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...LI by H. G. Wells A PENN STATE ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells is a publication of the Pennsylvania State U... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The New Machiavelli by H. G. Wells, the Pennsylvania State University, Electron... ...to Vettori, and it seems to me, now that I have released myself altogether from his literary precedent, that he still has his use for me. In spite of ... ...red, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities grown more powerful and peoples made rich and mul- titudinous by their efforts, they thought in ter... ...s unfair. The old sort of Prince, the old little principality has vanished from the world. The commonweal is one man’s absolute es- tate and responsib... ... Natural History, a brand-new illustrated Green’s His- tory of the English People, Irving’s Companions of Columbus, a great number of unbound parts of... ... and she tried in vain to interest me in them; there was Miss Strickland’s Queens of England, a book I re- member with particular animosity, and Queec... ...nd voluminous, and succumbed very easily to a low shooter or an unexpected Yorker, hut usually he was caught early by long leg. The difficulty was to ... ...of Staten Island towards the towering vigour and clamorous vitality of New York City, that mood rose to its quintessence. And once it came to me, as I...

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...s and umbrella: upon the whole, one who felt himself to occupy morally that vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section, --that is, he went to church, but yawned privately by the time the congregation reached the Nicene creed, and thought of what there would be for dinner when he meant to be listeni...

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...116 -- 22 THE GREAT BARN AND THE SHEEP-SHEARERS, 122 -- 23 EVENTIDE?A SECOND DECLARATION, 131 -- 24 THE SAME NIGHT? THE FIR PLANTATION, 137 -- 25 THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED, 143 -- 26 SCENE ON THE VERGE OF THE HAY-MEAD, 146 -- 27 HIVING THE BEES, 154...

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... . . 131 24 THE SAME NIGHT — THE FIR PLANTATION . . . . . . . . 137 25 THE NEW ACQUAINTANCE DESCRIBED . . . . . . . . . . . 143 26 SCENE ON THE VERGE ... ... vast middle space of Laodicean neutrality which lay between the Communion people of the parish and the drunken section, — that is, he went to church,... ... Oak remedied by thumps and shakes, and he es caped any evil consequences from the other two defects by constant comparisons with and observations of... ...ount of the exertion, and drawing up the watch by its chain, like a bucket from a well. But some thoughtful persons, who had seen him walking across o... ...farmer.’ ‘And the greatest of them is — well, what it is always.’ ‘Beating people down? ay, ’tis so.’ ‘O no.’ ‘What, then?’ Gabriel, perhaps a little ... ...riel Oak, and he recognised his position clearly. The first movement in his new progress was the lambing of his ewes, and sheep having been his special... ...the clicking shears — a flush which was enviable, for its delicacy, by many queens of coteries, and would have been creditable, for its promptness, to ... ..., what was going on. ‘The Royal Hippodrome Performance of Turpin’s Ride to York and the Death of Black Bess,’ replied the man promptly, without turnin... ...ent and the announcement. Have you ever seen the play of ‘Turpin’s Ride to York?’ ‘Turpin was a real man, was he not?’ ‘O yes, perfectly true — all of...

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...............................26 APPENDIX:.................................................................................................132 EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA.............................................................................................................. 132 PART OF THE LAY OF SIGRDRIFA (1).............................................................

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...The V olsunga Saga with Excerpts from the Poetic Edda Anonymous Old Norse and Icelandic Mythologies T ransla... .................................................................132 EXCERPTS FROM THE POETIC EDDA ......................................................... ...ous: Kudrun, Translated by Marion E. Gibbs & Sidney Johnson (Garland Pub., New York, 1992). Anonymous: Nibelungenlied, T ranslated by A.T . Hatto (Pen... ... Kudrun, Translated by Marion E. Gibbs & Sidney Johnson (Garland Pub., New York, 1992). Anonymous: Nibelungenlied, T ranslated by A.T . Hatto (Pen- gu... ...cated man, but no trouble has been taken to make him familiar with his own people or their tongue. Even that Englishman who knew Alfred, Bede, Caedmon... ..., Cicero, or Pericles, would be hard bestead were he asked about the great peoples from whom we sprang; the warring of Harold Fairhair or Saint Olaf; ... ...d. That which has been done, one may hope, is but the beginning of a great new birth, that shall give back to our language and literature all that hee... ... wooing of Brynhild for Gunnar, her marriage to him, of the quarrel of the Queens, the brooding grief and wrath of Brynhild, and the interview of Sigu... ...ther in great game and glee, and drank goodly wine. CHAPTER XXVIII How the Queens held angry converse together at the Bathing O N A DAY as the Queens ...

