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............................................................ 170 CHAPTER IX – JOHN KNOX AND HIS RELATIONS TO WOMEN .................................. 190... ... best of the comparison. There is now a Villon Society in England; and Mr. John Payne has translated him entirely into English, a task of un- usual di... ...ed over in silence the influences of his home and his father. That father, William Burnes, after having been for many years a gardener, took a farm, m... ...vigorous talk. Nothing is more characteristic of the class in general, and William Burnes in particular, than the pains he took to get proper schoolin... ... the prose style of Robert; that of Gilbert need surprise us no less; even William writes a remarkable letter for a young man of such slender opportun... ... of his nature into his work, and impregnate it from end to end. If Doctor Johnson, that stilted and accomplished stylist, had lacked the sacred Boswe... ...ic attitude in life of his fellow-creatures. He shows himself throughout a sterling humanist. Indeed, he who loves himself, not in idle vanity, but wi... ...is taken with Pen’s merriment and loose songs, but not less taken with the sterling worth of Coventry. He is jolly with a drunken sailor, but listens ... ...ighteenth. But it is more just and prof- itable to recognise what there is sterling and human under- neath all his theoretical affectations of superio...

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...en saved for the child, except a few books with her parents’ names in them—John Allen and Caroline Otway—which she still kept as her chief trea- sures... ...HAPTER II THE CHICKENS THE CHICKENS THE CHICKENS THE CHICKENS THE CHICKENS John Gilpin’s spouse said to her dear, “Though wedded we have been These t... ...e. He was reading on, undisturbed by the pranks of three younger children, John Lucas, a lithe, wiry, restless elf of nine, with a brown face and blac... ...onour; and besides Rob was her eldest, and she had credited him with every sterling virtue. Jessie and Johnny stood aghast. They had only meant to de-... ...CE Soldier now and servant true; Earth behind and heaven in view. —Isaac Williams. MARMADUKE Alwyn EVELYN, Viscount Fordham, was the fourth bearer o...

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...om. It was actually fancied, at that period, that New England might have a John Rogers of her own to take the place of that wor- thy in the Primer. “T... ..., were prisoners, and long ere it was known that James had abdicated, King William was proclaimed throughout New England. But where was the Gray Champ... ... duly crowned, and the Lord of Misrule bore potent sway. On the Eve of St. John, they felled whole acres of the forest to make bonfires, and danced by... ...f light and idle mirth makers, amongst us and our pos- terity. Amen, saith John Endicott.” “Amen!” echoed his followers. But the votaries of the Maypo... ...ered town, had been invited to a masked ball; for it was the policy of Sir William Howe to hide the distress and danger of the 129 Hawthorne period, ... ...off my cleri- cal wig and band.” “Not so, good Doctor Byles,” answered Sir William Howe; “if mirth were a crime, you had never gained your doctorate i... ...ing a purse into her hands. “King George’s head on these golden guineas is sterling yet, and will continue so, I warrant you, even should the rebels c...

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...Preface: In making this abridgement of Boswell?s Life of Johnson I have omitted most of Boswell?s criticisms, comments, and notes, all of Johnson?s opinions in legal cases, most of the letters, and parts of the conversation dealing with matters which were of greater importance in B...

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...svenor Osgood A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charl... ...ocument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Life of Johnson by James Boswell, abridged and edited with an introduction by Charl... ... State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Boswell’s Life of Johnson Life of Johnson by James Boswell Boswell’s Life of Johnson Abridged... ...o the honour of the present venerable master of that College, the Reverend William Adams, D.D., who was then very young, and one of the jun- 37 Boswe... ... found the names of Mr. Hawkins the Poetry Pro- fessor, Mr. Shenstone, Sir William Blackstone, and others; not forgetting the celebrated popu- lar pre... ...rticle of the Gentlemen’s Magazine was, for several years, executed by Mr. William Guthrie, a man who deserves to be respectably recorded in the liter... ...bject; and then observed, that surely Johnson must be allowed to have some sterling wit, and that I had heard him say a very good thing of Mr. Foote h... ...full leisure, was very pleasing; especially as I was to accompany a man of sterling good sense, infor- * In one of his manuscript Diaries, there is th...

