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...Excerpt: PREFACE; Among many matters thrown into relief by a refreshed acquaintance with ?The Golden Bowl? what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked inveteracy of a certain indirect and oblique view of my presented action; unless indeed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrary, any supe...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 ii The Golden Bowl Chapter 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...ny matters thrown into relief by a refreshed acquaintance with “The Golden Bowl” what perhaps most stands out for me is the still marked invet eracy ... ...eed I make up my mind to call this mode of treatment, on the contrary, any superficial appearance notwithstanding, the very straightest and closest pos... ... I give for what it is worth; but I feel it come home to me iv The Golden Bowl afresh on recognising that the manner in which it betrays itself may b... ...nctionally—perhaps all too officiously, as the reader may sometimes feel it—supersede him. This disparity in my plan is, however, but superficial; the t... ...nd covered by this collection of my writings, that I should still judge it superficial to have spoken no word for so salient a feature of our Edition a... ...he long stored grievance of the subject bristling with a sense of PREFACE xv over prolonged exposure in a garment misfitted, a garment cheaply embroid...

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...er reading. I have used citations sparingly, but more widely than an Preface xv ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page xv author of ... ...aid to purchase access to each of these? I might tell you that English was a superior communication tool—a really good command language for your cogni... ... tional Information Infrastructure,” the official name for the “infor- mation superhighway” that it was presumed would replace the “immature” technolog... ...claim that the review (in print or on television) would be technologi- cally superior if the reviewer had not been prevented from using a movie camera... ...et the absurd image of a man who is playing on the winning side in the Super Bowl but driving a Hyundai, so financially demanding is his girlfriend. At... ... altogether. It is worth comparing Michael A. Heller and Notes to pages xiii–xv 251 ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u01.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Page 251 Rebec... ...enjamin, Stuart, viii. Benjamin, Walter, 150, 283n22. Benkler, Yochai, viii, xv, 27, 37, 45, 49, 67, 189–190, 192–194, 233, 251n12, 260n37, 263n54, 26...

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... are punished by too-much opiniating themselves in a place without reason XV. Of the punishment of Cowardise XVI. A tricke of certaine Ambassadors XV... ...II. Of Judging of others' Death XIV. How that our Spirit hindereth itself XV. That our Desires are encreased by Difficultie XVI. Of Glory XVII. Of Pr... ...ero quod omnes Eripit sensus mihi; Nam simul te Lesbia aspexi, nihil est super mî Quod loquar amens Lingua torpet, tenuis sub artus Flamma di... ...wne, but above all other things, loveth and correcteth himselfe, rejecteth superfluous occupations, idle imaginations, and unprofitable propositions.... ...squam Vix radicitus e vita se tollit, et ejicit: Se facit esse qui quiddam super inscius ipse, Nee removet satis a projecto corpora sese, et Vindicat.... ...M Montaigne's Essays Vincasi o per fortuna o per ingegno. -- ARIST. cant. xv. stan. 1. To be victorious, evermore was glorious, Be we by fortune or ... ...er to another, and from East to West, they will not leave to follow their bowle, and with one small pensill drawe both white and blacke. There is th... ... Piramidall or Square; and say they cannot swallow a God made round like a bowle. But howsoever it is, nature hath no more privileged us in that than... ... my people came in haste to tell me that my cooke found two or three great bowles in his pauncb, which in his maw amongst his meat shocked one agains...

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................................................. 179 179 179 179 179 CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV: A RAIL : A RAIL : A RAIL : ... ..., in- calculable rhythm from the bright brass tap into the white enamelled bowl, which was now half full of pure, quivering water. The war was over, a... ...y. There were several colliers in the room, talking quietly. They were the superior type all, favoured by the landlady, who loved intellectual discuss... ... suddenly looked round. “Why-y-y!” came her long note of alarm. A man in a bowler hat and a black overcoat stood on the edge of the twilight. “What is... ...ht, Cyril.” He played the beam of light full on the in- truder; a man in a bowler hat, with a black overcoat but- toned to his throat, a pale, dazed, ... ...of the world-friend—well, let it be quits. He was not sure whether he felt superior to his unworldly enemy or not. He rather thought he did. 121 D. H... ...n the blue silk bedroom with the Greuze picture, and felt a little dim and superficial surprise. He had fallen into country house parties before, but ... .... Don’t disappoint us.” The two young men went elegantly upstairs. CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV A RAIL A RAIL A RAIL A RAIL ...