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...Excerpt: Young people. Dunbar Castle, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the sh...

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...imes, the only recreation-ground of the ladies and play-place of the young people. Dunbar Castle, standing on steep rocks above the North Sea, was not... ...eep rocks above the North Sea, was not only inaccessible on that side, but from its donjon tower commanded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of ... ...nded a magnificent view, both of the expanse of waves, taking purple tints from the shad- ows of the clouds, with here and there a sail fleeting befor... ...wer. ‘They might coup over the walls for aught thou seest,’ re- turned the new-comer. ‘If it were not for little Mary what would become of the poor we... ...acted to the Dauphin and the Duke of Brittany, and were soon sent to their new homes. The little King, the one darling of his mother, was snatched fro... ... face of north- ern nature, and it was hardly to be wondered at that young people, inheritors of the cultivated instincts of James I. and of the Plant... ... an archiepiscopal see, instead of leaving Scot- land under the primacy of York. Hawk and harp were all the properties the princesses-er- rant took wi... ...han all these agitations about princely bridegrooms! and broken lances and queens of beauty seemed to fade into insignificance, or to be only incident... ...enough for the old nuns, but no for kings 88 Two Penniless Princesses and queens.’ ‘I hate the horned cap, in which I feel like a cow, and methought ...

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...Excerpt: It came without warning, at the very hour his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Combine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle crossed above the other, tongue pressed into palate, wondering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorag...

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................................................................................................................................................ 114 THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD ........................................................................................................................................... 129 THE PUZZLER .........................................................

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..................................................................... 114 THE NEW KNIGHTHOOD ............................................................... ...doth wrest thee, Ere folly hath much oppressed thee, Far from acquaintance kest thee Where country may digest thee . . . ... ... his hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Com- bine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ank... ... hand was outstretched to crumple the Holz and Gunsberg Com- bine. The New York doctors called it overwork, and he lay in a darkened room, one ankle c... ...ndering whether the next brain-surge of prickly fires would drive his soul from all anchorages. At last they gave judgment. With care he might in two ... ...ng you away from everything like this. I—I suppose we’re the two loneliest people on God’s earth to-night.” Said Sophie his wife, and kissed him: “Isn... ...e of the place.” “I give it up,” said George one night in their own room. “People don’t seem to matter in this country compared to the places they liv... ...er so; but she only waved her feelers, and said we could all lay eggs like Queens if we chose. And I’m afraid lots of the weaker sisters believe her, ... ... dropping drone-eggs where they listed, and said there was no more need of Queens. How, covered by this confusion, Sacharissa educated certain young b...

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...members, important in themselves, yet more important in their relations to this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains about 1,250,000 square miles. In extent it is the second great valley of the world, being exceeded only by that of the Amazon. The valley of the frozen ...

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...o this. Exclusive of the Lake basin and of 300,000 square miles in Texas and New Mexico, which in many aspects form a part of it, this basin contains... ...nce six times, the British Is lands or Italy ten times. Conceptions formed from the river basins of Western Europe are rudely shocked when we con ... ...con sider the extent of the valley of the Mississippi; nor are those formed from the sterile basins of the great rivers of Siberia, the lofty plateau... ...ifty feet. But at Bayou La Fourche the river rises only twenty four feet; at New Orleans only fif teen, and just above the mouth only two and one hal... ...psed since the river took its place in history. The belief of the scientific people is, that the mouth used to be at Baton Rouge, where the hills ceas... ...d fifty years there had been white settlements on our Atlantic coasts. These people were in intimate communication with the Indians: in the south the ... ... know it with absolute exactness. If you will take the longest street in New York, and travel up and down it, conning its features patiently until you... ... and picturesque ness drop gradually out of it as one travels away from New York.” I find that among my notes. It makes no difference which direction... ...g to an understanding with the two victims, he was to have given Backus four queens, but alas, he didn’t. Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 212 ...

