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001552020 | A Daughter of the Druids [A novel.] By A. K. H [opkins] | [
"44 A DAUGHTER OF THE DRUIDS. its usual hiding-place, so that her father might find it were he to come here in her absence, she said to Ursula : — \" Some time I will tell you about Plough Mon day, a very old English or Kymric fete-day, but now we will go to the fens, as I promised you this morning, for Joseph will have commenced his work by this time.\" At this announcement, Ursula gave a joyous shout, and scampered away as bidden, to prepare for the ride, for the fens were something like a mile from the house. Shortly afterward the two were descending the mountain side at a brisk trot. The child, who was used to the position, was mounted in front of her companion, who sat her horse with all the ease of one accustomed to the saddle, her long black habit sweeping the flanks of the animal which she rode. Some five years before, Allice de Kymber had mingled in the gay life of the day, the darling of fortune, beautiful, courted, and the cynosure of any company in which she moved. Since then a sor row had come into her life which had changed its whole tenor. Beautiful still she was, with that loveliness which is of the spirit, that intangible grace which is not a matter of externals. Added to this were a classi-",
"A BELTED KNIGHT. 205 I 'm afeart ye havna done aweel fer yersel, dearie,\" Janet added with a sigh. \" I may not, as you say, have done well for my self in refusing his protection, but it was not of myself I was thinking. What though my body do fare ill in consequence, my soul will not sit in sackcloth for the flesh. I must be true to the light within me, and that bade me say him nay. But, Jan, you and I must leave England. We can stay no longer at dear old Kymber. Your ' bonny knight ' is confident that the same mad crowd which was here last night, or another like it, may be looked for at any moment ; and that sooner or later the forests of Kymber will be levelled. It seems the fanatics believe me to have the uncanny powers that are attributed to a witch. What do you think of that, Jan? \" Notwithstanding the heroic effort which she was making to keep up under this charge, tears stood in her eyes as she asked this question. \" Neer be fashin' yersel, dearie, wi a pack o' lees. Didna tha Lord's ain warnin' cam tha night else ye suld bide ahame ? Tha Raven-sight war gi'en ye by Himsel', maken ye ilka tyme to ken things that ar' to fall.\" \" A dangerous gift, this birthright has proven, Jan, since it has isolated me from the ordinary",
"SAINTE MARIE'S. 259 the two thus meeting. Rupert Stirling had taken the thin, white hand which she had laid in his. Allice was herself first to speak. \" I see you are shocked at my appearance,\" she said. \" I would have spared you.\" What I feared has come about,\" the man re turned ; \" the place is killing you.\" She smiled faintly. \" It is natural you should look at it so, but the door of release is opening ; I have not long to wait.\" He did not understand that she referred to re lease from the body, since his own thought was only of the prison to which circumstances had condemned her, and he answered, — \" Take your release while you still have life left you. Do not stay here another week. Let me open the door to you at once.\" Allice did not reply, and he asked how long she had been in this condition. \" I do not know. I think I have been slowly coming to it.\" \" Ever since you entered this house,\" the man added, supplementing her words. \" Yea, that she haive just dwined and dwined ilka day syne we bided in tha hoose,\" said Janet; who added with a sigh, \" I wud mysel rayther haive a stane or a patch o' heather in my ain land"
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000930621 | American notes : and, Pictures from Italy | [
"AMERICAN NOTES. 2 giraffe could be persuaded or forced into a flower-pot) : that this utterly impracticable, thoroughly hopeless, and profoundly prepos terous box had the remotest reference to, or connection with, those chaste and pretty, not to say gorgeous little bowers, sketched by a mas terly hand, in the highly varnished lithographic plan hanging up in the agent's counting-house in the city of London : that this room of state, in short, could be anything but a pleasant fiction and cheerful jest of the captain's, invented and put in practice for the better relish and enjoy ment of the real state-room presently to be dis closed : — these were truths which I really could not, for the moment, bring my mind at all to bear upon or comprehend. And I sat down upon a kind of horsehair slab, or perch, of which there were two within ; and looked, without any expression of countenance whatever, at some friends who had come on board with us, and who were crushing their faces into all manner of shapes by endeavouring to squeeze them through the small doorway. walls, \"Ha ! the breakfast-room, steward, eh?\" We all foresaw what the answer must be : we knew the agony he suffered. He had often spoken of the saloon; had taken in and lived upon the pictorial idea ; had usually given us to understand, at home, that to form a just con ception of it, it would be necessary to multiply the size and furniture of an ordinary drawing room by seven, and then fall short of the reality. When the man in reply avowed the truth : the blunt, remorseless, naked truth : \" This is the saloon, sir \" — he actually reeled beneath the blow. In persons who were so soon to part, and interpose between their else daily communica tion the formidable barrier of many thousand miles of stormy space, and who were for that reason anxious to cast no other cloud, not even the passing shadow of a moment's disappoint ment or discomfiture, upon the short interval of happy companionship that yet remained to them — in persons so situated, the natural transition from these first surprises was obviously into peals of hearty laughter ; and I can report that I, for one, being still seated upon the slab or perch before mentioned, roared outright until the vessel rang again. Thus, in less than two minutes after coming upon it for the first time, we all by common consent agreed that this state-room was the pleasantest and most face tious and capital contrivance possible, and that to have had it one inch larger would have been quite a disagreeable and deplorable state of things. And with this ; and with showing how —by very nearly closing the door, and twining in and out like serpents, and by counting the little washing slab as standing-room — we could manage to insinuate four people into it, all at one time ; and entreating each other to observe how very airy it was (in dock), and how there was a beautiful port-hole which could be kept open all day (weather permitting), and how there was quite a large bull's-eye just over the looking-glass, which would render shaving a per fectly easy and delightful process (when the ship didn't roll too much) ; we arrived, at last, at the unanimous conclusion that it was rather spacious than otherwise : though I do verily believe that, deducting the two berths, one above the other, than which nothing smaller for sleeping in was ever made except coffins, it was no bigger than one of those hackney cabriolets which have the door behind, and shoot their fares out like sacks of coals upon the pavement. Having settled this point to the perfect satis faction of all parties, concerned or unconcerned, we sat down round the fire in the ladies' cabin —just to try the effect. It was rather dark cer- We had experienced a- pretty smart shock be fore coming below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have pre pared us for the worst. The imaginative artist to whom I have already made allusion has depicted, in the same great work, a chamber of almost interminable perspective, furnished, as Mr. Robins would say, in a style of more than Eastern splendour, and filled (but not incon veniently so) with groups of ladies and gentle men, in the very highest state of enjoyment and vivacity. Before descending into the bowels of the ship, we had passed from the deck into a long narrow apartment, not unlike a gigantic hearse with windows in the sides ; having at the upper end a melancholy stove, at which three or four chilly stewards were warming their hands ; while on either side, extending down its whole dreary length, was a long, long table, over each of which a rack, fixed to the low roof, and stuck full of drinking-glasses and cruet-stands, hinted dismally at rolling seas and heavy weather. I had not at that time seen the ideal presentment of this chamber which has since gratified me so much, but I observed that one of our friends, who had made the arrange ments for our voyage, turned pale on entering, retreated on the friend behind him, smote his sorehead involuntarily, and said below his breath, \" Impossible ! it cannot be ! \" or words to that effect. He recovered himself, however, by a great effort, and, after a preparatory cough or two, cried, with a ghastly smile which is still before me, looking at the same time round the",
"AMERICAN NOTES. 82 wards, like a lighthouse walking among lamp posts. stunted in their growth; the banks were low and flat ; the settlements and log-cabins fewer in number: their inhabitants more wan and wretched than any we had encountered yet. No songs of birds were in the air, no pleasant scents, no moving lights and shadows from swift-passing clouds. Hour after hour, the changeless glare of the hot, unwinking sky shone upon the same monotonous objects. Hour after hour, the river rolled along as wearily and slowly as the time itself. At length, upon the morning of the third day, we arrived at a spot so much more deso- late than any we had yet beheld, that the for- lornest places we had passed were, in compari- son with it, full of interest. At the junction of the two rivers, on ground so flat and low and marshy, that at certain seasons of the year it is inundated to the housetops, lies a breeding- place of fever, ague, and death ; vaunted in England as a mine of Golden Hope, and specu- lated in, on the faith of monstrous representa- tions, to many people's ruin. A dismal swamp, on which the half-built houses rot away : cleared here and there for the space of a few yards ; and teeming, then, with rank, unwholesome vegetation, in whose baleful shade the wretched wanderers who are tempted hither droop, and die, and lay their bones ; the hateful Mississippi circling and eddying before it, and turning off upon its southern course, a slimy monster hide ous to behold ; a hotbed of disease, an ugly sepulchre, a grave uncheered by any gleam of promise : a place without one single quality, in earth or air or water, to commend it : such is this dismal Cairo. Within a few minutes afterwards we were out of the canal, and in the Ohio River again. The arrangements of the boat were like those of the Messenger, and the passengers were of the same order of people. We fed at the same times, on the same kind of viands, in the same dull manner, and with the same observances. The company appeared to be oppressed by the same tremendous concealments, and had as little capacity of enjoyment or light-heartedness. I never in my life did see such listless, heavy dulness as brooded over these meals : the very recollection of it weighs me down, and makes me, for the moment, wretched. Reading and writing on my knee, in our little cabin, I really dreaded the coming ofthe hour that summoned us to table ; and was as glad to escape from it again as if it had been a penance or a punish ment. Healthy cheerfulness and good spirits forming a part of the banquet, I could soak my crusts in the fountain with Le Sage's strolling player, and revel in their glad enjoyment : but sitting down with so many fellow-animals to ward off thirst and hunger as a business ; to empty each creature his Yahoo's trough as quickly as he can, and then slink sullenly away ; to have these social sacraments stripped of everything but the mere greedy satisfaction of the natural cravings ; goes so against the grain with me, that I seriously believe the recollection of these funeral feasts will be a waking nightmare to me all my life. There was some relief in this boat, too, which there had not been in the other, for the captain (a blunt, good-natured fellow) had his handsome wife with him, who was disposed to be lively and agreeable, as were a few other lady pas sengers who had their seats about us at the same end of the table. But nothing could have made head against the depressing influence of the general body. There was a magnetism of dulness in them which would have beaten down the most facetious companion that the earth ever knew. A jest would have been a crime, and a smile would have faded into a grinning horror. Such deadly leaden people ; such sys tematic, plodding, weary, insupportable heavi ness ; such a mass of animated indigestion in respect of all that was genial, jovial, frank, social, or hearty ; never, sure, was brought together elsewhere since the world began. Nor was the scenery, as we approached the junction of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, at all inspiriting in its influence. The trees were But what words shall describe the Mississippi, great father of rivers, who (praise be to Heaven !) has no young children like him ? An enormous ditch, sometimes two or three miles wide, run ning liquid mud, six miles an hour : its strong and frothy current choked and obstructed every where by huge logs and whole sorest trees : now twining themselves together in great rafts, from the interstices of which a sedgy, lazy foam works up, to float upon the water's top : now rolling past like monstrous bodies, their tangled roots showing like matted hair ; now glancing singly by like giant leeches ; and now writhing round and round in the vortex of some small whirlpool like wounded snakes. The banks low, the trees dwarfish, the marshes swarming with frogs, the wretched cabins few and far apart, their inmates hollow-cheeked and pale, the weather very hot, mosquitoes penetrating into every crack and crevice of the boat, mud and slime on every thing : nothing pleasant in its aspect, but the",
"DEEDS OF VIOLENCE. 113 off close to the head, in a general post letter. It was forwarded by the free and independent gentleman who had caused it to be amputated, with a polite request that he would place the specimen in his \" collection.\" I could enlarge this catalogue with broken arms, and broken legs, and gashed flesh, and missing teeth, and lacerated backs, and bites of dogs, and brands of red-hot irons innumerable : but, as my readers will be sufficiently sickened and repelled already, I will turn to another branch of the subject. These advertisements, of which a similar col lection might be made for every year, and month, and week, and day ; and which are coolly read in families as things of course, and as a part of the current news and small-talk ; will serve to show how very much the slaves profit by public opinion, and how tender it is in their behalf. But it may be worth while to inquire how the slave-owners, and the class of society to which great numbers of them belong, defer to public opinion in their conduct, not to their slaves, but to each other ; how they are accustomed to restrain their passions ; what their bearing is among themselves ; whether they are fierce or gentle, whether their social customs be brutal, sanguinary, and violent, or bear the impress of civilisation and refinement. That we may have no partial evidence from abolitionists in this inquiry either, I will once more turn to their own newspapers, and I will confine myself, this time, to a selection from paragraphs which appeared from day to day during my visit to America, and which refer to occurrences happening while I was there. The italics in these extracts, as in the foregoing, are my own. county. The affair grew out of a nomination for Sheriff of Grant county. Mr. E. S. Baker was nominated and supported by Mr. Arndt. This nomination was opposed by Vinyard, who wanted the appointment to vest in his own brother. In the course of the debate, the de ceased made some statements which Vinyard pronounced false, and made use of violent and insulting language, dealing largely in personali ties, to which Mr. A. made no reply. After the adjournment, Mr. A. stepped up to Vinyard, and requested him to retract, which he refused to do, repeating the offensive words. Mr. Arndt then made a blow at Vinyard, who drew back a pace, drew a pistol, and shot him dead. \" The issue appears to have been provoked on the part of Vinyard, who was determined at all hazards to defeat the appointment of Baker, and who, himself defeated, turned his ire and revenge upon the unfortunate Arndt.\" \" The Wisconsin Tragedy. \" Public indignation runs high in the territory of Wisconsin, in relation to the murder of C. C. P. Arndt, in the Legislative Hall of the Territory. Meetings have been held in different counties of Wisconsin, denouncing the practice of secretly bearing arms in the Legislative chambers of the country. We have seen the account of the ex pulsion of James R. Vinyard, the perpetrator of the bloody deed, and are amazed to hear, that, after this expulsion by those who saw Vinyard kill Mr. Arndt in the presence of his aged father, who was on a visit to see his son, little dreaming that he was to witness his murder, Judge Dunn has discharged Vinyard on bail. The Miners' Free Press speaks in terms of merited rebuke at the outrage upon the feelings of the people of Wisconsin. Vinyard was within arm's length of Mr. Arndt, when he took such deadly aim at him, that he never spoke. Vinyard might at pleasure, being so near, have only wounded him, but he chose to kill him.\" These cases did not all occur, it will be seen, in territory actually belonging to legalised Slave States, though most, and those the very worst among them, did, as their counterparts con stantly do; but the position of the scenes of action in reference to places immediately at hand, where slavery is the law ; and the strong resemblance between that class of outrages and the rest ; lead to the just presumption that the character of the parties concerned was formed in slave districts, and brutalised by slave customs. \" Murder. \" By a letter in a St. Louis paper of the 14th, we notice a terrible outrage at Burlington, Iowa. A Mr. Bridgman having had a difficulty with a citizen of the place, Mr. Ross ; a brother-in-law of the latter provided himself with one of Colt's revolving pistols, met Mr. B. in the street, and discharged the contents of five of the barrels at him : each shot taking effect. Mr. B., though horribly wounded, and dying, returned the fire, and killed Ross on the spot.\" \" Horrible Tragedy. \"By a slip from The Southport Telegraph, Wisconsin, we learn that the Hon. Charles C. P. Arndt, Member of the Council for Brown county, was shot dead on the floor of the Council chamber, by James R. Vinyard, Member from Grant"
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002417361 | France, Algérie, Orient. Souvenirs, études, voyages | [
"DE MEDEAH A EL-AGHOUAT. 47 Garageu\\, et ne peut pas s'empêcher dans tous les cas de sentir un peu le mauvais lieu. La danse arabe, au contraire, la danse du sud, exprime avec une grâce beaucoup plus réelle, beaucoup plus chaste, et dans une langue mimique infiniment plus littéraire, tout un petit drame passionné, plein de tendres péripéties; elle évite surtout les agaceries trop libres qui sont un gros contre-sens de la part de la femme arabe. La danseuse ne montre d'abord qu'à regret son pâle visage entouré d'épaisses nattes de cheveux tressés de laines; elle le cache à demi dans son voile; elle se détourne, hésite, en se sentant sous les regards des hommes, tout cela avec de doux sourires et des feintes de pudeur exquises. Puis, obéissant à la mesure qui devient plus vive, elle s'émeut, son pas s'anime, son geste s'enhardit. Alors commence, entre elle et l'amant invisible qui lui parle par la voix des flûtes, une action des plus pathétiques : la femme fuit, elle élude, mais un mot plus doux la blesse au cœur; elle y porte la main, moins pour s'en plaindre que pour montrer qu'elle",
"UN ÉTÉ DANS LE SAHARA. 172 fois, nous apparaissons, aussitôt après l'appel qui nous est fait, et ce fut à cette époque qu'on vit arriver du nord, par ce petit passage que tu connais maintenant, l' avant-garde d'une co lonne française. Vers le commencement du siècle dernier, peut-être avant, car je ne réponds d'aucune date dans cette histoire, un marabout du nom de Si-el-Hadj-QA'ìca. exaspéré contre ses con citoyens par je ne sais quelle grave offense faite à Dieu, une danse autour d'un veau d'or quel conque, leur avait dit : • Or, écoutez : je vous condamne à vous entre-dévorer comme des lions forcés d'habiter la même cage, jusqu'au jour où les chrétiens (je crois même qu'il a dit les Français), ces dompteurs de lions, viendront vous prendre tous ensemble et vous museler. » En 1844, le vieux prophète enterré là, à la place où je te mène et sous le marabout qui porte son nom, n'entendit que des fanfares, et d'un peu loin, car l'armée campa, regarda la ville et repartit. En 1852, il devait cette fois entendre le canon et de près, car on prit son",
"TADJEMOUT. AIN-MAHDY. 297 — Tu connais le chemin ? — Oui. — Alors, en route », dit le lieutenant. Et prenant l'enfant par le milieu du corps, il le souleva de terre, le posa sur le sommet de la charge, un pied sur chaque cantine, et lui remit en main la longe du mulet; puis il enfourcha lestement sa grande jument jaune, à selle turque; j'en fis autant de mon cheval; nos deux spahis, en selle depuis une heure, avaient déjà pris la tête. « Maintenant, va devant, dit-il au petit, qui ne s'attendait guère à être du voyage; tu auras des pommes, plus un franc par chaque journée de marche. Comment f appelles-tu ? — Ali. — Fils de qui? — Ben-Abdallah-bel-Hadj — Où demeures-tu? — Bab-el-Chettet. — Ya, Moloud! cria le lieutenant à son robuste serviteur, va chez Abdallah-bel-Hadj, Bab-el-Chettet, préviens-le que le lieute nant N... emmène son fils à Aïn-Mahdy."
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000858914 | Viaggio in Egitto, nel Sudan, in Siria ed in Palestina, 1850-51 [With maps.] | [
"LA GRECIA 35 oggi ancora conta soltanto diecimila anime, va di giorno in giorno aumentando: vi ricoverarono più di quattrocento emigrati Lombardi, Veneti e Napoleta ni; la qual emigrazione generalmente può dirsi buo na, e, salve le solite eccezioni, è amata e rispettala nel paese. Per cura d'alcuni Napoletani , fu eretta una bella fornace che fornisce lavoro e pane a molti di que' poveretti ; altri attendono a dar lezioni di lingua, di musica e di pittura, rendendosi utili al paese che li ricelta: ad essi è dovuta la costruzione d'un piccolo ma elegante teatro, dove, con una me diocre compagnia, si danno seralmente opere musi cali senza aver riguardo a difficoltà d'esecuzione o a varietà di spartiti, con gran concorso e soddisfazione dei filarmonici della città. Nostro primo divisamento era di proseguire il viag gio a cavallo fino ad Atene, attraversando laMorea, ma il tempo continuamente piovoso ce ne distolse, e ci determinammo ad aspettare il battello a vapore, che pel golfo di Lepanto conduce ali' istmo di Co rinto,edi là, per mezzo d'un altro piroscafo in coin cidenza, al Pireo. Se non che per alcuni casi di co lèra dichiaratisi in Trieste, il vapore venne sotto posto ad una quarantena, e noi fummo costretti a soggiornare a Patrasso dodici giorni, che sarebbero stati meglio impiegati nel visitare Atene e i contorni. A Patrasso non ispendemmo però affatto male il nostro tempo. Alcune commendatizie ci procurarono la conoscenza di qualche distinto emigrato e di varii",
"ALESSANDRIA 47 lori navali; la erezione del faro rese men pericoloso il difficile approdo, e l'ampio porto riedificato ac colse in breve la superba flotta del Viceré, creala quasi per incanto a minaccia del Sultano e a tutela della Siria conquistata. La città intanto andava ab bellendosi, fortificandosi; il quartiere europeo, per ampiezza di contrade e di piazze, per sontuosità d'edifizii e ricchezza di magazzini, acquistava un'in fluenza sconosciuta dapprima; il commercio, favo rito da savie leggi, prosperava; la scelta di Alessan dria a sede di lutti i consoli generali europei, resi denti prima nella capitale, aumentava notevolmente la sua importanza; talché la colonia europea conta ora parecchie migliaja d'individui, la maggior parte italiani. Alessandria, come tutti i porti di mare, non ha una fisonomia particolare, ma è piuttosto un accozzamento di tutte le nazioni trafficanti, fra cui la razza indigena si confonde e si cela; e sebben conti circa trema mila arabi, al primo arrivarvi avvisereste di giungere in città europea. Senonché vi trae presto d'inganno la vista dei quartieri arabi in tutta la loro barbara originalità. Le contrade strettissime e polverose riboccano d'una folla cenciosa e seminuda, che nel colore abbronzato e nei lineamenti della fisonomia palesa una schiatta di versa. Lunghe carovane di cammelli carichi di ma teriali e di mercanzie ingombrano ad ogni tratto la strada, e s'incontrano cogli innumerevoli somari che portano gli affaccendati, coi bellissimi cavalli degli",
"DAMASCO 435 quattro. Einito il pasto, se ci coglieva il sonno, gli ospiti ritiravasi discretamente; altrimenti le pipe, la lettura o le impacciate ciarle con un grave seniore o con una sposa un po' selvatica, faceano passare le ore velocemente. Intanto il resto della carovana, cioè le bestie da soma scortate dal domestico e dai mu lattieri, ci raggiungevano e progredivano senza fer marsi verso la stazione della sera. Quando il calore diminuito e le forze ristorale ci promettevano un gra devole viaggio, noi ci rimettevamo lietamente in sella, e, scambiato cogli albergatori nostri qualche dono s'eran poveri, e in ogni caso ringraziamenti e saluti, riprendevamo il cammino, che si prolungava per varie ore, finché presso una borgata, all'ombra d'un albero o in riva a un ruscello, vedevamo le nostre tende rizzate, la cucina fumante e i domestici affaccendati, invitarci da lungi al dolce riposo della sera; le molteplici brighe dell'arrivo, la visita del villaggio, qualche ridevole episodio cogli abitanti, il pasto lautamente imbandito dal previdente dome stico, le animate ciarle del dopo pranzo e finalmente il desiderato riposo notturno, ci adducevano al mat tino seguente, allor che freschi e ristorati, riprende vamo coli' alba il faticoso viaggio. Un giorno, poco dopo il sorger del sole, nel di scendere il pendìo d'un colle, uno strano spettacolo ci colpì; l'angusta valle era occupala da una cinquan tina di tende nere, brune, grigiastre, gettate senz'or dine e sostenute da picconi e da tronchi d' albero"
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003143277 | Commission Princière de la Roumanie à l'Exposition Universelle de Paris en 1867. Notice sur la Roumanie principalement au point de vue de son économie rurale, industrielle et commerciale. Avec une carte, etc | [
"19 En établissant une proportion entre les chiffres de la popula tion, le nombre des temples et celui du personnel religieux, nous trouvons qu'il y a en Boumanie : 1 prêtre orthodoxe pour 100 familles orthodoxes ; 1 moine' sur 1,000 habitants ; 1 religieuse sur 1,000 habitant. ; 1 église orthodoxe pour 612 habitants orthodoxes ; 1 église catholique pour 716 habitants catholiques; 1 temple protestant pour 2,408 habitants protestants ; 1 église grégorienne pour 746 habitants arméniens ; 1 église lipovane pour 1,182 lipovanes ; 1 synagogue pour 486 israélites ; 1 temple pour 441 habitants d'autres rites. En adoptant la division de la population en 973,986 familles, et en prenant pour base la profession du chef de famille, on peut répartir la population ainsi qu'il suit : Agriculteurs 684,168 Industriels 59,869 Apprentis 23,192 Commerçants 30,417 Fonctionnaires administratifs et communaux. . 22 811 Avocats 318 Professeurs 6,066 Médecins 272 Chirurgiens 151 Sages-femmes 204 Pharmaciens 95 • Artistes 2,156 Prêtres 9,702 Moines 4,672 Religieuses 4,078 Autres professions 125,813",
"127 La troisième, qui comprend les sommets des Carpates, est formée par les terrains secondaires, primaires et métamorphi ques ou azoïques. Ces derniers sont très-développés, principa lement le long de TOlto; ils commencent au monastère de Cozia (district de Valcea),et se continuent, avec plusieurs plissements, jusqu'au delà de la frontière, en Transylvanie. On ne les cons tate pas moins dans les sommets de la Moldavie occidentale. Les roches qui composent la troisième région sont le calcaire compacte, le marbre, avec de nombreuses variétés, le lignite, Tanthracite, le schiste luisant, le schiste ardoisier, le mica schiste et le gneiss. Les roches éruptives ne sont pas très-abon dantes. II faut remarquer que toutes ces couches de terrains ont une inclinaison du nord au sud, et plongent sous le Danube pour reparaître de l'autre côté du fleuve, avec une inclinaison en sens inverse, jusqu'aux sommets des Balcans ; c'est ainsi qu'est formé le bassin du bas Danube. En considérant les produits minéralogiques de la Roumanie au point de vue de leur exploitation, on est obligé de recon naître que le nombre et la quantité de ceux qui sont extraits sont insignifiants en comparaison de la richesse et de la variété des gisements. 11 n'en est pas moins vrai cependant qu'en mainte localité on a constaté Texisíence de roches, de minerais et de dépôts géologiques qui pourraient alimenter des industries con sidérables. Ainsi, sur le côté droit de TOlto, dans la localité d'Olanesti (district de Valcea), on trouve de nombreuses variétés de mar bres de différentes nuances, et dans tous les districts des mon tagnes, la pierre à paver se présente en masses considérables, mais malheureusement inexploitées, faute de routes et de moyens de transport. Aussi les rues des villes en Roumanie sont presque généralement mal pavées, avec des cailloux roulés, recueillis dans le lit des torrents. La pierre à meules est exploitée dans un assez grand nombre de localités des districts de Gorje, de Dimbovitza, de Buzéo, de",
"352 Georges Stanulcsco. Bucarest. — Tabacs en feuilles. (Cl. 43.) Vassilakl Jorj. Vulturesti. — Tabacs en feuilles. (Cl. 43.) Commune de Bouda. District de Faltchii.— Tabacs en feuilles. (Cl. 43.) Couvents de la Roumanie. — Eau de mélisse. (Cl. 44.) Lncowici. Bucarest. — Suifs et graisses. (Cl. 44.) Établissement pénitentiaire de Marginénl. — Bazanes et maroquins. (Cl. 46.) Vidatch. Craïova. — Charrues. (Cl. 48.) Borghettiet Gerbolini. Braïla. —Farines. (Cl. 67.) Petco. Braïla. — Blé dur. (Cl. 67.) Balaban. Galatzi. — Blé dur. — (Cl. 67.) Prince Georges Soutzo. Jassy. — Céréales. (Cl. 67.) Vassilakl Jorj. Vulturesti. — Céréales. (Cl. 67.) Constantin Nicolaé. District de Suciava. — Maïs. (Cl. 67.) Powel et Ce. Galatzi. — Conserves diverses. (Cl. 70.) í-.\\ augheli- Athanassio. Galatzi. — Confitures. (Cl. 72.) Constantin Ourlatziano. Kitzorani. — Confitures. (Cl. '72.) Take Marin. Bucarest. — Collection de tonneaux. (CI. 74.) Roman. Bucarest. — Véhicules. (Cl. 74.) Les dames Racovitza. Golesti. —Costumes nationaux. (Cl. 92.) Mme H. Lucasiewitz. Bucarest. — Costume roumain pour pe- tite fille. (Cl. 92.) Les Religieuses du couvent de Viforita. District de Dim- bovitza. — Costume de religieuse. (Cl. 92.)"
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001342933 | The American Coast Pilot ... Corrected and improved ... Third edition [Edited by E. M. Blunt.] | [
"180 LAWS Relating to Masters and Seamen m the Merchants' Service, Regulation of Seamen. >€. BY a Lavy of the United States for the Government and Regulation o? Seamen in the Merchants' service, it is provided, That every master or commander of any strip or vessel bound from .£ port in the United States to any foreign port, or of any ship or vessel of the burthen of fifty tons or upwards, bound from a port in one state, to a port in any other than an adjoining state, shall, before he proceed on fuck voyage, make an agreement in writing or in print, with every ieaman qx mariner on board such ship or vessel (except such as shall be apprentice or servant to himself or owners) declaring the voyage or voyages, term or terms of time, for which such seaman or mariner shall be shipped. And if any master or commander of such ship or vessel shall carry out any seaman or mariner (except apprentices or servants as aforesaid) without luch contrast or agreement being first made and signed by the seamen and manners, luch master or cpmmander shall pay lo every such seaman or mariner the highest price or wages which shall have been given at the poit or place where luch seaman or manner shall have been shipped, for a similar voypge, within three months next befpre ihe time of luch sliipping : Provided, luch seamai) or mariner fliall perform such voyage : or if not, then for luch time as he shall continue to do dutv on board luch. ship or vessel ; and shall, moreover, forfeit twenty dollars for every such seaman or mariner, one hall to the use of the person prosecuting for the same, the other half to the use of the Unit ed States : and such seaman or mariner, not having signed luch contract, shall not be bound by the regulations, nor subject to the penalties and for feitures contained in this ait. At the foot cf every such Contrast, there shall, be a memorandum in writing, of the day aud the hour on which such seaman or mariner, who shall so snip and subscribe, shall render themselves on board, to begin the voyage agreed upon. And if any luch seaman or mariner {hall neglect to render himself on board the ship or vessel, for which he has shipped, at the time mentioned in inch memoiandum, and if the mailer, commander, or other officer os the .Lip or vessel, fliall, on the day on which such neglect happened, make an entiy in the log-book of such lliip or vessel, of the name of luch seaman or mariner, and fliall in like manner note the time that he lo neglected to render himself, (after the time appointed) ; every such seaman or mariner fliall forfeit for every hour which he shall so neglect to render himself, one day's pay, accordii g to the rate of wages -.greed upon, to be deducted out of his w.-g.'s. Anu'ifany such seaman or mariner shall whol ly neglect to render himtelf on board of such ship or vessel, or havii g ren dered himself on board, shall afterwards desert and escape, so that the ship ot vessel proceed to lea without him, every such seaman ormatinei lhall kv~",
"182 LAWS RELATING TO SEAMEN. If any person shall harbour or secrete any seaman or mariner belonging t» any ship or vessel, knowing them to belong thereto, every luch perion, on conviction thereof before any court in the city, town or county where he, she or they may reside, shall forfeit and pay ten dollars for every day which he, she or they shall continue lo to harbour or secrete such seaman or mari- ner, one half to the use of the person prosecuting the same, the other half to the use of the United States ; and no sum exceeding one dollar, shall be recoverable from any seaman or mariner by any one person, for any debt contracted during the time such seaman or mariner fliall actually belong to any ship or vessel, until the voyage for which such seaman or mariner en- gaged shall be ended. If any seaman or mariner, who shall have subscribed such contract as is herein before subscribed, fliall absent himself from on board the ship or ves- sel in which hi shall so have shipped, without leave of the master or officer commanding on board ; and the mate, or other officer having charge of the log-book, snail make an entry therein of the name of such seaman or mari- ner, on the day on which he fliall lo absent himself ; and if luch seaman or mariner fliall return to his duty within forty-eight hours, iuch seaman or mariner shall forfeit three days pay for every day which he fliall so absent himself, to be deducted out of his wag-s : but if any seaman or mariner shall absent himself for more than forty-eight hours at one time, he shall forfeit all the wages due to him, and all his goods and chattels which were On board the said ship or veflel, or in any store where they may have been lodged at the time of his desertion, to the use of the owner of the ship ok vellel, and moreover shall be liable :o pay to him or them all damages which he or they may sustain by being obliged to hire other seamen or mariners in his or their place, and luch damages shall be recovered with costs, in any court or before any justice or justices having jurisdiction of the recovery of to the value of ten dollars or upwards. Every seaman or mariner shall be entitled to demand and receive from the master or commander of the ship or vessel to which they belong, one third part of the wages which (hall be due to him at every port where such ship or veflel fliall unlade and deliver her cargo before the vovage be ended, un- less the contrary be expressly stipulated in the contract : and as loon as th? voyage is. ended, and the cargo or ballast be fully discharged at the last port ps delivery, every seaman or mariner fliall be entitled to the wages which shall be then due according to his contract : and if such wages Ih.ill not be paid within ten days after luch discharge, or if any dispute fliall arise between the master and seamen or manners touching the said wages, it fliall be lawful for the judge of the district where the said ship or vessel shall be, or in case his residence be more than three miles from the place, or of his absence fiom the place of his residence, then for any judge or justice of the peace, to him- mon the master of such ship or vessel to appear before him, to sliew cause why process should not issue against such (hip or vessel, her tackle, furni- ture, and apparel, according to the course of admiralty-courts, to answer for the laid wages : and if the master (halt neglect to appear, or appearing shall not shew that the wages are paid, or otherwise satisfied, or forfeited, and if the matter in dispute shall not be forthwith settled, in such case the judge or justice fliall certify to the clerk of the court of the district, that there is sufficient cause of complaint whereon to found admiralty procels, and thereupon the clerk of such court shall issue process against the laid _^.ip or vessel, and the suit shall be pioceeded on in the laid court, and final judgment be given according to the courle of admiralty-courts in such cases vised; aud iu luch suit, all the seamen or manners (having cause of com-",
"LAWS RELATING TO SEAMEN. 199 carry or send the person so imported by him, back again to the place from whence he or she came, and shall for that purpose enter into bond to the mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the city of New-York, with one or more surety or sureties, to be approved of by such mayor or recorder, in the sum os one hundred pounds, conditioned for the purposes aforesaid, or shall enter into bond to the said mayor, aldermen and commonalty of the said city, with one or more sufficient surety or sureties, to be approved by such mayor or recorder as aforelaid, in the sum os one hundred pounds, conditioned that the person so imported shall not be or become a charge to the said city as aforesaid, or any other city or town in the state : and in case such master of any (hip or other vessel {hall refuse to become bound as aforesaid, it shall and may be lawful for such mayor or recorder, by warrant under his hand and seal, directed to any constable of the said city, to cause such person lo refu sing, to be committed to the common goal of the said city, there to remain until he shall consent to become bound as aforesaid ; and such bond shall not be avoided by plea of duress. Every master of any ship or other vessel who fliall enter the same in the custom-house in the city of New-York, shall within twenty-four hours af- ter his arrival make a report in writing on oath to the mayor of the laid city, or in case of his sickness or absence, to the recorder of the said city, for the time being, of the name and occupation os every Derson who shall be brought into port in his said ship or other vessel ; and in case of neglect the master of such ship or other vessel shall forfeit the sum of fifty dollars for every person so neglected to be reported. And if any person so neglected to be reported to the mayor or recorder of the said cily as aforelaid shall be a foreigner, the master os such ship or other vessel so neglecting to make report as aforesaid shall forfeit the sum os seventy -five dollars for every for- eigner so neglected to be reported. Every master of any ship or other vessel who fliall, after the fifteenth day of May, 1797, arrive at the city of New-York, with emigrants from eny foreign country, he shall, previous to the landing of any luch emigrants, give a bond to the mayor, recorder, and eldermen of the said city of New- York, with two sufficient sureties, to be approved of by the said mayor, recorder, and aldermen, conditioned to indemnify and save harmless the said city of New-York from all and every expense and charge which shall or may be incurred for the support and maintenance of any such person so im- ported, as the mayor, or, in his absence or sickness, the recorder of the said city for the time being shall deem likely to become chargeable to the said city ; and if any master of any ship or other vessel fliall luster or permit any such emigrant to land previous to giving such bonds as aforesaid, every luch master shall forfeit and pay to the mayor, aldermen, and commonalty of the city of New-York the sum of sive hundred dollars for each and every such person whom he shall permit and suffer to land, and for whom he shall ne- glect or omit to give security as aforesaid. VIRGINIA. By a law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, it is enacted, that No master of a ship or other veisel shall transport or carry any person whatsoever out of the Commonwealth, unless such person shall first have published for six weeks successively,, in the Virginia Gazette, his ot her resolution to depart there from, under the penalty of answering and payii g every debt and duty such person at his or her departure out of the Commonwealth (hall owe, or stand bound for to the Commonwealth, or to any citizen thereof, by judgment, bond, bill, covenant, account, or by"
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000286273 | A Text-Book of Assaying, for the use of those connected with mines ... With ... diagrams | [
"LIME. 277 is known as \" quicklime \" ; on treatment with water it becomes hot, expands, and falls to a powder of \"slaked lime\" or calcium hydrate (CaH202). Tbe hydrate is slightly soluble in water (0.1368 gram in 100 c.c), forming an alkaline solution known as lime water. Calcium hydrate is more generally used suspended in water as \" milk of lime.\" As a flux it is used either as limestone or as quicklime. Silica forms with lime a compound, calcium silicate, which is not very fusible ; but when alumina and other oxides are present, as in clays and in most rocky substances, the addition of lime gives a very fusible slag. Detection. — Calcium is detected by the reddish colour which its salts impart to the flame. It is best to moisten with hydro chloric acid (or, in the case of some silicates, to treat with ammo nium fluoride) before bringing the substance into the flame. When seen through a spectroscope, it shows a large number of fines, of which a green and an orange are most intense and char acteristic. Calcium is detected in solution (after removal of the metals by treatment with sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonium sulphide) by boiling with ammonium oxalate and ammonia. The lime is completely7 thrown down as a white precipitate. Lime is distinguished from the other alkaline earths by forming a sulphate insoluble in dilute alcohol, but completely soluble in a boiling solution of ammonium sulphate. Lime compounds are for the most part soluble in water or in dilute hydrochloric acid. Calcium fluoride must be first con verted into sulphate by evaporation in a platinum dish with sulphuric acid. Insoluble silicates are opened up by fusion with \" fusion mixture,\" as described under Silica,. Separation. — The separation of lime is effected by evaporating with hydrochloric acid, to separate silica ; and by treating with sulphuretted hydrogen, to remove the second group of metals. If the substance contains much iron, tbe solution is next oxidised by boiling with a little nitric acid ; and the iron, alumina, &c, are removed as basic acetates. The filtrate is treated with am monia and sulphuretted hydrogen, and allowed to settle. The filtrate from this is heated to boiling, treated with a solution of ammonium oxalate in excess, boiled for five or ten minutes, allowed to settle for half an hour, and filtered. The precipitate contains all the lime as calcium oxalate. GRAVIMETRIC DETERMINATION The precipitate of calcium oxalate is washed with hot water, dried, transferred to a weighed platinum crucible, and ignited at",
"296 TEXT-BOOK OF ASSAY'ING. RUBIDIUM. Rubidium occurs widely diffused in nature, but in very small quantities. It is generally associated with caesium. It is detected by the spectroscope, which shows two violet lines and two dark red ones. Like caesium, it is precipitated with platinic chloride, and in the ordinary course of work would be weighed as potassium. It is separated from potassium by frac tional precipitation with platinic chloride. Rubidium platino chloride is much less soluble than tbe potassium salt. AMMONIUM. It is usual to look upon the salts of ammonia as containing a compound radical (NH4 = Am), which resembles in many respects the metals of the alkaHes. Ammonium occurs in nature as chloride in sal ammoniac (AmC'l), as sulphate in mascagnine ( Am2S04), as phosphate in struvite ( AmMgP04. 1 2H20). Minerals containing ammonium are rare, and are chiefly found either in volcanic districts or associated with guano. Ammonia and ammonium sulphide occur in the waters of certain Tuscan lagoons, which are largely worked for the boracic acid they contain. The crude boracic acid from this source contains from 5 to 10 per cent, of ammonium salts. It is from these that the purer forms of ammonium compounds of commerce known as \" from volcanic ammonia \" are derived. But the bulk of the ammonia of com merce is prepared from the ammoniacal liquors obtained as bye products in the working of certain forms of blast furnaces and coke ovens, and more especially in gas-making. Ammonia hardly comes witbin tbe objects of assaying ; but it is largely used in the laboratory, and the assayer is not un frequently called on to determine it. Ammonium salts are mostly soluble in water. In strong solutions they give a yellow pre cipitate of ammonium platino-chloride on the addition of chloride of platinum ; and with the acid tartrate of soda yield a white precipitate of hydric ammonic tartrate. These reactions are similar to those produced with potassium compounds. Heated with a base, such as lime or sodic hydrate, ammonium salts are decomposed, yielding ammonia gas (NH3), which is readily soluble in water. The solution of this substance is known as ammonic hydrate or \" ammonia.\" Tbey are volatilised on ignition ; either with, or without, de composition according to the acid present. This fact is of import ance in analytical work ; since it allows of the use of alkaline",
"402 INDEX, Copper, examination of commercial, 165 ores, valuation of, 141 separation and solution of, 143 volumetric assay, cyanide method, Iron, detection, 191 gravimetric determination, 193 separation and solution, 192 volumetric assay by \"bictiro- mate,\" 194 154 iodide method, 159 \" permanganate,\" 194 stannous chloride, 204 Culm, 22 Cupellation, 98 Laboratory books, 9 Cupellation loss, 101 Cupels, 23, 114 Lanthanum, 275 Lead, 171 Didymium, 275 Dollars per ton, 9 Dry assays, 16 Drying. 5, 33 colorimetric assay, 178 dry assay, 171 gravimetric determination, 173 volumetric assay, 174 Lime, see Calcium. Earths, 270 Lima-water, 277 Earths, The alkaline, 276 Equations, 69 Litharge, 20 Lithium, 294 Erbia, 275 Loths per centner, 9 Filtration, 31 Magnesia, see Magnesium. Magnesia mixture, 64 Fluorine and fluorides, 319 Fluxes, 16 Magnesium, 284 Manganese, 254 Formulæ, 68 Furnace, 24 colorimetric assay, 262 gravimetric determination, 256 volumetric assay, 256 Gases, Apparatus for measuring, Gasometric assays, 44 52 Measuring, 49 Gold, 123 Measuring flasks, 49 Mechanical methods, 16 Mercury, 131 amalgamation assay, 123 dry assay, 124 parting, 126 dry assay, 132 Graduated vessels, 49 gravimetric determination, 134 Moisture, 5 Gravimetric methods, 15, 27 Molybdenum, 267 Muffle-furnace, 24 Halogens, the, 314 Hardhead, 243 Ignition, 33 Nessler's solution, 29S Nickel, 211 in hydrogen, 236 Indicator, 42 dry assay, 211 Inquartatioo, 126, 128 Iodine and iodides, 31S Iridium, 131 gravimetric determination, 214 Niobium, 253 Nitrates, 356 Iron, 191 gasometric assay, 359 volumetric assay, 358 colorimetric assay, 207"
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002918871 | The Practical Elocutionist ... for school use, etc | [
"136 THE PRACTICAL ELOCUTIONIST. you\"; but prophetically to have added, \" I pity England — I pity Europe — I pity human nature.\" He died in the spirit of peace, tranquil in his own expiring heart, and cherishing to the last, with a parental solicitude, the con- soling hope that he should be able to give established tranquillity to harassed contending nations. Let us trust that that stroke of death which has borne him from us, may not have left the peace of the world, and the civilized charities of man, as orphans upon the earth. With such a man, to have battled in the cause of genuine liberty — with such a man to have struggled against the inroads of oppres- sion and corruption — with such an example before me, to have to boast that I never in my life gave one vote in Par- liament that was not on the side of freedom, is the con- gratulation that attends the retrospect of my public life. His friendship was the pride and honour of my days. I never, for one moment, regretted to share with him the dif- ficulties, the calumnies, and sometimes even the dangers, that attended his honourable life. And now, reviewing my past political conduct (were the option possible that I should retread the path), I solemnly and deliberately declare, that I would pursue the same course, bear up under the same pressure, abide by the same principles, and remain by his side an exile from power, distinction, and emolument. If I have missed the opportunity of obtaining all the support I might, perhaps, have had, on the present occasion, from a very scrupulous delicacy, which I think became, and was incumbent upon me, I cannot repent it. In so doing, I acted on the feelings upon which I am sensible all those would have acted who loved Mr. Fox as I did. I felt within myself, that while the slightest aspiration might still quiver on those lips, that were the copious channels of eloquence, wisdom, and benevolence — that while one drop of life's blood might still warm that heart, which throbbed only for the good of mankind — I should not, I could not have acted otherwise. Gentlemen, the hour is not far distant, when an awful knell shall tell you, that the unburied remains of your re vered patriot are passing through your streets to that sepulchral home, where your kings, your heroes, your sages, and your poets, will be honoured by an association with his",
"163 SELECTIONS IN PROSE. sojourner, the moment he sets his foot on British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the genius of Universal Emancipation. No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ; — no matter in what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burned upon him ; — no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down ; — no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery : the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains, that burst from around him ; and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible genius of Universal Emancipation. Curran.",
"191 DIALOGUES. The angry lords, with all expedient haste I conjure thee but slowly ; run more fast Shakespere. LIONI AND BERTRAM.— Marino Faliero. The Selections from Lord Byron's later ivorks are inserted by the kind pennission of John Murray, Esq. Lioni. Now, stranger, what would you at such an hour ? Bert. A boon, my noble patron ; you have granted Many to your poor client Bertram ; add This one, and make him happy. Lioni. Thou hast known me From boyhood, ever ready to assist thee In all fair objects of advancement which Beseem one of thy station ; I would promise Ere thy request was heard, but that the hour, Thy bearing, and this strange and hurried mode Of suing, gives me to suspect this visit Hath some mysterious import — hut say on. Bert. My lord, I thank you : but — Lioni. But what ? You have not Raised a rash hand against one of our order ? If so, withdraw, and fly, and own it not ; I would not slay — but then, I must not save thee ! He who has shed patrician blood — Bert. I come To save patrician blood, and not to shed it ! And thereunto I must be speedy, for Each minute lost may lose a life ; since Time Has changed his slow scythe for the two-edged sword, And is about to take, instead of sand, The dust from sepulchres to fill his hour-glass ! Go not thou forth to-morrow ! JJoni. Wherefore not — What means this menace ? Bert. Do not seek its meaning, But do as I implore thee ; — stir not forth, Whate'er be stirring ; though the roar of crowds — The cry of women, and the shrieks of babes —"
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000748973 | Rambles beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken a-foot ... With illustrations by H. C. Brandling | [
"94 RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS. he left us with an invitation to breakfast with him the next morning. Thus is hospitality practised in Cornwall — a county where, it must be remem bered, a stranger is doubly a stranger, in relation to provincial sympathies ; where the national feeling is almost entirely merged in the local feeling ; where a man speaks of himself as Cornish in much the same spirit as a Welshman speaks of himself as Welsh. In like manner, another instance drawn from my own experience, will best display the anxiety which Ave found generally testified by the Cornish poor to make the best and most grateful return in their power for anything which they considered as a favour kindly bestowed. Such little anec dotes as I here relate in illustration of popular character, cannot, I think, be considered trifling ; for it is by trifles, after all, that we gain our truest appreciation of the marking signs of good or evil in the dispositions of our fellow-beings ; just as in the beating of a single artery under the touch, we discover an indication of the strength or Aveakness of the whole vital frame. On the granite cliffs at the Land's End I met with an old man, seventy-two years of age, of whom I asked some questions relative to the extraordi-",
"158 RAMBLES BEYOND RAILWAYS. it about ferociously in the full enjoyment of his vested right to castigate his companions as often as he can. As an instance of the early development of the tyrannic tendencies of human nature, it is, in a philosophical point of view, quite unique. But now, while we have a chance, while the door- Avay is accidentally clear for a few moments, let us enter the salting-house, and approach the noisiest and most amusing of all the scenes which the pil chard fishery presents. First of all, we pass a great heap of fish lying in one recess inside the door, and an equally great heap of coarse, brownish salt lying in another. Then we advance farther, get out of the way of everybody, behind a pillar, and see a whole congregation of the fair sex screaming, talk ing, and — to their honour be it spoken — working at the same time, round a compact mass of pilchards which their nimble hands have already built up to a height of three feet, a breadth of more than four, and a length of twenty. Here we have every variety of the \"female type\" displayed before us, ranged round an odoriferous heap of salted fish. Here, we see crones of sixty and girls of sixteen ; the ugly and the lean, the comely and the plump ; the sour tempered and the sweet — all squabbling, singing,",
"THE LAND'S END. 201 tone — which appeals to the heart of every traveller be his creed what it may, in loving and solemn accents ; and sends him on his way again, up the mighty cliffs and through the mist driving cloud like over them, the better fitted for his journey forward here — the better fitted, it may be, even for that other dread journey of one irrevocable moment — the last he shall ever take — to his abiding-place among the spirits of the dead ! These are some of the attractions which home rambles can offer to tempt the home traveller ; for these are the impressions produced, and the inci dents presented during a walk to the Land's End."
