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...ay A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray is a publica- t... ...r the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray, the Penn- sylv... ...ersity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Thackeray Notes on a Journey from Cornhill to Grand Cairo by William Makepeace Thackeray DEDICATION TO C... ...ge; and, having their book-learn- ing fresh in their minds, see the living people and their cities, and the actual aspect of Nature, along the famous ... ...s shores of the Mediterranean. CHAPTER I:VIGO THE SUN BROUGHT ALL the sick people out of their berths this morning, and the indescribable moans and no... ...n smiled peacefully round about, and the ship went rolling over it, as the people within were praising the Maker of all. In honour of the day, it was ... ... in the moonlight, and how they would have stared in the Strand!A y, or in Leicestershire, where I warrant such a horse and rider are not often visibl...
........................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. ........................ ...pers MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. BY THOMAS DE QUINCEY FR FR FR FR FROM OM OM OM OM THE A THE A THE A THE A THE AUTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, UTHOR, U... ... difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous de- pression to be absolutely insurmountable; secondly, in hav... ... any, had been already tried for me vicariously amongst the Ameri- cans; a people so nearly repeating our own in style of intel- lect, and in the comp... ...rciful bloodshed”—In reading either the later religious wars of the Jewish people under the Maccabees, or the ear- lier under Joshua, every philosophi... ...s, it is painful to witness the childish state of feeling which the French people manifest on every possible question that connects itself at any poin... ...- out affecting any delight in the hunting systems of Northamptonshire and Leicestershire) yet took pleasure in explaining to me those characteristic ... ...rbery was a thorough fox-hunter. The fox-hunting of the adjacent county of Leicestershire was not then what it is now. The state of the land was radic...
...mely, first, in having brought together so widely scattered a collection--a difficulty which in my own hands by too painful an experience I had found from nervous depression to be absolutely insurmountable; secondly, in having made me a participator in the pecuniary profits of the American edition, without solicitation or the shadow of any expectation on my part, without a...
...ntents MEMORIALS, AND OTHER PAPERS, VOL. I. ....................................................................................................... 4 FROM THE AUTHOR, TO THE AMERICAN EDITOR OF HIS WORKS. .......................................................... 4 EXPLANATORY NOTICES..............................................................................................
...le quickly 79 flye. 80 Henry. Farre be the thought of this from Henries heart, 81 To make a Shambles of the Parliament House. ... ...shall disproue it. You forget, 103 That we are those which chas’d you from the field, 104 And slew your Fathers, and with Colours spread 10... ...w, 128 And yet me thinkes you loose: 129 Father teare the Crowne from the Vsurpers Head. 130 Edward. Sweet Father doe so, set it on... ... 1761 Scotland hath will to helpe, but cannot helpe: [p5 1762 Our People, and our Peeres, are both mis- led, 1763 Our Treasure seiz’d, ou... ...y Credit, and mine Ho-nor. 1855 Lewis. But is hee gracious in the Peoples eye? 1856 Warw. The more, that Henry was vnfortunate. 185... ... Warw. Trust me, my Lord, all hitherto goes well, 2189 The common people by numbers swarme to vs. 2190 Enter Clarence and Somerset. 2191... ...15 Thou Brother Mountague, in Buckingham, 2616 Northampton, and in Leicestershire, shalt find 2617 Men well enclin’d to heare what thou co...
...Nor shall I ever cease to be grateful for the hospitality which I received from the O’Conors of Castle Conor. My acquaintance with the family was firs... ... Pot-house in which I was forced to stay, and had made up my mind that the people in county Mayo were a churlish set, I sent my horse on to a meet of ... ...such as I am,—a fox- hunter, I mean, whose lot it has been to wander about from one pack of hounds to another,—can understand the melancholy feeling w... ...d to have such ques- tions asked! This feeling does not come upon a man in Leicestershire or Gloucestershire where the numbers are large, and a strang... ...It was a cold bleak February day, with occasional storms of sleet. We rode from cover to cover, but all in vain. “I am sorry, sir, that we are to have... ...ck again. It was clear that she was in the secret. There were eight or ten people in the room, but I was too much fluttered to notice well who they we...
