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...the devil; a few found resources in science and letters; one or two turned philosophers in a small way, peeped into micro- scopes, and became familiar... ...rey surtout which had seen service, a white castor on my head, and a stout Indian cane in my hand, the next week saw me on the top of a mail-coach dri... ...here my little Highland landlady, as dapper and as tight as ever, (for old women wear a hundred times better than the hard-wrought seniors of the masc... ... erful opiate, Hamish Bean again slept the stern, sound sleep by which the Indians are said to be overcome during the interval of their torments. His ... ...ng the corpse in its bloody plaid before carrying it from the fatal spot. “Women,” she said, starting up and interrupting their chant at once and thei... ...arting up and interrupting their chant at once and their labour—”T ell me, women, why sing you the dirge of MacDhonuil Dhu in the house of MacTavish M... ...ry civilized country. Amongst their mountains, as among the North American Indians, the various tribes were wont to make war upon each other, so that ...

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...hite wine, and took his pay in splendid fields belonging to a community of women whose lands had been reserved for the last lot. Under the Consulate G... ... however, main- tained that Madame des Grassins was more intimate with the women of the house of Grandet than the Cruchots were, and could put into th... ...pent their days so conscientiously upon a labor properly that of work- ing-women, that if Eugenie wished to embroider a collar for her mother she was ... ...later.” Wasted dignity! Grandet thought himself very generous to his wife. Philosophers who meet the like of Nanon, of Ma- 23 Balzac dame Grandet, of... ..., and beset the prey more unitedly. If Charles could have dropped from the Indian Isles, he would have found the same people and the same interests. M... ...gentle love, later on women of other kinds,—blacks, mulattoes, whites, and Indian dancing-girls,— orgies and adventures in many lands, completely effa...

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...n London; more of- ten I wrote love-letters to their sweethearts for young women who had lived as servants at Shrewsbury or other towns on the English... ...y having so readily discovered them. The reception one meets with from the women of a family generally determines the tenor of one’s whole entertainme... ...e brothers, the only unoccupied bed standing in the apartment of the young women; but in all other points they treated me with a re- spect not usually... ...ek text] for all human woes; here was the secret of happiness, about which philosophers had disputed for so many ages, at once discovered: happiness m... ... Secondly, that it is rather dear, which also I grant, for in my time East Indian opium has been three guineas a pound, and Turkey 42 Confessions of ... ...h Weld the traveller lay and listened, in Canada, to the sweet laughter of Indian women; for the less you understand of a language, the more sensible ...

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...were lacking; she wore that horrible little bag of black silk on which old women insist on covering their skulls, and it was now revealed beneath the ... ...he shop. They were clever enough in nag- ging their clerks and their young women and in proving them to blame. Their happiness lay in seeing all hands... ... it up again. When they heard the six or eight voices of the young men and women glibly gabbling the consecrated phrases by which clerks reply to the ... ...us, and found refinements of tyranny with al- most savage cruelty; the red Indians might have taken a les- son from her. Pierrette dared not complain ... ... the hectic of death, is a wonderful fact worthy of the attention alike of philosophers and of heedless minds. He who has ever seen one of these subli...

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...of finding names already dear to your old Italian romancers among those of women whom we love, and to whose memory I would beg you to recall your sinc... ...ret of this behavior, now dilatory and again hurried, is known only to old women and to certain experi- enced loungers. In this immense assembly the c... ...ould have changed him, if indeed such a nature were susceptible of change. Women who have lived the life that Esther had so vio- lently repudiated com... ...ade of the curtains of some dismantled boudoir, and one of those shawls of Indian design—out of date, worn, and valueless, which end their career on t... ..., there—Pecaire fermati. Souni la—Vedrem,” shrieked old Asie, with the Red-Indian intonations peculiar to these female costermongers, who disfigure th... ...h, subject only to his con- science and the Law. At the present time, when philosophers, philanthropists, and politicians are constantly endeavoring t... ... “He has hanged himself—” No tigress robbed of her whelps ever startled an Indian jungle with a yell so fearful as that of Jacques Collin, who rose to... ... forms of protest made by the natural state against the social state. Even philosophers, the innovators of to-day, the humanitarians with the communis... ...customed to style and sentiment all day long, write as prostitutes behave. Philosophers may know the reasons for this contrariness. I do not care to s...