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003628789 | Old and New London, etc | [
"OLD AND NEW LONDON. [St. Pancra, 328 In a previous chapter we have spoken of the Fleet River, which used to flow through this parish. Hone, in his \"Table Book,\" 1827, thus describes it as winding its sluggish course through Camden Town and St. Pancras in its way to King's Cross : — \" The River Fleet at its source in a field on the land side of the Hampstead Ponds is merely a sedgy ditchling, scarcely half a step across, and winds its way along, with little increase of depth, by the road from the ' Mother Red Cap ' to Kentish Town, beneath which road it passes through the pastures to Camden Town ; in one of these pastures the canal running through the tunnel at Pentonville to the City Road is conveyed over it by an arch. From this place its width increases till it reaches towards the west side of the road leading from Pancras workhouse to Kentish Town. In the rear of the houses on that side of the road it becomes a brook, washing the edge of the garden in front of the premises late the stereotype foundry and printing-office of Mr. Andrew Wilson, which stand back from the road ; and, cascading down behind the lower road-side houses, it reaches the ' Elephant and Castle,' in front of which it tunnels to Battle Bridge.\" Chapel, was said to have been erected by two brothers, Walter and Thomas de Cantelupe, during the reign of King John. According to a survey made during the Commonwealth, this manor con tained 210 acres of land. The manor-house was then sold to one Richard Hill, a merchant of London, and the manor to Richard Utber, a draper. At the Restoration they were ejected, and the original lessees reinstated ; but again in 1670 the manor changed hands, the father of Alderman Sir Jeffreys Jeffreys (uncle of the noto rious Judge Jeffreys) becoming proprietor. By the intermarriage of Earl Camden with a member of that family, it is now the property of that noble man's descendants. The estate is held subject to a reserved rent of paid annually to the Pre bendary of St. Paul's. Formerly the monks of Waltham Abbey held an estate in this manor, called by them Cane Lond, now Caen Wood, valued at thirteen pounds. It is said by anti quaries to be the remains of the ancient forest of Middlesex. Of this part of the manor we shall have to speak when we come to Hampstead. The manor of Tottenham Court, or Totten Hall — in \" Domesday \" Tothele, where it is valued at _^5 a year — was kept in the prebendary's hands till the fourteenth century; but in 1343 John de Caleton was the lessee, and, after the lease had come to the Crown, it was granted in 1661 in satisfaction of a debt, and became the property, shortly after, of the ducal family of Fitzroy, one of whose scions, Lord Southampton, is the present possessor. Tradition would carry the navigation of the Fleet River far higher up than Holborn Bridge, which has been stated in a previous part* of this work as the utmost limit to which it was navigable, since it relates, say the Brothers Percy, in their \" London,\" that \" an anchor was found in this brook at Pancras wash, where the road branches off to Somers Town.\" But they do not give a date or other particulars. Down to a very late date, even to the year in which the Metropolitan Railway was constructed, the Fleet River was subject to floods on the occasion of a sudden downfall of rain, when the Hampstead and Highgate ponds would over flow. The manor of Ruggemere is mentioned in the survey of the parish taken in 1251, as shown in the records of the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's. \"Its exact situation,\" says Mr. Palmer, \"is not now known. Very possibly,\" he continues, \" at the breaking up of the monasteries it reverted to the Crown, and was granted by bluff Harry to some Court favourite. The property of the Bedford family was acquired in a great measure from that monarch's hands. It is, therefore, very probable that the manor of Ruggemere consisted of all that land lying at the south-east of tbe parish, no portion of that district lying in either of the other manors.\" One of the most considerable overflows occurred in January, 1809. \"At this period, when the snow was lying very deep,\" says a local chronicler, \" a rapid thaw came on, and the arches not afford ing a sufficient passage for the increased eunent, the whole space between Pancras Church, Somers Town, and the bottom of the hill at Pentonville, was in a short time covered with water. The flood rose to a height of three feet from the middle of the highway ; the lower rooms of all the houses within that space were completely inundated, and the inhabitants suffered considerable damage in their goods and furniture, which many of them had not time to remove. Two cart-horses were The village church stood pretty nearly in the centre of the parish, which, with the lands about Somers Town, included the estates of the Skinners' of the Duke of Bedford, and of Mr. d;d noiC''i0r\" -^Sa'\"- The land which the parish wav in *5es Part of wnat >s called the London of the t,le dsP05'13 °f which are aqueous, and the V' t0 tne Eocene oeriod. * See Vol. II., p. 418.",
"KING JAMES'S ENTRY INTO LONDON. 545 SumsurJ HiU. 1 itself, did not dim the beauties of the ancient city— sea-coal being but little used in comparison with wood, of which there was then abundance, as at this time in the capital of France. Thus the atmosphere was clearer and lighter, and served as a finer medium to reveal objects which would now be lost at a quarter the distance. Ainsworth has put into the mouth of King James ; for it is on record how that on the 7 th of May, 1603, his Majesty was here met by the Lord Mayor and aldermen on his first public entry into London after his accession. The river Lea, which flows at the distance of from one to two miles on our right, all the way from Kingsland, and which here makes its nearest approach to the road that we are travelling, divides the county of Middlesex from that of Essex, as far to the north as Waltham Abbey. Its course on the whole is due south, though somewhat winding, and here and there it divides its water into two or three separate channels, and then re-unites them. Nearly all along its course there is a broad belt of meadow and marsh land on one side of the river, or on both, which is used as pasturage for cattle. The Lea itself, after sweeping past Chingford, Stratford, and Bow, falls into the Thames close by the Victoria Dock. This river in former times was deemed one of considerable importance, as the means of supply in conveying corn, meal, and malt to the metropolis ; so much so, in fact, that in the reign of Edward IV. an Act of Parliament was passed for improving the navigation. It has, too, an historical interest, for Drayton, in his \" Polyolbion,\" tells us how that — \" Fair, sparkling, and clearly defined, then rose up Old London before Jocelyn's gaze. Girded round with grey walls, defended by battlements, and approached by lofty gates, four of which— to wit, Cripplegate, Moorgate, Bishopsgate, and Aid gate—were visible from where he stood ; it riveted attention from its immense congregation of roofs, spires, pinnacles, and vanes, all glittering in the sunshine; while in the midst of all, and pre eminent above all, towered one gigantic pile — the glorious Gothic cathedral. Far on the east, and beyond the city walls, though surrounded by its own mural defences, was seen the frowning Tower of London — part fortress and part prison — a struc ture never viewed in those days without terror, being the scene of so many passing tragedies. Looking westward, and rapidly surveying the gardens and pleasant suburban villages lying on the north of the Strand, the young man's gaze settled for_ a moment on Charing Cross — the elaborately-carved memorial to his queen Eleanor, erected by Edward I., and then ranging over the palace of Whitehall and its two gates, Westminster Abbey — more beautiful without its towers than with them — it became fixed upon Westminster Hall ; for there, in one of its chambers, the ceiling of which was adorned with gilded stars, were held the councils of that terrible tribunal which had robbed him of his inheritance, and now threatened him with deprivation of liberty and mutilation of person. A shudder crossed him as he thought of the Star-Chamber, and he turned his gaze else where, trying to bring the whole glorious city within his ken. \" The old Lea brags of the Danish blood.\" It is said in Lambarde's \" Dictionarium Topo graphicum\" that \" it hath of longe tyme borne vessels from London twenty miles towards its head : for in the tyme of King Ælfrede, the Danes entered Leymouthe and fortified at a place adjoyning this river twenty miles from London, where by fortune Kinge Alfred passinge by espied that the channel of the river might be in such sorte weakened, that they should want water to return with their shippes; he caused therefore the water to be abated by two great trenches, and settinge the Londoners upon them he made them batteil, wherein they lost four of their captaines, and a great number of their common souldiers, the rest flyinge into the castell which they had built. Not long after they were so pressed that they forsoke all and left their shippes as a prey to the Londoners ; which, break inge some and burninge other, conveyed the rest to London.\" He adds that this castle, though it might seem to be Hertford, was on another part of the river's bank ; but where it stood is not clearly defined, and must always N remain a moot point. Other authors, however, confirm in the main the leading statement of Lambarde, namely, Sir William Dugdale in his \" History of the Embanking and Draining the Fens,\" and Sir John Spelman in his \" Life of Alfred the Great.\" A perusal of the latter \" A splendid view, indeed ! Well might King James himself exclaim, when standing, not many years previously, on the very spot where Jocelyn now stood, and looking upon London for the first time since his accession to the throne of England —well might he exclaim in rapturous accents, as he gazed on the magnificence of his capital, ' At last the richest jewel in a monarch's crown is mine ! ' \" However much the above description of the view from Stamford Hill may be overdrawn, and whether Jocelyn could descry the cross at Charing from this spot or not, there is at least some foun dation for the exclamation which Mr. Harrison",
"OLD AND NEW LONDON. 328 [St,ck*el|. a comparatively recent date. In the \" Chimney Corner Companion \" is an amusing account of a cockney's \"outing\" with a gun on the ist of September, 1825, in which we are told how that he and his friend breaklasted at the \"Swan\" at Stockwell, and pushed on Kent-wards by way of Brixton to Blackheath, but \" without meeting any thing beyond yellow-hammers and sparrows.\" tables at last joined in the tumult ; and things looked altogether so serious and inexplicable that the neighbours, dreading that the house itself would next be seized with a fit of motion and tumble about their ears, left poor Mrs. Goldinn to bear the brunt of it by herself. The ghost in this case was solemnly remonstrated with, and urged to take its departure ; but the destruction continuing as great as before, Mrs. Golding finally made up her mind to quit the house altogether. With Anne Robinson, she took refuge in the house of a neighbour ; but his glass and crockery being immediately subjected to the same per secution, he was reluctantly compelled to give her notice to quit. The old lady, thus forced back to her own house, endured the disturbance for some days longer, when suspecting that Anne Robinson was the cause of all the mischief, she dismissed her from her service. The extraordinary appearances immediately ceased, and were never afterwards renewed — a fact which is of itself sufficient to point out the real disturber. A long time afterwards Anne Robinson confessed the whole matter to the Rev. Mr. Bray-field. This gentleman confided the story to Mr. Hone, who published an explanation of the mystery. It appears that Anne was anxious to have a clear house to carry on an intrigue with her lover, and she resorted to this trick in order to effect her purpose. She piaced the china on the shelves in such a manner that it fell on the slightest motion ; and she attached horse-hair to other articles, so that she could jerk them down from an adjoining room without being perceived by anyone. She was exceedingly dexterous at this sort of work, and would have proved a formidable rival to many a juggler by profession. A full explanation of the whole affair may be found in ' Hone's Every-day Book.'\" The pranks of the \"ghost\" are also described so fully by Sir Walter Scott, in his book on \" Demonology and Witchcraft,\" that there is scarcely any necessity for repeating them more minutely here. Like Lee and other places in the immediate vicinity of London which we have visited in our perambulations, Stockwell once boasted of its \"green\"; but this, excepting in name, has already become a thing of the past, and bricks and mortar are fast usurping what little is left of its once shady lanes and hedgerows. It was a triangular space on the western side of the high road, nearly opposite the \" Swan.\" The \" little fairy green \" before the \" Swan,\" at Stockwell, writes Mr. Thomas Miller, with poetic exaggeration, in 1852, \"is now no more.\" It was a dead, flat, triangular space, with no fairies. In 1840, as we learn from Colburn's \" Kalendar of Amusements,\" the society of Albion archers held their first grand field-day, to contend for the captaincy and lieutenancy for the month, and Stockwell Park was the place of rendezvous. We are naively told that \" shooting commences at one, eating and drinking at seven, and the light fantastic toes are agitating at ten o'clock.\" In 1772 this place was alarmed by an appari tion, known to this day as \" the Stockwell Ghost,'' which spread such terror through the then retired village and neighbourhood that it became suddenly invested with almost as much notoriety as Cock Lane * some years previously. The story is thus told by Charles Mackay, in his \"Extraordinary Popular Delusions\": — \"Mrs. Golding, an elderly lady, who resided alone with her servant, Anne Robinson, was sorely sur prised, on the evening of Twelfth Day, 1772, to observe an extraordinary commotion among her crockery. Cups and saucers rattled down the chimney ; pots and pans were whirled downwards or through the windows ; and hams, cheeses, and loaves of bread disported themselves upon the floor just as if the devil were in them. This, at least, was the conclusion to which Mrs. Golding came ; and, being greatly alarmed, she invited some of her neighbours to stay with her, and protect her from the evil one. Their presence, however, did not put a stop to the insurrection of china, and every room in the house was in a short time strewed with fragments. The chairs and \" On the west side of Stockwell Green,\" writes Allen, in his work above quoted, \" is an old house, now (1829) in the occupation of a butcher, in which Mr. Nichols says that Thomas Lord Crom well lived. There is no proof, however,\" he adds, \" that the above individual resided here or at the adjacent manor-house.\" At the eastern end of Landor Road— or what was formerly called Bedford Private Road— and near the triangular space of ground which was once the \"Green,\" stands St. Andrew's Church. This edifice, originally known as Stockwell Chapel, * See Vol. II., p. 435."
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001474667 | The Strange Discovery; a tragi-comedy [in five acts and in verse] | [
"The strange Discovery, With what he likes bcst,this will take his youth (I make no doubt) and bring me to his bed. 1 burne for love of him and must be quench'd, Old Aristipput I have fool'd and made Believe I love him, but it is not so. I have brought him to my owne lure so that He stoops unto my be-.uty ; now if I Can but enjoy my £Ww*», I am then Mistris of my designe,and achiese Artist In this sweet trade ; let fooles burne in their fire Of modest love,i'le on to my desire. £xk t Actus primi, Scetta tertia. Enter Cariclcs,Syhmethres and Nebulo. Sysim. Prethee honest friend Shall I intreat thee to go forth and bid The pretty girlt without in the next roome To come here to me. . Nebul. Yes sir that I (hall, I love to be imploy'd a messenger To pretty may ds, is (he so beaut ifull r Sysim. O wondrous faire and beautiful!. Nebul. I'le then UOacr her safely in,and kisse her too. Exit Nebulo,enters againe with Caridea. Sysim. See here the second gift I meane to give you; More pretious then the first,you told me sir You had a daughter once,but rap'd by death. Here is another for you_.se her well. Cork. I am am a ad to see so rare a beauty, Such an Angel-like creature. Sysim. Cease yonr wonder ; The mother fjf this beautidiis girle which here Standeth before us for a certaine cause Which you mall learne hereafter, laid her forth Clad in such weeds as commonly is us'd For such a purposes committing her C To",
"7 be si ] range discovery. Calasiris. Who won the garland Sir? Caric. Theagines, Caridea as the custome is did hold The prize, and he recciv'd it at her hand, She still growcs worse and worsc,dcere Calasiris, Imploy your skill and wisedome to restore her, I know tis eaiie for yen ifyou please To'hcalc her.who, you fay, is but bewitetfd, For I believe tis not impossible For hoik Priestes to bring to passe strange things . Calaf. Let's goe then ifyou please unto themaid, And by recommendation strive to make Me more familiarise acquainted with her, That soe the bolder may sostaine my cure. Cork. Content, Apollo graunt a good soccefse Unto thy workc, and Æsculapius. Esteuu*. Actus tertii, Scena quarta. Enter eAristippus and Thisbe. This. Master I doubt not but my sodden commiag Appeareth strangeas being unexpected, The cause wh creof I will relate unto you Without more circumstance, or vaine preamble*; I come here to accuse my selfe unto you; And to receive soch punisoment as ydUr-*- Discretion soall thinke fit for my offence j By me sir you have partly lost your sonne^ I doc confesse I was an accessary, Though much against my will - when I perceiv'd My mistris liv'd not well, but wrong'd y our bed, Not onely provident to (hun the danger Might light upon my selfe for keeping co unsell (If itsoould come to light by any other) Bus chiefly (brrowfoll for your mis-hap, Who soould in recompence of all your kindnefle Vnto your wife, reape such disgrace from her, I came one night to my yong master Cnemon, (My seise not daring to acquaint you with it) G And",
"The strange discovery Hydasp. I doe and all the rest, but whether you Cimc by them as my daughter, that I know not, You might have got them by some other meanes, For to omit all other needles questions, Your colour's strange and the like never scene In Ethiopia. Sysim. She was also white That I brought up, and with this virgins age Doth correspond the terme of yeercs when soe Was forth exposed being seuenteenc yeeres, So old seemes this faire mayd. Hydasp. Syfimethres In my opinion you have soow'd your seise An advocate in this cause,not a judge, Beware least while you strive to ekerethis doubt, I may suspect Te-rfina hath beene false, For how ist possible that soch a thing Souldbeinnaturc,wetwo being black To have an issue white? this is against ' All humane fence, and reason natural!. Sysim. The Fascia tells you how this came to paste, Persina in the act ofgenerarion Contemplatively eying the faire picture Of beautifull sAndrotm/U, and firing A strong imagination thereupon, Conceived in her wombe the very figure Of Mistris when soe was bound fast Unto the rocke, and he redeem'd her thence, For proofe let that seme picture be presented, And then compare them, you soall finde the substance And soadow nothing different but in life. Enter a Gentleman attendant. Gent. Sir there's a strange priest newlie come from Greece Desires he may be heard touching this matter, Who can informe you ofthe truth of thiuges. Hydafp.zdxmt him streight. enter Caritlcs with Grave Sir can you declare the gentleman. Ought of this matter, doe you know this mayd And"
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003981280 | Mercedes. A romance | [
"44 MERCEDES. \" Enough; we shall not have any difficulty with them,\" Morton said. \"It is a splendid farm, and would be worth running a risk for.\" With these words, the two men entered the hotel. Morton placed his baggage by the side of Thorne's, ancl they went to the eating-room, where some forty guests were busied in swallowing their supper with great despatch. But the knives and forks seemed to be laid under a spell at the moment when Thorne and Morton entered the room. The hands that wielded them sank on the table, and all eyes were turned to the two new-comers. The host, who w-as standing at a sideboard and filling the plates handed to him by the black waiters, pretended not to notice them as they walked down the table, — Thorne, without meeting the e3Tes fixed on him ; Morton casting challenging glances at them. At last they sat down at the other end of the table, sepa rated from the guests by several chairs. \" It seems as if they had never had gentlemen here before,\" Morton said, half turning to Thome, and loud enough to be heard at the other end of the table; \"I feel a great inclination to perform an operation on their curious e3-es.\" \" Pray be reasonable, Morton : why excite the people more against us ? Hold your tongue, I beg",
"LOVE V. FRIENDSHIP. 155 The slave waited at table ; the guests proved by their excellent appetites that they had eaten little during the day, did not say a syllable during the meal, and then returned to then seats in the veranda. At about nine o'clock, Arden went to them with a candle in his hand, and said : \" If you wish to go to bed, I will show you your room.\" The guests followed him in silence ; ancl when Arden placed the light on the table, ancl walked toward the door, one of them re marked : \" As we want to be off early, we should like to have breakfast betimes.\" \" Very good, sir,\" Arden' said, and left the strangers to their own devices. Day was scarce dawning, when the travel lers could be heard under the veranda per forming their toilet; for although there were wash-basins in their room, they took them out with them, fetched a bucket of water from the spring, and cleansed themselves in the open air. Ere long Arden called them to breakfast. After a silent meal, their horses were brought up",
"202 MERCEDES. the singing, by clapping their bands and waving their arms. By degrees they attained their object; the singing grew louder and quicker, and the clergymen clapped their hands more and more noisily. Suddenly, however, the singing ceased, and the strange preacher began Ms sermon. He spoke to the heart, less like a pulpit-orator than as a father among his family. He requested them to come to Him and cast off their sins ; and whenever he mentioned Christ's name, a dull murmur ran along the congregation; they bowed their heads in deep humility, several loud sighs and groans could be heard among the congregation, and the cry of \" Lord have mercy on us!\" broke forth here and there. A similar though less excited attention was paid to the Holy Ghost, whenever He was men tioned ; while at the name of God all remained quiet. After the sermon there was a prayer, in which the whole congregation heartily joined : then the clergymen struck up another hymn, though in a low voice, and the congregation joined in. At the same time the preacher urged them earnestly to step forward and cast off their sins, and with his colleagues clapped his hands more loudly. The"
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002995169 | Legends and Lyrics ... Fourth edition | [
"■9 128 FIDELIS. I have toiled through the sunny woodland Through fields that basked in the light ; And through the lone paths in the forest I crept in the dead of night. I will not fear at his coming, Although I must meet him alone ; He will look in my eyes so gently, And take my hand in his own. Like a dream all my toil will vanish, When I lay my head on his breast- But the journey is very weary, And he only can give me rest ! FIDELIS. OU have taken back the promise That you spoke so long ago ; Taken back the heart you gave me I must even let it go. Where Love once has breathed, Pride dieth : So I struggled, but in vain, First to keep the links together, Then to piece the broken chain. But it might not be — so freely All your friendship I restore, And the heart that I had taken As my own for evermore.",
"129 s FIDELIS. No shade of reproach shall touch you, Dread no more a claim from me — But I will not have you fancy That I count myself as free. I am bound by the old promise ; What can break that golden chain 1 Not even the words that you have spoken, Or the sharpness of my pain : Do you think, because you fail me And draw back your hand to-day, That from out the heart I gave you My strong love can fade away ? It will live. No eyes may see it; In my soul it will lie deep, Hidden from all ; but I shall feel it Often stirring in its sleep. So remember, that the friendship Which you now think poor and vain, Will endure in hope and patience, Till you ask for it again. Perhaps in some long twilight hour, Like those we have known of old, When past shadows gather round you, And your present friends grow cold, You may stretch your hands out towards me,- Ah ! you will — I know not when — I shall nurse my love and keep it Faithfully, for you, till then.",
"180 TRUE OR FALSE. you think you love me, do you? Well, it may be so ; But there are many ways of loving I have learnt to know. Many ways, and but one true way, Which is very rare ; And the counterfeits look brightest, Though they will not wear. Yet they ring, almost, quite truly, Last (with care) for long ; But in time must break, may shiver At a touch of wrong : Having seen what looked most real Crumble into dust ; Now I chose that test and trial Should precede my trust. I have seen a love demanding Time and hope and tears, Chaining all the past, exacting Bonds from future years ; Mind and heart, and joy and sorrow, Claiming as its fee : That was Love of Self, and never, Never Love of me !"
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000684609 | Memoria presentada al Honorable Congreso constitucional de Chihuahua por el Secretario del Despacho de Gobierno sobre el estado de la administracion pública ... Año de 1827 [With tables.] | [
"8 la ley de 29 de Octubre de 1826. se ampliará mas, pues al inJ tentó se han destinado cantidades, de que resultará que aumentando la capacidad del local, puedan prestar seguridad y comodidad á Jos reos, quienes yá que han tenido la desgracia de dilinquir, no esperimenten que al enorme peso de sus delitos se agreguen las aflicciones é incomodidades prívatibas del tribunal Inquisitorial: la obra de la nueva cárcel ha comenzadose yá por aquello mas indispensable, y bastante se Heba abanzado, dejándose lo de menor necesidad como los altos &c. para continuarlo con mas tiempo j menos gravamen del Estado. HOSPICIO. Si esta clase de establecimientos se llebara al grado de perv lección que Mr. Jereuiias Benlham pretende, y á los que llama Panópticos, producirían bienes que es absolutamente imposible enumerar, y que se palearían en el caso de su erección, y cuan do la esperiencia adquirida en muy breves años, nos confirmara las ventajas que ahora vaticinarnos en la teoria: facilidad de aprehend-r un oficio que ponga á los reos fuera de los reveses de la fortuna, horror al vicio; lo que se adquiere con la practica de la moral: castigo de los delitos: educación; y posibilidad para que un hombre solo pueda cuidar del trabajo de mas de quinien tos; he aquí las •. entajas de un Panóptico demostradas matemáti camente por el mismo Bentham, y ski que podamos decir que son castillos aéreos. En el dia no podría plantearse uno bajo todas las reglas del arte, pues era necesario gastar considerables sumas que no tenemos, al mismo tiempo que no hay directores para los di versos ramos mecánicos que es la piedra fundamental del Pa nóptico. Aunque en el dia tales establecimientos proporcionen al reo ocupación, y se evite la ociosidad, en moral naoa se adelanta, y no sin violencia se puede decir de ellas con Bentham, \"que las han sido hasta ahora una morada infecta, y horrible ,,escuela de todos los delitos, y acinamiento de todas las miserias, „que no se pueden visitar sin temblar cuando debían ser una man sión en que se priva á ciertos individuos de la libertad de que „han obusado, con el fin de prevenir nuevos delitos y contener „á los otros con el terror del ejemplo; y es ademas una casa de .corrección en que se debe tratar de reformar las costumbres de „las personas reclusas, para que Cuando vuelvan á la libertad no „sea esto una desgracia para la sociedad, ni para ellos mismos: „lós mayores rigores de las cárceles, los grillos, los calabozos soio „se emplean para asegurar á los presos;- y la reforma de ellos ha „sido generalmente descuidada, ó sea por una indiferencia barbara, „ó sea porque se ha desesperado de conseguirla. \" La pintura de Bentham, es bastante esacta y principalmente en nuestras cárce les que formadas bajo el sistema de un gobierno tirano, no era mas de una reunión de criminales á quienes lejos de corregir en las costumbres se ponían en aptitud de arbitrar medios para con-",
"i3 hombre alimento ayuda y comodidad: las noticias que se han re» c'bido son bien diminutas, y los Partidos de BatopilaS y Aldama no han mandado las que repetidamente se les han pedido: en las otras que han venido Se comunica ecsisten en especies y numero las que comprende el estado numero i. ° y del ¿; ismo se dedu ce las semillas que se cosecharon en el año procsimo pasado; f aunque tanto respecto de la ecsistencia de ganados como de las semillas cosechadas debe seguramente ser mucho mayor el nu mero de lo que demuestra dicho estado, por no aventurar el aci erto se há callado la regulación de lo «j>¡e corresponde á los lu gares cjue no han remitido noticias, no obstante los repetidos re clamas del Gobierno á los Presidentes á quienes se tiene la de bida consideración por los motivos de que ya se ha hecho refe«t rencia en otro lugar de esta memoria. MINERÍA. La minería si tubíera un activo impulso, es el ramo que ha«¡ ría progresar al Estado de Chh lahua asombrosamente. Puede ase gurarse sin hipérbole ¡¡ue el Estado entero con muy corta ecep cion es uní vela, y que pisamos sobre plata; pero como los ma teriales é ingredientes necesarios d? azogue, fierro, acero, &c. son infinitamente caros no se pueden trabajar aquellas minas que ten gan una corta h-y, y es preciso abandonar minerales con metal limpio muy abundente, y que se han trabajado por mas de ci ento y cincuenta años con bastante utilidad como se vé en Cosi huiriachi. Este mineral es muy rico; pero comprándose el azogue al eesorbitante precio de doscientos pes >s quintal, libra de pólvo ra seis reales, y p >r este tenor los demás efectos es imposible progrese la mineria. Para cubrir esta falta el Gobierno arbitra un medio que al mismo tiempo de dar un impulso á este espirante ramo debe pro ducirle dobles ventajas, y es el de (pie de los fondos del Estado se «leslinen treinta ó cuarenta mil pesos para la compra de Azo gue en el punto donde lo haya cow mas comodidad; y que ingre sando á la administración general se dé á los negociante^ de mi nas al fiado bajo las cauciones y seguridades que se hacia en el antiguo sistema, con el premio del ocho por ciento sobre su to tal co>lo; ó segun mejor s* arordare: un premio equivalente pue de imponerse al que se vemta. cituando azogues en los principa les minerales, consultando su mavor ó menor consumo, con cuyo arbitrio será mucho mas activo el espendio de este articulo. Las utilidades que produciría medida tan acertada, no necesitan de demostración; siendo algunas de ellas lo mucho que engrosaría el tesoro público, el aumento de población, el fomento de las artes y ciencias, el lustre de las Ciudades la diminución de olga/anes, el fomento de la agricultura y comercio, y sobre todo la aptitud en que se pondría el Estado de contribuir en mucha parte ñ la a nnrtlfcarion de la denla que pesadamente oravita Sobre la Re- pública. Teniéndose cuidado en reponer activamente el fondo del",
"t£. azogue conforme se espeodiera á fin ds que no uceara á fadar, -«\"I Estado habría encontrado la fabulosa piedra filosofal: » rifo. .ees se trabajarían mas de tres mil vetas abandonadas ahora por la ca- restía del azogue, y con la aligeracion de esta carga, ó llámese allanamiento de los embarazos, el Estado vería infinitos descubri- mientos que ahora no se hacen porque no se puede llebar ¿i-* cabo un proyecto mineralógico. Habiendo dicho que el Estado entero casi es una veta, no .«• pueden enumerar estas, pues solo el mineral de Jesús María ruenía mas de tres mil. El importante mine? al de Batopiias tan fecundo en producir plata virgen, no ha mandado noticia de sus minas: por avisos particulares sabemos que en aquel mineral sus metales se benefician por fuego, y que sus riquezas las produce en bodoques de plata con una tercera parte de gui, a, teniéndose que arrear bor rascas en prosecución de estos depósitos; mas no son minas en su generalidad muy abundantes de metal romo las que se trabajan con azogues. Por la citada falta de noticias no se puede decir el numero de las que se trabajan actualmente. Hay muchas aban donadas; pero las de mas nombre son Uriqui y Pastrana undida ia «na y la otra con agua; pero minas muy ricas y de que han sa lido muchos millones. Por las relaciones estadísticas, aunque diminutas, se sabe que actualmente se trabajan noventa min.i.% siendo los principáis* minerales los de Jesús María y Morís, cuyos metales supe riores llamados chuque producen de cinco á nueve marcos por arroba: once a trece de segunda por carga, y cinco á seis il cíe tercera; plata toda con ley de oro. En los mismos minerales, ec si.sten las minas llamadas Providencia, el Rayo, el Potrero, Ralva neda, Alta-gracia, el Carmen, en el Pilar, San Francisco, S*nta Eulalia, y el Rincón: sus leyes pueden graduarse por un calculo prudente, á diez marcos por carga metal de primera y cuatro por segunda. La mina llamada Sania Eduvigeu produce una onza de <i O de ifi quilates por caiga, habiendo estado en fruto hace mucho* años. Minerales de cobre los hay también en el Estado: la mina llamada Santa Rita, es en su linea de las mejores que tiene el Estado, y aunque en el dia se encuentra en bona ca, no obsta. ¡te «sto se trabaja. En la Sícrrita de los Reyes jurisdlcion de la Villa de Xime nes hay siete minas de dicho metal y magistral ambos de muy bii^na calidad ron leves considerables y de muy dócil beneficio; pero no se trabajan por falta de empresarios. En un arroyo que Laja de esta Sierra Se han recogido porción de granos de oro, f al norte de la Ciudad se encuentra un criadero de sierro virgen. La Villa de Guadalupe del Paso del Norte, á mas de que su temperamento es saludable: que un caudaloso rio baña y hace mas fecundos sus feraces terrenos; r une la agricultuaa se singulariza plant o y cultivo ile quantiosos viñedos, y otra diversidad de eeselentes frutas que en unión del afable y obsequioso ca aclT íie «us moradores, le constituyen en un paraíso delicioso y ameno:"
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000814136 | Sidney Cooper's Comic Pantomime, Dick Whittington and his Cat. Christmas, 1886-7 | [
"Sidney Cooper's Comic Pantomime, DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS GAT. CHRISTMAS, 1886-7. BY T. CRAVEN, Esq. G. J. PARRIS, STEAM PRINTING WORKS, GREEK STREET, LONDON.",
"18 Fitz. Cook. Fitz. What was that noise ? (Cook falls) Oh ! dear, I broke my bustle. Dick Whittington/you rascal, you have sold me, I took you in, I knew that before you told me. But you shall find it not good for your health, P'raps you see bright visions of my daughter's wealth, Dick. Fitz. Spank. Fitz. Spank. Jack. Alice. Spank. Fitz. Dick. Alice. Jack. Cook. Spank. Cook. Spank. Dick. Alice. Dick. Enter Captain Spankerboom. What oh ! ahoy ! yer lubbers there avast ! We've caught young Whittington at last. I've got my mate here, of bread we'll dock him, And in the darkened hatchway lock him. Then you'll wait a long time till for food he begs, When in the hatchway he'll be right for eggs. Such cruelty will meet it's just reward, I'll give him beans when on my ship aboard. Beans, say you ? I grieve to hear you state so. It's cheaper far to give him a potato. You may entrap me and my future blight, You'll find I won't give way without a fight. No matter where our feet may chance to roam, You'll find invariably that Britons strike home ! Well done, dear Dick ; no matter what they do, You'll find your Alice always true to you. I should have been a sailor. Yes, you look it ! Tartlet, you're the girl I want along o' me. Can't my fascinations, dear, allure you ? Take that ! (strikes Spank.) Oh, lor ! I think I'd better tack. The skipper objects most strongly to a smack. Alice, farewell ! When I am far away You'll think of me ? I will, dear ! Hurrah ! Concerted Piece and Dance. SCENE IV.— Ye Starboard Side of ye grande olde Shippe \"Alice.\" Opening Song. Spankerboom and Chorus. Auto. My plan works well. Ha, ha ! success I've struck ! Dick shall shall be Harris-eel in his \" Run of Luck.\" I'll thwart the Fairy Enterprise, but bear no malice 'Gainst Fitzwarren's lovely daughter, Alice.",
"26 > Fitz. Spank. Jack. Emp. Fitz. Emp. Run. Dick. Run. Prin. Emp Dick. Fitz. Emp. Jack. Emp. Fitz. Emp. Dick. Run. Emp. Alice. I vow it shall be greatly to his gain. But if he errs— as I'm a king — why dash'him By my father's bunion I will smash him. I'm hard to thwart, as you will quickly see, It takes a clever cove to diddle me. I trust you will not think that I intrude, Have you some beer in the house ? Home brew'd. Ah ! once again I hear the sound of beer, If there's any about remember I am here. Had I waited to be asked I should have badly fared. I'm happy tho' to say I came prepared (drinks). Give us a drop old boy. No ! not a drain. Its medicine to ease an inward pain. No more delay to kill these rats begin, But first you'd better order dinner in. The rats to dinner always are the first, If puss don't kill 'em all then do your worst. (Fight — Rats and Oats. Rats all killed.) Dance — Gavotte \" Royalty.\" Well ! to be sure, now what do you think of that ? It's worth its weight in gold that Tabby Cat. To kill the blessed lot, it couldn't fail, I say young fellow is your cat for sale ? My cat for sale ! sir, are you aware this is a cat ? It's not a Scotch hare ; I won't sell puss, that's clear, For next to you, my dear, our cat's most dear. I'll give you your own price, a mint o' money, Come, what's your answer ? — Speak up ! Take it sonny ; And to make sure by him you are not sold, Make the old rascal pay you all in gold. It's not my nature, gentlemen, to cheat, He ain't bad looking just about the feet. What are you ? a patent or a new invention ? Or a badly executed good intention ? An unfinished face, Dear me, is that a faot ? Looks as if it had been run up cheap on contract. I say leave your cat here as a loan, 1 couldn't leave my cat quite here alone. I couldn't think of leaving puss, That's funny, JYou've done^a heap of good, But where's the money ? (to Alice) Emp."
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001283481 | The Milwaukee Guide, containing a general description of the city of Milwaukee ... a map, etc | [
"Milwaukee Guide. 15 nunciation, and certainly there was once a life that might have been called a failure because it ended upon a cross on Calvary. It all depends on how you look at it. From the day when James McAllister first brought Mil waukee as an educational center into public notice among* the cities of the world, in so far as the public feeling* among her Ninth District Public School. citizens, her parents and taxpayers there has been no holding back, and the welfare of the thousands of her future citizens, from the standard of education and intelligence, has been ably cared for. Today Milwaukee, so far as school houses are con cerned, takes its position among the most important cities of the country. Its school system has assumed superb proportions. It",
"Milwaukee Guide. 104 FURNITURE DEALERS.— Continued. Cagwin & YOSS, 594-596 National avenue. Eggert E. & Sons, 740 Winnebago Engelbert R. H., 353 Reed Fleck R., 851 Kinnikinnic avenue Hotz & Mohaupt, 486 National avenue Kaestner A., 1712 Fond du Lac avenue Kraatz & Hograve, 782 Third Margerfleisch Bros., 472 Milwaukee Otto E. F., 691 Twelfth Prasser George I. & Sons, 465 National avenue Weiss H., 391 ; 2 Third Galvanized Iron Works Hammann Wm., 752 Fourth Schaetzke & Frank, 2327 Fond du Lac avenue White James J., 501 Broadway Gas Engines Lauson C. P. & I., 130-132 Sycamore Glove Manufacturers Standard Glove Manufacturing Co., The, 248-252 West Water Granite Sidewalks Northwestern Tile Co., 33 Builders' Exchange Grabredner Protzmann John, 584 Sixteenth Grocers— Retail Adams Dewitt C, 201 Third corner Wells Ames John, 1629 Cherry. Baersch Paul, 1400 Second Balcom E. B. & Co., 2529 State Barkow William T., 873 Kinnikinnic avenue Barsch Aug., 1163 Fifth Bartelt Fred, 702 Center Becker, John G., 1824 Fond du Lac avenue Behm Bros., 2401 Vliet",
"MEMORANDUM."
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003510454 | A Story-Teller's Pack ... Illustrated, etc | [
"260 AS ONE WOMAN TO ANOTHER that he should let me go to the post-office alone, but his mind must have been greatly upset, and, besides, I don't believe he thought there was any need of my going. As soon as I could I went into the garden to see tf you were stiU there, and then I put on my hat and went out. If he saw me he might think I was going to the post-office, although the mail does not come in until six o'clock. And now,\" her eyes filling with tears as she spoke, \" I cannot go back. I would not dare to go back to the house without the letter. I think he is entirety crazy. I have not a thing with me,\" she went on to say, \" except my gloves and my hat. I can go to stay with some of the village people, but they are so near my uncle's house.\" I took one of her hands in both of mine. \" My dear young lady,\" I said, \" you go to none of them. They would drive you crazy with their questions. They could not help you in the least. I will take you to a place of safety.\" \" How ? \" asked she. I could not instantly formulate my inten tions, for the situation had been very sud denly thrust upon me. It was a strange one,",
"324 STEPHEN SKARRIDGE'S CHRISTMAS the mackerel of the TyrreU family. He opened it, laid it flat upon the table before him, and divided it by imaginary lines into six parts. \" Here,\" said he to himself, \" are breakfasts for six days — I would it were a week. I like to have things square and even. Had that man bought the ten-cent fish that I saw of fered him, there would have been seven por tions. Well, perhaps I can make it do, even now — let me see ! A little off here — and the same off this — so \" At this moment something very strange oc curred. The mackerel, which had been lying, split open, upon its back, now closed itself, gave two or three long-drawn gasps, and then heaving a sigh of relief, it flapped its tail, rolled its eyes a little, and deliberately wrig gling itself over to a ptfe of ledgers, sat up on its tail, and looked at Skarridge. This as tounded individual pushed back his chair and gazed with aU his eyes at the strange fish. But he was more astounded yet, when the fish spoke to him. \" Would you mind,\" said the mackerel, making a very wry face, \" get ting me a glass of water? I feel all of a parch inside.\"",
"330 STEPHEN SKARRIDGE'S CHRISTMAS had balanced the same head so long upon his little legs that he had no manner of difficulty in balancing a few ledgers. The fairy, too, ran up and down the columns as if she wero dancing a measure in which the only move ments were \" Forward one ! \" and \" Backward one ! \" and she got over her business nearly as fast as the dwarf. As for the mackerel, he could not add up, but the fairy told him what figures she had to carry to the next column, and he remembered them for her, and thus helped her a great deal. In less than half an horn- the giant turned over the last page of the last book, and the dwarf put down on a large sheet of foolscap the sum total of Ste phen Skarridge's wealth. The fairy read out the sum, and the woeful listener at the door was forced to admit to himself that they had got it exactly right. \" Now, then,\" said the giant, \" here is the rent list. Let us make out the schedule.\" In twenty minutes the giant, the dwarf, and the fairy — the last reading out the names of Stephen's various tenants, the giant stating what amounts he deemed the due of each one, and the dwarf putting down the sums opposite their names* — had made out the"
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001678898 | Shadows of Life [Tales.] | [
"SHADOWS OF LIFE 6 the house, and was reached by a short staircase, so steep as to be almost a ladder. From the top of this ladder, which was of bare deal, uncarpeted, you stepped directly into the boxroom itself, on one side of which was a dark recess holding a large cistern for water. To-night, as I came to the foot of the stairs, I could hear the water gurgling through the pipes into the great tank, and caught an intermittent sound of rain upon the window in the sloping roof. A light shone from the top of the staircase ; evidently somebody was there before me, and I blew out my candle ere climbing the ladder. It was late, the house was very still, and I wondered who had thus invaded my terri tory, for, as my bedroom was small, I kept many things stored away in my big travelling trunks, and I often came up here to fetch what, at the moment, I required. When my eyes were level with the floor of the boxroom I stopped suddenly, and I under stood. The room had been turned into a bedchamber. Trunks and portmanteaux were piled along one side of the wall, and a small — very small — truckle bed stead stood underneath the skylight. One chair and a broken-down chest of drawers completed the furniture. A small square of looking-glass, cracked across one corner, hung upon the wall. Martha herself knelt beside the bed, her face hidden in the pillow. Her loosened hair — crisp, and bright chest nut in colour — streamed over her coarse white",
"SHADOWS OF LIFE 74 tion, and, of a sudden, her mind awoke, expanding to receive the impression of impending disturbance. There was no particular reason for this impression, only a certainty of misfortune which she felt advanc ing towards her in the coming hours. She rose and crossed the hall into the dining-room. She had waited for him until half past eight, and then had dined alone, after which the table was re-laid in readiness for his return. That morning, when he left the house, he had kissed her with almost his old tenderness, and she wanted to express her gratitude for that kiss. She wandered round the table, rearranging the silver with solicitous fingers. It was still just possible that he had not dined in town ; his wife hoped not. He would be sure to catch the 10.15 down train — never since their marriage had he been later — his supper should be a cosy meal. There were oysters in the house, and she went into the kitchen to see that they were opened. The kitchen was warm and comfortable. She stood for a few minutes, her foot upon the fender, chatting to the servants ; they had been with her since her marriage, and they loved and cared for her. \" Your master won't be home till past eleven,\" she said ; \" when you have laid the supper you can go to bed. I will wait upon him myself.\" She turned to leave the kitchen, but lingered for a moment in the",
"A DESERT STORY 197 He crawled close to her — closer still — unheeding the horror in her eyes, and, with a last effort, dropped his head upon her breast. \" I took it to save you,\" he sobbed hoarsely ; and the merciful darkness settled down again."