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...6 III 8 IV 12 V 15 VI 18 VII 24 VIII 29 IX 34 X 39 XI 45 XII 49 XIII 51 XIV 55 XV 58 ii JANE AUSTEN XVI 62 XVII 70 XVIII 73 XIX 84 XX 89 XXI 93 XXII ... ...nce, and of his judgment the high est opinion. In understanding Darcy was the superior. Bingley was by no means deficient, but Darcy was clever. He wa... ...g civil to all the world. For though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to every body. By n... ...his attention was received with the greatest pleasure; but Elizabeth still saw superciliousness in their treatment of every body, hardly excepting eve... ...imself at another table with Mr. Bennet, and prepared for backgammon. Chapter XV M R. COLLINS was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had... ...ard the good news? Miss Lydia is going to be married; and you shall all have a bowl of punch, to make merry at her wedding.” Mrs. Hill began instantly...

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...mending, and the puddings, and the plate and crockery, and the servants to superintend. But why speak about her? It is probable that we shall not hear... ...he least; and who could help attaching herself to Amelia? The happinessthe superior advantages of the young women round about her, gave Rebecca inexpr... ...nd alarm; now and then he would make a desperate attempt to get rid of his super- abundant fat; but his indolence and love of good living speed- ily g... ...ght’s pleasuring; and that Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child’s party. Don’t you remember the ca- tastrophe, Ma’am, sev... ...ember in the pink frock, such a short time ago—the night I upset the punch-bowl, just after I was gazetted? Are you the little girl that George Osborn... ...part of the refreshments on the tables. Finally, he insisted upon having a bowl of rack punch; everybody had rack punch at V auxhall. “Waiter, rack pu... ...r eyes. “Oh, Sir Pitt!” she said. “Oh, sir—I—I’m married already.” CHAPTER XV In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time EVERY READER OF A SE... ...is box at old Dives’s sale,” Pincher says, handing it round, “one of Louis XV’s mistresses—pretty thing, is it not?—sweet miniature,” and they talk of...

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...mending, and the puddings, and the plate and crockery, and the servants to superintend. But why speak about her? It is probable that we shall not hear... ...he least; and who could help attaching herself to Amelia? The happinessthe superior advantages of the young women round about her, gave Rebecca inexpr... ...nd alarm; now and then he would make a desperate attempt to get rid of his super- abundant fat; but his indolence and love of good living speed- ily g... ...ght’s pleasuring; and that Mrs. Sedley had forgiven his breaking the punch-bowl at the child’s party. Don’t you remember the ca- tastrophe, Ma’am, sev... ...ember in the pink frock, such a short time ago—the night I upset the punch-bowl, just after I was gazetted? Are you the little girl that George Osborn... ...part of the refreshments on the tables. Finally, he insisted upon having a bowl of rack punch; everybody had rack punch at V auxhall. “Waiter, rack pu... ...r eyes. “Oh, Sir Pitt!” she said. “Oh, sir—I—I’m married already.” CHAPTER XV In Which Rebecca’s Husband Appears for a Short Time EVERY READER OF A SE... ...is box at old Dives’s sale,” Pincher says, handing it round, “one of Louis XV’s mistresses—pretty thing, is it not?—sweet miniature,” and they talk of... ...erable chambers. There is one Pavilion at Monblaisir which Aurelius Victor XV had arranged—a great Prince but too fond of plea- sure—and which I am to...