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...pardon, I only thought, in case you were wish- ing for some one, that Miss Williams will be at liberty shortly.” “I do not imagine Miss Williams is th... ...t I believe the people at the Cliff Cottages are going away, and that Miss Williams might be at liberty.” “Didn’t I know that Grace would come out wit... ...on of the T ouchettomania. We have had him already advertising her.” “Miss Williams!” said Mrs. Curtis. “Yes, she might suit you very well. I believe ... ...saw the errors and exaggerated them, here was one who sank them all in the sterling worth that so few would recognise. The dear old lady forgot all he... ... beginning. We must do what we can. Or stay, it is the last chapter of St. John. I could hardly fail in that. Sit near me, and give me the word if I d...

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...argain that it should sit nowhere. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. TO _________ WILLIAMS, SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845. FRIEND WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court ad... ...esired. Nothing else now. Yours as ever, A. LINCOLN. ABOLITION MOVEMENT TO WILLIAMSON DURLEY. SPRINGFIELD, October 3, 1845 When I saw you at home, it ... ...with so few others. Let me hear from you soon. Yours truly, A. LINCOLN. TO JOHN BENNETT. SPRINGFIELD, Jan. 15, 1846. JOHN BENNETT. FRIEND JOHN: Nathan... ...ours as ever, A. LINCOLN. 18 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two TO WILLIAM H. HERNDON WASHINGTON, December 5, 1847. DEAR WILLIAM:—You may reme... ...one—concurring, as he did generally, with the gentleman from Arkansas [Mr. Johnson] that the postpone- ment might jeopard the safety of the propositio... ...he Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two 1851 LETTERS TO FAMILY MEMBERS TO JOHN D. JOHNSTON. January 2, 1851 DEAR JOHNSTON:—Your request for eighty do... ...sman and friend, and I there- fore wish to say for him that he is a man of sterling integ- rity and as a master mechanic and builder not surpassed by ...

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...his career – The Campbell- Jacksons – Fleeming’s mother – Fleeming’s uncle John. IN THE REIGN OF HENRY VIII., a family of the name of Jenkin, claiming... ...led in the county of Kent. Persons of strong genealogical pinion pass from William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to his contemporary ‘John Jenk... ...ass from William Jenkin, Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, to his contemporary ‘John Jenkin, of the Citie of York, Receiver General of the County,’ and the... ...e. Of their consequence we have proof enough in the fact that not only was William Jenkin (as already mentioned) Mayor of Folkestone in 1555, but no l... ...kable man who was my friend, with the accession of his great- grandfather, John Jenkin. This John Jenkin, a grandson of Damaris Kingsley, of the famil... ...ot marry below him, like his father, his sister, and a certain great-uncle William, it was perhaps because he never married at all. The second brother... ...is remarkable old gentleman’s life, became him like the leaving of it. His sterling, jovial acquiescence in man’s destiny was a delight to Fleeming. ‘...

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...ch illness could com mand, the interest of his mother in law and sisters. Mr. John Dashwood had not the strong feelings of the rest of the family; bu... ...e them comfortable. His father was rendered easy by such an assurance, and Mr. John Dashwood had then leisure to consider how much there might prudent... ...lf; for he was very young when he married, and very fond of his wife. But Mrs. John Dashwood was a strong caricature of himself; — more narrow minded ... ...s exultingly. “Can you, ma’am?” said almost every body. “Yes; it is about Miss Williams, I am sure.” Chapter 13 45 “And who is Miss Williams?” asked ... ...45 “And who is Miss Williams?” asked Marianne. “What! do not you know who Miss Williams is? I am sure you must have heard of her before. She is a rela... ...s so. I would give any thing to know the truth of it. Perhaps it is about Miss Williams — and, by the bye, I dare say it is, because he looked so cons... ...to imprint on Elinor the remembrance of a person and face, of strong, natural, sterling insignificance, though adorned in the first style of fashion. Ma...

