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...d in the martial exercise called El Jerrid, still practised in the Eastern countries. The steeds of these attendants were in appearance as foreign as ... ...owed to possess the best-trained hawks, and the fleetest greyhounds in the North Riding; circumstances which strongly recommended him to the youthful ... ...nch trouba- dours, when it was told in the ear of beauty; and the field of Northallerton, upon the day of the Holy Standard, could tell whether the Sa... ...the spectators. The openings for the entry of the combat- ants were at the northern and southern extremities of the lists, accessible by strong wooden... ... usual military service, in the room of those who have wandered to foreign Countries, and can neither render homage nor service when called upon.” The... ...se. Beside this deadly apparatus stood four black slaves, whose colour and African features, then so little known in England, appalled the multitude, ... ...tic warriors with whom they fought, should use the service of the enslaved Africans, whom the fate of war transferred to new masters? I am sure, if th... ... rival task of embody- ing and reviving the traditions of their respective countries, would be, you alleged, in the highest degree unequal and un- jus...

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...then, indeed, Lydia enjoyed high peace and security, but in Greece and the countries about it the like villanies again re- vived and broke out, there ... ...ncertainty to be thought strange, seeing the manner of the death of Scipio Africanus, who died at his own home after supper, has been found capable ne... ... not bathe the new-born children with water, as is the custom in all other countries, but with wine, to prove the temper and complexion of their bodie... ... account, Spartan nurses were often bought up, or hired by people of other countries; and it is recorded that she who suckled Alcibiades was a Spartan... ...emisium is in Euboea, beyond the city of Histiaea, a sea-beach open to the north; most nearly oppo- site to it stands Olizon, in the country which for... ...oung children, some of them, passing the Riphaean mountains, fell upon the Northern Ocean, and possessed themselves of the far- thest parts of Europe;... ...g from the Alps to both the seas, as the names themselves testify; for the North or Adriatic Sea is named from the T uscan city Adria, and that to the... ...nians were ever cut off before in any one battle; as they usually employed Africans, Spaniards, and Numidians in their wars, so that if they chanced t... ...bius Maximus, who was five times consul; the younger, by the son of Scipio Africanus, his cousin- german, and was by him named Scipio. Of the daughter...

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... count it glorious to subdue By Conquest far and wide, to over-run Large Countries, and in field great Battels win, Great Cities by assault: wha... ...s. Yet if for fame and glory aught be done, 100 Aught suffer’d; if young African for fame His wasted Country freed from Punic rage, The deed ... ...war. Such forces met not, nor so wide a camp, When Agrican with all his Northern powers Besieg’d Albracca, as Romances tell; The City of Ga... ...plain, long but in bredth not wide; Wash’d by the Southern Sea, and on the North To equal length back’d with a ridge of hills That screen’d the ... ...a, Gades, and the Brittish West, Germans and Scythians, and Sarmatians North Beyond Danubius to the Tauric Pool. All Nations now to Rome ...

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...res” of M. Jules Verne deserve to be made widely known in English-speaking countries by means of carefully prepared translations. Witty and ingenious ... ...f extended beneficence, remember the distress of their brethren in the far north, whom distance has not barred from the claim of being counted our “ne... ...-five vowels. This is the proportion found in south- ern languages, whilst northern tongues are much richer in consonants; therefore this is in a sout... ...was in the same language that that personage directed him to the Museum of Northern Antiquities. The curator of this curious establishment, in which w... ...of domes placed in close array like the round, thatched roofs of a central African city. Yet I wanted to penetrate farther underneath, though a chill ... ... at every period. Then I observed, mingled together in confusion, trees of countries far apart on the surface of the globe. The oak and the palm were ... ...le, we are going to resume the northern route, and to pass under the north countries of Europe—under Sweden, Russia, Siberia: who knows where?—instead...

