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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Who will be the new bishop? In the latter days of July in the year 185-, a most important question was for ten days hourly asked in the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways--Who was to be the ...

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...rsity. 3 Anthony Trollope Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope CHAPTER I WHO WILL BE THE NEW BISHOP? I n the latter days of July in the year 185-, a... ... the cathedral city of Barchester, and answered every hour in various ways—Who was to be the new Bishop? The death of old Dr Grantly, who had for many... ...perfectly noiseless, and his thin, wan hand, which lay above the coverlid, never moved. Nothing could be easier than the old man’s passage from this w... ...were the emotions of him who sat there watching. He knew it must be now or never. He was already over fifty, and there was little chance that his frie... ...mphleteer had produced a few dozen pages, which he called ‘Who are Hiram’s heirs?’ intending to give an infallible rule for the governance of such est... ...of a huge war hung heavily over the nation, and the question as to Hiram’s heirs did not ap- pear to interest very many people either in or out of the... ...er room, her person, and her feminine belongings. In nothing was this more apparent than in the visiting card which she had prepared for her use. For ... ...t at all nice, although his eyes were lovely. As usual, sixteen implicitly acceded to the dictum of seven- teen in such a matter, and said that he cer... ...ave a little of the same savoir vivre. Mr Arabin, as we have said, did not apparently take much notice of her; but yet he did not go to bed without fe...

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...ot. ?But it is,? returned she; ?for Mrs. Long has just been here, and she told me all about it.? Mr. Bennett made no answer. ?Do not you want to know who has taken it?? cried his wife impatiently. ?You want to tell me, and I have no objection to hearing it.? This was invitation enough....

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...he told me all about it.” Mr. Bennett made no answer. “Do not you want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently. “You want to tell me, an... ...was visiting and news. Chapter II M R. BENNET was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though ... ...! and it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning, and never said a word about it till now.” “Now, Kitty, you may cough as muc... ...gan to fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never Pride and Prejudice 9 settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. L... ...and a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother’s fortune, though a... ... reached Netherfield soon after the family breakfast. Had she found Jane in any apparent danger, Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being ... ...such to send as might rather give contentment to her aunt than to herself. His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the ... ...lication was great indeed; it was too great for her to know in what manner she acceded to it. She immediately felt that whatever desire Miss Darcy mig...

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...he jib-boom guys already eased off, and standing by the side of the pilot, who was steering the Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port,... ...he Pharaon towards the narrow entrance of the inner port, was a young man, who, with activity and vigilant eye, watched every motion of the ship, and ... ...to the question, sir. Do you mean is he a good comrade? No, for I think he never liked me since the day when I was silly enough, after a little quarre... ... a second Marseilles.” On turning round the owner saw Danglars behind him, apparently awaiting orders, but in reality also watching the young sailor, ... ...e.” “Come, come, cheer up, my dear father! ’Tis I — really I! They say joy never hurts, and so I came to you without any warning. Come now, do smile, ... ...fort, “I was then a royalist, because I believed the Bourbons not only the heirs to the throne, but the cho- Alexandre Dumas 97 sen of the nation. Th... ...n a cage. He clung to one idea — that of his happiness, destroyed, without apparent cause, by an unheard-of fatality; he con- sidered and reconsidered... ...ich I beg he will preserve in remembrance of his affectionate uncle.’ “The heirs sought everywhere, admired the breviary, laid hands on the furniture,... ..., but the Count of San-Felice besought his daughter so earnestly, that she acceded. One of the cavaliers then hastened to invite Teresa, without whom ...

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...tertainment, and the apartments in which it was given, alarmed Mr. Dobbin, who remonstrated after dinner, when Jos was asleep in the great chair. But ... ...or twice, and went sadly down the great stair- case, Captain Dobbin after, who handed her into the vehicle, and saw it drive away to its destination. ... ...he inmost parlour. George was too busy gloating over the money (for he had never had such a sum before), to mark the countenance or flight of the cada... ... through life in perfect ease and good-humour. The hot- test suns of India never heated his temper; and the Walcheren ague never shook it. He walked u... ... They had formed a part of the division under the command of his Sovereign apparent, the Prince of Orange, and as respected length of swords and musta... ...d not refuse such advantageous chances for the boy. Nor could she, but she acceded to their overtures with a very heavy and suspicious heart, was alwa... ... trying on his father’s coronet, he gives you a natural description of all heirs appar- ent. If you were heir to a dukedom and a thousand pounds a day...