...ea was not alive, then, with great ships and brave sailors, sailing to and from all parts of the world. It was very lonely. The Is lands lay solitary... ... nothing of them. It is supposed that the Phoenicians, who were an ancient people, famous for carrying on trade, came A Child’s Histroy of England 8... ...iling over to the opposite coasts of France and Belgium, and saying to the people there, ‘We have been to those white cliffs across the water, which y... ...hose white cliffs across the water, which you can see in fine weather, and from that country, which is called Britain, we bring this tin and lead,’ te... ...nd lead,’ tempted some of the French and Belgians to come over also. These people settled themselves on the south coast of England, which is now calle... ...ved that part of the Is lands. It is probable that other people came over from Spain to Ireland, and settled there. Thus, by little and little, stran... ... among other places, a certain Castle called the Castle of Mount Sorel, in Leicestershire. To this fortress, after some skir mishing and truce making... ... the Earl of Somerset . This was George Villiers , the youngest son of a Leicestershire gentleman: who came to Court with all the Paris fashions on ...
... London Bridge at noon on a gusty April day, was almost magically detached from his con- flict with the gale by some sly strip of slipperiness, abound... ...at distinctive article of his attire. At the same time, for these friendly people about him to share the fun of the annoyance, he looked hastily brigh... ...ockney crow-word of the day, or a word that had stuck in the fellow’s head from the perusal of his pothouse newspaper columns? Furthermore, the plea o... ...ewspaper columns? Furthermore, the plea of a fall, and the plea of a shock from a fall, required to account for the triviality of the mind, were humil... ... the roar of cries and stilled it, by capping the cries in turn, until the people cheered him; and the effect of the scene upon Victor Radnor disposed... ...artly explained the successful, as- tonishing career of his friend among a people making ur- gent, if unequal, demands perpetually upon stomach and he... ...annum, and prospect of six or so, excluding Sir John’s estate, Carping, in Leicestershire; a fair estate, likely to fall to Edith; consumption seized ... ...Opera sometimes—Italian Opera; he can’t stand German. Down at his place in Leicestershire, he tells me, when there ‘s company, he has—I’m sure you sin... ...o- nounced the name of Marsett to be a reputable County name. ‘There was a Leicestershire baronet of the name of Marsett.’ They arranged to send their...
... was chiefly for the pleasure of mischief—at least so it was conjec- tured from her always preferring those which she was forbid- den to take. Such we... ...was not superior; though whenever she could obtain the outside of a letter from her mother or seize upon any other odd piece of paper, she did what sh... ...o has been looking plain the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive. Mrs. Morland was a very good woman, and w... ...ude on the pianoforte, of her own com- position, she could listen to other people’s performance with very little fatigue. Her greatest deficiency was ... ...ng of disappointment—she was tired of being continually pressed against by people, the gener- ality of whose faces possessed nothing to interest, and ... ...Mrs. Allen, are you sure there is nobody you know in all this multitude of people? I think you must know somebody.” “I don’t, upon my word—I wish I di... ...take eight hundred guineas for them. Fletcher and I mean to get a house in Leicestershire, against the next season. It is so d— uncomfortable, living ...
...e is slain, they’ll quickly fly. KING HENRY VI : Far be the thought of this from Henry’s heart, To make a shambles of the parliament house! Cousin of... ...And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget That we are those which chased you from the field And slew your fathers, and with colors spread March’d thro... ... You are old enough now, and yet, methinks, you lose. Father, tear the crown from the usurper’s head. EDWARD: Sweet father, do so; set it on your hea... ...h commixture melts. Impairing Henry, strengthening misproud York, The common people swarm like summer flies; And whither fly the gnats but to the sun?... ...l us, all our hope is done: Scotland hath will to help, but cannot help; Our people and our peers are both misled, Our treasures seized, our soldiers ... ... I pawn my credit and mine honor. KING LEWIS XI : But is he gracious in the people’s eye? WARWICK: The more that Henry was unfortunate. KING LEWIS X... ...to come with thee: Thou, brother Montague, in Buckingham, Northampton and in Leicestershire, shalt find Men well inclined to hear what thou command’st...
