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...y said that in these recreant days we cannot expect to find the majesty of St. Paul beneath the cassock of a curate. If we look to our clergymen to be... ... Proudie was consecrated Bishop of Barchester. CHAPTER II HIRAM’S HOSPITAL ACCORDING TO ACT OF PARLIAMENT It is hardly necessary that I should here gi... ...esign it, and betook himself manfully to the duties of the small parish of St. Cuthbert’s, in the city, of which he was vicar, con- 12 Barchester Tow... ...now left at Hiram’s Hospital. Six of them were still living. The num- ber, according to old Hiram’s will, should always have been twelve. But after th... ...t always most 66 Barchester Towers moral description. He was thoroughly a bon vivant; an accomplished judge of wine, though he never drank to excess;... ...ort of episto- lary intimacy. He thought that he might safely apply to Sir Nicholas Fitzhiggin; and he felt sure that if Sir Nicho- las chose to exert... ...throwing himself at her feet. Then he had to solicit the assistance of Sir Nicholas Fitzwhiggin and Mr Towers, and he went directly from the bishop’s ...

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...mondi, assisted in picturing the arrival of the English after the death of St. Louis, and the murder of Henry of Almayne is related in all crusading h... ... to be Elizabethan in date, and the manners therein certainly are scarcely accordant with the real thirteenth cen- tury, and still less with our notio... ...s, it will have done at least one work. December 12th, 1865. CHAPTER I—THE ST CHAPTER I—THE ST CHAPTER I—THE ST CHAPTER I—THE ST CHAPTER I—THE STA A A... ... his features, and the fairness of his complexion, made his appearance ill accord with the homeliness of his garb. In one hand he car- ried a bow over... ... prickers abroad, and the neighbourhood unwholesome for bold clerks of St. Nicholas?” “Worse!” was the gruff mutter in reply. “Down, Leon: I am in no ...

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...n at Sorochintsky, Russia, on 31st March 1809. Obtained government post at St. Pe- tersburg and later an appointment at the university. Lived in Rome ... ...d Souls, so that one is not astonished to hear that not only did the Tsar, Nicholas I, give permission to have it acted, in spite of its being a criti... ...etz, Little Russia, in March 1809. He left college at nineteen and went to St. Peters- burg, where he secured a position as copying clerk in a governm... ...rything he had of value he gave away to the poor. He ceased work entirely. According to all accounts he spent his last days in praying and fasting. Vi... ...03; Shenrok (V. I.), Materials for a Biography, 1892; (French) Leger (L.), Nicholas Gogol, 1914. AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE FIRST PORTION OF THIS WORK Se... ...f St. Pe- tersburg or to Professor Shevirev of the University of Mos- cow, according as the one or the other of those two cities may be the nearer to ...

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...lips, Milton’s nephew , produced a “Don Quixote” “made English,” he says, “according to the humour of our modern language.” His “Quixote” is not so mu... ...It was not published until after his death, and the printers gave the name according to the current pronunciation of the day. It has been the most fre... ...n a literary contest at Saragossa in 1595 in honour of the canonisation of St. Jacinto, when his composition won the first prize, three silver spoons.... ...less charms thy mind and body show so! Or him, now famous grown—thou mad’st him grow so- Thy knight, in some dread combat could I see! Oh, could I... ...Rocinante fa—, Great-grandson of great Babie—, Who, all for being lean and bon—, Had one Don Quixote for an own—; But if I matched him well in weak—, ... ...all La Mancha!” The niece said the same, and, more: “You must know, Master Nicholas”—for that was the name of the barber—“it was often my uncle’s way ... ...hat he did the next day, which was to summon his friend the barber, Master Nicholas, and go with him to Don Quixote’s house. 66 Don Quixote CHAPTER V... ...f them and set fire to them; or else carry them into the yard, and there a bon- fire can be made without the smoke giving any annoyance.” The housekee...

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...er of volumes that have been published on the question as to where Hannibal crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the Great Saint-Bernard, and the valley of Aosta....

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... crossed the Alps, without our being able to decide to-day whether it was (according to Whittaker and Rivaz) by Lyon, Geneva, the Great Saint-Bernard,... ...az) by Lyon, Geneva, the Great Saint-Bernard, and the valley of Aosta; or (according to Letronne, Follard, Saint-Simon and Fortia d’Urbano) by the Ise... ...nst factions and ambitions like those of the Guises and the house of Bour- bon, against men such as the two Cardinals of Lorraine, the two Balafres, a... ...hen at the corner of the terrace which looks down upon the Church of Saint-Nicholas; there, at least, there could be no danger of the slightest overhe... ...ll these pretty gardens. If I go away it will be to Italy with you, to see St. Peter’s, and Raffaelle’s pictures.” “And the orange-trees? Oh! my darli... ...ieu, the preacher’s brother, was expected to make be- fore the gate of the Bon-Hommes, they would have been com- pletely successful,” replied the Duc ...