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... with their servants and families: very likely they are right. But persons who think otherwise, and are of a lazy, or a benevolent, or a sarcastic moo... ...nd dressed with the greatest care by the artist; the Dobbin Figure, though apparently clumsy, yet dances in a very amusing and natural manner; the Lit... ...-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of four miles an hour. A black servant, who 5 Thackeray reposed on the box beside the fat coachman, uncurled his b... ...capitals. “Are you in your senses? Replace the Dixonary in the closet, and never venture to take such a liberty in future.” “Well, sister, it’s only t... ...om friends out of the twenty-four young la- dies. Even envious Miss Briggs never spoke ill of her; high and mighty Miss Saltire (Lord Dexter’s grandda... ... as his wife, she was entitled: and to these proposals you may be sure she acceded, as she would to any other from the same author. Holding this kind ... ... They had formed a part of the division under the command of his Sovereign apparent, the Prince of Orange, and as respected length of swords and musta... ... trying on his father’s coronet, he gives you a natural description of all heirs appar- ent. If you were heir to a dukedom and a thousand pounds a day... ...d French bonds, &c., found in his lordship’s secretaire and claimed by his heirs from that injured woman. CHAPTER LXV Full of Business and Pleasure TH...

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... I CHAPTER 1 FERDINAND LOPEZ IT IS A CERTAINTY of service to a man to know who were his grandfathers and who were his grandmothers if he entertain an ... ... of society, and also of service to be able to speak of them as of persons who were themselves somebodies in their time. No doubt we all enter- tain g... ...even our brothers and sisters in our ordinary conversa- tion. But if a man never mentions his belongings among those with whom he lives, he becomes my... ...whom he lived, and who speculated often and wondered much as to who he was never dreamed that the silent man’s reticence was a burden to himself. At n... ...pez was well born;—but he was a gentleman. And this most precious rank was acceded to him although he was employed,—or at least had been employed,— on... ... at large seemed to speak well. He had been black-balled at two clubs, but apparently without defined reason. He lived as though he possessed a handso... ... his sister-in- law. There they sat opposite to him, talking to each other apparently with thoroughly mutual confidence, the very two persons whom he ... ...ent will as the instrument under which my property would be conveyed to my heirs, Emily’s share would go into the hands of trustees for the use of her... ... his plans, saying that he would bring her back after Christmas. Everett’s heirship had made these Christmas festivities,—which were, however, to be c...

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...the brass door-plate, with the interesting in- scription ‘Mrs. Tibbs,’ had never caught fire from con- stant friction, so perseveringly was it polishe... ... detested long stories, and Mr. Tibbs had one, the conclusion of which had never been heard by his most intimate friends. It always be- gan, ‘I recoll... ..., and contemplating their pumps. ‘Don’t know,’ replied Mr. Septimus Hicks, who was a tallish, white-faced young man, with spectacles, and a black ribb... ...ark- ably independent. The other, Mr. Simpson, was one of those young men, who are in society what walking gentlemen are on the stage, only infinitely... ...s peculiar to infancy, with which he beguiled the tediousness of the ride, apparently very much to his own satisfaction. When the unfortunate gentlema... ... Mr. Cymon Tuggs’s leg on the rough surface. Mrs. Captain Waters’s donkey, apparently under the influence of some playfulness of spirit, rushed sudden... ...ld merely be required to state whom he intended to bring. The proposal was acceded to; the Tauntons and the Briggses were reinstated; and the party wa... ... life; and Uncle Tom’s nephews and nieces had never, although the declared heirs to his large property, so heartily wished him gathered to his fathers...

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...ite was chosen, and at present it is, I think, evident that Washington can never be great in its ship- ping. Statio benefida carinis can never be its ... ...ess makes much difference to Massachusetts Avenue. I believe that the city never contains as many as eighty thousand, and that its permanent residents... ...is well that be should make provision for a coming family. But a Benedict, who early in his career shall have carried his friends with considerable se... ... nothing. The building, therefore, is wrong side foremost, and all mankind who enter it, Senators, Representatives, and judges included, go in at the ... ... The figures in the pediment are mean. There is now in the Capitol a group apparently prepared for a pediment, which is by no means mean. I was inform... ...ch so I should say as our own; but nothing can be dirtier, more untidy, or apparently more ill preserved than all the appurtenances of their soldiers.... ...le yet their own President was at the White House. Congress would not have acceded. Congress itself could not have acceded under the Consti- tution; b... ...all not be one of secession. This they could only do by fighting. Had they acceded to secession without a civil war, they would have been regarded thr... ...essing a literature, there is such a law, securing to authors and to their heirs, for a term of years, the exclusive right over their own productions....