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...ht) advised him, ‘Live like me.’ As well his Grace replied, ‘Like you, Sir John? That I can do, when all I have is gone.’ Resolve me, Reason, which of... ...y worldly goods and treasures mine? Sir, I’m no fool; nor shall you, by St John, Have goods and body to yourself alone. One you shall quit, in spite o... ...d. Approach: but awful! lo! the Aegerian grot, 70 Where, nobly-pensive, St John sate and thought; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And th... ...books of high renown. 2 Beware of Latin authors all! Nor think your verses sterling, Though with a golden pen you scrawl, And scribble in a berlin: 3 ... ...itorem, obscuris lucem, fastiditis gratiam.—I am Your most humble servant, William Cleland. 133 ST JAMES’S, Dec. 22, 1728. 170 The Poetical Works of ... ...ing song.’ To the same tune also singeth that learned clerk of Suffolk, MR WILLIAM BROOME. ‘Thus, nobly rising in fair Virtue’s cause, From thy own li... ...tes, for his diversions and amusements; 220 to Horace, Montaigne, and Sir William T emple for an elegant vanity that maketh them for ever read and ad...

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...cked at his impiety, “you have then forgot that Christ was baptised by St. John.” “Friend,” replies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ ind... ...lies the mild Quaker once again, “swear not; Christ indeed was baptised by John, but He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ,... ...t He himself never baptised anyone. We are the disciples of Christ, not of John.” I pitied very much the sincerity of my worthy Quaker, and was absolu... ...n England LETTER IV.—ON THE QUAKERS A BOUT THIS TIME arose the illustrious William Penn, who established the power of the Quakers in America, and woul... ...ice-Admiral Penn, favourite of the Duke of York, afterwards King James II. William Penn, at twenty years of age, happening to meet with a Quaker in Co... ...n Cork, whom he had known at Oxford, this man made a proselyte of him; and William being a sprightly youth, and naturally eloquent, having a winning a... ...r, though born in a court, and to an estate of five or six thousand pounds sterling a year, was never so proud or so indolent as to lay aside the happ... ...as the Parliament of Great Britain have promised a reward of 20,000 pounds sterling to any person who may discover the longitude, they should never ha...

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...ent that it had for me: and that from a man cleaning a byre! Y ou see what John Knox and his schools have done. SA TURDAY . – This has been a charming... ...was out of the humour. Only, I am beginning to see some- thing great about John Knox and Queen Mary: I like them both so much, that I feel as if I cou... ... and a half: she speaks six languages. She and her sister (aet. 8) and May Johnstone (aet. 8) are the delight of my life. Last night I saw them all da... ...e at the same moment. For this refection he pays ten cents., or five pence sterling (0 pounds, 0s. 5d.). Half an hour later, the inhabitants of Bush S... ...e procured for the sum of four bits, alias fifty cents., 0 pounds, 2s. 2d. sterling. The wine is put down in a whole bottleful, and it is strange and ... ...I want Benjamin Franklin and the Art of Virtue to follow; and perhaps also William Penn, but this last may be perhaps delayed for another volume – I t... ...uld labour to combine. Here should I gallop down the race, Here charge the sterling like a bull; There, as a man might wipe his face, Lie, pleased and... ...bject smiles widely on the world:– 1830: A Chapter of Artistic History, by William Ernest Henley (or Of Socail and Artistic History, as the thing migh... ... ished Autobiography reaching up to the first performance of King John. By William Shakespeare. 2. The journals and Private Correspondence of David, K...

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...ope, still with spirit, the battle was fought by none more bravely than by John Newbold Gresham of Greshamsbury, the member for Barsetshire. Fate, how... ..., and the Duke of Wellington were adverse, and in the following Parliament John Newbold Gresham was only member for East Barsetshire. Whether or not i... ... than precept that the time has come when the familiar Charles or familiar John must by them be laid aside; the ‘lucky dogs’, and hints of silver spoo... ...than it was. The castle itself was a huge brick pile, built in the days of William III, which, though they were grand for days of the construction of ... ...nd being—were these things nothing? Were they to be weighed against pounds sterling per annum? and, when so weighed, were they ever to kick the beam l...

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...re that, in Alexander-the-Great-o-nopolis, there lived a gentle- man named John Smith (if I rightly remember), who for many years had there quietly gr... ...always, since that time, been forced to look upon 18 Poe in Five V olumes John Smith, who is still alive, in the light of a salamander. I cannot pret... ...en, the puppy! He, Touch-and-go Bullet-head, of Frogpondium, would let Mr. John Smith perceive that he, Bullet-head, could indite, if it so pleased hi... ...so- phers, upon many points of philosophy, are still very unphilosophical. William Godwin, however, says in his “Mandeville,” that “invisible things a... ...n packet is about to run regular trips (fare either way only twenty pounds sterling) be- tween London and Timbuctoo. And who shall calculate the immen... ...Kickapoos are not so very slow at a gouge; but he’s a belied man, that Dr. Williams, after all; you can’t imagine how well I see with the eyes of his ...

