, careful, laborious, he is valuable in the mine, valu... ... in which they argue in favor of the Finnic origin of the Aryans. For this new theory these scholars present exceed ingly strong evidence, and they c... ...orders of the darkened clouds, and strikes fire from his sword to kindle a new sun and a new moon. Again, when Lemminkainen is hunting the fire breath... ...he hall ways, Found the court rooms filled with singers, By the walls were players seated, Near the doors the wise men hovered, Skilful ones upon the ... ...rfections, Cannot give thee needed timber Wherewithal to build thy vessel; Ravens live within ray branches, Build their nests and hatch their younglin... ...rustling withered pine trees. Finely feathered firs were fading, Countless ravens there were cawing, All the jackdaws harshly singing, This the chorus... ...here were cawing, All the jackdaws harshly singing, This the chorus of the ravens: 248 The Kalevala ‘Thou hast here a home no longer, This is not the... ...la And the mosses from the fenlands. T rimly builded is this mansion, In a haven warmly sheltered; Here a hundred men have labored, On the roof have s... ...s will grow weary When they have been long at reaping; Waters seek a quiet haven After running long in rivers; Fire subsides and sinks in slumber At t...

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...a trifle, and insisted upon her daughter yielding her consent to marry the new suitor, David Dunbar, son and heir to David Dunbar of Baldoon, in Wigto... ...her arm around his waist, was as cold and damp as marble. But, full of his new dress and the part he acted in the procession, the circumstance, which ... ...thmian, Pythian, and Olympick games; Exclaim against them all both old and new, Both the Nemaean and the Lethaean too: Adjudge all persons, under high... ...hich Dick had learned while painting the scenes of an itinerant company of players); there is nothing in whole pages but mere chat and dialogue.” “The... ...d warlike carons, who bore the same name with the castle itself, which was Ravenswood. Their line extended to a remote period of an- tiquity, and they... ...f Scotland itself, in whose annals their feats are recorded. The Castle of Ravenswood, occupying, and in some measure commanding, a pass betweixt Berw... ...- tury; and towards the period of the Revolution, the last pro- prietor of Ravenswood Castle saw himself compelled to part with the ancient family sea... ...ll forming a projecting headland. It was called Wolf ’s Hope (i.e. Wolf ’s Haven), and the few inhabitants gained a precari- 125 Sir Walter Scott ous... ...an excuse for asking ony thing we want through the country, or doun at the haven—this fire will settle mony things on an honourable footing for the fa...