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...oena Prima -- Flourish of Trumpets: Then Hoboyes. Enter King, Duke Humfrey, Salisbury, Warwicke, and Beau-ford on the one side. The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, on the other. Suffolke. As by your high Imperiall Majesty, I had in charge at my depart for France, As Procurator to your Excellence, To marry Princes Margaret for your Grace; So in the Famous...

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...ke, and Beau-ford 4 on the one side. 5 The Queene, Suffolke, Yorke, Somerset, and Buckingham, 6 on the other. 7 Suffol... ...t Folio 40 Her words yclad with wisedomes Maiesty, 41 Makes me from Wondring, fall to Weeping ioyes, 42 Such is the Fulnesse of my h... ...he first Duke of Suffolke, 70 And girt thee with the Sword. Cosin of Yorke, 71 We heere discharge your Grace from being Regent 72 I’... ...hee with the Sword. Cosin of Yorke, 71 We heere discharge your Grace from being Regent 72 I’th parts of France, till terme of eighteene Mo... ...of Henry the Sixt Shakespeare: First Folio 86 His valour, coine, and people in the warres? 87 Did he so often lodge in open field: 88 ... ...e can: 115 But now it is impossible we should. 116 Suffolke, the new made Duke that rules the rost, 117 Hath giuen the Dutchy of Aniou... ...itch your hearts, be wise and circumspect. 165 What though the common people fauour him, 166 Calling him, Humfrey the good Duke of Gloster,... ...tate, 263 Till Henrie surfetting in ioyes of loue, 264 With his new Bride, & Englands deere bought Queen, 265 And Humfrey with the Pe... ...athedrall Church of Westminster, 312 And in that Chaire where Kings & Queens wer crownd, 313 Where Henrie and Dame Margaret kneel’d to me,...

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...Excerpt: The Third Part of Henry the Sixth with the Death of the Duke of Yorke; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Alarum. Enter Plantagenet, Edward, Richard, Norfolke, Mount-ague, Warwicke, and Souldiers. Warwicke. I Wonder how the King escap?d our hands? Pl. While we pursu?d the Horsmen of y North,...

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...st Folio The third Part of Henry the Sixt with the death of the Duke of Yorkeo4 Actus Primus. Scoena Prima. 2 Alarum. 3 Enter... ...le quickly 79 flye. 80 Henry. Farre be the thought of this from Henries heart, 81 To make a Shambles of the Parliament House. ... ...shall disproue it. You forget, 103 That we are those which chas’d you from the field, 104 And slew your Fathers, and with Colours spread 10... ... that are King, though he do weare the Crowne, 966 Haue caus’d him by new Act of Parliament, 967 To blot out me, and put his owne Sonne in. ... ... went’st forlorne. 1453 Hum. Say, what art thou talk’st of Kings & Queens? 1454 King. More then I seeme, and lesse then I was born to:... ... 1761 Scotland hath will to helpe, but cannot helpe: [p5 1762 Our People, and our Peeres, are both mis- led, 1763 Our Treasure seiz’d, ou... ...y Credit, and mine Ho-nor. 1855 Lewis. But is hee gracious in the Peoples eye? 1856 Warw. The more, that Henry was vnfortunate. 185... ...1953 And force the Tyrant from his seat by Warre. 1954 ’Tis not his new- made Bride shall succour him. 1955 And as for Clarence, as my Let... ...e him from foule dispaire? 1963 Bona. My quarrel, and this English Queens, are one. 1964 War. And mine faire Lady Bona, ioynes with y...

