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...er I bring the horoscope myself: One must be so careful these days. Unreal City, 6... ...nights. The nymphs are departed. And their friends, the loitering heirs of city directors; 180 Departed, have left no addresses. By the waters o... ...ole! Twit twit twit Jug jug jug jug jug jug So rudely forc’d. Tereu Unreal City Under the brown fog of a winter noon Mr. Eugenides, the Smyrna merchan... ...t by me upon the waters’ And along the Strand, up Queen Victoria Street. O City city, I can sometimes hear Beside a public bar in Lower Thames Street,... ...he flat horizon only 370 What is the city over the mountains Cracks and reforms and bursts in the violet air Fal... ...s is Turdus aonalaschkae pallasii, the hermit-thrush which I have heard in Quebec County. Chapman says (Hand- book of Birds of Eastern North America...

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...rnished lithographic plan hanging up in the agent’s counting house in the city of London: that this room of state, in short, could be anything but a ... ...Yorkshireman, con nected with some American house; domiciled in that same city, and carrying thither his beautiful young wife to whom he had been mar... ...ion at the wharf, until after dark, I received my first impressions of the city in walking down to the Cus tom house on the morning after our arrival... ... so slight and unsubstantial in appearance —that every thoroughfare in the city looked exactly like a scene in a pantomime. It rarely happens in the b... ...on at the word of God. CHAPTER XV —IN CANADA; TORONTO; KINGSTON; MONTREAL; QUEBEC; ST. JOHN’S. IN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN; LEBANON; THE SHAKER VILLAGE... ...eap from barren winter, to the blooming youth of summer. The steamboats to Quebec perform the journey in the night; that is to say, they leave Montrea... ...; that is to say, they leave Montreal at six in the evening, and arrive at Quebec at six next morning. We American Notes – Dickens 221 made this exc... ...migrants who have newly arrived from England or from Ireland, pass between Quebec and Montreal on their way to the backwoods and new settlements of Ca... ...urse, see and hear them unob served. The vessel in which we returned from Quebec to Montreal was crowded with them, and at night they spread their be...

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...ut on Sambo’s arm, as happy and as handsome a girl as any in the whole big city of London. Both he and coachman agreed on this point, and so did her f... ...est of all Dr. Swishtail’s young gentlemen. His parent was a grocer in the city: and it was bruited abroad that he was admitted into Dr. Swishtail’s a... ... We call him Figs because his father is a Grocer—Figs & Rudge, Thames St., City—I think as he fought for me you ought to buy your Tea & Sugar at his f... ... despised grocer, was Alderman Dobbin—Alderman Dob- bin was Colonel of the City Light Horse, then burning with military ardour to resist the French In... ...ell as I can—at least, I shall be amongst gentlefolks, and not with vulgar city people”: and she fell to thinking of her Russell Square friends with t... ...b. He rode his own horse, Greased Light- ning, and won the Garrison cup at Quebec races. There were other people besides Amelia who worshipped him. St... ... I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec.” “So do I,” William responded. “I was a deuced deal more nervous th... ...mpanies, was an old General who had made his first campaign under Wolfe at Quebec, and was long since quite too old and feeble for command; but he too...

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...found it was a French merchant ship of three-hundred tons, home-bound from Quebec. The master gave us a long account of the distress of his ship; how ... ...rvants, at my habitation under the hill, which was, in a word, the capital city, and where they had so enlarged and extended their works, as well unde... ...ough perfectly concealed, yet full at large. Never was there such a little city in a wood, and so hid, in any part of the world; for I verify believe ... ...ey catch the fish), where, meeting with a French ship bound from France to Quebec, and from thence to Martinico, to carry provisions, he thought he sh... ...ld have an opportunity to com- plete his first design, but when he came to Quebec, the mas- ter of the ship died, and the vessel proceeded no further;... ...ows: The Spaniards possessed my original habitation, which was the capital city, and extended their plantations all along the side of the brook, which... ...re, and filled us with horror. I must confess I was never at the sacking a city , or at the taking a town by storm. I had heard of Oliver Cromwell tak... ...d killing man, woman, and child; and I had read of Count Tilly sacking the city of Magdeburg and cutting the throats of twenty-two thousand of all sex...

