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...- Book Eighth Retrospect: Love of Nature Leading to Love of Mankind, 126 -- Book Ninth Residence in France, 150 -- Book Tenth Residence in France and French Revolution, 176 -- Book Eleventh Imagination, How Impaired and Restored, 205 -- Book Twelfth Same Subject (Continued), 217 -- Book Thirteenth Conclusion, 228...

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.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Book Tenth Residence in France and French Revolution . . . . . . . . . 176 Book Eleventh Imagination, How Im... ...teps, and came erelong 70 To a green shady place where down I sate Beneath a tree, slackening my thoughts by choice And settling into gentler happines... ...n here and there about the grove of oaks Where was my bed, an acorn from the trees Fell audibly, and with a startling sound. Thus occupied in mind I l... ...nicles of kings, Suffered in silence for the love of truth; 205 How that one Frenchman, through continued force Of meditation on the inhuman deeds Of ... ... a wild flower 215 All over his dear county, left the deeds Of Wallace like a family of ghosts To people the steep rocks and river banks, Her natural s... ...n in her eclipse, Queens, gleaming through their splendour’s last decay, And Monarchs, surly at the wrongs sustain’d 565 By royal visages. Meanwhile, ... ...this my new abode, Not seldom I had melancholy thoughts 75 From personal and family regards, Wishing to hope without a hope—some fears About my future... ...ter of form and face: The Swede, the Russian; from the genial south, 240 The Frenchman and the Spaniard; from remote America, the hunter Indian; Moors... ...ay green field? 5 Crowd seems it, solitary hill, to thee, Though but a little family of men— Twice twenty—with their children and their wives, And here...

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... disposition. Now those around me were for the most part quiet, orderly, obedient citizens, family men broken by adversity, elderly youths who had fai... ...ses livingly to my imagination. A turn of the market may be a calamity as disastrous as the French retreat from Moscow; but it hardly lends itself to ... ...And since I am here on the chapter of the children, I must mention one little fellow, whose family belonged to Steerage No. 4 and 5, and who, wherever... ...was to meet a little triumph of the human species. Even when his mother and the rest of his family lay sick and prostrate around him, he sat upright i... ...pected, the quadrille was soon whistled down, and the dancers departed under a cloud. Eight Frenchmen, even eight Englishmen from another rank of soci... ...an in the army.’ Among nations, En- gland was the first; then came France. He respected the French navy and liked the French people; and if he were fo... ... more hope of evening fellowship, and I could only stroll on by the river-side, un- der the trees. The water was dappled with slanting sunshine, and d... ...of memorable men of yore. And this distinction is not only in virtue of the pastime of dead monarchs. Great events, great revolutions, great cycles in... ...anges and renews a weary spirit. Disappointed men, sick Francis Firsts and vanquished Grand Monarchs, time out of mind have come here for consola- tio...

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...imself to write. When eight years old, he was placed under the care of the family priest, one Bannister, who taught him the Latin and Greek grammars t... ...fteen, he visited London, in order to acquire a more thorough knowledge of French and Italian. At sixteen, he wrote the “Pastorals,” and a portion of ... ... curious, if true, that she was as deformed in person as Pope himself. Her family seems to have been noble. In 1713, he published “Windsor Forest,” an... ...l, and accomplished—full of enterprise and spirit, too, although decidedly French in her tastes, manners, and character. Pope fell violently in love w... ..., and men- tioning that he had some papers of P .T .’s in reference to his family history, which he would shew him. Pope replied by three advertisemen... ...y, Daphnis, say, in what glad soil appears, A wondrous tree 6 that sacred monarchs bears? Tell me but this, and I’ll disclaim the prize, And give the... ... I must bring you acquainted with. The best account I know of them is in a French book called ‘Le Comte de Gabalis,’ which both in its title and size ... ...s robe, 83 The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope – V olume One And, of all monarchs, only grasps the globe? The Baron now his Diamonds pours apace; Th... ...g at the deadly dart, Bleeds in the forest like a wounded hart. Succeeding monarchs heard the subjects’ cries, Nor saw displeased the peaceful cottage...

