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...the smallest of the old surviv- ing village houses in the tail of the High Street had a sub- merged air, an air of hiding from something that was look... ...or it.When they had made up the pavement of the High 6 The War in the Air Street, they levelled that up so that one had to go down three steps into t... ... sage, they kept up a perpetual summer lightning and thun- derstorm in the street below. Presently the English Channel was bridged—a series of great i... ...considerable turn for reticence, that wanted things personal indeed in the modern fashion. Yet not too personal. It was embarrassing, I say, to be ine... ...p. It would have been obviously out of place there. The shop was much more modern than their former one, and had a plate- glass front. “Sooner or late... ...e. Now by a curious accident he found himself lifted out of his marvellous modern world for a time, out of all the rush and confused appeals of it, an... ...he wilderness about them. They built and tended a ring of perpetual fires, gangs roamed for brushwood and met with wolves, and the wounded men and the...

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...yself could have a solitary road to traverse between Greenhay and Princess Street, then the termination, on that side, of Manchester. But so it was. O... ..., then the termination, on that side, of Manchester. But so it was. Oxford Street, like its name- sake in London, was then called the Oxford Road; and... ...tructions. One sole cotton factory had then risen along the line of Oxford Street; and this was close to a bridge, which also was 54 Thomas de Quince... ...Lord M. is memorable chiefly for his craze about the degeneracy of us poor moderns, when compared with the men of pagan an- tiquity; which craze itsel... ...But travel into the forests of the Pyrenees, and there you will find their modern representatives in the Cagots. Are these Pyrenean Cagots pagans? Not... ...- ger hearts; and it contained a population the most energetic even in the modern world—how much more so, therefore, by comparison with any race in an... ...wo trials to orga- nize, two storms of anxiety to face, and two refractory gangs to discipline, instead of one. It must also be conceded that no treas...

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...edly, about half a mile from my house, walking down the middle of a public street, attended by a pretty large crowd, and spontaneously exhibiting the ... ...d for some debts of his, and she, with two small children, turned into the streets a begging. It is a circumstance not to be forgotten, that she was v... ...an was hanged for the comfort and satisfaction of shop keepers in Ludgate Street. When brought to receive sen tence, she behaved in such a frantic m... ...g heir, flaunting in stucco and or namental work, and all the vanities of modern days,—in this quarter, and in a street of this description, the busi... ...s by scores, it was a purer place, with farm houses nearer to it than many modern Londoners would readily believe, and lovers’ walks at no great dista... ...f the house, and having at either end a great bay window, as large as many modern rooms; in which some few panes of stained glass, emblazoned with fra... ... the nailed and plated door: the sparks flew off in showers; men worked in gangs, and at short intervals relieved each other, that all their strength ...

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.... But Washing- ton is but a ragged, unfinished collection of unbuilt broad streets, as to the completion of which there can now, I imagine, be but lit... ...taking that map with him in his journeyings, a man may lose himself in the streets, not as one loses one’s self in London, between Shoreditch and Russ... ...the whole length of the city, and is inserted on the maps as a full- blown street, about four miles in length. Go there, and you will find yourself no... ...e mean little brick chimneys at the left hand as one walks in, attached to modern bakeries, which have been con- structed in the basement for the use ... ...ll, what would it be even then as compared with one of the great pyramids? Modern at- tempts cannot bear comparison with those of the old world in sim... ...e of the old world in simple vastness. But in lieu of simple vastness, the modern world aims to achieve either beauty or utility. By the Washington mo... ... of tribulation came, and the snow was picked up and carted out of Boston. Gangs of men, standing shoulder to shoulder, were at work along the chief s...

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...o not merely want to stop this war. I want to nail down war in its coffin. Modern war is an intolerable thing. It is not a thing to trifle with in thi... ...d, as I hate some horrible infectious disease. The new war, the war on the modern level, is her invention and her crime. I perceive that on our side a... ...self to a statement that Bloch has been justified in his theory that under modern conditions the de- fensive wins. There were excellent reasons, and G... ... for the next thrust. The roads under all this traffic remained wonderful; gangs of men were everywhere repairing the first onset of wear, and Italy i... ... search lovingly for the Ger- man batteries. As one walks about the silent streets one hears, “Bang—Pheeee—woooo” and then far away “dump.” One 47 H ... ... They play cards and gossip and sleep in the shadows, and may not walk the streets. I had one glimpse of a dark crowded cellar. Now and then one sees ... ...e pavement, mindful of the spying German sau- sage balloon in the air. The streets are strangely quite and grass grows between the stones. The Hotel d...

