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... doomed, condemned to die under short respite, while also enamoured of the world; aware moreover of the con- demnation and passionately desiring to “p... ...ances for good taste, pos- sibly even for the play of the very best in the world, that are not only always to be invoked and cultivated, but that are ... ...pleasantness and vividness. The reason of this moreover could never in the world have been his fact of sex; since men, among the mortally afflicted, s... .... With the clearness I have just noted, accordingly, the last thing in the world it proposed to itself was to be the record predominantly of a collaps... ...better for large in- dependence, I think, than any other conditions in the world—and this would be in particular what we should feel ourselves deeply ... ... after 14 The Wings of the Dove which it is that, in the high interest of economy of treat- ment, they determine and rule. There is no economy of tre... ...cognise inten- tions and proprieties; we have time to catch glimpses of an economy of composition, as I put it, interesting in itself: all in spite of... ...reats to Dresden, to Florence, to Biarritz, weak and expensive attempts at economy from which there stuck to her—though in general coldly expressed, t... ... almost daily concert with the same expendi- ture of patience and the same economy of passion; she flitted in and out of the Public Library with the a...

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...ophilus, reduces itself to the serious and formal examination of one single point; which, in the present constitution or system of the church and the world, appears to me of the highest importance; viz. Whether the ideas which we entertain concerning the coming of Messiah, that essential and fundamental article of our religion, be true and just ideas, faithfully drawn from...

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... many false hopes, and will, I fear, if not speedily corrected, prove the inlet to many worldly principles and confederacies, and hasten the ruin and... ...d bring unto them those days of refreshing spoken of by all the holy prophets since the world began: in the which work of conveying to them his Spir... ...ng for himself an ark of testimony in the Jewish nation, through whom to make the whole world one great and universal ark of faithful testimony. Th... ...the idea of election, that is, of a chosen seed in the midst of a wicked and adulterous world, is the fundamental idea and very definition of the pr... ...çóéá, ‘the election,’ of which no one can be a member, but by renouncing the devil, the world, and the flesh. Doth not our Lord set this inveterate o... ...had created and made. This hunting after the knowledge of natural science and political economy, I hold to be nothing else than the instinct of man ... ...ise first, that the saints shall really be the first to rise; but then, with an extreme economy, they add, that for this a few minutes will suffice ... ...n what the doctors say to us upon the text of St. Paul, and considered their very great economy and niggardliness in the partition of instants and m... ...rdliness in the partition of instants and moments; tell me, my friend, to what end such economy serveth? to what end such great haste and driving to...

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...es, it has come about that now, to many a Royal Society, the Creation of a World is little more mysterious than the cooking of a dumpling; concerning ... ... our historical and critical capacity, we hope we are strangers to all the world; have feud or favor with no one,—save indeed the Devil, with whom, as... ...s must have occasioned little less surprise than it has to the rest of the world. For our- selves, at least, few things have been more unexpected. Pro... ..., so long and lank, overlapping roof-wise the gravest face we ever in this world saw, there dwelt a most busy brain. In thy eyes too, deep under their... ...itung, or the domestic habits of the Sun. Both were there and welcome; the world enjoyed what good was in them, and thought no more of the matter. The... ...Sines and Tangents, Codification, and Treatises of what you call Political Economy, are the Meal? And what is that Science, which the scientific head ... ... fruit: that it takes scientific rank beside Codifica- tion, and Political Economy, and the Theory of the British Constitution; nay rather, from its p...

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...t I have to tell. The state-making dream is a very old dream indeed in the world’s history. It plays too small a part in novels. Plato and Confucius a... ...a great host of minds that have had a kindred aspiration, have dreamt of a world of men better ordered, happier, finer, securer. They imagined cities ... ...fe, washed himself, put on his “noble court dress,” closed the door on the world of toiling and getting, private loving, private hat- ing and personal... ... The New Machiavelli mingled with his tradition. They have passed into the world of the ideal, and every humbug takes his freedoms with their names. B... ... The old sort of Prince, the old little principality has vanished from the world. The commonweal is one man’s absolute es- tate and responsibility no ... ...ife that went on all about us; and the other of a great ideal of order and economy which he called variously Science and 26 The New Machiavelli Civil... ...A Local Board came into existence, and with much hesitation and penny-wise economy inaugurated drainage works. Rates be- came a common topic, a fact o... ...olitical science. In those days it was disguised in the cloak of Political Economy. 2 2 2 2 2 It was our affectation to be a little detached from the ... ...r it. They took that house in Chambers Street and furnished it with severe economy, they discovered that Scotch domestic who is destined to be the gua...