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...Ruggiero, from whom the dukes of Ferrara of the present day are descended, according to Turpin in his ‘Cosmography.’ All these knights, and many more ... ...nt than to their squires.” “Thou art mistaken, Sancho,” said Don Quixote, “according to the maxim quando caput dolet, &c.” “I don’t understand any lan... ...ur mightiness’s hand, Senor Don Quixote of La Mancha, for, by the habit of St. Peter that I wear, though I have no more than the first four orders, yo... ...agossa, where there were to be certain solemn joustings at the festival of St. George, at which he might win renown above all the knights of Aragon, w... ...ed the bachelor to keep it a secret, especially from the curate and Master Nicholas, and from his niece and the housekeeper, lest they should prevent ... ...come down to minor particulars, he must, I say, be able to swim as well as Nicholas or Nicolao the Fish could, as the story goes; he must know how to ... ...asp Sancho’s right hand in his own saying, “Espanoli y T udesqui tuto uno: bon compano;” and Sancho would answer, “Bon compano, jur a Di!” and then go...

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...lips, Milton’s nephew , produced a “Don Quixote” “made English,” he says, “according to the humour of our modern language.” His “Quixote” is not so mu... ...It was not published until after his death, and the printers gave the name according to the current pronunciation of the day. It has been the most fre... ...n a literary contest at Saragossa in 1595 in honour of the canonisation of St. Jacinto, when his composition won the first prize, three silver spoons.... ...less charms thy mind and body show so! Or him, now famous grown—thou mad’st him grow so- Thy knight, in some dread combat could I see! Oh, could I... ...Rocinante fa—, Great-grandson of great Babie—, Who, all for being lean and bon—, Had one Don Quixote for an own—; But if I matched him well in weak—, ... ...all La Mancha!” The niece said the same, and, more: “You must know, Master Nicholas”—for that was the name of the barber—“it was often my uncle’s way ... ...hat he did the next day, which was to summon his friend the barber, Master Nicholas, and go with him to Don Quixote’s house. 74 Don Quixote – Part I ... ...f them and set fire to them; or else carry them into the yard, and there a bon- fire can be made without the smoke giving any annoyance.” The housekee...

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... As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an event at Marseilles for a ship to come into port, especially when this ship, like the Pharaon, has been built, rigged, and la...

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...on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spe... ...nts with Danglars. Have you been satisfied with him this voyage?” “That is according to the sense you attach to the question, sir. Do you mean is he a... ...n!” Then the vehicle disap- peared round one of the turnings of Fort Saint Nicholas. “Wait for me here, all of you!” cried M. Morrel; “I will take the... ...egion of Honor which he usually wore over his blue coat, near the cross of St. Louis, above the order of Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel and St. Lazare, and... ... them meditated over in the shades of the Coloseum at Rome, at the foot of St. Mark’s column at Venice, and on the borders of the Arno at Florence, li...

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... beg to offer the following translation: 9 Sir Walter Scott “The curse of St Withold upon these infernal porkers!” said the swine-herd, after blowing... ... ease, altogether regard- less of the voice of their keeper. “The curse of St Withold upon them and upon me!” said Gurth; “if the two-legged wolf snap... ... one of them, it were hard for me to render a reason for a fool speak- ing according to his folly; and the other churl is of that savage, fierce, intr... ...onour for the honour of Ivanhoe. But the wager of battle is complete, even according to the fantas- tic fashions of Norman chivalry—Is it not, Father ... ... the shade of these infer- nal bushes, that I might at least see any of St Nicholas’s clerks before they spring on my shoulders.” Gurth accordingly ha... ...honest fellow,” replied the robber, “I warrant thee; and we worship not St Nicholas so devoutly but what thy thirty zecchins may yet escape, if thou d...

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...way smitten by the charms of the fair Colonel’s wife, and both de- clared, according to the wont of their nation (for who ever yet met a Frenchman, co... ... at the assembly over which she presided; and not only encouraged her son, St. Kitts (his lordship got his place through Lord Steyne’s interest), to f... ... draw- ing-room, listening to the professional singers, who were sing- ing according to their wont, and as if they wished to blow the windows down. An... ... Marquis of Gaunt is still extant, with his hair in powder and a pink rib- bon, in a Roman shape, as it was called, enacting the part of Cato in Mr. A... ...t Colonel Crawley would be all day after one o’clock at the Regent Club in St. James’s Street—not at home. The fat red-faced man looked after him with... ...he other a stunted little woman with a dark face, ornamented by a fine new bon- net and white ribbons, and in a smart pelisse, with a rich gold 90 V ... ...f the Garter, of the Golden Fleece of Spain, of the Russian Order of Saint Nicholas of the First Class, of the Turkish Order of the Cres- cent, First ...

