...Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith is a publication of the Pennsylvania State Univ... ...he file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Adventures of Harry Richmond by George Meredith, the Pennsylvania State University, Elec- troni... ...n equal opportunity university. 3 George Meredith THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY RICHMOND By George Meredith BOOK 1 CHAPTER I I AM A SUBJECT OF CONTENTION O... ...he household were, his daugh- ter Dorothy Beltham; a married daughter Mrs. Richmond; Benjamin Sewis, an old half-caste butler; various domestic servan... ...utler; various domestic servants; and a little boy, christened Harry Lepel Richmond, the squire’s grandson. Riversley Grange lay in a rich watered hol... ...ng the hollows that run dipping for miles beside the great highroad toward London. Sometimes his father whistled to him, or held him high and nodded a... ... the open street?— Where did my mother live?—What was I doing out alone in London?’ were so many incitements to autobiographical com- position to an i... ... At once my tongue was unloosed. I seemed to rise right above the roofs of London, beneath which I had been but a wandering atom a few minutes ago. I ... ... to my grandfa- ther at Riversley, and communicated with the constables in London; and, by-and-by, Mrs. Waddy arrived, having like- wise visited those...

...the great hall-doors. Squire Beltham was master there: the other members of the household were, his daughter Dorothy Beltham; a married daughter Mrs. Richmond; Benjamin Sewis, an old half-caste butler; various domestic servants; and a little boy, christened Harry Lepel Richmond....

...The Tragedy of Richard the Third : with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field. by WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Ba... ...nda. - i - The Tragedie of Richard the Third with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Fieldq5 Actus Primus. Scoen... ... make your Maiesty ioyful, as you haue bin 485 Qu. The Countesse Richmond, good my L[ord]. of Derby. 486 To your good prayer, will sca... ... 1396 Forthwith from Ludlow, the young Prince be set 1397 Hither to London, to be crown’d our King. 1398 Riuers. Why with some little T... ...d go we to determine 1418 Who they shall be that strait shall poste to London. 1419 Madam, and you my Sister, will you go 1420 To giue you... ... Cosin, 1429 I, as a childe, will go by thy direction, 1430 Toward London then, for wee’l not stay behinde. Exeunt Scena Tertia. 1432 ... ... Third Shakespeare: First Folio 1572 Buc. Welcome sweete Prince to London, 1573 To your Chamber. 1574 Rich. Welcome deere Cosin, m... ...f thou wilt out- strip Death, goe crosse the Seas, 2522 And liue with Richmond, from the reach of Hell. 2523 Goe hye thee, hye thee from this... ...oule, that tak’st thy leaue 2572 of it. 2573 Du.Y. Go thou to Richmond, & good fortune guide thee, 2574 Go thou to Richard, and good...

...Excerpt: The Tragedie of Richard the Third with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field; Actus Primus -- Scoena Prima -- Enter Richard Duke of Gloster, solus. Now is the Winter of our Discontent, Made glorious Summer by this Son of Yorke: And all the clouds that lowr?d...

...LEAP WELL Hart-Leap Well is a small spring of water, about five miles from Richmond in Yorkshire, and near the side of the road which leads from Richm... ...er shade, To pipe a simple song to thinking hearts, As I from Hawes to Richmond did repair, It chanc’d that I saw standing in a dell Three asp... ...another. —Some little I’ve seen of blind boisterous works In Paris and London, ‘mong Christians or Turks, Spirits busy to do and undo: At reme... ...th Pedlar’s wares, And with this Basket on his arm, the Lad Went up to London, found a Master there, Who out of many chose the trusty Boy To g...

...Excerpt: Hart-Leap Well. Hart-Leap Well is a small spring of water, about five miles from Richmond in Yorkshire, and near the side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg. Its name is derived from a remarkable chase, the memory of which is preserved by the monuments spoken of in the second Part of the fol...