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003620498 | Eleven Years in Central South Africa ... With portrait, map, and ... illustrations | [
"248 LANDED PROPERTY. ever, from the neighbourhood and neglect his field, anyone else may settle down at the abandoned kraal and cultivate it. But should the first owner, or the one who first reduced it into a cultivated state, and who built the kraal, return at any future time, he can claim them, and the present occupier must, as soon as prac ticable, deliver them up to him. In this way a parcel of land may be inherited by the same family from father to son for any length of time. The king, how ever, being the owner of the whole country, and also of the people, can dispossess a farmer of his farm, or a man of his corn-field, aud can make a present of it to whomsoever he wishes, and when he likes ; nor can anyone venture to remonstrate. Indeed, izinduna are seen occasionally making use of the same arbitrary power to deprive poor people of fertile fields, in order to occupy them themselves. The Amandebele king owns every acre of land within the boundary lines of his country, whether it be cultivated or not, as we have had abundant evidence in his intercourse with and conduct towards elephant hunters and gold seekers, during the last few years. Capital crimes are not so frequent in the Aman debele land as might be expected among a barbarous and warlike race. When a murder is committed, the offence being against the property of the king, is punishable by him alone. What the punishment may be, therefore, depends upon his wish in the case, and hence the murderer may either be left unpunished, fined, or executed, just as he may think proper. In such cases the king is influenced by circumstances.",
"HUNTERS AND TRADERS. 393 full permission of the owner of the land to hunt where he liked, was very prone to conclude that this black man was interfering unnecessarily and without suffi cient warrant, and often, in consequence, treated him with much unkindness; while, on the other hand, to have allowed the hunter to have his own way would have certainly endangered the guide's head at the king's quarters. It is in this way the many difficulties and disagree ments, so often witnessed between foreigners and the Amandebele chiefs and soldiers, arise. They really do not understand each other. The strangers having ob tained the king's permission to trade, hunt, or explore, think it wrong in any one of the subjects to interfere with them ; while their leaders acting, as they do, under instructions from his majesty, are really his represent atives, and are not only empowered to behave as they do, but are in danger of being punished with death if they do not. Indeed it sometimes happens that the hunter or trader, on account of this misunderstanding, has persisted in disregarding the instructions of his leader, gone beyond the line — hunted in a forbidden field, traded with the vassals — and been the cause of the execution of the innocent and upright man who guided him. The permission to hunt in a certain district was granted upon the present of a gun, or some other ac ceptable article, being made to the king, and once ob tained, it was continued upon the same terms, from season to season, to the same man ; and the duty of guardianship also devolved upon the same officer from",
"399 GOLD FIELDS. work the reefs, and is now about to commence opera tions at a spot about one-hundred-and-fifty miles south-west of the Tete, on the Zambesi. Mr. Baines having kindly put all his journals at my service, I have inserted parts of them, which will serve to show the reader what the prospects in the north-east are. Extracts from reports of Mr. T. Baines, F. R. G. S., Superintendent at the Mines : — \" To set your mind at rest on the main point, I may as well tell you at once, our possession of the gold fields is an accom plished fact, for all practical purposes that the Company can re quire. He (the king) gives me the Northern Gold Fields for the purpose of mining for gold, with all privUeges of road and water, and leave to erect machinery or houses that I find necessary. I have for a whole season exercised all these privdeges so far as my skill allowed. I have the pleasure of forwarding to you an application on the part of our friend, Mr. Hartley, for 700 shares in our Company. I think you wdl be gratified with this proof of Mr. Hartley's confidence in the richness of the gold fields. \" I must conclude by impressing on you that our possession of not only the little claim at Hartley Hill, but of other reefs as extensive as the Company can desire, is an accomplished fact. The extensive district I have named in the former letter, which accompanies this, is granted to me with liberty to do everything necessary for working for gold. But this is a general right ; and I therefore want the Company now to act with, energy to keep itself in the high position it now holds, and to send Mr. Nelson fully equipped to follow up the exploration I have been making, to decide which of the reefs and workings I have found are to be converted into actual claims for the company, and to begin those operations which are to remunerate it for its previous outlay. I have made several journeys on foot, finding extensive reefs and old workings, mostly three or four feet deep, and never exceeding fifteen or twenty — mere surface scratchings, not affecting the yield of gold. When I obtained horses, I rode with Mr. Hartley, and saw more reefs and workings. Of course,"
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001493749 | Memoir and Remains [Edited by J. B. Paul and W. R. Macdonald.] | [
"26 JOHN MILLER GRAY ' What a long, odd scribble this is ! Some tricksy sprite must have been perched on my quill all the while. Well, I hope you will excuse him — not me, the grave curator, whom you know, and that his cantrips may at least make you smile.' In all his letters he only twice complains of 'want of money and leisure ' — once when a visit to Italy had to be given up, and later on, when 'a trip to Spain was knocked on the head, chiefly from a want of funds.' The visit to Italy was only deferred, for that dream of his life was to be realised in the spring of 1887. In the previous winter he made an attempt to learn Italian, but speaks thus dis paragingly of his linguistic talent : — ' 23rd November 1886. ' A young lady friend offers to coach me up in it (the language) before starting, and en courages me by reporting that last year in three weeks she poured enough Italian into another friend — rather a dull friend, she remarks, with an obvious bearing on the present case — to enable him to get on capitally all over Italy with the natives. Wonderful, is it not, but I am still most",
"80 JOHN MILLER GRAY Our friendship with him was formed as we wandered about Edinburgh, and was carried further by several visits to his rooms at 25 York Place, where The Germ was put in our hands, The Defence of Guinevere praised with zeal, Browning read aloud, and all questions that had to do with the literature of the middle of the century, and the art springing from Pre-raphaelitism discussed merrily, and always with a bias on his part toward appreci ation. He was pre-eminently an enjoyer, who persuaded his friends to share his glee by the infection of his own excitement. He gave them a relish for his choice, whether it were theirs or not. ' I should like you to enjoy the same joy as myself,' he once confessed. Although too finely strung to be secure against sadness, and much too frail in health not to be physically despondent, when he was speaking of books, of pictures and portraits he was jocund ; his eyes would dance, a boyish chuckle would often be the spontaneous ex pression of his triumph at having bought a treasure, or of his mere abounding admiration for a good verse in a poem, for character or quaintness in a design. His room was like encountering his person-",
"146 JOHN MILLER GRAY volume, and, indeed, all true poetry ; for each true poem is a kind of ' sweet surprise,' seems quite impossible till we have seen it, quite natural and inevitable when we have seen it, is like that flower which they say grew in the holy Campo Santo earth of Pisa — ' in that place there came up a wondrous flower, the like whereof had never been seen on this earth before.' In the poem which we shall quote a lover asks whereunto shall he liken his lady1? To the fair, frail loveliness of vegetable existence ? No ; but to the fiery faithfulness and enduring steadfastness of a precious stone. i. ' Flower — I never fancied, jewel — I profess you ! Bright I see and soft I feel the outside of a flower. Save but glow inside and — jewel I should guess you Dim to sight and rough to touch, the glory is the dower. n. You, forsooth, a flower ? Nay, my love, a jewel — Jewel, at no mercy of a moment in your prime ! Time may fray the flower-face : kind be time or cruel, Jewel, from each facet flash your laugh at time.' Let any one read this poem aloud, and he will never after doubt whether Mr. Browning can, or cannot, write melodious verse."
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002476636 | Album von Papúa Typen, Neu Guinea und Bismarck Archipel. Etwa 600 Abbildungen auf 54 Tafeln in Lichtdruck. Herausgegeben von A. B. Meyer und R. Parkinson | [
"00 1-4 Ahnenfest in Neu Pommern {Neu Britannien) utnqiy - vndVfj .'uosut.'/.itij -g -v Jtafojsj g -y",
"CD Mann von Buka, Salomo Inseln vtnqiY - imdrifp : uosui^xv^ -g 71 juaftej^ \"g y",
"Segelboot von Guap, Nord Neu Guinea mnqiy- mjdiifj :uosutqMg g 'n xafijj\\[ g -y"
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003344606 | La Dernière République, ou Paris et le Département de Saône-et-Loire pendant la Révolution de 1848 | [
"176 momentané qu'elles pouvaient exercer sur une assemblée, et, aujourd'hui même que ces brillants pronostics ont été si complètement démentis, aujourd'hui qu'armé du froid scalpel du narrateur nous fouillons dans les replis pom peux de ce langage de l'époque pour en démontrer l'ina nité, nous nous sentons involontairement ému el qui sait? peut-être, enivré comme tant d'autres par l'aròme de cette éloquence à pleins bords, nous eussions sur l'heure applaudi nous-mêine de très-bonne foi jusqu'au lendemain l'exhibition de ces idées fantastiques. Platon avait peut-ètre raison d'écarter les poètes de sa république. Après ce brillant panégyrique, il ne restait plus qu'à fermer la lice et à voter des remerciements au gouverne ment provisoire. Le citoyen Dornès, voulant mettre à profit l'impression favorable sous laquelle se trouvait l'Assemblée, se hâta de proposer que, par un vote d'acclamation, il fût reconnu que le gouvernement provisoire avait bien mérité de la patrie. II alla plus loin et voulut développer à l'instant même une seconde proposition pour désigner, par une acclama tion analogue, cinq membres indiqués par lui et qui forme raient le pouvoir exécutif. Celte proposition inattendue souleva de vives réclama tions, même parmi les membres que le citoyen Dornès voulait maintenir au pouvoir et qui se trouvaient compro mis par une motion aussi excentrique. Cette seconde motion pouvait peut-être compromettre ou amoindrir du moins le sort de la première, lorsqu'un auxiliaire inattendu vint en aide à celle-ci. Ce fut le ci-",
"490 représente l'Assemblée : la division , Tineertitude , le cahos et la guerre intestine le lendemain de son triomphe, le tout au profit de la montagne qui espère bien tirer parti des circonstances et dominer dans Tinterrègne. » C'est donc vers le Président que la nation doit se porter, vers le Président qui a fait ses preuves contre le désordre et qui ne cédera devant aucun des partis extrê mes si la nation lui conserve son appui. •> Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, président acclamé de la république française, doit grouper autour de lui le noyau compact des hommes véritablement amis de Tordre et qui préfèrent le salut de la France à leur satisfaction person nelle. » N'hésitez donc pas, croyez-moi, et ralliez-vous net tement au Président. » Jules Seurre. » Ce langage énergique au milieu de Tineertitude parut téméraire à quelques bons citoyens qui nous adressèrent des reproches affectueux ; ils étaient encore, eux, pour la prudence et la temporisation, nous étions arrivés, nous, à reconnaître Timpérieuse nécessité d'une solution décisive. C'était chez nos amis une manière différente de voir et de rechercher le bien public; le deux décembre tranchait la discussion au moment mème où nous rengagions avec eux. D'autres s'imaginèrent alors que nous étions par quel ques relations particulières dans le secret du coup d'État, par ce que nous avions semblé le prévoir et Tappuyer d'avance la veille du jour où il eut lieu. Nous n'avions pas Thonneur ni la prétention d'une pareille confidence ; nous avions seulement Tinstinct du",
"535 Ainsi se justifia la dépêche que nous transmettions au Ministre de l'intérieur au début de cette échauffourée : Charolles, 6 décembre 1851, 11 heures du matin. « Le tocsin sonne dans la campagne du côté de Mar » tigny-le-Comte. Les insurgés marchent sur nous; on » entend le bruit de leurs tambours. Je redoutais un » mouvement analogue qui serait venu nous prendre à » revers du côté de Marcigny, mais je suis maintenant » tranquille sur ce point J'ai pris sur moi de prescrire » à une compagnie d'artilleurs, de passage à Marcigny, » d'y séjourner, sous les ordres de M. Lamy, juge de » paix, pour y contenir la révolte ; j'ai révoqué le maire » Beverchon et j'ai fait désarmer les habitants. Je suis » à THòtel-de-Ville de Charolles, entouré des autres auto- » rites et de 200 citoyens bien armés dont je n'ai qu'à -> modérer Télan. J'ai 27 gendarmes à ma disposition ; » j'envoie au-devant des insurgés un détachement, sous » les ordres du lieutenant de gendarmerie Terrel ; j'ai » des réserves pour Tappuyer au besoin. Soyez sans » inquiétude, dans une heure tout sera fini. » Le Sous-Préfet, » J. Seurre. » Toutes les autres tentatives, comprimées à temps sur les divers points de Tarrondissement, avortèrent dans leur germe et le mérite des mesures prises fut moins d'avoir réprimé que d'avoir prévenu et devancé Tinsur rection. (1) (1) Les autorités civiles de Charolles qui donnèrent un concours actif et dévoué dans la circonstance, étaient alors MM. Guichard, maire; Ducrot et Villard, adjoints; Mielle, président du tribunal; Fondet, procureur de la république, et Roidot, substitut."
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000650806 | Three Years with Lobengula, and experiences in South Africa | [
"Experiences in South Africa. 59 complete it in six weeks, by doing on an average five miles a day of line. The country to be passed through had, of course, already been marked out, and the various Boers along the route were given contracts to supply and lay the poles at £i each. When we arrived at the first place selected for a camp, the tents were pitched and the waggons drawn up in a line. The native camp was apart from ours, about fourteen natives being told off to each tent, which was supplied with a large three-legged pot for cooking. They were then served out with mealie meal, for their supper. The other white men were given a tent between two ; I got one for myself, and soon engaged a savage to be my body servant for the trip. This being the first start everything was in confusion, and it took a con siderable time before matters were arranged satisfactorily and the camp put in order. After making some coffee and getting my kit together, I turned in. The ground was very wet from the heavy rains, but I had found two empty cases, which formed a capital bed and were very useful to put my things in. Next morning early I went out with the contractor, who showed me how to do the work. I did not find it very hard to learn, and only requiring a true eye, accu racy, and attention ; after a few days' instruction I could do it alone. The usual programme was to rise at daybreak and get breakfast ready ; ours consisted of fresh meat, bread, and coffee, while the niggers consumed enormous quan tities of mealie meal. We all turned out to work soon after sunrise, the native drivers and servants remaining behind to pack up and move on the camp some miles ahead, to wherever the next water might be. Work continued till one p.m., when an hour was allowed for lunch. After three p.m. we turned out again, and con tinued till sundown, then the day's work ended, and we returned to camp. I sometimes had very amusing scenes with some of the Dutch farmers, when the line passed through their",
"80 Three Years with Lobengula. of the bank was very steep, and the trees and brushwood had to be cut away to make a road before the waggon could be got up from the river level. It was pretty late in the day when everything was packed up, and pre parations made to go through the long stretch in front without water. Bread had to be made ; the wheels greased, and all the available water vessels silled, as we were not likely to make Canoa under two days. That evening we spent with Smith ; he had a hut on the cattle run close to the river. It was a comfortable place to live in, with always plenty of sport to be had ; the flies and scorpions were the only drawbacks. I never saw flies so thick anywhere : they got into the food and spoiled everything, and it was impossible to keep fresh meat over a day. Next morning we turned out at four a.m., to get a good start before the heat of the day. It was quite dark, and bitterly cold, when I woke up the boy to make the fire and get the coffee ready, while we were inspanning. This is not easy work in the dark ; young bullocks have a playful way of twisting their long horns about, and sometimes give you a hard knock if you are not on the look out, though they are seldom really vicious. Then, before leaving a camp, a general search has to be made to see that nothing is left behind, as the loss of a kettle or pot is often a serious inconvenience, and cannot easily be replaced. After drinking coffee we set out again, Wilson and I taking it in turn to drive, and it was really hard work to get through the heavy sand. The track was fairly ploughed up, through the heavy traffic ; the dust was blinding, covering every thing with a thick white cloud. The waggon moved noiselessly through the deep sand at a snail's pace, and only the panting of the labouring bullocks could be heard. We arrived at Moraling, a little muddy pool twelve miles from the river, before the sun was high, and remained there during the heat of the day. The water was not fit to drink, being muddy and thick from cattle standing in it : ours would hardly touch it. I filtered some, but it was green and bitter, though when it was",
"160 Three Years with Lobengula. kraals, we came to Mafeking the headquarters of the Bechuanaland Border Police. The camp was now very small, as most of the men had been removed to Macloutsie and other border stations, but I recognised several old faces. The last stage, to Vryburg, was accomplished within a week ; and the long journey of over a thousand miles by waggon, and which had lasted for three months, was at an end. Vryburg railway was in sight, and the raw natives who accompanied us were awe-stricken at the sight of the \" fire-waggons,\" as they called the locomotives, and asked how the white men cooked their food on the iron road. Starting by train next evening, and travelling through the night, we came to Kimberley the following morning ; and after the rough jolting of the waggons, the easy motion of the train was a great relief. An hour's delay gave us time to take a drive round and see the celebrated diamond mines. The vast size of the Kimberley mine was an imposing sight ; but we had not time to examine it closely or see De Beers, which is the most important one. Leaving Kimberley that morning, and travelling on all night, we arrived at Cape Town on the evening of the following day. The Dunottar Castle was due to sail in a few days, and brought us safely home. THE END. PRINTED BY CASSELL dr COMPANY, LIMITED, LA BELLE SAUVAGE, LUDCATE HILL, E.C."
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003055104 | Recollections of a Ramble during the summer of 1816. In a letter to a Friend | [
"59 It combined the boldnessof nature,and thesofter beauties of sylvan scenery, with the distant pros pect of towns and villages, which lay thick up the neighbouring vale, stretching through the counties of Monmouth, Gloucester and Here ford. But I will endeavour to convey to you some idea of this enchanting scene. The Wye, after we had left it at the boat, for a while pursued its course, between its stupendous banks, formed by the Coldwell Rocks, and the projecting crags of Symon's Yat. Then with a quick, though easy bend, it undertook a bold and distant sweep of four or five miles in circuit, forming a lofty penin sula, whose isthmus is scarce six hundred yards in breadth. The exterior bank of this 6weep, at first confined by the perpendicular range of the Coldwell Rocks, gradually ex pands, displaying, in its retiring undulations, the hamlets, towns, and cities of many coun ties. The eye thus elevated, overlooks the scarce inferior crags of the Coldwell Rocks, and discovers beyond the devious Wye, form ing a more enlarged peninsula. Following the sweep of the river, which for a short space is",
"61 ist, who does not calmly observe the beauty of its component parts, and the unspeakable symmetry, by which nature has connected the whole. I had to wait the arrival on this side of the boat, and seating myself therefore on the bank of this commanding ridge, I never enjoyed such a spectacle, or listened with such mixed feeling, as I did to the roaring of the waterfall, as the stream passed off, and was lost in the shaded foliage of the oak wood. Taking from my pocket a volume of an elegant author; the page opened with the following observation of St. Augustine, \"Men travel to climb high mountains, to observe the majesty of the ocean, to trace the sources of rivers, but they neglect themselves.\" This was a striking admonition, which struck me forcibly by its beauty and propriety. 1 left my seat, and slowly descending to the boat, which then appeared in sight, began to ruminate on its justice. The idea was too improving to be lost. By the zealous activity of some Cotta gers, the boat was drawn over the Weir, and having passed the lock, I again embarked on the river, which seemed almost lost beneath .the richly wooded banks, and for some dis-",
"121 note before the Naval Commissioner, and asking the usual courtesy shewn to strangers ; the expedient succeeded ; my request was po litely acceded to, with the addition of an atten dant to explain the various appropriations of each building and object of research. The very consideration that I was traversing a bed of granite hewn level by the chisel from the solid rock, impressed my mind most forci bly by the gigantic undertaking, but after walking over the full extent of this stupendous monument of art, I felt my attentiou more for cibly occupied by the view of the massy store houses, (built solely of iron and stone,) the grand naval apparatus, but especially the wet docks blown still deeper than the level of the tide, out of this, almost, impregnable mass ; every thing was magnificent, and so imposing was the view, that I still experience the then existing impressions at the moment, of feeling myself unequal to an adequate description of the whole. My next visit was through Stonehouse to Plymouth, by a road which passes through the entrenchments on Mount Wise, and that strongly"
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002931907 | Œuvres de Platon traduites par Victor Cousin | [
"8 CRATYLE. SOCRATE. Chaque chose aura-t-elle donc autant de noms que chacun lui en donnera, et seulement dans le temps qu'on les lui donnera ? HERMOGÈNE. En effet, Socrate, il n'y a pas pour moi d'autre propriété dans les noms, sinon que je puis appe ler une chose de tel nom que je lui donne à mon gré, et que tu rappelleras si tu veux de tel autre, que tu lui donneras de ton côté. Ainsi je ren contre , dans des villes différentes , différents noms pour désigner un seul et même objet , et cela chez les Grecs entre eux et entre les Grecs et les Barbares. SOCRATE. Voyons , Hermogène : penses-tu aussi que les êtres n'aient qu'une existence relative à l'indi vidu qui les considère, suivant la proposition de Protagoras *, que l'homme est la mesure de toutes choses ; de sorte que les objets ne soient pour toi et pour moi que ce qu'ils nous parais sent à chacun de nous individuellement ; ou bien te semble-t-il qu'ils aient en eux-mêmes une cer taine réalité fixe et permanente? HERMOGÈNE. Je l'avoue, Socrate, j'en suis venu autrefois, Voyez le Thêétète, t. II, p. G3.",
"134 CRATYLE. y aurait- il réellement ces deux choses, savoir Cratyle et Timage de Cratyle, si quelque di vinité avait représenté dans Timage non-seule ment la couleur et la forme du modèle , comme font les peintres, mais encore tout Tintérieur de ta personne, tel qu'il est, avec le même degré de mollesse et de chaleur, même mouvement, même âme, même raison; en un mot, si elle t'avait reproduit tout entier , et que , la copie achevée, elle Teût placée auprès de toi , y aurait il là Cratyle et Timage de Cratyle , ou bien deux Cratyles ? CRATYLE. II me semble, Socrate, que cela ferait deux Cratyles. SOCRATE, Tu vois donc, mon ami, que nous devons mo difier Tidée que nous nous étions faite de la pro priété d'une image; et ne pas vouloir à toute force que ce ne soit plus une image , dès qu'il y manque quelque chose ou qu'il s'y trouve quelque chose de trop. Ne sens-tu pas de com bien il s'en faut que les images renferment exac tement tout ce qui se rencontre dans leurs mo dèles ? CRATYLE, Si fait.",
"260 LE SOPHISTE. l'étranger. Nous leur dirons, à notre tour, que nous vou drions bien les voir déclarer plus nettement en core s'ils avouent que l'âme connaît et que l'être est connu. THÉÉTÈTE. Sans doute ils l'avoueront. l'étranger. Eh bien donc, connaître et être connu, est-ce, à votre avis, être actif, ou est-ce être passif, ou est-ce être actif et passif tout ensemble ? Ou bien encore, l'un est-il action, l'autre passion? Ou enfin ni l'un ni l'autre ne sont-ils ni action ni passion ? Évidemment ils diront que ce ne sont là ni des actions ni des passions; autrement ils diraient le contraire de ce qu'ils ont avancé tout à l'heure. THÉÉTÈTE. J'entends. l'étranger. C'est-à-dire que si connaître était une action , l'objet connu serait nécessairement dans un état de passion ; d'où il suivrait que l'être connu par la connaissance serait mû , en tant que connu , puisqu'il serait passif: or, c'est ce qui a été re connu impossible de l'être essentiellement en repos."
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001719875 | Handbuch des deutschen Strafrechts ... Herausgegeben von ... Fr. v. Holtzendorff. (Bd. 4. Ergänzungen zum deutschen Strafrecht.) | [
"Einleitung. 813 Im Gebiete des gemeinen deutschen Rechts konnte es zu einer Bestrafung des Schuldners überall dort kommen, wo derselbe sich einer Täuschung der Gläubiger schuldig gemacht hatte, zufolge der (freilich nicht korrekten) Auf fassung, welche die römisch-rechtlichen Grundsätze über Stellionat und lalzuni Seitens der Doktrin und Praxis gefunden hatten. Ein Bedürfniß zum Erlaß besonderer Gesetze machte sich dem gegenüber zunächst in Bezug auf flüchtige Banlerottirer geltend. Die Reichsgesetzgebung l) gedenkt hier nur der Kauf- und Gewcrbsleute. Die Partikulargesetzgebung ging über diese Grenze hin naus. Auch ging sie von einent allgemeineren Begriffe des strafbaren Banke rotts aus, welchem nicht bloß die verschiedenen hierhergehürigen Formen do losen, sondern auch Fälle eines bloß fahrlässigen bzw. „muthwilligen\" Gebah rens der Schuldner subsumirt wurden. Einen gewissen Abschluß findet diese Entwicklung in den umfassenden Bestimmungen des preußischen Landrechts über den (in 4 Arten unterschiedenen) Bankerutt. Dessen Selbständigkeit bleibt aber hier insofern eine beschränkte, als er sich der Rubrik des Betruges einverleibt findet. 2) Die Beantwortung der Frage, ob der schuldhafte Bankerott überhaupt, oder nur derjenige der Kaufleute eine strafrechtliche Ahndung fordere, einer Frage, welche schon im Bereiche der älteren deutschen Gesetzgebung (Al. l) eine verschiedene Beantwortung erfuhr, scheidet die neueren deutschen Strafgesetzgebungen in zwei Gruppen. Während die neuere Pr. Strfgbg nach dem Borgang des eocks zMal sich für die Beschränkung auf den V. der Kaufleute entschied, berücksichtigten die österreich., braunschw,, sächs., mürtemb,, bad., baiiische und hessische auch den B. der Nichtkaufleute. Es geschah das letztere freilich in verschiedenem Umfange, indem einige (Vaiern, Baden, Hessen) nur den böswilligen, andere auch den fahrlässigen Bankerott der Nichtkaufleute bedrohten. Auch besteht ein Unterschied darin, daß einige (Baiern, Baden, Würtemberg) den B. der Kauf leute von dem der Nichtkaufleute in Begriffsbestimmung und Benennung gänzlich auseinanderhalten , während andere nur in den Strafbesttmmungen oder in Bezug auf die Feststellung des Thatbestandes im einzelnen Falle die höhere Bedeutung des ersteren zum Ausdruck bringen. Das RStrfg. schließt sich dem preuß. Strfgb. an, indem es nur den B, der Kaufleute berücksichtigt. Es ist jedoch zu verneinen, daß dadurch die Bestrafung des B. der Nichtkaufleute nach Partikularrecht ausgeschlossen sei (s. unten) 2). l) R.P.O. von 1548, Tit. 22 und von 1577, Tit. 23, womit zu vergl, der nicht publ, Reichsschl. von 1670. 2) Belgien bedroht nur den B. der Kaufleute; das neue Züricher Strfgb. auch den der Nichtkaufleute, ohne die Fälle zu sondern. Letzteres gilt auch von dem öst. Entw. (1867), dem Brem. Entw., der Meklenburg-Schwerin'schen Veioidnung vom 12. Juli 59, dem Lübeck'schen und Hamburg'schen Strfgb. :c. 195",
"Gemeingefährliche Verbrechen und Vergehen. 906 nicht bloß schädlichen, sondern „ gefährlichen\" Stoffen in beliebten Handels waarcn selten führen. Bloße Gerüchte, bloße Meinungen von Aerzten, bloße Warnungen derselben begründen noch kein Wissen. Dazu gehört für einen Nichtsachkundigen irgend eine folche Erfahrung oder ein solches Urtheil, daß für den Verständigen kein Zweifel an der Gefährlichkeit bei dem ge meingewöhnlichen Gebrauch der Sache bleibt. Wer dann den Handel fort fetzt, handelt mit dem im Gesetz geforderten Vorsatz: mit dem Bewußtsein der Gefährdung Anderer'); er handelt zugleich mit bewußter Fahrlässigkeit im Hinblick auf die einzelnen Personen, denen er die Giftstoffe in die Hände spielt, unbekümmert um den möglichen Schaden an ihrer Gesundheit und den etwaigen Umfang, den derselbe je nach den Umständen gewinnen kann. Der in 8 326 geforderte Schaden ist verursacht, sobald ein, wenn auch leichter Erkrankungsfall eingetreten. 8 6. Steigerung bestehender Nothstände. RStrGB. 8 327. W« die Absperlungs- oder Aufsichts-Maßregeln od« Einfuhrv«- bote, welche von der zuständigen Behörde zur Verhütung des Einführens oder Verbreitens einer ansteckenden Krankheit angeordnet worden find, wissentlich ver- letzt, wird mit Gefängniß bis zu zwei Jahren bestraft. Ist in Folge dieser Verletzung ein Mensch von der ansteckenden Krankheit ergriffen worden, so tritt Gefängnißstrafe von drei Monaten bis zu drei Zahlen ein. 8 328. Wer die Abfperiungs» oder Aufsichts-Maßregeln oder Einfuhrverbote, welche von der zuständigen Behörde zur Verhütung des Einführens oder Verbreitens «on Viehseuchen angeordnet worden sind, wissentlich verletzt, wird mit Gefäng niß bis zu Einem Jahre bestraft. Ist in Folge dieser Verletzung Vieh von der Seuche ergriffen worden, so tritt Gesängnißstrafe von Einem Monat bis zu zwei Jahren ein. 8 329. Wer die mit ein« Behörde geschlossenen Lieferungsverträge über Nedürf- ') Bei „ordnnngs mätzigem Gebrauch\", betont Schwarze Commentar S. 656. Aehnlich die älteren Preuß. Entwürfe: Gebrauch der „Bestimmung gemäß.\" Schwarze rechnet deshalb das Anstreichen von Spielsachen mit Giftfarben nicht Hieher, wenngleich Kinder sie in den Mund nehmen können. Dies soll dem polizei lichen Verbot und der entsprechenden Ahndung überwiesen bleiben. Kinder sind aber nicht an einen ordnungsmäßigen Gebrauch zu binden. Wird die giftige Be schaffenheit den Eltern oder sonstigen Wärtern und Leitern verschwiegen, so liegt in den bekannten ungehöriaen Gewohnheiten der Kind« kein Befreiungsgrund von der Strafe des 8 324. Der Handel mit Giften kann landesgesetzlich an besondere Ge nehmigung geknüpft werden. Gewerbe-Ordg. v. 21. Juni 1869 8 14. V.GBl S. 354. In Preußen vielfache Verordnungen der Regierungen über die Berechtigung zum Handel mit Gift, Aufbewahrung, Verabfolgung von Giftwoaren-, Verwendung von schädlichen Farben zum Falben von Spielwaaren und Genußmitteln ; Verkehr mit Geheimmitteln u. dgl. 50",
"Mißbrauch der Amtsgewalt. 975 sich auch einerseits das Erforderniß, daß die Drohung eine ernstlich gemeinte und als solche von dem Bedrohten erkannte sei, deren Ausführung dem letztern nicht bloß möglich, sondern auch wahrscheinlich erscheint: und andrerseits die Schlußfolgerung, daß das In-Aussicht-Stellen einer Amtshandlung resp, eines Gebrauchs der Amtsgewalt, deren Resultat dem Betroffenen nicht zum Nach theil, sondern zum Vortheil gereichen würde, eine Androhung im Sinne des 8 339 nicht ist. - 2. Der Zweck der Handlung. Welche Handlung, Duldung oder Unterlassung erzwungen werden soll, ist im Allgemeinen gleichgültig, namentlich ist es nicht erforderlich, daß sie mit vermögensrechtlichen Nachtheilen für den Genöthigten verknüpft sei. Wesent lich ist es nur, daß der zu Nöthigende zu solchem Handeln weder gesetzlich noch moralisch verpflichtet war, daß der gegen ihn geübte Zwang also ein „widerrechtlicher« ist. Wenn daher der Beamte fich eines Mißbrauchs seiner Amtsgewalt oder der Androhung eines solchen schuldig macht, um eine Hand lung, Duldung oder Unterlassung zu erzwingen, zu welcher der seiner Zwangs anwendung Ausgesetzte gesetzlich verpflichtet war, so kann der Amtsmißbrauch zwar dem Disziplinarrechte verfallen sein, die Strafe des 8 339 aber trifft den Beamten nicht. Eine besondere, dem Preuß. Strfgb. fremde und durch den Reichstag erst dem R.Strfgb. einverleibte Vorschrift enthält der Absatz 3 des 8, deren Motive wohl mehr politischer als strafrechtlicher Natur find. Nenn nämlich die Absicht des Beamten auf Erzielung eines der Zwecke der in den 8§ 106, 107, 167 und 253 mit Strafe bedrohten Handlungen gerichtet ist, so soll die Handlung nicht als ein Mißbrauch der Amtsgewalt gestraft, sondern nach den Anordnungen jener 88 beurtheilt und geahndet werden. Alle diese Vergehun gen, die in den 88 W6, 167 und 253 mit einer schwereren Strafe bedroht werden, als der 8 339 bestimmt, erfordern zu ihrer Voraussetzung die An wendung von Gewalt oder Drohung und zwar in den Fällen der 88 IU6 und 107 mit der Verübung einer strafbaren Handlung, werden alfo bedingt durch das Vorhandensein einer physischen oder psychischen Gewalthandlung. Tritt an die Stelle des Subjekts ein Beamter, so wird der Thatbestand schon erfüllt, wenn von ihm statt jener Gemalthandlungen die Amtsgewalt zur Er reichung seiner Absicht gemißbraucht oder ein derartiger Mißbrauch angedroht wird. Seine Handlung ist in diesem Falle ein eigentliches Amtsdelikt, wäh- der dadurch dem Verletzten zugefügte oder in Aussicht gestellte Nachtheil so gering sei, daß « bei einem Nichtbeamten niemals als eine solche Gewalt oder Drohung angesehen werden könnte, durch welche ein verständiger Mensch sich in seinem Ver halten irgend beeinflußt fühlen würde. — Dies« Auffassung setzt Oppenhoff, Kom. Nr. 9. zu 8 339, mit Recht entgegen, daß in den hier maßgebenden 88 von einem Hindern oder Nöthigen die Rede fei, und daß daher folche Handlungen (wie z. B. das von v. Kirchmann hervorgehobene Versprechen von Vortheilen) ausscheiden müßten, welche nicht geeignet seien, solche Wirkungen hervorzurufen. 03"
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002747652 | La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay. Being a narrative of the exploration of the tributaries of the river La Plata and adjacent countries during the years 1853, '54, '55, and '56. ... With map and ... engravings | [
"THE RIVER PROVINCES. 104 transient, continues one month, then falls to its former level in the same space of time. From Diamante upward there are fine woods, and much of it is excellent as fuel for steamers ; beef and fruits may be purchased at all the towns, and game and fish had for the trouble of seeking them. But the Spanish Americans care little for this latter food — indeed, they are prejudiced against it ; and above Buenos Ayres, where a large foreign population gives rise to a demand for it, the people, neither for trade nor amusement, employ themselves in fishing. The confluence of the Parana and Paraguay is about one thou sand miles from the Atlantic. The country on both sides is fer tile, and above Buenos Ayres, on the firm lands, there are nu merous estancias, extending from the river banks for many miles into the interior. I have been filled with amazement at the re sources of these \"riverine\" provinces, and their availability, with out the construction of roads, canals, or even the usual obstruc tions of river navigation, for direct trade with foreign countries. In this course of one thousand miles, the cereals, vegetables, fruits, woods, and flora of almost every zone may be grown to perfection, as is proved by the actual products under the present primitive system of culture. The horned cattle, horses, and sheep are re markably fine, and their existing numbers, spite of the civil wars which have distracted the country, show the extraordinary adapt ability of the climate and natural pastures to their increase. The population is sufficient to form the basis of an extended and im mediate trade ; and the Indians, with the exception of the warlike tribes of the Chaco, are quiet or semi-civilized. The climate is benign, even in low, marshy neighborhoods, as experienced by ourselves, and attested by many writers, particularly Azara, who was employed by the Spanish government to run the boundary line between its possessions and those of Portugal, and spent twenty years of his life in this work. The Spanish Americans and Mestizos we met with were uniformly friendly and hospitable, and the cities and small towns offer some agreeable society. Be yond or above Buenos Ayres there are neither Protestant schools nor churches, but there is nothing forbidding them in the Consti tution of the Argentine Confederation. The distances of points alluded to in the ascent of the Parana, between its mouth or \"Martin Garcia\" and \" Cerito,\" at the mouth of the Paraguay, are, in statute miles, as follows :",
"LIEUTENANT MURDAUGH'S EXPEDITION. 288 CHAPTER XVI. Lieutenant Powell dispatched to- Montevideo.— Mr. Murdaugh ordered to explore the southern and western parts of the Province. — Extract from Journal of Lieu tenant Murdaugh.— Cotton. — Saladas.— Sugar.— San Roque. — Return to Bella Vista. — Goya. — Rincon de Soto. — A Tour in the Governor's Galera. — A Bivou ac. — Curuzu Quatia. — Return. — River Mirinay. — Estancia Bonpland. — Res tauracion. — Uruguayana. — Note from M. Bonpland. — Imprisonment of the Nat- uralist. — Tobacco. — Coffee. — Lagoon of Ybera. I hoped that nothing more would or could break in upon the legitimate work of the expedition. Lieutenant Powell was dispatched to Montevideo, with the Water Witch, for money, provisions, and ship-stores ; Lieutenant Murdaugh was sent to make a detailed survey of the Pass of Bel la Vista, one of the most difficult on the Parana ; and to Acting Master Henry was assigned the continuation of the chart- work ; also the astronomical and meteorological observations at Corri entes. The Meteorological Journal given in the Appendix will show the daily state of the weather, but I quote from my own private journal its changes, and the temperature of the 2d December throughout the coolest and warmest hours of the day. This is the first summer month, and although the day selected does not exhibit the highest rise of the thermometer, it may be assumed as one of the hottest of that climate, and as showing the most sudden changes and greatest extremes of temperature. \" At 6 A.M., thermometer 80° in the coolest part of the house ; at 9 A.M., in the patio, where there is a free circulation of air, it stands at 89°, wet-bulb 79° 5' ; clear light air from N.N.E. ; op pressively warm. At 12 M., thermometer 92°, wet-bulb 79° 5' ; partially cloudy ; wind N.N.E. At 12 45 P.M., a few drops of rain, cloudy ; thermometer 90° 3', wet-bulb 79° 5'. At 2 P.M., showers of rain ; wind east. At 4 P.M., thermometer 78° 5', wet bulb 73° ; cloudy ; wind S.S.E.\" After completing the examination of the Bella Vista Pass, Mr. Murdaugh was sent on a tour through the southern and western part of the province. His course was south to Goya ; east to the Uruguay River, passing through Curuzu Quatia; north, along",
"SANTA FE. 333 igable to the western provinces, great prosperity might be antici pated for this town and province. To verify the predictions of some and realize the hopes of others depended upon contingencies in the future of the work that gave rise to endless speculation. Our reception, both by officials and individuals, was very flatter ing, but none could give us any information as to the state of the river ; indeed, all accounts were discouraging. We were told by those who were supposed to be the best informed that we might possibly ascend about 45 miles; by some that it was no river; and by others that it took its rise in one of the numerous lakes in that region of country. We dined with the governor, and accompanied his family to a ball, where we were agreeably impressed with the tact and good breeding of the men and women. The latter were generally handsome and well dressed, and danced with the inimitable grace and precision which I have alluded to as distinguishing their coun trywomen. At the period of our visit the aspect of Santa Fe\" was rather des olate, for both country and city had suffered in years past from the hostilities of the Chaco Indians, and the latter was not yet, like its neighbor Rosario, revivified by the opening of the rivers. Before the Revolution this province was considered as forming part of the jurisdiction of Buenos Ayres, and as no expense was spared in protecting it from the incursions of the savages by forts adequately garrisoned, it was one of the most prosperous towns in the viceroyalty, a point of distribution not only for the products of the west and northwest, but of Corrientes and Paraguay, for Chili and Peru. Its estancieros alone, from their herds in this and the province of Entre Rios, were able to furnish 50,000 mules an nually for the Alto Peruvian market, and the amount of one item, yerba, received in transitu, reached 125,000 arobas. In the civil wars which distracted the country after its separa tion from Spain, Santa Fe declared itself independent of the cen tral government, and drew the line of division at the Arroyo del Medio. But by this act was sown the germ of its decadence, for to maintain garrisons and establish posts for the protection of a long line of frontier, as well as to guard against invasion from other quarters, were more than the resources of the new state would ad mit of. Outposts were driven in from time to time, estancias, the richest in La Plata, were robbed of cattle and deserted by their"
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000487268 | The Bachelor | [
"The Bachelor. 33 sprang towards her ; she fell forwards upon his neck, and he found that he was em bracing a corpse. Such was the singular end of the Bachelor's mother. VOL. II. c",
"The Bachelor. 107 of surpassing splendour ; the dishes were numerous and elaborate, the wines were of excellent quality,* and in great profu sion (they included sherry, Johannisberg, claret, champagne, moselle, Madeira, and port). The Bachelor, owing to the new ness of this experience, was a good deal embarrassed ; but a good-natured man (who proved to be an artist named Aubin) talked to him every now and then ; be sides which he had recourse to his old plan of eating an immoderate quantity of bread. Mrs. Lambro conversed chiefly in some foreign language, which was in re ality nothing more than broken Italian, but which seemed to be perfectly understood by most of the company, who, though they could all speak English very well, pre ferred to chatter and gesticulate like a number of highly trained monkeys. When Mrs. Lambro had gone away, her husband * We are unable to give the name of the wine merchant",
"CHAPTER XIV. THE BACHELOR BEGINS TO GROW ASHAMED OF HIS HUMBLE COURSE OF LIFE, AND COMMENCES AN INCREASE OF HIS DOMESTIC SPLENDOUR. AN ACCI- DENT BRINGS HIS HEART BACK TO ALLEGIANCE TO MARGARET. HE Bachelor ought to have been very happy at about this time. He had gained important addi- tions to his increasing circle of friends, and, when he pleased, he could see the woman he loved. He was furthermore beginning to feel more self-respect, to be less diffident, more independent, and so on. But a new care beset him, which made him positively miserable. He began to be discontented with his mode of life. This was partly owing to his comparing himself to certain"
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000842121 | Visits to Monasteries in the Levant ... With numerous woodcuts | [
"Chap. VII. 80 CAPTURE OF A LIZARD. day we set off across the plain, with the Arabs to whom the camels belonged, and who, having been employed in the transport of the natron, were able to show us the way, which it would have been very difficult to trace without their help. The memory of the devils and evil spirits who, according to numerous legends, used formerly to haunt this desert, seemed still to awaken the fears of these Arab guides. During the first day's journey I talked to them on the subject, and found that their minds were full of superstitious fancies. It is said that tailors sometimes stand up to rest themselves, and on that principle I had descended from my huge, ungainly camel, who had never before been used for riding, and whose swinging paces were very irksome, and was resting myself by walking in his shade, when seeing something run up to a large stone which lay in the way, I moved it to see what it was. I found a lizard, six or eight inches long, of a species with which I was unacquainted. I caught the reptile by the nape of the neck, which made him open his ugly mouth in a curious way, and he wriggled about so much that I could hardly hold him. Judging that he might be venomous, I looked about for some safe place to put him, and my eye fell upon the large glass lantern which was used in the tent ; that, I thought, was just the thing for my lizard, so I put him into the lantern, which hung at the side of",
"Chap. VIII. 96 ABYSSINIAN COLLEGE. who lived on the tops of columns, and took up their abodes in tombs, and thought it was a sign of holiness to look like a wild beast — that it was wicked to be clean, and superfluous to be useful in this world ; and who did evil to themselves that good might come. Poor fellows ! they meant well, and knew no better ; and what more can be said for the endeavours of the best of men ? Accompanied by a still increasing number of these wild priests we traversed the shady garden, and came to a building with a flat roof, which stood in the south- east corner of the enclosure and close to the outer wall. This was the college or consistory of the Abyssinian monks, and the accompanying sketch made upon the spot will perhaps explain the appearance of this room better than any written description. The round thing upon the floor is a table upon which the dishes of their frugal meal were set ; by the side of this low table we sat upon the ground on the skin of some great wild beast, which did duty as a carpet. This room was also their library, and on my remarking the number of books which I saw around me they seemed proud of their collection, and told me that there were not many such libraries as this in their country. There were perhaps nearly fifty volumes, and as the entire litera- ture of Abyssinia does not include more than double that number of works, I could easily imagine that what I saw around me formed a very considerable ac-",
"104 Chap. VIII. MS. EPISTLES OF ST. IGNATIUS. the quarto was the most imperfect, I abandoned it, and I have now reason to believe, on seeing the manuscripts of the British Museum, that this was the famous book with the date of a.d. 411, the most precious acquisi tion to any library that has been made in modern times, with the exception, as I conceive, of some in my own collection. It is, however, a satisfaction to think that this book, which contains some lost epistles of St. Ignatius, has not been thrown away, but has fallen into better hands than mine."