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...ready-witted domestic. —’Let him be sent for, directly.’ The real shepherd accordingly was brought from the hill, and as there was time to tutor him b... ...nomi- nation, was the result of no common research or selection, although, according to the example of my predecessors, I had only to seize upon the m... ...nued, ‘I remember well to have seen one that knew and loved him. Miss Lucy St. Aubin lived and died a maid for his sake, though one of the most beauti... ...r have shot nor hunted with less skill, and he might have made the roof of St. Stephen’s echo to longer orations than were com- prised in those zealou... ...teration in the last two lines.] Here lifting up his eyes, which had hither&o been fixed in observing how his feet kept time to the tune, he beheld Wa... ...h ease, though he could not affect cordiality. The Major was somewhat of a bon vivant, and his wine was excellent. He told his old campaign stories, a... ... for his guilt as a rebel, and that he was condemned and executed. NOTE 3.—NICHOLAS AMHURST Nicholas Amhurst, a noted political writer, who conducted ... ...compensation for homicide. Bodach, spectre. Bodle, farthing. Bogle, bogey. Bon vivant, a lover of good fare. Boune, make ready. Brander, broil. Braw, ...

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...ir walks, and finally leading Clarence off after Punch into the Rookery of St. Giles’s, where she could not follow, because Emily was in her charge. T... ...fearless, dashed to the rescue of a boy under whom the ice had bro- ken in St. James’ Park, and held him up till assistance came? Martyn, who was with... ...and Bristol, from each of which places it was about half a day’s distance, according to the measures of those times. It was a sort of banishment to pe... ... with dark blue leather and cloth, picked out with blue and yellow lace in accordance with our liveries, and was a gorgeous spectacle. I am afraid Emi... ... him on our hands all the afternoon?’ ‘ And we might get the new number of Nicholas Nickleby.’ N.B. Perhaps it was Oliver T wist or The Old Curiosity ... ...- nate and reply to. Emily sat very still, her head bent under her shading bon- net—I think she was trying to keep back tears for the soli- tary exile...

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...ow to dress cuts, burns, scalds, and bruises, and how to set broken limbs. Accordingly, they taught themselves, and one another, a great variety of us... ... his court at Chester, and went on the river Dee to visit the monastery of St. John, the eight oars of his boat were pulled (as the people used to del... ... having it in her power to do any more evil, then retired from court, and, accord ing, to the fashion of the time, built churches and monasteries, to... ...ere terribly liable to sudden death in those days), and had been buried in St. Paul’s Cathedral. The A Child’s Histroy of England 54 King might possi... ...ur, until an English ship, carrying a hundred and fifty men and called the Nicholas of the Tower, came alongside his little vessel, and ordered him on... ...iament rejoined, No; and the citizens illuminated their houses and lighted bon fires, in token of their joy that all these plots and troubles were to...

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...before his accession to the throne. This great pile was reared, therefore, according to M. de la Saussaye, as a souvenir de premieres amours! It is ce... ... a wall, against 37 Henry James the top of which, in 1498, Charles VIII., according to an accepted tradition, knocked his head to such good pur- pose... ...cale, is strange and striking. Begun by Philip Augustus, and terminated by St. Louis, the Chateau d’Angers has of course a great deal of history. The ... ...iers (for my prevision of Notre Dame la Grande and of the little temple of St. John was of the dimmest), I ought to have stopped at Angouleme for the ... ...orridors, a queer old open-air vestibule, into which the diligence, in the bon temps, used to penetrate, and an hospitality more expressive than that ... ...rit, or the Hotel- Dieu, simply, as they call it there, founded in 1443 by Nicholas Rollin, Chancellor of Burgundy. It is adminis- tered by the sister... ...nd Roger van der Weyden,—given to the hospital in the fifteenth century by Nicholas Rollin aforesaid. I learned, however, to my dismay, from a sympath...

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...propriation of your individual house, the Messrs. TICKNOR, REED, & FIELDS, accord- ing to the amplest extent of any power to make such a transfer that... ...e inverse pro- cess of publication through an influence spreading upwards. According to the way here described, the papers now pre- sented to the publ... ... that have at all succeeded in engaging the attention of men, are those of St. Augustine and of Rousseau. The very idea of breathing a record of human... ...e. Impassioned, therefore, should be the tenor of the composition. Now, in St. Augustine’s Confes- sions is found one most impassioned passage, viz., ... ... his capture, Lord Edward Fitzgerald was appre- hended at the house of Mr. Nicholas Murphy, a merchant in Dublin, but after a very desperate resistanc... ...hic Sketches resemblances in Mr. Williams’s features to those of the Bour- bon and Austrian families. The most pathetic fact is that of the idiocy com...