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... ‘Barkis is willing, then. Is that enough to the point?’ ‘Fitzjocelyn, you never had any feelings yourself, and there- fore you trifle with those of o... ...which you could not grumble.’ ‘How does she look? How do they treat her?’ ‘Apparently they have not yet fed her on bread and water. No; seriously, I m... ... No; seriously, I must confess that she looked uncommonly well and lovely! Never mind, Jem; I verily believe that, in spite of absence and all that, s... ...setting a bad example to her sisters. They know nothing of it; but Walter, who learnt it no one knows how, draws the exemplary moral, that it serves h... ...either as a clergyman, nor as a Dynevor, can I consent to trick even those who have no claim to her duty!’ ‘Neither as a gentleman, nor as a human cre... ...period allotted to the siesta, to which custom, in old days, she had never acceded, but had always spent the interval on any spe- cial occupation—abov... ..., but a new M.P . as he was then.’ ‘Humph!’ said Oliver, with a dry sound, apparently ex- pressing, ‘So that is what our Parliament is made of. Father... ...m now ready to make it over to my mother, with entail to yourself and your heirs, as representatives of my brother Henry, and settling five thousand p... ...assiduous affection and gallant cheerfulness. Lord Ormersfield had readily acceded to his son’s wish to bring the party to spend Christmas at Ormersfi...

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...efore with myself Whom shall I set so great a man to face? Or whom oppose? who’s equal to the place? (As Aeschylus expresses it), I found none so fit ... ...aking her only privy to it, and commanding her, if she brought forth a son who, when he came to man’s estate, should be able to lift up the stone and ... ...ired by the glory of Hercules, held him in the highest estimation, and was never more satisfied than in listening to any that gave an account of him; ... ...rstood her, to give her shelter, with vows that if she es- caped she would never cut them down nor burn them. But Theseus calling upon her, and giving... ...y themselves, who might be foolish, infirm, or diseased; as if it were not apparent that children of a bad breed would prove their bad qualities first... ...uate themselves into his affections, as into some estate that lacks lawful heirs; and with affection come anxiety and care; insomuch that you may see ... ...d at the sight of their own dead, as rejoiced at the loss of the enemy; so apparently equal in the number was the slaughter on either side. Each party... ...or verbal testament, and to 363 Plutarch’s Lives name who should be their heirs, in the hearing of three or four witnesses. In this precise posture M... ...rth to the place of elec- tion, and pressing him with noise and clamor, he acceded to their request. When he appeared amongst the candidates, it did n...

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... in 4 Waverley the charge, and observing an officer of the King’s forces, who, scorning to join the flight of all around, remained with his sword in ... ...ch emotion, and asked permission to retire from the service of a sovereign who did not know how to spare a vanquished enemy. The Duke was struck, and ... ...ed these deeply; the Waverley estate was fettered by no entail (for it had never entered into the head of any of its former possessors that one of the... ...guments he used on this point cannot exactly be known, for Sir Everard was never supposed strong in the powers of persuasion; but the young officer, i... ...een two important houses. It followed as a matter of course, that the heir-apparent of Waverley-Honour could not, with propriety, visit Scotland witho... ...om the rider’s mere volition, rather than from the use of any external and apparent signal of motion. He received also instructions in his field duty;... ...young as she had been hersell), and young Gilliewhackit, who had spent his heirship and movables, like a gentleman, at cock-matches, bull-baitings, ho... ...seback, proposed their immediate return to Glennaquoich, Waverley joyfully acceded, for the form of his fair mistress had lived in his dreams during a... ...ttainder, as deriving no right through him, and who, therefore, like other heirs of entail in the same situation, entered upon possession. But, unlike...

