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...ness. His hunt- ing requires from him everything, his time, his money, his social hours, his rest, his sweet morning sleep; nay, his very dinners have... ...ne by a crowd; but men who meet together to do wicked things meet in small parties. Men cannot gamble in the hunting-field, and drinking there is more... ... adds greatly to his grandeur; and he is one of those who, in spite of the democratic tenderness of the age, may still be said to go about as a king a...

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..., no, they’ll be firm,” the old man rejoined; “they’ll not be affected by the social and political changes I just referred to.” “You mean they won’t be... ... Europe. There was nothing flighty about Mrs. Touchett, but she recognized no social superiors, and, judging the great ones of the earth in a way that ... ...ircumspection of suspicious swains had never gone the length of making her a social proscript; for the number of those whose hearts, as they approache... ...y quite realize. You and I, you know, we know what it is to have lived under democratic institutions: I always thought them very comfortable, but I wa... ... by Turner and Assyrian bulls were a poor substitute for the literary dinner parties at which she had hoped to meet the genius and renown of Great Bri... ...on Gardencourt; the days grew shorter and there was an end to the pretty tea parties on the lawn. But our young woman had long indoor conversations wi... ...ng and Isabel’s answering quite another. He knew she had listened to several parties, as his father would have said, but had made them listen in retur...

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.......................................................................... 34 SOCIAL PANACEAS............................................................... ...remony inaugurate? The question is inevitable. There is nothing in all the social existence of men so full of challenge as the crowning of a king. It ... ...assured. I can conceive many of them, a little fatigued, preparing now for social dispersal, relaxing comfortably into gossip, discussing the detail o... ...d urgent social needs. They play a game, a long and interesting game, with parties as sides, a game that rewards the industrious player with prominenc... ... is an impos- sible social fragmentation. The transport service is to be a democratic republic, the mines are to be a democratic re- public, every gre... ...e mines are to be a democratic re- public, every great industry is to be a democratic republic 67 H. G . Wells within the State; our community is to ... ...d, a community of independent families protected by law and an intelligent democratic statecraft from the economic aggressions of large accumulations ... ...rganise a society, form a group for the control of the two chief political parties, bring about “socialism” in twenty-five years, or do anything beyon... ...the politi- cal arena at the same time, because only one party or group of parties can win. And going back for a moment to that point about a Uto- pia...

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...r them, I could not but remember that I was separating myself from all the social and intellectual enjoyments of life. Yet, strange as it may seem... ...aptain to the smallest boy; and a day of rest and of something like quiet, social enjoyment, was all that we could expect. We continued runni... ...the foreigners not feeling themselves called upon to act in this case, the parties being all natives, nothing was done about it; and I frequently a... ...n the watch with that man for any given hours of my life passed in study and social intercourse. - 103 - Two Years Before the Mast Richard Henry Dan... ...and hills of San Francisco Bay. While not off, on these wood and water parties, or up the rivers to the missions, we had very easy times on boar... ...rived at San Diego,—I gained a greater knowledge of the state of political parties in Mexico, and the habits and affairs of the different classes o... ...ed; * * * * *, the mouth piece of the debating clubs, noisy, vaporous, and democratic; and so following. Then I could see them receiving their A.B... ...y. It has been found necessary to vest in every government, even the most democratic, some extraordinary, and, at first sight, alarming powers; ...