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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. My father?s family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip....

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...arles Dickens GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens Chapter 1 M Y FATHER’S FAMILY name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue co... ...ickens GREAT EXPECTATIONS by Charles Dickens Chapter 1 M Y FATHER’S FAMILY name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could mak... ... Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, an... ...alled myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as my father’ s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister – Mrs. Joe Gar... ...yself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as my father’ s family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister – Mrs. Joe Gargery, w... ...throat, sir,” I pleaded in terror. “Pray don’t do it, sir.” “T ell us your name!” said the man. “Quick!” “Pip, sir.” “Once more,” said the man, starin... ...asions. Chapter 7 A T THE TIME when I stood in the churchyard, reading the family tombstones, I had just enough learning to be able to spell them out.... ...ave formed the worst opinions of that member of 40 Great Expectations the family . Neither, were my notions of the theological posi- tions to which m... ...ould not help looking at the fire, in an obvious state of doubt. “Whatever family opinions, or whatever the world’s opin- ions, on that subject may be...

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...n what is great in it, and what is mean; and many and many is the puzzle that I have had in reading History (or the works of fiction which go by that name), to know whether I should laud up to the skies, and endeavor, to the best of my small capabilities, to imitate the remarkable character about whom I was reading, or whether I should fling aside the book and the hero of ...

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...at I have had in reading History (or the works of fiction which go by that name), to know whether I should laud up to the skies, and endeavor, to the ... ...ng to actions which are in themselves not worth a fig, or with a parcel of names of people whom it can do one no earthly good to remember. 4 The Seco... ... of the more voluminous works of Hume and Smollett. The first and the last-named authors, dear Miss Smith, have written each an admirable history,—tha... ...mma had purchased her tea in the Borough from a grocer living there by the name of Greenacre: suppose you had been asked out to dinner, and the gentle... ...re there in the world that they will not allow to be called by their right names, and will insist upon our admiring, whether we will or no. Woe be to ... ... where I live (but about five stories nearer the ground) lodges an English family, consisting of— 1. A great-grandmother, a hale, handsome old lady of... ...r to the balconies in the open air. When I came to the street, I found the family as- sembled in the following order of march:— —No. 1, the great-gran... ...if proud they were inclined to be? A clever young man (who was not of high family him- self, but had been bred up genteelly at Eton and the university...

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...Preface: In which it is proved that, notwithstanding their names? ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to have the honor to relate to our readers have nothing mythological about them....

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... [Pere] AUTHOR’S PREFACE IN WHICH IT IS PROVED that, notwithstanding their names’ ending in os and is, the heroes of the story which we are about to h... ...orps into which he was soliciting the honor of being received, bearing the names of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis. 4 The Three Musketeers We must confes... ...s, and Aramis. 4 The Three Musketeers We must confess these three strange names struck us; and it immediately occurred to us that they were but pseud... ... to us that they were but pseudonyms, under which D’Artagnan had disguised names perhaps il- lustrious, or else that the bearers of these borrowed nam... ...ell aware that this term, milady, is only properly used when followed by a family name. But we find it thus in the manuscript, and we do not choose to... ... estimation. 2 THE ANTECHAMBER OF M. DE TREVILLE M . DE TROISVILLE, as his family was still called in Gascony, or M. de T reville, as he has ended by ... ...you. But what help is there for it! A captain is nothing but a father of a family, charged with even a greater responsibility than the father of an or... ... charged with even a greater responsibility than the father of an ordinary family. Soldiers are big children; but as I main- tain that the orders of t... ...regulate your conduct accordingly; and if you entertain, whether from your family, your relations, or even from your instincts, any of these enmities ...

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...Excerpt: Some envious being may think on seeing this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work with an ancient jewel,--a fancy of the fashions of the day,-- but you and a few others, dear count, will know that I am only seeking to pay my debt to ...

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...n seeing this page illustrated by one of the most illustrious of Sarmatian names, that I am striving, as the goldsmiths do, to enhance a modern work w... ...e Touraineans treated him like a leper, called him the “tortionnaire,” and named his house Malemaison. If the Fleming had found strangers to the town ... ...lding, and chilled his legs. On entering that house, he must lay aside his name, as already he had laid aside the handsome garments of nobility. In ca... ... be looking about him to see where he was, and whether this were the house named on a card which he drew from his pocket and pretended to read in the ... ...sterlinck, of Brussels.” “What do you want?” 23 Balzac “T o enter.” “Your name?” “Philippe Goulenoire.” “Have you brought credentials?” “Here they ar... ...assenage, the Comte de Saint-Vallier died, as we know, in his embassy. The family did not be- come extinct. After the departure of the count, the coun... ...eloved mistress of Henri II.—for bastardy and love were hereditary in that family of nobles. To return to the Electronic Classics Series, go to http:...