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000595409 | A Letter to the Earl Camden containing a full, correct, and authentic narrative of the transactions connected with the late duel | [
"ro THE EARL CAMDEN, SfC. Sj-c. SsC. MY LORD, THE Statement, which has been published in the news-papers, in Your Lordship's name, has decided a question on which I had before been hesitating, as to the necessity of an authentick detail of the transactions (so far as I am concerned in them or am acquainted with them) to which that Statement refers. For that purpose, I think a direct address to your Lordship more decorous, both towards your Lordship and for myself, than an anonymous paragraph in a news-paper. It is with the most painful reluctance, that I recur to a subject, which, so far as it concerns Lord Castlereagh and myself, had been settled in a manner, which is usually, I believe, considered as final. Discussions ofthe causes of dispute more commonly precede, than follow, the extreme appeal, to which Lord Castlereagh resorted : — And when, after mature consideration, his Lordship had determined to resort to that appeal in the first instance, I should have thought, that such a choice, deliberately made, would have been felt by his friends to be equally conclusive upon them, as upon himself. But",
"11 April !id April 4th tw 8 th. April 16U1 I proceed to the detail of facts. In the beginning of April, I addressed a letter to the Duke of Portland, containing a representation on the State of his Admini stration; and expressing my wish and intention, unless some change were effected in it, to resign. Upon the Duke of Portland's requiring a more detailed explana tion, as to the motives of my proffered Resignation, I stated, among other things, that a change either in my own Department or in Lord Castlereagh's, appeared to me to be expedient for the publick service. I stated my perfect willingness that the alternative should be decided for my retirement; and only requested that the decision might (if possible) take place before the re-commencement of business in Parliament after the Easter holidays. The Duke of Portland requested me to suspend the execution of my intention to resign ; wishing to have an opportunity of con sulting with some of our Colleagues, before he determined what advice to lay before the King. The Easter holidays thus passed away. On the 16th of April, shortly after his Grace's return to Town from Bulstrode, the Duke of Portland opened the subject to one of the Members of the Cabinet, whose name, (not having been hitherto brought forward), I do not think it necessary to mention. Your Lordship is perfectly acquainted with it. By the Duke of Portland's desire, I had a communication with that Member of the Cabinet, within a very few days after his interview with the Duke of Portland. He strongly represented the difficulty of making any new Arrangement, during the sitting of Parliament; and B 2 urged",
"CEDRrC CHIVERS 1494"
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003639055 | Album of Scottish Scenery: a series of views, illustrating several places of interest mentioned in Sir W. Scott's Poems and Novels. By D. Roberts, W. Westall, J. M. W. Turner ... With descriptions by J. Tillotson | [
"DOUNE CASTLE. \" The battled towers, thc Donjon keep, The loop-hole grates, where captives weep, The flanking walls that round it sweep, In yellow lustre shine.\" The Castle of Doune, within a few hundred yards ofthe old town of the same name, is situated on an elevated peninsula formed by the junction ofthe Ar Joch with the Forth. It is now a dismantled ruin, but w.*.s formerly one ofthe strongest fortresses in Scotland. It was originally held by the Earls of Men teith ; and was occasionally the residence of Mary Queen of Scots. It gives the second title to the noble family of Moray, whose property it has long been. The walls are said to be ten feet thick, and the tower is eighty feet high. It was held for a short time by the rebels in 1745, and under such circumstances is introduced to the readers of Waverley. On the opposite bank ofthe river, and partly surrounded by a winding of its stream, stood a large and massive castle, the half-ruined turrets of which were already glittering in the first rays of the sun. It was in form an oblong square, of size sufficient to contain a large court in the centre. The to.vers at each angle ofthe square rose higher than the walls of the building, and were in their turn surmounted by turrets, differing in height, and irregular in shape. Upon one of these we may imagine a sentinel, whose bonnet and plaid, streaming in the wind, declare him to be a Highlander, as abroad white ensign, which floated from another tower announces that the garrison was held by the insurgent adherents of the house of Stuart. In describing this scene. Sir Walter leads his characters through \" a small ami mean town, where their appearance excited neither surprise nor curiosity in the few peasants whom the labours of the harvest began to summon from their repose\" \" The party crossed an ancient and narrow bridge of several arches, and turning to the left, up an avenue of huge old sycamores, Waverley found himself in front of the gloomy yet picturesque structure which he had admired at a distance. A huge ironplated door, which formed the exterior defence of the gateway was already thrown back to receive them; and a second, heavily constructed of oak, and studded thickly with iron nails, being next opened, admitted them into the interior court-yard. A gentleman dressed in the",
"BRAID HILL. \"The rugged mountain's scanty clonk, Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare and cliffs between, And patches bright of brachen green.\" The poem of \" Marmion,\" from which our illustration of Braid-hills is taken, is one of the favourite poems of Sir Walter Scott. It was no unwise tiling on the part of Constable to offer one thousand guineas for the poem before he had seen a line of it, nor to pay the sum long before the poem yvas printed. Scott's success as a poet had created an immense anxiety in the publishing trade to issue one or other of his works ; the competition was great, for it was well known that Scott would never allow one house to exercise a right of monopoly over his works. And when \" Marmion\" was published, it more than realized the expectations which had been formed about it. With \" Marmion\"*, ■ Scptt had taken more than ordinary care. ;' I had formed,\" he says, \" the prudent resolution to bestow a little more labor than I had yet done on my productions, and to be in no hurry again to announce myself as a candidate for literary fame. Accordingly, particular passages of a poem which was finally called ' Marmion,' were laboured with a good deal of care by one by whom much care was seldom bestowed. Whether the work yvas yvorth the labour or not, I am no competent judge; but I may be permitted to say, that the period of its composition was a very happy one in my life, so much so that I remember with pleasure at this moment (four and twenty years subsequently) some ofthe spots in which particular passages were composed.\" Wandering about the livelong day amid the lovely scenery which he has described, Scott thoroughly familiarized himself yvith the landscape, sitting here beneath the shadow of an old oak, and there upon the sands within the beating of the surge. While meditating his verses, he used -to stray And waste the solitary day In plucking from yon fen the reed, And watch it floating down the Tweed ; Or idly list the shrilling lay With which the milkmaid cheers her way, Marking its cadence rise and fail As from the field, beneath her pail, She trips it down the uneven dale.",
"!KAaiii,]RO!K3SlS\"Sr CAS1T1L1S."
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003483965 | Miscellaneous Notices relating to China ... Second edition, enlarged in 1822, and accompanied, in 1850, by introductory observations on the events which have affected our Chinese commerce during that interval | [
"58 CHINESE GAMES. The game, called by the Chinese Tsoey-moey, is most usually played during entertainments at which wine is served, the guests severally challenging their neighbours to the contest. — Both parties raise their hand at the same instant, and call out the number of fingers they guess to be jointly held up by themselves and their adversaries: and when any one calls the right number, his adversary drinks off a cup of wine by way of a fine. The fist closed indicates 0, — the thumb alone 1, — the thumb and one finger 2, — and so on. As the action of the hand and utterance of the number, when the game is played fairly, are perfectly simultaneous, there appears no room open for the exercise of skill or judgment — Yet an experienced and quick-sighted Chinese will almost always beat an European or a novice at the game; which seems to arise from the latter betraying his intention too soon, through the want of a certain quickness or adroitness in the motion of the hand, which is possessed by the former. In a note to Cicero's Offices, iii. 90. — The Roman game is thus noticed : — \" Sic ludentes, simul digitos alterius maims quot volunt citissime erigunt, et simul ambo divinant",
"59 CHINESE GAMES. quot simul erecti sint, quod qui definivit lucratus est — Unde acri visu opus est, et multa fide, ut cum aliquo in tenebris mices.\" The lower classes of the Chinese at Canton are passionately fond of this game, and the fines reciprocally imposed, are too apt to betray them from their customary sobriety — but it is not very probable that they have ever such confidence in each other, as to play at the game in darkness, as above alluded to.",
"CHIN** TRADE. 241 This is of course meant, in appearance, as respects the notions of the Chinese. The Author cannot too often repeat his thorough conviction, a conviction founded on the ad vantage of a considerable personal intimacy, that no consideration on earth would have in duced either of the distinguished individuals, with whom he had the honor of being asso ciated on that occasion, to advocate or sanction any measure, which they believed to be hostile in its character and effects to the honor or in terests of their country — But the circumstances, which, in the opinion of the Author, gave to a ceremony, which was innocent and innoxious of itself, a very injurious tendency, were only to be gathered from its interpretation, and the spirit in which it was demanded : — upon such a question, it was quite impossible for any person who was a stranger to the habits, man ners, and language of the Chinese, from his own knowledge, to decide — The majority of the commission did him the honor, in consequence, of deferring upon this point to his opinion ; and the evils, which (if he judged rightly) would have been incurred by an opposite course, were thus avoided. He even flatters himself with confidence, that he may say more, and that he is entitled to assert that, taking to- 1 1"
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000562809 | Small Street, Bristol: its ancient state and old inhabitants. From The Bristol Times and Mirror, etc [Signed: Cabot.] | [
"Jimall Street, Irtstrf: ITS ANCIENT STATE AND OLD INHABITANTS. (From The Bristol Times and Mirror, January 5th, 1885.) \"Besides 'Brad-street,' we have in the Anglo-Saxon names of other streets evidence of a street nomenclature founded on different characters of the ways themselves. Hilly, broad, narrow, and so on ; thus we have in Bristol High-street, Small-street, Broadmead, and Steep or Stipe-street.\" — E. W. Codtcin, \"On Saxon Archi tecture.\" In the Times and Mirror report of last Thursday' a meeting of our local Parliament, Mr. W. Pethick, in pleading for a site in Baldwin -street for a new Post office, is reported to have described Small-street a i being \"only a bark lane, to Broad-street.' ' Surely Mr. Pethick is the only member of our Town Council— which is sup posed to represent \"the concentrated intelligence\" of our city — who could stand up in that august assemblyand recklessly assert that Small-street \"was only aback lane to Broad-street.' ' When did Mr. Pethick make this discovery ? In which of the histories of Bristol is it described as ever having been a \" back' ' or any other lane?",
"2 Small-street has been a street ever since Bristol has had a place in written history. No alteration has been made in the direction of this thoroughfare since Anglo- Saxon times. \"The names of the streets in the central part of old Bristol— such as Brad-strete, Oorn-strete, Winch-strete (now Wine-street), and Small-strete — were alone sufficient to lead us back to the days before the rise of the Norman dynasty.\" — (E. W. Godwin.) Of the nine gates that pierced the first or inner wall which surrounded ancient Bristol, five of them were at the end of the principal streets, and were known as Town Gates, four of which were always mentioned by the names of saints. One of these Town Gates was at the bottom of Small-street, and was known as St. Giles' s-gate. It obtained this name from a church, dedicated to St. Giles, the patron saint of cripples and beggars, which, in William Wyrcester's time (1415-1480), stood at the end of \" Seynt Leonard-laane \" (now known as Bel -lane). Here> Wyrcester says, was \" the hygest walle of Bristow,\" which had, \"grete vowtes under \"it, \"and the old chyrch of Seynt Gylys was byldyd ovyr the vowtes.\" The cutting of the trench, from the present Stone bridge to near .Prince-street bridge, for the new channel of theFrooni,wascompletedin 1247. Before this date ships could only lie in the Avon, where the bottom was \" very stony and rough ; ' ' but the bed of the new course of the Froom, having turned out to be soft and muddy, it became the harbour for the great ships ; and Small street, from this time, became a very great thoroughfare. Here is the keynote to the character of this quarter of the town, for hither came all the heaviest of the mediæval merchant-men, and about Small-streetand St.Leonard's lanelivedsomeof Bristol' sgreatestmerchants. From the centre of the town to the old Custom-house at the lower •end of Pylle-street (now St. Stephen-street), there was no nearer way than down Small-street and through St- Giles' s-gate. For hundreds of years there was not within the walls of Bristol a more fashionable street than Small-street. Many of the mansions there had 4'ood gardens. In the reign of Charles the Second there",
"1 Such are some of the historical associations of the ancient street which Mr. Pethick most unjustly dubs a \" back lane.' ' Why, in this very street are preserved to this day the earliest exsimple of Norman domestic archi tecture to be found within the old walls of the city. If Mr. Pethick is a member of the Bristol and Gloucester shire Archæological Society, he will find printed in their Transactions copies of old Bristol deedsinwhich Baldwin street is described as being situated \"in the suburbs\" of Bristol— i.e. outside the first wall— where Small-street never was. By examining the plans of the old city, con structed by E. W. Godwin, Rev. S. Seyer, or A. S. Ellis, he will soon discover that Small-street was an important street when what is now Baldwin-street was the town ditch. From an old Bristol chronicle, of the time of Henry the Eighth, we learn that \"When the- Quay was digged [in 12471, the water-course of the ditch which ran through Baldwin-street was turned down through the track of the Quay, and the said ditch paved and made a street as it is now. Howbeit, underneath the said pavement is a large vault into which all the sinks and easements of this side of the towne run, and so are carryed away by the tide.\" (100 Copies printed for Private Circulation.)"
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003313275 | The Gazetteer of Scotland | [
"CAN CAN and of excellent quality. The island .- *i. ■ _.!.-. f»___.i i t?..:j.i_ i grounds. On the S. E. side of Can> na lies Sand island, separated by *** channel which is dry at low wafer. This small island is -valuable, and fit both fer crop and pasture. It has 4 tenants, who pay about 60l. of yearly rent. Between this island and Canna lies the well known and much fre quented harbour of that name. A great many basaltic pillars are to be seen in Canna ; and i>neof the hills is remarkable for its effects on the ma riners compass, havmg power to re verse the directions of the poles : nv ny other places are magnetic, but in a less degree. There is also a great deal of coarse pudding-stone in many places, connected with the basaltic rock. Canna contains about 300 in habitants. of Stroma, in the Pentland Frith, be longs to this parish. (Fide Stroma.) The rocks of the coast are mostly composed of freestone. Near Barro gil-Castle is a species of bituminous coal, which emits a hot vivid flame in burning, but without much diminu tion of its size or dissolution of its parts. It is found near the surface, and there is every reason to suppose, that coal of a superior quality might be found under it. In the burn of Sempster is found' a fluoric spar, of the purest white colour. When put into the sire it emits a considerable portion of phosphoric light, which gradually decays as the stone cools, and is again emitted when the stone is heated anew. When reduced to powder, and heated in a crucible, it puts on a beautiful and brilliant ap pearance during ignition. It is a non conductor of electricity, and is inso luble in any of the mineral acids'. Ireswick, the seat of Mr. Sinclair, is a large and elegant modern building. Some years ago one of the wings was much damaged by lightning. Barro gil-Castle, a seat of the Earl of Caith ness, is an old and venerable pile ; but lias been of late much embellished and enlarged by its noble owner. Brab ster is also an old castle, the residence of the Sinclairs of Brabster. There are 3 ancient towers or castles, built on rocks surrounded by the sea, which have been occupied as places of de fence ; and houses, said to have be longed to the Picts, are to be seen in different parts of the parish, John o' Groat's-house, so often visited by tra vellers, is situated about a mile and a half from Dungishay-head. (Vide John o' GroaT's-hqiAe.) Popu lation in 1801, 1986. CANNICH ; a stream in Inverness shire,vvhich,united with other strea ma near Erkless Castle, forms the river Beauly. CANNOR(LOCH); a small lake iu Aberdeenshire, in the parish of Glenmuick, about fi miles in circum science, and containing several small islands; on the largest of which, a bout an acre in extent, there formerly stood a small fortress, built, and occasionally occupied as a hunting seat, by King Malcom Canmore. CANOBY; a parish in the county of Dumfries. It extends about 9 miles in length, and 6 in breadth. It may be considered as the low lands of Esk. dale ; for its highest grounds, which • rise gradually to the E. and N- E cannot be called mountains, contrast ed with the elevated peaks in the con terminous parishes: at the same time the surface is uneven, and diversified by a variety of ridges and flats, ex cepting the banks of the Esk, which are level. The central part is inter sected by the Esk, and the great road from Edinburgh to London passes, in the same direction. The soil is a light loam, sheltered by a profusion or wood in every part. Besides the Es!:, the parish is watered by the Lid da!, which divides it from England, and the Tarras, remarkable for its ro mantic scenery. The number of acres occupied by wood cannot be less than 1000, of which the oak is the chief. A number of orchards have been late ly made out by order of the Duke of Buccleugh, who is the sole proprietor. CANNA ; one of the 4 islands of the Hebrides which form the parish of Small Isles, and is annexed to the county of Argyll. It is about 4 com putes! miles in length, and 1 in breadth. Its surfr.ee is partly high and rocky, producing excellent pasture, and part ly low, and tolerably fertile. The horned cattle of Canna grow to a lar ger size than any in the neighbouring islands, owing to the fineness of the grass. Cod and ling abound on the , and the harbours are most con- rjtly situated for the fishing",
"INV INV trier is the management of Hack cat tle and sheep, especially the former, and numerous herds of goats are also to be found in every district. The mountains and forest6 are inhabited by immense herds of red and roe deer, which here roam in safety, in recesses impenetrable to man ; the alpine and common hare, and other game, are also abundant. Inverness-shire con tains only one royal borough,\" viz. In verness, and several small villages, which are too trifling to demand par ticular notice. The Gaelic is the lan guage of the people in the northern, western, aad southern borders; but hi the neighbours >od of Inverness the lietter sort use the English language, which they are said to pronounce with as great propriety as in any part of Scotland. They were indebted for this, and the knowledge of many use ful arts, to the soldiers of Cromwell, who were statimied here for a consi derable time, and afterwards became settlers. When the feudal system existed in the Highlands, aud when any factious chief had it in his power to embroil the neighbourhood in war, ■ it was necessary to erect some mili t.-.ry stations to keep the Highlanders in subjection. Accordingly,inthe tract of the great vale or Glenmore, Fort George, Fort Augustus, and Fort Wil liam were ereeted, commonly called the chain of forts across the island. By means of Fort George on the E. all entrance up the Moray Frith to In verness is prevented ; Fort Augustus curbs the inhabitants midway ; and Fort William is a check to any at tempts on the W . Detachments are made from these garrisons to Inver ness, to Bernera barracks, opposite to the isle of Sky, and to Castle-Douart in the isle of Mull. These forts were originally of consequence in a military point of view : at present the chief services derived from them, particu larly Fort William and Fort Augustus, have been preserving the country from robberies; for this purpose small par ties are scattered, over the country. A dangerous banditti not more than 23 years ago infested Inverness-shire ; they consisted of a set of thieves, de serters and murderers, leagued toge ther to the annoyance of the whole country. The military from each fcrt pursued them among the caves and fastnesses of the mountains ; the ringleaders were at length taicen, some were executed,. and some transported* Since that period, the country has been perfectly quiet. Another ma terial benefit which has been derived from the forts, and the roads connec ted with them, has been the civiliza tion of tbe Highlands. The English garrisons which have necessarily oc cupied the forts, and the number of travellers to whom the military roads have given access, have undoubtedly induced the example of gentler and more polished manners, and have as sisted in banishing those exclusive pri vilegL-t ami partialities in favour ot an individual superior, and of everything attached to him, which had acquired such ferocity under the system of clanship. The military roads in this county, made by the soldiers under General Wade, never fail to excite the astonishment and gratitude of tra vellers. They are executed with the utmost industry and labour, over in accessible mountains, and through mosses and morasses, which before were impassable to the lightest vehi cle, (lira's' Highlands.) By the spi rited exertions of the gentlemen of this populous county, the commerce and industry of the inhabitants have of late been greatly increased ; and, to facilitate the cooimunicatior. with the most remote parts, roads and bridges are now forming, under the direction of government, through eve ry district of this extensive shire. The vitrified forts of Craig-phatric and Knock- falfaric are seemingly the most ancient structures. (Fide Craig PHATRicand Knock-fallaric) In the district of Glenelg are seen the ruins of many of those circular towers which arc found in the W-estern Isles and other parts, concerning the uses. of which antiquarians are not agreed. In their outward appearance, they are round and tapering, like glass-houses : in the heart of the wall, which is per pendicular within, there are horizon tal galleries, going quite round, and connected by stairs. These ascend quite to the top, which is open ; but besides the opening and the door there is no window oufward : towards the stairs there are openings to adrrut light to the galleries. In the district of Gknroy or King's Vale, are ete» 112",
"STR STR -Broprietor sat in the Scotish parlia ment, without election or patent. Op posite the castle of Mugdock is a square tower, the echo of which re peats a syllable six times distinctly. The river Blane, in this parish, forms the cascade called the Spout of Bal lagan, at which a remarkable section of the adjoining hill is presented. (Vide Blane). Population in lsoi, '734. waters there are considerable patches of arable land, but the general ap. pearance of the country is hilly, and covered with heath, affording pasture to l.irge flocks of sheep and shelter to abundance of game. The hills of. Curgarff, in particular, are noted for the latter production, and are resorted to by sportsmen from every part of the kingdom. The live stock is cal culated to be as follows, viz. horses 552, black cattle 2286, and sheep 8540, The only pbices of residence are Glenkindy and Achernach. The most ancient building is the castle of Cur garff, on the great road from Edin burgh to Fort George. It is suppo sed to have been a hunting seat of the Eail of Marr, and was burnt in 1571 by the Gordons, during the feuds be tween that family and the Forbesses It was afterwards repaired, and in 1745 purchased by government to ac commodate a small garrison of 20 or 25 men ; but for some years past it has been inhabited only by a corpo ral's party of invalids. Within this, parish is a detached part of the pa rish of Tarland, which is ornamented by not fewer than 4 gentlemens seats, viz. Edinglassie, Skellatar, Invereari nan, and Candacraig, Population in 1801, 1354. STRATHERIN ; a valley in Mo rayshire. 'STRATHERNE or STRATH EARN; a beautiful valley in Perth shire, watered by the Erne, and a domed with numerous villages and gentlenia-ns seats. STRATHBOGIE ; a district of Aberdeenshire, formerly one of the great divisions of that shire called lordships or thanages, comprehending the whole original estate which King P.obert Bruce gave to the nobje fami ly of Gordon, the ancestors of the Duke of Gordon. It extends over a surface of 120 square miles, including the arable and uncultivated land lying on each side of the river Bogie, which discharges itself into the Deveron at Huntly. This town, from that cir cumstance, was formerly denominated by the same name, as the lordship of which it is the chief town. STRATHBRAN; a valley in Perthshire, in the parish of Little Dunkeld. . STRATHBRON ; a valley in Su therlandshire. STRATHCLYDE; an ancient Scotish nation or principality, the ca- Cital of which was Alcluid or Dum- arton. STRATHDEVON ; a district in Aberdeen and' Banffshires, being a continuation of the valley of Strath- bogie. STRATHDIGHTY- a valley in Angus-shire, watered by the river Dighty. STRATHDON ; a parish in Aber- deenshire, situated on the western Ixirder of the county, about 5Q miles distant from the county town. , It is very extensive, being about 20 miles long, and from 7 to a broad, occupy- ing the head of the valley in which the river Don pursues its course to the German ocean. It was formerly named Invernochtte, from the situa. tion of ths.' church, which stands at the' confluence of the Nochtie with the Don. Besides that small river, rhere are several streams which flow from the adjacent mountains, and Join the Don in its course through tl'p \"ajarish, Upon the batiks of these STRATHERROCK ; a vale in In verness-shire. STRATHFILLAN; a vale in Perthshire, on the borders of Argyll shire, noted in former times for a sa cred pool dedicated to St. Fillan, e steemed highly sanative in almost everv disease. STRATHFLEET • a valley in Su therlandshire. STRATHGARTNEY, or STRA, QARTNEY; a valley in Perthshire. STRATHGRYFE; the ancient name of the county of Renfrew ; sq named from the Gryfe, the principal river. STRATHMARTIN; a parish in Forfarshire, about 2miles square, lying in the pleasant and beautiful ?ale which is watered by the Dichty. fjff"
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001668455 | Preeminencias, y dignidad que en la Militar Orden de Santiago tienen su Prior Eclesiastico y su Casa Matriz, llamada Convento de Santiago de Ucles, limites y extension de las antiguas diocesis Urcitana, Segobricense, y situacion de sus ciudades ... y de las demas antiguamente sufraganeas de Toledo metropoli | [
"historia general tanto civil , como eclesiástica de Espa- ña. Esta relación , y utilidad me parece , que descubro en la calidad de los asuntos , que en la presente diser- tación me propongo tratar ; por lo que me lisongéo , que con su exposición sin dexar de hacer algún servicio á la nación podré satisfacer en parte á mi obligación , y veemente deseo de dar alguna muestra ya de respetoso obsequio á todos los ilustres individuos del dicho real convento , y á la memoria de su jurisdicción eclesiásti- ca , baxo de la qual he nacido ; y ya de agradecimiento al generoso , y obligante convite ( que varias veces he acep- tado) que dichos ilustres individuos me han hecho de comodísimo hospedaje en su convento para poder dis- frutar su excelente biblioteca, mientras por diez y ocho meses he estado totalmente falto de libros en la villa del Orcajo. A este favor, con que se me ha distinguido mitigándose el horror de mi retiro por tantos meses, debo el haber podido escribir dos obras voluminosas, que en España dexo concluidas , del hombre en religión, y de la primitiva población de América. En la presente disertación trato de asuntos propios de la orden militar de Santiago como lo he insinuado; y trato de ellos teniendo por objeto principal la expo- sición de las preeminencias , y de la dignidad , que en la militar orden de Santiago por su institución, aproba- ción pontificia, y continua práctica tiene el real conven- to de Santiago de Ucles ; y porque para corresponder á las bastas ideas que desde luego se oírecen sobre el ob- jeto principal , que me propongo exponer , y tratar , pre- veo que deberé hacer uso de muchedumbre y variedad de pruebas , para dar á estas el mejor orden , y de con siguiente la mayor claridad , las dividiré en tres clases, que serán las tres partes , que formarán la presente di sertación.",
"[26] del papa para administrar la orden de Santiago : y como esta facultad fue para administrarla en su vida , luego que murió el dicho Rey Don Fernando , Don Antonio Ordas prior del convento de Ucles dio cartas convoca torias para la elección de nuevo maestre segun una bula de 28 de Enero de 15 16 : y en el tiempo de sede va cante recibió en el dia i.° de Febrero de dicho año la profesión del caballero Don Juan de Vega , y á 1 1 del mismo mes confirió al caballero Don Alonso Tellez Gi rón la encomienda de Valencia del Ventoso , que esta ba vacante. Todo esto consta de originales existentes en el dicho archivo de Ucles. 15. ¿A vista de estos hechos , que son cumplimien to exacto., y literal de lo que prescribe la bula de Ale xandro III. , se podrá dudar , que el convento de San tiago de Ucles sea la casa matriz , y cabeza de la or den? Mas aunque la desgracia , ó casualidad hubiera robado la memoria de tales hechos , hay otros muchí simos , que demuestran la preeminencia de dicho con vento , como casa matriz , y cabeza de la orden. He aqui una larga serie de ellos. I. La guardia de los sellos es un distintivo de gran autoridad , ó superioridad. Los conventuales , y los ob servantes franciscanos mucho han disputado sobre su preeminencia en orden al ramo de religión propia de san Francisco de Asís: y los observantes por una de las pruebas grande-; de su preeminencia alegan tener los sellos de la orden , que celosamente conservan en su convento romano de Araceli. El convento de Ucles es el guarda sellos de la orden , como consta de un docu mento original en él archivado , que dice asi. „En Ecija sábado 16 de Julio: era de 1388 (año -1350)::: estando y el. dicho maestre Don Fadrique::: Don Roy Chazon comendador mayor de Castilla : : : é",
"tre Segobriga , y Valeria corría el Jucar i 3 leguas de ésta. El territorio , y la diócesi de Valeria al poniente, ú acia Segobriga no podia pasar del Jucar : se extendia solamente 3 leguas. Su máxima extensión era á norte, y acia levante llegando á Alpuentes, en que confinaba con la diócesi de Valencia (46). Debia seguir la ribera orien tal del Jucar , y no pasar á la ribera opuesta : por lo que no podia llegar á san Clemente , y demás payses del lado de ella. En los territorios, que los romanos señalaban á las ciudades , era irregular este pasage á pocos luga res de la ribera opuesta de los rios ; y solamente tal vez se hacia pasa extender la provincia á muchos payses: mas aqui no se trata de territorio de provincia sino de cui dad. Qualquiera que dé una ojeada al mapa de España, y observe los payses , que hay desde Alpuentes hasta el nacimiento del Jucar, y los que con su curso por/Cuen ca , Alarcón , Taraz iua &c. , comprende hasta la raya de Valencia conocerá , que formaban gran territorio en Celtiberia , y éste debia ser la diócesi (46) de Valeria. La diócesi arcabricense se extendia desde Alcont has* ta Obvia : se debia extender entre el Jucar , y el Tajo. Acia Cuenca poco se podia extender , pues ésta distaba 5 leguas de Valeria. Su extensión grande debia ser en la ribera del Tajo. Alcont quizá es Alcocer , ú utro pays vecino sobre el Tajo al paralelo de Arcabrica. Obvia debia estar acia Segobriga , pues la diócesi de ésta con finaba en Obvia con la arcabricense. Sigamos el curso del Tajo , y observemos , que límites civiles podia te ner el territorio de Arcabrica. En Huete llamado antes Opta , se encuentra un rio , que va á desaguar en Gua diela , y corre de oriente á poniente : el rio , y su di rección son de buena situación para límite. Después de Huete siguieudo el lado oriental del Tajo se encuentra Hervás. Preemin. s"
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002182305 | Quicksands. A tale | [
"44 QUICKSANDS. want to renew my acquaintance with her. How changed she is ! — quite a grown-up person ! \" Helen immediately placed her feet in the first position, and sat very upright. \" There, Helen, don't look so dignified, or you'll make me die of laughter !\" said John. The first position vanished in a moment. \" Good-night.\" \" Good-night, John. Marty, wish John good-night in French, there's a dear !\" \" Bong swore, Moon-seer,\" said Marty, felicitous in her recollection ; for Helen had told her to think of a profane man with a spy-glass, looking at the moon. John's laughter was heard dying away in the distance, with the sound of his footsteps.",
"75 QUICKSANDS. \" Don't, John — please ; — don't talk in that way ! I can't test you — I can OTAy feel — how much better you are than myself! how unworthy I am to be your wife ! But, oh ! I wist try hard to correct my faults ! Wist you help me, John ? I can bear to be told of them, now that I know you don't find fault with me from the love of finding fault.\" \" Do you reasty mean it ? And wist you not be offended with me, st I correct you when I think you are in the wrong?\" \" Offended ? No ! I can never again be offended with you, John — never ! And I shast feel grateful to you for taking so kind an interest in me, as to test me of my faults. Now, which is the worst of them?\" He hesitated to reply. — \" I don't know ; but I wstl name those which have more especially struck me. — A worldly disposition — an ungovern able temper — a jealous, envious heart — \" \" Oh ! stop — stop !\" cried Helen. \" If you see such terrible faults in me, how can you love me ? \" \" My dear, those very faults are so blended with a noble generosity, a frank admission of unworthiness, and a deep sense of something better than the objects and pursuits which have hitherto engrossed your thoughts ; that I mentally compare your disposition to a beautiful garden, overrun by weeds and brambles ; and I long to root them out, that I may admire the beauty of the sweet flowers they conceal.\" \" Your task is no easy one, John ; but, if anyone can do me good, you can !\" \" There — I can't lecture you any more, little siren ! I wish (almost) that you would fall into one of your perverse moods, so that I might find it possible to do my duty by you ! \" \"That is, to scold me?\" \" Yes, you torment ! \" And thus, in general, ended John's lectures. Those were very happy days. Often, in after years, when the clouds of affliction were heaped, mountain high, over her head, did she look back to that peaceful time, and wish that she had then died, with the good influence in her heart, shedding its mestow light over her young days. And, he too, how he thought, years after, with sighs and groans of anguish, upon that time ; — thought of st, through winter and summer,",
"278 QUICKSANDS. \" Then, if you know'd it would be, why did you go for to marry her so far away, mum ? \" \" ' Why,' Marty ? Because it was for her good ! I could not be so selfish, as to stand in the way of her prospects. No, thank Heaven ! not even my worst enemies can accuse me of selfishness ! \" And Mrs. Grey gave a little sniff, and elevated her eyes to the ceiling ; which had lately been painted over, at her daughter's expense, with little boys, and nondescript flowers, like pickling cabbages ; and clouds ; and wood-pigeons, intended to represent turtle doves. \" Then, why didn't you let her marry Mr. John, mum ? \" This was a poser. Mrs. Grey hesitated, whether to repri mand Marty for impertinence, or, to applaud her question. She decided in favour of the latter course. \" As your question is put in a spirit of candid inquiry, which to a candid mind, must always be pleasing, I shall have much pleasure in answering it. ' Why did I not allow her to marry Mr. Howard ? ' She had my full permission to do so ; but she preferred Mr. Huntingdon ; and, as he was nearer her own age, and more suited to her in thought and feeling, and (though that was with me a very minor con sideration) far better oflj I could not refuse my consent, although it pronounced the sentence of banishment from my child ! \" Mrs. Grey, at this moment, really thought herself a martyr ! \" Then, why,\" persisted the obstinate Marty, \"why didn't you let'em be, mum ? \" \" ' Let'em' — what ? — You vul — you foolish creature ! Let who, or what, be what ? \" \" Why couldn't you let'em be as they was, mum ? Mr. John was a' courtin' Miss Helen so nice, till that there Mrs. Huntingdon come, and took her away ! Why didn't you let her stop here, and marry Mr. John ? \" \" She wished to visit Mrs. Huntingdon, Marty.\" \" Yes, but she wouldn't mum, if you hadn't gave her a hankerin' after it ! \" \" Well, Marty, you must admit that it has all turned out very fortunately ? \""
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000854731 | Some Account of the Cistertian Priory of Ripa Mola. In a letter to the secretary of the Antiq. Soc. By J. D. (James Dallaway.) [Edited by Nicholas Carlisle.] | [
"Jfram' us -iHiirttn,",
"THE PRIORY. 7 I of St. Nicholas, in the chancel, Philip Fisticuffe, then Prior, violent ly strove to possess himself of the said wax-light, nearly burned to an end, from the hands of the Vicar ; but that the aforesaid Vicar retained it;\" when the matter was brought before Edington Bishop of Winton, to be decided in his court. An episcopal injunction was then made, \" that the Vicar should have all the candles' ends for the future.\"* Soon afterward, another cause came before the Bishop's tribunal, namely, whether the Vicar was entitled to the tithe of fish caught in the river Mole? when it was adjudged, after a solemn hearing, \" that the Vicar should keep all the gudgeons he could hook up.\" In 1492, upon the occasion of a dole of bread and cheese in the church porch, the Prior claimed the first slice, and to help himself according to his own discretion. The Vicar contended against any such privilege ; and the final decree of the Bishop of Winchester (who, as Willis sagaciously observes, was a Doctor utriusque juris, eminent for his knowledge of both canon and civil law) was awarded in person, \" that the Vicar was entitled only to the parings.\" -f* These dissensions lamentably distracted the harmony between the Prior as Chantry-priest, and the Vicar, for the time they lasted ; and these, important as they were then considered, but for Mr. Browne Willis' preserving the memory of them, would have been buried in total oblivion. The succession of Priors, and whether they had a conventual seal or not, that historian, omitting the minuteness he usually employs, has not left upon record. Having duly searched the inexhaustible stores preserved in the Cotton Library,^ I find that one Peter Puddencake, a Cistertian monk of Ripa Mola, (the MS. does not specify that that convent was in Surrey, though since abundantly proved,) wrote a small tract, \" De Illaudabilibus Surriæ,\" concerning the things in Surrey * Regist. Episc. Winton. Edington, f. 294. \" Omnia candelarum frusta Yicario concedenda.\" f Reg. Winton. uti prius. t MSS. Cotton. Brit. Mus. Faustina C. p. 96. This MS. is fairly written, and is not void of interest. It is bound up with two others : — 1. Hampole's Stimulus Conscientiæ, of which Mr.Warton observes, that he shall be the last transcriber. 2. Rogeri Monaci, An Angeli possint esse fœminæ ? — which, monk as he was, he has pretended to doubt, although he knew the converse problem.",
"8 THE PRIORY. which he could not praise, dated in 1469. He asserts broadly, that the Mole is not a river to bathe in; \" first, because it runs entirely under ground ; secondly, because it is full of holes, which reach to the centre of the earth, in which a man, woman, or child may be ingulphed.\" \" That dinner* cannot be distinguished from supper, because the rich inhabitants make two meals a day, which deserve neither name.\" After many particulars not so well worth transcribing, he launches a general censure against all the agri culturists of the district, because nothing can persuade them to pay tithes willingly. His words are rather remarkable — \" Coloni Surrienses, gens porcissima,\" (i. e. obstinate as pigs,) \" quia non solvunt decimas.\"f This Puddencake is said to have been a na tive of Sussex, by Leland, Bate, and Tanner.-f I now return to the topography. At the time of the Dissolution (1545), the site of this Priory was granted to Thomas Chessman, or Cheeseman, Esq. one of the Yeomen Falconers to King Henry VIII. by whom the Mansion-house in Letherhead was originally built. It was valued at 79/. 5s. l\\d. per ann. ; a pension of 10/. was granted to the Prior, and 4Z. each to the monks.§ It is indeed more than probable that the buildings were preserved for a cen tury after its' original owners were dispersed. With that property it has descended for many years, and has lately been purchased by W. Cotton, Esq. From a respect to its ancient name and destination, he has lately built a residence upon the original site; retaining all the foundations and dilapidated walls which could be discovered with the greatest care. The refectory and oratory, in their renewed state, form a library of just proportions and rich * \" Inter prandium et cœnam discrimen nullum, propter horas prander.di et coenationis incommodissimas.\" f lie has a strange passage concerning the name of the parish where bis convent was situated. \" Leddrede, (he observes,) vocabulum — rude — rau cum — inconcinnum. Potius opmor derivatum esse nomen a corio et capite — Leather — head, quod multo facilius est intellectu, et habitantibus proprium esse judicant plures.\" It is not improbable that this monkish and silly conceit was the origin of a mode of spelling the name of that village, conti nued even to the present day. Ben Jonson, in his play called Bartholomew Fair, has fetched one of his dramatis persona from thence, whom he styles Lanthern Leather-Head, a seller of hobby-horses, who enters on the stage crying \" Hoh, hoh, hoh!\" — See Jonson's Works, sol. 1618. J De Scriptoribus Anglicis. § Tanner, ut supra."
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001772141 | My Ducats and My Daughter ... A new edition | [
"AN IDLER IN THE MARKET-PLACE. 25 to his father — was short, stout and rubicund. As the Shaw kirk people said, he \"featured his mother;\" but there was on Dick's face an expression of latent cunning, of which Mrs. Ingleby's countenance was guiltless. Dick's cunning was exercised for the most part in shirking his duties at the Victoria Dye- Works, in wheedling stray sovereigns from his mother, and in concealing his peccadillos from his father. He was, in truth, a determined pleasure-seeker. In vain had Mr. Ingleby striven to subdue this eager spirit to the routine of a drab-coloured domesticity. Dick turned to dissipation as naturally as a sun-flower turns to the sun, or a duck to the water. He garnered up in secret rich stores of forbidden knowledge. The birds of the air seemed to whisper to him the lyrics of the music-hall. Under grave disadvantages, he kept well abreast of the latest developments of slang. And Dick was not without ambition. In his higher imaginative moods he had visions of a London billiard-room, thronged with gilded youth, in wdiich— after tantalising an opponent with hopes of easy victory — he should suddenly put on an inimitable, dazzling ' break,' and witch the world as a ball compeller. This budding reprobate was now in his twentieth year; and already Mr. Ingleby's old friends were shaking their heads and asking men to mark their words, while they foretold with grim glee how \"that lad would vex his father yet.\" \"So you're away at last, Arthur!\" said Morton. \"Do you know\" — turning to Mrs. Ingleby and her daughters — \"you are all sitting there and looking as sad as if Arthur were ' bound for the Rio Grande' at least, instead of merely going off to have a good time on the Continent?\" This speech jarred on Mr. Ingleby. He had wished to give his nephew an earnest valedictory address. Indeed, it had been a question with him whether a service of prayer ought not to precede the young man's departure. Clearly,",
"110 MY DUCATS AND MY DAUGHTER. cousin, Gertrude Ingleby. And to her he had always spoken of his scarce-remembered father with a pity and regret that were quite unselfish. Lynn's meditations were interrupted by the sound of foot steps. Turning his eyes to the entrance of the court-yard, he saw a gentleman advancing towards him. He recognised the gentleman at onee. It was Mr. Arden. Mr. Arden came forward with an easy and confident step. The associations connected with tho ruined factory had evidently no such effect on his mind as they had on Arthur Lynn's. He did not even look around him, but came forward with a pleasant smile on his face. Mr. Arden held out his hand to Lynn, who feigned not to see it. Then he said, in the most affable way : — \"Mr. Lynn! I am so glad to have found you. I called at your rooms, and learned that you had walked out in this direction. So I took the liberty of following you hero, as I wish to have a few words with you.\" Mr. Arden smiled again as he said this. There was some thing in the smile, and in the tones of the musical voice, that reminded Lynn of Camilla, and softened him towards Camilla's father. \" You surprise me very much,\" he said ; \" I should not have supposed that you could have anything to say to me — anything more, I mean.\" \"You allude to our last interview, Mr. Lynn, and I do not wonder at it. I am aware that I showed myself then in a very ungracious light. It is a painful subject for both of us — more especially, perhaps, for me.\" \" For you V said Lynn. \" Pardon me, but I don't quite understand.\" \" I know that I must have seemed to you then — well, let us say, curt.\" \" That word will do as well as another.\"",
"312 MY DUCATS AND MY DAUGHTER. pathos of those lines, written by a hand now still for ever. This man, at any rate, had appreciated and honoured his father, whom he had been used to hear spoken of by others with, at best, a kind of pitying condescension. This man, of whom he knew nothing beside, had loved him for his father's sake — from no selfish motives, had sought his welfare. To Arthur Lynn, in his present mood, Hume's letter was as a spring of water in a thirsty land. \"And he is dead ! \" These were the first words he spoke, and they astonished Mr. Ingleby, who had been watching his nephew intently while he read the letter. Mr. Ingleby had not expected that Lynn would take the revelation so quietly ; nor that he would waste much time in mourning the loss of one who was to him, after all, a stranger even by name. \" Yes,\" he said ; \" certainly, he is dead. There is no doubt about that. He died, as I already mentioned to you, more than six months ago, while you were still abroad.\" \" And you never told me ! \" exclaimed Lynn, looking towards his uncle with an expression of mingled wonder and reproach. \" May I ask you, Arthur, what he says in that letter ? \" Mr. Ingleby looked as if he expected Lynn to hand him the letter for perusal. But Lynn did not do so. Ho set himself to read the letter again, and left his uncle's question un answered. Then the truth burst upon him in all its fulness. He was rich ! — an hour ago he had been almost penniless ; now, he found himself the heir to a great fortune. So the letter said, and he did not doubt it. But if a shadow of un certainty had crossed his mind, there was his uncle, sitting opposite him at the table ; and Mr. Ingleby's very presence in those London lodgings was sufficient confirmation, had such been needed, of the tale."