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...bin, an’ thet way he run agin Uncle Salters, who was visitin’ ‘n Allegheny City . Ha’ af my mother’ s folks they live scattered inside o’ Pennsylvania... ...t la nuit.... Que donneriez vous, belle, Qui 1’arnenerait ici? Je donneral Quebec, Sorel et Saint Denis.” “How was it my French didn’t go, and your si... ...They left the cold gray of the Bank sea, saw the lum- ber-ships making for Quebec by the Straits of St. Lawrence, with the Jersey salt-brigs from Spai... ...La Junta, had sight of the Arkansaw, and tore down the long slope to Dodge City , where Cheyne took comfort once again from setting his watch an hour ... ...ke into hills lower and lower, till at last came the true plains. At Dodge City an unknown hand threw in a copy of a Kansas paper containing some sort... ...ll let you know .” To the Western man (though this would not please either city) Chicago and Boston are cheek by jowl, and some railroads encourage th... ... secretaries of every Fisherman’ s Widow and Orphan Aid Society within the city limits. They begged shamelessly, each man anxious to beat the other in...

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...missionarying among them, and drawing whole populations of them at a time to Quebec, and later to Montreal, to buy furs of them. Necessarily, then, th... ... the river and bade them a friendly farewell. On the rocks above the present city of Alton they found some rude and fantastic Indian paintings, which ... ...’ and visited an imposing Indian monarch in the Teche country, whose capital city was a substantial one of sun baked bricks mixed with straw—better ho... ... sun. The voyagers visited the Natchez Indians, near the site of the present city of that name, where they found a ‘religious and political despotism,... ...as if they had been on duty. The moment the boat touched the wharf at either city, they were ashore; and they were not likely to be seen again till th... ... sable roof of the same smoke blended together and spreading abroad over the city. Every outward bound boat had its flag flying at the jack staff, an... ... relic of a time when one could travel from the mouths of the Mississippi to Quebec and be on French territory and under French rule all the way. Pres...

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...pades; and when her bones had rested there nearly two hundred years, and a city had sprung up around them, a church of stone was built upon the spot. ... ...f several days. Well, his little plantation has now grown to be a populous city; and the inhabitants have a great veneration for Roger Williams. His n... ...and of an expedition against Que bec, but did not succeed in capturing the city. In 1692, being then in London, King William III. appointed him govern... ...ories were defended. But the most earnest wish of their hearts was to take Quebec, and so get possession of the whole province of Canada. Sir William ... ...d been sleeping from the time of Sir Hovenden W alker’s expedition against Quebec until the death of Governor Burnet,—a period of about eighteen years... ...He planned, in 1745, an expedition against Louisburg. This was a fortified city, on the island of Cape Breton, near Nova Scotia. Its walls were of imm... ...d triumphs ever written in her history. Grandfather described the siege of Quebec, and told how Wolfe led his soldiers up a rugged and lofty precipice... ...precipice, that rose from the shore of the river to the plain on which the city stood. This bold adventure was achieved in the darkness of night. At d... ... General Mont 147 Hawthorne gomery and the failure of our troops to take Quebec; for the New Englanders were now as anxious to get Canada from the E...

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...r stages of one of the G.P.O. outward mail towers. My purpose was a run to Quebec in “Postal Packet 162 or such other as may be appointed”; and the Po... ... The two clerks, its crew, do not even look up as it comes into place. The Quebec letters fly under their fin- gers and leap into the docketed racks, ... ..., all down the Park that the wisdom of our fathers—but every one knows the Quebec run. We dropped to the Heights Receiving Towers twenty min- utes ahe... ...lsinore! The clips parted with a gesture of indignant dismissal, as though Quebec, glittering under her snows, were casting out these light and unwort... ...ay General Call (all Mark Boats) out for: Jane Eyre, W. 6990 . Port Rupert—City of Mexico Santander, W. 6514 . . Gobi Desert—Manila Y. Edmundsun, E. 9... ...els in this column. BEGINNER—On still days the air above a large inhabited city being slightly warmer—i.e., thinner—than the atmo- sphere of the surro... ...ng-irons, winches, haw- sers, snaps, shackles and mooring ropes, for lawn, city, and public installations. Detachable under-cars, aluminum or stamped ... ... would quack out the word, and the riot began afresh. Last to fall was the city-trained Abdul. He held on to the edge of apo- plexy, then collapsed, t... ...s card, and I read his name was L. Maxwell M’Leod, Esq., of Holmescroft. A City ad- dress was tucked away in a corner. “My business,” he added, “used ...