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...o some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate friend....

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...elded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public wh... ...by five or six years, was always regarded as the child, and the pet of the family: father, mother, and sister, all combined to spoil me—not by foolish... ...st, to my great joy, it was decreed that I should take charge of the young family of a certain Mrs. Bloomfield; whom my kind, prim aunt Grey had known... ...ere Mrs. Bloomfield awaited me. She led me into the dining-room, where the family lun- cheon had been laid out. Some beefsteaks and half-cold pota- to... ...tomed to each other, became more arduous as their characters unfolded. The name of governess, I soon found, was a mere mockery as ap- plied to me: my ... ...rcing tones, exclaiming,— ‘Miss Grey! Is it possible? What, in the devil’s name, can you be thinking about?’ ‘I can’t get them in, sir,’ said I, turni... ... Bloomfield, and I was certain all children were not like theirs. The next family must be different, and any change must be for the better. I had been... ...value, nor understand it. But, however, even if I should stumble on such a family again, which is quite unlikely, I have all this experience to begin ... ..., but one would consent to give me fifty pounds, the sum my mother bade me name as the salary I should require; and here, I hesitated about engag- ing...

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...Excerpt: I am a Cheap Jack, and my own father?s name was Willum Marigold. It was in his lifetime supposed by some that his name was William, but my own father always consistently said, No, it was Willum. On which point I content myself with looking at the argument this way...

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...es Dick k k k kens ens ens ens ens I am a Cheap Jack, and my own father’s name was Willum Marigold. It was in his lifetime supposed by some that his... ...ame was Willum Marigold. It was in his lifetime supposed by some that his name was William, but my own father always consistently said, No, it was Wi... ...looking at the argument this way: If a man is not allowed to know his own name in a free country, how much is he allowed to know in a land of slavery... ... being a very kind gentle- man, and accepting no fee but a tea-tray, I was named Doctor, out of gratitude and compliment to him. There you have me. D... ...and my mother went off hers. It was in a harmless way, but it put out the family where I boarded them. The old couple, though retired, got to be who... ...d solely devoted to the Cheap Jack busi- ness, and were always selling the family off. Whenever the cloth was laid for dinner, my father began rattli... ...e footboard to sell, just in the same way she handed him every item of the family’s property, and they disposed of it in their own imaginations from m... ... it when you come home late from a social meeting, and rouse your wife and family, and save up your knocker for the postman; and here’s half-a-dozen d... ...s I never was a man to let a thought sleep (you must wake up all the whole family of thoughts you’ve got and burn their nightcaps, or you won’t do in ...

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...estifying his gratitude for many pleasant evenings passed beside you by laying one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer dear to the Milanese....

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...ing one of his works at your feet, and begging you to protect it with your name, as in former days that name protected the tales of an ancient writer ... ...cy, you will find me Italian in faithfulness and memory. While writing the name of “Eugenie,” my thoughts have often led me back to that cool stuccoed... ... moment, the two young women were weeping. Pain seemed to predominate. The name of the owner, Ferdinand du Tillet, one of the richest bankers in Paris... ...5 Balzac 1831, the daughter of the Comte de Granville, one of the greatest names in the French magistracy,—a man who be- came peer of France after the... ...ing the summer season, into the country. Except on the solemn days of some family festival, such as the countess’s birthday or New Year’s day, or the ... ...ound of other inter- 12 A Daughter of Eve ests. All the members of such a family live disunited, forget- ting one another, bound together only by som... ...them in heart as they already are in fact. Modern laws, by multiplying the family by the family, has created a great evil,—namely, individualism. In t... ...s for their own caprices. Ferdinand is now buying from the other du Tillet family the site of their old castle; he intends to rebuild it and add a for... ..., and make his son a count; he declares that by the third genera- tion the family will be noble. Nucingen, who is tired of his house in the rue Saint-...

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...nners in the Nineteenth Century,? you have given me so much encouragement to persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most important representatives of conscientious, studious Germany?...