...er 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 throb, and no disguise—n... ...r heart came quietly out. The look was like the fall of light on the hills from the first of morning. It lasted half a minute, and left a ruffle for a... ...heeks were redder than cricket in the sun. He said he read all the reports from India, and asked her whether she did not admire Lord Ormont, our gener... ...and there was a question or two about names, which belonged to verses, for people caring to read poems. To the joy of the school he displayed a greate... ...judgement on him. According to Mr. Shalders, the opinion of all thoughtful people in England was with John Company and the better part of the Press to... ...d the man completely cornered by generalizing. He said— “We are a civilian people; we pride ourselves on having civilian methods.” “How can that be if... ...e. At the first perusal of the letter, Lady Charlotte quitted her place in Leicestershire, husband, horses, guests, the hunt, to scour across a vacant...
...rs to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I., when his return from his long captivity had become an event rather wished than hoped for by... ... of their less powerful neighbours, who attempted to separate them- selves from their authority, and to trust for their protection, during the dangers... ...r- anny of the nobility, and the sufferings of the inferior classes, arose from the consequences of the Conquest by Duke Will- iam of Normandy . Four ... ... war or insurrection, mark the existence of the Anglo-Saxons as a separate people subsequent to the reign of William the Second; yet the great nationa... ...d, impressed them no less with an opinion of his sanctity. Even the common people, the severest critics of the conduct of their betters, had commisera... ...ippers of Mahound and T ermagaunt have so greatly the ad- vantage over the people once chosen of Heaven.” “He shall sit with thee, Wamba,” said Cedric... ...leave Ashby until the day after to-morrow—I must see how Staffordshire and Leicestershire can draw their bows—the forests of Needwood and Charnwood mu... ... the text, and a corresponding note, to have taken place at Stam- ford, in Leicestershire, and upon the river Welland. This is a mistake, into which t...
.... He suffered no doubt;—but with Spartan consistency he so hid his trouble from the world that no one knew that he suffered. Those with whom he lived,... ... could be marked with the finger of the observer, did he glaringly abstain from any statement which at the moment might be natural. He never hesitated... ...om- ach, his stable, and his debts, could not with any amount of care keep from us the fact that his father was an attorney’s clerk, and made his firs... .... It assists a man in getting a seat as the director of certain companies. People are still such asses that they trust a Board of Directors made up of... ...er. Indeed it had been perhaps a misfortune with Everett Wharton that some people had believed in him,—and a fur- ther misfortune that some others had... ...knew all about when he said that “The proper study of mankind is man.” But people don’t read Pope now, or if they do they don’t take the trouble to un... ...lieve they call him Major Pountney.’ ‘Oh, Pountney! There are Pountneys in Leicestershire. Per- haps he is one of them.’ ‘I don’t know where he comes ...
...at in the river Wye, Salmon are in The Compleat Angler — Walton 5 season from September to April; and we are certain, that in Thames and Trent, and ... ...o, Sir, with the help of good dis course, which, methinks, we may promise from you, that both look and speak so cheerfully: and for my part, I promis... ...that, in my judgment all men that keep Otter dogs ought to have pen” signs from the King, to encourage them to destroy the very breed of those base Ot... ... or the sea shore, that having so separated them from amidst the press of people and business, and the cares of the world, he might settle their mind... ...hat lay at the bottom to be seen on the water’s top. And he says, that the people of Cadara, an island near this place, make the timber for their hous... ..., and I’ll try if I can make her tame, as I know an ingenious gentleman in Leicestershire, Mr. Nich. Segrave, has done; who hath not only made her tam... ...poet says in the like case, which is worthy to be noted by all parents and people of civility: many a one Owes to his country his religion; And in ano...
...Brown is a Cabinet Minister, and that Cox is master of a pack of hounds in Leicestershire. But it was by no means so with the house of Heine Brothers,... ... and most of the palaces look as though they had been sent home last night from the builders, and had only just been taken out of their bandboxes It i... ... not because they thus lived must it be considered that they were palatial people. By no means let it be so thought, as such an idea would altogether ... ... of char- acter painting there may be in this tale. They were not palatial people, but the very reverse, living in homely guise, pursuing homely dutie... ...ng to Munich,—started for his German home, with in- junctions, very tender from his mother, and very solemn from his aggrieved father. But there was n... ...veries, it seemed as though life, and the joys of life, were slipping away from him. But no such feeling disturbed any of the Heines. Life of course, ... ... with old Hatto. Uncle Hatto’s verdict was not favourable. As to the young people’s marriage, that was his brother’s af- fair, not his. But as to the ...