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...nues of sinecurists, and stripping the thin, tawdry veil from attrac- tive superstitions, are working as actively in literature as in society. The cre... ..., and Mentes, who was about to leave for Leucadia, left him to the medical superintendence of a friend of his, named Mentor, the son of Alcinor. Under... ... that we must not expect consistency in a mere romance, the ancients had a superstitious belief in the great age of trees which grew near places conse... ... with wine the copious goblets crown’d, And, pleased, dispense the flowing bowls around; 29 With hymns divine the joyous banquet ends, The pÆans leng... ...ing to be pleased.” Thus Vulcan spoke: and rising with a bound, The double bowl with sparkling nectar crown’d, 32 Which held to Juno in a cheerful way... ...th bloom divine, The golden goblet crowns with purple wine: While the full bowls flow round, the powers employ Their careful eyes on long-contended T ... ...kill’d in pursuit, and swiftest in the chase. 284 The Iliad of Homer BOOK XV BOOK XV BOOK XV BOOK XV BOOK XV AR AR AR AR ARGUMENT GUMENT GUMENT GUMEN... ...Ponticus,” p. 463 sq., ed Gale. The story is told by Homer himself in Book xv. The Sinthians were a race of robbers, the ancient inhabitants of Lemnos...

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...in nickel. The tub was long enough for a Prussian Guard, and above the set bowl was a sensational exhibit of tooth-brush holder, shaving- brush holder... ...hen shrieked at Tinka: “For the love o’ Pete, quit pouring the whole sugar bowl on your corn flakes!” When Verona and Ted were gone and Tinka upstairs... ...abited the Reeves Building corridors—elevator-runners, starter, engineers, superintendent, and the doubtful-looking lame man who conducted the news an... ...d a more expensive one, but he could not recap- ture the feeling of social superiority it had given him. He astoundingly grunted, “I’d like to beat it... ...vertisements in which he announced the beauty, convenience, cheapness, and supererogatory healthfulness of Glen Oriole. The only flaw was that the Gle... ...ned and went into the Neronian washroom, where a line of men bent over the bowls inset along a prodigious slab of marble as in religious prostra- tion... ...ation, he could have questioned the joys of being a solid citizen. CHAPTER XV H is march to greatness was not without disastrous stumbling. Fame ...

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... Gilbert, piteously. ‘Happily, nothing more serious,’ thrust in Lucy; ‘Mr. Bowles told Aunt Maria that he considers Gilbert’s health much improved.’ A... ...nia with needless repetitions of ‘Mamma dear,’ and plunging into what Mrs. Bowles and Miss Goldsmith had said of Mr. Dusautoy, and how he kept so few ... ..., was told by his father, ‘I cannot have this going on. You must go to Mr. Bowles directly after breakfast to-morrow, have the tooth drawn, and then g... ...Marie Antoinette, and that it was an honour and distinction conferred by a superior—superior, indeed, in all the dignity of age, suffering, and consta... ... life had not raised his stan- dard of womankind. A perfect gentleman, his superiority was his own work, rather than that of station or education, and... ... a call! I heard Nurse say it was a call!’ What was to be done with such a superstition? Albinia did not think it would be right to argue it away. It ... ...ways had a pain in his chest if he sat still at any kind of study! CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV COLONEL BURY was the most op...

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...t at the chest. His features were exceedingly frank and cheerful. From his superior height, he was enabled to look down quite royally on the man whose... ...she declared, his supe- rior, and, begging everybody’s pardon present, the superior of us all, through no sin of his own, that caused him to be so unf... ...sely distressing. Together with Walter Heriot, Andrew Saddlebank, our best bowler, the drollest fellow in the world, John Salter, and little Gus T emp... ...ing that endeared him to younger boys capable of appreciating it, with the supernatural power of music. It endeared him, I suppose, to young women als... ... said he, staring at us angrily. ‘Has Saddlebank broken his arm, and can’t bowl?’ No, Saddlebank was in excellent trim, though shamefaced, as was Salt... ...ering us. ‘Here, Roy, T emple,’ we heard Heriot call; ‘here, come here and bowl to me.’ I went and bowled till I thought my head was flying after the ... ...oing through a valley in a fir-forest. 137 George Meredith BOOK 3 CHAPTER XV WE ARE ACCOSTED BY A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE LADY IN THE FOREST BOWLS OF HOT CO...