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...ut on Sambo’s arm, as happy and as handsome a girl as any in the whole big city of London. Both he and coachman agreed on this point, and so did her f... ...est of all Dr. Swishtail’s young gentlemen. His parent was a grocer in the city: and it was bruited abroad that he was admitted into Dr. Swishtail’s a... ... We call him Figs because his father is a Grocer—Figs & Rudge, Thames St., City—I think as he fought for me you ought to buy your Tea & Sugar at his f... ... despised grocer, was Alderman Dobbin—Alderman Dob- bin was Colonel of the City Light Horse, then burning with military ardour to resist the French In... ...ell as I can—at least, I shall be amongst gentlefolks, and not with vulgar city people”: and she fell to thinking of her Russell Square friends with t... ...b. He rode his own horse, Greased Light- ning, and won the Garrison cup at Quebec races. There were other people besides Amelia who worshipped him. St... ... I say, Dob, I feel just as I did on the morning I went out with Rocket at Quebec.” “So do I,” William responded. “I was a deuced deal more nervous th... ...mpanies, was an old General who had made his first campaign under Wolfe at Quebec, and was long since quite too old and feeble for command; but he too...

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... you. Formerly Caroline Jellyby, spinster, then of Thavies Inn, within the city of London, but extra paro chial; now of Newman Street, Oxford Street.... ...ine cellar. It is a large key, but the keys of prisons are larger. In this city there are houses of correction (where the treadmills are, for women), ... ...ires and the distances are so near and clear in the morning light that the city itself seems re newed by rest, Allan revolves in his mind how and whe... ...ise is merged, this moonlight night, into a distant ringing hum, as if the city were a vast glass, vibrating. What’s that? Who fired a gun or pistol? ... ...hat she sees going wrong, sits in her gown of ceremony, an honoured guest. Quebec and Malta lay the cloth for dinner, while Woolwich, serving, as bese... ...s ever you was. If you wasn’t younger. Which you are. As everybody knows.” Quebec and Malta here exclaim, with clapping of hands, that Bluffy is sure ... ...king “salt!” at Malta with her right eye, and shaking the pepper away from Quebec with her head, “I begin to think George is in the roving way again. ... ...ion. At last the various cleansing processes are tri umphantly completed; Quebec and Malta appear in fresh attire, smiling and dry; pipes, tobacco, a... ...dresses the as sembled company in the following terms. “George. Woolwich. Quebec. Malta. This is her birthday. T ake a day’s march. And you won’t fin...

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...he tiers of shipping and the waterside pol lutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping in... ... out like many coloured flowers. By and by we began to leave the wonderful city and to proceed through suburbs which, of themselves, would have made a... ...l change he had made in Bleak House. “Bleak House; true. There is, in that city of London there, some property of ours which is much at this day what ... ...ay, with the Gate of the Star a white speck glittering in the sun, and the city a mere mound in a plain—two dark square towers rising out of it, and l... ...d of greens and taking her tub into the little room behind the shop. “Why, Quebec, my poppet,” says George, following, on invitation, into that depart... ...luous and has not a visible speck of dirt or dust in it, from the faces of Quebec and Malta to the bright tin pots and pannikins upon the dresser shel... ...lk up and down the little street, keeping step and time, until summoned by Quebec and Malta to do justice to the pork and greens, over which Mrs. Bagn... ...then for Mr. George, in his domestic character of Bluffy, to take leave of Quebec and Malta and insinuate a sponsorial shilling into the pocket of his... ...pon. You know what a hard working, steady going chap he is. You know what Quebec and Malta and Woolwich are, and I never did think you would, or coul...