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...o persevere with my work, that you have given me a right to associate your name with some portion of it. Are you not one of the most important represe... ...le of a town, in one of the least important prefectures in France, but the name of the street and the name of the town must be suppressed here. Every ... ...lled the Hotel d’Esgrignon; but let d’Esgrignon be considered a mere fancy name, neither more nor less connected with real people than the conventiona... ...of the stage, or the Adalberts and Mombreuses of romance. Af- ter all, the names of the principal characters will be quite as much disguised; for thou... ... of yore with the keeping of a French March, the title of marquis in their family meant no shadow of imagi- nary office; it had been a post of honor w... ...ister, saved some portions of the fief, thanks to the young steward of the family, who claimed on her behalf the partage de presuccession, which is to... ... not so much to his creed as to egoism; he looked on himself as one of the family. So his vexation was intense. Once he had ventured to allude to his ... ...rse a vengeance for a score of years. He hated Chesnel and the d’Esgrignon family with the smothered, all- absorbing hate only to be found in a countr... ...second rank. In 1805, M. de la Roche-Guyon, the oldest son of an an- cient family which had previously intermarried with the d’Esgrignons, made propos...

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...Excerpt: Advertisement. The story of ?Catherine,? which appeared in Fraser?s Magazine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influence of some popular fictions of that day, which made heroes of highwaymen and burglars, and created a false sympathy for the vicious and criminal....

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...in Fraser’s Maga- zine in 1839-40, was written by Mr. Thackeray, under the name of Ikey Solomons, Jun., to counteract the injurious influ- ence of som... .... With this purpose, the author chose for the subject of his story a woman named Catherine Hayes, who was burned at Tyburn, in 1726, for the deliberat... ...ons, for such are odious. * This, as your Ladyship is aware, is the polite name for Her Majesty’s Prison of Newgate. In the year 1705, then, whether i... ...ervice, he had a tolerably fair claim to the majestic title of Briton. His name was Peter Brock, other- wise Corporal Brock, of Lord Cutts’s regiment ... ...ressed a long- ing to fire off one of the pistols in the holsters. As this family discussion was taking place, the gentlemen whose appearance had crea... ...well- grown girl, under encouraging circumstances—say, she is pretty, in a family of ugly elder sisters, or an only child and heiress, or a humble wen... ... she was fallen now, and not good enough for him.” And this made the Dobbs family admire her more and more, and cast about for means to bring the mar-... ..., is a sthrong term; and which, in consideration of my friendship for your family, I shall pass over. Y ou doubt your son’s honour, as there wrote by ... ...er his roof, exercised the most baneful influence over all the rest of his family. He was determined at last, he 98 Catherine: A Story said, to put h...

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...trange, Stranger than fiction.? I think it but right that in making my appearance before the public I should at once acquaint them with my titles and name. My card, as I leave it at the houses of the nobility, my friends, is as follows:--...

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...arance before the public I should at once acquaint them with my titles and name. My card, as I leave it at the houses of the nobility, my friends, is ... ... not at liberty to violate the sanctity of private life, by mentioning the names of the parties concerned in this little an- ecdote. I only wish to ha... ... society. V erbum sat. But to be serious. I am obliged always to write the name of Goliah in full, to distinguish me from my brother, Gregory Gahagan,... ...r quarrel, which never would have originated but for the similarity of our names. The circumstance was this: I had been lucky enough to render the Naw... ...oes about a public-house, marking the incom- ings and the outgoings of the family, and longing to seize the moment when Miss Jowler, unbiassed by her ... ...cipal jewels, and likewise put out the eyes of the last of the unfortunate family of Afrasiab. Scindiah came to the rescue of the sightless Shah Allum... ...who had been the life and soul of Scindiah’s army, came in to us, with his family and treasure, and was passed over to the French settlements at Chand... ... of the inn had been despatched by my brave chapel- churies, with his fine family of children—the officers quartered in the podesta had of course bolt... ... I have briefly adverted; and, informing me at the same time that he had a family in England who would feel obliged to me for his release, and that hi...

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...Excerpt: To Maria, may your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament of this work, lie on its opening pages like a branch of sacred box, taken from an unknown tree, but sanctified by religion, and kept ever fresh and green by pious hands...