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...dered as nourishing the most inveterate antipathy to their victor. All the monarchs of the Norman 5 Sir Walter Scott race had shown the most marked p... ...the great nobles, where the pomp and state of a court was emulated, Norman-French was the only language employed; in courts of law, the pleadings and ... ..., the pleadings and judgments were delivered in the same tongue. In short, French was the lan- guage of honour, of chivalry, and even of justice, whil... ...d, occasioned the gradual formation of a dialect, com- pounded betwixt the French and the Anglo-Saxon, in which they could render themselves mutually ... ...to several of whom he was allied by birth, being of a distinguished Norman family. The ladies, in particular, were not disposed to scan too nicely the... ...y to find,” answered Gurth, who broke silence for the first time, “and the family of Cedric retire early to rest.” “T ush, tell not me, fellow,” said ... ... quarter we are but lost men. It is said he banished his only son from his family for lifting his eyes in the way of affection towards this beauty, wh... ...ingsburgh, a personage, who, on account of his descent from the last Saxon monarchs of England, was held in the highest respect by all the Saxon nativ... ...other to the Empress of Germany, the daughter, the wife, and the mother of monarchs, was obliged, during her early residence for education in England,...

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... away with me in the same manner, although they have nothing to complain of except a tax or two now and then. Idiots! ignorant of their real enemies, ... ...ere I obliged to yield to the populace she would yield with me; if I fly, she will fly; and then we shall see how the rebels will get on without eithe... ... his hand on the holster of his uncle’s saddle-bow. “Certainly not! certainly not,” exclaimed Mazarin. “Diavolo! my dear friend, you are going to spoi... ... must be with my title deeds.” D’Artagnan opened an old casket which stood in a cor- ner of the room, and which was full of parchments refer- ring to ... ...t seems, my dear friend, that some- thing vexes you; you are ill, perhaps? That health, which—” 99 Dumas “Excellent, my dear friend; better than ever... ...posited her in charge of Charlotte, who, till better advice comes, has bathed the foot in cold well-water.” The guests now all took leave of Athos, ex... ...ort a double weight?” “The weight was not so heavy when I was in peril,” in- terrupted the queen, with a sad smile, “and I ask no more for my husband ... ...With which you are at war—is it not so? Y ou will charge Broussel to report it. Enough, sir, enough. I understand you or rather, I am wrong. Go to the... ...one, “what do you think of this business, my dear count?” “Bad,” replied Athos, “very bad.” “But you received it with enthusiasm.” “As I shall ever re...

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...ng beauty -- The lion hunters of Cintiqui -- Clothing wrought from the bark of trees 118- 122 CHAPTER X. A Remarkably just Emperor. -- The famous dist... ...ing sights in the sky -- The excitable historian -- A marvellous water-bearing tree -- Man-eaters of the deep -- Mother Carey's chickens -- Giants of ... ...lves -- Formation of a communistic settlement -- Occupation by the English and French of many islands -- A fort built at Tortuga -- Capture of the pla... ... and massacre of the people -- A few survivors turn freebooters -- English and French sailors and Colonists become pirates against Spanish ships Rapid... ...citizens hire filibusters to guard their homes -- The English outwitted by the French -- The French return and plunder the city for a second time -- T... ...sable love for history; that it may diffuse both pleasure and knowledge in the family circle; that it may be helpful in teaching the value of good boo... ...oah stepped forth upon dry land after the flood had drowned all except his own family. It is, therefore, no strange thing that in this region, along t... ...t the curious, resemblance borne by the heads of several varieties of the seal family to the human countenance misled him, and that he was honestly mi... ...r was a punctilious one, and might have been patterned after those of European monarchs. His courtiers and attendants never approached his presence wi...

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...ndows like flying genii or strange birds,--having breakfasted one morning at about this eventful period of time, on her customary viands; to wit, one French roll rasped, one egg new laid (or warranted to be), and one little pot of tea, wherein was infused one little silver scoopful of that herb on behalf of Miss Tox, and one little silver scoopful on behalf of the teapot--...