...t, floated on the Thames, be- tween Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing in. The f... ...s changed swiftly , and the deepening shad- ows and the kindling lights of London Bridge were passed, and the tiers of shipping lay on either hand. It... ...NEERING were bran-new people in a bran- new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the Veneerings was spick and span new. All their f... ... likely enough that ten thousand other young men, within the limits of the London Post-office town delivery, made the same hopeful remark in the cours... ...y name?’ ‘I repeated it, after this man.’ ‘You said you were a stranger in London?’ ‘ An utter stranger.’ ‘ Are you seeking a Mr Harmon?’ ‘No.’ ‘Then ... ...ould have outwalked him betwixt anywheres about where he lost the tide—say Richmond—and this, if you had a mind to it.’ ‘You think I have been followi...

...e precise, a boat of dirty and disreputable appearance, with two figures in it, floated on the Thames, between Southwark bridge which is of iron, and London Bridge which is of stone, as an autumn evening was closing in....

... CIRCLE. IN A CERTAIN QUIET and sequestered nook of the retired village of London – perhaps in the neighbourhood of Berkeley Square, or at any rate so... ...I’m not,” says he, “a tradesman— I’m a Hartist” (Mr. Eglantine was born in London)—”I’m a hartist; and show me a fine ‘ead of air, and I’ll dress it f... ...ogether, you don’t spare your money. I myself, at the “Star and Garter” at Richmond, once paid—” “Eighteenpence?” “Heighteenpence, sir!—I paid five-an... ....” Pooh! what’s money to you?” Walker looked down: it was Tom Dale. Who in London did not know little Tom Dale? He had cheeks like an apple, and his h... ...in thousands. I saw you go into Eglantine’s. Fine business that; finest in London. Five-shilling cakes of soap, my dear boy. I can’t wash with such. T... ...y of calling the “Star and Garter”), “and I’ll ride by them all the way to Richmond. It’s rather a long ride, but with Snaffle’s soft saddle I can do ... ...uests the honour and pleasure of their company at the ‘Star and Garter’ at Richmond to an early 37 Thackeray dinner on Sunday next. “If agreeable, Mr... ...r, when the whole secret was laid bare to him—how the ladies were going to Richmond on Sunday in Mr. Snaffle’s clarence, and how Mr. Eglantine was to ... ...eror” pricked up his ears a little uneasily passing the Ebenezer chapel in Richmond, where 40 Men’s Wives the congregation were singing a hymn, but b...

...Excerpt: In a certain quiet and sequestered nook of the retired village of London -- perhaps in the neighborhood of Berkeley Square, or at any rate somewhere near Burlington Gardens--there was once a house of entertainment called the ?Bootjack Hotel.? Mr. Crump, the landlord, had, in the outset of l...

...d III. Brothers to the King. A young son of Clarence. (Boy:) HENRY: Earl of Richmond, (RICHMOND:) afterwards King Henry VII. CARDINAL BOURCHIER : Ar... ...:) TRESSEL and BERKELEY: Gentlemen attending on the Lady Anne. Lord Mayor of London. (Lord Mayor:) Sheriff of Wiltshire. (Sheriff:) ELIZABETH: Queen ... ...nger:) (Fourth Messenger:) SCENE: England. KING RICHARD III ACT I SCENE I: London. A street. [Enter GLOUCESTER, solus .] GLOUCESTER: Now is the win... ...d make your majesty joyful as you have been! QUEEN ELIZABETH : The Countess Richmond, good my Lord of Derby. To your good prayers will scarcely say a... ... my noble lord. [Exeunt.] King Richard III, Act I, scene iii 26 SCENE IV: London. The Tower. [Enter CLARENCE and BRAKENBURY .] BRAKENBURY: Why loo... ...ere I must not stay. King Richard III, Act I, scene iv 34 ACT II SCENE I: London. The palace. [Flourish. Enter KING EDWARD IV sick, QUEEN ELIZABETH... ...s to children. If thou wilt outstrip death, go cross the seas, And live with Richmond, from the reach of hell Go, hie thee, hie thee from this slaught... ...l, that takest thy leave of it! DUCHESS OF YORK : [To DORSET .] Go thou to Richmond, and good fortune guide thee! [To LADY ANNE .] Go thou to Richar... ...! what news with you? STANLEY: My lord, I hear the Marquis Dorset’s fled To Richmond, in those parts beyond the sea Where he abides. [Stands apart .]...