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...e, there was one among them who ran more in her thoughts than the rest. It was William whom she talked of most and wanted most to see. William, the el... ... her advocate with her mother (of whom he was the darling) in every distress. “William did not like she should come away — he had told her he should m... ... should come away — he had told her he should miss her very much indeed.” “But William will write to you, I dare say.” “Yes, he had promised he Mansfi... ... that very time about your mother’s dairymaid, by her desire, and had promised John Groom to write to Mrs. Jefferies about his son, and the poor fello... ... got a fancy in her head, nothing can stop her.” Chapter XIII T HE HONOURABLE John Yates, this new friend, had not much to recommend him beyond habit... ...nder the chill, the annihilation of a Mr. — and Mr. Edmund is no more than Mr. John or Mr. Thomas. Well, shall we join and disappoint them of half the... ...talled. Sick of ambitious and mercenary connections, prizing more and more the sterling good of principle and temper, and chiefly anxious to bind by th...

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...which if regained would only be injurious to it. Thus millions on millions sterling will be spent. A heavy debt will be incurred; and the North, which... ...wd I certainly include myself, that it was essentially necessary that Lord John Russell should at that time declare openly what En- gland intended to ... ...fense given by England to the Northern States was this declaration of Lord John Russell’s. But it has been always made evident to me that the sin did ... ...th the surest results. Reticence in this matter was not possible; and Lord John Russell, in making the open avowal which gave such of- fense to the No... ... proper name of the State is Providence Plantation and Rhode Island. Roger Williams was the first founder of the colony, and he established himself on... ...s, fed by railways and steamers, and going ahead quite as quickly as Roger Williams could in his fondest hopes have desired. Rhode Island, as I have s... ... know what more there is left to say. Yes; one word there is to say of Sir William Logan, the creator of the Geological Museum there, and the head of ... ...ation incur out of our pocket annually loss of some half million of pounds sterling for the privilege of doing so, are to inquire the business of ever... ...at a cost 326 North America V ol. 1 of £150 per annum, or ninety millions sterling per annum for the army. Nor did we when we resolved to put down th...

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...assengers with him and his first wife, on the ship Mary 5 U. S. Grant and John, from Dorchester, England, in 1630. Mrs. Rockwell had several children... ...ield and worked for, and lived in the family of a Mr. Brown, the father of John Brown—”whose body lies mouldering in the grave, while his soul goes ma... ...e, while his soul goes marching on.” I have often heard my father speak of John Brown, particu- larly since the events at Harper’s Ferry. Brown was a ... ...n offic- ers and soldiers, I dismounted and went in. I found there Captain Williams, of the Engineer Corps, wounded in the head, probably fatally, and... ...nder the new orders my regiment was transferred to the division of General William Worth, in which I served to the close of the war. The troops withdr... ... Scott of the command of the army in the field and assigning Major-General William O. Butler of Kentucky to the place. This order also released Pillow... ...ered to Jefferson City, the capital of the State, to take command. General Sterling Price, of the Confederate army, was thought to be threatening the ... ...t took the field in person and moved from Jefferson City against Gen- eral Sterling Price, who was then in the State of Missouri with a considerable c... ...h had not yet been brought in to Corinth. On the 13th of September General Sterling Price entered Iuka, a town about twenty miles east of Corinth on t...

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..., whose activity he seemed to mistrust. ‘I have brought your bread, Signor John Baptist,’ said he (they all spoke in French, but the little man 10 Ch... ... might recommend you not to game—’ ‘Y ou don’t recommend the master!’ said John Baptist, show- ing his teeth as he smiled. ‘Oh! but the master wins,’ ... ...t peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel’s in the prison. John Baptist rose and moved towards it, as if it had a good attraction for ... ...his respects, but hesitating whether to come in or not. This is my brother William, sir.’ ‘I hope,’ said Arthur, very doubtful what to say, ‘that my r... ...hough in the old rustic road towards a suburb of note where in the days of William Shakespeare, author and stage-player, there were Royal hunting-seat... ...e leaves. ‘Here you’ll find your- self, as large as life. Amy, daughter of William and Fanny Dorrit. Born, Marshalsea Prison, Parish of St George. And... ...ill honour M. Blandois’ drafts at sight to the extent of, say Fifty Pounds sterling (l50),’ &c. &c. ‘V ery good, sir,’ said Mr Flintwinch. ‘Take a cha...