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...attractive in uniform than in their ordinary clothes, and who attribute to women so depraved a taste that they believe they will be favorably impresse... ...tions—tried indeed to deprave me altogether, preached Saint-Simonism as to women, and all sorts of lordly ideas; but, you see, I was fond enough of my... ...r pull up on the road he has taken? In the first place, he is too sweet on women. There is a happy me- dium in all things, as our King has told us. An... ...sin Betty There are some of every sort, rich and poor, envious and envied, philosophers and dreamers, all grouped like the plants in a flower-bed roun... ...lutches—” “In God’s hands, my child—” Lisbeth dressed in the famous yellow Indian shawl and her black velvet bonnet, and put on her boots; in spite of...

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...ion; who had, moreover, strong opinions derived from experience of the Red Indians in Upper Canada—namely, that to reclaim the young, and educate them... ...igent and answered well, and it was striking to see grown-up men and young women sit- ting so patiently to be taught. Then the evening service prayers... ...the voyage—one of dys- entery, I think—all the rest flourishing, the three women respectable and tidy-looking individuals, and two children very well.... ...etc., and that will soon come. ‘But here the men are nice fellows, and the women and girls make capital servants; and so whereas many of the clergy an... ...er of all. ‘Viewed indeed from that position which was occupied by ancient philosophers, the existing contrarieties between na- tions might well appea... ... sympathise as I ought with those who are suffering so dreadfully from the Indian Mutiny, or the commercial failure, or the great excitement and agita... ...l probability, sought to impose an English line of thought and religion on Indians and Africans. Even English dress was thought to be almost essential...

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...tile, most likely. Little Fyne held very solemn views as to the destiny of women on this earth, the nature of our sublunary love, the obligations of t... ...ase. He trotted out the sailor-brother in a pretty wide range of subjects: Indian and colonial affairs, matters of trade, talk of travels, of seaside ... ...daughter (the elder of the two children) either from compassion or because women are naturally more enduring, remained in bondage to the poet for seve... ...ggar. But there is enough of the woman in my nature to free my judgment of women from glamorous reticency. And then, why should I upset my- self? A wo... ...erests than financial. I see you remember the crash ….” “I was away in the Indian Seas at the time,” I said. “But of course—” “Of course,” Marlow stru... ...l with the frantic obstinacy of an unimaginative man had been financing an Indian prince who was prosecuting a claim for immense sums of money against... ...om being comic? Didn’t you read the latest books about laughter written by philosophers, psy- chologists? There is a lot of them ….” “I dare say there...

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... you, passion, I can see, will be very different from what it is with most women.” She drew me gently to her and kissed my forehead. The kiss made my ... ...lls to me the inimitable sweep of her skirts as she sank back in it! These women of a past generation have carried off with them secrets which are ver... ...all put on my Madonna face; I mean to play the simpleton, and have all the women on my side. My mother is miles away from any idea of what I write to ... ...ing man and woman! I have no wish to controvert what has been laid down by philosophers or legislators—they are quite capable of do- ing this for them... ...dren, inform- ing him, at the same time, of the generous intentions of the Indian Gaston towards his Paris brother, which an unhappy chance had frustr... ...s, and only shows how well we deserve the epithet of children, bestowed by philosophers on our sex.” She continued talking thus in the gentle voice yo...

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...ad. Marseillese sing their wild To Arms, in chorus; which now all men, all women and children have learnt, and sing chorally, in Theatres, Boulevards,... ...out of thickets and ravines of rivers; huts burn- ing, feet of the pitiful women hurrying to refuge with their children on their back; seedfields fall... ...ache, so they name that Mountain), a prey to the Hessian spoiler: its fair women, fairer than most, are robbed: not of life, or what is dearer, yet of... ...ore on the coast of the Maldives long ago, while sailing and soldiering as Indian Fighter; flung ashore since then, as hungry Pari- sian Pleasure-hunt... ...Europe all rallying on us. It is a problem like few. Truly, if man, as the Philosophers brag, did to any extent look be- fore and after, what, one may... ...acted’ there is in human nature. Black Mumbo- Jumbo of the woods, and most Indian Wau-waus, one can understand: but this of Procureur Anaxagoras whilo...

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...es can keep us in our place. Men, as Miss Howe or Miss Harlowe 8 Robert Louis Stevenson would have said, ‘are such encroachers.’ For my part, I am bo... ...o use for a man to take to the woods; we know him; St. Anthony tried the same thing long ago, and had a pitiful time of it by all ac- counts. But ther... ...ves, and can walk in a high and cold zone with- out the countenance of any trousered being. I declare, al- though the reverse of a professed ascetic, ... ...istrust… . For the life of me I cannot understand it. I too have been knolled to church, and sat at good men’s feasts; but I bear no mark of it. I am ... ...us like a tree. There was one odd piece of practical metaphysics which accompanied what I may call the depth, if I must not call it the intensity, of ...