... say,--the probability is that Jones has been dead these fifty years, that Brown is a Cabinet Minister, and that Cox is master of a pack of hounds in Leicestershire....
...in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Malone has inferr... ... 23d. There is doubtless, on the one hand, no absolute necessity deducible from law or custom, as either operated in those times, which obliges us to ... ... for children might be bap- tized, and were baptized, at various distances from their birth: yet, on the other hand, the 23d is as likely to have been... ...y is to be received as evi- dence of pauperism, nine tenths of the English people might occasionally be classed as paupers. With respect to his libera... ... their debts. And the prob- ability is, that Master Sadler acted like most people who, when they suppose a man to be going down in the world, feel the... ...nevitably have mixed chiefly with mechanics and humble tradesmen, for such people composed perhaps the total community . But had there even been a gen... ...H. Davy, and, once or twice, Wordsworth, who visited Sir George Beaumont’s Leicestershire residence of Coleorton early in the spring, and then travell...
...f Warwick, in the year 1564, and upon some day, not precisely ascertained, in the month of April. It is certain that he was baptized on the 25th; and from that fact, combined with some shadow of a tradition, Malone has inferred that he was born on the 23d. There is doubtless, on the one hand, no absolute necessity deducible from law or custom, as either operated in those t...
..................................................................77 A LETTER FROM “JEAMES, OF BUCKLEY SQUARE.” ............................................ ...ss One, and the Poet Priest who ministers at thy Shrine draws his auguries from the bleeding hearts of men! While Love hath no end, Can the Bard ever ... ...n these, our times, the Artisan hath his voice as well as the Monarch. The people To-Day is King, and we 5 Burlesques chronicle his woes, as They of ... ...the gilded equipage of the Millionary; the humbler, but yet larger vehicle from the green metropolitan suburbs (the Hang- ing Gardens of our Babylon),... ..., not inglo- riously, in many wars, against mighty odds; but ’twas a small people, and on one dark night the Lion of Judah went down before Vespasian’... ...with us. As for the Rafael, I suppose you are aware that he was one of our people. But what are you gazing at? Oh! my sister—I forgot. Miriam! this is... ...peated descents upon the enemy’s seaboard. The coasts of Rutland and merry Leicestershire have still many a legend of fear to tell; and the children o...
............................74 THE DIARY OF C. JEAMES DE LA PLUCHE, ESQ., ...................................................................77 A LETTER FROM ?JEAMES, OF BUCKLEY SQUARE.? ............................................................80 THE DIARY. ........................................................................................................................
...d with success in November, 1718. A few months later he was again banished from Paris, and finished the Henriade in his retirement, as well as another... ...n December, 1721, Voltaire visited Lord Bolingbroke, who was then an exile from England, at the Chateau of La Source. There was now constant literary ... ..., at the Chateau of La Source. There was now constant literary activ- ity. From July to October, 1722, Voltaire visited Holland with Madame de Rupelmo... ...RS I WAS OF OPINION that the doctrine and history of so ex- traordinary a people were worthy the attention of the curious. T o acquaint myself with t... ...l do me the honour to inform me of the particulars of your religion.” “The people of thy country,” replied the Quaker, “are too full of their bows and... ... man and man. When we are obliged to appear before a magistrate upon other people’s account (for law-suits are unknown among the Friends), we give evi... ... or four sects had raised in the name of God, that one George Fox, born in Leicestershire, and son to a silk-weaver, took it into his head to preach, ...