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...hester, great uncle to the King. (CARDINAL:) RICHARD PLANTAGENET : Duke of York. (YORK:) EDWARD and RICHARD: his sons DUKE OF SOMERSET : (SOMERSE... ... SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL, on the one side; QUEEN MARGARET, SUFFOLK, YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other .] SUFFOLK: As by your high... ...h; but her grace in speech, Her words y clad with wisdom’s majesty, Makes me from wondering fall to weeping joys; Such is the fulness of my heart’s co... ..., And gird thee with the sword. Cousin of York, We here discharge your grace from being regent I’ the parts of France, till term of eighteen months Be... ...ll the land. What! did my brother Henry spend his youth, His valor, coin and people, in the wars? Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter’s col... ...we will keep it, if we can; But now it is impossible we should: Suffolk, the new made duke that rules the roast, Hath given the duchy of Anjou and Mai... ...g words Bewitch your hearts; be wise and circumspect. What though the common people favor him, Calling him ‘Humphrey, the good Duke of Gloucester,’ Cl... ...o the secrets of the state; Till Henry, surfeiting in joys of love, With his new bride and England’s dear bought queen, And Humphrey with the peers be... ...ty In the cathedral church of Westminster, And in that chair where kings and queens are crown’d; Where Henry and dame Margaret kneel’d to me And on my...

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...n Streets everywhere. The story would be the same in Ohio or Montana, in Kansas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills....

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...nsas or Kentucky or Illinois, and not very differently would it be told Up York State or in the Carolina hills. Main Street is the climax of civilizat... ...isters. What Ole Jenson the grocer says to Ezra Stowbody the banker is the new law for London, Prague, and the unprofitable isles of the sea; whatsoev... ...els run over, and the fact that the chemistry instructor had stared at the new coiffure which concealed her ears. A breeze which had crossed a thousan... ...aching comedy of expectant youth. It is Carol Milford, fleeing for an hour from Blodgett College. The days of pioneering, of lassies in sunbonnets, an... ...onsin, the Dakotas send their children thither, and Blodgett protects them from the wickedness of the universities. But it secretes friendly girls, yo... ...them by clenching his hands behind him, and he stammered: “I know. You get people. Most of these darn co-eds— Say, Carol, you could do a lot for peopl... ...dmit I fall down in sympathy sometimes. I get so dog-gone impa- tient with people that can’t stand the gaff. You’d be good for a fellow that was too s... ...onations which a thousand million women, dairy wenches and mischief-making queens, had used before her, and which a million million women will know he... ...ay when on her hill by the Mississippi she had walked the battlements with queens. But the celebrated cinema jester’s conceit of dropping toads into a...

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...ew moments, was already absorbed in a book. The gentleman had not even needed to sit down to become interested: apparently he had taken up the volume from a table as soon as he came in, and, standing there, after a single glance round the apartment, had lost himself in its pages. He threw it down at the approach of Mrs. Luna, laughed, shook hands with her, and said in answ...

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...eded to sit down to become interested: apparently he had taken up the volume from a table as soon as he came in, and, standing there, after a single g... ...resenting himself with rather a work a day aspect. Mrs. Luna glanced at him from head to foot, and gave a little smiling sigh, as if he had been a lo... ...hink much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, n... ... much about Europe, and that he had always supposed she was domiciled in New York. This last remark he made at a venture, for he had, naturally, not d... ...s dishonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired... ...shonesty, however, only exposed him the more. ‘If you thought I lived in New York, why in the world didn’t you come and see me?’ the lady inquired. ‘W... ...gin life afresh. One didn’t even know what one had come back for. There were people who wanted one to spend the winter in Boston; but she couldn’t sta... ...ed from the doorway. ‘The amount of thought they give to their clothing, the people who are afraid of looking frivolous!’ Chapter 2 W hether much or ... ...ted with power and had not always used it amiably, who brought up the wicked queens, the profligate mistresses of kings. These ladies were easily dispo...

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...e middle of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o?clock in the morning, when the sun, already high in the heavens, was fast absorbing the dew from the ramparts of the castle of Blois a little cavalcade, composed of three men and two pages, re-entered the city by the bridge, without producing any other effect upon the passengers of the quay beyond a first movement o...