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...w drawn close over the ears and fastened beneath his chin with a black rib bon. The top of the cap was surmounted with the tail of the animal whose sk... ...hat of New York. He had served with fidelity and courage, and having been, according to the custom of the provinces, intrusted with commands much supe... ...y another of private 24 The Pioneers munificence, that, however little it accorded with prudence, was in perfect conformity with the simple integrity... ... in future to speak and act for themselves. CHAPTER III “All that thou see’st is Natures handiwork; Those rocks that upward throw their mossy brawl Li... ... I see thee in thy winding-sheet walking by my bedside to-night. What say’ st thou, Bess? Am I compos men- tis or not? Fit to charge a grand jury, or,... ...will be a visit from Santa Claus* to-night.” *The periodical visits of St. Nicholas, or Santa Claus, as he is termed, were never forgotten among the i... ... New England brought in the opinions and usages of the Puritans, like the “bon homme de Noel.” he arrives at each Christmas. 44 The Pioneers The blac...

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...amer. “Indeed, the narwhal is armed with a sort of ivory sword, a halberd, according to the expression of certain natural- ists. The principal tusk ha... ...g without its helm. Conseil argued on this supposition, and laid his plans accordingly. This quiet boy was perfectly self-pos- sessed. We then decided... ...mistakable traces of the wrecks. On the 15th of May, 1824, his vessel, the St. Patrick, passed close to Tikopia, one of the New Hebrides. There a Lasc... ... wreck. And they had learned from a whaler that some medals and a cross of St. Louis had been found in the hands of some savages of Louisiade and New ... ...did not appear again. “Do not be uncomfortable,” said Captain Nemo. “It is Nicholas of Cape Matapan, surnamed Pesca. He is well known in all the Cycla... ...ng between Sicily and the coast of Tunis. In the narrow space between Cape Bon and the Straits of Messina the bottom of the sea rose almost sud- denly...

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...the leading incidents in Montaigne’s life seemed, in the presence of Bayle St. John’s charming and able biography, an attempt as difficult as it was u... ...nd twelve o’clock in the day, the last of February 1533, at the chateau of St. Michel de Montaigne. His father, Pierre Eyquem, esquire, was successive... ... was, as he informs us himself, the highest honour of the French noblesse. According to Lacroix du Maine, Montaigne, upon the death of his eldest brot... ...says at the very outset of his retirement from public engagements; for as, according to his own account, observes the President Bouhier, he cared neit... ...nments, and services done to the crown of France by this famous constable? Nicholas Denisot—[Painter and poet, born at Le Mans,1515.]—never concerned ...

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...ys, the months, and the years. At exactly half-past eleven Mr. Fogg would, according to his daily habit, quit Saville Row, and repair to the Reform. ... ...r guilty of the inexactness of appearing at this unaccus- tomed hour; for, according to rule, he was not due in Saville Row until precisely midnight. ... ...er arms, her naked feet smeared with mud, her head covered with a wretched bon- net, from which hung a tattered feather, and her shoulders shrouded in... ...ed the Hudson in the Jersey City ferryboat, and drove in a carriage to the St. Nicholas Hotel, on Broad- way. Rooms were engaged, and the night passed... ...he Hudson in the Jersey City ferryboat, and drove in a carriage to the St. Nicholas Hotel, on Broad- way. Rooms were engaged, and the night passed, br... ...ast eight. To disembark from the Henrietta, jump into a hack, hurry to the St. Nicholas, and return with Aouda, Passepartout, and even the inseparable... ...eight. To disembark from the Henrietta, jump into a hack, hurry to the St. Nicholas, and return with Aouda, Passepartout, and even the inseparable Fix...

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...tters. You are returning, perhaps, to your duty?” “No, monsieur, I have no duty for to-day, except the pleasure of remaining with you. The prince kind... ... in the second and with a little oeil de boeuf in the third. On the sides of this triangle had recently been constructed a parallelogram of considerab... ... murmured the young man. “What! arrest you, my most faithful servant?” “Y es, my lord.” “And notwithstanding you had signed the name Parry?” “To all m... ...anybody was near, and then returned. “Sire,” said he, “your majesty has kindly remembered that I lent assistance to the very noble and very unfortunat... ... A man of good appearance, wearing a white apron, and stroking his gray mustache with a large hand, uttered a cry of joy on per- ceiving the pied hors... ...ss acceptable than ever. But the bulletin which followed entirely changed the face of things. Mazarin could 341 Dumas no longer breathe at all, and c... ...at consequence is that to me?” “Yes, but what she said to her coachman is of conse- quence to you.” “Kind heaven!” cried the marquise, “what was that?...