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... the paramount issue. Something like an electric shock flashed through the North. Men who but a short time be- fore had been absorbed by their busines... ...which even in times of apparent repose had secretly disturbed the souls of Northern people, broke forth in an utterance louder than ever. The bonds of... ...ingress of slavery, Douglas had pleased the South, but greatly alarmed the North. He had sought to conciliate Northern sentiment by appending to his K... ...Pilgrim Fathers upon Plymouth Rock, a Dutch ship had discharged a cargo of African slaves at Jamestown in Virginia: All through the colonial period th... ...ity of internal improvements. That the poor- est and most thinly populated countries would be greatly benefited by the opening of good roads, and in t... ...ation, and thereby be enabled to read the histo- ries of his own and other countries, by which he may duly appreciate the value of our free institutio... ...rave it will effect nothing. It may be true; if it must, let it. Many free countries have lost their liberty, and ours may lose hers; but if she shall...

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...ir errand. They passed to and fro about the realm, and entered into divers countries, inquiring of all people, at the king’s bidding, where he might b... ...guerdon; but of these he had no great company. This Passent arrived in the north country and ravaged it, burning the towns and spoiling the land. He d... ...poiling the land. He dared make no long stay, for the king hastened to the north to give him battle, and this he might not endure. Passent took again ... ...ise than got safely away. When Uther parted from York he passed throughout Northumberland. From Northumberland he entered into Scotland, having many s... ...ts and offerings, and kneeling before Arthur did him fealty, putting their countries between his hands, and proclaiming themselves his men. They owned... ...ef and the rent who is mightier in the field. As to France and those other countries which have been removed from their hands, the Romans should not w... ... of Afric died that day. Guitard passed across his body, smiting down many Africans and Moors. Holdin, Duke of the Flemings, was a wise prince, circum...

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...ecting the town, being one of those Englishmen who are wont to see foreign countries through the eyes of their domestics. 28 Around the World in 80 D... ...utes past seven and twenty minutes before nine in the morning, between the Northern and the Lyons stations, through the windows of a car, and in a dri... ...robbery; the large sum carried by Mr. Fogg; his eagerness to reach distant countries; the pretext of an eccentric and foolhardy bet—all confirmed Fix ... ...ul, “and counts on returning to London after putting the police of the two countries off his track.” “We’ll see about that,” replied Fix. “But are you... ...n boisterous, like most long and narrow gulfs. When the wind came from the African or Asian coast the Mongolia, with her long hull, rolled fearfully. ... ...a- bic The Bridge of Tears, and the next day they put in at Steamer Point, north-west of Aden harbour, to take in coal. This matter of fuelling steame... ...n which to reach Bombay, and the sea was favourable, the wind being in the north- west, and all sails aiding the engine. The steamer rolled but little...

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...eir faith the everlasting troth; Their expectation fair; The needle to the north degree Wades so, through polar air. 28 XXXIX I MEAN... ... like water-lilies? Has it feathers like a bird? Is it brought from famous countries Of which I have never heard? Oh, some scholar! Oh, some sailor! O... ...uld not bear the bees should come, I wished they ’d stay away In those dim countries where they go: What word had they for me? 90 They ’re here, thou... ... still. The frosts were her condition; The Tyrian would not come Until the North evoked it. “Creator! shall I bloom?” XLIX BESIDES the autum... ...d, Lapland’s necessity. The hemlock’s nature thrives on cold; The gnash of northern winds Is sweetest nutriment to him, His best Norwegian wines. T o ... ... CXVIII NO Autumn’s intercepting chill Appalls this T ropic Breast, But African exuberance And Asiatic Rest. CXIX VOLCANOES be in Sicily A...