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...n one—the worst of all. Oh! she was perfect past all parallel — Of any modern female saint’s comparison; So far above the cunning powers of he... ...n fifty rhymes,’ They make you dread that they ‘ll recite them too; In gangs of fifty, thieves commit their crimes; At fifty love for love i... ...ender cases, is enough; Silence is best, besides there is a tact (That modern phrase appears to me sad stuff, But it will serve to keep my v... ...! I hear Alfonso’s hurrying feet— Day has not broke—there ‘s no one in the street: Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 36 None can say that this was n... ...eyes were eloquent, her words would pose, Although she told him, in good modern Greek, With an Ionian accent, low and sweet, That he was faint... ...lways is complaining of his lot, Forsooth, scarce fit for ballads in the street; In lovers’ parts his passion more to breathe, Having no heart... ... as fast as I was able, I found the military commandant Stretch’d in the street, and able scarce to pant. Poor fellow! for some reason, surely b...

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...as then: the white town drowsing in the sunshine of a summer’s morning; the streets empty, or pretty nearly so; one or two clerks sitting in front of... ... empty, or pretty nearly so; one or two clerks sitting in front of the Water Street stores, with their splint bottomed chairs tilted back against the ... ...itizen; he would refer casually to occasions when he “was coming down Fourth Street,” or when he was “passing by the Planter’s House,” or when there w... ... dwelling house architecture. The fine new homes are noble and beautiful and modern. They stand by them selves, too, with green lawns around them; wh... ...pped out a sudden, ‘See you again, gents!’ and shoved. Often and often I saw gangs of ladies promenading the streets, looking as cheerful as you pleas... ...d clubs in the city now—several of them but recently organized— and inviting modern style pleasure resorts at West End and Spanish Fort. The telephone... ...ged in an attic; live in a swell house now, with a mansard roof, and all the modern inconveniences.” “Does a coffin pay so well. Is there much profit ...

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...t was all but finished and read, “S. Behrman, Real Estate, Mortgages, Main Street, Bonneville, Opposite the Post Office.” On the horse-trough that sto... ... went on, remounting his bicycle, wheeling si- lently through the deserted streets of the decayed and dying Mexican town. It was the hour of the siest... ... leaving the restaurant and the Plaza behind him, held on through the main street of the drowsing town—the street that farther on developed into the r... ... taken a notion that a practical knowledge of law was indispens- able to a modern farmer. In eight months he did the work 21 Frank Norris of three ye... ...ndition for ploughing, and Annixter, Broderson, and Osterman all had their gangs at work. Thus, Vanamee was vastly surprised to find Los Muertos idle,... ...rgy of the Public and the aggression of the T rust, the two great evils of modern America. Pres, my boy, there is your epic poem ready to hand.” But C...

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... in Frankfort. I had brought from home a box containing a thousand very cheap cigars. By way of experiment, I stepped into a little shop in a queer ol... ...or the uniforms of the soldiers, they were new- ness and brightness carried to perfection. One could never detect a smirch or a grain of dust upon the... ...ed or spoke any more but only waited. In a short time the shrill piping of a coming train was heard, and immediately groups of people began to gather ... ... for fun, and duels between men in earnest, are very different affairs.] CHAPTER VIII The Great French Duel I Second Gambetta in a Terrific Duel MUCH ... ...plaints to make against any one. I acted for myself, and I can stand the consequences. Without boasting, I think I may say I am not afraid to stand be... ... flame. The ragged knight stole warily to a good position, then he unslung his cylindrical knapsack—which was simply the com- mon fire-extinguisher kn... ... attending to business. CHAPTER XLIV I Scale Mont Blanc—by Telescope AFTER BREAKFAST, THAT next morning in Chamonix, we went out in the yard and watch...

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..., on which the writer may congratulate himself, is the forecast that under modern con- ditions it would be quite impossible for any great general to e... ...me one should invade his glowing sphere of enthusiasm. He went through the streets with a rapt face, like a saint who sees visions. He had arms dispro... ... means of travel from one part of Lon- don to another, and walked up Heath Street from the tube station to the open heath. He found it a gully of plan... ... current civilisation, saw these changes with regret. He had come up Heath Street perhaps a thou- sand times, had known the windows of all the little ... ...e—the invention of two among the brilliant galaxy of Bengali inventors the modernisation of Indian thought was producing at this time—which was used c... ...urts and the legislatures of the world were struggling desperately to meet modern demands with devices and pro- cedures, conceptions of rights and pro... ... the old labour experts who had survived until the new time witnesses, ‘as gangs of emi- grant workers in a new land.’ And now it was that the social ... ...he ports; the burnt, deserted cities be- come the ruinous hiding-places of gangs of robbers. We might have been brigands in a shattered and attenuated...