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000771245 | The Story of Early & Mediæval Abingdon, etc | [
"MEDIÆVAL ABINGDON. 7 encroachments made on his solitude he withdrew into Ire land, and there holily died. In memory of him, the hermits called the hill on which his cell stood the Aben-dune, or hill of Aben : it is near to Bayworth, in the parish of Sunn ington. The veil of obscurity which hangs over the early history of Abingdon shrouds likewise its holy patron. Two things have to be established — his existence and his identity. His existence is unquestionable. Wilson, in his \" English Mar tyrology\" (anno 1640), has the following notice upon May 13th concerning him : — \" Eodem die Abbingtonice in Berk aria commemoratio Sancti Abbeni, eremitœ Hiberni, qui solitariam ibi vitam ducens, miraculis et sanctitate Celebris suit ; ab eoque nomen retinuit locus, in quo postea Occiden talium Saxonum Cissa monasterium in ejus honorem ex truxit circa annum 700.\" \" That same day at Abbington, in Berkshire, commemoration of Saint Abben, an Irish hermit, who was famed for sanctity and miracles, and led there a solitary life ; from him the place took its name, where afterwards Cissa, King of the West Saxons, built a monastery in his honour about the year 700.\" But the question of the saint's identity is not so easily determined. All unite in their suffrages that he was a hermit, but whether of English or Irish extraction are not at all of one mind. Fathers Alford and Cressy style him \" saint\" and \" hermit\" in their histories ; Lingard places him under the same heading in his \" Roman Ecclesiastical Calendar,\" May 13 ; inserted by Harris Nicols in his \" Chronology of History,\" p. 112. Father Fitzsimon, S.J., in his alphabetical list of Irish Saints assigns him a place among the hermits. Some object that S. Aben's name is not to be found in the Calen dars of sundry writers, such as Smith, in his \" Flowers of the English Church\" ; Challoner, \" English Martyrology\" ; Newman, Appendix to \" History of my Religious Opinions.\" This is a merely negative argument, and easily solved, since in their opinion he belonged rather to Ireland. Others again confound him with S. AbBan, Kill-Abban, of Ireland. The Irish Martyrology shows two saints of the name, Abban Kill-Abban and Abban Maghar - Nuidhien. An ancient Irish writer, contemporary of S. Abban Kill-Abban, wrote his life, which was so interpolated by a later hand as to completely confound the acts of the two saints, together with- those of S. Abban, of Abingdon. Colgan, in his Acta Sanctorum Hibernice renders into Latin a life of S. Abban Kill-Abban — March 16 — from an ancient Irish MS. of Kill-",
"8 THE STORY OF EARLY AND Canigen,' and compares it with other ancient MSS. and a Latin one — the Codex Salmanticensis — now in Brussels. Father Fitzsimon, S.J., again compared it with another Irish version, called the Dublin Codex.2 It is seven chapters long, and clearly identifies S. Abban, of Abingdon, with Abban, Kill-Abban. Towards the end of chapter ii. the saint is made to sail for Britain with S. Ibar and others. In chapter iii. he comes to a place called Abbain-dun, where he performs sundry miracles, converts the king and people, and quits for Rome, eventually returning to Ireland. The writer in the Acta of the Bollandists denies the identity of the saints, and rightly, yet he admits that the chronology accords. William of Newburgh ridicules the entire story of S. Abban as a pure invention. Amid conflicting evidence the following is unanimously admitted : — In the neighbour hood of modern Abingdon lived a saintly solitary, Abban by name, a man either of British or Irish extraction. His name was held in reverence for ages after his departure, and traces of it remained in local nomenclature, such as Abban-crundle, Abban-byorah, Abban-wyl, Abban-dune, or Abingdon. The ancient \"Abingdon Chronicle\" (chap, v.), relates his history. All agree in the fact that he withdrew from Abingdon, and died holily in Ireland.3 The most valuable link in the chain of evidence is wanting, to wit, the sources from which the authors of the ancient Irish MSS. derived the story of S. Abban Kill-Abban's visit to Abban-Dun in Berkshire. Abingdon, 675 — -goo. From the earliest times of British history mention is made of the ancient town of Sheovesham. Rich and power ful, lying upon the arm of the \" Temes,\" it gained still further lustre by being chosen for the royal capital of the West Saxons. The following description of ancient Abing don, taken from an old manuscript published by the Camden Society (in Atrebatis) may not come amiss : — \" Ipsa civitas Abbendona, famosa, aspectu desiderabilis, divitiis plena, agris circumdata uberrimis, vernantibus pratis, diffusis (1) Colgan, ActaS.S. Hib., p. 512 (2) Acta Sanctorum, vol. xii. for October, p. 276, etc. (3) History of First Founders, Cotton Library. Oxford.",
"36 THE STORY OF EARLY AND spiritual authority he was uncompromising in his attitude towards Henry III. Having obtained from Gregory IX. a bull authorising him to fill up all vacant benefices, upon the king's complaint the pontiff repealed the concession ; where upon the zealous prelate, fearing to injure his own con science, and appear to connive at crying abuses which he was unable to redress, passed secretly into France to the court of S. Louis IX. From thence he withdrew to the Cistercian abbey of Pontigny, which had harboured two of his predecessors, Stephen Langton and S. Thomas a Becket. His failing health compelling him to seek a change of air, by his physician's advice he removed to a convent of regu lar canons at Seysi or Soissy. Seeing the monks of Pon tigny- in tears at his departure, he told them he should return to them on the feast of St. Edmund the Martyr. On the 16th of November, 1242, the holy exile departed to his heavenly country \" in osculo Domini.\" The metrical chronicle of Robert of Gloucester briefly records his acts :— 1234. \" Master Edward of Abingdon was Archbishop of Canterbury, as God sent the case : In the year of grace twelve hundred and four-and-thirty also : This holy man St. Edmund in such power was placed. Then was the bishop of Winchester and sir Peter Dorival Removed by S. Edmund entirely out of court : And too late (as many men thought) to do much good. Master Robert Groceteste, this year, was also Consecrated bishop of Lincoln, by St. Edmund at Reading : I235- St. Edmund then at Canterbury spoused to our king The earl's daughter of Province, Eleanor, to wife. In the year of grace twelve hundred and thirty and five. 1240. Then arose there great strife between Henry our king And the archbishop St. Edmund, and not for a little thing ; For the king, though he was married, and had an heir also, He drew to other counsel than he was wont to do : And from the rights of holy church, from the good old law Which he had in his charter made, he began to withdraw. St. Edmund piteously often him besought That he would withdraw of this deed, and better bethink himself; But it was ever the longer the worse : so that at last The saint kept himself firm ; and excommunicated fast All those who had brought hoi}- church into such injustice. And he went across the sea, until the king should better bethink himself. And he died before he came again, and was buried there also, In the year of grace twelve hundred and forty years.\""
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000953533 | The Close of the tenth century of the Christian Era. The Arnold Prize Essay for 1858 | [
"26 southern language, after a splendid career of three centuries, relapsed into a mere dialect, and remained, as far as literature was concerned, a dead language: whilst its sister language of the north became the foundation of modern French, and was transfused by the Normans into the Anglo-Saxon. Whilst the literature of the one consisted merely of the short though lovely lays of the Troubadours, the other, the language of the Trou veres, became the shrine of the great prose romances of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, in which the dramatic genius has reached its height. The torch was kindled in the south by the Saracens ; but whether the flame spread from the south to the north, or the splendours of the northern Romantic literature were self-derived, has been a disputed question. Certainly, in the eighth century, when the first intellectual contact took place between the Sara cens and the nations of the west, the literature of the former had attained an universality and copiousness, which must have excited the astonishment of Christendom. From the Nestorians, through the Syriac tongue, they had received the literature of ancient Greece, and they laboured most ardently to prove themselves worthy of that rich inheritance. The rival dynasties of the Abassides, the Fatimites and the Omniades, extended their emulation to literature, and the Saracenic nations in the East, in Africa, in Spain, seemed to have turned their energies from war to intellectual culture. At Bagdat the court of the Caliphs Mas transformed into an academy. Bassora and Cufa, Balkh, Ispa han, Bockhara, and Samarcand, rivalled the capital in their multitudes of students, and the quantity of literature which they poured forth. The royal library of Cairo contained a hundred thousand volumes, which were freely lent to the thronging students. In Alexandria were more than twenty schools for the cultivation of philosophy. Fez, Morocco, Larace, were magnifi cent for their colleges and libraries. Yet the wonders of Asia and Africa were eclipsed by the innumerable literary establishments of the Omniades in Spain. Their royal library is said to have amounted to six hundred thousand volumes, forty-four of which were occupied with the catalogue of the rest. Cordova, their capital, with the neighbouring towns of Malaga, Almeria, and Murcia, had given birth to three hundred authors. Grenada and Seville enjoyed no inferior repute as seats of Moorish learn ing. Seventy-three public libraries were opened in the kingdom of Andalusia.' This splendid period lasted down to the fourteenth century ; and then it vanished like the illusion of the desert ; its memory ' Numerous ■anecdotes in Gibbon (ch. lii.) and in Sismondi, illustrate the magnifi cence, or the deficoncies, of the Arabian science aud literature.",
"36 convulsions, whenever these constitutions have sprung distinctly from Feudalism, depended upon deeper principles of combination than such as can be controlled by the merely fortuitous in history : it depended upon national instincts changelessly and ceaselessly working out national destiny. What could seem more unlikely than that the French aristocracy, which ended the tenth century by subdividing the evil and multiplying itself, though never to such an extent as to forego its character of an aristocracy depen dent upon large tenures of land, should in three centuries have yielded up its political power to the crown ? What, on the other hand, could seem more unlikely than that the Germans, who were divided into five distinct nations at the time of the death of Charlemagne, should on the expiration of the German branch of the Carlovingians, resolve unanimously to elect a king from amongst themselves, who should rule over the whole Germanic body: and that the sovereign, even after he was invested with the ensigns and traditions of absolute empire should always have continued in a quiescent state with respect to his prerogatives over dukes, counts, and margraves ? If the monarchical system was to prevail in one of the tM-o countries, surely the chances were in its favour in Germany rather than in France. The revival of the empire under Otho the First, a hero and a statesman, belongs to the latter half of the tenth century. But this empire recommenced by the Saxons, was not a real successor to that of the Franks. The unity of government was lost and dissipated amongst the smaller potentates, who had combined the civil and military authority even in the days of Charlemagne, though the truth was concealed by the personal ascendency of that prince. The provincial governors silently and assiduously continued to labour at the increase of their own authority, and we see in their success a proof of the existence of a poM-er of union which has with justice been denied to the feudal hierarchy in other parts of Europe/ Custom obtained the perpetuation of fiefs in the families that held them, and the possibility of their escheating to the crown was prevented by a regulation obliging the emperors to dispose of the vacant fiefs within the term of a year, and not without the sanction of a general or pro vincial diet. The diets which were at first of frequent, and then of perpetual recurrence, became the true commemoration of the national unity ; and it was only as president of those assemblies that the emperor was permitted to assume the majesty to which 9 Whatever had been granted to one could not without injury be denied to his suc cessor or equal ; and every act of local or temporary possession, was insensibly moulded into the constitution of the Germanic kingdom. In every province the visible presence of tho duke or count was interposed between the throne and the nobles ; the subjects of the law became the vassals of a private chief; and the standard which he received from his sovereign, was often raised against him in the field. Gibbon xlix.",
"65 Churches, several extraordinary heresies sprung up in the West, in Italy, France, Sardinia, and Spain ; and men accounted it one of the most evil signs of the times that the fickle levity of the Greeks was creeping into Latin Christianity .' In this review of the condition of the world at the close of the tenth century of the Christian era, there has been noticed in the first place an unequalled religious excitation, which reveals the lives and actions of men in a glow of unearthly light. The fear ful, the sublime, expectation of the great restitution strikes along the world, and changes all common modes of living, and shatters all ordinary canons of historical criticism. Everything has grown vast, intense, and strange. Ghastly with sufferings hardly to.be conceived, exercised by inward conflicts which vividly took form through ignorance and superstition, the human race adapts itself to its terrible circumstances with stern facility. Pil grimages, asceticisms, inhumanities, exterminations, prodigies, wild sorrows, and wilder hilarities, proclaim that the earth had full need for heaven to dawn. All things are dissolved, all repel lent elements strive together more fiercely in anticipation of the great dissolution. In the midst of this general death, two things never die : their everlasting struggle conserves them. The destiny of mankind seems inextricably connected with the idea of an empire: and the empire was revived in a visible form in the western world, when the dreadful final year was rapidly approaching. At the same time it was effectually checked and counteracted by the growth of the nationalities ; the principle of national independence was con solidated in the final adjustment of the relations of the races and estates in occupation of the evil : and the bloody struggles of the varies nations for a territorial footing passed by degrees into the more refined mulations of the political systems. The real suc cessor of the emp:re is found to be the hierarchy seated upon the seven hills of Rome, the only power capable of exerting a centralizing influence. Yet the Papal authority is marred and diminished by the infamies practiced beneath its sanction ; and men turn elsewhere, to the East, that they may behold the august spectacle of a formal and potent empire. In the grandeur of magnitude and of architectural display, in unity of government i Two of the \" Satani legati\" who were most troublesome were Leotardus and ' ilgardus.: in France and Italy. The latter, a grammarian of more pretence than »edge, was visited in a dream by the dæmons of the poets, Virgil, Horace, and .enal, who complimented him on his diligence and promised him a share of renown. Hisq. dæmonum fallaciis depravatus, cœpit multa turgide dicere, fidei sacra; contrarin, dietague Poetarum per omnia credenda esse asscrebat.\" The heresy spread into Sardinia and Spain, and was extirpated with sword and faggot.\" Quad proesagium Jnhannis Prophetiæ congruit, quia dixit Sathanum solvenduni-expletis mille annis.\" Glab. Bud. ii. II, 12."
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002149391 | Précis de l'histoire de Lannoy [With a plan.] | [
"295 CHAPITRE VIII. Philippe-Guillaume de Nassau , prince d'Orange ; — fait rapport du fief de Lannoy et Lys en 1595; — son entrée solennelle à Lannoy en 1598 ; — sa mort.— Maison de Mérr.de : Philippe de Mérode , comte de Middel- bourg; — Philippe , son fils. — Maison de Vilain de Gand : Marguerite- Isabelle de Mérode et Philippe Lamoral Vilain de Gand , comte d'Isen- ghien ; — Balthasar-Philippe Vilain de Gand, prince de Masmines; — Jean -Alphonse et Louis, son fils, princes d'Isenghien. — Guillaume- Louis-Camille, comte de Gand , marquis d'Hem. l5Ó2. AN XII. En 1595, lorsque Philippe II confia à Tarchiduc Albert le gou vernement des Pays-Bas, Philippe-Guillaume de Nassau, prince d'Orange, comte de Bueren , seigneur de Lannoy et Lys , était depuis vingl-huit ans prisonnier des Espagnols, qui l'avaient enlevé de Tuniversité de Louvain, sous le duc d'Albe, mais qui l'avaient toujours traité avec douceur et considération. Bemisen liberté et en possession de ses biens confisqués aux Pays-Bas et en Bourgogne, il accompagna l'Archiduc en Flandre, et reprit à la cour de ce prince le rang dû à sa naissance. On avait peut être compté sur son crédit pour un accommodement entre les provinces soumises à l'Espagne et celles qui s'en étaient déta chées sous le nom de Provinces-Unies ; mais ces dernières, fortes de leurs grandes alliances au dehors et enflées de leur prospé rité au dedans , ne paraissaient guère traitables alors. Philippe-Guillaume de Nassau servilà la baronnie deCysoing, en 1595, le dénombrement de son fief, terre et seigneurie de Lannoy et Lys , contenant toujours 68 bonniers, y compris la",
"318 plaidoyable, soit réparé de telle sorte qu'il n'y puisse pénétrer ni eau ni poussière; qu'il y soit ajouté deux serrures dont les clefs seront remises à deux échevins , le prévôt ayant en garde la clef du milieu; et que ledit coffre soit transporié au château. —Dans ledit coffre soient renfermés tous les comptes de la ville, les procès vidés , les registres des plaids et contrais , sauf les pénultièmes et derniers que le greffier gardera. Clefs des portes. Aussitôt la cloche sonnée , le portier sera tenu de fermer les portes en dedans une heure et de porter les clefs en la maison du prévôt, où il ira les prendre le lendemain pour ouvrir á l'heure qui sera indiquée par ledit prévôt et éche vins. — Que Tavenue du pont qui tremble soit réparée et close à la clef pour être ouverte quand Olivier de Laoutre, teinturier, ira laver les tripes de velours ; et que ladite clef soit remise le soir en la maison du prévôt. Sergents. Seront institués cinq sergents dont deux aux gages de dix florins, en égard qu'ils ont demeure gratuite , et les trois autres aux gages de quinze florins , faisant ensemble soixante cinq florins, dont moitié, à charge de la ville, sera payée par le receveur, et l'autre moitié , à la charge de la dame de Lannoy, sera prélevée par le prévôt sur son compte de la prévôté ou sur le compte du tiers qui revient à ladite dame sur les maltotes assises en ladite ville. — Lesquels sergents serviront pour le bailliage de Lannoy et Lys chaque fois qu'il en sera besoin; néanmoins trois demeureront toujours en la ville et les deux autres n'en pourront sortir sans le congé du prévôt. ' Églises de Lannoy et Lys. Soit fait inventaire de tous les joyaux et ornements desdites églises en présence du prévôt ou 1 En 1750 , il ne restait que trois sergents; il n'y en avait plus qu'un seul eu 1 T74 , mais les députés du Magistrat étaient chargés de demander à la comtesse de Lauraguais la nomination d'un ou de deui nouveaui gardes.",
"353 CHAPITRE XVII. _j.n_.L__s : Henri VIII d'Angleterre et l'empereur Maximilien à Lannoy. — Le Magistrat de Lille aide Lannoy pour sa défense. — La reine de Hongrie, régente des Pays Bas , séjourne à Lannoy. — Matthias de Barda , né à Lannoy, abbé de Cysoing, général de la congrégation de Saint-Victor. — Les Gueux; prêche à Lannoy ; Téglise Saint-Philippe et le couvent des Croisiers sont saccagés ; — Denis Chemin , prédicant à Lannoy. — Combat de Lannoy. i5i3 — i566. On a vu dans la première partie de cette histoire que la ville de Lannoy à peine formée était tombée au pouvoir de Pierre de Roubaix , chargé en 1465, par le comte de Charolais, de se saisir de la personne de Jean de Lannoy ; — qu'après la récon ciliation de ce seigneur avec so« prince, la ville dutbien des fois son salut à ses fortifications , alors que la garnison française de Tournai dévastait cruellement les environs ; qu'enfin , elle eut à souffrir de Tirruption des troupes de Louis XI, cherchant encore à s'emparer d'une partie de la Flandre à la mort de la douce Marie de Bourgogne. En 1513, Henri VIII, roi d'Angleterre, encouragé par Mar guerite d'Autriche , gouvernante des Pays-Bas, débarquait à Calais et, vainqueur des Français à Guinegate etàTérouane, traversait la châtellenie de Lille pour y venir , avec l'empereur Maximilien, asseoir son camp devant Tournai. L'armée anglaise entoura la ville du côté de la Flandre, s'étendant en demi-cercle depuis le haut jusqu'au bas Escaut, tandis que les deux souve-"
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000021199 | Legends of Lakeland. (Ballad-lyrics.) By Adra | [
"Blencathra. 13 • sigh, XL. That one, as heavenly angel pure, born for far nobler end, Should thus, to soothe the angry gods, her blooming life expend, Destroy the longed-for happiness of Adra, young and brave, And send him, broken-hearted, to a swift, untimely, grave. XLI. But priests, like him, his creed declares, no tenderness should know Theirs but to do the gods' decree, — before their fiat bow ; So now he leads Adrina forth beyond each hallowed stone, To the rude wicker hut prepared that tenant fair to own ; XI.II. Thither moves on, with measured tread, and reverential air, First gazing tenderly around, that gentle virgin fair ; Her latest glance on this rich earth, on many a well-known scene Endued with love, where she, of late, with Adra oft had been. XLIII. Though hid amongst the neighbouring crowd, she heard his deep-drawn One moment turned, liis fond gaze met her deep, blue, rolling eye ; Down to her feet her tresses dark with wandering wavelets veiled That lovely form, he deemed his own : — Adrina's red lip paled : —",
"78 Calder Abbey. 3 LII. Unmarked, we '11 join the surpliced throng, — those holy men of yore, — And with them, through that narrowed way, tread soft the marble floor Before us looms each mighty arch that spans the court of praise, And, as our footsteps bear us on, break forth the sacred lays : LIII. In accents low, they gently flow and greet Our Lady's ear ; Each minstrel feels his Heavenly Queen, invisible, is near, To bear each suppliant's tender cry to that high throne of grace, Where angels of our childhood's hour behold God's shining face. LIV. Caught here and there the solemn air, from lips we cannot see, Like murmuring waves in hidden caves, near to yon rolling sea, The melody returns once more, with new, enchanting power, Then onward flows with mortal woes, that cloud the fleeting hour. LV. See there the choir, in snow-white robes, move on in measured tread, And nearing thus the eastern end, all lowly bow the head Before the holy' altar there, ablaze with sparkling light, Reflex of jewels, rich and rare, with inward fire made bright,",
"Calder Abbey. 87 > LXXXVIII. And that Defender of the Faith became its deadliest foe, O'erwhelmed our holy Mother Church in desolating woe ; With Satan's smile, and Judas' guile, his false, his fawning kiss, Her wealth he stole, — too tempting bait for such a fiend as this. LXXXIX. When his own coffers overflowed with this ill-gotten gold, And appetite had sickened now, and craving lust grew cold, Her valued treasures, vast estates, her forests, streams, and lands, Were cast into base hirelings' laps, by sacrilegious hands. xc. Ah ! little dreamt they that their greed would gender direful blight Among their heirs, as years rolled on, — when they were out of sight The awful curse that left the lips of ruined abbot then Would bear its fruits in after days, in body, soul, and ken. xci. But we, who live, can mark the spot where falls the gloomy shade Of sorrow on fast-fading lines ; great owners heirless made, Or, if they live, those longed-for sons, how often do we find A feeble frame, life's flickering flame, a lack of ruling mind."
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002628586 | Geographische Vorschule. Nach neuen Ansichten und als sichere Grundlage für den Gebrauch bei'm Unterricht in der Geographie bearbeitet. 33 Blätter ... mit erläuterndem Texte, etc | [
"8 No. No. 3?o 3to 3». Nehrung, Haff. Eine sandige Landzunge, welche in einiger Entfernung vom Ufer ziemlich gleichlaufend mit demselben liegt, wird Nehrung genannt; der durch die Nehrung abge schnittene Theil des Meeres erhält die Benennung Haff. 31. Plateau von Mexiko. Dieses merkwürdige Plateau in einer absoluten Erhebung von circa 7000 pariser Fuß über den Ocean, bietet durch die auf ihm ruhenden und noch zum Theil rauchenden Vulkankegel, deren kahle Spitzen sich bis 16,600 Fuß in die Wolken erheben, so viel Eigenthümliches in Bezug auf Ausdehnung, Abdachung, Temperatur-Verhältnisse und Vegeta tion :c. dar, daß das Aufsuchen und Vergleichen mit andern auf der Erde vorkommenden Plateau- Formen, gewiß als eine sehr ,'nstructive Uebung für die Jugend angesehen werden darf. Ein Durchschnitt von Vera Cruz am merikanischen Meerbusen , bis zur Küste des großen atlantischen Oceans , wird das Interessante dieser Gruppe von Feuerbergen noch mehr versinnlichen. 3«. Gefalle. Das Gefalle eines Gewässers ist der Höhenunterschied zwischen zwei Punkten seiner Oberfläche, in seiner Längenrichtung für eine gewisse Entfernung oder auch von der Quelle bis zur Mündung ; z. B. die Quellen des Rheinstroms werden zu 7240 Fuß über dem Meere angegeben, also ist hier der Höhenunterschied zwischen Quelle und der Mündung — 7240 Fuß. V. Hoffmann gibt die Länge des Rheinlaufes zu 190 deutschen Meilen an, folglich auf die Meile circa 38 Fuß Gefalle , wenn dasselbe im ganzen Laufe gleichmäßig wäre , was aber nicht der Fall ist, da das Gefalle im oberen Laufe ein anderes ist, als im mittleren und unteren Laufe. 3 3. Durchschnitte durch Deutschland von Norden nach Süden und von Westen nach Osten — oder des germanischen Flachlandes, der deutschen Mittelgebirgslandschaften, der bayerischen Hochebene, der Alpen ->c. — bis zur großen lombardisch - venetianischen Tief ebene am adriatischen Meere. — Das Relief (Bodengestaltung) eines Landes wird immer nur mittelst Vertikaldurchschnitten, wenn solche auf genaue Höhenmessungen basirt sind, zur klaren Anschauung gebracht werden können.",
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001340611 | Five years' residence in New Zealand; or, observations on colonization | [
"IN NEW ZEALAND. 105 CHAPTER VI. COMMERCIAL AND FINANCIAL MATTERS. The small amount of Goods passing through a Merchant's hands in a small Colony obliges a greater profit to be put upon them — Manufactures have generally sold in the Province for three times their cost in England, and the supplies have been drawn chiefly from Australia — Men to produce Articles for Export more wanted than Men of the Mer- cantile Classes — On whom the high prices of goods ultimately fall — It is injudicious to send large ventures of merchandise to young Colonies — The Bank Accommodation restricted to Bills drawn through Mercantile Firms — The advantages to a Farmer of payments in kind — There has always been sufficient Money in the Province to obviate recourse to \"the truck system\" — Eates of Interest, and why they range high — The high price of Stores induces Families to take as much Goods as possible with them, but the expense of taking them to where they reside is not always considered — On the Postal Communication, the Panama Route desired. The retail prices of manufactured goods brought from England have generally ranged in the Canterbury colony at about three times what they are usually bought for in England. This has often been a cause of complaint, both on the part of the employers of labour and the employed. It is sometimes explained as follows : — The ships that leave England for a colony generally require several hundred tons of cargo to fill them, and the demand in the earlier days of a small colony is not sufficient for a few merchants, joining together, to fill a large ship ; for the amount of goods that they expect to sell at a profit is small. It generally f3",
"IN NEW ZEALAND. 195 Great Britain on that country, which is undergoing the transition England has gone through, are in many respects erroneous. For instance, it is said that the policy of the family on the throne of that empire, since the days of Peter the Great, has been to seek the emancipation of the serfs, and to form by degrees a middle class to oppose the power of the nobles, but the latter have hitherto proved too strong. It is said to have been the policy of the late Czar Nicholas to eman cipate the serfs as largely as he could. That he repeatedly promulgated laws to this purpose, as for instance, that the nobles were only allowed to borrow money of the Crown, who seized their serfs as Crown property if the money was not paid when due. It is said the late Czar had emancipated a large proportion of the serfs in his empire, and that this was the cause of his popularity in it. Also, that though the serf was transferred to an estate of the Crown, subject to military service, nevertheless this was an advance for him in the social scale. Again, the serf and his family would then have some opportunity of acquiring the habit of learn ing how to take care of themselves, as well as possessing the legal status to continue in that state of greater freedom. And though this gave the Crown a great source from whence to draw armies for pursuing schemes of conquest, still it was an advance in the social scale for the serf withdrawn from being a posses sion of a private owner. Rumour now states that the present Czar is occupied with plans for abolishing serfdom entirely in his do minions, and when it is considered that all Europe was a few centuries ago in the same servile state, how thank ful ought the labouring population of Great Britain and k2",
"266 FIVE YEARS' RESIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND. the public works. Thus, in different stages of their growth colonies have a different policy to pursue ; for the yeoman class may not be induced to come out to them by the mere cry of cheap land, when they expe rience that, by its distance from a town, or want of means of communication, the districts open for them to choose in become practically dear land for them to occupy. LOXDOS : RICHARD BARRETT, PRINTER, MARK LANK."
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002741307 | Обозрѣніе мѣстъ отъ Санктпетербурга до старой Руси и на обратномъ пути | [
"7 Сработано и отпра- влено вЬ течети д8об хода щетЪ пуды фунт Вшулокъ - - - - - - | 16,153' 3869 466 щ 191 36| Планокъ тпродольныхъ * - - , заклепныхъ - - - - ; 22,517 м I 97 238 къ форъ и ахторъ - штевнямъ для скрЪплешя грепа съ ки- I Я 10 18^ 391, лемъ и ахшоръштевня съкилемъ Крановъ - Щуруповъ бочешныхъ - ■-. - Коробокъ запрудной мЬди д5 (6 1 28? 4 5 Подушекъ - - - - - - : Круговъ для штурваловъ съ планками и съ шалнерами Ножиковъ бочарныхъ Мьрокъ лороховыхъ - - - - I Лядуяокъ - - Трубокъ яагпронташныхъ 56а 11 ■ 8 3 1\\ »4 36 1 48 55 1 »7 I Ь 78 22 мушкатонныхъ - нпстолешныхъ - - - ' 88 хъ воронкамъ - Чашекъ - - - - - - ' 36 *4 Громовыхъ отводовъ - - - ЦЬпей къ рулыпалямъ Инсшрументовъ изобрьтенныхъ кара- ' бельнымъ мастеромъ Гелби при су- довыхъ строен]яхъ упошребляемыхъ Въ Кроншташъ для канатной маши- ны разныхъ вещей - - - - ; Зз 19 15 1\\ я 12 Завершокъ кънушечнымъ портамъ - 66 41 Винтовъ --.-■-.. 120 Пробоевъ ------ 2 41 . Къ нимъ гвоздей г ~ т 581",
"и мелочми 220 ; годовыхъ ярманокъ не бываешь, торги же производятся зимою по понедельникамъ каждую неделю. Въ уезде бываютъ две годовыя ярманки, одна при Кирилове Новозерскомъ монастыре, другая въ экономической Волоко- СЛОВИНСК011 вотчине. Продается мягкая рухлядь, конские при боры, медная и оловянная посуда и щепяной шоваръ. 4. ТихвннЪ. Когда и кому въ оптдаленныхъ древносппю временахъ Дол женъ онъ своимъ началомъ, не известно; по Тихвинскому монастырю, которой существуетъ съ 1 383 года заключаюшъ, что и городъ зачался съ тогоже времени. Онъ былъ сперва посадомъ подъ управлениемъ комменданта и комисаровъ, по томъ завелся въ немъ магистратъ; въ 1770 Г°ДУ> выгорелъ ; къ >77^ Т°ДУ паки выстроился и названъ городомъ. Лежишь подъ 59°; Зо°° сев. шир, и подъ 5о°, 4д°° долготы; уездъ его граничить съ Ладожскимъ , Вытегорскимъ , Белозерскимъ , Усшюжно-железопольскимъ, Боровицкимъ, Валдайскимъ иНов городскшчъ. Монастыри: 1. Богородицкой Тихвинской осно ванъ въ 1333 году, распространенъ и каменными зданьями украшенъ въ 1515 и после^овавшихъ годахъ при Великомъ Князе Василье 1оанновиче и при Царе 1оанне Васильевиче. 2. Веденской девичейпосшроенъ въ 15гЗ году при Царе 1оанне Васильевиче. Въ Тихвине жителей въ окладъ не положенныхъ 185, ремеслениковъ 170, торгующихъ За; годовая ярманка одна при Аншоновскомъ Дымскомъ монастыре. §. успгюжно - ЖеякюлольскЪ. Городъ сей уже въ 1бод году въ состоянш былъ отра зишь нападенье Литвы и Поляковь съ помощью окрестныхъ обывателей; когда и кьмъ основанъ, не известно; управлялся прежде воеводскою канцелярьею и магистра шомъ; уездъ его",
"Ради отвращения кораблямъ и купечеству отъ Ладогскаго озера произ.^одящихъ напастей. < » И м п е р а т о р ь показалъ реке лучшей путь , который между победоносными оружьями о пользе своихъ народовъ не посгпижнмымъ трудомъ и успехомь сипарался. Сей же надписи остатокъ на Латинскомъ языке есть Следующие : Уко 1иптоПа11, Ре1го та§по, Рат Ратае, С^ш сит 1п1ег агта \"уистпсха рори1огит зиогит за1игет 1аЪоге ас зиссеззи 5гирепс1о сигагет, Гоззат папе, ориз аи§изтт, §езпз зшз 1ттепз13 поп ппраг, тесИгаишз тспоаук аа МБССХУШ. Старой каналъ въ Ладоге о трехъ проходахъ со шлюза ми для впуска съ реки Волхова и выпуска въ оную разныхъ судовъ, такъ же дровяныхъ и бревенныхъ гонокъ. Полуденные спуски, кои содержать за собою резервную воду для напущешя онои°1 въ каналъ, лежать на следующих* отъ Шлиссельбурга разешояшяхъ. 1. Кривоколенской - - па ау версте С г 0 »/.. г. 3 каменные. 1. Красношлюскои - - - 91 — *- 3. Черниговской! - 85 — деревянной.' 4- Сумской! - - - - - 71-* — «каменные, каждой 5. Петербургской - - 6д — собъодной арке. 6. Белозерской - - - - 62 — каменной. у. Черновской - 57 — деревянной. Резервъ за оными сплошной простирается по длине ка нала на 48 верстъ. Северные спуски, коими излишнюю воду изъ канала вы пуска ютъ въ Ладожское озеро, лежать на северной стороне вь следу ющемъ порядке.- 13"
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002794177 | The Magyars: their country and institutions ... With maps | [
"18 THE MAGYARS. For myself, neither antiquities, sport, scenery, nor natural science took me into the country. I was especially interested in the additional light which the institutions and historical fortunes of the country throw upon the problems of sociology and political science. These subjects will be found to take up the largest portion of space of this work. Indeed, the \" general reader \" may perhaps complain of having so much politics forced upon him. But a book on Hungary, which contained no political discussions, would be like a critique on the play of Hamlet, which took no notice of the madness of its hero. The Hungarian constitution grew up under influences unfamiliar to Western Europe, and, consequently, many of its developments are interesting because original. The East of Europe, comprising the three empires of Russia, Austria, and Turkey, is at present in a state of unstable equilibrium, if it were not more correct to describe it as a political chaos. In it Hun gary and Russia are the two most clearly defined elements in striking antagonism to each other. It has been well observed that what makes Russia so interesting is the fact that it is an Aryan nation working its way towards European civilization with out having passed through the preparatory school of Feudalism and Latin Christianity. Hungary, on the contrary, is interesting as being the only non-Aryan nation that has been subjected to the discipline of",
"THE MAGYARS. 150 CHAPTER VIII. THE MAGYAR PEASANT. Definition of a Peasant — Pride of the Magyar Peasantry — Extra Hun- gariam non est vita — Non-Peasant Classes — A Horse-racing Agri- culturalist — The Un-peasant-like Character ofthe Magyar Peasant — Dr. Ditz on Indolence — Causes of Hungarian Indolence — Doubtful Blessings of Nature — Cunning and Suspicion of the Peasant — Magyar Politeness — Subjection of Women — Patriarchal Relations — Hospitality — National Faults — Aristocratic Prejudices — Pro- fessor Ansted's Oriental Blood — Magyar and German Industry — M. Arany's Magyar Misi — A Peasant's use of Words. As the true peasant type is rarely, if ever, to be found in England, — the \" statesman \" of Cumberland and Westmoreland is perhaps the nearest approach to it we have, — I am conscious of no little difficulty in conveying to an untravelled reader an adequate idea of a Hungarian peasant (paraszt, Bauer). He is not necessarily an owner nor even an occupier of land, but he is always a cultivator of land, either for himself or others, and looks forward to owning, or at least occupying, land as the possible future after which he strives, the ideal he seeks to realize. This",
"A COUNT-BISHOP. 245 \"Ah! your Excellency, Peter and Paul had no such fine equipages as this.\" But this raillery was lost upon the prelate, who calmly replied, \" Of course not ; they were but poor fishermen and tent-makers ; they were no Counts Eszterhazy.\" So, too, when Joseph II. expressed his surprise that the Bishop of Eger was rich enough to raise so many fine buildings as he saw there, he answered, \" Sire, when the Bishop of Eger is in want of money, Count Eszterhazy gives him as much as he requires.\" A fellow-bishop, who had begun life as a Franciscan friar, saluting him one day in the customary manner with \" Servus, Domine frater,\" Count Eszterhazy blandly subjoined, \" Tantum in Chris to!' After leaving the noble mansion in which are housed the Hungarian followers of the rule of St. Bernard, my friend took me to visit some of his lay friends in the neighbourhood. It was not till late in the afternoon of the following day that we drew near to the little- Benedictine convent of Bakony - bei (interior of Bakony). If it was cool at Zircz, here it w-as almost chilly. On the shores of Balaton we had left them reaping their corn ; here they had not begun the hay harvest. This religious house lies in the bottom of a deep shady dingle, and we did not find it without some little difficulty. When we got there none of the community were at home, but as hospitality is one of the duties of the Order, the servants at once provided"
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000265853 | Scritti storici | [
"110 alla rivoluzione di Rumenia, che aveva già preso pessima piega. Prima che s'allontanasse da Lubiana, accadeva l' insurrezione della Morea. Nuovi terrori, nuove arti, nuove promesse. Ma ritornato fra' suoi, Ales sandro vacillò, e in breve ritornò alle simpatie pei Greci, alle voglie di guerra co' Turchi. Fra questo giungono le notizie degli eccidi di Co stantinopoli e dell'Egèo; poi le profeste della Porta, che voleva giustificarli, e accusava for malmente l'ambasciatore Strogonow. Ed allora Alessandro, per conciliare le proprie mire cogli esterni impegni, pensò di deferire la gran que rela orientale al giudizio della santa Alleanza. Ma, forse istigato da Capodistria, prendeva il passo innanzi, e di quella sua deliberazione dava avviso con una specie di ultimatum, dopo il quale non rimaneva che guerra a morte. In quello (1), vantata la moderazione della Russia, deplorate le sevizie turche, diceva apertamente che la ulteriore coesistenza della Turchia ac canto agli altri stati europei non era possibile che a tre condizioni: 1° la Porta cessasse da ogni minaccia di guerra e di offesa alla religione cristiana; 2° togliesse il sospetto d'aver decre tato lo sterminio di un popolo intero ; 3° s'ado perasse a mantenere la concordia tra le potenze d'Europa, anziché turbare la pace a sì caro (1) Fu presentalo il 18 luglio. È riferito per disteso nella storia di Tricupì.",
"128 sgorga da tutte le parti e domina sovranamente la Divina Commedia. Concetto che infiamma la parola del Poeta contro gli inetti e contro i per versi, d' Italia nemici o traditori nel suo ed in tutti i tempi, e la trasforma in raggio vividis simo a scorgere sulle vie dell'avvenire la na zione, della quale un altro esule illustre lo ha salutato profeta. Egli é per questo che le città nostre non po tendo, come già quelle dell'Jonia per Omero, contendersi il vanto d'essere state patria di Dante, si contendono quello d'averlo ospitato, e d'aver dato in qualche modo i natali all'opera sua più sublime. Sotto questo riguardo, è legittimo an che il vanto di municipio, giacché è un riflesso, anzi confondesi con quello della nazione. Tale pensiero ci francheggia nel dire di Dante in Verona, e delle relazioni eh' ebbe co' suoi do minanti, persuasi che a' nostri concittadini non dispiaccia, nel momento in cui tutta Italia onora l'altissimo Poeta (1), sentirsi anco una volta ri petere che la lor terra n'è stata il primo ri fugio e 'l primo ostello. Quando le popolazioni della Marca poterono creder certa la morte di Ezzelino III, fra lo scop pio della improvvisa esultanza, ripristinarono Pan- (1) Per la ricorrenza del VI centenario dalla nascita di Dante. Questo scritto fu allora pubblicato sull' Albo Dantesco Veronese.",
"299 piuto; e sull'immensa necropoli par si diffonda sempre il gemito di san Gregorio: non v'è più popolo, non v'è più senato (1). III. Assoluta o no (2), che fosse quella morte, un primo accenno al ridestarsi di Roma fu allorché, essendo pontefice Costantino (711), l'imperatore Bardane Filippico si chiari monotelita. I Romani che a quel nome associavano la ricordanza di fatti sanguinosi (3), s' agitavano e movevano a ri bellione. « Il popolo romano, dice lo storico Ana stasio, protestò che non avrebbe sofferto l'Impe ratore né scritto né effigiato, e rifiutò obbedienza al Duca ». Partigiani non mancarono al governo: si combatté nel foro : il clero separò i combat tenti. La caduta di Bardane e l'elezione di Ana stasio tolsero per allora causa al conflitto ; ma non andò guari che altre ne furono porte, e con (1) S. Gregorio L. C <t Jam de lila (Roma) omnes potentes ablati sunt; ubi enim Senatus ; ubi jam Poputus ? Omnis in est dignitatum ordo extinctus, et tamen nos ipsos paucos qui remansìmus, adhuc quotidie gladii, adhuc quotidie innumerce tribulationes premunì, et postquam defecerunt homines etiarn parietes cadunt. (2) C Troya (Cod. dipi, long.) propende ad ammettere la esistenza del Senato. Il Savigny (SI. del diritto R. nel medio evo, C V) dice che in tutti i secoli ricorrono indizi irrefragabili dell'esistenza del Senato. Del resto il Troya nega l'esistenza della Curia ammessa dal Savigny. (3) Quest'eresia era nata in Oriente nel 620. Favorita più o meno direttamente dagli imperatori Eraclio e Costante, fu condannata in un Concilio romano, nel 649, dal pontefice Martino I : perciò perseguitato e morto in esilio."