...t tidy, fidg- ety, thrifty little personage that ever inhaled the smoke of London; and the house of Mrs. Tibbs was, decidedly, the neatest in all Grea... ...s Rampart; and one day, when we were exercising on the ground on which the London University now stands, he says, says he, Tibbs (calling me from the ... .... Alfred Tomkins, addressing the company in general, ‘I shall ride down to Richmond to-day, and come back by the steamer. There are some splendid effe... ...erful as his love of life. Mr. Augustus Minns had no relations, in or near London, with the exception of his cousin, Mr. Octavius Budden, to whose son... ... street on the Surrey side of the water, within three minutes’ walk of old London Bridge, Mr. Joseph Tuggs—a little dark-faced man, with shiny hair, t... ...tra, by a fat man in black tights and cloudy Berlins. ‘Mrs. Tippin, of the London theatres, ’ replied Belinda, referring to the programme of the conce...

...t: Chapter 1. The Boarding-House. Mrs. Tibbs was, beyond all dispute, the most tidy, fidgety, thrifty little personage that ever inhaled the smoke of London; and the house of Mrs. Tibbs was, decidedly, the neatest in all Great Coram-street. The area and the area-steps, and the street-door and the street-door steps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker,...

...EDNESDAY AFTERNOON in late September, Ann V eronica Stanley came down from London in a state of solemn excite- ment and quite resolved to have things ... ... corncob pipes in the Avenue on Sun- day morning, travelled third class to London by unusual trains, and openly despised golf. He occupied one of the ... ...pend what- ever vestiges of the night remained after the dance was over in London with the Widgett girls and a select party in “quite a decent little ... ...elf in some arrangement with the Widgett girls about a Fancy Dress Ball in London. I gather you wish to go up in some fantastic get-up, wrapped about ... ...n inadvertent, casual manner just as he was leaving the house to catch his London train. When Ann Veronica got it she had at first a wild, fantastic i... ...s P P P P Par ar ar ar art 6 t 6 t 6 t 6 t 6 THEY SPENT the next Sunday in Richmond Park, and mingled the happy sensation of being together uninterrup...

...Excerpt: Part 1. One Wednesday afternoon in late September, Ann Veronica Stanley came down from London in a state of solemn excitement and quite resolved to have things out with her father that very evening. She had trembled on the verge of such a resolution before, but this time quite definitely she made it. A crisis h...

...s something reassuringly inaggressive about the figure that confronted Sir Richmond. Dr. Martineau’s height wanted at least three inches of Sir Richmo... ...m too high so that he seemed to have grown out of them quite recently. Sir Richmond had been dreading an encounter with some dominating and mesmeric p... ... can’t leave off working.” “Your name,” said the doctor, “is familiar. Sir Richmond Hardy? In the papers. What is it?” “Fuel.” “Of course! The Fuel Co... ...patient acutely—with his ears. “But you see how important it is,” said Sir Richmond, and left his sentence unfinished. “I’ll do what I can for you,” s... ...kground of life. So that we seem to float over abysses.” “We do,” said Sir Richmond. “And we have nothing but the old habits and ideas ac- quired in t... ...o days’ time at latest, and afterwards the detested coupe could go back to London. The day was still young, and after lunch and coffee upon a sunny la... ...y dis- tresses as very little incidents in that perspective. Away there in London the case is altogether different; after three hours or so of the Com... ... And that’s why we’re here right now instead of being shopping in Paris or London like de- cent American women.” The younger lady looked down on her c... ... and the rest to the doctor. “it is nearer the begin- nings of things than London or Paris.” “And nearer to us, “ said Sir Richmond. “I call that just...