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...oor devil of a Sub-Sub appears to have gone through the long V aticans and street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales ... ...i and the Sperma Ceti Whale. Vide His V .E. “Like Spencer’s Talus with his modern flail He threatens ruin with his ponderous tail. ... Their fixed jav... ...a strong moral principle to prevent me from deliberately stepping into the street, and methodically knock- ing people’s hats off—then, I account it hi... ...es by coral reefs—commerce surrounds it with her surf. Right and left, the streets take you waterward. Its extreme downtown is the battery, where that... ...ning here. By all accounts Tarshish could have been no other city than the modern Cadiz. That’s the opinion of learned men. And where is Cadiz, shipma... ...ient days, when the Atlantic was an almost unknown sea. Because Joppa, the modern Jaffa, shipmates, is on the most easterly coast of the Mediterranean... ...Besides, it was the stronger men in the Town-Ho that had been divided into gangs, taking turns at the pumps; and being the most athletic seaman of the... ...n of them all, Steelkilt had been regularly assigned captain of one of the gangs; conse- quently he should have been freed from any trivial business n...

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...ountry, going about his many affairs followed by respectful glances in the modernized streets of Sulaco, calling on the widow of the cargador, attendi... ...ng about his many affairs followed by respectful glances in the modernized streets of Sulaco, calling on the widow of the cargador, attending the Lodg... ...fter her, ‘Look at the Rubia! Look at the Rubiacita!’ They call out in the streets. She is timid.” “And you? You are not timid—eh?” the father pro- no... ...had been lying for ages ensconced behind its natural barriers, re- pelling modern enterprise by the precipices of its mountain range, by its shallow h... ...ces at the beginning of the troubles, the “most heroic military exploit of modern times.” About the same time, too, his brother had turned up from Eur... ... of Sulaco, adorning with clusters of pretty faces the balconies along the Street of the Con- stitution, when they saw him pass, with his limping gait... ...un- welcome partner, which is one or another of the high and mighty robber gangs that run the Costaguana Government. What do you think, Mr. Gould, eh?... ...ps pounding to powder the treasure rock on the plateau below. The heads of gangs, distinguished by brass medals hanging on their bare breasts, mar- 9... .... In the harbour he learned that no one slept on the island. The labouring gangs returned to port every evening, sing- ing chorus songs in the empty l...

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...verpool, now half a century ago, I saw under the shadow of the great dingy street-wall of Prince’s Dock (an obstruction long since removed) a common s... ...s- toric character or incident of antiquity as that he would cite from the moderns. He seemed unmindful of the cir- 23 Herman Melville cumstance that... ...sh in the matter of keeping up the muster- rolls, that not only were press-gangs notoriously abroad both afloat and ashore, but there was little or no... ...mplexion and curled flaxen locks, exclaimed, “Angles” (meaning English the modern derivative) “Angles do you call them? And is it because they look so...

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..., Your most obliged, and most obedient humble servant, HENRY FIELDING. Bow Street, Dec. 2, 1751. AMELIA VOL. I BOOK I Chapter i. Chapter i. Chapter i.... ...s I well can, with the watchmen in our metropolis, who, being to guard our streets by night from thieves and robbers, an of- fice which at least requi... ...ecure the persons and houses of his majesty’s subjects from the attacks of gangs of young, bold, stout, desperate, and well-armed villains. Quae non v... ...d criminal was a poor woman, who was taken 14 Amelia up by the watch as a street-walker. It was alleged against her that she was found walking the st... ... heroine of the tender sex, which his- tory, sacred or profane, ancient or modern, false or true, hath recorded. We desire such critics to remember th... ...er one single instance in all the Greek and Roman story. In short, it is a modern custom, introduced by barbarous nations since 366 Amelia the times ... ...accepting a challenge with the Christian religion, or refusing it with the modern notion of honour. “And you must allow it, doctor,” said he, “to be a...

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...old you so!—Foolhardy man, to suppose, be- cause we have constables in the streets of big cities, we have dismissed the highwayman to limbo. And here ... ...he wretch: for he who can attest a villany is best qualified to punish it. Gangs from the metropolis found him too determined and alert for their spor... ..., like waves against a sea-wall, learned dictionary words giving a hand to street- 20 Beauchamp’s Career slang, and accents falling on them haphazard... ...self for a romantic figure, he despises the po- mades and curling-irons of modern romance, its shears and its labels: in fine, every one of those posi... ...inst the hubbub of a noisy people, much too young to remain sceptical of a modern people’s enthusiasm for war while journals were testifying to it dow... ... to the 42 Beauchamp’s Career Accademia, and mused on the golden Venetian streets of Carpaccio: she must have an open gondola to decorate in his mann... ...d murders ev- ery instrument in the attempt. But it’s convenient, like our modern civilization—a taming and a diminishing of indi- viduals for an insi...