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003872235 | Ueber das Verhältniss Englands zu Rom während der Zeit der Legation des Cardinal Otho in den Jahren 1237-1241 | [
"48 doch der Graf ihm ohne Wanken beistehen müsse, theils durch lockende Verheissungen auf grosse Besitzungen, die ihm der König gewähren und der Papst bestätigen werde. Die Antwort des Grafen war freilich zunächst eine barsche Abweisung: »Herr Legat, Laienbesitzungen und ihre Bestätigungen gehen euch nichts an, kümmert euch lieber um eure geistlichen Dinge« J), unverdrossen arbeitete aber Otho gemeinsam mit Peter von Winchester daran, trotzdem den Frieden zu erhalten. Der König versprach, auf einem Tage zu London am 22. Februar den Beschwerden abzuhelfen und »sich der Verfügung einiger würdiger Männer zu unterwerfen« (quorundam provisioni de gravioribus viris adquiescere). Es ist der erste Versuch seit der Mündigkeit des Königs, ihn unter die Curatel eines Reichs rathes der grossen Barone zu stellen, der dann öfters, mit mehr Erfolg, wiederholt wurde. An die Urkunde darüber hing auch der Legat sein Siegel. Gewiss ist es aber hauptsächlich seinem Einfluss zuzuschreiben, wenn, als diese Dinge noch in der Schwebe waren, es dem Grafen Simon gelang, von Graf Richard den Versöhnungskuss zu erhalten 2). So war Graf Richard von den Baronen getrennt, damit deren Widerstände die Spitze ab gebrochen und jenen Bestimmungen zu Ungunsten des Königs factisch ihre Kraft genommen. ') Es ist nicht zu billigen, wenn Stubbs »Const. hist. of Engl.«, II, 56 den Schluss der Rede Richard's bei Math. Par. III, 478 »et fit Anglia quasi vinea sine maceria, quam vindemiant omnes qui praetergrediuntur viani«, wörtlich als von ihm wirklich gesprochen übersetzt »England had become like a vineyard with a broken hedge; all that went by plucked off her grapee . Dass England einem zerstörten Weinberg verglichen wird, ist ein Lieblingsbild des Math. Par., und findet sich bei ihm zum Ueberdruss oft. So sagen an geblich M. P. IV, 10 die Getreuen zum König »Domine princeps nomi natissime, quare permittitis .Angliam fieri in praedam et desolationem transe untium, quasi vinea m sine maceria omni communem viatori , et ab apris exterminandam«. — III, 527 »Facta est Anglia quasi vinea, quam vindemiant omnes, qui praetergrediuntur viam, non habens rnaceriam includentem, vel custodem«. — V, 37 »Anglia . . . vinea ab apris exterminanda, quam vindemiant omnes qui praetergrediuntur viam« etc. Die Worte »quam vindemiant omnes qui praetergrediuntur viam« sind aus einem Psalm genommen, der sich besser im Munde des gelehrten Mönches, als des Grafen Richard ausnimmt. Nur der Anfang der Rede Richards bei Math. Par. scheint der wirklich von ihm aus gesprochenen Abweisung sehr nahe zu stehen. 2) Math. Par. III, 478 »multiplicatis intercessoribus et quibusdam donativis«.",
"61 und immer bei sich zu behalten, auch fleissig dafür zu sorgen, dass ihre Untergebenen damit bekannt werden. In jedem Mönchsconvent soll täglich eine Stunde zur Verlesung derselben verwandt werden. Es würde zu weit führen, die 32 Sätze, die sich auf alle mögliche Gebiete der mönchischen Disciplin beziehen, und von denen die aus den Decretalen genommenen sehr ins Einzelne gehen, einzeln zu besprechen. Die Aebte und Prioren nahmen die Statuten, als sehr heilsam für ihren verwahrlosten Orden, freudig auf. Viele liessen sie in dem Märtyrerverzeichniss niederschreiben, damit sie, oft im Convent vorgelesen, wie die Regel Benedicts, allmählich Allen im Gedächtniss haften blieben. Nur wenn sich die reichen, faulen Benedictiner zu straflerer Zucht zusammenrafften, konnten sie das Ansehen wieder ge winnen, das ihnen der seit 1221 in England auftretende Bettel orden der Dominicaner, der seit 1224 eingewanderte der Fran ciscaner in den Augen des Volkes immer mehr entriss1). Es scheint wirklich, als ob der Legat durch dieses Concil einen grossen, und zwar den besseren Theil des Benedictiner ordens sich zu aufrichtigem Danke verbunden habe2), und wenn dies Concil gut für den Orden war, so war es zugleich nützlich für den Papst; denn es stand doch danach zu erwarten, dass der Orden es im Nothfalle nicht daran würde fehlen lassen, seine Dankgefühle durch Abtretung eines Theils seiner reichen Einkünfte an die Curie zu bethätigen. Es war ein für England, wie für die Curie gleich heilsames Werk, mit dem Otho seine Thätigkeit für das Jahr 1238 ab schloss; wenn er ausserdem eineu unmittelbaren Erfolg seiner Bemühungen um die kirchliche Disciplin darin sehen konnte, dass an manchen Orten nach seinem ersten Statut auf dem Reformconcil von 1237 Kirchen dedicirt wurden3), so konnte 4) es. Luard in Preface zu Roberti Grosseteste epist. XXIV— XXVI über den Zustand der englischen Kirche zu dieser Zeit. 2) Freilich gilt dies nicht für Benedictiner von der Art des Math. Par., in tk-ssen Worten (III, 517): »abbates et priores cungregati, audientes quod sancta religio per haec non modicum reformata felix susciperet incrementum, verbum quasi hostiam coelitus missam cum omni alacritate susceperunt« mir ein leiser Hohn zu liegen scheint. 3) Grosseteste dedicirte 3 Conventualkirchen in seiner Diöcese: Ramsey 22. Sept., Peterborough 28. Sept., Sawtrey. Math. Par. III, 517. — es. Grosse-",
"68 hing missbraucht, um gegen den Kaiser zu arbeiten) und schwur, es gereue ihn, jemals die Fremden in sein Königreich gerufen zu haben mit Hintenansetzung seiner guten Engländer. Ob er sich doch noch zu jener Bürgschaft verstanden hat, wissen wir nicht (es. p. 67 Anm.); der Zorn gegen die Fremden und gegen Otho als ihren Fürbitter verging jedenfalls bald wieder. Es kommt jetzt die Zeit, wo der Einfluss Otho's auf den König von der allergrössten Bedeutung wird. Dass beide ein Herz und eine Seele waren, zeigte sich deutlich bei der Geburt des ersten Sohnes Heinrich's III., am 17. Juni 1239 1). Trotzdem der Erzbischof von Canterbury zugegen war, dem sonst die Taufe des Thronfolgers oblag, übernahm sie doch, ohne Zweifel auf besonderen Wunsch des Königs, der Legat am vierten Tage nach der Geburt des kleinen Prinzen, der den Namen Eduard erhielt. Freilich aber, wie eng König und Legat auch verbunden waren, — wenn der König die kirchlichen Freiheiten angriff, was bald nach der Taufe geschah, als er auf unbegründete Verdächtigungen eines verurtheilten Missethäters hin, der sich durch Denunciationen glaubte retten zu können, einen Kle riker Ranulphus Brito, Kanonikus der Paulskirche in London, durch den Mayor von London aus seinem Hause fortschleppen und mit Ketten belastet in den Tower werfen liess 2), so trat Otho auf die Seite der Geistlichkeit, welche einen ungeheuren Lärm anschlug. Der Dekan von London exeommunicirte die königlichen Beamten, und belegte die Kirche von St. Paul mit dem Interdict. Der Bischof bedrohte die ganze Stadt mit dem Interdict; auch Erzbischof Edmund und viele andere Prälaten baten den König dringend, nachzugeben, und als ihn denn nun auch sein treuer Legat verliess, gab Heinrich wirk- ') Die genaueste Angabe hat über das Datum Math. Par. III, 539 »Sexto decimo kalendas Julii, nocte sequenti« ; darnach auch Pauli III, 634 16. Juni«. Die meisten Annalen aber haben den 18. Juni, so Ann. Theokesb. A. M. l\\ 112; Ann. Burton. A. M. I, 257: Ann. Winton. A. M. II, 88; Ann. Waverl A. M. II, 321 m crastino Sancti Botulphi = 18. Juni: Ann. Ösen. A. M. IV, 86. - rhomas Wikes A. M, IV. 86 bat: .XV. kal. Julii, äcil. in festo Sancti Botulphi« = 17. Juni; ehenso Ann.Wigorn. A. M. IV, 430; — (Ann. Bermund. A. M. III, 459 irrig: »quinto kalendas Julii«). — Aus der Verbindung der Angaben de.- M;ith. Par., Thomas Wikes. Ann. Wigorn. er- Zeit der Geburt der 17. Juni, ganz früh morgens. 2) Mail. Par. III. 543"
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002984924 | The Picture of Yarmouth; being a compendious history and description of all the public establishments within that borough; together with a concise topographical account of ancient and modern Yarmouth, including its fisheries, etc. With numerous plates | [
"THE ARMOURY AND NAVAL ARSENAL. This building is situated on the west bank of the Yare, is a modern and spacious edifice, and was erected in the year 1806, under the direction and plans of that celebrated architect Mr. Wyatt; and which was originally designed and constructed to contain a sufficient quantity of stores for sea service during war, to equip two sail of the line, four frigates, and six sloops; and, for the land service, to furnish ten thousand stand of arms. The principal officer and storekeeper was Thomas Gibson, Esq. under whom this establish ment was kept in the neatest order. The whole completion of this building, in cluding the stone wharf, cost between fourteen and fifteen thousand pounds. Notwithstanding B",
"75 In the north-west corner of this chancel, is a chamber vestry, containing a Library of ancient books, of about two hundred volumes, but appa rently of little value. In this room is a desk of singular construction, containing seven shelves, so contrived as to turn round, and present the books on any of the shelves to your hand, without displacing any of them. On the outside of the walls of this vestry are six tables, containing lists of benefactions to the Charity School. The east end is surmounted by a figure of \"Charity\" in the centre; and on each side, that ofa \"Boy and Girl\" in the garb of the Charity School. At the entrance, over the door, is as follows : A°:Dni. 1650, THOMAS FELSTEAD, xxxxxxxxx* Baylifes. Henry Moulton, Bichard Betts, Churchwardens. The north aisle of this chancel, in 1650, (says Swinden) \" was inclosed for a meeting place for the public worship of Gods; and the fitting up of * Here was the other bailiff's name, \" WILLIAM BURTON,\" till the restoration of Ch. n. when that, and other names, were ordered by government to be erased in all records and public places. f Considering that not much more than one tenth part of the inhabitants of this town can at present be accommodated within the parish church ;",
"145 right of it, by the inhabitants of Caister and Yar mouth, reputed to be the boundary between the liberties of Yarmouth and Caister. After the channel commonly then called Grub's Haven, was rendered unnavigable by the sea, and the rivers could not disembogue themselves into the ocean there, but were obliged to divert their course into the south channel, which advanced by degrees far to the south ofthe town of Yarmouth, and having as it then appeared so long a neck that many sands were formed therein, especially be tween the tenth and twentieth year of the said Edward in, which were so dangerous to naviga tion, that few ships of burthen could safely enter in or go out ; this put an immediate stop to the trade of the town, and became a. detriment not only to Yarmouth, but to the whole country ad joining, whereupon the bailiffs and other inhabi tants petitioned the said king, in the twentieth year of his reign, for liberty to cut out the haven nearer to Yarmouth, almost opposite to Corton, and this request was immediately granted. This haven, at a considerable expence, continued the space of twenty - six years ; but the condition thereof, in the latter end of the said reign, had become so unfavourable, that ships laden could not enter, but were obliged to discharge their cargoes in Kirkley Roads, on account of which, the owners of the said ships refusing to pay the u"
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003654165 | Louis XIII. et Richelieu. Étude historique accompagnée des lettres inédites du Roi au cardinal de Richelieu. (Deuxième édition.) | [
"140 LETTRES INÉDITES avaient établi une chaussée de communication. Schomberg les suivit en les chargeant. Ce fut pour eux une véritable déroute, car ils s'embarquèrent à grand'peine, en laissant aux mains des Français trois canons et plusieurs prisonniers démarque. Le sol de l'île était jonché de leurs corps. Seize cent soixante cinq hommes, dit le Mercure français, furent comptés morts sur la place. Buckingham,. qui commandait l'expédition, blessé lui-même, se hâta de rentrer en Angleterre avec les débris d'une armée dont il avait promis tant de merveilles aux Bochelois. Le roi eut une grande part dans la préparation de cet heureux résultat. « II donnait, dit Bichelieu, les journées aux soins de conduire son entreprise jus qu'à la fin, et les nuits, il avait tant d'inquiétudes, que ses serviteurs demeuraient dans la peine que cela n'altérât sa santé. » Et plus loin, il ajoute : « Le passage des troupes du roi en Bé a été fait par sa résolution, conduit par son jugement, et exécuté par son bonheur. » Après ce premier succès, Bichelieu put sans crainte commencer la digue qui devait lui permettre de tenter le siège de la Bochelle avec la certitude qu'il réussirait dans cette entreprise l. Les princes de Vendôme, arrêtés en 1626 et en fermés à Vincennes, y étaient encore en 1629, et Louis XIII ne semblait nullement disposé à mettre en liberté ses frères naturels. Dès 1627 il leur avait 1 Mémoires de Richelieu, liv. XVIII, t. VII, pp. 471, 172, 473; Mercure fran çais, t. XIII, p. 882 et suivantes ; t. XIV, lr« partie ; Papiers de Richelieu, publiés par M. Avenel, t. II, passim.",
"322 LETTRES INÉDITES prendre et daler a Amiens1 Epenan vient dariver qui aporte de nouvelles dificultés sur toutes choses lesquelles il faut surmonter assurés vous de mon affection. — Louis. — (Ibid., fol. 228.) — (Original.) CLXIII Mon cousin, lespinoy un de mes mousquetaires que javois en voyié dans larmée des enemis revint ier au soir a Amiens dòner avis a M1' de Chatillon de lentreprise de Jean de Wert il vous dira tout ce quil a apris parmy eux et lestât de leurs forces 2. — Louis. — A la campagne ce í octobre 1636 près Sailly. — (Ibid., fol. 229.) — (Original.) CLXIV De Demuin, ce (10) octobre 16363. II est très a propos de donner le prest et comancer le plus tôt que on pourra côme ausi du pain a la cavalerie, il seroit a pro pos de faire faire la revue aux regls de paris mayant esté asuré quil y en a qui nont pas 300 homes et sont paies pour 600 entre autre moncaut. Je nay pas jugé a propos de laiser aler M'' le conte a la guerre a cette (heure) mais bien quand les travaux seront un peu plus avancés de peur que pendant que ils iroient dun costé les enemis 1 11 y arriva le 2. Le Mémoire dont parle Louis XIII est sans doute celu dans lequel Richelieu lui exposait ses idées sur la conduite qu'il fallait tenir au sujet de Corbie et dans lequel il lui conseillait de retenir auprès de lu le duc d'Orléans et le comte de Soissons. (V. Papiers de Richelieu, t. V p. 590.) * Le siège de Corbie était commencé. Louis XIII l'annonçait k la Franco et donnait en méme temps quelques détails sur les dernières opérations de l'armée, dans un article qu'il écrivait le 8 octobre et que la Gazette de France publiait le 11 du méme mois, mais avec les modilications jugées né cessaires pour le public par Renaudot. Nous avons déjà donné un spécimen des articles du roi-journaliste. Durant tout le siège de Corbie, Louis XIU continua sa collaboration k la Gazette de France. La longueur de ses arti cles nous met dans l'impossibilité de les reproduire ici. Ou les trouvera d'ailleurs en mauuscrits k la Bibliothèque nationale Fonds français t. 3810. v ' 3 Cette lettre ne porte pour date que ces mots : « de Demuin ce oc_o bre 1636, » nous pensons qu'elle a dû être écrite le 9 ou le 10 ; car, le 9, Richelieu, en écrivant au roi, lui disait : „ Je crois qu'il est k propos que Sa Majesté estant en travail ordonne la revue de l'infanterie de l'armée et déclare que les pretz commenceront lundy, alin que tous les soldats luy en sçachent le gré qu'ils doivent. Si elle approuve le pain de la cavalerie, c'est k dire une ration par cavalier pour le temps qu'elle sera au lieu où elle est, elle doibt aussy le leur faire savoir pour la mesme raison que dessus. » (V. Papiers de Richelieu, t, V, p. 620.) II nous semble que la lettre de Louis XIII répond a celle du cardinal.",
"41 _■ LOUIS XIII APPELLI. Bichelieu a, pendant plusieurs années, sollicité, exigé la promotion au cardinalat, Mazarin qui, longtemps avant de venir demeurer en France, a été employé par Bichelieu à Tétranger et nommé ambassadeur extraordinaire en Italie, Mazarin qui, depuis une an née, n'a pas quitté le cabinet de Bichelieu, lequel Ta initié aux moindres secrets de sa politique, Ta éclairé sur ses actes, sur ses mobiles, sur tous les ressorts du gouvernement, Mazarin depuis si longtemps en tremetteur, agent secret, ambassadeur de Bichelieu1, son ami dévoué, son collaborateur pour le testament, le témoin de sa mort, Mazarin sa créature, son ins trument le plus souple et le plus docile, son disciple le mieux instruit, le plus précieux et le plus habile. C'est parce que Bichelieu a voulu que ce qui avait été commencé se poursuivît, qu'il a désigné en mou rantl'hommede son choix2. C'est parcequeLouisXIII 1 Voir, sur l'ancienneté et l'importance des relations de Richelieu et de Mazarin, quatre excellents articles publiés par Cousin, dans le Journal des Savants d'aoùt, septembre, octobre et décembre 1864, sous le titre de Nou velles relations de Mazarin et de Bichelieu pendant Vannée 1630, d'après des documents inédits. Ce sont ces articles qui ont formé plus tard le fond du livre de Cousin, lequel a pour titre la Jeunesse de Mazarin. 2 Le 13 décembre 1612, Mazarin écrivait au prince Maurice de Savoie : „ ... Oui. je le dis hautement, j'ai tout perdu ; je n'aurai pas grand'peìne k le persuader ; elles sont trop connues les grandes obligations que j'avois à Son Eminence, qui, en mourant, a voulu encore me tesmoigner son affec tion en priant le roy de m'accorder une de ses meilleures abbayes, et a re présenté à Sa Majesté que, outre ma fidélité et le zélé que j'avois pour son service, je n'étois pas incapable de la servir. Aussi quand je croyois avoir la permission de m'en retourner à Rome, je reçus ['ordre de rester ici, et je fus appelé au Conseil; mais, comme je ne suis pas assez fort pour porter un aussi grand fardeau, j'espère que Sa Majesté voudra bien m'employer ailleurs. e ne cesserai de l'en prier... » Deux jours après, le 15 décembre, Mazarin écrivait au prince Thomas de Savoie : «Vostre Altesse sait les obligations que j'avois au susdit cardinal, qui, en mourant, a voulu donner de nouvelles marques de l'amitié et de l'estime dont il m'honoroit, en suppliant le roy d'employer ma personne, et en ayant la bonté de lui assurer que je ne se rois pas incapable de bien servir Sa Majesté. Aussi quand je pensois avoir permission de m'en retourner à Rome pour servir dans cette cour la cou ronne de France, Sa Majesté m'a ordonné de la servir ici ; mais j'ai íieu de"
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003015684 | 1894. Guide du Colon. Province de Québec. Préparé sous la direction de l'Hon. E. J. Flynn | [
"Tableau des Agences. TERRES ET BOIS DE LA COURONNE. Le nombre des agences des terres de la Couronne est actuellement de trente, avec en plus cinq sous-agences. Dix-sept de ces agences et quatre sous-agences sont situées dans la partie Est de la province, et treize agences et une sous agence dans la partie Ouest. Nous donnons ci-après la nomenclature complète de ces agences et de leurs divisions, avec les noms de leurs titulaires. Cette nomenclature comprend en outre les noms des can tons dans chacune de ces agences, le nombre d'acres arpentés et de rangs disponibles, puis une analyse du sol et de la forêt dans chaque canton, basée sur les rapports des arpenteurs, avec indication des terrains miniers, des pouvoirs d'eau, et des prin cipaux endroits de chasse et de pêche,",
"91 AGENCE DU LAC SAINT-JEAN.— Suite. (partie centrale.) CANTONS. Rangs dis- ponibles. (Comté du Lac Saint- Jean.) Acre3 arpentés. Qualité du sol, espèces de bois, etc. Labarre I à IX et rang du Saguenay 17,610 De bonne qualité agricole pour les trois quarts. Ce terrain n'exige pas un grand coût pour sa première 7 610 préparation à la culture. II y a de ' ' magnifiques alluvions de chaque côté de la rivière Bédard, depuis le 7ième rang jusqu'au lOième. Le bois a été dévasté par l' incendie. MÉSY ] r II et III rangOuest et II. III. rang Est et IV et V 6,545 -, ' Aspect montagneux en certains en- droits et peu propre à la culture. Terrain d'assez bonne qualité ail- 6,545-, leurs. Bois de toutes les essences et d'une grande hauteur surtout dans la vallée de la Belle Rivière. Lacs *- poissonneux et bons pouvoirs d'eau. Metabetchouan II à Vil 10,405 r Le sol, dans les rangs 3, 4 et 5 sans être de qualité supérieure, permet de former de bons établissements agri- 10,405 ' coles. II est préférable dans les rangs 6 et 7. Ce canton est à pro- ximité du chemin de fer. La forêt *■ a été ravagée par l'incendie. SlGNAY s Ce canton est à peu près entièrement sig4 I occupé ; il ne reste plus que quel- ' 1 ques lots. Le terrain est d'une L grande fertilité. IV et X St. Hilaire I à VI et rangs des lacs à la Carpe et de la ri- vière Meta betchonan La vallée de la Belle Rivière, le voi- sinage du lac des Cèdres, la rive droite de la rivière filetabetchouan „_ „gg et une partie des 2ième et 4ième ' rangs offrent quelques lopius de bonne qualité. Le reste du canton est d'un sol très pauvre. Les lacs fourmillent de poisson. Taillon Ià VI 23,126 ' Sol de première qualité, notamment \\ Test de la ligne centrale. Pas de roches mais une grande savane entre la rivière Péribonka et le lac 23,126i Saint-Jean. Le sous-sol de cette savane est d'excellente terre, et peut facilement être égoutté. La terre dans ce canton est propre à toutes les cultures. Bois mêlés. 204,358",
"131 LE CADASTRE. Tableau alphabétique des comtés oii le cadastre est en vigueur,. COMTES. Endroits où le cadastre est en vigueur. COMTÉS. f Dans les cantons Chatham, Grenville et Aug- mentation, Harrington, Saint-André, Saint- . J Jérôme (partie ouest ou Mille-Isles,) dans ARGENTEUIL j vslUge de Greuvjlle efc k paroisge de Saint-Jérusalem. Le reste est cadastré, niais non complété. ARTHABASKA Dans tout le comté. Bagot Tout le comté. /Dans tout le comté, sauf dans les cantons Ditchfiekl, Linière, Jersey, Dorset, Mar- Risborough, Mefgennette, Spalding, \\_ Woburn, Louise et Adstock. Beauharnois Dans tout le comté. Bellechas.se Tout le comté, excepté le canton Daaquam. C Tout le' comté, moins les cantons Courcelles, Berthier -! Provost, Gauthier, Brassard, de Maison - (_ neuve. s Le cadastre est en vigueur dans les cantons Carletim, Mann, Maria, Nouvelle, Risti- Bonaventure < gouche, Shoolbred. Non complété dans \\_ les autres cantons et paroisses. Brome Dans tout le comté. Chajibly Dans tout le comté. f Dans tout le comté, sauf dans les cantons GiiAMri vin nouvellement organisés."
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002328385 | Massingham Parva, Past and Present | [
"102 MASSINGHAM PARVA : PAST AND PRESENT. The belfry of the Church is gained by ascending a narrow winding staircase in the tower, and the entrance was, at one time, defended by a strong door. The windows of the room are loopholed : it is fitted with a chimney and fire-place, and it could have been made, like so many others in the country, a comfortable refuge and retreat, in case of need, during the Civil War. A small window, now blocked up, commanded a view of the altar and the interior of the Church, at which the acolyte stood to ring the sacring- bell at the elevation of the Host. Overhead hang three bells, two only of which are dated. One of these was presented during the life of the second Robert Mordaunt, the other during that of Sir le Strange. The inscriptions on these two are in Latin characters: — \"JOHN DRAPER MADE ME, 1599. JOHAJES DRAPER ME FECIT, 1609.\" On the third, in old English characters, is — \"HEC FLT. STNR CAMPANA LAUDE BONOR.\" The Communion plate consists of a silver flagon, a chalice and a paten. The flagon weighs 24 ozs. 2 dwts., and bears the date, 1732. Possibly it was the gift of Sir Charles Mordaunt, the sixth baronet, whose son became Rector of the Parish. The early Parish Registers are on parchment and date from the first year of Queen Elizabeth, All the entries, however, up to the year a.d. 1 599, have been copied from some earlier record, in accordance with a Canon published in the reign of Elizabeth,",
"117 THE RECTORS OF MASSINGHAM PARVA. A.D. arms dated 1 769, supposed to be that of the Reverend Charles Mordaunt. 18... — 1820. Charles Mordaunt, presented by Sir Charles Mordaunt. Soon after his presentation to the living, Charles Mordaunt quitted Massingham for good, and the care of the Parish was again intrusted to a succession of Curates: — 1804. T. H. D. Hoste, Curate. 1807 — 1810. William Wodehouse, Curate. 1812 — 1820. Thomas Bland, Curate. The Reverend Charles Mordaunt, who came in for an estate at Badgworth, Somerset, married Frances, the daughter of James Sparrow, of Flax Bourton. A son, John, was born to them in 181 5. The Reverend Charles Mordaunt died on the 22nd January, 1820. 1820— 1867. Charles David Brereton, presented by Joseph Wilson, Esquire. Mr. Brereton was the second son of John Brereton, Esquire, of Brinton, in the county of Norfolk, where this branch of the ancient Cheshire family of the Breretons had resided during several generations. He graduated at Queen's College, Cambridge, in 1813. Mr. Brereton was the author of several pamphlets on the Poor Law, &c, which contributed not a little to the condemnation and abrogation of the mischievous Allowance System. He was appointed Rural Dean by Bishop Stanley, and was possessed of considerable influence with all classes of society, both in the County and the Diocese. For some years he held, conjointly with Massingham Parva, the living of Framlingham Earl and Bixley,",
"A.D 150 MASSINGHAM PARVA : PAST AND PRESENT. 1622. Robertus Bateman filius Nicholai baptizat suit . . . die Octobris. Robertus filius Gulielmi Moore baptizat suit nono die Martii An0 supdict. 1623. Elizabetha filia Jacobi Fishpoole baptizata suit Setimo die Maii. Amy the daughter of Sr Robert Mordaunt & the Lady Amy his wife was baptized the 25 of July 1623. 1624. Willi . . . ffil. Willm. Hardy baptizat suit i° die Augusti. Robertus filius Jacobi Fishpoole baptizat suit decimo die Martii. Robertus filius Robt. ffeake baptizat suit sexto die ffebruarii. 1625. Le Strange filius Thomæ Toll & Annæ uxor baptiz. suit tricessimo die Junii anno 1625. Abigail filia Adami Johnson et Margarett uxor ejus baptizat suit vicessimo die Augusti anno 1624. (sic.) Elizabetha filia AVilli\"- Hardy et Margeriæ uxor ejus baptizat suit quarto die Decembris anno 1625. 1626. Sara filia illegittima Elizabethæ Kidd baptizat suit vicessimo tertio die Aprilis. Phillis filia Guliel. Harman et Cihlia uxor ejus baptizat undecimo die Junii anno 1626. Thomas filius Thomæ Ringwood et Katherinæ uxor ejus baptiz : duodecimo die mensis Novemb. 1627. Edward the sonne of James Ffishpoole was baptzd. the 9^ Septr. Katherine the daughtr. of W™ Johnson was bapt. Decr 2. 1628. Anthome ye son of Tho : Ringwood & Katherine his wife was bapt. Julie the first. Thomas the son of Robert ffeake was bapt. Sep. 21. Robert the son of John Fishpoole & Alice his wife was bapt. Sep. 25. John the son of AVill™ Ffoster & Dorothe his wife was bapt. Deel 28. 1629. Henrie the son of W™ Harman & Cicilie his wife was bapt. April 19. Katherin ye daughter of Tho : Ringwood & Katherin his wife was baptzd. Julie 9. James the sonne of Andrew Rayner & Agnes his wife was baptized Sep. 20. Thomas the son of AA'illim ffellow & Jeane his wife was baptized Sep. 27. John the son of AA'illim. Johnson & Marie his wife was baptized Sep. 29."
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003252049 | Joan of Arc. A play, in five acts [and in verse] | [
"Scene IV.] JOAN OF ARC. 13 Scene IV. — Chinon. Joan. Bertha. Joan. Alas ! not yet returned ? Ber. The way is far. Joan. What, if too careful of his charge, the abbot Coldly deny his suit, some fraud suspecting ? Wouldst know the heaviest ill mortality Can bear ? 'Tis this — suspense. Suspense dries up The fertile mind, holds captive ev'ry nerve, The spirit sinks, impedes swift Time's career, And stays the golden chariot of the sky ; Clothes noon's resplendent face with heavy clouds, Makes peaceful night laborious, watchful day. Ill, and its train of ills, may all be borne ; But dire suspense, that canker of the soul, Like a fell blight encrusts each energy Of mind and frame, and with unnatural heat Consumes the oil of life. Ber. Let 's cheat the hours With converse of the past. Sit on this turf, And here recount the story of thy days. Sure thou wert deemed, from reason's dawn, a treasure Joan. E'en from ray childhood I was never like Those whom my childhood shared. To be alone My joy, thoughts undefined my fancy filling. Sometimes my heart would throb, my young eye swim With sudden tears ; but why I could not tell. I seemed, e'en then, cast from some other sphere, Of which sufficient memory was left",
"Scene I.] JOAN OF ARC. 57 Justly make spirits bold, and wake brave action. Joan. The voice of Heaven first drew me from obscurity, And no reward I seek but its approval. Oh ! never, for the hope of gain, could I Have served my country. Claims she not by right, All love, disinterested faith, all service ? Not hers the debt to recompense her sons, Though, like fond mother, she delights to grant it ; But theirs the debt of gratitude first due To her, which only thus can be discharged. Then mark eternal shame upon his brow, Though brave his deeds, though prodigal of toil, Who honour, glory, high renown, or wealth, Seeks for himself alone, and sheds the blood She justly claims for selfish hope or aim. Lou. Ambition is the offspring of all hearts In which a germ of noble passion dwells. None who in secret feel themselves above The sphere of those with whom they move, but sighed For greatness — rank. Joan. What is it to be great ? To live in tapestried halls, beneath gay domes, To sleep on beds of down, eat costly food, Midst trembling slaves, who watch the stern command ; To call those friends who bow and cringe and fawn, And flatter loud the vice they should condemn ? This is dependence, nought but servile pomp, And this I scorn. To rise above the wants Of this low state, to hold each appetite In justest bounds, in native freedom both Of mind and frame to dare all ills but vice, And fear no danger but a tainted name ; Glory's own self to love, aud not th' applause",
"Scene IV.] JOAN OF ARC. 85 Thou dost but aggravate the guilt too clear. Hear thy* dread sentence, and prepare to meet it — Convicted of the cursed crime of witchcraft, Thou diest at noon to-morrow. Beau. This subdues her. The blood has left her cheek, and as a statue, Transfixed, she stands. One might dispute she breathed But for her quivering lip. See ! she would speak, But the words die. Joan. The bitter cup is full ! Believed a reprobate and leagued with hell, My name, my memory held in destestation ! Die as accursed of Heaven ! (lo Beau. ) 'Tis false! most false! And on thy head a deeper crime shall rest, Than this so foul thou lay'st to me — the weight Of guiltless blood. Thou mays't condemn me here ; But think, once more before the judgment-seat Of Him who all shall judge, we must again Each other meet. How wilt thou meet me there ? This charge unjust shall scathe thy shudd'ring soul, And sight of me shall blast thy hopes of heaven. Prince, thou'rt of gallant race. Bed. I'll hear no more. Joan. Oh ! there are those who on this hour will think With bitterness, when princely honour goads, And noblest blood proves no defence. Beau, (to Bed.) She threatens ! Beware lest some malign, some fatal influence — Joan. Blind man .' the dumb e'en now have found a voice To curb injustice. The poor worm itself Will, by its very writhings, plead its wrongs, And show the cruelty of him that crushed it."
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003914613 | Baillière's Queensland Gazetteer and Road Guide ... With map | [
"Coo The Queensland Gazetteer. 53 the Coomera river, which with the Saltwater, Oaky, and Coompiuibah creeks drains the district. Coomera has two sugar-mills in work. The district is an agri cultural and pastoral one, wheat, maize, sugar-cane, and other products being cultivated. There is a considerable quantity of land under tillage. The nearest townships are Neraug, 10 miles S.; Pimpama, 8 miles N., the communication with these places as with Brisbane, 39^ miles N.W., being by tri-weekly mail coach. The district is under the control of a road board, and is generally mountainous, with good alluvial flats along the banks of the rivers. The geological formation is Devonian, consisting of clay slates and shales. The population, a scattered one, consisting mainly of small settlers and their families, numbers about 200 persons. The Church of England and the Baptists have places of worship in Coomera. COOMERA RIVER (Co. Ward) is an important stream flowing through the parish aud past the township of the same name, and separating, at its upper ■end, the parishes of Cedar and Barrow. It rises in a rugged E. spur of the Darlington range, and flows N.E. into the Broadwater passage at the S. end of Moreton bay, where it is formed into a network of streams draining low-lying swampy country, overgrown iu places with dense maugrove scrub. It is fed by a large number of small creeks, the principal of which are the Saltwater, Oaky, Brygon, Wangawallen, and Coompinibah, or Coombabah. The district is an agricultural and pastoral one. Much of the land at the lower end, and especially on the N. bank, is under cultivation, the crops being wheat, maize, sugarcane, aud green crops. The geological formation of the surrounding country is Devonian, consisting of clay slates and shales. COOMPINIBAH or COOMBABAH CREEK (Co. Ward) is a S. tributary of the Coomera river, flowing through the Coombabah or Coombamba cattle-station into the main stream near the township of Coomera. It drains the parish of Bar row. Devonian, consisting of clay slates and shales. COONDARRA CREEK (Co. Newcastle) is a S. tributary of Johnson's creek, rising in the Main range separating the unsettled districts of Burnett and Darling downs. Granite ridges, clay slates and shales. COONDOO, MOUNT (Co. March), isa prominent landmark from the sea in Laguna bay. It lies E. of the Gympie goldfield, and N. of Tewantin. COONGLARON CREEK (Co. Mackenzie) is a small W. tributary of the Barambah creek, rising near Wigton head-station, about 20 miles S. of Gayndah, and flowing S.E. Clay slates and shales. COONOON CREEK (Co. Lennox), a tributary of the Yabba creek. De vonian. COOPER CREEK (Normanby district) is a tributary of Bee creek, flowing 8 miles S.W. of Nebo township. COOPER, POINT (Kennedy district), is a headland on the coast about 30 miles S. of Cape Grafton. COOPER'S CREEK (Warrego district) is a stream whose name is well kuown in connection with the melancholy fate of Burke aud Wills, who died near it after returning from their expedition across the continent It rises near Mount Shillinglaw and flows through sandy desert country into the colony of South Aus tralia at Fort Wills, emptying itself in that colony into Lake Torrens. It is fed in the rainy seasons by the Thompson or Barcoo river, and is mostly dry. Desert sand stone. COORA, MOUNT (Co. Lennox), is a peak in the rugged country known as the Kilkivan goldfield. There is a copper mine to the N. of the mountain 5 miles N. of Black Snake township, which forms part of the Gympie copper-mining dis trict (see Gympie). Porphyritic greenstone, serpentine, and granite. COORANGA CREEK (Co. Newcastle) is a small stream watering the run of the same name, and falling into the Cadaga creek. Granite and clay slate. COORANGA CREEK (Co. Mackenzie) is a small tributary of the lower end of the Boyne river, watering the run of the same name. Clay slates and shales.",
"[Dou — Dru 66 The Queensland Gazetteer. DOUBLE ISLAND POINT (Co. Marsh) is the N. head of Laguna bay, and the S. head of Wide bay. It is a promontory running out from the mainland, with barren sandy ridges to the S. and white sandy cliffs to the N. Sandstone. DOUBLE, MOUNT (Co. Palmerston), is a prominent hill and landmark, about 30 miles inland of Port Bowen. Metamorphic. DOUBLE POINT (Kennedy district) is a headland on the coast, about 30 miles N. of Cardwell. Granite. DOUBTFUL CREEK (Co. Clinton) is a S. tributary of the river Calliope, watering the Upper Calliope run. Shales and serpentine. Traces of copper ore. DOUGHBOY CREEK (Co. Stanley) is an agricultural district, named from the creek which falls into the Brisbane, 3 miles W. of Lytton. There are 5 sugar mills in the district, and sugar-cane and other vegetable products are extensively cultivated. The township of Lytton, 3 miles E. of the Doughboy creek post-office, contains a custom-house and telegraph station. There are no public means of com munication with that place, and Brisbane is reached by coach thence. The hotel is the Royal Mail (Mrs. Waldock's), at the junction of the Cleveland and Lytton roads. The surrounding country is flat, with small elevations. The geological formation is alluvial deposit over clay slate and shales. The population of the district between Lytton and the Doughboy is about 500. There is a Wesleyan chapel in the neighbourhood. DOUGHBOY CREEK (Co. Stanley) is asmall creek and agricultural settle ment, lying 2\\ miles N.W. of the township of Tingalpa, and is generally included in, and considered a part of, that place. DOUGLAS CREEK (Co. Clermont) is a tributary of Sandy creek/or Theresa creek, flowing through the township of Copperfield. Mica slate. DOUGLAS, MOUNT (Bon-en district), is a lofty hill at the junction of the Bosetta creek and Belyando river. It is crossed by the old road from Port Denison to the Bowen downs. Tertiary sandstone. DOUGLAS PONDS CREEK (Mitchell district) is an important tributary of the Barcoo river, rising in the rough sandstone hilly country near Mount Northampton, and flowing in a general W. and S.W. direction through good pr.storal country into the Barcoo at Monies run. It passes by Alice downs head station, and within 2 miles N. of the township of Blackall, and is fed by the Dismai, Spring, Skeleton, and Norwood creeks. Sandstone and shales. DOWNS CREEK (Normanby district) is a S. tributary of the Isaacs river. Carboniferous. DRAYTON (Co. Aubigny) is a small township suburban to Toowoomba, and generally included in that place. It lies on Westbrook creek, in the midst of a fine ngricultural district. Toowoomba is 4 miles E. and Allora 36 miles S. With Brisbane the communication is by railway from Toowoomba, 93 miles. The hotels are the Bull's Head, Criterion, Carrier's Arms, and Down's hotel. It is in the ) arish of Drayton, and was formerly under a municipal council, which has lapsed. The surrounding country is undulating. The population numbers between 700 and 800. Drayton has 1 Church of England, 1 Roman Catholic, and 1 Congregational church. A good racecourse lies midway between Drayton and Toowoomba. DREGHORN (Ravenswood district) is a small mining township forming part of the Charters Towers goldfield, which see. Granite and quartz. DRILLHEM CREEK (Co. Buln-er) is aW. tributary of the Dogwood creek, watering the Wallan run, and falling into the main stream about 5 miles N. of Cundamine township. Clay sandstone. DROMEDARY, MOUNT (Co. Flinders), is a double-headed hill lying at the head of Oyster creek, between Baffle creek and Bustard bay. Granite. DRUMFIN CREEK (Co. Lennox). See Coppermine Creek. DRUMMER'S CREEK (Co. Bowen) is a small tributary of Sunday creek, into which it falls, near the crossing of the proposed railway from Buudaberg to Mount",
"Ver — Wal] The Queensland Gazetteer. 193 established diggings. It has one of the finest pine-forests in the colony, other wise it is open timbered forest, and is well grassed and watered, and proved to be one of the best fattening districts in Queensland. There is but one township between this and Brisbane, distant 12 miles N.W., and named M'Lean, on which there is as yet but one hotel ; it is surrounded by four squatters' stations, namely, Bromelton, W.S.W., distant 4 miles; Beaudesert, S.W., distant 5 miles; Jim boomba, N.W., distant 9 miles; Tabragalba, E., distant 6 miles. A mail coach leaves Brisbane every Wednesday at 6 a.m., and arrives at Veresdale at 5.30 p.m., returning at 7 a.m. on Friday, and arriving at Brisbane at 6 p.m., via Jimboomba station, Logan bridge, Brown plains, Cooper plains and Bris bane, distant 40 miles. The hotels are the Veresdale. in Veresdale, Union, in the township of McLean ; and Norfolk, in Jimboomba; the mail and passenger coach-office is at the Veresdale store. There is also a horse-team carrier and three bullock-team carriers. Veresdale was lately under a road-trust, which is now done away with. The Government is carrying out all public works under the super intendence of road overseers. The country is elevated with high mountains, and large flats between the mountains. Its general formation is granite, quartz, iron-stone, coal, and feldspar; on the flats is found rich black loamy soil. The population around Veresdale is about 200, and in the township of McLean about 100. These is one Wesleyan and one Roman Catholic church in the locality. There is a race-course, a cemetery, a police-paddock, on which there is a court-house and police-station to be erected this year. The district is fast populating. It is one of the best agricultural districts in the colony. There are large areas of land still open for selection. VERNON POINT (Co. Cook) is a level piece of land, bare of trees, pre senting a rocky cliff to seaward, and forming the N.W. head of the S. or inner part of Hervey bay. The township of Poison is on this point. Sandstone. VICTORIA CREEK (Kennedy district) is a tributary of the Campaspe river rising in Mount Looloo, and falling into the main stream near the road from Bowen to Capeville, a little to the E. of Cape river goldfields. Metamorphic slates and schists. VICTORIA LAKE (Co. Raglan) is a fine expanse of water on the Kroombit creek. VICTORIA POINT (Co. Stanley), a S.W. headland in Moreton bay. VICTORIA RIVER (Mitchell district). See Barcoo River. VILLAGE OF LOGAN, 27° 50' S. lat, 153° 10' E. long., (Co. Ward) a postal township in the parish of Moffatt and electoral district of Logan. It is situated on the Logan river, and is the head of the Logan navigation. Quency creek joins the Logan near, and Quency mountains lie 2 miles E. from the village of Logan. The district is entirely agricultural and pastoral, large quantities of land being taken up in the neighbourhood for both purposes. The township of Maclean lies 8 miles S.W., Waterford 8 miles N., Beenleigh 10 miles N.E., and a telegraph station and nearest money-order office and Tambourine post-office 10 miles S. The mails are carried by saddle-horse to Waterford, and thence to Been leigh by Cobb's mail coach, mails by saddle-horse to Maclean, mails by saddle horse to Tambourine. With Brisbane the communication is by steamboat once a week, and by Cobb's coach from Waterford, — distance by land 23 J miles ; all heavy goods and produce go by steamer. The hotels are Dryman's in the village of Logan, Union hotel in Maclean, Waterford hotel in Waterford, and in Beenleigh Beitz's and Meyer's hotels. There is large bullock and horse dray traffic S. from the steamer depot. The neighbourhood consists generally of low flat country. The population numbers 50 persons, and there is one place of worship in the township belonging to the Congregationalists. VINING, MOUNT (Co. Aubigny) is a peak in the broken country lying W. of Toowoomba and between that township and Condamine river. Basalt. WABBILL CREEK (Kennedy district). See Valley of Lagoons. WALKER, MOUNT (Co. Churchill). See Seven-Mile Creek. ii"
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001896152 | A History of the parish of Tettenhall, in the county of Stafford [With plates.] | [
"Manorial History. 39 Item 28. A Man that hath Sons may set them to Crafts without license of ye Lord, and he shall give for every marriage of his daughters in the Mannour twelve pence and out of ye Manour two shillings except he can get better favour. Item 29. All the King's Tenants may sett their Lands, houses, rents, or Tenements for ye terme of thirty years without license of the Lord, but if it be for terme of life, it must be in full Courte and with license of the Bailiff. Item 30. If any Man be lawfully ceised in full Court of any Tenement or right one day and one night, hee shall never be excluded, nor expulsed but by the King's right, and by the Judgment of the King's tenants. Item 31. Yt twelve Men shall present all the Articles wch they knowe true and if they stand in doubt of any they shall have License untill ye next Court day and as well they are to present that day as the first day. Item 32. No Presentment of blood drawing or bearing weapons of a Child shall be presented before he be twelve years of age. Item 33. If any presentment be not amended, it shall be presented from year to year till it shall be amended, and also amends made. Item 34. If any Inquisition be made by the Bailiff of the Office for Procuration and the Tenants be not wholly present, then the inquest must take no effect, until the Tenants present Answer to their doings wholy together in like manner must be done of twelve men, but if it be taken by the King's right (or writt) for Lands or Tenement or for Office, and the Plantives and Defendants are ready present, and are content to abide their sayings, then they must give a Verdict without any delaying. Item 35. If any Man takes a writt on his Neighbour for lands or Tenements, both shall have their delayes and no detaining of Lands or Tenements shall be made But if it be for default of Shute of Parties, he yt is cast shall give to the Lord six shillings eight pence, except he can get better favour. Item 36. There is a certaine Wood in Brewood called Kingswood of the gift of King John sometime King of England which said Wood disforrested he gave to his Tenants of Tetten hall in helping and easing the old rents of his Tenants for the",
"History of Tettenhall. 170 The deeds at Wrottesley shew he had enfeoffed John de Fulford in the Manor of Wrottesley, and other lands, on or before the 16th January, 1334, for on that date John de Fulford grants by deed to Sir Hugh de Wrottesley, Knt., and Elizabeth, his wife, the said Manor and the mill of Aucwalle (Hawkwell) in the fee of Pateshull, which he held by the feoffment of the said Hugh, to be held by the said Hugh and Elizabeth, and the heirs of the body of the said Hugh, with remainder to Roger, brother of Sir Hugh, and the son of William de Wrottesleye, and heirs male of his body, with remainder to Idonia, his sister, and heirs male of her body, and with remainder to Elianora, sister of Idonia, and heirs male of her body, with final remainder to nearest heirs of Sir Hugh. This deed is witnessed by Sir John Giffard, Sir John de Swinnerton, and Sir Henry de Bisshebury, Knights, John de Prestewode, William de Rugge, and Richard de Onyotleshay. (1) Roger, Idonia and Elianora, are described in this deed as brother and sisters of Sir Hugh, and children of William de Wrottesleye, owing to the circumstance that Joan, the mother of Sir Hugh, had married a second husband, John de Tettebury, and had had issue by him. At the Stafford Assizes of 8 Edward III, (A.D. 1334), Hugh de Wrottesley sued John de Tettebury and Joan, his wife, and William, son of William Barre,of Albrython, for unjustly dis seising him of a messuage, six acres of meadow, ten acres of wood, forty acres of pasture, and thirteen marks of rent in Boterdon, (Butterton), Waterfall and Grendon, (Grindon). John pleaded he had found his wife seized of the tenements in question, and stated they were formerly in seisin of one William de Wrottesleye, grandfather of Sir Hugh, whose heir he is, and William by his deed had given them to William, his son, father of Sir Hugh, and to Joan, who was at that time wife of the said William, son of William, and which Joan is now wife of the said John de Tettebury, and to their heirs, and they produced the deed in question in Court. Hugh de Wrottesley pleaded that William, his grandfather, never delivered seisin of the said (1) Original deed at Wrottesley.",
