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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in th...

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...IS STEVENSON A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication of the ... ...cument or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Familiar Studies of Men and Books by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvania State ... ... .................................. 190 4 Robert Louis Stevenson Familiar Studies of Men & Books by Robert Louis Stevenson PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICIS... ...f Men & Books by Robert Louis Stevenson PREFACE BY WAY OF CRITICISM. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quart... .... One book led to another, one study to another. The first was 5 Familiar Studies of Men & Books published with trepidation. Since no bones were brok... ...mall idea of the degree of accuracy possible to man, and I feel sure these studies teem with error. One and all were written with genuine interest in ... ...ting. Of these disadvantages a word must here be said. The writer of short studies, having to condense in a few pages the events of a whole lifetime, ... ...some significance from all that comes before them; and the writer of short studies is bound, by the necessity of the case, to write entirely in that s... ...I should have had the courage to attempt it. But it is not possible. Short studies are, or should be, things woven like a carpet, from which it is imp...

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...by the families of the young ladies. 43 Beechcroft At Rockstone Gillian’s studies were for three hours in the week at the High School, and on two aft... ...e a mere maze to Gillian, but of which she knew every detail, from ancient studies with her brother Maurice. As Fergus wrote to his mother, ‘Aunt Jane... ...orks ever since, quite patiently and resolutely, but trying to keep up his studies in the evening, only now he has worked through all his old school-b... ... using him for his musical services, and not doing anything to promote the studies for which the young man thirsted, nor proposing anything for the yo... ...erent thing from satisfying even Mr. Pollock. Besides, Gillian had her own studies on hand. The Cambridge examinations were beginning to assume larger... ...likely by its date to be an answer to the information as to Alexis White’s studies. Behold, it did not appear to touch on the subject at all! It was a... ...f Kalliope’s being taken to Italy to recover first, and then to pursue her studies at Florence, so as to return to her work more capable, and in a hig... ...he was nearly fifteen years old, and already pretty well ad- vanced in her studies, she would pick up foreign languages, the chaplain would teach her ...

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...f from jumping up in the air, “that is where I mean to begin my geological studies, there on that Seffel—Fessel—what do you call it?” “Snaefell,” repl... ...ide me. We will try to scale that Snaefell; perhaps even we may pursue our studies in its crater!” “I am very sorry,” said M. Fridrikssen, “that my en... ...lection. 92 A Journey to the Interior of the Earth CHAPTER XIX GEOLOGICAL STUDIES IN SITU Next day, Tuesday, June 30, at 6 a.m., the descent began ag... ... gothic cathedral. Here the architects of the middle ages might have found studies for every form of the sacred art which sprang from the development ...

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...st my innocence. I have expressed my regret already to my father, who is so good as to pass my conduct over – in a degree, and upon the condition that...

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...by the deed of a deformed being (see the “Enfant Maudit” in “Philosophical Studies”). The grand marshal, that being the family term for the member who...

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...and night after night, till their reason wandered beneath their mid night studies; till their mental powers were exhausted; till morning’s light brou...

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...22 New Y ork life; and the student in history finds the results of all his studies crowded as it might be into the inci- dents of the day . A great de...

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...ocial inequalities were not noticeable among schoolmates; but in 1821, his studies being ended, Godefroid, who was then with a notary, became aware of... ...fi- cult profession. Better educated than the generality of bank- ers, his studies had the breadth and universality which char- acterize the polytechn... ...e “Imitation of Jesus Christ;” and he ended by studying that book as a man studies a book when he has but one, or is a prisoner. A book is then like a... ... so economical that we are almost rich. My dear Auguste will begin his law studies in two months; but he is already employed in the office of the atto...

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...War. My gracious Lord, you looke beyond him quite: 2446 The Prince but studies his Companions, 2447 Like a strange Tongue: wherein, to gaine t...