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... There he might have made the ac- quaintance of the prototype of his Friar John, a brother of the name of Buinart, afterwards Prior of Sermaize. He wa... ... of the fourth and fifth books, and notes. Nineteen years after his death, John Ozell, translator on a large scale of French, Ital- ian, and Spanish a... ...oured his dry bread with the smoke of the roast, and the judgment of Seyny John, truly worthy of Solomon? It comes from the Cento Novelle Antiche, rew... ... oned Whippot, Orlando Furioso, Robert the Devil, Fierabras, 175 Rabelais William without Fear, Huon of Bordeaux, Monteville, and Matabrune: but they... ..., having a mind to deify and extol even to the third heavens the father of William Josseaulme, said no more but this, And he did lend his goods to tho... ...nt that I commemorate unto you the learned and valiant knight and cavalier William of Bellay, late Lord of Langey, who died on the Hill of T arara, th... ...calefaction of the sacred Pantagruelion. For less than a million of pounds sterling, modified, taken down, and amoderated to the twelfth part of one f...

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..., whose activity he seemed to mistrust. ‘I have brought your bread, Signor John Baptist,’ said he (they all spoke in French, but the little man 10 Ch... ... might recommend you not to game—’ ‘Y ou don’t recommend the master!’ said John Baptist, show- ing his teeth as he smiled. ‘Oh! but the master wins,’ ... ...t peeped shrinkingly through the grate, was like an angel’s in the prison. John Baptist rose and moved towards it, as if it had a good attraction for ... ...his respects, but hesitating whether to come in or not. This is my brother William, sir.’ ‘I hope,’ said Arthur, very doubtful what to say, ‘that my r... ...hough in the old rustic road towards a suburb of note where in the days of William Shakespeare, author and stage-player, there were Royal hunting-seat... ...e leaves. ‘Here you’ll find your- self, as large as life. Amy, daughter of William and Fanny Dorrit. Born, Marshalsea Prison, Parish of St George. And... ...ill honour M. Blandois’ drafts at sight to the extent of, say Fifty Pounds sterling (l50),’ &c. &c. ‘V ery good, sir,’ said Mr Flintwinch. ‘Take a cha...

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...nd Dalkeith. Thomas was the forester of Newbattle Park, Gavin was a baker, John a maltman, Francis a chirurgeon, and ‘Schir William’ a priest. In the ... ... Park, Gavin was a baker, John a maltman, Francis a chirurgeon, and ‘Schir William’ a priest. In the feuds of Humes and Heatleys, Cunninghams, Montgom... ...is two young masters for the death of the Bastard of Mellerstanes in 1569. John (‘in Dalkeith’) stood sentry without Holyrood while the banded lords w... ...ry without Holyrood while the banded lords were despatching Rizzio within. William, at the ringing of Perth bell, ran before Gowrie House ‘with ane sw... ...r ane wynds, “Awa hame! ye will all be hangit” ‘ – a piece of advice which William took, and immediately ‘depairtit.’ John got a maid with child to hi... ...it” ‘ – a piece of advice which William took, and immediately ‘depairtit.’ John got a maid with child to him in Biggar, and seemingly deserted her; sh... ...the enjoyment of a pension of a thousand pounds Scots (about eighty pounds sterling) at a time when five hundred pounds is described as ‘an opu- lent ...

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...ertain, the goodness or fineness of the metal, and to have re- sembled the sterling mark which is at present affixed to plate and bars of silver, or t... ...in money, but in kind, that is, in victuals and provi- sions of all sorts. William the Conqueror introduced the custom of paying them in money. This m... ...es, each of which contained a real ounce of good copper. The English pound sterling, in the time of Edward I. contained a pound, Tower weight, of silv... ..., a pound of silver of the same weight and fineness with the English pound sterling. English, French, and Scots pennies, too, contained all of them or... ...ortion to silver. Upon the reformation of the silver coin, in the reign of William III., the price of silver bullion still continued to be somewhat ab... ...r being burdened by such intrud- ers, it was further enacted by the 3rd of William III. that the forty days residence should be accounted only from th... ...to have been the most liberal in grants of this kind to their burghs. King John of England, for example, appears to have been a most munificent benefa... ...accurate and intelli- gent author of the Memoirs of Wool, the Reverend Mr. John Smith, that the price of the best English wool in England, is generall... ...with pieces which had been current before of much greater value. When king John of France, {See Du Cange Glos- sary, voce Moneta; the Benedictine Edit...