... 60 Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, I had not thought death had undone so many. Sighs, ... ...nshaven, with a pocket full of currants 210 C.i.f. London: documents at sight, 8 The Waste Land Asked me in demotic French To... ... 290 Wallala leialala ‘Trams and dusty trees. Highbury bore me. Richmond and Kew Undid me. By Richmond I raised my knees Supine on the floo... ...bursts in the violet air Falling towers Jerusalem Athens Alexandria Vienna London Unreal A woman drew her long black hair out tight And fiddled whispe... ...ing, with the arid plain behind me Shall I at least set my lands in order? London Bridge is falling down falling down falling down Poi s’ascose nel fo... ...0. The currants were quoted at a price ‘carriage and insur- ance free to London’; and the Bill of Lading, etc., were to be handed to the buyer upon...

...R HUGH MORTIMER: (HUGH MORTIMER:) uncles to the Duke of York. HENRY: Earl of Richmond, a youth (HENRY OF RICHMOND:). Henry VI, Part III 4 LORD RIVERS... ...Watchman:) SCENE: England and France. Henry VI, Part III 5 ACT I SCENE I: London. The Parliament house. [Alarum. Enter YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFO... ...ORK: Farewell, my gracious lord; I’ll to my castle. WARWICK: And I’ll keep London with my soldiers. NORFOLK: And I to Norfolk with my followers. MO... ...eart. YORK: Richard, enough; I will be king, or die. Brother, thou shalt to London presently, And whet on Warwick to this enterprise. Thou, Richard, ... ...dward and Richard, you shall stay with me; My brother Montague shall post to London: Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, Whom we have left protec... ...ower. [Flourish. Enter KING HENRY VI, CLARENCE, WARWICK, SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, OXFORD, MONTAGUE, and Lieutenant of the Tower .] KING HENRY VI ... ...seem to have so tender care? SOMERSET: My liege, it is young Henry, earl of Richmond. KING HENRY VI : Come hither, England’s hope. [Lays his hand on... ...ide A salve for any sore that may betide. [Exeunt all but SOMERSET, HENRY OF RICHMOND, and OXFORD.] Henry VI, Part III , Act IV , scene vi 68 SOMERSE... ...As Henry’s late presaging prophecy Did glad my heart with hope of this young Richmond, So doth my heart misgive me, in these conflicts What may befall...

...iver and putting W ool and Burnside in communication, with an open road to Richmond, or to you, had effected something in that direction. I am still u... ...on. I am still unwilling to take all our force off the direct line between Richmond and here. A. LINCOLN. 6 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six... ... march. In order, therefore, to in- crease the strength of the attack upon Richmond at the earliest moment, General McDowell has been ordered to march... ...unication as soon as possible by extending your right-wing to the north of Richmond. It is believed that this communication can be safely estab- lishe... ...u will be able to prevent the main body of the enemy’s forces from leaving Richmond and falling in over- whelming force upon General McDowell. He will... ...COLN. 242 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON, EN- GLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February z, i8G3. TO THE WORKING-MEN ... ...DON, EN- GLAND. EXECUTIVE MANSION, February z, i8G3. TO THE WORKING-MEN OF LONDON: I have received the New Y ear’s address which you have sent me, wit...

...nto the taproom. That sobered him a little; and when he saw Henderson, the London jour- nalist, in his garden, he called over the palings and made him... ...n went into the railway station at once, in order to telegraph the news to London. The newspaper ar- ticles had prepared men’s minds for the reception... ...al- tered very much. The early editions of the evening papers had startled London with enormous headlines: “A MESSAGE RECEIVED FROM MARS.” “REMARKABLE... ...ord Hilton at his house, but I was told he was 15 H G Wells expected from London by the six o’clock train from Water- loo; and as it was then about a... ...copse, every row of suburban villas on the hilly slopes about Kingston and Richmond, masked an expectant black muzzle. And through the charred and des... ..., I take it are the Martians, and Londonward, where those hills rise about Richmond and Kingston and the trees give cover, earthworks are being thrown... ...my brother. “It wants showing up,” he said. One or two trains came in from Richmond, Putney, and Kingston, containing people who had gone out for a da... ... began to return from all over the South-Western “lung”—Barnes, Wimbledon, Richmond Park, Kew, and so forth—at unnaturally early hours; but not a soul... ...awling into the street: “London in danger of suffocation! The Kingston and Richmond defences forced! Fearful massacres in the Thames Valley!” And all ...