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...he tiers of shipping and the waterside pol lutions of a great (and dirty) city. Fog on the Essex marshes, fog on the Kentish heights. Fog creeping in... ... out like many coloured flowers. By and by we began to leave the wonderful city and to proceed through suburbs which, of themselves, would have made a... ...l change he had made in Bleak House. “Bleak House; true. There is, in that city of London there, some property of ours which is much at this day what ... ...ay, with the Gate of the Star a white speck glittering in the sun, and the city a mere mound in a plain—two dark square towers rising out of it, and l... ...d of greens and taking her tub into the little room behind the shop. “Why, Quebec, my poppet,” says George, following, on invitation, into that depart... ...luous and has not a visible speck of dirt or dust in it, from the faces of Quebec and Malta to the bright tin pots and pannikins upon the dresser shel... ...lk up and down the little street, keeping step and time, until summoned by Quebec and Malta to do justice to the pork and greens, over which Mrs. Bagn... ...then for Mr. George, in his domestic character of Bluffy, to take leave of Quebec and Malta and insinuate a sponsorial shilling into the pocket of his... ...pon. You know what a hard working, steady going chap he is. You know what Quebec and Malta and Woolwich are, and I never did think you would, or coul...

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...use in some Canadian provinces. The harpooner’s family was originally from Quebec, and was already a tribe of hardy fishermen when this town belonged ... ...m. “Where are we, where are we?” exclaimed the Canadian. “In the museum at Quebec?” “My friends,” I answered, making a sign for them to enter, “you ar... ...t which shelters here and there some verdant date-trees; once an important city, containing six public markets, and twenty-six mosques, and whose wall... ... an oriental town, with innumerable mosques and mina- rets; there a fallen city thrown to the earth, as it were, by some convulsion of nature. The who... ...their encampment. After examin- 226 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ing this city of morses, I began to think of returning. It was eleven o’clock, and, ... ...wrence empties itself, and that the St. Lawrence is my river, the river by Quebec, my native town—when I think of this, I feel furious, it makes my ha...

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... which, swinging softly open, let the incon ceivable glory of the blessed city shine upon his face, and kindle it up with gentle, undisturbing astoni... ...he Continental Army, and being engaged in the expedition of Arnold against Quebec. Indeed, this war, in which the country was so earnestly and enthusi... ...vincial towns in En gland, such as may still be seen there, while our own city has undergone such wonderful changes that little likeness to what our ... ...en the bullets pattered into the snow about me, in those narrow streets of Quebec, yet, I suppose, it was in my mind then; for, as I tell you, I was v...

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...ing a unit of a large fleet with fort- nightly departures for Montreal and Quebec as advertised in pamphlets and prospectuses which came aboard in a l... ...ils of the proper management of a waterside ware- house owned by a certain city firm whose name does not mat- ter. But that work, undertaken to accust... ... dragon, and whose shield, strapped to his arm, is the gate of a fortified city. Oh, amiable and natural weakness! Oh, blessed simplicity of a 35 Jos...

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...being a unit of a large fleet with fortnightly departures for Montreal and Quebec as advertised in pamphlets and prospectuses which came aboard in a l... ...tails of the proper management of a waterside warehouse owned by a certain city firm whose name does not matter. But that work, undertaken to accustom... ... dragon, and whose shield, strapped to his arm, is the gate of a fortified city. O amiable and natural weakness! O blessed simplicity of a gentle hear...

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...rly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by coral re... ...ight of land. Look at the crowds of water-gazers there. Circumambulate the city of a dreamy Sabbath afternoon. Go from Corlears Hook to Coenties Slip,... ...der my arm, and started for Cape Horn and the Pa- cific. Quitting the good city of old Manhatto, I duly arrived in New Bedford. It was a Saturday nigh... ...the flying particles almost choked me, are these ashes from that destroyed city, Gomorrah? But “The Crossed Harpoons,” and “The Sword- Fish?”—this, th... ...dead; wherefore but the rumor of a knocking in a tomb will terrify a whole city. All these things are not without their meanings. But Faith, like a ja... ...ll the whole was deposited within, leaving him im- pregnable in his little Quebec. I pondered some time without fully comprehending the rea- son for t... ...utworks, like the innermost citadel within the amplified fortifications of Quebec. So like a choice casket is it secreted in him, that I have known so...