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... told me all about it. Mr. Bennet made no answer. “Do you not want to know who has taken it?” cried his wife impatiently. “Yo u want to tell me, and I... ...as visiting and news. Chapter 2 MR. BENNET was among the earliest of those who waited on Mr. Bingley. He had always intended to visit him, though to t... ...nd it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a word about it till now.” “Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as... ...o fear that he might be always flying about from one place to another, and never settled at Netherfield as he ought to be. Lady Lucas quieted her fear... ...ear, which, unfortunately for his daugh- ters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant rela- tion; and their mother’s fortune, though amp... ...hed Netherfield soon after the family breakfast. Had she found Jane in any apparent danger, Mrs. Bennet would have been very miserable; but being sati... ...o send as might rather give con- tentment to her aunt than to herself. His apparent partiality had subsided, his attentions were over, he was the admi... ...tion was great indeed; it was too great for her to know in what manner she acceded to it. She immediately felt that whatever desire Miss Darcy might h...

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... the T alisman. The “Betrothed” did not greatly please one or two friends, who thought that it did not well correspond to the general title of “The Cr... ...instead of the genuine costume of the East, almost every trav- eller I met who had extended his route beyond what was anciently called “The Grand T ou... ...onders which it wrought, brought it to his own country, and left it to his heirs, by whom, and by Clydesdale in general, it was, and is still, disting... ...d ‘gan to laugh as he were wode. ‘What! is Saracen’s flesh thus good? That never erst I nought wist! By God’s death and his uprist, Shall we never die... ...ss alone saved him from being wounded in as many places. The seventh shaft apparently found a less perfect part of the armour, and the Christian dropp... ...thou wilt ob- serve the truce?” “The word of a follower of the Prophet was never broken,” answered the Emir. “It is thou, brave Nazarene, from whom I ... ...muttering of Theodorick, who, after swinging his flail in every direction, apparently quite reckless whether it encountered the head of either of his ... ...ts of little distinction. Let me examine this wounded animal.” Sir Kenneth acceded in silence, and the physician inspected and handled Roswal’s wound ...

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...red from one of actual occurrence, made public by a dis interested person who was professionally acquainted with the whole of the monstrous wrong fro... ...e Bianchini, a prebendary of Verona, otherwise dis tinguished in letters, who published an account of it at V erona in 1731, which he afterwards repu... ...t of the fog, sits the Lord High Chancellor in his High Court of Chancery. Never can there come fog too thick, never can there come mud and mire too d... ... candles here and there; well may the fog hang heavy in it, as if it would never get out; well may the stained glass windows lose their colour and adm... ...“Y ou wouldn’t allow me to offer you one, would you miss?” said Mr. Guppy, apparently refreshed. “Not any,” said I. “Not half a glass?” said Mr. Guppy... ...eatrical stage; but Boodle and Buffy , their followers and families, their heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns, are the born first ac tors,... ...e back with us to dinner. The last article of the agreement being joyfully acceded to by both, we smartened Peepy up a little with the assistance of a... ...half and half are superadded. Quickly the waitress returns bearing what is apparently a model of the T ower of Babel but what is really a pile of plat...

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...d been recently written in the blood of men and women of great distinction who were his progenitors; and had witnessed the agitations and terrors of t... ...e- gan his studies of Democracy in America. It was a bold ef- fort for one who had no special training in government, or in the study of political eco... ...phenomena as illustrations, not as proof nor arguments; and although it is apparent that the tendency of his mind was not wholly favorable to the demo... ...ce; but it has always been borne on by chance. The heads of the State have never had any forethought for its exigen- cies, and its victories have been... ...erful, the most intelligent, and the most moral classes of the nation have never attempted to connect themselves with it in order to guide it. The peo... ...e in 1640, began in like manner by drawing up a social contract, which was acceded to by all the interested parties. See “Pitkin’s History,” pp. 42 an... ...nce scornful of experience and jealous of authority. These two tendencies, apparently so discrepant, are far from conflicting; they advance together, ... ...uence not merely upon the property itself, but it affects the minds of the heirs, and brings their passions into play. These indirect consequences ten... ...nce, is the following: – If a man dies intestate, his property goes to his heirs in a direct line. If he has but one heir or heiress, he or she succee...

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...ss the throat of Monte Boscero facing it, when a party of five footfarers, who had met from differ- ent points of ascent some way below, and were clim... ...t his remarks upon the objects in sight, and chuckled to himself, like one who has learnt the necessity to appreciate his own humour if he is disposed... ... flatters me not—I am old.” “Take my arm, dear Agostino,” said the youth. “Never, my lad, until I need it. On, ahead of me, goat! chamois! and teach m... ...id two fingers hard against the rib which shields the heart. It had become apparently necessary for the speaker to 7 George Meredith relieve a mind s... ... You would embrace the king himself if you met him here.” “I swear I would never be guilty of the bad joke of crying a ‘Viva’ to him anywhere upon ear... ...ing to secure the arms of a man in a high-crowned green Swiss hat, who was apparently disposed to give the signorina’s faithful ser- vant some trouble... ...e for the recovery of Giacomo’s property, as well for his widow as for the heirs of his body. ‘It is a duty,’ Count Serabiglione said emphatically. ‘M... ....” This was their first private interview. Vittoria (for she knew him) had acceded to it, much fearing that it would lead to her having to put on her ...