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...But thus too, when foul old Rome had to be swept from the Earth, and those Northmen, and other 8 The French Revolution - V olume Three horrid sons of... ...ity: Priestley, burnt out for us in Birmingham; Klopstock, a genius of all countries; Jeremy Bentham, useful Jurisconsult; distinguished Paine, the re... ... there is tear- ful-boastful leave-taking; irregular marching on the Great North-Eastern Road. Marseillese sing their wild To Arms, in chorus; which n... ... while the Prussian batteries were playing their briskest at Longwi in the North-East, and our dastardly Lavergne saw nothing for it but surrender,— s... ...dle-strings (fidibus canoris) a Victory of Jemappes; and conquered the Low Countries. Young General Egalite, it would seem, shone brave among the brav... ...il and valour; one year of toil and valour, not unnoticed, but seen of all countries and centu- ries; then thirty other years again unnoticed, of Memo... ...nnals: or is there, that thou wottest of, one shabbier? Mumbo-Jumbo of the African woods to me seems venerable beside this new Deity of Robespierre; f...

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... of heaven. T wo of these fellows were Sclavonians, but gave out they were African Jews, and (as they assured me) had run through Spain and Italy, em-... ...tion with as much eagerness as I had hitherto sought to retard it. The two Africans had been baptised with great ceremony, they were habited in white ... ... no end to our projected travels, and we im- mediately directed our course northward, rather for the plea- sure of crossing the Alps, than from a supp... ...with as much indignation as concern, deploring the fate of those beautiful countries, where nature has been prodigal of her gifts, only that they may ... ... to inspire. Their romances, more than their men, attract the women of all countries, and the cel- ebrated dramatic pieces of France create a fondness... ...very year to the baths of Aix, where the best company from the neighboring countries resorted, and be- ing on terms of friendship with all the nobilit... ...ad concluded on was a valley between two toler- ably high hills, which ran north and south; at the bottom, among the trees and pebbles, ran a rivulet,... ...to di 303 Rousseau conidenza’, in an undress more than wanton, unknown to northern countries, and which I will not amuse myself in describing, althou...

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...into relation with the Nifl and Muspel (Darkness and Light) of the antique North, it may be enough to say, that its cor- rectness of deduction, and de... ... Pictus) an Orbis Vestitus; or view of the costumes of all mankind, in all countries, in all times. It is here that to the Antiquarian, to the Histori... ...oration, as indeed we still see among the bar- barous classes in civilized countries. “Reader, the heaven-inspired melodious Singer; loftiest Serene H... ...lls, but to-morrow thou findest it swept away; already on the wings of the North-wind, it is nearing the Tropic of Can- cer. How came it to evaporate,... ...ling under its mountains of men and lug- gage, wended through our Village: northwards, truly, in the dead of night; yet southwards visibly at eventide... ...To what extent, by what methods, with what ef- fects, in various times and countries, Deception takes the place of wages of Performance: here truly is... ...en the Runic Thor, with his Eddas, must withdraw into dimness; and many an African Mumbo- Jumbo and Indian Pawaw be utterly abolished. For all things,...

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...r principal Trading being upon the Coast, from the Latitude of 15 Degrees, North even to the Line it self. I was now set up for a Guiney Trader; and m... ...Course towards the Canary Islands, or rather between those Islands and the African Shore, was surprised in the Grey of the Morning, by a Turkish Rover... ...d the like. The same Day I went on board we set sail, standing away to the Northward upon our own Coast, with Design to stretch over for the African C... ...y to the Northward upon our own Coast, with Design to stretch over for the African Coast, when they came about 10 or 12 Degrees of Northern Latitude, ... ...retch over for the African Coast, when they came about 10 or 12 Degrees of Northern Latitude, which it seems was the manner of their Course in those D... ...ery Day, till it came to a W. and by S Sun, or thereabouts, which in those Countries is near the Setting. Before I set up my Tent, I drew a half Circl... ...o to Bed: I remembred the Lump of Bees wax with which I made Candles in my African Adventure, but I had none of that now; the only Remedy I had was, t... ...t the Spaniards, whose Cruelties in America had been spread over the whole Countries, and was remember’d by all the Nations from Father to Son. I enqu... ...ndeed; and to me that had been always used to a hot Climate, and indeed to Countries where we could scarce bear any Cloaths on, the Cold was insuffera...