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...lo. He ran down the shores of the lakes, and followed their outlet to the ‘city of cannon’ There he hunted and fished, till the people chased him agai... ... men to be found in the settle- ments, but you might travel many days in a city before you could meet one able to walk fifty miles without stopping to... ...iam Henry, and the resources of its garrison!” “I have not sat down before Quebec, but an earthen work, that is defended by twenty-three hundred galla... ...etokens military deference, as the other passed swiftly through the little city of tents, in the direction of William Henry. Whenever this unknown ind... ...ith the merry rejoicings of a victorious army, lay a silent and de- serted city of huts. The fortress was a smoldering ruin; charred rafters, fragment... ...an open body would do no good? For what have the Frenchers reared up their Quebec, if fighting is always to be done in the clearings?” “All that you s...

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...-con- tained.’ It was built about the year 1763-4; and the old part of the city being near and accessible, this square soon re- ceived many inhabitant... ...on, he was pointed out to me at the Cross (as I think the Exchange of your city is called) in the character of a respectable elderly 93 Sir W alter S... ...evel, than I have done at the more formal balls and concerts in your famed city, to which I have sometimes made my way. Perhaps this was be- cause I w... ... I heard the cry of “Seize the madman!” echoed, in Celtic sounds, from the City Guard, with “Ceaze ta matman!”—but pur- suit and opposition were in va... ...veyance, and altered the route by which we approached the 364 Redgauntlet city, more than once; then, like a hare which doubles repeat- edly at some ... ... fertile as Yorkshire—the dazzling lustre of the victo- ries of Minden and Quebec have been dimmed by the dis- grace of the hasty peace—by the war, En...

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...s out of the question. “My dear Jones, you must excuse me. Any news in the city to-day? Sugars have fallen; how are teas?” Of course Jones thinks that... ...t found that its pride was carried too far. Boston is not in itself a fine city, but it is a very pleas- ant city. They say that the harbor is very gr... ...cause of the strong feeling for rebellion which was known to exist in that city. President Lincoln com- plied with this request, thinking it well to a... ... on the mainland at a spot which he called Providence. Here now stands the City of Providence, the chief town of the State; and a thriving, comfortabl... ... New Hampshire—the American Alps, as they love to call them—and then on to Quebec, and up through the two Canadas to Niagara; and this route we follow... ... a branch striking from Richmond, a little within the limits of Canada, to Quebec, and down the St. Lawrence to Riviere du Loup. The main line is cont... ...only during those months in which it is shut out from the St. Lawrence and Quebec by ice. But the St. Lawrence and Quebec cannot offer the advan- tage... ... the next chapter, when I come to the progress of myself and my wife. From Quebec he will go up the St. Lawrence to Montreal. He will visit Ottawa, th... ...here is a branch from Richmond, a township within the limits of Canada, to Quebec; so that travelers to Quebec, as we were, are not obliged to reach t...

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...t long after, William went to war with the King of France. He had caused a city to be burnt down, and was riding through the ruins, when his horse tro... ...ear 1087, he died at a little monastery, a short way from Rouen, the chief city of his dukedom of Normandy. He was the greatest man of his time, and h... ... Just at this time there was a great stir in Europe. Jerusa- lem—that holy city, where our blessed Lord had taught, where he had been crucified, and w... ...ground if the Lion-heart had not been so brave. At last, they did take one city on the coast named Acre; and one of the princes, Leopold, Duke of Aust... ...emper of a Crusader; and when he came to the top of a hill whence the Holy City could be seen, he would not look at it, but turned away, saying, “They... ...on the very early morning, to the Heights of Abraham, close to the town of Quebec. He was struck down by a shot early in the fight, and lay on the gro...