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...c Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication T o Maria. May your name, that of one whose portrait is the noblest ornament of this work, lie ... ...ghtful deduction of interest. Few days ever passed that Monsieur Grandet’s name was not mentioned either in the markets or in social conversa- tions a... ... as presi- dent of the Civil courts of Saumur this young man had added the name of Bonfons to that of Cruchot. He now signed himself C. de Bonfons. An... ...heir faithful allies. On the Cruchot side the abbe, the T alleyrand of the family, well backed-up by his brother the notary , sharply contested every ... ...lared that the Grandets knew better than to let the property go out of the family, and that Mademoiselle Eugenie Grandet of Saumur would be married to... ... disowns the Grandets of Saumur, and means to ally himself with some ducal family,—ducal under favor of Napoleon.” In short, was there anything not sa... ... and evenings of April and October. Mother and daughter took charge of the family linen, and spent their days so conscientiously upon a labor properly... ...he household, in which no one was ever ill. Nanon was, in fact, one of the family; she laughed when Grandet laughed, felt gloomy or chilly, warmed her... ...om the capital?” asked Madame des Grassins. Monsieur Charles,—such was the name of the son of Mon- sieur Grandet of Paris,—hearing himself addressed, ...

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...Introduction: As I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will secure it, from the sedate and reflecting part of mankind, to whom only I would be understood to address myself, such attention as is due to the sedulous instructor of...

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...of Gandercleugh. INTRODUCTION. A s I may, without vanity, presume that the name and official description prefixed to this Proem will se- cure it, from... ...e li- quor, which was vended and consumed at the Wallace Inn, 6 under the name of Mountain Dew. If there is a penalty against manufacturing such a li... ...observation, which suggested such a character. This poor unfortunate man’s name was David Ritchie, a na- tive of T weeddale. He was the son of a labou... ... that although Davie showed as much respect and attachment to her father’s family, as it was in his nature to show to any, yet they were always oblige... ...ppiness still to remain, connected by ties of intimate friendship with the family of the venerable Dr. Adam Fergusson, the phi- losopher and historian... ...contrived to raise such a crop of oats or barley, as afforded meal for his family; and the whole of this slovenly and imperfect mode of cultivation le... ... distinguish him from a round dozen of Elliots who bore the same Christian name. It cost him no efforts, there- fore, to call to memory the terrific i... ...cceeded to a moderate fortune, a good deal dilapidated, from the share his family had taken in the disturbances of the period. They were much and gene... ...ower a bit,” said Hobbie, “and live hearty and neighbour-like wi’ the auld family friends, as the Laird o’ Earnscliff should? I can tell ye, my mother...

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...c slowly, of course, at first, but afterwards with such accumulating popularity as to encourage the author to a second attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed cannot be better illustrated than by reciting the simple narrative on which Guy Mannering was originally founded; but to which, in the progress of the work,...

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...ty as to encourage the author to a sec- ond attempt. He looked about for a name and a subject; and the manner in which the novels were composed cannot... ...operty, failing which event it must have passed to a distant branch of the family. He hastened to draw the stranger into a private room. “I fear from ... ...wer to explain the assurance of pardon which he continued to assert, or to name the victorious name in which he, trusted. But his faith did not abando... ... was. founded, was well known about the middle of the last century, by the name of Jean Gordon, an inhabitant of the village of Kirk Yetholm, in the C... ...eceptor as Mr. Sampson is supposed to have been, was actually tutor in the family of a gentleman of consider- able property. The young lads, his pupil... ...ir Walter Scott out in the world, but the tutor continued to reside in the family, no uncommon circumstance in Scotland (in former days), where food a... ...ndence; so that his genealogical tree, besides the Christian and crusading names of Godfreys, and Gilberts, and Dennises, and Rolands, with- out end, ... ...e war, raised rebellions, been defeated, beheaded, and hanged, as became a family of importance, for many centuries. But they had gradually lost groun... ...epithets of malignant and resolutioner cost poor Sir Allan one half of the family estate. His son Dennis Bertram married a daughter of an eminent fana...

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...hes. The return of the squire with the tidings of the death of the two knights was vividly depicted in sleep; and, though without local habitation or name, the scene was most likely to have been a reflection from the wild scenes so lately read of....

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...hts was vividly depicted in sleep; and, though without local habitation or name, the scene was most likely to have been a reflection from the wild sce... ...d, his constant companion in the metrical history of his career, under the name of Theurdank. The poetry of Theurdank was composed by Maximilian’s old... ...’s own, communicated by himself, and he superin- tended the wood-cuts. The name is explained to mean “crav- ing glory,”—Gloriaememor. The Germans laug... ...French, or rather Walloon, origin, though for several generations back the family had been settled at Ulm. Perhaps, too, it was Walloon quickness and ... ...o noted for excellence in art and learning. Indeed the present head of the family, Mas- ter Gottfried Sorel, was so much esteemed for his learning tha... ...by any such surname. Master Gottfried had had a scapegrace younger brother named Hugh, who had scorned both books and tools, had been the plague of th... ...r food.’ She was now able to survey the inmates of the castle. Besides the family themselves, there were about a dozen men, all ruffianly-look- ing, a... ...n that Chris- tina could discover save that, being a younger branch of the family, they had submitted to the Emperor. To destroy ei- ther the Graf von... ...e Bishop of Augsburg on his way to the Diet; and, though his household and family were not under the same sentence, “Sunday didna come abune the pass....

