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...ins, encouraged by this sound, which he under stood to betoken remorse or repentance, looked about him, rubbed his hands, wept, smiled, wept again, a... ...ckwick—deepest obligations—life preserver—made a man of me—you shall never repent it, Sir.’ ‘I am happy to hear you say so,’ said Mr. Pickwick. ‘You l... ... ‘only I was really of a serious nature, and he never was. He emigrated to America, Sir, in consequence of being too much sought after here, to be com...

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...me in the little matter of which you are aware, or you shall very bitterly repent that you ever admitted me to your ante-chamber.” The President laugh... ...F THE PHYSICIAN AND THE SARATOGA TRUNK MR. SILAS Q. SCUDDAMORE was a young American of a simple and harmless disposition, which was the more to his cr... ...n of title. Madame Zephyrine, probably in the hope of enchanting the young American, used to flaunt by him on the stairs with a civil inclination, a w... ...en he was safely alone with a few males. The room on the other side of the American’s – for there were three rooms on a floor in the hotel – was tenan... ..., bore no signature, and in the most encourag- ing terms invited the young American to be present in a certain part of the Bullier Ball at eleven o’cl... ...o leave your box?” he added. “Dearly,” cried Silas; and the next moment he repented his precipitation, and declared, with equal emphasis, that 50 Rob... ...sigh. “But it is a false step, a ruinous step, Clara; and we shall live to repent it dismally.” Lady Vandeleur looked her brother steadily and some- w... ...t I married you for your money; let me tell you now that I always bitterly repented the bar- gain; and if you were still marriageable, and had a diamo... ...” “Now that you are humbled,” said the Prince, “I com- mand no longer; the repentant have to do with God and not with princes. But if you will let me ...

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...ests at sea or troubles on shore; and I resolved that I would, like a true repenting prodigal, go home to my father. 8 Robinson Crusoe These wise and... ...de half drunk with it: and in that one night’s wickedness I drowned all my repentance, all my re- flections upon my past conduct, all my resolutions f... ...such cases – viz. that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the action for which they ought justly to be esteeme... ...s positively against that; and looking over the charts of the sea-coast of America with him, we concluded there was no inhabited country for us to hav... ...y I understood was this: “Seeing all these things have not brought thee to repentance, now thou shalt die;” at which words, I thought he lifted up the... ...y dream revived; and the words, “All these things have not brought thee to repentance,” ran seriously through my thoughts. I was earnestly begging of ... ...f the world this might be, oth- erwise than that I knew it must be part of America, and, as I concluded by all my observations, must be near the Spani... ...justify the conduct of the Spaniards in all their barbarities practised in America, where they destroyed millions of these people; who, however they w... ...been bound from Buenos Ayres, or the Rio de la Plata, in the south part of America, beyond the Brazils to the Havannah, in the Gulf of Mexico, and so ...

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... my Brother who was kill’d; and that when he spoke of my having Leisure to repent, and none to assist me, he was so mov’d, that he broke off the Disco... ...sts at Sea, or Troubles on Shore; and I resolv’d that I would, like a true repenting Prodigal, go home to my Father. These wise and sober Thoughts con... ...as made drunk with it, and in that one night’s Wickedness I drowned all my Repentance, all my Reflections upon my past Conduct, and all my Resolutions ... ... such Cases, viz. That they are not asham’d to sin, and yet are asham’d to repent; not asham’d of the Action for which they ought justly to be esteeme... ...s positively against that, and looking over the Charts of the Sea Coast of America with him, we concluded there was no inhabited Country for us to hav... ...y, I understood, was this, Seeing all these Things havenot brought thee to Repentance, now thou shalt die: At which Words, I thought he lifted up the ... ... of the World this might be, otherwise than that I know it must be Part of America, and as I concluded by all my Observations, must be near the Spanis... ...justify the Conduct of the Spaniards in all their Barbarities practis’d in America, and where they destroy’d Millions of these People, who however the... ... bound from the Buenos Ayres, or the Rio de la Plata, in the South Part of America, beyond the Brasils, to the Ha vana, in the Gulph of Mexico, and s...

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...d for this you toil like a galley-slave, as I have seen them in Turkey and America,—ay, gentlemen, and in the country of Prester John! Y ou shiver out... ...hs to be angry, in three to proceed to blows and curses; and, in short, to repent most bitterly the hour when he had ever been induced to present Mrs.... ...not exist under any tyranny in Europe, and is only to be found here and in America. All these negotiations had been going on quite unknown to Cat; and... ...t committed murder, but as bad as murder; and as she felt not the smallest repentance in her heart—as she had, in the course of her life and connectio... ...Catherine: A Story another down her nose. I don’t think they were tears of repentance; but of regret for the time when she had her first love, and her... ...ervas; after drinking with whom, I accepted her Majesty’s mony to enliste. Repenting thereof, I did endeavour to escape; and, in so doing, had the mis... ...self in the hands of Fate, than to think—with our fierce passions and weak repentances; with our resolves so loud, so vain, so ludicrously, despicably...