"286 History of Tettenhall. THE VOLUNTEERS. In 1798 an Association of Volunteer Cavalry was formed at Tettenhall under the title of \" Loyal Volunteer Cavalry,\" to act in aid of the civil magistrates in preserving the peace. The company was recruited from the following parishes: — Tettenhall, Penn, Wombourne, Trysull, Pattingham, Patshull, and Codsall. The Rules of the Association were curious, especially Rule 4, which provide \" That we shall pledge our honour to attend our officer or officers when required under the Rules of the Associa tion, but no one shall be obliged to go out of the several parishes above mentioned, which all lie within the County of Stafford.\" The first meeting was held 28th June, 1798, and the muster roll gives 35 names, of whom 26 were residents in Tettenhall Parish ; eventually the roll numbered 57. The uniform and accoutrements of the troop must have been rather gorgeous, judging from the cost, i.e., £11 3s. 6d. each. The company does not appear to have had much support, for it was disbanded early in the present century. On 22nd May, 1860, the first Rifle Volunteer Company was formed at Tettenhall, and was named the 30th Staffordshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, and was of the following strength : — 1 Captain, 1 Lieutenant, 1 Surgeon, 3 Sergeants, 1 Bugler, and 58 rank and file — Total 92, of all ranks. The Honourable Charles Wrottesley was gazetted first Captain of the Company, but was succeeded immediately after the enrolment of the Corps by Captain E. Phillips Stubbs, with J. Prior, Lieutenant, and T. Evans, Ensign. The uniform of the Corps was of grey Melton cloth, with green facings, grey cloth shako, and brown leather accoutrements, with bronze ornaments. On Captain Stubbs' resignation in 1863, Ensign Evans was gazetted Captain. In 1861 Dr. J. Cooke joined as Surgeon, and remained with the Company until 1870, when he resigned. In 1871, the Rev. A. J. Van Straubenzee, then Vicar of Tettenhall, succeeded the Rev. E. J. Wrottesley as Chaplain, and remained in the Battalion until the present year (1894) when he resigned, having obtained the Volunteer Decoration,"
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003968077 | Lord Oakburn's Daughters ... Twentieth edition | [
"THE COMPOSING DRAUGHT. 49 in it, for she died the minute she had swallowed it. I mean the young lady, Mrs. Crane, sir,\" she added, perceiving that Mr. Grey appeared not to understand her. \" Dead ! \" he uttered. \" Stone dead, sir. Mr. Carlton said I had better come up for Mr. Stephen Grey. He's there with Mr. Lycett.\" Mr. Grey closed his own door and entered his brother's house. Frederick Grey was coming across the hall. \" Is your father in, Frederick ? \" \" No. I don't suppose he will be long. I don't know where he's gone, though. Uncle John, we had a letter from mamma this evening.\" \" Did he make up a draught to-night for Mrs. Crane, do you know ? \" continued Mr. Grey, passing over his nephew's gratuitous information. \" Yes, I know he did, for I was in the surgery at the time. A composing draught. Why ? It was sent to Mrs. Crane.\" \"Why, it has just killed her, Master Frederick,\" put in Mrs. Gould. \" It was prussic acid, they say, and no composing draught at all.\" \" What thundering nonsense ! \" echoed the boy, who appeared to have caught only the latter words. \" Nonsense, is it, sir ? \" sobbed the widow. \" She's dead, at any rate.\" Frederick Grey glanced quickly at his uncle, as if for confirmation or the contrary. \" I am going down there, Frederick. Mrs. Gould says she is dead. As soon as your father comes in, ask him to follow me.\" The lad stood looking after them as they went down the street, his brain busy. At that moment he saw their assistant, Mr. Whittaker, approaching from the opposite side of the street. Frederick Grey took his cap from the hall where it was hanging, and went out to meet him. \" Mr. Whittaker, they are saying the new patient, Mrs. Crane, is dead. Do you believe it ? \" \"Rubbish,\" retorted Mr. Whittaker. \"Mr. Stephen told me to-night she was as good as well again. Who says it ? \" \" Mother Gould. She has been up here to fetch Uncle John, and he has left word that papa is to follow soon. Tell him, will you ? \" He vaulted off ere he had well finished speaking, caught up Mrs. Gould at her own door, and ran upstairs after his uncle. Mr. Grey had already entered the chamber of Mrs. Crane. He first satisfied himself that she was really dead, and then began to search out the particulars. Mr. Carlton directed his attention to the bottle. \" Mr. Grey,\" he said, \" you know how chary we medical fraternity Lord Oakburn's Daughters. 4",
"LORD OAKBURN'S DAUGHTERS. 258 \" For shame, Frederick ! \" \" Dear mamma, I am sorry you are so vexed, and I wish I had not mentioned it at all. I tell you I have lain awake night after night, thinking it over in all its aspects, and I see that any probable increase of practice could not have been his motive, for the draught might have been made up by me or by Mr. AVhittaker, for all Mr. Carlton knew ; and in that case the odium could not have fallen upon papa. I see that you are angry with me, and I only wish I could dismiss this suspicion of Carlton from my mind. There is one loophole for him ; that the man he saw concealed on the stairs may have been the villain, after all.\" \" What man ? What stairs ? \" exclaimed Mrs. Grey in astonish ment. \" As Mr. Carlton was leaving the sick lady's room that same night, he saw — Hush ! Here's papa ! \" cried the boy, breaking off abruptly. \" Don't breathe a word of what I have been saying, there's a dear mother.\" Mr. Stephen Grey came in, a gloomy cloud on his usually cheer ful face. He threw himself into an arm-chair opposite his wife's sofa, his mood one of great weariness. \" Are you tired, Stephen ? \" she asked. \" Tired to death,\" he answered ; \" tired of it all. We shall have to make a move.\" \"A move ! \" she repeated, while Frederick turned from the window, where he was now standing, and looked at his father. \"We must remove from this place, Mary, to one where the gossip of Stephen Grey having supplied poison in mistake for good medicine will not have penetrated. It grows worse every day, and John's temper is tried. No wonder : he is worked like a horse. Just now he came in, jaded and tired, and found three messengers waiting to see him, ready to squabble among themselves who should get him first. ' I am really unable to go,' he said. ' I have been with a patient for the last seven hours, and am good for nothing. Mr. Stephen will attend.' No, there was not one would have Mr. Stephen : their orders were, Mr. Grey or nobody. John has gone, unfit as he is to do so : but this sort of thing cannot last.\" \" Of course it cannot,\" said Mrs. Stephen Grey. \" How extra ordinary it is ! Why should people be so prejudiced in the face of evident facts ? \" \" I had a talk with John yesterday, and broached to him what has been in my own mind for weeks. He and I must part. John must take a partner who will be more palatable to South AVennock than I now am, and I must try my fortune elsewhere. If I am to be ruined it is no use dragging John down with me: and, were I to remain with him, I believe the whole practice would be taken from us.\"",
"THE TURBULENT AVAVES LAID TO REST. 493 think of it. I never — as a matter of course, Laura being here — talk of the past. Lucy,\" she added, drawing her young sister to her, \" I can see that you are happy.\" A bright smile and a brighter blush answered the words. \" My child, take a caution from me,\" proceeded Jane : \" have no concealments from your husband, and never disobey him.\" \" There is no need to tell me that, Jane,\" said Lucy, with some surprise. \" How could I do either?\" \" No, I believe there is none; but we cannot forget, my dear, that concealment or disobedience, following on their rebellious marriages, brought the ill upon Laura and Clarice. Had not Clarice come to South AVennock, in all probability her tragical end would never have occurred, and she came in direct disobedience to the will and command of her husband. Had Laura not dishonourably forced her husband's private locks, the awful disclosure might never have burst upon her. Be very cautious, Lucy; love, reverence, and obey your husband.\" A conscious smile played around Lucy's lips, and at that moment Judith came in. Lady Laura wanted her sister Jane. \" It does not seem like the old room, Judith,\" Lucy said, as her sister left it. \" I should scarcely have known it again.\" For it was a very smart drawing-room now, and somewhat incon veniently crowded with ornaments and furniture. Laura's handsome grand piano took up a good portion of it. \" True, my lady,\" was Judith's answer. \" AVhen the sale took place at Mr. Carlton's after his death, Lady Laura reserved a great many of the things, and they had to be brought here.\" \"Where's Stiffing?\" asked Lucy. \" She soon found a place after Lady Laura discharged her, but she did not remain in it, and she has lest South Wennock. She got mobbed one evening,\" added Judith, lowering her voice. \" Got mobbed ! \" echoed Lucy, staring at Judith. \" It was in this way, my lady : the news got abroad somehow that it was Stiffing who fetched the skeleton key for Lady Laura, that— that past night, and a number of rude boys set upon Stiffing one spring evening ; they hooted her and pelted her and chased her, called her a skeleton, and altogether behaved very badly to her.\" \" But if she did fetch the key, Lady Laura sent her for it.\" \" Oh yes, but boys and men, when they set upon a body like that, my lady, only think of the victim before them. Stiffing wouldn't stop in South Wennock after that, but gave up her place.\" \" How shamefully unjust ! \" exclaimed Lucy. Her indignation had scarcely spent itself when Frederick Grey entered, and Judith retired. \" Did you think I was lost, Lucy ? \""
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004003145 | Portugal in 1828, comprising sketches of the state of private society, and of religion ... under Don Miguel. With a narrative of the author's residence there, and of his persecution and confinement as a state prisoner | [
"147 immediately arrested, the men drafted to other ships, and the Don John placed out of com- mission. Soon after, however, she was again fitted out for the expedition to Madeira. On the evening of her arrival, as her purser was walking along the streets of Lisbon, at 1 1 o'clock at night, and going to take a boat to carry him on board, he was suddenly arrested, and brought to the castle about midnight. He was placed amongst the other officers, being at the time dressed in full uniform. When this officer was taken, he naturally in- quired what he had done to deserve confinement ; but they made him no answer. When he arrived at the castle, he repeated the question: he was told to be quiet; but he became enraged with the secretary and the guards, and said \" he would know what crime he had committed ;\" and they told him \" None !\" He then said, f he would not be confined,\" and continued talking with the utmost rage and anger. In consequence of this violence, they took him from amongst the officers, and put him in a dungeon by himself; and, when the morning came, he was carried before the secre tary and reprimanded. L2",
"268 William, who said that a great many troops were coming from Lisbon, and that it was those already mentioned ; and further he did not depose ; and signed with the said magistrate. And I, Luis Franco de Almeida, Vidal, wrote this. Arrias, Antonio dos Santos Feurira. Noted. On the 12th June, 1828, in this city of Leiria, at the house and residence of the corregidor of this district, Francisco Arrais de Vilhena, where I, notary public, was present, together with the said magistrate, the following witnesses were examined as herein mentioned. I, Luis Franco de Almeida, Vidal, took the deposition. Fourth Witness. — Joao Pireira da Silva, (p) sub- (p ) This man says 1 was the first who gave the news in Leiria, saying, I heard it from Oporto. When King John the VI. went on board his Majesty's ship, the Windsor Castle, then lying in the Tagus, he suddenly sent Don Miguel out of the country, and the news arrived at Leiria by post in the Gazette, twenty hours after the circumstance took place. How could I hear it from Oporto, when the intelligence could only reach that place two days after it was publicly known in Leiria. I can safely say, I did not see the man who swears to the above on the day that news arrived. It was news of great impor tance to the liberal part of Portugal, and seemed to dissipate a cloud from which a dreadful storm was expected ; but clouds often return, and so did the monster.",
"315 use of them for the corporation or chancery, or for the officers of justice, or any other parts determine, notwithstanding, that the half shall be for the said ransom of captives, and ordain that they may in this manner receive and execute this, agreeable to this my regulation. The half of the said fines I do appropriate for the said captives, in the manner aforesaid, and this without any contradictions to any of my orders and regulations that may be brought against it, and are not herein expressly mentioned; and, supposing that in each of them, express mention should be made to have revoked, and this shall only be understood as regards the fines only.'' The copy of the said chapter contains nothing more ; according to the tenor of which, I issued the present ordinance, which in truth I here certify. Signed by me. I, Antonio Jose de Sa Leao, wrote and signed it. Antonio Jose de sa Leao. Lisbon, 23d of August, 1828. Reis. Prison charges 600 Hospital 400 Process 40 Total 1040 Distribution 600 reis (page 170) Verse of the"
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002068073 | My Good for nothing Brother. A novel | [
"105 MY GOOD FOR NOTHING BROTHER. Often before retiring I peep into the school-room, and linger about, trying to force her into sociability.\" \" Poor lone ! How do you find her occupied ? \" \"Usually writing extracts, and preparation for the morning studies. Certainly Beatrice and Har'yet are in thorough training. There is no trifling, no joking — and they advance ; but — I fear to be ungenerous — we are not quite sure they are so amiable.\" A beautiful boy, at this moment, seized Grace, and kissed her roughly, \"One, two, three, four, five, six kisses, Grace,\" he said ; \" thank you for finding Romp for us.\" \" We shaU not invite him to Sunny Hill again, Montague. He howled aU night, and no one slept. The persecution he has inflicted on Mrs. Gideon VarneU is quite disgraceful.\" \" Try the same tune with me, Romp, and won't I thrash you ? \" said the boy. \" There, sir, stand on your head. Now, beg, and look like a penitent. He makes me die with laughing. If he might wear a black hat and a white frill, the gfrls would not know him from Miss Norton.\" \" Montague, I forbid any such improper comparisons. Your papa would be quite shocked with your disrespectful remarks.\" \" Dear mamma, you are not shocked all over ? Your shoulders are shaking. I never mean to point out the resemblance to Miss Norton herself; but, when she told me she hoped Romp would never return, I had a little notion that she sensibly imagined we should be more lively with only one Miss Norton. I am glad I have a tutor; Har'yet and Beatrice are so changed, they don't enjoy fun now ! \" \" You had better go to Miss Norton, Grace,\" said her ladyship, \" and, unless you seek me, we shall not meet until dinner. She prefers my absence in confiding to you all her sorrows and mortifications.\" The children ran wildly to Grace, asking her questions regarding Lois, the swans, the sick school girls and boys, the old men and women.",
"257 MY GOOD FOR NOTHING BROTHER. \" You love another ! \" he said, sorrowfully. \" I entreat you, deceive me not ! Does Captain Norton, or some one else, absorb your heart's devotion ? In mercy spare me this torture ! You will kill me ! \" He appeared irresistible ; his musical voice changed to a tone of command. The fascination of his manner wholly overcame the power Grace had summoned. \" Ernest,\" she said, \" I did love Captain Norton, and I hoped he cared for me. Since I possessed your affection, I have doubted his regard ; it was so calm, and quiet, and reserved. I think he meant friendship only. We had no vows, no real engagement of any kind, and I would forget we ever met. Hitherto this secret has been known only to my Maker. I don't deserve your devoted affec tion, for I have not entirely mastered my feelings.\" She looked pale as marble when she ceased speaking, and her hands trembled in shrinking alarm as she with drew them from his. \" Ernest, I no longer deceive — you know all ! You deserve a heart whose every throb is yours alone ! \" \" Shall you demand an explanation ? \" \" Never ! Had we been engaged, long since I should have done so.\" \" And you will seek no medium or opportunity in the future for renewing this friendship ? \" \" Never ! \" \" And your own sense of dignity urges you to \" \" Forget also,\" she said, rapidly. \" God will not permit my life to be all sadness and sorrow ; my trust is in Him.\" She spoke solemnly. \" Grace — dear Grace — -my heart's darling ! \" he ex claimed, drawing her towards him, and kissing away her tears. She resisted him no longer. In very sorrow and weariness her head rested on his bosom, and Ernest wished that moment a lifetime ; but Dr. and Mrs. Lansdale were at the trysting-place. They hurried forward to meet them ; and evening advanced so rapidly, that Ernest retraced his steps after a brief greeting. Q",
"275 MY GOOD FOR NOTHING BROTHER. widow ; she had no sympathy in common with Mrs. Meynell. Miss Patty suggested that Grace should take Mrs. Lansdale to Badger's Dingle. This was at once arranged. \" My dear Grace,\" whispered Ernest, \" I cannot live without you. When wiU you return ?\" \" To-morrow, Ernest. We ought to Uve here till the desolation is repaired, at any cost.\" \" You promise that I shall see you to-morrow evening ? \" \" Yes. Are you satisfied ? \" A strange expression passed over his countenance as he staggered to a seat. She brought wine, and the colour returned to his lips. \" I was only faint,\" he said, trying to reassure her ; \" these attacks are sudden. We all require rest.\" \" It will be ours,\" she said, kissing the hand she held with gentle tenderness. \" The storm has passed, and the great calm is sure to succeed.\" \" Outward bound,\" he murmured, musingly. \" Is the anchor safe, the compass true ? Are any lost on that wide sea ? \" \" What would you imply ? \" she asked. \" Ernest, dear Ernest, let me .comfort you ! What affection you have shown us in our sorrow ! Thank vou for all your love !\" \" I must nerve myself to talk to you, Grace, my darling ; but not now. Leave the orders here ; leave all to me ; and farewell ! \" Again he paused and explored the depths of those violet eyes. \" Farewell !\" he repeated. \" Linger not at Badger's Dingle.\" r 2"
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002396350 | A Life's Ransom. A play in five acts [and in verse], etc | [
"a life's ransom. 11 ACT IT. SCENE.— As in Act I. Enter Loed Revesdale, followe d by Banceoft. Revesdale. Be it so, Sir ; it is your cousin's right, His fair undoubted right to sell my lands. So must my father's heavy debt be cancelled. Bancroft. My kinsman, so he writes me, needs large sums For present uses, so the lands must go. Yet, though I've not much cause to bear you love, It frets me that your ancient, proud domain, Should pass to strangers. Revesdale. All that's needful else You will see done. Bancroft. Though if young Ringwood buys it, 'Twill scarcely fall to strangers. Revesdale. Ringwood buy it ! Bancroft. Has he not broken with you upon this ? Revesdale. Never ! Bancroft. He might have thought, perhaps, the old Reves- dale blood AVould fire at such succession, — the Brewer's grandson ! Revesdale (with an effort). Aud my friend, Sir ! — He told you his intent ? Bancroft. He told my agent (jestingly). 'Tis a foolish thought, But yet, had proof confirmed the general rumour Of Ringwood's traitorous aid to the Duke of Mon- mouth, He had found a different fate ! Revesdale (regarding him keenly). There are such rumours, then? Bancroft (aside). He knows it ! Proved, they'd check the aspiring pride That vaults into your seat.",
"26 a life's ransom. Miles. Soon to wed his sister. Holme. A bridegroom who should blazon on his shield, Three vats, with crest — a malt-sack ! Drayton. 'Tis well Revesdale Has been of late from home ; though they were friends, He'd scarcely brooked young Ringwood's licence, or This gossip on his sister. (Laughter, amidst which they rise). Miles. Faith, the pair Should marry quickly, lest impatient Cupid Trip Hymen up while plodding to the altar. (Renewed laughter). Brayton. Come, come ! The day wears down. Holme. Have with you ! Drayton (to Miles, who refills his glass) . Sirrah ! D'ye mean to sit your horse ? Miles (draining the bottle) . There, there — I come ! [Deatton, Miles, and Holme go out. Revesdale (coming forivard) . Miles, Holme, and Drayton ! my domain has passed To Ringwood — They're from the very spot That was our home — was for five hundred years ! They poured their gibes even on Felicia. 'Tis plain her wooing, then, is bruited far. (After a pause, with uncontrollable passion), Would hurricanes had strewed Earth with my towers ; would that the earth, agape To feed on pride, had gulphed them ! — Wed Felicia ! Our blood, that sprang from mountain heights of time, Caught the first rays of glory, and conversed With unstaled lightnings while the world was dark — Had fate no blast to freeze, no torrid heat To scorch even to its bed that stream, or e'er It lapsed into a sluice, and turned a mill-wheel ? Well, well, well, well ! (Drinks excitedly, and throws himself into a chair) Enter Banceoft. Bancroft. Those I sought not here ! Mine host is ignorant, or bribed (aside). How, Reves- dale!",
"a life's ransom. 33 Richard (after a pause occupied by the dance). Hold, hold, our Lady ! [Felicia, Matthew, and Aethue, appear on the staircase. Richard. Join all '.—Long life to Revesdale and our Lady ! Chorus (by the group). Long live Lord Revesdale and his noble sister! Giles. And his Honour, and Squire Arthur ! Group. Ay, long life And joy to all ! Felicia. Thanks, thanks, good friends ! — Let me not check the mirth, for my heart shares it. [Felicia, Matthew, and Arthue, descend the staircase, and advance to front. Matthew (to dancers). Well done ! well done ! Fall to again ! (To Felicia). I feel So light, so gay ! I never see the young Glad, but my old heart leaps up wild and full. I must dance, or sing, or kiss some one, I must ! For fear of accidents, it shall be you ! (Risses her tenderly) . Felicia. Fie ! You, a veteran ! Matthew. Veteran, girl — I'm young. True youth is like true wine ; the longer kept The more the spirit of the grape comes out ! Arthur. There wants but oue thing to complete our joy — ■ Basil's return. Matthew. How, scape-grace ! Do you feel No awe of the man from whom you've stolen his sister ? Felicia. No danger now ! The winter that congealed His love, dispelled, 'twill open all its sweets In Fortune's sunshine. 'Tis not in his heart To turn from your devotion. Matthew. AVhat delays him ? 'Tis clear he's not with Norville, who despatched The letter that restored your brother's rights, From London. Felicia. You speak anxiously. Matthew. No, no. There's nought to fear ! — Aud, yet, 'tis true the land Is rife with plots. i>"
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000348919 | White Man's Africa ... Illustrated by R. C. Woodville, etc | [
"JAMESON'S RAID 15 \"On Saturday, nth (Jan. 1896), about 9 a.m., a guard of the Pretoria Volunteer Cavalry came down, and we were marched up to the railway station in two separate lots, and put into two special trains, which left Pretoria about noon. We were very well treated here, and a Dr. Saxton, surgeon to the Staats Artillery, was sent with us, as well as a strong escort of Pretoria Volunteer Cavalry. We officers were put into first-class carriages, and well supplied with fruit and liquor. We were cheered as we left the station, and at every station as we passed.\" As the doctor said to me, afterwards \" We were nothing but pirates, and richly deserved hanging — every one of us ! \" And yet immediately after this unprovoked attack upon the Boers, these apparently forgot everything excepting their duties as Christians. This is the nearest example I know of in history of soldiers in the field acting practically on the precept, \" Love your enemies.\" And now let us hear our doughty Boer legislator who tried hard to kill Dr. Hatheway. W. J. Rends burg is a Dutch burgher of Potchefstroom, which is eighty miles south-west of Johannesburg. He is a member of the Legislature, deep in the chest, brown as an Indian, has hands that close like a blacksmith's, and he bears among Boers the reputa tion of being as good with the rifle as with the parliamentary manual. He struck me as a man of observing habits, good-natured by temperament, of",
"WHITE MAN'S AFRICA 154 Moshesh, in his declining years, was under the influence of witch-doctors and other local \"medicine men,\" but the missionaries either did not know of this or preferred to keep such facts to themselves. I have thumbed through several volumes of mis sionary reports dealing largely with Moshesh and the Orange Free State, but in them find nothing of more historical value than what I have already quoted ; they are a monument to the credulity of men old enough to know better ; as historical material they are next to worthless. In these missionary reports the testimony of blacks is in variably preferred to that of thoroughly respectable Boers ; and, indeed, one who knows nothing of the country rises from the reading of such stuff with a feeling that the black man is morally and physically the superior of the white — from the missionary point of view. Of course my good friend Temple and I were bound to climb this sacred mountain Taba-Basio, and stand by the grave of Moshesh. The more so as Commissioner Lagden had given us an escort in the shape of one of Moshesh's descendants, now serving in the mounted police : him I made stand up, with one hand resting on the grave of his illustrous forebear, while I took a photograph of the scene. It was indeed a strange scene, that of a Christian tombstone marking the remains of a heathen black chief, who was buried here by a large gathering of Protestant missionaries with all the",
"176 WHITE MAN'S AFRICA bridges and highways with the obvious intention of making this neighbourhood another Holland. Mr. Cecil Rhodes has shown his appreciation for Dutch taste by purchasing for his home one of the finest ancestral estates in the colony, where he lives, when he sojourns at the Cape, very much as might have done a governor of the old Dutch East India Company. Before the Jameson raid Mr. Rhodes enjoyed great popularity among the Dutch Afri kanders, for he was always careful to treat their national characteristics with respect, and he was credited with an honest intention of making in South Africa a great Anglo-Dutch United States, where each nation might forget the jealousies born of allegiance to different flags, and all unite under the banner of Africa for the Afrikander. The neighbourhood of Cape Town is like one beautiful park, studded with the country seats of those whose interests lie in the capital, and I only wonder that it is not overcrowded with people from Europe and America seeking for rest. Of course I could not leave Cape Town without having ascended the Table Mountain, which is about three thousand feet high. My pilot on this occasion was a prominent member of the Cape Legislature, who was accompanied by his wife and daughter. The two ladies made the three hours' climb seem very short to me, and when I expressed my surprise at the excellence of their walking powers, they assured me that all young ladies in South Africa were fond of outdoor exercise. At"
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003192922 | Out of Eden. A novel | [
"Playing with Fire. 47 marked with age and thought, hers so fresh and fair — and as he looked he gave a heavy sigh. ' My dear, what is the matter ? ' said his mother. ' Have you got indigestion ? ' ' I was thinking how old and ugly I look,' he answered, grimly enough, and he turned and left the room, and crossed the hall on his way to the surgery. In the meanwhile the brother and sister were walking arm-in arm through the mist. ' Well, Robert,' said Mary brightly, ' I've had the parentage, birth, and complete family history of your new friend Miss Curzon re lated to me in the minutest particulars by the old ladies. Shall I begin with the parentage ? ' 1 You may begin where you like, my dear,' answered Robert, with a laugh. ' It's quite pathetic, I assure you. It begins with a broken-hearted duke, whose lovely daughter, Lady Mary, actually eloped with the younger son of a younger son ! There was a tragedy ! This younger son of a younger son is the father of your friend, General Curzon now, Mr or Captain Curzon, I suppose, then. Well, my dear, Lady Mary died because her husband was poor, instead of trying to make the best of it, but before she died she presented the General with Miss Ethel — Oh, Robert ! Oh, my God ! what is that ? '",
"Playing with Fire. 49 They had no need to ask what had happened now. As they neared the house flames burst from the windows of the sur gery, and it was evident that the room was on fire. ' Stay where you are, Mary,' said Robert, now guessing what had occurred. ' Some of Humphrey's chemicals must have exploded, and there may be a second explosion ; if you will stay here I will run on.' ' While Arthur, perhaps, is perishing,' said Mary, in a low, concentrated tone, and she hurried forward and passed Robert. Her words were like a revelation to him, thouosh he was too much excited at the mo ment to speak; he overtook her, and together they ran up the little hill in front of the house and into the garden, and as they did so the front door of the house opened and two ter rified maid-servants rushed out, while they could hear the old ladies shrieking for help from one of the bedroom windows. ' The surgery's blown up ! ' cried one of the maids, catching hold of Mary. ' Miss, don't go in ; the house is on fire ! ' Mary pushed her aside, and ran quickly into the house, and across the little hall, followed by Robert. The surgery was at the opposite side of the hall to the front en trance, and when Robert and Mary reached the surgery door, and Robert opened it, the flames leapt out right in their faces. VOL. iil d",
"The Wedding. 147 asked to breakfast to say grace, and drink the champagne ! Mr Newcombe had been displeased also with Robert for declining to go hand-in hand with him in parochial affairs, and with Mary's indifference to the flannel question. ' These young people,' he told his wife, ' do not take their proper position ; the mother's blood, I fear, betrays itself Mr Newcombe's ancestors were not of noble descent, his father having been a most respectable cheesemonger and bacon factor ; but he always spoke with contempt of low birth, and had a decided antipathy to poverty. He meant to have opened his spiritual arms, as it were, to Robert and Mary, after they came into their fortunes ; but Robert and Mary had uncomfortable memories, and could not forget the time when the vicar's spiritual arms were virtually closed to them. So Robert did not ask him to breakfast, and the vicar made only a feeble attempt at wishing the bride and bridegroom all health and happiness, as he shook hands with them, and Robert handed them into their carriage. Dr Arthur and Mary re turned alone, and Robert followed with the two sisters and Aunt Ann. When the bride and her husband reached the Hall, they went straight upstairs to poor Mrs Hum phrey's bedroom, for in vain had the old"
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001476180 | Dartmoor Idylls | [
"EPHRAIM'S PINCH 109 girl with warm complexion, like a ripe apricot, very full soft brown eyes, and the richest auburn hair. She was lithe, strong, energetic ; she was Quintin's onlyr child, his three sons were dead. One had been killed in a mine, one had died of scarlet fever, and the third had fallen into the river in time of flood, and had acquired a chill which had carried him off. Sysly would be the heir to Quintin — in herit Runnage, his savings, and the right, on her father's death, of enclosing another eight acres of moor. On the loss of his sons, Quintin had taken into his service one Ephraim Weekes, a young man, broad shouldered, strongly built, noted as a con structor of new-take walls. Ephraim had a marvellous skill in moving masses of granite which could not be stirred by three ordinary men. It was all knack, he said, all done by pinching, that is to say, by leverage. But he used more than a lever — he employed rollers as well. Without other than a ready wit, and a keen estimation of weights and forces drawn from experience, Ephraim was able to move and get into place blocks which two and even three other men would avoid touching. He was not a tall man, but was admirably set and proportioned.",
"188 DARTMOOR IDYLLS Then, with a volley of hammering of fists on the table, and kicks with his feet, Job would roar out the chorus : — \" The old man don't keep a wife at home, Not one who dearly loves to roam. Odds bobbins ! my life ! Of gad-about wife The old man now has none.\" Matters went on in this wretched fashion for thirty years, getting worse rather than better. At first each was, as it were, trying his or her weapons, feeling the other's side for vulnerable points ; years of girding at one another had made them perfect masters of hurting and incensing one another. At last it became intolerable to both. After a continuous engagement that lasted three days and three nights, without a break, when each was raw and wincing, or bruised and aching — when the temper of each was flaring at white heat, then both came simultaneously to the conclusion reached by the blase man of society, that life is not worth living. \" I shall commit suicide,\" yelled Job. \" So shall I ; that's the only way to be rid o' you,\" screamed Bell. \" Go and ax the butcher to lend you his sticker,\" sneered Job. \" Go and smother yourself in dirt,\" jibed Bell.",
"DARTMOOR IDYLLS 242 But if in his Puritanical zeal he had done away with certain things of beauty if not utility in church, he had introduced one article which was eminently useful — an hour-glass — or rather a rack of four, so contrived that one told the quarter, one the half, the third the three-quarters, and the fourth the whole hour that his discourse was predestined to last. On these glasses his congregation fixed their eyes on Sunday, and drew relieved breaths as each column of descending sand came to an end. Each marked a division in his sermon, which was always composed of four parts, the first and last parts being somewhat curtailed to afford an introduction or a peroration, and the whole were so timed, extenuated, padded, and puffed out as to fill the space of one hour. Now the painful Master had har angued one Sunday for the space of one hour upon the topic ofthe old cross. Firstly: it was a relic of Popish superstition. Secondly : superstition was to be avoided by godly men. Thirdly: it was the worship of Apollyon. Fourthly : that cross was the very seat and throne of Apollyon himself, who not only sat on it but curled his tail about it. On this last point the preacher was par ticularly strong. He thumped the pulpit"
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001956180 | Der Krieg Preussens gegen Oesterreich und seine Verbündeten, und der Krieg in Italien im Jahre 1866, etc | [
"97 pen, gemischt aus beiderseitigen Armeen, die nothdürftig mit- einander verkehren und ihre Erlebnisse von sich geben. Hier weist ein Landwehrmann einen ungarischen Corporal zu der gewünschten Straße, dort giebt ein Füsilier einem Verwun- deten Feuer für die Pfeife, oder ein anderer instruirt einen topfschüttelnden braunen Italien« im Gebrauche des Zünd- nadelgewehis. Die preußischen Verwundeten liegen meist in Wisoky und Nachod, doch auch noch einige in Skalitz, mährend die Leichtverwundeten bereits nach Reinerz und Olatz dirigirt worden sind. Leider hat die Schlacht auch unsere Reihen sehr gelichtet. Hunderte schlummern schon unter der Erde, oder leiden in den Lazarethen. Einige Regimenter haben schwer gelitten, einzelne Compagnicen haben bis zu 80 und 85 Mann eingebüßt, so z. B. im 7. und 37. Regiment. Schwer ver- wundet ist d« Oberst V. Witzleben vom 38. Regiment; ge- blieben der Oberstlieutenant v. Wentstern. Auch der Feind bat namentlich viele Offiziere vcrloren. Ein General, mehrere Obersten und viele Stabs -Offiziere sind geblieben. Das Schlachtfeld, obwohl befreit von den Todten und Verwun- deten, gewährt noch jetzt einen traurigen Anblick. An hun- dert Pfcrdetörft« verbreiten einen pestilenzialischen Geruch; noch liegen einzelne Leichen gefallener Menschen auf dem Felde im Getreide oder im Chausfecgraben. Mitten auf der Chaussee vor Skalitz gewährt eine Gruppe einen entsetzlichen Anblick. Ein kaiserlich« Artillerist liegt hi« mit seinen bei- den noch voll angeschirrten Pferden, .die . zerbrochene Deichsel des Geschützes noch zwischen ihnen, alle sind todt; dem Menschen hat die preußische Granate den Kopf weggerissen, den Pferden Leib und Brust zerwühlt, nicht weit davon steht Geschütz und Protze. Eine Meile weit rechts und links d« Chaussee liegen gefallene Pferde und einzelne Menschen, überall zerstörtes Material und Vorräthe. Die Zäune und Gehöfte, die Bäume am Wege, die Häuser der verlassenen Dorf« selbst haben tüchtig gelitten, ein Kirschwäldchen vor Skalitz trägt noch die Spuren des verheerenden Kartätschen feuers, das durch feine Bäume dahingefahren ist. Die Trümmer des halben Skalitz rauchen noch. Der General v. Steinmetz setzt feinen Siegeszug fort. Gestern ist er auf Gradlitz vorgerückt, um sich daselbst mit den bei Trau tenau vorgebrochenen Corps zu vereinigen, während ihm heute das 6. Corps folgt. Dabei hat sich vor Iaromierz ». K e ss e I , Der Krieg Peeiiien« ,c. 7",
"179 wältigen Tellltolialbestand des Königreichs Sachsen in seinem bisherigen Umfange bestehen zu lassen, indem er sich dagegen vorbehält, den Beitritt Sachsens zu den Kriegskosten und die künftige Stellung des Königsreichs Sachsen innerhalb des Norddeutschen Bundes durch einen mit dcm König von Sachsen besonders abzuschließenden Friedens -Vertrag zu ordnen. — Was Italien anbelangt, so war dasselbe insofern in diese Friedens -Präliminarien mit eingeschlossen, als sich Preußen im Art. VI. derselben anheischig machte, die Zu stimmung des Königs von Italien zu denselben «nd zu dem damit in Verbindung stehenden Waffenstillstand zu erwirken, sobald das Venetianische Königreich durch Erklärung Seiner Majestät des Kaisers der Franzosen zur Disposition Seiner Majestät des Königs von Italien gestellt sein werde. Bemerken wollen wir hier auch gleich, daß übrigens noch am 26. Juni in dcr Nähe von Undine, auf der linken Seite des Flusses Torre, zwischen den Oesterreich«!! und Ita lien«!! ein »icht unbedeutendes Gefecht stattfand, welches schließlich mit dem Rückzug der Oesterreich« endet?, die hinter sich die hölzern? Brücke des Torre verbrannte», während die italienischen Lanzicrs durch den Strom setzten und den Feind verfolgten. Dcr Verlust der Italien« bei dieser Affaire war ein unerheblich«; die Oesterreich« dagegen hatten gegen 100 Todte und 200 Verwundete. Was den sogenannten Bundestag anbelangt, welcher sich schließlich, wie wir wissen, nach Augsburg zurückgezogen hatte, so gab derselbe am 24. August das letzte Lebenszeichen von sich. An dicscm Tage beschloß «ämlich die dort tagende Versammlung, nachdem sie noch einige Verfügungen in Vcr waltungsangelegenhcisen getroffen, ihre Thätigkeit nunmehr zu beendigen und hiervon auch gleichzeitig die bei ihr be glaubigten Vertreter auswärtiger Regie ungen zn benachrich tigen. Da übrigens sämmtliche größere Staaten, mit Aus nahme Spaniens, bereits im Laufe der Kriegsereignisse ihr? «Gesandt?« aus Augsburg abb?rufe« hatten, fo konnte dieser natürlich nur auf den Vertreter Oesterreichs und auf die Gesandten derjenigen ittin?« deutschen Staat?!! Be zug haben, welch? d?sscn Rufe gefolgt waren und das Schwert gegen Prcußeu ergriffen hatten. Auch das bisher unter dem Befehl des Prinzen Alexander von dessen stehende 8. Bundes -Armeecorps wurde durch 12'",
"190 Wildenschwert bis zur preußischen Grenze bei Mittenwalde in der Richtung auf Glatz verbindlich macht. Während Preußen auf diese Weise sowohl mit Oester reich, wie mit den übrigen kleineren süddeutschen Staaten Frieden geschlossen hatte, befanden sich die Verhandlungen Git Sachsen noch immer in der Schwebe und sind auch \"bis zu diesem Augenblick, wie es den Anschein hat, noch nicht weit« vorgerückt. Sachsen scheint sich auf geheime Abkom men mit Oesterreich und auf Zusagen zu stützen, die Herr v. Beust vielleicht bei seiner letzten Anwesenheit zu Paris dort erhalten hat. Indessen sowohl nach der einen wie nach der anderen Seite hin möchte sich König Johann verrechnet haben. Der Eintritt Sachsens in den Norddeutscheu Bund «scheint als unerläßliche Fricdensbedingung und hiermit ist zugleich dessen Unterordnung unter Preußen ausgesprochen. Letzteres wird und muß dafür Sorge tragen, daß für die Zukunft Sachsen die Mittel entzogen wcrden, ein Heerd für Prcußenfeindiiche Agitationen zu werden und wie ernst man diesen Gegenstand in Berlin auffaßt, beweist der Umstand, daß man um Dresden großartige Fcstungsanlagen ans-ni führen beginnt, daß nach dem »c»«dings «schiencnen Dis locationspllln dcr Truppen eine sehr erhebliche Anzahl preu ßisch« Regiment« in Sachsen ihrc bleibenden Standquartiere «ballen, und daß zur Ausgleichung hierfür die künftige ncu znorgllnisirende fächsifche Arme? wahrscheinlich ihren Aufent halt in Preußen ang?wi?sen «halten wird. — Auch der Herzog von Sachsen-Meiningen, einer jener kleinen Dynasten, welchen, wie es scheint, s?in? Herrschergelüste nicht rnhen ließen, hatte sich, die Lage und Ohnmacht seines Ländchcns gänzlich verkennend, gleich Anfangs dem Bunde gegen Preußen angeschlossen. In Anbetracht sein« Ungefährlichkcit, ließ man das Kontingent, welches er gestellt hatte, ruhig mit V?ibehaltung der Seitengewehre in die Heimath zurückkehren. Ah« man verlangte Garantien für sein künftiges Verhalten und hierzu hat sich der Herzog bis jetzt nicht bcw?g?n lassen. Da dieser Widerstand mehr einen spaßhaften wie cincn ern sten Eharalt« zur Schau trägt, fo hat nia« zwar augen blicklich alle weiteren Verhandlungen mit dem Selbstherrscher von Meiningcn abgebrochen, die Sache wird sich später in dessen all« Voraussicht nach ohne Blutvergießen (!, um so eher arrangircn lassen, als der Erbprinz jenes Heine« Länd cheus seine Stellung sehr wohl begreift und deshalb auch be-"
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003079546 | Une Excursion au Sahara algérien et tunisien, etc | [
"150 UNE EXCURSION AU SAHARA particulière, plus maigre ici, plus riche là, plus loin presque totalement absente. Comme c'est le printemps dans cette zone, le désert a mis sa robe de fête, et ce sont de place en place des fleurettes toutes charmantes. Un botaniste les décrirait par le menu en les classant par familles; je ne sais, moi, les voir qu'en gros et les admirer de même, mais je sais bien que Salomon, avec toute sa gloire, n'était point vêtu comme la plus humble de ces fleurettes. Dans nos haltes, nous en faisons de petits bouquets que nous pressons ensuite entre les pages d'un livre et que nous enverrons en France à nos bien-aimés. Mais hélas! les pauvrettes leur arriveront toutes fanées et ne leur diront pas la gloire de la flore saharienne. Elles sont déjà à demi-fanées quand nous les mettons sous l'enveloppe ! Je me dis que nos pensées sont comme ces fleurs. Elles ont un air de fête quand elles éclosent dans la tête du litté rateur, du poète, du penseur quel qu'il soit. Mais déjà quand il leur faut se laisser tailler, découper en phrases, sous le stylet, pour entrer dans le moule d'un ouvrage écrit, elles commencent à pencher la tête, comprimées. Et, souvent quand elles arrivent au lecteur indifférent ou qui a",
"ALGÉRIEN ET TUNISIEN 213 sentier pour en happer une touffe au passage, montrent qu'ils apprécient suffisamment les qua lités nutritives de cette plante, et l'on comprend que les indigènes, propriétaires jusque-là incon- - de ces champs immenses, soient plus jaloux de nourrir leurs ânes que d'alimenter, à meilleur compte, sous forme de news^papers, les cerveaux de nos voisins britanniques. On assure que l'in surrection de Bou-Amama qui a commencé on s'en souvient, par le massacre des journaliers gnols 01 cupés à l'extraction du half'a, est née in grande partie du mécontentement causé pur ('octroi de ce monopole. Uans la région que nous sons, la ferme du halsa n'a encore été donnée .1 personne. Le pâturage est public, et qui . ■■■ 1 1 vient y brouter. Aussi, le (0111111111111.1111 du e n'aura-t-il pas, de cette année encore, sui v;mt ioule vraisemblance, <l insurrection à répri- mer. Le respecl des droits acquis est encore le meilleur moyen d'è\\ iter les soulèvement les plus dangereux de lous. A raison de la monotonie du paysage, uotre chemin d'aujourd'hui ne -<■ pi de pas aux longues descriptions. Qui a yu un de ces champs d'alfa . lous vus, comme les champs de froment de i ;",
"ALGÉRIEN ET TUNISIEN 221 épines aux roses et d'avoir mêlé des ronces aux fleurs et des orages aux beaux jours sur le chemin de notre vie. La satiété naîtrait vite en même temps que le dégoût d'un bonheur uniforme et ce n'est que parce que nous avons passé par des heures sombres et pluvieuses que nous pouvons goûter le charme profond des heures joyeuses et ensoleillées. Tout ce que le Père qui est aux cieux décide est bien décidé; tout ce qu'il fait est bien fait. « Toutes choses concourent au bien de ceux qui l'aiment », et puisque j'ai cité plus d'une fois la Bible en ces pages, je terminerai encore par une parole empruntée à saint Paul, et qui résume si bien le sentiment que j'ai rapporté de ce beau et heureux voyage: « Soyons reconnaissants!-"
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003458861 | My Wanderings in the Soudan | [
"CONTENTS. XIII LETTER VIII. How I write my letters— \"A walking tour through the Soudan \"—The dogs begin to get \"done up \"—\"Flo \" and the sulky Arab— The hyena hunt — Contrast between the dogs — Debus was dearly bought — The glittering prize — Gorge infested by lions — We march in single file — An unpleasant apprehension — A Job's com- forter Pages 100-113 LETTER IX. Encamped at Miteb — Cooking in spite of high gale — \" Durra \" — Coiffure of mutton fat — Curl papers of white grease — Tent tied closely down — Camel men hate early rising — Carrying cash in the Soudan — The treasure in sealed bags — Possible robbers and wild beasts — African heat — The flinty sand — The Khor, Karkoeb — Vegetable ivory — Dom palms . . . . . . .114-132 LETTER X. Resaid or Resai — Nearing Wandik — Wretched mohatta — Lovely valley — Watering camels and goats — The patient waiters — The invaluable bath — My precious treasures — Soudan prices — Exquisite camping- ground — A note of discord — The guilty Hussein — Self-interested camel drivers — A friend in need 133-149 LETTER XI. Journey to Bulak — Camping-grounds — Camel men deceive us — Noisy and excited — Cunning devices — Sweet revenge — Bright young Hadendoa hostess — Friendly memory — Goatherd pursued — Trust displayed by him —Ludicrous scene — Heat increasing . 150-162",
"THE LAST CIGARETTE. 31 morrow morning ■ besides, who would choose artificial light inside a tent in preference to this glorious moon and the fresh air outside ! For the next few days we shall be marching pretty rapidly, as there is no game whatever in this part of the country (it is far too much traversed by caravans), and our great object is to get on without unnecessary delay to the south. Charlie is having his last cigarette, sitting on a rug on the ground with his back against some piled up boxes, supremely content with the present condition of things and the coming prospect, and I am just going to \"turn in,\" so good-night, and good-bye for to-day. Satrab, 21st, Thursday. — I must tell you of our first real march and my sleeping in the open air for the first time. It was delicious ; the novelty atoned for everything that could possibly have been construed into a trouble, and I felt quite a heroine ! We did not get off from our first camping ground till noon on Tuesday — the camel men had it all their own way that morning, for, being still within sight of Suakin, it was feared that severe measures might cause them to bolt ; so, in spite of our having roused the camp before 6 a.m., we were obliged to con-",