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...ooks, thy wit, and our experience, Shall make all nations to canonize us. As Indian Moors obey their Spanish lords, So shall the spirits of every elem... ... horsemen’s staves, Or Lapland giants, trotting by our sides; Sometimes like women, or unwedded maids, Shadowing more beauty in their airy brows Than ... ...” terrifies not me, For I confound hell in Elysium: My ghost be with the old philosophers! But, leaving these vain trifles of men’s souls, Tell me wha... ...ave; be it in the world, it shall be yours: I have heard that great bellied women do long for things are rare and dainty. DUCHESS. True, Master Docto...

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... showin’ across the parade ground, an’, by this an’ that, the way thim two women worked at the bundles an’ thrunks was a caution! I was dyin’ to help,... ...! They say they’re comin’ down here to wake us up. What will we do wid our women-folk?” ‘“Fetch my throlly!” sez I; “my heart’s sick in my ribs for a ... ...e Captain’s wife. She had to be put in by main force. You’ve no notion how women can struggle. The other woman was the wife of an officer going to mee... ...girl to come out to— what is it Thackeray says?—’the splendid palace of an Indian pro-consul.’ DOONE. Which reminds me. My quarters leak like a sieve.... ...bling. Thank Goodness, here’s Anthony—looking like a ghost. Enter ANTHONY, Indian Medical Staff, very white and tired. ANTHONY. ‘Evening, Blayne. It’s... ...t fresh drafts for the first fighting-line, which is officially called the Indian Civil Service. These die, or kill themselves by overwork, or are wor... ...e heterodox women—is it not?—who were amusing and not fools. All the Greek philosophers delighted in their company. Tell me, my friend, how it goes no...

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... head. “Come, come,” said the sailor, “I have a better opinion than you of women in general, and of Mercedes in particular; and I am cer- tain that, c... ...ny misfor- tune happened to her betrothed, she would kill herself.” “Pooh! Women say those things, but never do them.” “You do not know Mercedes; what... ...y part of the company talked unreservedly of Moscow and Leipsic, while the women commented on the divorce of Josephine. It was not over the downfall o... ...Turks, the augers of the Persians, the stake and the brand of the Iroquois Indians, are inadequate tortures, and which are unpun- ished by society? An... ...re a philanthropist. Ah, you call yourself Oriental, a Levantine, Maltese, Indian, Chinese; your family name is Monte Cristo; Sinbad the Sailor is you... ... — a small octagonal-shaped room, hung with pink satin, covered with white Indian muslin. The chairs were of ancient workmanship and materials; over t... ...tation. But you know how the theo- logians in their collegiate chairs, and philosophers in their contro- versies, occasionally say cruel truths; let u... ...e treated in Asia Minor, whose masters made them grammarians, doctors, and philosophers, in order that they might fetch a higher price in the Roman ma...

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...y: So, over the hills we’ll bound, old hound, Over the hills and away. The women, they shall sigh and smile, And madden whom they may: It’s over the h... ...ow ties her strings. She’s a dish for a man who’s a mind to be poor; Lord! women are such expensive things. II We don’t marry beggars, says she: why,... ...o strike. But home’s where different politics jar most. Respectability the women like. This form, or that form, – The Government may be hungry pike, B... ...e lose to win. III The beggar-king, November, frets: His tatters rich with Indian dyes Goes hugging: we our season’s debts Pay calmly, of the Spring ... ...ke a wreath Of our most blushful flower shine trembling through, T o teach philosophers the thirst of thieves: Is one for me? is one for you? II —Fair... ...irt. And dog, bull, cook, was he, fanged, horned, plumed; Original man, as philosophers vouch; Carnivorous, cannibal; length-long exhumed, Frightfully... ...pressive scene, beyond arrest, A darkness not with stars of heaven dressed Philosophers behold; desponding view Your Many nourished, starved my brilli... ...ions’ mad revolts, Draws down; the midnight hovers to descend; And dire as Indian noons of ulcer heat Anticipating tempest and the bolts, Hangs curtai...

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...ather. In Seville was he born, a pleasant city, Famous for oranges and women — he Who has not seen it will be much to pity, So says the pr... ...English always use to govern d—n.” Byron’s Don Juan “Canto One” 8 Some women use their tongues — she look’d a lecture, Each eye a sermon, an... ...th an only mother Is brought up much more wisely than another. Sagest of women, even of widows, she Resolved that Juan should be quite a parag... ... luck holds, They all were heroes, conquerors, and cuckolds. Thou mak’st philosophers; there ‘s Epicurus And Aristippus, a material crew! Wh... ...ystal and marble, plate and porcelain, Had done their work of splendour; Indian mats And Persian carpets, which the heart bled to stain, Ove... ...e withdrew. Twelve negresses from Nubia brought a price Which the West Indian market scarce would bring; Though Wilberforce, at last, has made... ...ty thousand slain. Glory and triumph o’er her aspect burst, As an East Indian sunrise on the main. These quench’d a moment her ambition’s thir... ... On which the passion’s self seems to depend: And hence some heathenish philosophers Make love the main spring of the universe. Besides Plato...