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...g; and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however well armed the world con- fronting her. Our temporary world,... ... woman capable of faith in the pelted solitary of her sex, our tempo- rary world blows direct East on her shivering person. The scandal is warrant for... ...he stolid bid her best sayings rebound on her reputation. Nevertheless the world, as Christian, re- members its professions, and a portion of it joins... ... the vacuous to strain for the like, one might add; besides flattering the world to imagine itself richer than it is in eggs that are golden. Henry Wi... ...ithin are waning,’ and that drives like rain to the roots. She says of the world, generously, if with tapering idea: ‘From the point of vision of the ... ...e fashion of the ardently youthful. Romance affected politics, transformed economy, irradiated philosophy. They discussed the knotty question, Why thi... ...a course of action: we shut our eyes against logic and the vaunted laws of economy. They are the knot we cut; or would cut, had we the sword. Diana di... ... first fresh exercising of her pen, as well as the severe gratification of economy, a savage exultation in passing through the streets on foot and unk...

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...re indepen- dent of daily necessities, so that he was free to go about the world under its direction. It led him far. It led him into situ- ations tha... ...be. He never faltered in his persuasion that behind the dingy face of this world, the earthy stubbornness, the baseness and dulness of himself and all... ...der it so perplexingly just isn’t… . 2 2 2 2 2 Benham did not go about the world telling people of this con- suming research. He was not the prophet o... ...ation increases one passes through a brief ecstasy of terror to a new sane world, exalted but as sane as normal existence. There is the calmness of de... ...prise, to creep up into and distress and distort adult life? … “The modern world thinks too much as though painless- ness and freedom from danger were... ...school that was only too manifestly attenu- ated, keeping up a pretentious economy of administration in a school that must not be too manifestly impov...

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...wls, each protected by a plate, while he purrs his morning greeting to the world. A moment later the widow shows her face; she is tricked out in a net... ...of the commissary-general to the armies of the Republic had nothing in the world but her jointure and her widow’s pension, and some day she might be o... ...t be obliged to leave the helpless, inexperienced girl to the mercy of the world. The good soul, therefore, took Victorine to mass every Sunday, and t... ... a complete society might be con- structed. And, as in a school, as in the world itself, there was among the eighteen men and women who met round the ... ...The thrifty frugality necessary to those who mean to make their way in the world had become an inveterate habit of life with M. Goriot. Soup, boiled b... ... to make a corresponding reduction in her charges. Apparently, such strict economy was called for, that he did without a fire all through the winter. ... ...en with his opera dancer; he will be compelled to practise the most strict economy (in secret) if he is to bide his time with unshaken credit. I scold...

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... respect for those who by their own energies have raised themselves in the world; and when we hear that the son of a washerwoman has become Lord Chanc... ...ered no doubt;—but with Spartan consistency he so hid his trouble from the world that no one knew that he suffered. Those with whom he lived, and who ... ...hree years old, and as he had begun life early he had been long before the world. It was known of him that he had been at a good English private schoo... ...er, and the east wind was still blowing, and a great portion of the London world was out of town taking its Easter holiday, when on an unpleasant morn... ...’ he said as he leaned back in his chair. ‘It’s the commonest thing in the world,’ said Lopez pick- ing up the bill in a leisurely way, folding it and... ...oney,—but he gave her to under- stand that he required from her very close economy. Then again she referred to the brougham which she knew was to be i... ... return to London, but he told her that he was the best judge of that. The economy which he de- manded was that comfortless heartrending economy which... ...about business, but satisfied himself with giving strict injunctions as to economy. Then he took her back to town on the day after her promise to Mrs ... ... part? She had therefore gone to work to make her purchases, studying that economy which must henceforth be the great duty of her life, and reminding ...