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...y Rich—one of the hands belonging to the sloop—to my new home in Alliciana street, near Gardiner’s ship-yard, on Fell’s Point. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Auld,... ...ck buildings; with troops of hostile boys ready to pounce upon me at every street corner; with new and strange objects glaring upon me at every step, ... ...tation was a more de- sirable place of residence than my home on Alliciana street, in Baltimore. My country eyes and ears were confused and bewildered... ...and as pure. “You are the man, the Moses, raised up by God, to deliver his modern Israel from bondage,” was the spontaneous feeling of my heart, as I ... ... aroused by the dead, heavy footsteps and the piteous cries of the chained gangs that passed our door. The anguish of my boyish heart was intense; and... ...ghty force? What is its history? and what is its destiny? Is it ancient or modern, transient or permanent? Has it turned aside, like a stranger and a ...

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................................................... 187 ROSALIND AND HELEN: A MODERN ECLOGUE ............................................................... ...his kind have been discarded, and his spelling reversed in accordance with modern usage. All weak preterite-forms, whether indicatives or participles,... ...of late become generally available. If Shelley is less fortunate than most modern poets in the purity of his text, he is more fortunate than many in t... ...The tyrants of the Golden City tremble At voices which are heard about the streets; The ministers of fraud can scarce dissemble The lies of their own ... ... No living thing was there beside one woman, Whom I found wandering in the streets, and she Was withered from a likeness of aught human ... ...t, Might, as he judged, confirm his failing sway. Therefore throughout the streets, the Priests he sent To curse the rebels.—To their gods did they Fo... ...nst the oppressors, and every one of those ringleaders of the privi- leged gangs of murderers and swindlers, called Sovereigns, look to each other for...

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...had once given him a complete suit of Hindu kit, the costume of a lowcaste street boy, and Kim stored it in a secret place under some baulks in Nila R... ... dost thou go?’ The Curator smiled at the mix ture of old world piety and modern progress that is the note of India today. ‘As soon as may be. I foll... ... with authority, ‘was Sikander Julkarn [Alexander the Great]. He paved the streets of Jullundur and built a great tank near Umballa. That pavement hol... ... the World thou and thy yellow man.’ The old soldier ambled up the village street, all shadowy in the dawn, on a punt, scis sor hocked pony. ‘Last ni... ...ge, they had heard, for a hundred miles; where folk went about stealing in gangs, and what the robbers spared the Po lice carried utterly away. So th...

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...and, with a set of subordinate characters from the elegantes of Queen Anne Street East, or the dashing heroes of the Bow Street Office? I could procee... ...l meet in the following pages neither a romance of chivalry, nor a tale of modern manners; that my hero will neither have iron on his shoulders, as of... ... of yore, nor on the heels of his boots, as is the present fashion of Bond Street; and that my damsels will neither be clothed ‘in purple and in pall,... ...ld ballad, nor reduced 9 Sir Walter Scott to the primitive nakedness of a modern fashionable at a rout. From this my choice of an era the understandi... ...us the coat-of-mail of our ancestors, and the triple-furred pelisse of our modern beaux, may, though for very different reasons, be equally fit for th... ...t any respect for regularity, on each side of & straggling kind of unpaved street, where children, almost in a primitive state of nakedness, lay spraw... ...rselves.’ ‘But, with your force, you might soon destroy, or put down, such gangs as that of Donald Bean Lean.’ ‘Yes, doubtless; and my reward would be... ...my servant shall seek them elsewhere.’ ‘ Aweel! Your servant?—and what for gangs he not forward wi’ you himsell?’ 189 Sir Walter Scott Waverley had b... ...the Colonel, ye never saw tie like. 379 Sir Walter Scott And now the word gangs, the Colonel is to be tried, and to suffer wi’ them that were ta’en a...

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...nty-six, and Gudrun twenty-five. But both had the re- mote, virgin look of modern girls, sisters of Artemis rather than of Hebe. Gudrun was very beaut... ...two girls were soon walking swiftly down the main road of Beldover, a wide street, part shops, part dwelling- houses, utterly formless and sordid, wit... ...t, through the whole sordid gamut of pettiness, the long amorphous, gritty street. She was ex- posed to every stare, she passed on through a stretch o... ...o absolutely ordinary, so perfectly commonplace and like the person in the street, that you re- ally are a masterpiece of humanity, not the person in ... ...out to one another, or crossing to meet one another, or standing in little gangs and circles, discussing, endlessly discussing. The sense of talk, buz... ...re stationed sentries with guns. Gerald stood near them in delight, whilst gangs of derisive miners strolled up and down the lanes, calling and jeerin... ...g—’ said Hermione. ‘It seems to me purely spontaneous and beauti- ful, the modern Italian’s passion, for it is a passion, for Italy, L’Italia—’ ‘Do yo... ... the past perpetuated on top of you, horrible. And if you have a per- fect modern house done for you by Poiret, it is something else perpetuated on to...