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...ur way.” “There’s no need at all,” said Josephine. The four who were going north went down to the low tube level. It was nearly the last train. The st... ...’t care how much power the mob has over them, the nation, Lloyd George and Northcliffe and the police and money. They’ll yield themselves up to that s... ...lood. It wasn’t frightened. All the rest are craven—Europeans, Asiat- ics, Africans—everyone at his own individual quick craven and cringing: only con... ...I never have lived alone. Tanny and I have been very much alone in various countries: but that’s two, not one.” “You miss her then?” “Yes, of course. ... ...ing itself of the moment, and seeking further, deeper interests. These old Africans! And Atlantis! Strange, strange wisdom of the Kabyles! Old, old da... ...rman or an Italian. Lilly had sat in a cowshed listening to a youth in the north country: he had sat on the corn- straw that the oxen had been treadin... ...fe? He could never EXPECT so much.” “Yes, my dear. I AM a proud man. Three countries have honoured me—” There was a little, breathless pause. “And not...

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...s and serrated edges, like a granite lace, against which the surges of the North Sea roar incessantly? Who has not dreamed of the majestic sights to b... ...he narrow ledges barely allow the snow to lodge or the noble crests of the Northern pines to spread themselves; farther on, some convulsion of Nature ... ...ts base the assaults of Ocean, and at its summit the buffeting of the wild North wind, is called the Falberg. Its crest, wrapped at all seasons in a m... ...of your own feeble word, and that without that word you would resemble the African gorilla, the nearest approach to man, the Negro. You believe firmly... ...e for the kings of the earth! Farewell, ye people without a country and ye countries without a people, each, with a mutual want. Above all, farewell t...

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...I was holding such discourse on the beach, that no more bodies had come ashore since last night. It began to be very doubtful whether many more would ... ...than I have space to suggest in these notes of a single uncommercial journey; but, the wise men of the East, before they can reasonably hold forth abo... ... the Scala at Milan, or the San Carlo at Naples, or the Grand Opera at Paris, than any notion a stranger would be likely to form of the Britan- nia Th... ...y the effect of writing a book in it. Its retirement is complete, and to go gliding to and fro among the stacks of timber would be a convenient kind o... ...ates in a mock battle-rush, from which many of the squaws are borne out, much dilapidated. I need not observe how unlike this is to a Drawing Room at ... .... Let me halt on my Uncommercial road, to throw a pass- ing glance on some funeral solemnities that I have seen where The Uncommercial Traveller 271 ... ... solemnities are sufficiently hideous, but are few and cheap. The friends and townsmen of the departed, in their own dresses and not masquerading unde... ...ey must come in too, and take the total abstinence from horseflesh pledge. It is not pretended that those members of the procession misused certain au...

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...rcourse as between England and Scotland in the eighteenth century. In both countries, a cold and lifeless state of public religion prevailed up to the... ...e upper and under chemise, if managed properly , (and either you or I, Mr. North, would be most proud to communicate our private advice on that subjec... ...arry a cymbal—a dulcimer—or a timbrel in her hands. In conclusion, my dear North, let me congratulate you that Mr. Hartmann is now in Hades (as I said... ...tails within the petty finishing of a domestic portrait. Farewell, my dear North, and believe me to be always your old friend and admirer, [Greek Text... ... authority, that it was a practice of Patriarchal descent amongst both the African and Asiatic Bedouins, to suspend rings of iron, wood, or braided ha... ...d by the celebrated Langles, that this oil, which even in the four Asiatic countries just mentioned, ranks with the greatest rarities, and in Shiras i... ...ople whose bar- barism had been for centuries the curse of the neighboring countries, and at the same time communicating to the cruel savages, who she...