...hree Heads by Charles Dickens DEDICATION To The Right Reverend THE BISHOP OF LONDON MY LORD, You were among the first, some years ago, to expatiate on... ...ive greater plea sure, than walking through some of the principal streets of London on a fine Sunday, in summer, and watching the cheerful faces of th... ...m toil, and innocent enjoyment. The sun that rises over the quiet streets of London on a bright Sunday morning, shines till his setting, on gay and ha... ... and nothing like a cloud in the whole sky; and even the air of the river at London Bridge is something to them, shut up as they have been, all the we... ...e are dozens of steamers to all sorts of places Gravesend, Greenwich, and Richmond; and such numbers of people, that when you have once sat down o... ...dy James’s Folly; or to glide past the beautiful mead ows of Twickenham and Richmond, and to gaze with a de light which only people like them can kn... ...ocure their breakfasts, are also open. This class comprises, in a place like London, an enormous num ber of people, whose limited means prevent their...

...n’s Island, for Capt. T. Ten Eyck, Eigh- teenth U. S. Infantry, and now at Richmond. I would like to have it done. Can it be? A. LINCOLN. 110 The W... ...ck, of Pennsylvania, whence he can never be dis- lodged by the enemy until Richmond is taken. If I shall dis- cover that General Grant may be greatly... ...tated in the cap- 139 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven ture of Richmond by rapidly pouring to him a large number of armed men at the brief... ...n at for Major Nathan Goff, made a pris- oner of war, and now in prison at Richmond, let it be done. A. LINCOLN. ADDRESS TO THE 164TH OHIO REGIMENT, A... ...e Penin- sula, in the operations on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, in the battle of Monocacy, and in the intrenchments of Washington... ...envoy extraordinary and min- ister plenipotentiary of the United States at London, and which is the only correspondence found in this department touch...

...uel, have been the most dutiful and affectionate to me. Y our employers in London give the best accounts of your regu- larity and good conduct. Though... ...or the new setting of the diamond; desiring me to take it on my arrival in London to the great jeweller, Mr. Polonius, and send her the bill. “The fac... ... at four, and at five came the “True Blue” light six-inside post- coach to London, and I got up on the roof without having seen Mary Smith. As we pass... ...ght before. 9 Thackeray CHAPTER II TELLS HOW THE DIAMOND IS BROUGHT UP TO LONDON, AND PRO- DUCES WONDERFUL EFFECTS BOTH IN THE CITY AND AT THE WEST E... ..., when, as the reader may remember, there was a great mania in the City of London for establishing companies of all sorts; by which many people made p... ...ses to do something for you. We are going down, meanwhile, to his house at Richmond; and be sure, Mr. Titmarsh, I will not fail to keep you in his min... ...and I laughed, and we were all very happy: and sure enough there came from Richmond a letter to me, stating that I was appointed fourth clerk in the T... ...than any of us imagined; for I do believe he invited his brother-in-law to Richmond for no other purpose than to pay court to his son’s nurse. And one...

... mud; young lady typists will have to fidget behind you. In the streets of London where beauty goes unregarded, eccen- tricity must pay the penalty, a... ...ublic buildings which parted them, she only felt at this moment how little London had done to make her love it, although thirty of her forty years had... ...the same road, soon withdrew them from the West End, and plunged them into London. It appeared that this was a great manufac- turing place, where the ... ...se understood that after all it is the ordinary thing to be poor, and that London is the city of innumerable poor people. Startled by this discovery a... ...inst the road-makers of the present day in general, and the road-makers of Richmond Park in particular, where Mr. Pepper had the habit of cycling ever... ...lived for the sake of the air in a comfortable house 28 The Voyage Out in Richmond. She was of course brought up with exces- sive care, which as a ch... ...ather. Friends might have told her things, but she had few of her own age,—Richmond being an awkward place to reach,—and, as it happened, the only gir... ... Indeed this was a subject that lasted her hundreds of morning walks round Richmond Park, and blotted out the trees and the people and the deer. Why d... ...rliament?” “You’ve never been to school, and you live—?” “With my aunts at Richmond.” “Richmond?” “You see, my aunts like the Park. They like the quie...