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...e Bragelonne. V olume I. CHAPTER 1 The Letter. TOWARDS THE MIDDLE of the month of May, in the year 1660, at nine o’clock in the morning, when the sun,... ...assengers of the quay beyond a first movement of the hand to the head, as a salute, and a second movement of the tongue to ex- press, in the purest Fr... ...wered Haarlem tapestry; in the center of this table was a long-necked stone bottle, in which were irises and lilies of the valley; at each end of this... ...mte de Bragelonne.” “Ah, very well! Introduce him, Saint-Remy — introduce him.” And when he had let fall these words, with his accus- tomed gravity, M... ... cry of “Vive le Roi!” which passed over him. For a long time, being unaccustomed to hear it, his ear had had rest, and now a younger, more vivacious,... ...mbracing you likewise.” The good old man did not require to be twice told; he rushed in with open arms, Raoul meeting him halfway. “Now, if you please... ...izon should be cleared from the clouds which obscured it — this was practiced then as in our day, to order of the nearest smith a handsome sign, upon ... ... always called him. Pittrino was puffed up with all the joy of a rehabilitation. He did as Raphael had done — he changed his style, and painted, in th... ...hat; I shall only have to remind you of one thing, and that is that Charles I. had a son.” “Without contradicting you, monsieur, he had two,” said Pla...

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...Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND ................................................................ 4 TOILETTE OF THE HEBREW LADY........................................................................................ 43 CHARLEMAGNE...

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...a State University is an equal opportunity university. Contents SECESSION FROM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND .................................................. ... II. OL. II. SECESSION FR SECESSION FR SECESSION FR SECESSION FR SECESSION FROM OM OM OM OM THE CHUR THE CHUR THE CHUR THE CHUR THE CHURCH OF CH OF CH... ...t interest to the nation; first, upon a demand for creating clergymen by a new process; secondly, upon a demand for Papal latitude of jurisdiction. Ev... ...rivileged from attack. How should that be done? The object was to create a new clerical power; to shift the elec- tion of clergymen from the lay hands... ...ginal act of invitation. And yet, in defiance of that notorious fact, some people go so far as to assert, that a call is not good unless where it is s... ... inoperative, is and must be moonshine. Yet be- tween two moonshines, some people, it seems, can tell which is the denser. W e have all heard of Barme... ... subject,) would transcend, in gorgeous display, the coro- nation robes of queens; nose-pendants would cause the masque to be immediately and unerring... ...ly at the Versailles affair, where parties were incinerated; for which, in York- shire, there is a local word—crozelled, applied to those who lie down... ...such a theme? And what was it, in fact, that Lord Carlisle had said to his York- shire audience? There was, therefore, a double aspect in the public i...

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...Excerpt: The text is taken from the printed ?Sterling Edition? of Carlyle?s Complete Works, in 20 volumes, with the following modifications: The footnote (there is only one) has been embedded directly into text, in brackets, [thusly]. Greek text has be...

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...RO-WORSHIP , AND THE HEROIC IN HISTORY By Thomas Carlyle The text is taken from the printed “Sterling Edition” of Carlyle’s Complete Works, in 20 volu... ...s profession and assertion; which is often only a profession and assertion from the outworks of the man, from the mere argumentative re- gion of him, ... ...mbassy to that country, and see. They have their belief, these poor Thibet people, that Provi- dence sends down always an Incarnation of Himself into ... ... with a name dismiss it from us. T o the wild deep-hearted man all was yet new, not veiled under names or formulas; it stood naked, flashing in on him... ... Im- mensity, old as Eternity. What is it? God’s Creation, the reli- gious people answer; it is the Almighty God’s! Atheistic sci- ence babbles poorly... ...s he wrote, a kind of Prose Synopsis of the whole Mythology; elucidated by new fragments of traditionary verse. A work constructed really with 18 Tho... ...he Nations of Englishmen, a thousand years hence. From Paramatta, from New York, wheresoever, under what sort of Parish-Constable soever, En- glish me... ...t in the much-enduring, hard-worn, ever-battling man. That he could rebuke Queens, and had such weight among those proud turbulent Nobles, proud enoug...