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...offee berry— and the natives—and the happy settlement, on the banks of the African rivers, of our superabundant home population. 38 Bleak House – Vol... ...a sofa. Mrs. Jellyby had very good hair but was too much occupied with her African duties to brush it. The shawl in which she had been loosely muffled... ...“you find me, my dears, as usual, very busy; but that you will excuse. The African project at present em ploys my whole time. It involves me in corre... ...well,” said Mr. Jarndyce hastily. “The wind’s in the east.” “It was in the north, sir, as we came down,” observed Ri chard. “My dear Rick,” said Mr. ... ...idn’t. “Where did you say the wind was, Rick?” asked Mr. Jarndyce. “In the north as we came down, sir.” “You are right. There’s no east in it. A mista... ...ur boy; you had better get him into some Works. The iron coun try farther north is, I suppose, the congenial direction for a boy with these tendencie... ...dson, who, being out of his apprenticeship, and home from a journey in far countries, whither he was sent to enlarge his knowledge and complete his pr... ... he has brought you up to follow in his ways and has sent you into foreign countries and the like? Well, he knows best. There may be a world beyond Ch... ...elf. And I looked up at the stars, and thought about travellers in distant countries and the stars they saw, and hoped I might always be so blest and...

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...rom all parts of the world, this hardy old cruiser has last touched at the North Pole, when, as the ice- plates are being removed, the following words... ...if it were his peg-top, made for home. His home was in the Holloway region north of London, and then divided from it by fields and trees. Be- tween Ba... ...iden-Lane way—out Holloway direction—and you’ve only got to go East-and-by-North when you’ve fin- ished here, and you’re there. T wopence halfpenny an... ... A Wice. T ools. Bones, warious. Skulls, warious. Pre- served Indian baby. African ditto. Bottled preparations, warious. Everything within reach of yo... ...o shakes a momentary flare out of the candle, as that the ba- bies—Hindoo, African, and British—the ‘human warious’, the French gentleman, the green g... ...asked Mr Boffin. ‘I come,’ returned the other, meeting his eye, ‘from many countries.’ Boffin’s acquaintances with the names and situations of for- ei... ...: seeing that although his business was sustained upon commerce with other countries, he con- sidered other countries, with that important reservation... ...y Providence. No Other Country is so Favoured as This Country.’ ‘ And ozer countries?—’ the foreign gentleman was begin- ning, when Mr Podsnap put him...

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...your letters, I do not know what money you use, I do not know what foreign countries there are. I do not know where I am. I cannot count. I do not kno... ...d indented by the wind vanes, the Surrey Hills rose blue and faint; to the north and nearer, the sharp contours of Highgate and Muswell Hill were simi... ...leets of advertisement balloons and kites that receded in irregular vistas northward and southward along the lines of the aeroplane journeys. No aerop... ...re him again, trying to conceive the big factories of that intricate maze. Northward he knew were the potters, makers not only of earthenware and chin... ...ost of these things America was a little earlier than England, though both countries drove the same way. That counter-revolution never came. It could ... ...le,” said Ostrog. “In one quarter only. But the Senegalese division of our African agricultural police—the Consolidated African Companies have a very ...

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...erywhere man has found God. But nowhere, save on this half-European, half- African ledge of rock could you find so many different har- monies, combini... ...e grand words of the Jesuit, might be taken as a motto by the great in all countries. These social differ- ences are patent in all ages; the fact is a... ...riority over the most aristocratic bourgeoisie in the most feminine of all countries, to take the lead in the most highly educated epoch the world had... ...reat sacrifices made in his travels were all forgotten like his studies of African dialects, his discover- ies, and observations. One story will give ... ...nship to good account during the emigration. I have heard it said that his northern kinsfolk were most kind in every way—” “Yes, to be sure. The Comte... ...acilitate his departure. T wenty-fours hours later the brig lay to off the north-west shore of an island within sight of the Spanish coast. She had be...