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...Excerpt: Your name, dear George, while casting a reflected radiance on my book, can gain no new glory from this page. And yet it is neither self-interest nor diffidence which has led me to place it there, but only the wish that it should b...

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... Honoré de Balzac Translated by R. S. Scott Dedication To George Sand Your name, dear George, while casting a reflected radi- ance on my book, can gai... ...his feeling is hardly likely now to change. The goodly company of friendly names, which will remain attached to my works, forms an element of pleasure... ...ntiquarian of dead literatures were to find in this company none but great names and generous hearts, friends bound by pure and holy ties, the illustr... ... “if you were to die at the con- vent, it is much better to live with your family. You frustrate your father’s plans and mine; but the age of blind ob... ... amount of her savings, for she would not alienate a foot of land from the family. This sum has been placed in Government stock, and, with the accumul... ...etters of Two Brides round their daughters with, would be an insult in our family. A slander reflecting on your name might cost the life of the man bo... ...hters with, would be an insult in our family. A slander reflecting on your name might cost the life of the man bold enough to utter it, or the life of... ...ador. Miss Griffith is the daughter of a clergyman; her mother was of good family, and she is perfectly well bred. She is thirty-six, and will teach m... ...he receives a young man whom I have never yet contrived to see. Behold our family life! We meet at lunch and dinner, though often I am alone with my m...

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...ry blade of grass; there, curving away in banks of velvet green; shadowed by the trees; gnarled old thorns in the holiday suit whence they take their name, giant?s nosegays of horse-chestnuts, mighty elms and stalwart oaks, singly or in groups, the aristocracy of the place; while in the background rose wooded coverts, where every tint of early green blended in rich masses ...

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...y the trees; gnarled old thorns in the holiday suit whence they take their name, giant’s nosegays of horse-chestnuts, mighty elms and stalwart oaks, s... ...eing asked to perform the ceremony, without the consent of the young man’s family.’ ‘He cannot do it,’ exclaimed the young lady; ‘you had bet- ter wri... ...companion or comfort, and whom you would be ashamed to see beside your own family. Or, supposing your own affections untouched, what right have you to... ...arting from home. With a kindly im- pulse, he said, ‘You must tell me your name, Arthur has not mentioned it.’ ‘Violet;’ and as he did not appear at o... ...s un- usual sound, she repeated, ‘Violet Helen; we most of us have strange names.’ ‘Violet Helen,’ he repeated, with an intonation as if struck, not u... ...repeated, with an intonation as if struck, not unpleasingly, by the second name. ‘Well, that is the case in our family. My sister has an uncommon name... ...ruck, not unpleasingly, by the second name. ‘Well, that is the case in our family. My sister has an uncommon name.’ ‘Theodora,’ said Violet, pausing, ... ...ly want to know how my father takes it.’ ‘He cannot endure the notion of a family feud; but the first step must come from you.’ ‘Very well:—and so you... ...of people’s ways,’ said Arthur. ‘She knew you were all abroad, and her own family told her it was all right. Her father is a bit of a tyrant, and stop...

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...elry not more than thirty miles from London, and less than twenty from that shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of ?German Ocean.? And through the wide windows we had a view of the Thames; an enfilading view down the Lower Hope Reach. But the dinner was execrable, and all the feast was for the eyes....

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... shallow and dangerous puddle to which our coasting men give the grandiose name of “German Ocean.” And through the wide windows we had a view of the T... ...these ships,” remarked one of our band. A man with sharp eyes read out the name on her bows: Arcadia. “What a beautiful model of a ship!” murmured som... ...his counter. And his ship was the means by which he maintained his growing family. She was a heavy, strong, blunt-bowed affair, awakening the ideas of... ...ays call Hermann’s niece, because as a matter of fact I’ve never heard her name, for all my intimacy with the family. This, however, sprang up later o... ...s a matter of fact I’ve never heard her name, for all my intimacy with the family. This, however, sprang up later on. Meantime in common with the rest... ...y row of socks fluttering on the signal halyards; but once a fortnight the family washing was exhibited in force. It covered the poop entirely. The af... ...oing on abaft her mizzen mast. She had her berth just ahead of me, and her name was Diana,—Diana not of Ephesus but of Bremen. This was pro- claimed i... ...cal affairs seemed very far removed from the hospitality of this exemplary family. And I liked this because I had a rather worrying time on board my o... ...ing the lumpy rudder, frightening the children, and generally opening this family’s eyes out of sheer reticence. It looked like reticence. The ruthles...