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...g man. “What! is this the little man that used to talk Latin and fetch our bowls? How tall thou art grown! I protest I should have known thee anywhere... ...read in the young gentleman’s eyes, which had now no fear of hers or their superannuated authority, that he knew or suspected the truth about his birt... ...uke was so yet; Mr. Webb had said a thousand things against him, which his superior had pardoned; and his Grace, whose spies were everywhere, had hear... ... with him: and Henry Esmond, on his return to Chelsey, found himself quite super- seded in her favor by her younger kinsman. The feat of drink- ing th... ...le river Nebel: hic est Sigeia tellus, here are Tallard’s quarters, at the bowl of this pipe, at the attack of which Captain Esmond was present. I hav... ...less injustice afterwards to rob him of the credit of his victory. CHAPTER XV GENERAL WEBB WINS THE BATTLE OF WYNENDAEL. BY THE BESIEGERS AND BESIEGED...

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...nd hour, is the pre- eminence of race. It was so that I hit upon a means of communication which I recommend to travellers. When I desired any detail o... ...ences latent over-head in a place where we had supposed ourselves alone, the immo- bility of our tree-top spies, and the thought that perhaps at all h... ...lly chill, and whistled in the reed-like grass, and tossed the grassy fell of the pandanus, we stepped suddenly, as through a door, into the next vale... ...3 Robert Louis Stevenson The houses on the Hatiheu side begin high up; higher yet, the more melancholy spectacle of empty paepaes. When a native habit... ...d recoiled from the task, he had been jeered at for a superstitious fool. And now it is sup- posed he will respect our European superstitions as by se... ...ring the remainder of his stay, holding bashfully aloof. And there was stranger matter. Since Francois had lost the whole load of his cutter, the half... ...It was strange to see them so indefatigable and so much at ease in the water—working at times with their pipes lighted, the smoker at times submerged ...

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... thinking, anything but new to the spot. Yet, I had never seen it in my life, a minute before, and had traversed two hundred miles to get at it. That ... ...len upon them after yawning open, and would keep them down. A diver made known, even then, that he had come upon the body of a man, and had sought to ... ... and other obstructions from which frost and snow had lately thawed. It was a mistake (my friend was glad to tell me, on the way) to suppose that the ... ... an immense theatre, capable of holding nearly five thousand people. Charles Dickens 30 What Theatre? Her Majesty’s? Far better. Royal Italian Opera?... ...y, take him to the softest slopes at Windsor, and try what pace you can get out of him. Then, starve him, harness him any- how to a truck with a flat ... ...f several men to ensure that great result, and it is only developed in perfection under an Honourable Society and in an Inn of Court. The Uncommercia... ...are me for a churchyard. An exceedingly retiring public-house, with a bagatelle-board shadily visible in a sawdusty parlour shaped like an omnibus, an...

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...face, set out the table with a very clean, though coarse cloth, five brown bowls, three horn spoons and two wooden ones, one drink- ing horn, a couple... ...here’ll be no more catechising. Hurrah!” cried Oates, “hurrah!” “’Tis rank superstition, said the red coat, Hurrah!” and up went their caps. “Halloa, ... ...used to be, good beef and mutton, but only bread and very hard cheese, and bowls of hasty pudding, with thin, sour small beer to wash it down. Oates g... ...lad, young prelatist though he be, so he will make amends by burning their superstitious books on the fire, even as Jehu burnt the worshippers of Baal... ... asked poor Stead, still bewildered. “Done! Why, doffed thy hat, after the superstitious and idolatrous custom of our fathers.” “How can it be idolatr... ...st poor father. Thank God! He has saved His own, and that’s over!” CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV A A A A A T T T T TABLE OF L...

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...re’s Reverend Warren, the Congregational preacher, and Professor Mott, the superintendent of schools, and Guy Pollock, the law- yer—they say he writes... ..., rugged of neck but sleek and round of face—face like the back of a spoon bowl. He was chuckling at her, “Have you got us all straight yet?” “Course ... ...a gravestone; the plain pine washstand and the garlanded water-pitcher and bowl. The scent was of horsehair and plush and Florida Water. “How could pe... ...ing the former owner. They were shy. It was “Professor” George Edwin Mott, superintendent of schools, a Chinese manda- rin turned brown, who held Caro... ...working. The town lives on them. We townies are parasites, and yet we feel superior to them. Last night I heard Mr. Haydock talking about `hicks.’ App... ...concert Carol led them in a dancing procession to the dining-room, to blue bowls of chow mein, with Lichee nuts and ginger pre- served in syrup. None ... ...nd if Dr. Dillon is working for Westlake and McGanum, I hate him!” CHAPTER XV That December she was in love with her husband. She romanticized herself...