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...d of perfect sympathy; as if the printed book, thrown at large on the wide world, were certain to find out the divided segment of the writer’s own nat... ...orecastle to the cabin, spent a tempestuous manhood, and returned from his world wanderings, to grow old, and die, and mingle his dust with the natal ... ... their country’s ser vice—as I verily believe it was—withdrew to a better world. It is a pious consolation to me that, through my interfer ence, a s... ...w’s dinner, than of the shipwreck of forty or fifty years ago, and all the world’s won ders which they had witnessed with their youthful eyes. The fa... ...o has dreamed of literary fame, and of making for himself a rank among the world’s dignitaries by such means, to step aside out of the 23 Hawthorne n... ... occur but once in her lifetime, and to meet which, therefore, reckless of economy, she might call up the vital strength that would have sufficed for ...

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... probably have for its pivotal episode the relieving of a famine in an Old World community. The author’s most sincere thanks for assistance rendered i... ... him?” she hazarded. “Oh, Laura, I couldn’t,” gasped Page. “I wouldn’t for worlds.” “Couldn’t she, Aunt Wess’?” appealed Laura. “Wouldn’t 10 The Pit ... ...st, for the reason that there is a great harvest of wheat somewhere in the world for every month in the year; and, second, because the smart man who r... ...because the smart man who runs the corner has every other smart man in the world against him. And, besides, it’s wrong; the world’s food should not be... ... forgotten, this her first night of Grand Opera. All this excitement, this world of perfume, of flowers, of exquisite costumes, of beautiful women, of... ...d for the first time in her life she looked into the workings of political economy. “Oh, that’s only one side of it,” Cressler went on, heed- less of ... ...y prevailed also in other direc- tions. In the matter of business Jadwin’s economy was un- impeachable. He would cavil on a half-dollar’s overcharge; ...

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... in its firm ness. CHAPTER II Saturday morning was come, and all the summer world was bright and fresh, and brimming with life. There was a song in e... ... tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work — the very thought of it burnt hi... ...having to work — the very thought of it burnt him like fire. He got out his worldly wealth and examined it — bits of toys, marbles, and trash; enoug... ... every boy in the village. Tom said to himself that it was not such a hollow world, after all. He had discovered a great law of human action, without... ...he boy mused awhile over the substantial change which had taken place in his worldly circumstances, and then wended toward headquarters to report. CHA... ...r ity with failure. By and by Tom took Becky’s candle and blew it out. This economy meant so much! Words were not needed. Becky understood, and her h...

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..., and obtained customers by honorable proceedings. In Paris they used, for economy’s sake, the same yard, hotel, and stable, the same coach-house, off... ...ver station of life they belonged. Nevertheless, by dint of “trundling the world,”—one of his own expressions,—he had come to look upon those he conve... .... “But let me give you a bit of good advice. Every man for himself in this world. We have enough to do to take care of ourselves. Do what Monsieur le ... ...courts of Europe. No man was less obvious, or more useful in the political world than he. It is easy to un- derstand that the world’s honor, the fuss ... ... disrespect said of her would have been to him an unpardonable injury. The world admired him for this; and Madame de Serizy owed much to it. Any other... ...ssession of the property, he began, all the while maintain- ing toward the world an appearance of the utmost integrity, to lose no occasion of increas... ... he allow him- self to spend an evening at a cafe. In spite of the prudent economy to which his small means forced him, Clapart would not have answere... ...ressed, and she gave him a gold watch, the price of which she had saved by economy, as the reward of his good conduct. “You draw for the conscription ...