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...r chance trade, but among the merchants trading to the English colonies in America, so my effects lay very much in the hands of such. I was a single m... ...hening the resolution of the people, and especially for quickening them to repentance, but it certainly answered not their end, at least not in propor... ...ght,’ says he, ‘and has a voice with it, and a loud one, to call us all to repentance’; and with that he opened the door and said, ‘Go, if you will.’ ... ...n to faint in my resolu- tions; my heart failed me very much, and sorely I repented of my rashness. When I had been out, and met with such ter- rible ... ...ut, and met with such ter- rible things as these I have talked of, I say I repented my rash- ness in venturing to abide in town. I wished often that I... ...ople by constant prayers, and sometimes ser- mons or brief exhortations to repentance and reformation, and this as long as any would come to hear them...

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...ole, on St. Michael?s Bay, the house of the last Cornish-speaking woman. English itself, which will now frank the traveller through the most of North America, through the greater South Sea Islands, in India, along much of the coast of Africa, and in the ports of China and Japan, is still to be heard, in its home country, in half a hundred varying stages of transition. You ...

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...glish itself, which will now frank the traveller through the most of North America, through the greater South Sea Islands, in India, along much of the... ...ll we eager him to eat of it himself. The same spirit inspired Miss Bird’s American missionaries, who had come thousands of miles to change the faith ... ... their ignorance of the religions they were trying to supplant. I quote an American in this connection without scruple. Uncle Sam is better than John ... ...ncisco. He wittily reproves English ignorance as to the status of women in America; but has he not himself forgotten Wyoming? The name Yankee, of whic... ...d we find in his book a vast virgin ignorance of the life and prospects of America; every view partial, pa- rochial, not raised to the horizon; the mo... ... own disgrace, rail the louder against God or destiny. Most men, when they repent, oblige their friends to share the bitterness of that repentance. Bu...

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...n,” now regarded as the most famous piece of literature produced in Colonial America. Meantime Franklin was concerning himself more and more with publ... ...nd finally developed into the University of Pennsylvania; and he founded an “American The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 3 Philosophical Society”... ...le and the ministry of En gland as to Colonial conditions. On his return to America he played an honorable part in the Paxton affair, through which h... ...is popularity through his securing for a friend the office of stamp agent in America. Even his effective work in helping to obtain the repeal of the a... ...ned he received a place only second to that of Washington as the champion of American indepen The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin 4 dence. He die... ...ade. I therefore never answered M. Nollet, and the event gave me no cause to repent my silence; for my friend M. le Roy, of the Royal Academy of Scien...

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...– a country far more essentially different from England than many parts of America; for, in a sense, the first of these men re-created Scotland, and t... ... history, and religion, but of the growth and liberties of art. Of the two Americans, Whitman and Thoreau, each is the type of some- thing not so much... ...ght them forth, an author would require a large habit of life among modern Americans. As for Yoshida, I have already disclaimed respon- sibility; it w... ...ndignation against the zeal of a Whig clergyman, he writes: “I daresay the American Congress in 1776 will be allowed to be as able and as enlightened ... ...e disap- pears. The design of Pepys is not at all to edify; it is not from repentance that he chronicles his peccadilloes, for he tells us when he doe... ...pentance that he chronicles his peccadilloes, for he tells us when he does repent, and, to be just to him, there often follows some improvement. Again... ...slight from another more keenly than a meanness in himself; and then first repented when he was found out. You could talk of religion or morality to s... ...to answer the scruples of timorous or worldly-minded people. How can a man repent, he asks, unless the nature of his transgression is made plain to hi... ...ble) be openly and plainly declared to the world, to the end that some may repent and be saved.” To those who think the doctrine use- less, because it...

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...eclaration of the Independence of the United States from the completion of that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were conducted in...

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...ry Reeve A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve i... ... or for the file as an elec- tronic transmission, in any way. Democracy in America, Volumes One and Two by Alexis de Tocqueville, trans. Henry Reeve, ... ...University is an equal opportunity university. 3 Tocqueville Democracy In America Volume 1 By Alexis de Tocqueville T ranslator – Henry Reeve Book On... ...that act in the ordination of our written Constitution, the great minds of America were bent upon the study of the prin- ciples of government that wer... ...culative nor experimental as to the principles on which it 4 Democracy in America was based. If they were true principles, as they were, the gov- ern... ...s in some retirement, where he may curse his madness at his lei- sure; for repentance is a virtue with which his heart is likely to remain forever una... ...within these barriers an author may write whatever he pleases, but he will repent it if he ever step beyond them. Not that he is exposed to the terror... ...ose novel desires which are aroused by equality, and to satisfy them, will repent in the end, if I am not mistaken, that they ever embarked in this po...