...ewell my gracious Lord, Ile to my Castle. 235 Warw. And Ile keepe London with my Souldiers. 236 Norf. And I to Norfolke with my foll... .... Richard ynough: I will be King, or dye. 349 Brother, thou shalt to London presently, 350 And whet on Warwick to this Enterprise. [o5v ... ...ard, you shall stay with me, 372 My Brother Mountague shall poste to London. 373 Let Noble Warwicke, Cobham, and the rest, 374 Whom ... ... 769 Were brought me of your Losse, and his Depart. 770 I then in London, keeper of the King, 771 Muster’d my Soldiers, gathered flockes... ...cession, 831 His Oath enrolled in the Parliament. 832 And now to London all the crew are gone, 833 To frustrate both his Oath, and what... ... A salue for any sore, that may betide. Exeunt. 2476 Manet Somerset, Richmond, and Oxford. 2477 Som. My Lord, I like not of this flight ... ...e presaging Prophecie 2481 Did glad my heart, with hope of this young Richmond: 2482 So doth my heart mis- giue me, in these Conflicts, 2483... ... Oxf. I: for if Edward re- possesse the Crowne, 2488 ’Tis like that Richmond, with the rest, shall downe. 2489 Som. It shall be so: he ...

...harles Dickens 15 Roman possessions waste; they forced the Ro mans out of London, then a poor little town, but a trading place; they hanged, burnt, c... ...Canterbury. Sebert, the King’s nephew, built on a muddy marshy place near London, where there had been a temple to Apollo, a church dedicated to Sain... ...a church dedicated to Saint Peter, which is now Westminster Abbey. And, in London itself, on the foundation of a temple to Diana, he built an other l... ...d not protect them, that they welcomed Sweyn on all sides, as a deliverer. London faithfully stood out, as long as the King was within its walls; but,... ...lved to set up for the crown against the murderous Richard, Henry Earl of Richmond, grandson of Catherine: that widow of Henry the Fifth who married ... ...esides, of its being designed by the conspirators to marry her to Henry of Richmond, he felt that it would much strengthen him and weaken them, to be ... ... last, through all this, he issued vigorous proclamations against Henry of Richmond and all his followers, when he heard that they were coming against... ... and savage as a wild boar— the animal represented on his shield. Henry of Richmond landed with six thousand men at Milford Haven, and came on against... ...ps to hesitate. At the same moment, his des perate glance caught Henry of Richmond among a little group of his knights. Riding hard at him, and cryin...

...n America because I am, Y our obliged friend and servant, W. M. Thackeray. London, October 18, 1852. 4 Henry Esmond – Book Two BOOK II CONTAINS MR. E... ...ell: and indeed the cost at the dearest ordinary or the grandest tavern in London could not have furnished a longer reckoning, than our host of the “H... ...ency of gratulation which broke out amongst the followers of King James in London, upon the death of this illustrious prince, this invincible warrior,... ... into court. So much good, at least, had come of the poor widow’s visit to London, not revenge upon her husband’s en- emies, but reconcilement to old ... ... Shafto, who made such a figure at the coffee- houses and gaming-tables in London, and gave out that he had been a soldier at Vigo, owned, when he was... ... the Fusileer regiment, of which that celebrated officer, Briga- dier John Richmond W ebb, was colonel, he had never joined the regiment, nor been int... ...eal descent from King Edward the First, and his first ancestor, Roaldus de Richmond, rode by William the Conqueror’s side on Hastings field. “We were ... ...im, for great as his services were, no man could value them more than John Richmond Webb did himself, and the differences between him and Marlborough ...