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...seized matter of State, and went up to Master Walsingham, swelling like an Indian turkey-cock, with his secret letters, and behold they turned out to ... ...e is the child? Wouldst guess it to be of gentle, or of clownish blood, if women can tell such things ?” “Of gentle blood, assuredly,” cried the lady,... ... one know of it, or of the trinket—Thou hast them safe?” “Laid up with the Indian gold chain, thy wedding gift, dear sir.” “’Tis well. My mother!—ah m... ... them all that is proof against her blandishments. Her Majesty should have women warders for her. ’Twas good sport to see the furrows in his old brow ... ... all our play time if you try to make him do it with a grace. Curtsies are women’s work—go on.” “Where was I? O—” (resuming her dignity after these as... ...aid the smith, looking up from the horse’s foot; “’tis the trade of yonder philosophers to gainsay what- ever honest folk believed before them. They’l... ...ke. Poor fellow! the Queen, even while she wished him in the farthest West Indian isle, could not help under- standing that strange doubt and dread th...

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...ve, had made an elaborate cave in which he could hide himself from the Red Indians who were lurking behind the curtains. He put his ear to the floor a... ... his egg. They knew that he must have an egg for his voice, there were two women in the house, and no one had the least regard for his comfort. Mrs. C... ... the evenings when they did 119 W. Somerset Maugham not go out, the young women sang little songs in the green velvet drawing-room, while Fraulein An... ... was real life. It was a strange life, dark and tortured, in which men and women showed to remorseless eyes the evil that was in their hearts: a fair ... ...ty at the vicarage, and two girls came, daughters of a retired major in an Indian regiment who had lately settled in Blackstable. They were very prett... ...ed their nimble way on the edge of the incomprehensible. Some- times great philosophers seemed to have noth- ing to say to him, but at others he recog... ... say ,” she told him, “as there’s another lady here whose husband’s in the Indian Civil.” “I wouldn’t let that disturb me if I were you,” said Philip....

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... tell you confidentially: it’s a protection to our daughters and to decent women to have a district where tough nuts can raise cain. Keeps ‘em away fr... ...fend him, admiring him with a proud and credulous love passing the love of women. Paul and he shook hands solemnly; they smiled as shyly as though the... ...es in stories—” “These whats?” “—but the wise, hard, corseted, old married women like Zilla are worse than any bobbed-haired girl that ever went boldl... ... to have Vision—” “I think those correspondence-courses are terrible!” The philosophers gasped. It was Mrs. Babbitt who had made this discord in their... ...and communism—Atlanta with Hartford, Rochester with Denver, Milwaukee with Indianapolis, Los Angeles with Scranton, Portland, Maine, with Portland, Or... ...once had roused them to cheer defiance at rooters from Ohio or Michigan or Indiana, whooped, “Come on, you wombats! All together in the long yell!” Ba... ...ets of statistics, they were trudging off to lectures by authors and Hindu philosophers and Swedish lieutenants. “Gosh,” Babbitt wailed to his wife, a... ...t the rapids. He particularly remem- bered Joe Paradise, half Yankee, half Indian. If he could but take up a backwoods claim with a man like Joe, work...

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... not with a view to regulate your prac- tice, but your judgment: as to old women, and the mob of newspaper readers, they are pleased with anything, pr... ... the poor king (Charles VI.) falling in at such a crisis, like the case of women laboring in childbirth during the storming of a city, trebled the awf... ... Domrémy, and, by a satisfactory consequence, how thinly sown with men and women must have been that region even in its inhabited spots. But the fores... ...e man that is baked into a king. All others are counterfeits, made of base Indian meal, damaged by sea-water. La Pucelle, before she could be allowed ... ...eparate table arranged for themselves in a corner of the room. Y et, if an Indian screen could be found ample enough to plant them out from the very e... ...o more, was in decent cultivation. Beyond that belt, there was only a wild Indian cultivation. At present what a differ- ence! We have that very belt,... ... arose, did people (but observe, very great people) advance to four, P .M. Philosophers, who watch the “semina rerum,” and the first symptoms of chang...