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...about this event- ful period of time, on her customary viands; to wit, one French roll rasped, one egg new laid (or warranted to be), and one little p... ... make an effort. That he is bound to make an effort. We have always been a family remarkable for effort. Paul is at the head of the family; almost the... ...ut for, in a wife?” I should certainly have answered, “Paul, you must have family, you must have beauty, you must have dignity, you must have connexio... ...e used them. I should have said, “Paul! You to marry a second time without family! You to marry without beauty! Y ou to marry without dignity! Y ou to... ...nt through the grand saloons and halls, that had got loose among the shady trees, and raged and rent themselves. The mimic roses on the walls and floo... ... The milliner’s intentions on the subject of this dress—the milliner was a Frenchwoman, and greatly resembled Mrs Skewton—were so chaste and elegant, ... ...ps for its short reign, and its tears trickle on the window-glass, and the trees against the church-wall bow their heads, and wring their many hands i... ...ays that’ s his opin- ion too, and give him War besides, and down with the French—for this young man has a general impression that every foreigner is ... ...’ he said, with his false mouth distended to its fullest stretch. ‘Just as monarchs imagine attractions in the lives of beggars.’ He directed a sharp ...

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...ld have produced something better—something up to the highest limit of the French influences and training. In England he rose to the highest limit att... ... who loves peace and dreads pain, leaves his pleasant home and his weeping family and marches out to manfully expose himself to hunger, cold, wounds, ... ...tal comfort— for that is the sole low of his life . He leaves the weeping family behind; he is sorry to make them uncomfortable, but not sorry enough... ...t in deference to public opin ion he fought a duel. He deeply loved his family, but to buy public approval he treacherously deserted them and threw... ... by the pagan mother’s distress—Jesuit missionaries in Canada in the early French times, for instance; see episodes quoted by Parkman. Y.M. Well, let ... ...mplexion of his religion: English—Protestant; Ameri can—ditto; Spaniard, Frenchman, Irishman, Italian, South American—Roman Catholic; Russian—Greek ... ...en air while they learned the kings. I found it, and they mastered all the monarchs in a day or two. The idea was to make them see the reigns with th... ...nd through the grounds and up the hill. I staked it out with the En glish monarchs, beginning with the Conqueror, and you could stand on the porch an... ...tted him, anyway. Now we turn the corner of the century with a new line of monarchs—the Lancastrian kings. Henry IV.; fourteen squares of yellow pape...

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...CA AND ROWENA. ...........................................................................................................256 THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION. .........................................................313...

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..................................................256 THE HISTORY OF THE NEXT FRENCH REVOLUTION. ........................................................... ...ar marked “Only 6 1/2d.”—That catty box, on which was the epigraph “Strong Family Congo only 3s. 9d,” was from the country of Confutzee—that heap of d... ...etty grocer’s boy you are,” she cried, “with your applepiebomenos and your French and lingo. Am I to be kept waiting for hever?” “Pardon, fair Maiden,... ...ever?” “Pardon, fair Maiden,” said he, with high-bred courtesy: “’twas not French I read, ’twas the Godlike language of the blind old bard. In what ca... ...imperial glories; where the huts are squatted by the Niger, under the palm-trees; where the Northern Babel lies, with its warehouses, and its bridges,... ...he world—in all the cities of mankind there is One Home whither men of one family may resort. Over the entire world spreads a vast brotherhood, suffer... ...- happy Josephine by her former marriage with a French gentle- man of good family. Having a smack of the old blood in him, Eugene’s manners were much ... ...n the opposite bank rise the seven mountains robed in majestic purple, the monarchs of the royal scene. A pleasing poet, Lord Byron, in describing thi... ... my allies round about me. The high contracting Powers came to my bidding: monarchs from all parts of the earth; sover- eigns from the Moon and other ...

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...surer?s office in the Chambre des Comptes. Voltaire was born in the year 1694. He lived until within ten or eleven years of the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and was a chief leader in the movement of thought that preceded the Revolution. Though he lived to his eighty-fourth year, Voltaire was born with a weak body....

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...94. He lived until within ten or eleven years of the outbreak of the Great French Revolution, and was a chief leader in the movement of thought that p... ... the unfortunate King James II., in whom, as in most princes of the Stuart family, gran- deur and weakness were equally blended, and who, like them, a... ...land minister appears as another Cato in presence of a juvenile, sprightly French graduate, who bawls for a whole morning together in the divinity sch... ...ners, and the rest of the nation kiss the chains they are loaded with. The French are of opinion that the govern- ment of this island is more tempestu... ...ges, who had laid waste France, Italy, Spain, and England, made themselves monarchs. Their generals divided among themselves the sev- eral countries t... ...rustrated of all their hopes in an instant. The small-pox getting into the family, one daughter died of it, another lost an eye, a third had a great n... ...with history, and fix an uncertain chronology. It is true that there is no family, city, or nation, but endeavours to remove its original as far backw... ...d commit a great error should he allow three hun- dred years to these nine monarchs. Every generation takes about thirty-six years; every reign is, on... ...This king, to whom W aller had a little before (as is usual with bards and monarchs) presented a copy of verses embroidered with praises, reproached t...