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...e Judge thinks thus; and it so happens that there is a vast portion of the American people that do not look upon that matter as being this very little... ...claration of Independence means, and we have him saying that the people of America are equal to the people of England. According to his construction, ... ...anation of the people or not, Judge Douglas, with the Republicans and some Americans, had greatly the argument against the Admin- istration; and while... ... Judge Douglas’s friends furnished twenty , to add to which there were six Americans and ninety-four Republicans. I do not say that I am precisely acc... ...ly, I say unto you, there is more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, than over ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance.”... ...ntance.” And now, if the Judge claims the benefit of this parable, let him repent. Let him not come up here and say: “I am the only just person; and y... ... and say: “I am the only just person; and you are the ninety-nine sinners! Repentance before forgiveness is a provision of the Christian system, and o... ...ne other point. Judge Douglas has a very affec- tionate leaning toward the Americans and Old Whigs. Last evening, in a sort of weeping tone, he descri...

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...they disowned her, and Ivanoff has never seen a penny of the money. He has repented of his folly now, but it is too late. SASHA. Mother, that is not t... ...r agony . SASHA. [Laughing through her tears] Nicholas, let us run away to America together! IVANOFF . I haven’t the energy to take such a step as tha... ...VANOFF . I haven’t the energy to take such a step as that, and besides, in America you— [They go toward the door into the garden] As a matter of fact,... ...r a year, you must still stay, or for ten years. It is your duty. You must repent, and ask her forgiveness, and weep. That is what you ought to do, an...

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...that he thus addressed the Supreme Being: ‘O Lord, who givest the grace of repentance, and hearest the prayers of the penitent, grant that by true con... ...man, but often thoughtless and absent, preached the condemnation-sermon on repentance, before the convicts, on the preceding day, Sunday; and that in ... ...d heard a voice cry “Johnson, you are a very wicked fellow, and unless you repent you will certainly be punished;” my own unworthiness is so deeply im... ... when the Spaniards were in doubt as to the lawfulness of their conquering America, the University of Salamancha gave it as their opin- ion that it wa... ...ense of her weakness may add strength to her faith, and seriousness to her repentance. And grant that by the help of thy Holy Spirit, after the pains ... ...ll’s Life of Johnson must be considered that their absolution is only upon repentance, and often upon penance also. You think your sins may be forgive... ...iga- tion, by transmitting to me copies of two letters from Dr. Johnson to American gentlemen. On Saturday, April 3, the day after my arrival in Londo... ...tance of an of- ficer who had actually lived for some time in the wilds of America, of whom, when in that state, he quoted this reflection with an air... ...as to the justice and wisdom of the conduct of Great-Britain to- wards the American colonies, while I at the same time requested that he would enable ...

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...e of every thing, could hardly help laughing at. — “A strange business this in America, Dr. Grant! — What is your opinion? — I always come to you to k... ... been accepted on too short an acquaintance, and on knowing him better she was repenting. With solemn kindness Sir Thomas addressed her; told her his ... ...Julia with them. But why would not you let us come for you? I wish you may not repent it. “Yours, &c.” Fanny stood aghast. As no scandalous, ill natur...

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...bring such evil on any one who hath transgressed that law, as may make him repent the doing of it, and thereby deter him, and, by his ex ample, other... ... will suffice to make it an ill bargain to the offender, give him cause to repent, and terrify others from doing the like. Every offence that can be c... ... two men in Soldania, in or between a Swiss and an Indian, in the woods of America, are binding to them, though they are perfectly in a state of Natur... ...he children of Adam or Noah, let him plant in some inland vacant places of America. We shall find that the possessions he could make him self, upon t... ...annot be a clearer demonstration of any thing than several nations of the Americans are of this, who are rich in land and poor in all the comforts of... ...3. An acre of land that bears here twenty bushels of wheat, and another in America, which, with the same husbandry, would do the like, are, without do... ... Essay – Locke the first commoners of the world look after—as it doth the Americans now—are generally things of short dura tion, such as if they ar...

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...ly, of course, on the “picture book” quality that contemporary English and American prose appears more and more destined, by the conditions of publica... ... to reach its maximum, no doubt, over many of the sorry businesses of “The American,” for instance, where, given the elements and the essence, the lon... ...tion of several shorter pieces. Inevitably, in such a case as that of “The American,” and scarce less indeed in those of “The Portrait of a Lady” and ... ...to his new arrangement had yet had from him—was that he was practising his American in order to converse properly, on equal terms as it were, with Mr.... ...o, it’s his way. It belongs to him.” But she had wondered still. “It’s the American way. That’s all.” “Exactly—it’s all. It’s all I say! It fits him—so... ...ggie having come with them and then, within ten minutes, changed her mind, repented and departed. “So you’re Book III, Chapter 1 137 staying on toget... ...ular reason which he had n’t mentioned and which had made him consider and repent. He wrote for leave to see me again—wrote in such terms that I saw h...