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...r all the sportsmen will be coming home, and my aunt would not for all the world that Mr. Mansell caught you on the forbidden ground.’ ‘How can you gi... ...te even so authorized.’ ‘I never asked for any such thing! I would not for worlds see her led to do anything underhand.’ ‘She will honour you! That’s ... ...ow to say! How much it felt as if the only shelter or rest in the desolate world was in the light of the blue eyes whose tender sunshine had 17 Yo n ... ...hich her heart had so long yearned, in spite of her efforts, and as if the world had nothing more to offer of peace or joy. ‘Oh, Mary , how I have wan... ...ssing to ‘our dear James’ as if he had been the most welcome suitor in the world; and she often sincerely congratulated herself on the acquisition of ... ...he been as cheerful and lighthearted as in the midst of hardship and rigid economy. Her equable temper and calm composure came to her aid; and where a... ...ved it up with the precision of past prosperity. Cheap cookery and cottage economy were the study, and the results were pro- nounced admirable; but th... ...s word, and dine on the surrounding structure; and in spite of the cottage economy, he was nearly as hungry after 191 Yo n g e dinner as before it, a... ...rom ever amounting to a sum, in her opinion, worth securing. The spirit of economy in the house- hold had so far infected her that she had, in spite o...

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...ed?’ ‘That it is my fault. Before our marriage, you and she were the whole world to each other; but since I came, I have seen, as you say, that the cr... ...at his clear olive complexion had not the line of health, that there was a world of oppression on his broad brow and deep hazel eyes, and that it was ... ...id compassion for the past affect Albinia, as she thought of her husband’s world of hidden grief, but a shud- der for the future came over her, as she... ... come away?’ said Albinia. ‘I would not have him find me there for all the world.’ In all her vexation and dismay, Albinia could not help think- ing o... ...e coeur at those words, bit she was obliged to add, ‘Alas! there’s all the world in the drawing-room!’ ‘Who?’ ‘Osborns and Drurys.’ ‘Do you want me?’ ... ...Ulick, distressed. ‘You are very kind, but it can’t be.’ ‘Excuse me, it is economy of the wrong sort to live in a gutter, and catch agues and fevers. ... ...r her sake. He praised the Colo- nel and lauded the mess to the skies, and economy being his present hobby, he represented himself as living upon noth...

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... William John Fleming was simply a poor farmer, for whom the wheels of the world went too fast:—a big man, appearing to be diffi- cult to kill, though... ...the two, and suggest his stamping his name to such an opin- ion before the world, was an outrage. Mrs. Fleming was failing in health. On that plea, wi... ...oda Fleming swer, speaking of the Funds indeed, but only to pronounce them worldly things, and hoping that they all might meet in heaven, where brothe... ... housekeeper, who might wish to see London, and make acquaintance with the world, would be agreeable to him. His project was that one of his nieces sh... ...- marked, rather coldly. “It’ll never be much,” sighed Anthony. “Well, the world’s nothing, if you come to look at it close,” the farmer adopted a sim... ...friend. This, with a pathetic 91 George Meredith allusion to his interior economy, which was applauded, and the remark “ Ain’t that Christian?” which... ...mpagne in pints and half- pints; if not, return them instantly. I know how Economy, sitting solitary, poor thing, would not dare to let the froth of a... ...ould have called a cab, had not 260 Rhoda Fleming the novel apparition of economy, which now haunted him, suggested that he had recently tossed five ...

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... dark eyes were observant. She did not yet know the immense ability of the world to be casually cruel and proudly dull, but if she should ever learn t... ...ld earn her living. But how she was to earn it, how she was to conquer the world—almost entirely for the world’s own good—she did not see. Most of the... ...he astonishment of emotion, in a glory of abasement. Her eyes mothered the world. Stewart Snyder peered at her. He rammed his large red fists into his... ...t I—well, if you have got a college education, you ought to use it for the world.” “I know, but you can use it just as well in the home. And gee, Caro... ... want to do things. I don’t understand myself but I want—everything in the world! Maybe I can’t sing or write, but I know I can be an influence in lib... ...ering viciousness of her com- ments on the new furniture, stirred Carol to economy. She spoke judiciously to Bea about left-overs. She read the cook-b... ...en—not solidly founded—not scholarly—doesn’t know anything about political economy—falls for every new idea that some windjamming crank puts out. But ...