...re is no end, there never will be an end, of the lamentations which ascend from earth and the rebellious heart of her children, upon this huge opprobr... ...n-place of humanity, is the subject in every age of variation without end, from the poet, the rhetorician, the fabulist, the moralist, the divine, and... ... sunny smiles and many tears—a little love and infinite strife—whisperings from paradise and fierce mockeries from the anarchy of chaos—dust and ashes... ...great masters of literature, especially those of modern times; so that few people knew the high classics more familiarly: and as to the passage in que... ... necessities of public business coming back in a torrent upon the official people after this momentary interruption, forbade them to indulge any furth... ...int seemed to justify almost more than hopes. This might be said, and most people would have been more or less con- soled by it. I was not. I felt as ... ..., one in possession, both at his command. He was settled at Harborough, in Leicestershire, and was ‘pleas- ing himself with the view of a continuance’...
...of growing enlightenment and happy compan- ionship, and an innocent refuge from the cares and perturbations of life. Princeton, June 28, 1917. INTRODU... ...ect and setting are so closely allied that each borrows charm and emphasis from the other. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor w... ...ther. Let the devoted reader of Boswell ask himself what glamor would fade from the church of St. Clement Danes, from the Mitre, from Fleet Street, th... ..., such as ‘love’ and ‘hate,’ and vast is the number, range, and variety of people who at one time or another had been in some degree personally relate... ...godchild Jane Langton. ‘Sir,’ said he, ‘I love the acquain- tance of young people, . . . young men have more virtue than old men; they have more gen- ... ... into a spacious and genial world. The reader there meets a vast number of people, men, women, children, nay even ani- mals, from George the Third dow... ...d of an offer to be employed as usher in the school of Market-Bosworth, in Leicestershire, to which it appears, from one of his little fragments of a ...
...aped upon this young man’s head. His first step forward in life had arisen from his having been sent, while still very young, as a private pupil to th... ...de; and it ended in Mark going back to Exeter with a letter full of praise from the widowed peeress. She had been delighted, she said, in having such ... ... means inclined to throw away any advantage which might arise to his child from such a friend- 4 Framley Parsonage ship. When, therefore, the young l... ... assistance. And Lord Lufton was there of course; and 8 Framley Parsonage people protested that he would surely fall in love with one of the four bea... ... You know I don’t mean it. But Lady Lufton does not like those Chaldicotes people. You know Lord Lufton was with you the last time you were there; and... ...and then. And as I was invited there, especially to preach while all these people are staying at the place, I could not well refuse. ’ And then he got... ...ing lodge in Scotland, and apartments in London, and a string of horses in Leicestershire—much to the disgust of the country gen- 13 Anthony Trollope... ...me. She could not conceal her triumph at his coming. He’s going to give up Leicestershire this year altogether. I wonder what has brought it all about... ...nd activity. Seven or eight precious animals had followed Lord Lufton from Leicestershire, and all of them required dimensions that were thought to be...
................................................................ 121 VERBATIM FROM BOILEAU. ................................................................ ................................................................. 143 EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. ............................................................. ...atue beside those of the acknowledged masters of English poetry. But apart from this, we do think that Lord Carlisle has exaggerated the “De- cline an... ...ilfer cloth or bread: As meanly plunder as they bravely fought, Now save a people, and now save a groat. VER. 129, in the former editions— Ask why fro... ...ENT GUMENT GUMENT . . . . . OF THE USE OF RICHES. The vanity of expense in people of wealth and quality. The abuse of the word ‘taste,’ ver. 13. That ... ...rth, and o’er the watery main; Resign to Jove his empire of the skies, And people heaven with Roman deities. The time will come when a diviner flame S... .... 281 ‘Ozell:’ ‘Mr John Ozell (if we credit Mr Jacob) did go to school in Leicestershire, where somebody left him something to live on, when he shall...
...ere the blockheads and impostors who might naturally be expected to spring from such a state of things, and to flourish in it; these Y orkshire school... ... that those gentlemen might, in their modesty, be shy of receiving a visit from the author of the “Pickwick Papers,” I consulted with a professional f... ... can gang to bed and not tellee, for weedur’s sak’, to keep the lattle boy from a’ sike scoondrels while there’s a harse to hoold in a’ Lunnun, or a g... ...If I were to attempt to sum up the thousands of letters, from all sorts of people in all sorts of latitudes and climates, which this unlucky paragraph... ...re attachment, who in her turn had taken him for the same reason. Thus two people who cannot afford to play cards for money, sometimes sit down to a q... ... marriage, fluctuated between sixty and eighty pounds per annum. There are people enough in the world, Heaven knows! and even in London (where Mr Nick... ...oman or not, but he,’ pointing, to Ralph, ‘used to go down to the house in Leicestershire pretty often, and 772 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS N...