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...Excerpt: Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well that he should be made acquainted with some particulars as to the locality in which, and the neighbors among whom, our doctor followed his profession....

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...Before the reader is introduced to the modest country medical practitioner who is to be the chief personage of the following tale, it will be well tha... ...some of its manu- facturing leviathan brethren in the north, but which is, nevertheless, very dear to those who know it well. Its green pastures, its ... ...than brethren in the north, but which is, nevertheless, very dear to those who know it well. Its green pastures, its waving wheat, its deep and shady ... ... of the great battle got his head broken in a row, on the right side; but, nevertheless, it was felt by the good men, true and blue, of East Barsetshi... ...ear to their mother. The two eldest, Augusta and Beatrice, lived, and were apparently likely to live. The four next faded and died one after another—a... ...ngle formed by the village street, and stretched away on two sides without apparent limit or boundaries visible from the village road or house. Indeed... ...the question. The poor man now about to die had wealth enough to make many heirs. What if his heart should have softened towards his sister’s child! W... ...itle-deeds of the estate; more of the es- tate, much more, belonged to the heirs under Sir Roger Scatcherd’s will than to the squire. It was now more ... ...the larger sum. Mr Oriel’s Sundays indeed! After much doubt, Lady Arabella acceded to her daughter’s suggestion, that Mary should be received at Gresh...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. Pro and con monsieur de manerville, the father, was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days when the old duke reigned in Guienne as governor. The Norman then sold the estate he owned in Bessin, and became a Gascon, allured by the beauty of the c...

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..., was a worthy Norman gentleman, well known to the Marechael de Richelieu, who married him to one of the richest heiresses of Bordeaux in the days whe... ...s property in Gascogne to an honest man, a notary’ s clerk, named Mathias, who was inclined to —or at any rate did—give into the new ideas. On his ret... ...tent will. Capable of doing great things to fly from persecution, he would never have prevented it by systematic opposition, nor have faced it with th... ...young to understand social distinctions and the necessities underlying the apparent assumption which they create, Paul was bored to death among these ... ...ry. The rest of his time was spent in reading novels, for his father would never have allowed the more abstruse studies now considered necessary to fi... ...e a social academician. It’s pitiable! The old bachelor whose property the heirs are waiting for, who fights to his last breath with his nurse for a s... ...t the very life of a Parisian. A name to preserve, property to transmit to heirs, social relations to be created by a household where the principal fa... ...demoiselle Natalie Evangelista was a remarkably beautiful young girl, and, apparently, the richest match in Bordeaux, where the steady diminution of h... ...ac hour. The words that she herself had uttered at the moment when Mathias acceded to Solonet’s conditions, “Questa coda non e di questo gatto,” were ...

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...lloway, as the original of the Bride of Lammermoor, the Author feels himself now at liberty to tell the tale as he had it from connexions of his own, who lived very near the period, and were closely related to the family of the bride....

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...f now at liberty to tell the tale as he had it from connexions of his own, who lived very near the period, and were closely related to the family of t... ...ged herself without the knowl- edge of her parents to the Lord Rutherford, who was not acceptable to them either on account of his political prin- cip... ...ch accomplished gentleman, David Dunbar, younger, of Baldoon, only son and apparent heir to the right worshipful Sir David Dunbar of Baldoon, Knight B... ...walk on foot, and then again Order all horses to be hough’d, that we Might never more the like adventure see. Supposing our readers have had enough of... ... to judge of the resemblance betwixt the real and imaginary scenes, having never seen Fast Castle except from the sea. But fortalices of this descript... ...ribed, in the most frightful colours, the real character and person of the apparently lovely Naiad, whom he hesitated not to denounce as a limb of the... ...ered her intolerable to the whole world—is probably dead by this time. Six heirs portioners have succes- sively died to make her wealthy. I know the e... ... of reason. Let him hear from Miss Lucy’s own lips that she hath dutifully acceded to the will of her parents, and repenteth her of her covenant with ... ...estics, well armed, should also remain in the castle. This condition being acceded to on the part of Colonel Ashton and his father, the rest of the br...