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... : (WESTMORELAND:) LORD CLIFFORD : (CLIFFORD:) RICHARD PLANTAGENET : Duke of York. (YORK:) EDWARD: (EDWARD:) Earl of March, afterwards King Edward IV.... ... (JOHN MORTIMER:) SIR HUGH MORTIMER: (HUGH MORTIMER:) uncles to the Duke of York. HENRY: Earl of Richmond, a youth (HENRY OF RICHMOND:). Henry VI, Pa... ...e is slain, they’ll quickly fly. KING HENRY VI : Far be the thought of this from Henry’s heart, To make a shambles of the parliament house! Cousin of... ...And Warwick shall disprove it. You forget That we are those which chased you from the field And slew your fathers, and with colors spread March’d thro... ...I hear, You, that are king, though he do wear the crown, Have caused him, by new act of parliament, To blot out me, and put his own son in. CLIFFORD: ... ...h commixture melts. Impairing Henry, strengthening misproud York, The common people swarm like summer flies; And whither fly the gnats but to the sun?... ...I, scene i 41 Second Keeper : Say, what art thou that talk’st of kings and queens? KING HENRY VI : More than I seem, and less than I was born to: A... ...l us, all our hope is done: Scotland hath will to help, but cannot help; Our people and our peers are both misled, Our treasures seized, our soldiers ... ...nd them on our coast And force the tyrant from his seat by war. ’Tis not his new made bride shall succor him: And as for Clarence, as my letters tell ...

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...elpless in her dead cerements of a Consti- tution, you gathering in on her from all lands, with your armaments and plots, your invadings and truculent... ...for it, becomes transcendental; and must now seek its wild way through the New, Chaotic,—where Force is not yet distinguished into Bidden and Forbidde... ...hich therefore let us two, O Reader, dwell on willingly, for a little; and from its endless significance endeavour to extract what may, in present cir... ... hand, on this waste aspect of a France all stirring and whirling, in ways new, untried, had been able to discern where the cardinal movement lay; whi... ...m in prison,—Roy- alist types replace the worn types often snatched from a People’s-Friend in old ill days. In our ‘peculiar tribune’ we write and red... ... another; citoyen (citizen) were suitabler; we even say thou, as ‘the free peoples of Antiq- uity did:’ so have Journals and the Improvised Commune su... ...And En- gland has donned the red coat; and marches, with Royal Highness of York,—whom some once spake of inviting to be our King. Changed that humour ... ...x. 278-334).) Conde is ca- pitulating to the Austrians; Royal Highness of York, these several weeks, fiercely batters Valenciennes. For, alas, our fo... ...alls never witnessed: the Trial of Marie-Antoinette. The once brightest of Queens, now tarnished, defaced, forsaken, stands here at Fouquier Tinville’...

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...hout his reign on the terms of friend rather than of captive, and was absolutely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and presumption of the nobles of his kingdom....

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...utely sheltered by this imprisonment throughout his nonage and early youth from the frightful violence and pre- sumption of the nobles of his kingdom.... ... to be identi- fied. Readers of Tyler’s ‘Henry V.,’ of Agnes Strickland’s ‘Queens,’ Tytler’s ‘Scotland,’ and Barante’s ‘Histoire de Bourgogne’ will be... ...the King- maker, the Marquis of Montagu, and George Nevil, Arch- bishop of York. As nothing is known of her but her name, I have ventured to make use ... ...aving been himself educated at Paris. The Abbey of Coldingham is described from a local com- pilation of the early part of the century, with an accoun... ...ed at entrance, as if supposing the old man asleep; and at a slow pace the new-comer crossed the hall to the chimney, where he stood by the fire, warm... ...e as well as to suffer,’ there was an approach of footsteps, and two young people entered the hall; the first a girl, with a family likeness to Malcol... ... a voucher for the guest. The drawbridge had already been lowered, and the new-comer was crossing it upon a powerful black steed, guided by Father Nin... ...dom hath he? What hope is there of his return? Can he brook to hear of his people’s wretchedness?’ This was the first question at which Sir James atte... ... belonging to the city and country families that furnished servants to the queens; and they applied them- selves to various offices of charity, going ...