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...accus- tomed to succeed. She had the genius of housekeeping, a faculty for economy, a thorough understanding of how to live, and a love for work. She ... ...she said, the finger of God. In 1824 she turned over a new leaf, talked of economy, stopped her receptions, busied herself with her children, determin... ...property of nine thousand and a few odd hun- dred francs; the fruit of his economy and that of his wife 30 The Lesser Bourgeoisie during thirty years... ...s concealed his piety. Like other philanthro- pists, he practised a sordid economy, and gave to the poor his time, his legal advice, his eloquence, an... ...es the reason of some of those apostasies which have, at times, amazed the world and horrified it. If guilty, women of that age fall into one of sever... ...lfilling painful and costly duties, the rewards for which were not in this world. All the same, however, she was conscious of another clamoring voice;... ...om your motives—which, in- deed, I have no right to do—and my part in this world is certainly not to mingle with earthly powers; but please par- don m... ...ville to be in the secret.” While la Peyrade played the part of man of the world with Colleville, and allowed himself various witty sarcasms when expl... ...lle and la Peyrade returned from the gar- den the very best friends in the world. “Messieurs,” said Brigitte, “the soup and the King must never be kep...

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...on, was, though perfectly lady like, always re- garded by the Stoneborough world as something on the borders of presumption on the part of the entire ... ...w he won’t let me go back to Leonard.’ ‘But, Averil, the best nurse in the world can’t hold out for ever. People must sleep, and make themselves fit t... ...hat poor girl,’ were Ethel’s first words outside. ‘Am I? I wouldn’t be for worlds, Ethel. But somehow she always puts me in a rage. I wish I knew she ... ...ck of her after all her devotion! Leonard, the being she loved best in the world! And Leonard, distressed and hurt at the reception of his natural exp... ...want of his mother’s ever-ready sympathy and soothing, and as if the whole world, here, there, and everywhere, would be an equally dreary waste. His m... ... om, with the income of his lately achieved fellowship, performed feats of economy, such as attaining to the purchase of an ultra perfect microscope, ... ... and to Averil’s representation that it trans- gressed the system of rigid economy that so much tormented her, he replied by referring her to Mrs. Pug... ...d. Dr. May could not believe that any provocation of temper, any motive of economy, any desire to be rid of encumbrances to his courtship, could in- d...

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...’ll never know it.” “Never know it?” Boyne pulled her up. “But what in the world constitutes a ghost except the fact of its being known for one?” “I c... ...existence could be too sequestered; they could not get far enough from the world, or plunge deep enough into the past. Dorsetshire had attracted them ... ... had revealed to him. Mary was too well-versed in the code of the spectral world not to know that one could not talk about the ghosts one saw: to do s... ...mpletely dark, and she was surprised to see how much faint light the outer world still held. As she peered out into it across the court, a figure shap... ...y life.” “How wonderful! And did you never, never find anyone in the other world who understood you?” “Not wholly—not as you and I understand each oth... ... ser-presses—all the complex simplifications of the millionaire’s domestic economy. And whenever my wonder paid the ex- pected tribute he said, throwi...

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...ersal imagination enough for it, to interpret mod- ern Russia to the outer world, and Virgin Soil was the last word of his greater testament. It was t... ...an inexperienced citizen on his first ap- 10 Virgin Soil pearance in this world? “It is not at all hard if he happens to be no bigger than you are!” ... ...i Dmitritch! We never know anyone. We want to do things, to turn the whole world upside down, and are living outside this very world, amidst two or th... ...ich he was cut out by his personal appearance, education, knowledge of the world, and his success with women. Mais quitter la Russie? Jamais! Kollomie... ...his head once or twice in a dignified man- ner, as if looking round at his worldly belongings, a pose that set off to perfection his long drooping whi... ...er is an orphan,” “Look before you leap,” “When there’s bread then there’s economy,” “ If the birch leaves are as big as farthings by St. Yegor’s day,...