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... have been the ar- guments of theologians; and the cry of the people would never have met with princes so willing to espouse their cause, nor the new ... ...lief; but for the ambi- tion of the Guises, the Calvinists in France would never have beheld a Conde or a Coligny at their head. Without the exaction ... ...mies, and opened to them the treasures of their subjects. Of the multitude who flocked to their standards, such as were not lured by the hope of plund... ...ts drawn from reasons of state fall pow- erless on the ear of the subject, who seldom understands, and still more rarely is interested in them. In suc... ...n- iards to Roman Catholicism. The German line of the House of Austria was apparently more unfettered; but, in reality, though free from many of these... ...o with their oppo- nents. It was as professors of this creed that they had acceded to the treaty; and in the ben- efits of this peace the advocates of... ...or to retain his dominions, while he changed his religion. But it was soon apparent that he had entered upon a contest which he could not carry throug... ...irtemburg,—Lutherans as well as Calvinists, — who for themselves and their heirs entered into a close confederacy under the title of the Evangelical U... ...ere alarmed by a secret family compact with Spain, by which, in default of heirs-male of his own body, Ferdinand bequeathed to that crown the kingdom ...

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...ppy men, private schools long afforded a notable example. Although any man who had proved his unfitness for any other occupation in life, was free, wi... ...gh preparation for the functions he undertook, was required in the surgeon who assisted to bring a boy into the world, or might one day assist, perhap... ...it open with an inky pen-knife. The impression made upon me, however made, never left me. I was always curious about Y orkshire schools—fell, long aft... ...sing, he recovered immediately; but, though I tried him again and again, I never approached the question of the school, even if he were in the middle ... ...s!’ The last reflection hurt him so much, that he took at once to his bed; apparently resolved to keep that, at all events. ‘Cheer up, sir!’ said the ... ...e politeness of Miss La Creevy had dispatched to announce him, and who had apparently been making a variety of unsuccessful attempts, since their last... ...y; it seemed to have been prematurely turned by care or sorrow. He readily acceded to the proposal, and appeared to be pre- possessed by the frank goo... ...om he had lived in such enmity, they would have become in legal course his heirs. But they could not bear the thought of growing rich on money so acqu...

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...his power is very great, notwithstanding; and the dignity of his office is never impaired by the absence of efforts on his part to maintain it. The be... ... assent, and ushers the woman out. Her previous admiration of ‘the board’ (who all sit behind great books, and with their hats on) fades into nothing ... ... occasion he ventured to make a joke, which the Lord Mayor’s head footman (who happened to be present) afterwards told an intimate friend, confidentia... ...raits of the importance and gravity of a parish beadle—a gravity which has never been dis- turbed in any case that has come under our observa- tion, e... ...increased in the same proportion as their fami- lies, plod steadily along, apparently with no object in view but the counting-house; knowing by sight ... ...ulty of getting 70 Sketches by Boz one on, was only to be equalled by the apparent impossi- bility of ever getting it off again. But what involutions... ...ld merely be required to state whom he intended to bring. The proposal was acceded to; the Tauntons and the Briggses were reinstated; and the party wa... ... life; and Uncle Tom’s nephews and nieces had never, although the declared heirs to his large property, so heartily wished him gathered to his fathers...

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...ption to deter me from an object which, if it were delayed, might probably never be carried out. I am there- fore forced to take the subject in its pr... ...faction either to myself or to others. It is a work which some man will do who has earned a right by education, study, and success to rank himself amo... ...tical, or statistico-scientific writer; but it can hardly be done by a man who professes to use a light pen, and to manufacture his article for the us... ...gerness of as- sent which the occasion perhaps required. “Ah,” said he, “I never yet met the down-trodden subject of a despot who did not hug his chai... ... know he perceived. That, ever and anon, with all his graciousness, became apparent. But I wonder whether he perceived also that I did envy everything... ...ss to forbear. I fear that, in these careful days, crowned heads and their heirs must often find themselves in the position of Sancho at the banquet. ... ... been built opposite to it, on the Canadian side, up above the fall; built apparently— for I did not go to it—with some camera-obscura inten- tion for... ...aithful execution of that law by the Northern and Western States would, if acceded to by Mr. Lincoln’s party, have amounted to an unconditional surren...