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...king hands with him in a cordial and jocose way, “how am you?” “All right, John; all right!” replied the old man. “Here’s Mr. Pip, aged parent,” said ... ...n consider- ing the question whether I ought to restore a couple of pounds sterling to this creature before losing sight of him, and how it could best... ...f the chimney, and the ghostly tumbling open of a little wooden flap with “JOHN” upon it. The old man, following my eyes, 270 Great Expectations crie... ...or tumbled open with “Miss Skiffins” on it; then Miss Skiffins shut up and John tumbled open; then Miss Skiffins and John both tumbled open together, ... ...ving air, and as I was broken by illness and unfit to quarrel, I took it. “William,” said Mr. Pumblechook to the waiter, “put a muf- fin on table. And... ...t – with the air of a benefactor who was resolved to be true to the last. “William,” said Mr. Pumblechook, mournfully, “put the salt on. In happier ti... ...wnfall. “True. The simple fruits of the earth. No. Y ou needn’t bring any, William.” I went on with my breakfast, and Mr. Pumblechook con- 435 Charle...

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...rwards, but I sometimes imagine that I descry a faint reflection of him in John Browdie. In reference to these gentry, I may here quote a few words fr... ... the bulk of his little property, amounting in all to five thousand pounds sterling. As the deceased had taken no further notice of his nephew in his ... ... Nicholas. ‘What of that? Porson was an odd-looking man, and so was Doctor Johnson; all these bookworms are.’ ‘At eight o’clock tomorrow morning, Mr N... ... said Mr Squeers, with a sigh. ‘Just fill that mug up with lukewarm water, William, will you?’ ‘T o the wery top, sir?’ inquired the waiter. ‘Why, the... ...nd looked as cheerful as he could. ‘Oh! that’ s the milk and water, is it, William?’ said Squeers. ‘Very good; don’t forget the bread and butter prese... ...he same. ‘Oh!’ said Squeers: ‘Cobbey’ s grandmother is dead, and his uncle John has took to drinking, which is all the news his sister sends, except e... ...d Sir Mulberry, taking the reins in his hand. ‘Stand out of the way , dog. William, let go her head.’ ‘You had better not,’ cried Nicholas, springing ... ...esses, that Nicholas could not resist it. Among men who have any sound and sterling qualities, there is nothing so contagious as pure openness of hear...

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...uired Nicho- las, tapping at the door of Newman’s front neighbour. ‘Ah, Mr Johnson!’ said Crowl, presenting himself. ‘Wel- come, sir. How well you’re ... ...d Sir Mulberry, taking the reins in his hand. ‘Stand out of the way , dog. William, let go her head.’ ‘Y ou had better not,’ cried Nicholas, springing... ...esses, that Nicholas could not resist it. Among men who have any sound and sterling qualities, there is nothing so contagious as pure openness of hear... ... to get the earliest glimpse of the visitor, as he came upstairs, ‘it’s Mr Johnson! How do you find yourself, sir?’ Nicholas shook hands, kissed his o... ...t-headed from anxiety on similar occasions, and that once, when her little Johnny was born, it was nearly a week before he came to himself again, duri...

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...ights of culture? Or may I remind you that we have some reason to doubt if John the Baptist were gen- teel; and in the case of Peter, on whose career ... ...rom his unwilling landlord a certain sum of money per day– three shillings sterling, according to Naphtali. And frequently they were forced to pay qua... .... 158. *Wodrow’s Church History, Book II. chap. i. sect. I. 59 Lay Morals John Neilson, the Laird of Corsack, a worthy man, was, unfortunately for hi... ...orie of the Holy Warre, fourth ed. 1651. 61 Lay Morals One of the latter, John M’Lellan of Barscob, drew a pistol and shot the corporal in the body. ... ...he fame of some of the great ones of the past. A man, for instance, called William Shakespeare could never dare to write plays. He is thrown into too ... ...of Hamlet. Its own name coming after is such an anti-climax. ‘The plays of William Shakespeare’? says the reader– ‘O no! The plays of William Shakespe... ...isfor- tunes, she felt herself a head and shoulders taller in cheerful and sterling courage. She could walk head in air along the 162 Robert Louis St...