...inter,” said a thin, lank, angu- lar, sallow girl, just fifteen, trembling from head to foot with restrained eagerness, as she tried to curb her tone ... ...r girl, nearly two years older than her sister. “Will you—” began to burst from Etheldred’s lips again, but was stifled by Miss Winter’s inquiry, “Is ... ...er.” “But, my dear, has your mamma considered? They are such a set of wild people at Cocksmoor; I don’t think we could walk there alone.” “It is Satur... ... the walk, and will like it very much, and he will undertake to defend you from the quarrymen.” “Is Miss Winter afraid of the quarrymen?” hallooed Har... ... yes!” cried Ethel, “but no one fit to speak to would do that!” “Plenty of people do, I can tell you,” said Norman. “Then I hope I shall never know wh... ...of, mamma. Car- ing to be clever, and get on, only for the sake of beating people.” “I think that might be better expressed.” “I know,” said Ethel, be... ... sir, of my wife’s making she had the receipt from her grand- mother up in Leicestershire. Won’t you taste a bottle, sir?” and he hastily made a cork ...
...nd agricultural in its pleasures. There are towns in it, of course; depots from whence are brought seeds and groceries, ribbons and fire-shovels; in w... ...oming—in accordance with the dic- tates of some neighbouring land magnate; from whence emanate the country postmen, and where is located the supply of... ...is in these days an East Barsetshire, and there is a West Barsetshire; and people conversant with Barsetshire do- ings declare that they can already d... ...ice again he made violent efforts to do so. Elections in East Barsetshire, from various causes, came quick upon each other in those days, and before h... ...se in Portman Square, she had worried him because he objected to have more people carried every winter at Greshamsbury Park than the house would hold;... ...llowed them, nor had they suffered as their sisters had suffered; and some people at Greshamsbury attributed this to the fact that a change had been m... ...low. It’s all tillage here, or else woodland. I rather fancy I shall go to Leicestershire when the partridge-shooting is over. What sort of a lot do y...
... AT LAST!’ cried Nicholas, throwing back his great- coat and rousing Smike from a long nap. ‘It seemed to me as though we should never reach it.’ ‘And... ...ing lights, and illuminated besides with the brilliant flood that streamed from the windows of the shops, where spar- kling jewellery, silks and velve... ...rnament, succeeded each other in rich and glittering profusion. Streams of people apparently without end poured on and on, jostling each other in the ... ...assed before the eye. Emporiums of splendid dresses, the materials brought from every quarter of the world; tempt- ing stores of everything to stimula... ...eaming to those ahead to clear the way. He was con- scious of a torrent of people rushing quickly by—looking up, could discern the cabriolet whirled a... ...onths, and four.’ ‘I’ll do them for you—mind, for you; I wouldn’t for many people—for five-and-twenty pounds,’ said Ralph, deliberately . ‘Oh demmit!’... ...oman or not, but he,’ pointing, to Ralph, ‘used to go down to the house in Leicestershire pretty often, and stop there many days at a time. They had h...
... found they had struck on a good thing, so, down the valleys of the brooks from Selby and Nuttall, new mines were sunk, until soon there were six pits... ... and Nuttall, new mines were sunk, until soon there were six pits working. From Nuttall, high up on the sandstone among the woods, the railway ran, pa... ..., down to Spinney Park, then on to Minton, a large mine among corn-fields; from Minton across the farmlands of the valleyside to Bunker’s Hill, branch... ...at was so well built and that looked so nice, were quite unsavoury because people must live in the kitchen, and the kitchens opened on to that nasty a... ...cs with some educated man. This she did not often enjoy. So she always had people tell her about themselves, finding her pleasure so. In her person sh... ...to her, as good as gold. But she felt very lonely, miles away from her own people. She felt lonely with him now, and his presence only made it more in... ...ignalling in old days far down into the level lands of Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire. It was blowing so hard, high up there in the exposed place,...