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...ent, at the head of French historical papers, and are the one great source from which all historians derive their insight into the closing years of th... ...t failed to express his ideas or feel- ings, he forced it—the result was a new term, or a change in the ordinary meaning of words sprang forth from ha... ... was a new term, or a change in the ordinary meaning of words sprang forth from has pen. With this was joined a vigour and breadth of style, very pro-... ...was for a young man, the son of the favourite of a King long dead,—with no new friends at Court,—to acquire some personal value of his own. She succee... ...e by eight months; and if the expression be allowed in speak- ing of young people, so unequal in position, friendship had united us. I made up my mind... ...cs due to various tradesfolk. He had written out false receipts from these people, and put them in his accounts. He was a little man, gentle, affable,... ...h to bursting with fish. He was a great eater, like the King, and like the Queens his mother and grand- mother. He had not appeared after supper, but ... ... of a hundred 333 Saint-Simon guns. The English of New England and of New York were not more successful in Acadia; they attacked our colony twelve da... ... from Queen Anne, “My aunt,” she said, “you must admit that in England the queens govern better than the kings, and do you know why, my aunt?” asked s...

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...of Wales, (PRINCE EDWARD:) afterwards King Edward V., and RICHARD: Duke of York, (YORK:) sons to the King. GEORGE: Duke of Clarence, (CLARENCE:) an... ... : Archbishop of Canterbury. (CAR DINAL:) THOMAS ROTHERHAM: Archbishop of York. (ARCH BISHOP OF YORK:) JOHN MORTON : Bishop of Ely. (BISHOP OF EL... ...it your godfathers: O, belike his majesty hath some intent That you shall be new christen’d in the Tower. But what’s the matter, Clarence? may I know... ...I do not: but, as I can learn, He hearkens after prophecies and dreams; And from the cross row plucks the letter G. And says a wizard told him that b... ...Woodville, her brother there, That made him send Lord Hastings to the Tower, From whence this present day he is deliver’d? We are not safe, Clarence; ... ...eaven, If heaven will take the present at our hands. But who comes here? the new deliver’d Hastings? [Enter HASTINGS .] HASTINGS: Good time of day un... ...hem; And ask’d the mayor what meant this wilful silence: His answer was, the people were not wont To be spoke to but by the recorder. Then he was urge... ...’ll salute your grace of York as mother, And reverend looker on, of two fair queens. [To LADY ANNE .] Come, madam, you must straight to Westminster, T... ... murder: for my daughters, Richard, They shall be praying nuns, not weeping queens; And therefore level not to hit their lives. KING RICHARD III : Y...

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...thing of his own over and above; a good deal confined, by his infirmities, to his fireside and delighted to be found there any afternoon in the year, from five o?clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up....

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... his fireside and delighted to be found there any after- noon in the year, from five o’clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up. Br... ... had been too much liked—liked even by those who didn’t like it—so that as people of that sort never get titles or dotations for the horrid things the... ...ence, in some degree, it is true, of physical infir- mity—that if you wish people to find you at home you must manage not to be out. He had in short a... ... and deep must such a probation have been to him, and he doubtless emerged from it tempered and purified. This was written to a certain extent in his ... ...t, in silence. I thought he looked lean and wasted, and I guessed that his new place wasn’t more “human” than his previous one. There was plenty of be... ...take it as a rare honour. I went the next day—his messenger had given me a new address—and found my friend lodged in a short sor- did street in Maryle... ... she took naturally one of the attitudes in which court-painters represent queens and princesses; so that I found myself wondering whether, to draw ou... ...a future, whose early work would some day have a price, by a lady from New York, a friend of his own people and also, as it happened, of Addie’s, the ... ...f curiosity, had often put it to him frankly, with what he, who was of New York, recognised as her New England emphasis: “I’m not sure, you know, that...