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...th-eastern coast of Africa, about one hundred miles to the eastward of St. John’s river, some quartz crystals with their edges blunted from attrition,... ...ave come to offer you two hundred (paper) dollars (value about five pounds sterling) if you will arrest before a certain time a man who has cheated me... ...ome few of the greater landowners possess from five to ten thousand pounds sterling per annum: an inequality of riches which I believe is not met with... ...hey begin when it is light, and leave off at dark. They are paid one pound sterling a month, and their food is given them: this for breakfast con- sis... ...can crawl out to the stockade and reconnoitre their en- emies. The Rev. W. Williams, who gave me this ac- count, added, that in one Pas he had noticed... ...ome land for agricul- tural purposes. I had been introduced to the Rev. W. Williams, who, upon my expressing a wish, in- vited me to pay him a visit t... ...placed there as if by an enchanter’s wand, was exceedingly pleas- ant. Mr. Williams not being at home, I received in Mr. Davies’s house a cordial welc...

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...rwards, but I sometimes imagine that I descry a faint reflection of him in John Browdie. In reference to these gentry, I may here quote a few words fr... ... the bulk of his little property, amounting in all to five thousand pounds sterling. As the deceased had taken no further notice of his nephew in his ... ... Nicholas. ‘What of that? Porson was an odd-looking man, and so was Doctor Johnson; all these bookworms are.’ ‘At eight o’clock tomorrow morning, Mr N... ... said Mr Squeers, with a sigh. ‘Just fill that mug up with lukewarm water, William, will you?’ ‘T o the wery top, sir?’ inquired the waiter. ‘Why, the... ...nd looked as cheerful as he could. ‘Oh! that’ s the milk and water, is it, William?’ said Squeers. ‘Very good; don’t forget the bread and butter prese... ...he same. ‘Oh!’ said Squeers: ‘Cobbey’ s grandmother is dead, and his uncle John has took to drinking, which is all the news his sister sends, except e...

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...rd: it is grossly to defeat the profound meaning of the New T estament, if John the Baptist is trans- lated as though summoning the world to repentanc... ...ook fiercely at kings, saying—‘D—, who’s afraid?’ pretty much as a regular John Bull, in the lower classes, expresses his independence by defying the ... ...wrong. On the other hand, it is evidently agreeable to philosophy, that I, John Calvin, should shave from the Whig; and yet it might shock Duns or Lom... ...usly overpaid by thirty talents, a sum which exceeded five thousand pounds sterling. And since this particular sum had originally rested on the author... ...his lord was thirty pounds weight of silver [that is, about ninety guineas sterling in English money]—a goodly price for the Saviour of the world to b... ...tunities allowed him to make it. In one thing he was more liberal than Sir William Petty, Dr. Davenant, &c., or any elder economists of the preceding ...

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...ne was brought about by Mr. Pawling, partner in the publishing firm of Mr. William Heinemann. One day Mr. Pawling said to me: “Stephen Crane has arriv... ...n the New Review and later, towards the end of his life, from the late Mr. William Blackwood in his magazine. For the rest I must say that during his ... ...ticulate way the glories of science. Poetry does not play its part. Behold John Keats, skilful with the surgeon’s knife; but when he writes poetry his... ...d wife’s and mother’s senti- ments any more than of the good First Emperor William’s tears, shed so abundantly after every battle, by letter, telegram... ...e; but for all- round competence, he was unequalled. As charac- ter he was sterling stuff. His name was Anderson. He had a fine, quiet face, kindly ey... ...ek somebody who knew Old Andy it would be (of all people in the world) Mr. John Galsworthy. For Mr. John Galsworthy, Andy, and myself have been shipma...