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... and called the Captain of the Guard, Yar Khan, a bastard of the Blood, so city-babble saith, And he was honoured of the King — the which is salt to D... ...now that clamour for thy head.” That night when all the gates were shut to City and to throne, Within a little garden-house the King lay down alone. B... ...g and the winter grass. “Hot-foot southward, forgotten of God, Back to the city ran Wali Dad, Kipling 78 Even to Kabul — in full durbar The King held... ...ring war! Slowly he led to a peach-tree small, That grew by a cleft of the city wall. And he said to the boy: ‘They shall praise thy zeal So long as ... ...tory of Evarra — man — Maker of Gods in lands beyond the sea. Because the city gave him of her gold, Because the caravans brought turquoises, Becau... ... lie, The Warden of the Honour of the North, Sleepless and veiled am I! QUEBEC AND MONTREAL Peace is our portion. Yet a whisper rose, Foolish and...

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...ays. At the news of this, Paris, all in terror, seemed a 7 Thomas Carlyle city taken by storm: the churches resounded with suppli- cations and groans... ... (Paris, 1805), ii. 59- 90.) But for the rest, on green field and steepled city, the May sun shines out, the May evening fades; and men ply their usef... ...read over all the Seine Islands, and far and wide on each bank, and become City of Paris, sometimes boasting to be ‘Athens of Europe,’ and even ‘Capit... ...ards God and man; the vague shoreless Uni- verse had become for him a firm city, and dwelling which he knew. Such virtue was in Belief; in these words... ...and’ ghosts, who sank shamefully on so many battle-fields from Rossbach to Quebec, that thy Harlot might take revenge for an epigram,—crowd round thee... ...thority with Authority, Greek throttling Greek, have ceased to respect the City-Watch: Police-satellites are marked on the back with chalk (the M sign...

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.... NOONDAY IN CHEPE ’TWA S NOONDA Y IN CHEPE. High Tide in the mighty River City!— its banks wellnigh overflowing with the myriad-waved Stream of Man! ... ... wits of London with admiration? His galloping charger had returned to the City; his splendid court-suit was doffed for the citizen’s gabardine and gr... ... BY D. SHREWSBERRY, ESQ I “THE WHOLE WORLD is bound by one chain. In every city in the globe there is one quarter that certain travellers know and rec... ...16 Thackeray struggle, Jerusalem agonized and died. . . . Y es, the Jewish city is lost to Jewish men; but have they not taken the world in exchange?”... ... driven back, you were found on the glacis, and I had you brought into the City. Y our reason had left you, however, when you returned to life; but, u... ...“I believe, your Excellency, Tatua has done good service elsewhere than at Quebec,” the King said, appealing to the American Envoy: “at Bunker’s Hill,...

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...to cut short his days. At the news of this, Paris, all in terror, seemed a city taken by storm: the churches resounded with supplications and groans; ... ... (Paris, 1805), ii. 59- 90.) But for the rest, on green field and steepled city, the May sun shines out, the May evening fades; and men ply their usef... ...ad over all the Seine Is- lands, and far and wide on each bank, and become City of Paris, sometimes boasting to be ‘Athens of Europe,’ and even ‘Capit... ...owards God and man; the vague shoreless Universe had become for him a firm city, and dwelling which he knew. Such virtue was in Belief; in these words... ...and’ ghosts, who sank shamefully on so many battle-fields from Rossbach to Quebec, that thy Harlot might take revenge for an epigram,—crowd round thee... ...rsetting, did mere mischief—to the Oeil-de-Boeuf. Complaints abound; scar- city, anxiety: it is a changed Oeil-de-Boeuf. Besenval says, al- ready in t...

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..., which I don’t, it would be for Fiddler’s Ranch; though it is now a great city called Violinia, with everything like everything else everywhere.” “No... ...ests on the banks of the Danube. When the quaint old semi-oriental-looking city came in sight and the train stopped, the neat English-look- ing carria... ...young man to sub-edit the Lacustrian Intelligencer at Jonesville, a rising city on Lake Erie. I thought it would be worth while to look at it, especia... ... and exposure before the boat was picked up, and she was finally landed at Quebec, where she was laid up with pleurisy in the hospital. And there was ...