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........................................................ 143 EPIGRAM FROM THE FRENCH. ...................................................................... ...nd trimmed the broad old oak of Shakspeare’s speech, that it seems another tree altogether. Everything is so terse, so clear, so pointed, so elaborate... ...cisely such a swing. It was fond of a mixture of strong English sense with French graces and charms of manner; and Pope supplied it. It was fond of ke... ...lower. ’Tis education forms the common mind, Just as the twig is bent, the tree’s inclined. 150 Boastful and rough, your first so... ... 380 Seldom at church (’twas such a busy life) But duly sent his family and wife. There (so the devil ordain’d) one Christmas-tide, My good ... ...es; One boundless green, or flourish’d carpet views, With all the mournful family of yews; The thriving plants, ignoble broomsticks made, Now sweep th... ... sway, Let that frail thing, weak woman, have her way. The wives of all my family have ruled Their tender husbands, and their passions cool’d. Fye! ’t... ...hunders all his own! Stood up to dash each vain pretender’s hope, Maul the French tyrant, or pull down the Pope! If there’s a Briton then, true bred a... ...ee what succour from the patriot race. C——, 91 his own proud dupe, thinks monarchs things Made just for him, as other fools for kings; Controls, deci...

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...................................................................................................................................... 47 WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING ...................................................................... 61 BON-BON...............................................................................................................

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........................................................... 47 WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING .......................................... ...en denuded by what is termed a land-slide, of the principal portion of its trees. My thoughts had been long wandering from the volume before me to the... ...ting the size of the creature by comparison with the diameter of the large trees near which it passed—the few gi- ants of the forest which had escaped... ... place, let me read to you a schoolboy account of the genus Sphinx, of the family Crepuscularia of the order Lepidoptera, of the class of In- secta—or... ...cripple. Dwarfs were as common at court, in those days, as fools; and many monarchs would have found it difficult to get through their days (days are ... ...us livers. I bedewed his grave with my tears, worked a bar sinister on his family es- cutcheon, and, for the general expenses of his funeral, sent in ... ...and led happily ever afterward a new life. 61 V olume Five WHY THE LITTLE FRENCHMAN WEARS HIS HAND IN A SLING IT’S ON MY VISITING CARDS sure enough (... ... Sans que mon cœur fit tic ni tac, Présenter du tabac. French Vaudeville THAT PIERRE BON-BON was a restaurateur of uncommon qualif... ...c and com- fortable. In the corner diagonary opposite, appeared, in direct family communion, the properties of the kitchen and the bibliotheque. A dis...

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...calmly where fools may be eager to rush. As a distinguished and successful French novelist 12 Notes on Life and Letters once observed of fiction, “C’... ...force; and he stands excused from the duty of patriotic posturing. He is a Frenchman of Frenchmen beyond question or cavil, and with that he is simple... ...say that during his sojourn in England he had the misfortune to be, as the French say, mal entoure. He was beset by people who understood not the qual... ... 54 Notes on Life and Letters and then, indistinct and passing between the trees. Thus in his very vagueness of appearance, the writer seen through th... ...rs the regard paid to certain forms of conventional de- cency. For, if the monarchs of Europe have been de- rided for addressing each other as “brothe... ...ll hands, is the heritage of democracy. In the ceremonial brother- hood of monarchs the reality of blood-ties, for what little it is worth, acted ofte... ...l sense. Oppression, not merely political, but affecting social relations, family life, the deepest affections of human nature, and the very fount of ... ...over, who if true to himself, to his con- ception of patriotism and to his family tradition could not have put his hand to it with any sincerity of pu... ...aptain’s “wonderful people,” and pro- ceeded to give me the history of the family’s cross- ing the Atlantic in a White Star liner. They remained in En...