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...yed wine of old romance, there lived, a bow-shot from the bones of the Eleven Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a prosperous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as it was sometimes ennobled, Gottlieb von Groschen; than whom no wealthier merchant bartered for the glory of his ancient mothercity, nor more honoured burgess swallowed impartially red juice and ...

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... Thousand Virgins and the Three Holy Kings, a pros- perous Rhinelander, by name Gottlieb Groschen, or, as it was sometimes ennobled, Gottlieb von Gros... ..., and a jewel for princes. The devotion of these youths should give them a name in chivalry. In her honour, daily and nightly, they earned among thems... ... learnt it, with many other gruesome matters, in the Palatine of Bohemia’s family. She usually talked of the spectres of Hollenbogenblitz Castle in th... ...bath of horrors, and there he was. I ‘ve heard that you must pronounce the names of the Virgin and T rinity, sprin- kling water round you all the whil... ... strange lus- tre, as of suppressed internal fire, flickered over her. ‘My name ‘s Schwartz Thier, and so ‘s my nature!’ said the fellow with a grin; ... ...ror watching these signs, and expecting on the mor- row to win glory and a name for Margarita. Glory and the name now won, old Gottlieb was just on th... ...o have floated a St. Goar salmon; which was long proudly chronicled in his family, and is now unearthed from among the ancient honourable records of C...

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...ind moved among the round white clouds on the shoulders of the hills, driving their shadows across the fields and down the grassy road that takes the name of street when it passes through North Dormer....

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...ng their shadows across the fields and down the grassy road that takes the name of street when it passes through North Dormer. The place lies high and... ...st now, didn’t I?” she asked, with the New England avoidance of the proper name. She was determined to find out why he was poking about among her book... ... the young man answered; adding, as if to dis- arm a visible distrust: “My name is Harney—Lucius Harney. She may have spoken of me.” “No, she hasn’t,”... ...he ground floor of the building, with a separate entrance, and a weathered name-plate on the door. Before going in he stepped in to the post-office fo... ...e said with his vague grin. “They’re from up your way, ain’t they?” “Their name’s the same as mine,” he rejoined uncertainly. Charity still held him w... ...e boarded? Not with Carrick Fry, whose wife was paralysed, and whose large family crowded his table to over-flowing; not with the Targatts, who lived ... ...out; and then, looking back over her shoulder: “Didn’t I tell you it was a family party? Here’s grandpa’s little daughter come to take him home!” A sn... ...aterial- istic age, to set the example of reverting to the old ideals, the family and the homestead, and so on. This peroration usually carried her ha...

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...ndervan, of the firm of publishers, in March, 1937. The consultation had the twofold merit of definiteness and brevity. ?Luther is still the greatest name in Protestantism. We want you to help us publish some leading work of Luther?s for the general American market. Will you do it??...

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...e twofold merit of definiteness and brevity. “Luther is still the greatest name in Protestantism. We want you to help us publish some leading work of ... ...ager to hear. Paul exalts his ministry out of the desire to make known the name, the grace, and the mercy of God. VERSE 1. Paul, an apostle, (not of ... ... Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians ing that where men profess the name of Christ they may feel secure. It is the lot of God’s ministers not o... ...ns had fallen away from the doctrine of Paul, baptism, the Gospel, and the name of Christ continued among them. Not all the Galatians had become perve... ...es. How may we obtain remission of our sins? Paul answers: “The man who is named Jesus Christ and the Son of God gave himself for our sins.” The heavy... ...n husband, e.g., to love his wife, to bring up his children, to govern his family, etc., are the very fruits of the Spirit. The righteousness of the L... ...ho are in authority govern wisely; whether a man marries, provides for his family, and is an honest citizen; whether a woman is chaste, obedient to he... ...e per- forms his duty according to his vocation. He takes good care of his family, and is kind and helpful to others. Such homely, everyday performanc... ...nor one’s parents, to be patient at home with a nagging wife and an unruly family , these things are not at all regarded as good works. The fact is, t...