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...ired an interest apart from that by which it first appealed to the public. John Hathorne (as the name was then spelled), the great-grandfather of Nath... ...racter well-known in early Salem annals, was among those who suffered from John Hathorne’s magiste- rial harshness, and he maintained in consequence a... ...ish left daughters, one of whom is said to have married the son of Justice John Hathorne, whom English had declared he would never forgive. It is scar... ...should be willing to earn an honest penny, or, rather, a weighty amount of sterling pounds, from the purse of his father’s deadly enemy. At all events... ...e of our chief rulers, and who may be said to represent 17 Hawthorne King William, in the absence of the governor himself. Call your master instantl... ...me kind or other, about her person, which would insure an obeisance to her sterling gentility, or, at least, a tacit recognition of it. On the other h... ...s brother minis- ters, and the learned judges, and other wise men, and Sir William Phipps, the sagacious governor, made such laud- able efforts to wea...

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...the rate of one million daily;’ which indeed is some fifty thousand pounds sterling: but did he not pro- cure something with it; namely peace and pros... ...ss; revenge, life-weariness, ambition, darkness, putrescence; and, say, in sterling money, three hundred thousand a year,—were this poor Prince once t... ...urke and Toryism eye askance. On thee too, for country’s sake, O Chevalier John Paul, be a word spent, or misspent! In faded naval uniform, Paul Jones... ...ined Hero; and even for the chained Scoundrel, or Semi-scoundrel! Scottish John Knox, such World-Hero, as we know, sat once nevertheless pulling grim-... ...Fifteen Hundred men in King’s pay, at the rate of some ten thousand pounds sterling, per month; what he calls ‘a staff of genius:’ Paragraph- writers,... ... bower thatched with rushes;—catch- ing premature rheumatism. (Helen Maria Williams, Letters from France (London, 1791-93), iii. 96.) Clermont may rin... ...yes says, ‘the veto of scoundrels, ’ Roland veto des coquins. (Helen Maria Williams, iii. 27.)— This is the September Massacre, otherwise called ‘Seve... ... Clermont Vache (huge Cow that she is) disclosing herself (See Helen Maria Williams. Letters, iii. 79-81.) at intervals; flinging off her cloud-blanke... ...orm quenching-regulations, “The ball is in Peter’s house!” “The ball is in John’s!” They divide their lodging and substance with each other; shout Viv...

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...But it reflects not at all upon the high intelligence, the unobtrusive but sterling moral qualities, the tact, dignity, and personal charm of the cent... ... is on the roll of those who have become great in our world. One thinks of John Ruskin, a particularly fine specimen of the highly focussed single son... ...large businesses has raised a portion of this class to the position of Sir John Blundell Maple, Sir Thomas Lipton, the intimate friend of our King, an... ...ps with a penetrating mind—for example, one might try and kidnap Professor William James in his next Sabbatical year—one or two industrious young stud... ...orthy, the principle already established in British so- cial polity by Sir William Vernon Harcourt’s Death Duties, the principle of whittling great pr...

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...med too busy even to spare time for staring at them. They were directed to John T aylor’s house, a low mud cot- tage, very wretched looking, and appar... ...r, gratitude and strong affection for many kindnesses, a reverence for his sterling goodness, and his ex- emption from her own besetting failings, onl... ...Mrs. Ledwich, and, with a profusion of thanks, they took leave. They found John Taylor, just come out of the hospital, looking weak and ill, as he smo... ...ful as to her power over the wild girls. There could not be any doubt that John T aylor was in earnest, and had been worked upon just at the right mom... ...TER XVI CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVI Evans. Peace your tattlings. What is fair, William? William. Pulcher. Quickly. Poulcats! there are fairer things than ...

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... singly to a vigorous and persevering defense. Foreign ministers, says Sir William T emple, who was him- self a foreign minister, elude matters taken ... ...e way of thinking. This spring is the stadtholder.’’ It is remarked by Sir William T emple, “that in the intermissions of the stadtholdership, Holland... ...ld not be protracted beyond a period of three years. On the ac- cession of William III., when a revolution took place in the government, the subject w... ...ty, unless he possess real estate of the clear value of six hundred pounds sterling per year; nor of a city or borough, unless he possess a like estat... ...ns having a freehold estate of the annual value of more than twenty pounds sterling, according to the present rate of money. Notwithstanding these unf... ...e. Such was Magna Charta, obtained by the barons, sword in hand, from King John. Such were the subsequent confirmations of that charter by succeeding ...