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...e Guy’s vacation, but that he thought he could not give time enough to his studies here, and had settled, at Oxford, to make one of a reading-party, u... ...ng for their good or pleasure, and spend- ing a good deal of time over his studies. He had written to Mr. Ross, to ask his advice about Coombe Prior, ... ... by day, and in the evening he busied himself as much as possible with his studies, or in going over with Markham matters that would be useful to him ... ...rite,’ he answered, ‘and tell Laura she must not wear herself out with her studies. Good-bye, Amy, I hope you will have a pleasant journey.’ The farew...

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...aming is that which above all others employs their thoughts. These are the studies of their graver hours, while for their amusements they have the vas... ... and maintained him at the university; where, I think, he had finished his studies, when he came to reside at your house; a finer man, I must say, the...

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...isdain. He could not understand why Dr Porhoët occupied his lei sure with studies so profitless. He had read his book, recently published, on the mor... ...ateful to the stranger. We left together that afternoon, and our kin dred studies gave us a common topic of conversation. I found that his reading wa... ...tiently turned to his host. ‘I wish I knew what made you engage upon these studies,’ he said. ‘I should have thought your medical profession pro tect... ...om inter nal disquietude and to devote himself without distraction to his studies. He had letters of introduction to various persons of distinction w... ... unscrupulous. An immensely long letter! Goodbye, my son. I hope that your studies in French meth ods of surgery will have added to your wisdom. Your... ...Italy. The good Dr Porhoët remained in Paris with his books and his occult studies. Susie travelled slowly through T uscany and Umbria. Mar garet had... ...f satanism and of necromancy. Haddo was thought to be im mersed in occult studies for the performance of a magical operation; and some said that he w... ...iend is Dr Porhoët, whose name will be familiar to you with respect to his studies in Malta Fever.’ ‘I think I read an article of yours in the B.M.J....

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... looked down on his company at table, as one may do who comes from loftier studies. He had what is popu- larly known as the nose of our aristocracy: a... ...d from her son, and seeing that her son takes all that time from his right studies, to earn money wherewith to pay debts of which Mr. Goren is cogniza...

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...Over the years many researchers have analyzed the political aspects of the air war in Southeast Asia. Their studies range from the original Pentagon Papers to those published more recently. Very little, however, focuses on the economic and operational aspects of the war. The purpose of this book is to fill that void by presenting a...

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...requent comparison with him. He was my superior in everything—in games, in studies, in quarrels, and in deportment. All this brought about an estrange... ...d not join the party until our morning lessons were finished. The table of studies in the schoolroom said, “ Lundi, de 2 a 3, maitre d’Histoire et de ... ...e downstairs for luncheon only, and spent whole days and evenings over his studies in his own room—to which he kept, not from necessity, but because h... ...good progress that I felt no apprehensions, and even took a pleasure in my studies. I kept in good heart, and learnt my lessons flu- ently and intelli...

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...ifi- cation. Yet the worst historian has a clearer view of the pe- riod he studies than the best of us can hope to form of that in which we live. The ... ...ealed in northern air.’ But none of them seem to find any relish for their studies– no pedantic love of this subject or that lights up their eyes– sci... ...on I hear a student deliver I feel a certain lowering of my regard. He who studies, he who is yet employed in groping for his premises, should keep hi...

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...out of breath with the haste he has made. Gloria turns from the window and studies him with freez- ing attention. PHILIP . Let me introduce you, Mr. V...

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...engaged an excellent clergyman of the Church of England to superintend his studies; to accompany him on foreign travel when the proper season arrived;... ...es such as those lately produced at your theatre; and, in the course of my studies, I have found some- thing, my dear Snooks, which I think will suit ...

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...it was the Koran which, though indirectly, gave the first impetus to these studies among the Arabs and their allies. Linguistic investigations, poetry... ...nly unto two peoples before us, but we were not able to go deep into their studies:” 40 Or lest ye should say, “If a book had been sent down to us, we... ...n this and the preceding verse is lost. 40 Lit. we were careless of their studies SURA XIII.–THUNDER [XC.] MECCA.–43 Verses In the Name of God, the C...