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...uring mill ran blue among the broad green pastures; the air smelt of cream-bowls and wheaten loaves; the firs on the beacon-ridge, far south- ward, ov... ... on his own line of conduct; that is to say, as homage to his intellectual superiority. Mr. Algernon was installed in the Bank, and sat down for a lon... ...n a letter was delivered to him by one of the Inn porters. Edward read the superscription, and asked the porter who it was that brought it. Two young ... ...n for this man, and readily believed him to be above all other men, if not superhuman: for she was of an age and an imagination to conceive a spiritua... ...ht,” that might sound like pardon, she passed through the doorway. CHAPTER XV NEXT DAY, while Squire Blancove was superintending the lay- ing down of ... ...-luminous rela- tionship. Y oung Nic loved also to steep his spirit in the bowl; but, in addition to his never paying for his luxury, he drank as if i... ... newspaper, and looked much as if a fat lobworm had plunged himself into a bowl of ink, and in his literary delirium had twisted uneasily to the verge...

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...heir uninformed. This was in 1719, four years after the accession of Louis XV ., a puny infant, to the French throne, and in the midst of the Regency ... ...hen Spain was be- queathed to him; but now that only a sickly child, Louis XV ., stood between him and the succession in right of blood, 14 A Modern ... ...e succession in right of blood, 14 A Modern Telemachus he felt his rights superior to those of the Duke of Orleans. Thus Spain was induced to become ... ...nt, and she sorely rued the separation. She was very busy in her own room, superintending the packing, and assisting in it, when her own clever finger... ...ance and Christian patience may be exercised even on a toilette a la Louis XV . Long practice en- abled her to walk about, seat herself, rise and curt... ... the death of martyrs struggling for Christian truth, long ere the days of supersti- tion and division. Estelle’s face lighted with enthusiasm. ‘Is it... ...nd had no sooner returned to his former quarters, and shared with Ulysse a bowl of curds, than they both feel asleep again in the shade of the gourd p... ...ashion; and then all, as before, sat on mats or cushions round the central bowl, each being furnished with a spoon and thin flat soft piece of bread t...

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... pensioners, wheezing by the firesides of their wards; fog in the stem and bowl of the afternoon pipe of the wrathful skipper, down in his close cabin... ...rely through his solicitors, Messrs. Kenge and Carboy, of Lon don. A very superior gentleman, Mr. Kenge. T ruly eloquent indeed. Some of his periods ... ..., sir,” said I. He was very obliging, and as he handed me into a fly after superintending the removal of my boxes, I asked him whether there was a gre... ...tives—and the happy settlement, on the banks of the African rivers, of our superabundant home population. 38 Bleak House – Vol. One Mr. Jarndyce, who... ..., sir, if you please”; and putting on his hat again (which was like a soft bowl), cracked his whip, re awakened his music, and went melodiously away. ... ...es and smooth round blocks of stone, as if the trees were going to play at bowls with the stones), and the whole house reposes on her mind. She can op... ...don’t think it matters what my darling said. She was always merry. CHAPTER XV Bell Yard WHILE WE WERE IN L ONDON Mr. Jarndyce was constantly beset by ...

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...,’ she faltered. ‘Perhaps one doesn’t really want them, in one’s soul—only superficially.’ A hard- ness came over Gudrun’s face. She did not want to b... ...But where can one jump to?’ ‘Oh, it doesn’t matter,’ said Gudrun, somewhat superbly. ‘If one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land some- where.’ ‘... ...be well-dressed; she knew her- self to be the social equal, if not far the superior, of anyone she was likely to meet in Willey Green. She knew she wa... ... pretty cups and plates, painted with mauve-lustre and green, also shapely bowls and glass plates, and old spoons, on a woven cloth of pale grey and b... ...inute, she glanced automatically at the window. He would be there. CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XV SUNDA SUNDA SUNDA SUNDA SUND... ... roof sloped. Under the slope of the ceiling were the table with wash-hand bowl and jug, and across, another table with mirror. On either side the doo... ...ho cares a but- ton for our national ideas, any more than for our national bowler hat? Aha, it is all old hat, it is all old bowler hat! That’s all it...