"FEAR OF HYENAS. 47 happy oblivion. I had not dispensed with the tent that night ; three strong reasons urging me to have it put up. One was the half gale that was blowing, from which I desired shelter ; another the cold ; and the last, and by no means the least, an unpleasant apprehension as to hyenas, of which the drivers assured us there were many in that neighbourhood ! This morning we were again up betimes, and off upon the road by eight, or soon after. We started as usual with the camels, but also as usual soon got ahead of them. I ought to tell you that our private retinue has greatly increasd since leaving Suakin, and we have now a motley crew of faithful (?) followers, picked up at isolated villages we have passed through. I find that each member of this little band is profoundly jealous of the other, that each is hourly vying as to which can curry most savour with us, and that, under this condition of feeling, we are at present the happy recipients of plenty of attention. As this jealousy very much amuses me, and does not disturb my mental equilibrium in the least, I do not attempt to stop it ; indeed, such an effort would be wholly futile. Among these new-comers is a bright little lad of about fourteen, as keen as a \" London"
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000684572 | Nouvelle histoire de Bayeux | [
"BAYEUX SOUS LES GALLO-CIMBRES. (500 a. av. i.-C.) 25 n'a pas pour elle l'autorité d'un grand nombre d'archéo logues et d'historiens, ne sera peut-être pas généralement admise: mais elle semble si naturellement se déduire de Tappellation primitive des anciens peuples de la contrée, qu'à Texemple de M. Mangon de Lalande, dans un petit ouvrage sur Tantiquilé des peuples de Bayeux , et d'un poète de Carentan que nous a fait connaître M. Pluquet, je n'ai pu m'empêcher de trouver dans les deux mots Belus et Casso Torigine , à mes yeux incontestable , du nom de notre antique cité. Ce qui, du reste, peut de plus en plus confirmer cette opinion , c'est que les prêtres de Belus ayant tiré de Tarbre sacré sous lequel ils célébraient leurs mystères , leur propre nom, comme nous Tavons vu plus haut, il est naturel de penser qu'ils lui aient emprunté aussi celui de la contrée où son existence, en grand nombre, avait dû les déterminer à se fixer. Ces prêtres fameux possédaient dans les Gaules trois écoles également célèbres ; Tune de ces trois écoles était aussi aux portes de Bayeux , sur le même mont Faunus, non loin du temple de Belus, dans Tantique et sombre forêt, théâtre de la célébration de leurs mystères et de leurs sanglants sacrifices. C'était dans cette école que les Druides enseignaient leurs rites et leurs cérémonies à ceux qu'ils jugeaient di gnes de faire partie de leur collège. Nous verrons plus tard, d'une manière plus approfondie, quels étaient la doc trine, les rites et les mystères de ces prêtres redoutables dont Tempire subsista longtemps après Tinvasion romaine",
"COMMERCE ET INDUSTRIE. 561 dont les produits généralement estimés , trouvent dans le pays de suffisants débouchés. II s'y confectionne une grande quantité de meubles pour les besoins de la classe ouvrière , et plusieurs belles fabriques d'ébénisterie y livrent au commerce diverses pièces d'ameublement qui, sous le rap port de la solidité, de Télégance et du goût, ne lais sent rien à désirer. Le commerce de détail n'y est pas sans importance. On y voit un grand nombre de magasins qui fournis sent tout ce qui est nécessaire aux besoins du confor table et du luxe, en même temps qu'ils répondent à toutes les exigences de la vie ordinaire. Un marché, l'un des plus considérables de la pro vince , appelle dans notre ville le samedi de chaque semaine , une foule énorme d'habitants de la cam pagne qui viennent y échanger les produits du sol le plus fécond du département , contre tous les objets réclamés par les besoins d'une consommation qui s'aug mente en raison des progrès de Taisance publique. Enfin Bayeux, qui, nous le répétons, n'est pas une ville de grande industrie, n'y est pourtant pas entière, ment étranger ; il se livre aussi à diverses opérations commercialos qui ne sont pas sans quelque impor tance. La Révolution en faisant disparaître les corpora tions et les maîtrises, a brisé les entraves qui arrê taient Tessor de Tindustrie et du commerce ; d'un",
"NOUVELLE HISTOIRE DE BAYEUX. 584 peler de plus en plus sur elle Tattention de tous ceux qui, s'occupant des embellissements de notre ville, la verraient avec plaisir se montrer fière des illustra tions qu'elle a vu naître. Heureux du coneours que nous ont prêté nos con citoyens pour la publication de ce livre, nous'mettrons, ainsi que nous en avons pris Tengagement, à la dispo sition de Tadministration municipale tout ce qui dé passera nos frais d'impression , mais à la condition, bien entendu , que de son côté elle se chargera du surplus de la dépense pour doter enfin notre ville d'un monu ment qu'appellent depuis longtemps de tous leurs vœux les amis de nos gloires nationales. xie siècle. — GALET naquit à Bayeux dans le xie siècle. II remplissait auprès de Guillaume-le-Bâtard le rôle de fou , c'esl-à-dire du plus clair-voyant parmi les courtisans. Se trouvant à Bayeux , il sut par son in telligence découvrir la conspiration qui se tramait contre son maître ; il Tarracha à une mort certaine en courant à Valognes où il se trouvait , pour Tavertir du complot, que ses barons ourdissaient contre lui. «xne siècle.— Thomas DE DOUVBE, 1er du nom, arche vêque d'Yorck, étaitd'une famille fertile en grands hommes : né à Bayeux, il montra de bonne heure de fortes dis positions pour Tétude et pour la piété. Odon de Con teville , évêque de cette ville , si jaloux de remplir son église de bons sujets , le mit au nombre des clercs qu'il faisait instruire k ses frais : il Tenvoya avec Samson"
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000069415 | The American Advertiser, designed for the cards and advertisements of the leading business establishments of the United States | [
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000526939 | The Cruise of the 'Cachalot' round the world after sperm-whales, etc | [
"56 THE CRUISE OF THE \"CACHALOT.\" making a villainous decoction which he called \"beer,\" the principal ingredients in which were potatoes and molasses. Now potatoes formed no part of our dietary, so Abner set his wits to work to steal sufficient for his purpose, and succeeded so far that he obtained half a dozen. I have very little doubt that one of the Portu guese in the forecastle conveyed the information aft for some reason best known to himself, any more than we white men all had that in a similar manner all our sayings and doings, however trivial, became at once known to the officers. However, the fact that the theft was discovered soon became painfully evident, for we had a visit from the afterguard in force one afternoon, and Abner with his brewage was haled to the quarter deck. There, in the presence of all hands, he was arraigned, found guilty of stealing the ship's stores, and sentence passed upon him. By means of two small pieces of fishing line he was suspended by his thumbs in the weather rigging, in such a manner that when the ship was upright his toes touched the deck, but when she rolled his whole weight hung from his thumbs. This of itself one would have thought sufficient torture for almost any offence, but in addition to it he received two dozen lashes with an improvised cat-o'-nine-tails, laid on by the brawny arm of one of the harpooners. We were all compelled to witness this, and our feelings may be imagined. When, after what seemed a terribly long time to me (Heaven knows what it must have been to him ! ), he fainted, although no chicken I nearly fainted too, from conflicting emotions of sympathy and impotent rage. He was then released in leisurely fashion, and we were permitted to take him forward and revive him. As",
"178 THE CRUISE OF THE \"CACHALOT.\" the broadside it struck us, sending every soul but me flying out of the wreckage as if fired from catapults. I did not go because my foot was jammed somehow in the well of the boat, but the wrench nearly pulled my thigh-bone out of its socket. I had hardly released my foot, when, towering above me, came the colossal head of the great creature, as he ploughed through the bundle of debris that had just been a boat. There was an appalling roar of water in my ears, and darkness that might be felt all around. Yet, in the midst of it all, one thought predominated as clearly as if I had been turning it over in my mind in the quiet of my bunk aboard — \" What if he should swallow me ? \" Nor to this day can I understand how I escaped the portals of his gullet, which of course gaped wide as a church door. But the agony of holding my breath soon over powered every other feeling and thought, till just as something was going to snap inside my head I rose to the surface. I was surrounded by a welter of bloody froth, which made it impossible for me to see ; but oh, the air was sweet ! I struck out blindly, instinctively, although I could feel so strong an eddy that voluntary progress was out of the question. My hand touched and clung to a rope, which immediately towed me in some direction — I neither knew nor cared whither. Soon the motion ceased, and, with a seaman's instinct, I began to haul myself along by the rope I grasped, although no definite idea was in my mind as to where it was attached. Presently I came butt up against something solid, the feel of which gathered all my scattered wits into a compact knub of dread. It was the whale ! \" Any port in a storm,\" I murmured, beginning to haul away again",
"291 CHAPTER XXIII. AT FUTUNA, RECRUITING. Sure enough, in accordance with our expectations, break of day revealed the twin masses of Futuna ahead, some ten or fifteen miles away. With the fine, steady breeze blowing, by breakfast-time we were off the entrance to a pretty bight, where sail was shortened and the ship hove to. Captain Count did not intend to anchor, for reasons of his own, he being assured that there was no need to do so. Nor was there. Although the distance from the beach was considerable, we could see numbers of canoes putting off, and soon they began to arrive. Now, some of the South Sea Islands are famous for the elegance and seaworthiness of their canoes ; nearly all of them have a distinctly definite style of canoe-building ; but here at Futuna was a bewildering collection of almost every type of canoe in the wide world. Dugouts, with outriggers on one side, on both sides, with none at all ; canoes built like boats, like prams, like irregular egg boxes, many looking like the first boyish attempt to knock something together that would float ; and — not to unduly prolong the list by attempted classification of these unclassed craft — coracles. Yes ; in that lonely Pacific island, among that motley crowd of floating nondescripts, were specimens of the ancient coracle of our own islands, constructed in exactly the same way ;"
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002287960 | Geschichte des Kantons Uri von seinem Entstehen als Freistaat bis zur Verfassungs-Aenderung vom 5 Mai 1850 | [
"66 um die lediggewordene Krone bewerbe , weßwegen große Aufregung, Zerwürfniß und Verwirrung im Reiche zu gewärtigen war. End lich am 18. October 1314 wählten vier von den sieben Churfürsten dcn Herzog Ludwig von Baiern, einen Schwesterfohn von König Albrecht; — drei andere aber Albrechts ältesten Sohn Herzog Friedrich von Oestreich. Beide wurden gekrönt, der erstere zu Aachen, dcr andere zu Bonn, und jeder hatte im Reiche großen Anhang, was natürlich großen Zwist und blutige Kriege zwischen den Reichs ständen zur Folge haben mußte. In diesem Streite hatten sich die Eidgenossen offen für Ludwig den Baier, dessen eigene Lande ihnen > ferner lagen, ausgesprochen, wodurch der Zorn der Herzoge von Oestreich gegen sie nothwendig verdoppelt werden mußte. Sogleich erließen selbe an alle helvetischen, ihnen Unterthanen Lande den erneuerten Befehl, mit den Waldstätten alle Verbindung aufzuheben und deren Einwohner als Rebellen Oestreichs feindlich zu behandeln. Das Kloster Einsiedeln ermunterten sie, bei dem Bischof von Konstanz, in dessen Diöcese die Waldstätte gehörten, wegen dem Frevel, dcn die Schwyzer durch Ueberrumplung des Klosters begangen, Klage einzulegen. Dieser, ohnehin sehr östreichisch gesinnt, sowie der Abt von Einsiedcln, ein Freiherr v. Schwanden, säumten nicht, die Schwyzer und ihre Verbündeten mit dem Banne zu belegen und ihren Umtrieben gelang cs überdies, das kaiserliche Hofgericht in Rottwyl zu bestimmen, daß dasselbe die Eidgenossen auch in die Acht erkläre. Die kaiserliche Acht machte denjenigen, welchen sie traf, rechtlos ; wer ihn aufnahm, fiel selber in die Acht. Der Bann schloß von Kirchengemeinschllft aus; war er in Form eines Interdiktes ausge sprochen, was hier dcr Fall gewesen zu sein scheint, so war er eine Kirchenstrafe, durch welche die Spendung der heiligen Sakramente, die Abhaltung des öffentlichen Gottesdienstes und das kirchliche Begräbniß untersagt wurden. Das Interdikt wurde gewöhnlich verhängt, um hartnäckige Widersetzlichkeit gegen die kirchliche Obrigkeit zu brechen. Kein Wunder also, daß sich deßhalb in dem bedächtlichern und ge mäßigter« Uri bedeutender Mißmuth über den Trotz der Schwyzer in ihrer Fehde mit dem Kloster Einsiedeln kund gab. „Doch wo ein doppelt Regiment ist, da übt gerne der eine Regent Gnade, wenn der andere straft, und der eine preßt mit harten Worten Thränen aus, während der andere tröstet, mit süßen",
"125 würden. Wie erstaunten sie aber, als sie bei Irniß (Giornico) dic bcfrcmdendc Antwort creiltc: „Bcllinzona werde in den Bünden nicht genannt, und erst dann werde Hülfsmannschaft ausziehen, wenn von den zwei Orten für genügsamen Proviant und wohlfeile Presse gesorgt sein werde.\" Dieser Kaltsinn der Eidgenossen erfüllte die Bewohner der zwei Orte Uri und Obwalden mit Schrecken und Verdruß. Sie fühlten sich allein zu schwach, der mailändischen Macht unter Anführung des Condotiert, eines berühmten Feldherrn damaliger Zeit entgegen zu treten; kehrten daher mit gerechtem Verdruß in ihr Vaterland zurück, dic Frage auf den Lippen: ob der alte Bund noch lebe? — oder ob Geld, das von Mailand aus den Weg über den St. Gotthardt gefunden, ihn erstickt habe? Mehrere Tagsatzungen versammelten sich nun rasch nach ein ander. Auf einer derselben, am 24. Juni 1422 in Luzern gehalten, sprach dcr Gesandte von Uri mit Eifer und Würde zu den ver sammelten Gesandten: „Auch wir, liebe Eidgenossen! wissen Wohl, daß unscrc Väter in viel geringerem Glücksstand in ihren Bünden der Herrschaft Bellenz nicht gedacht. Aber das hingegen ist uns neu, daß Freunde gegen einander so genau rechnen, daß keiner dem andern einen Liebesdienst erweisen will, der sich nicht - geradezu als nothwendig herausstellt. Dies haben wir nicht von unsern Vätern ererbt; wir sind vielmehr überzeugt, daß sic diesen für Alle so wichtigen Fall als gemeine Sache betrachtet haben würden. — In der That, Bellenz, Livinen und Eschenthal ««gerächt erobert, eure und unsere Krieger ohne Widerstand vertricbcn — den Schweizern den St. Gotthardt verschlossen, — dem ganzen Bunde der Eidge nosse« ungestraft getrotzt zu haben; — Alles das, o Eidgenossen, macht eurem und unserm Namen bei dem welschen Volte wenig Ehre ! So feig dasselbe ist gegen tapfere Männer, so übermüthig höhnt es jeden, welchen es nicht fürchten muß — was werden diese Welschen uns nicht bieten? euch selbst und euern Kaufleuten? — Ihr Trotz und euere Geduld liegen offen vor den Augen der Welt. — Irret .»uch nicht, in unserm Ruhm ruht unser Glück, und wer Furchtsam keit offenbart, lebt immer unsicher. — Bellenz ist nicht im Bundes lreis, das ist wahr; aber es ist doch natürlich und nothwendig, daß diese Gegenden schweizerisch bleiben. Bis an den Auslauf des Berg landes in die lombardischcn Ebenen gebührt uns die Herrschaft,",
"304 besser schlimmer gemacht habe. Es ist aber wirklich zu verwundern, daß die Folgen dieser Lehre nicht noch ärger geworden; denn der Mensch bleibt immer Mensch. Der größere Theil läßt sich immer von Sinnlichkeit und Leidenschaften beherrschen. Sich einen idealen Zustand allgemeiner Sittenreinheit und Heiligkeit zn träumen, grenzt an Unsinn odcr wäre Heuchelei. Oder wurde etwa durch die Reform größere Duldsamkeit gegen Andersgläubige eingeführt? — Hat sie wahre, christliche Toleranz erzeugt? Keineswegs. Im Gegentheil folgten ihr ebenfalls die härtesten Verordnungen, Bedrückungen und ungerechtesten Gewaltstrciche gegen Brüder, welche nicht vom alten Glauben weichen wollten und zwar im Namen einer Confession, welche Glaubensfreiheit und Freiheit der Schriftforschung auf ihrer Fahne trug. Dabei klagte die Reform über Glaubcnstyranei dcr alten Kirche, welche doch nichts weiter that, als daß sic die alten Gesetze, welche noch in voller Rechtskraft waren, gegcn Irrgläubige handhabte und zwar, wenn auch zuweilen strenge, doch durch rechtmäßige Gewalten und rechtmäßige Formen, während hingegen bei dcn Reformisten eine Partei, welche sich durch Revolution der Regierung bemächtigt, den unleidlichsten Mcinungszwang ausübte, unleidlich, weil die Meinungen Einzelner Andern llufgczwungcn werden sollten. Nicht so die katholischen Re gierungen, welche sich den Glaubcnsncuerungen als subjektiver Willkür Einzelner widersetzten ; denn der katholische Glaube ist ein Glaube, der nicht auf bloßen Ansichten, Aussprüchen oder Schriftauslegungen Einzelner, sondern auf dem übereinstimmenden Bewußtsein der allge meinen Kirche und auf Erkläruugen rechtmäßiger Kirchcnversammlungcn, die im Namen des heiligen Geistes erlassen worden, beruht. Die Katholiken waren um so mehr berechtiget, ja verpflichtet, zu wachen und zu fordern, daß die Neuerungen nur auf gesetzmäßigem Wege und nicht durch Empörung wider die kirchlichen Autoritäten eingeführt würden, indem die Neuerer allenthalben wider jede ihnen unbelicbte Obrigkeit aufreizten. Noch heute dauert die Unduldsamkeit dcr Reform fort; dafür zeugen die sich stets wiederholenden Uebergriffe protestantischer Re gierungen in die Rechte und Freiheiten der Kirche ; dafür zeugen fast alle von Protestanten geschriebenen Bücher, selbst solche, welche sonst religiösen Dingen fremd sind. Davon zeugt das Geschrei über Un duldsamkeit und Fanatismus, wenn irgendwo einem unbescheidenen"
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003371015 | The Dukes Mistris [A tragedy, in five acts, in verse.] | [
"The Dukes Mists if. Val. Signior Bentivolio-} Exit tArdelia,andBentivoli9 t So,so,thats oversow ile cemductyou To your prctlous Saint,unlesse your bloud turnc Coward. Ho. Ob/ievcr fearc it,Sir. Val. But would you did First tell me and discharge me of some wonder, You have an humor of the newest fa fhion I ere ycr faw,and how the Court may follow't _ I know not, how long have you beenc pofsest Sir ? bio. Post'eft ? what Divcll doe you meanc ? (sure ? TV. With these ilfavour'd, Jeforin'd womcn,y'are bewitchd Ho. Thou dost not know the fiends I have convers'd with. Val.l have no ambition to be acquainted With any Goblins,furthef then thetf knowledge M ight make me understand the ground of your Inchantmcnt. Ho. Oh a world,Legions,Legions. Val. Of what ? -. r * . Ho. Of hanfome women. Val. They the caufe of this ? fwith F». Their falfe, and penur'd natures, Inercmet One hanfome Faccthat made acor.f ienceof me. Vat. And dee'thinketofindc '-■ More Faith inthofethat lookeall ore like Devills? H<?.Tis poilib'le they may have foules,who knowes? Howe're in my revcngc,Ue love,atid doatc on 'em, And iulUfie thy arc the Sexes glorie. Val. I have enough. Enter Ar delta, andhentivolio. - They are return'd, this way Sir,to your Fayrie. «sfr. My deareft Bentivolto,why dofl (land At fo much gaze,anddiftancclas thou vvod'ft Teach loveunkindnefle,can thefeoutward formes Difguife mc from thy. knowledge, lets falufe, My lips retainc their lbftneffe, and miles Thy",
"I The Dukes Mistris. Yoti know not how you have relcev'd me Madam, I did expect you'd bring him into mischcife, I am perfect in your sex no w,come to prison. zAr. You may repent your malice sir. Æfo.Andyou May be a Saint, away with us,come friend, Women have made aic weary of the World, And hanging is a helpe , we might ha' liv'd If you had tane my counsell, nay i'le (hare w'ed 1 ha' not lost all my good fellowship. Enter Duke difguifd,with Sup hernia. Exeunt, Eup.Wly sorrowes,! forgive you all, this blessing Has overpaid my heart, and though it era eke With weight of this so unexpected happindie, 1 fiiall die more then satisfied. Du. Euphemia. Thou art too mcrcifull, and my repentance Is yet too feeble , and too short a wonder, Sure thou dost flatter me, if not heaven soffred, My fall with holy cunning to kt thee Shine the Worlds great example of forgivenes. Eup. But wherefore does-your grace come hither thus Difguisd,beingyourselse,and mine agen jwhat needs This cloude upon your person, truth did never Shame the professor. CDa.Though I live to thee, The World doe thinke me dead Euphemia, Leonato whom I lov'd, and trusted most, Design'd my everlasting far-well from thee, But he that should have been my executioner, Without disordering this poore heapeofnature, Gave me another life, and growth to vertue, Pallante , blest good man E up. Leonates creature. Du. That hone It Soldier after by hiscounsell, I put this shape on, while tp my false kins-man He gives relation of my death , this key He lent for my accesse to thy tad chamber,",
"Du. The Dukes Mistris. *Dti, Wodyour Lordship know me ? You shall — • what thioke ypuof this officer ? False to thy blood,thy honour , and thy Prince, Y'are caught my precious kins-man j and I live With my ownc hand to be reveng'd upon thec, Leo.Ua thenthorow her, I will receive my mends, I did suspect that voyce,had not my confidence Ofthy most certaine death betraid me thus, I wod have made sure worke, some Fate direct His Sword thorow both our hearts. Z>*.No Treason,Trcason. Enter Pallante,Strezzi,Silvio, Afcanio.ypith 4 guard,they wound Leonato. Leo.So let me employ the short breath that remaines To tell you I engag'd Taltante i to The Dukes death with a foil hope to satisfie Lust,and ambition,but he juglcd with me, . htidfoh&sTentivoloo, though he be With his zArdelia in prison , for Acknowledging himselse yc*r murderer, To which VAlerio, and my selfc inflam'd him. Du. Valeriottaitottoo. •Sj/.Sirheisflaine. His wounded body found in Ardellas chamber. Du. Ardelia ! This darke miseheife (hallbc deer'd Strozzi, command Tentivolo, And zArdelia. be instantly brought hither? Str. I (hall sir. Z>».Most ingratefull Leonato, Zed know I am not worth your charity, . And yet my Lord your cruelty upon Euphemia, and some licence I tooke from The example ofyour wanton blood, was ground Of these misfortunes,'t scemes Y'are reconcil'd, Be worth her love hereafter, thou wert Just, Pallante, he still faithfoll to thy Prince, I beg your generall pardon. K 3"
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001630392 | Youma. The story of a West-Indian slave | [
"THE VALLEY OF INHERITANCE 37 it, he stood up and immersed it somewhere about him self after much dipping and diving, and then informed Kenyon that it was all right. Seeing that he was beaten, Kenyon contented himself by treating the driver to a sarcastic sneer which the recipient met broadcast without any perceptible signs of withering. Kenyon gave a thundering knock on the door before him. A neat maid opened it. He inquired for the schoolmaster, Mr Cane. He was admitted into the passage, and the girl tapped at the door to the left, from which someone called out that they might enter. Kenyon went in, and the maid closed the door and left him. Later, he could hear her through the open window consulting with the driver about the con veyance of his trunk. A thin, white-haired man with a long beard, came forward to meet him. \" Kenyon Rivers, I believe,\" he said. He searched Kenyon's eyes as though words were written on them. \" Yes,\" said Kenyon, withdrawing his hand from the lingering grasp and going over to the window. \" Will you not be seated ? \" said Mr Cane. \" You should be fatigued.\" \" Should I ? \" said Kenyon. \" I'm not.\" \" That is fortunate,\" answered the schoolmaster. \" I suppose you are not very happy at having so recently left your home to come to strangers ? \" \" The only chance I have of a home is amongst strangers,\" was the unexpected answer. \"And it's waste of time to be sorry you've done things after they're done. It's simpler not to do them, if you're going to start being sorry afterwards.\" \" That is perfectly true,\" said the schoolmaster",
"214 THE VALLEY OF INHERITANCE cause of your having to suffer ; but I curse the past that I've wasted . . \" He caught one of her hands and crushed it down upon his knee. \" You must listen to me now,\" he said, \" for it has to be said. You don't know how dear life has become, how dangerous : how I covet the hours that we might have lived together, when we have each lived our life apart. Thank God, you are innocent ! You're innocent, you're unspoiled. Oh, my God ! \" She was in his arms, he was holding her as one might hold the body of someone loved, recovered from the sea, cold ; dead ; unapproachable. \" Ethel,'' he said ; \" I love you with my whole life. Don't fade into a dream. You've changed. You've grown as I wanted you to be, and now I want you to be as you were when I first knew you, because that was God's work and the other was mine. Forgive me, dear ; forgive me. Tell me ; I am asking you, now, for the first time in our lives, to marry me. You said you loved me. Nothing, now, can rob me of that. You said it. You meant it then. Do you still love me? Or have you grown weary of waiting for some proof that I was more to you than — just — sorry. Is it too late — have I killed the beautiful warmth of your heart by the coldness of mine. Tell me ; we're alone. Tell me.\" \" Let me get up,\" she said. You make me shy all over. Oh, let me have my hand ! Oh, Kenyon ! I didn't ever think that you could speak to me like that.\" He stood as a man might, having made some shame ful proposition to an unconscious girl. \"You are hurt,\" he said, turning from her, in his wish to turn his back upon himself. She came to him",
"THE VALLEY^ OF INHERITANCE 257 Sumner were to run down to the village for me and get me a drop of methylated spirit ? \" \" Do you want it at once ? \" Ethel asked him calmly ; \" I have some in the kitchen — I always keep it.\" \" Oh, well,\" said Westall, in no way discomposed : \"just you get me a little more — hot water is always useful.\" He looked kindly at Mrs Sumner, but so that she understood. Ethel opened her mouth and dropped back her head, as though she must find some means of escape for the vast emotion which was surcharging her, but not a word came from her, and she went quietly upstairs to put her hat on. Left alone with Westall, Beatrice fixed her eyes upon his with poignant inquiry. \" Any danger ? \" she asked him. \" Plenty of it,\" was the answer, calmly given. \" Any hope ? \" she corrected herself. Westall screwed his lips together : \" A little,\" he said :—\" a little, a little. I shall want your help. Go to bed fairly early — read some pleasant book — keep your brain clear. That poor little girl upstairs . . .\" he shook his head, abruptly. Ethel came in, putting the last pin in her hat. She came towards him, and, stretching out her arms, put up her two hands against his chest : \"I,\" . . . she said. \" Do . . .—oh, I can't, . . . but, do . . .\" Her hands slipped down. She turned, her head poised over her shoulder, and left the room, followed by Mrs Sumner. Westall watched them go ; then, taking out his watch a second time, he returned to Kenyon. \" Now,\" he said : \" I want to have a little talk with R"
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003127162 | Memoirs of the War of the French in Spain, ... translated from the French [by Maria Graham] | [
"178 could not stand the charge, it opened its ranks, but rallied soon afterwards, and the 23d light dragoons which was at the head of the English cavalry Avas almost entirely destroyed or taken. A division of the King of England's guards, which formed the first line of the center and left of the British army, having been charged, repulsed the French vigo- rously at first; but one of the brigades having advanced too far, Avas in its turn taken in flank by the French artillery and infantry, and after suffering a severe loss, had some difficulty in retiring behind the second line. The French seized the momentary advantage, and advanced again ; one more effort only was required to gain the plain and fight the enemy on even ground ; but King Joseph thought it too late to advance with the reserve, and the attack was put off till the next day.",
"272 Campillos, a small town situated seA*en leagues from Ronda, at the skirts of the mountains, in a plain where our cavalry Avould give us a certain advantage over the mountaineers, however numerous. We had but little confidence in King Joseph's 300 guards, for they were, for the most part, Spanish deserters. The colonel ordered the garrison to be ready to march AA'ithin an hour without beat of drum or sound of trumpet, that the enemy might have no notice of our de parture; I immediately gave orders to the quarter-masters Avho were under my com mand, and Ave Avent from house to house to awaken the conscripts of the detach ment which had arrived with me ; they had trusted to staying some time at Ronda to rest after the fatigues of their journey, and Avhen we went at midnight to aAvaken them they were dead asleep, and not hear- ing",
"326 it instructs us to brave fatigue and the in clemencies of the weather, to study the seasons, to note the various changes of the ground, to conquer difficulties, to avoid insurmountable obstacles, to baffle, by superior intelligence, the cunning and num berless stratagems Avhich nature has be stowed upon animals. The Romans, conquerors and oppressors of the Avorld, a people Avhose foreign poAver depended on the strictness of their disci pline and superiority in the art of fighting man to man, flocked to the Circus to see the combats of wild beasts, and the com bats of a hundred, nay of five hundred gladiators against five hundred. These spectacles were the exact representations of Avar, given as festivals to the people with the vieAv of Aveakening, by habit, their natural horror at the sight of blood, toaccustom them to the contempt of death, in"
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002241355 | A Catalogue of the Horses, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, &c, entered for the Society's Show at Hull ... Also of Holderness Farms competing for the prizes offered, etc | [
"11 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Horses. Edward Phillimore, of Prestbury Park Farm, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, \" Perfection,\" red roan, bred by Exhibitor ; s. Hartpury, d. Flower, s. of d. Thumper. William Byford, of The Court, Glemsford, Suffolk, \" Moggie,\" roan, bred by Mr. J. B. Westoby, Sudbury ; s. Mr. Byford's Boxer. Edward and Alfred Stanford, of Eatons, Ashurst, Steyning, Sussex, \" Venture,\" brown, bred by Exhibitors ; s. Napoleon, d. Diamond. Isaac Poad, of 7, Hull Road Terrace, Y'ork, \" Darling,\" dark grey, bred by Mr. T. Smith, Haxby, York ; s. Young John Bull, d. Daisy, s. of d. Shipton Hero. CLASS 17. i CLYDESDALE FILLY, Two Years old. PRIZES OFFERED: First Prize, £15. Second Prize, £10. Third Prize, £5. The Earl of Strathmore, of Glamis Castle, Forfar, N.B., \" Tibby,\" brown, bred by Mr. R. McWilliam, Craichmore, Stranraer ; s. Clansman, d. Jean. James Graham, of Parcelstown, Longtown, Cumberland, \" Rose of Netherby,\" bay, bred by Mr. T. Johnston, Watta- man, Canonbie, Dumfries ; s. Dundonald, d. Meg, s. of d. London Jock. . James Cunningham, of Tarbroech, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, \" Jean,\" bay, bred by Mr. Love, Scoupe, Beith, Ayrshire ; s. Clansman. Henry Brown Howie, of Kyloe Cottage, Beal, Northumberland. \" Beauty,\" bay, bred by Exhibitor ; s. Black Prince, d. Beauty, s. of d. Sir William. Robinson Watson, of Maltby House, Stockton-on-Tees. \"Princess,\" black, bred by Exhibitor; s. The Prince of Wales, d. Highland Lassie, s. of d. Sir Walter Scott. James Nicol Fleming, of Knockdon, Maybole, Ayrshire, bay, bred by Mr. Calder, Colgrain, Dumbartonshire ; s. Prince of AVales. CLASS 18. SUFFOLK FILLY, Two Years old. PRIZES OFFERED: First Prize, £15. Second Prize, £10. Third Prize, £5. William Wilson, of Baylhain Hall, Ipswich, Suffolk, chestnut, bred by Mr. C. Frost, Wherstead, Ipswich ; s. Young Pilgrim. s. of d. Hero.",
"Horses. 21 241 Sir George Cholmley, Bart., of Boynton Hall, Bridlington, Y'orkshiro, \" Pluto,\" bay, bred by Exhibitor ; s. Volturno, d. Pully Haully, s. of d. King Caradoc. 242 Sir George Cholmley, Bart., of Boynton Hall, \"Wizard,\" bay, bred by Exhibitor ; s. Hubert, d. Donna Whitefeet, s. of d. Codrington. 243 Joseph Clarke, of High Field House, Beeston, Leeds, \" Wen- lock,\" bright bay7, bred by Exhibitor : s. Neptunus, d. Lady Byron, s. of d. Idle Boy. CLASS 25. ROADSTER HACKNEY (NAG or MARE), from Four to Eight Years old, and from Fourteen hands Two inches to Fifteen hands Two inches high. PRIZES OFFERED:* First Prize, £20. Second Prize, £10. 244 Thomas Clarkson, of 7, Melbourne Street, Leeds, \"Flora,\" chestnut mare, 7 yrs. old, bred by Mr. Purdon, Bolton Grange, Tadcaster ; s. Pride of the Isle, d. Polly, s. of d. Sir Charles. 245 -George WTakefield, of Scallow Grove, Messingham, Kirton Lindsey, \" Landseer,\" bay gelding, 5 yrs. old, bred by Exhibitor. 246 Andrew Hornsey, of Stittenham, Sheriff Hutton, Yorkshire, \" Young Agnes,\" bay mare, 4 yrs. old, bred by the late Mr. M. Homsey, Stittenham ; s. St. Giles, d. Agnes, s. of d. Staveley Moloch. 247 John Robert Weddall, of Burnby, Hay ton, Yorkshire, bay geld- ing, 4 yrs. old, bred by Exhibitor ; s. President Giles, d. Tibb, s. of d. Scott's Fireaway. 248 Christopher W. Wilson, of High Park, Kendal, Westmoreland, \" Sir William,\" brown gelding, 5 yrs. old, breeder unknown ; s. Goblin. 249 Henry Frederick Smith, of Lamwath House, Sutton, Hull, \" Charlie,\" chestnut colt, 4 yrs. old, bred by Mr. J. Hall, Riston, Skirlaugb, Yorkshire ; s. Theobald. 250 John Major, Sledmere Grange, Malton, Yorkshire, \" Harry,\" dark brown gelding, 4 yrs. old, bred by Exhibitor ; a, St. Giles, d. Diamond, s. of d. Tally-ho. •^Offered by Market Weighton and the neighbourhood.",
"Oxfordshire Downs. 12 751 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, Bampton, Fariugdon, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 752 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 753 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 754 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 755 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 756 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, 1 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 757 Charles Howard, of Biddenham, Bedford, 1 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 758 Charles Howard, of Biddenham, 1 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 759 Charles Howard, of Biddenham, 1 y. 4. m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 760 Frederick Street, of Harrowden, Bedford, 1 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 761 Frederick Street, of Harrowden, 1 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. CLASS 83. RAM OF ANY OTHER AGE. PRIZES OFFERED: First Prize, £20. Second Prize, £10. Third Prize, £5. 762 A. F. Milton Druce, of Twelve Acres, Eynsham, Oxon, 2 y. 5 m. old, bred by Exhibitor. 763 A. F. Milton Druce, of Twelve Acres, 2 y. 5 m. old, bred by Exhibitor. 764 John Treadwell, of Upper Winchendon, Aylesbury, Bucks, \" Guildford,\" about 3 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 765 George Wallis, of Old Shifford, Bampton, Faringdon, 3 y. 5 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 766 Charles Howard, of Biddenham, Bedford, 3 y. 4 m. 2 w. old, bred by Exhibitor. 767 Henry Newby-Fraser, of Hay Close, Penrith, Cumberland, 3 y. 3 m. 2 w. old, bred by Mr. William Parker, of Carlton Hill, Penrith. 768 Frederick Street, of Harrowden House, Bedford, 3 y. 5 m. old, bred by Exhibitor."
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004143958 | The farmer's boy; a rural poem ... The second edition | [
"SPRING. 10 Wood Scenery. v. H7- Let then your birds lie prostrate on the earth, In dying posture, and with wings stretch'd forth;. Shift them at eve or morn from place to place, And death shall terrify the pilfering race; In the mid air, while circling round and round, They'll call their lifeless comrades from the ground; With quick'ning wing, and notes of loud alarm, Warn the whole flock to shun the' impending harm. This task had Giles, in fields remote from home: Oft has he wish'd the rosy morn to come. Yet never fam'd was he nor foremost found To break the seal of sleep; his sleep was sound: But when at day-break summon 'd from his bed, Light as the lark that carol'd o'er his head, His sandy way deep- worn by hasty showers, O'er-arch'd with oaks thatform'd fantastic bow'rs, Waving aloft their tow'ring branches proud, In borrow'd tinges from the eastern clouds",
"SUMMER. 38 Harvest-field refreshment .... The Cart-horse. v. 191 And never lip that press'd its homely edge Had kinder blessings or a heartier pledge. Of wholesome viands here a banquet smiles, A common cheer for all;... e'en humble Giles, Who joys his trivial services to yield Amidst the fragrance of the open field; Oft doom'd in suffocating heat to bear The cobweb'd barn's impure and dusty air; To ride in murky state the panting steed, Destin'd aloft th' unloaded grain to tread, Where, in his path as heaps on heaps are thrown, He rears, and plunges the loose mountain down: Laborious task! with what delight when done Both horse and rider greet th' unclouded sun ! Yet by th' unclouded sun are hourly bred The bold assailants that surround thine head, Poor patient Ball ! and with insulting wing Roar in thine ears, and dart the piercing sting:",
"AUTUMN. 55 T. 27. Wild Ducks among the sedges. And as the bold intruders press around, At once she starts, and rises with a bound : With bristles rais'd the sudden noise they hear, And ludicrously wild, and wing'd with fear, The herd decamp with more than swinish speed, And snorting dash thro' sedge, and rush, and reed : Through tangling thickets headlong on they go, Then stop, and listen for their fancied foe; The hindmost still the growing panic spreads, Repeated fright the first alarm succeeds, Till Folly's wages, wounds and thorns, they reap: Yet glorying in their fortunate escape, Their groundless terrors by degrees soon cease, And Night's dark reign restores their wonted peace. For now the gale subsides, and from each bough The roosting pheasant's short but frequent crow Invites to rest; and huddling side by side, The herd in closest ambush seek to hide;"
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000069360 | Journal of a Voyage up the Nile, made between the months of November, 1848, and April, 1849. By an American | [
"CHENOBUSCION. 53 architect, has tried to equal it, and failed ; a thousand piles of man's workmanship could hardly equal in grandeur that bold form. Fortress of eternal rock, that over that Egyptian city of Kasr-el-Said, and stones of the ancient city Cheno buscion, rearest thy lofty form, and haltest here in boldness and grandeur, which the Drachenfels, or Hudson's cliffs, or Gibraltar, cannot excel ; thy lofty battlements, thy terraces of hundred surmounting strata, thy clusterings of fluted columns, and points and spires, which the glacier can scarce rival ; thy pillars, like vertebræ of a huge animal, thy broad eternal front reflecting its dark form in the clear glassy mirror below — ■ contrasting in grandeur with the puny forms of the dates and palms, skirting the green at thy base ; like man to a pyramid : what are man's attempts, St. Peter's Church, the Pyramids, or St. Paul's pile, when beside thee ? Slope away again from the river, wild mountains of Araby. It is a noble work, that last of thine, Dame Nature, and you may well retire with such modest grace. I passed here a boat of two acquaintances, and English ladies ; one of whom I had met two winters since in Italy, who had made the tour of Syria, as English ladies, without any protector but Lord Palmerston's letters. One of them I had known to be an affectionate wife in Naples, and who had given a large sum recently to the new English Church in Jerusalem, for an organ. I fired a salute, and the echo of the report bounded through those mountains, and replied again and again. On an island we passed three or four crocodiles, the largest I ever saw. That motion of theirs — half awful, half dis gusting — their huge size, makes one think of the formless larva and the theory of the old Rosecrucians, creeping into",
"70 VOYAGE UP THE NILE. Now conies birth. Isis, or Nature, in her many attributes and presiding powers, here appears in the character of nurse, or the Lucinian Diana. Here, with the infant in her arms, she receives offerings from the priests : this is repeated above the pronaos, above the facade, full in all the capitals. Go where you will, it is some modification of the same idea. In reviewing the effect of the temple, I was struck with one conviction — the superiority of the ideas of divinity among the Egyptians to all the other so-called heathen nations. Whether, degenerating directly from the patriarchs and the true God, they were less sunken in their ideas than the Greeks and Romans, certain it is that their worship was higher. It is not the worship of mere sensual pleasure — it is the sacred idea of love, generation, and birth combined. The rites were not such as required the prostitution of virgins as at Ephesus, in Greece, at the temples of Venus ; it is the sacred institution of wedlock — not Venus presiding over awful profane pollu tions. No ! it is Isis in the character of chaste Diana. The sweet face of Athor smiles upon you, not with wanton temp tation, but with half-maternal benignity. The artistical power in the female statues is not displaying the charms of the cour tezan. Nowhere is the smile of Isis that of the harlot : it is ali that makes marriage sacred. They might have written above, 'To Beauty, Love and Wedlock, Creation, and Birth. I read several hieroglyphics, among which I noticed that the names of Cleopatra, and her son Cæsarion, were the latest. I noticed also the names of Antoninus Pius, Trajan, and several other Roman Emperors. In searching for the name of",
"148 VOYAGE UP THE NILE. to be seen in the beautiful East, unless by chance an English lady traveller strays there, or one from our own bright land. True the Pachas have toys— the Beys, the Turks, all have toys ; they dress them in silks, in rare tissues ; they feed them with sweetmeats ; and the fatter they are, the more they prize them. They have, and so have we, dogs whom we treat thus ; we have canaries whom we cage ; and these are your women in the East. Cairo, in the eight weeks that I have spent in it, before going up, and now, is exhausted : and now for the voyage down the river to Alexandria. This is a simple affair. Twenty four hours does it, and you have no bed, which is the bore. Thackeray, in his squib about the East, \" Journey from Corn hill to Cairo,\" fully dilates upon it. The voyage was not sour days, as when I came up from Atfeh, and I have not so much time to observe the formation of that Delta. I am not a geo logist, but I believe that six thousand years ago, Nubia was as well endowed with soil as Egypt, and that the Creator did not, as the geologists say he did, (sneeringly,) make that Delta at the creation ready-made ; but that six thousand years has formed it — Lyell and others to the contraiy. I am supported in my opinion of this by eminent geologists with regard to the Nile, if not the Mississippi. After passing Shoobra, and bidding farewell to the Pyra mids for ever, we wind through the luxuriant fertility of this valley, through the palm groves that we gaze on for the last time. Dr. Lallemand, Membre de VInstitut, is on board, and his wife and son, and Mr. Danton. I had seen their names in the tombs of the kings, and we compared notes. Observing th< Mahmoudieh canal winding like the Nile, I was struck wit! a remark M. Lallemand quoted from the Turks ; viz., that the"
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001536474 | Kur-Mainz in der Epoche von 1672 | [
"Drittes Bück. 196 Macht vor dem Kriege gegen Holland gäbe. Der Versasser wirft einen Blick auf die vorzüglichsten Staaten von Europa in ihrem Verhältnisse zu Frankreich, zuerst auf Spanien und Italien; Spanien, hofft Ludwig XIV., werde sich theilen, Ita lien, der Türken wegen, seine Zuflucht einmal zu ihm neh men. Von Norden ist ihm wenig zu besorgen; England stellt er noch als ungewiss, was Frankreich bei ihm wirken werde hin. Was Deulsckland oder das Reich betrifft, so wird es nicht als ganz unwahrscheinlich gefunden , dass Frankreich „die Kaiserkrone affectiren\" könne; allein dies wird dahinge stellt. Dagegen wird auf diese Wahrheit ein ganz besonderer Nachdruck gelegt (43): „Einmal ist gewiss, dass Frankreich das Arbitrium rerum in Europa suche; dass aber dazu nöthig, in Teutschland Meister zu seyn, ist gewiss; denn mit Gewalt ist, wie obgedacht, nicht durchzudringen.\" Dies wird im Einzelnen bewiesen. Bei Holland bleibt der Verfasser endlich stehen, um das Bisherige an diesem Staate und dessen Verhältnissen zu sammenzufassen; und dies ist für den Gang unsrer Betrach tungen ein Hauptpunkt. Es kommt dem Verfasser darauf an, zu zeigen, dass der Hass beider M ächte unter einander nichts Zufälliges sei. ,,Ob zwar Holland (sagt er 53) zu trennen und zu verwirren schwer fallen wird, so ist doch der Cron Frankreich Interesse vor allen Dingen, Holland zu dämpfen (zu unterdrücken), oder zum wenigsten zu schwächen.\" Er be weist dies zuerst aus dem Gegensatze zwischen der mo narchischen und republikanischen Verfassung im Allgemeinen, alsdann in Bezug auf Frankreich und Holland im Besondern. So sehr nun Republiken Königen verhasset, sosehr, und noch zehnmal mehr, werde Holland der Krone Frankreich verhasst sein. Denn Holland habe alle oberzählten Vortheile der Re publiken (die wohlbestallte Regimentsform ausgenommen) im höchsten Grade, gleichwie Frankreich allen andern Monarchien überlegen sei. Seine Religion sei der französischen conträr, und Frankreich unterdrücke bei sich eben diejenige, welche Hollandbegünstige. Die Gelegenheit der Oerter sei fast unüber windlich; die Scliiffsmacht nicht allein bereits in guten, son dern auch vollkommnen Stand, und der nächste Krieg habe",
"Drittes Buc lt. 273 das Consilium Aegypüacum wird dadurch klassisch, d. h. es wird ein Dokument für die Geschichte des Reichsdirec toriums im Jahre 1672, während die Denkschriften an Lud wig XIV., als ungebraucht vom Autor bei Seite gelegte Con cepte, den Rang von Dokumenten nicht einnehmen und mehr ein biographisches, als historisches Interesse behaupten. Wir müssen darauf einen Blick werfen. Der Verfasser des Consilium Aegypüacum wendet sich, wie zwei Jahre vorher in dem „Bedenken über securilas jmblica,\" an die hohe Einsicht und den Patriotismus eines Fürsten, welcher Erhaltung der Freiheit Deutschlands, der Ruhe und des Friedens der Christenheit als den Beruf der Zeit und als seine Aufgabe festhielt. Dies tritt nun in der Schlussrede (cap. 25) hervor: „Niemals (sagt er) ist der gött liche und unser Ruhm enger verknüpft gewesen , nichts Grös seres, und zugleich Gerechteres und Heiligeres ist, glaube ich, in die Gedanken eines Menschen gekommen. Mehreres darüber zu sagen, fehlen mir die Morte, und die Menge der grössten Dinge hindert jede Ordnung der Gedanken. Das Uebrige also werden die grossen Seelen ergänzen, von welchen Licht und Leitung den menschlichen Dingen kommt und welche mit Einem Blicke des Geistes mehr umfassen , als in Bänden sich aussprechen lässt. Dieses Eine ist übrig, dass wir Gott bitten, er möge (Ludwig XIV.) Aufmerk samkeit und Lust verleihen: es ist das grösste Geschenk der Gnade, welches er jetzt sowohl ihnen, als uns ge wahren kann (quo majus gratiae donum nunc ncque illis, ncque nobis dari polest).\" Mit ähnlichem Gebete schliesst das Schwalbacher Bedenken von 1670 und es ist sehr wichtig, zu erkennen, dass dieser Vorschlag in Leibnitzens Paris ganz verschwieg, hat eine L'ngenauigV.eit in den Umständen durch die Wendung me . . . jusso begehen dürfen; denn es scheint nach dieser Wendung, als habe der Kurfürst, auf Boineburg's Rath, Leibnitz befohlen, wie Johann von Müller sich ausdrückt: „darüber zu arbeiten.\" Allein da Leibnitz, als Boineburg dem Kurfürsten den Rath gab, in Paris war, so wäre der Befehl des Kurfürsten an Leibnitz zu spät gekommen. Doch Leibnitz konnte sich nicht anders ausdrücken. — Die Schrift an sich selbst spricht deutlich genug, da sie exhortatorisch ist und sich an den Kurfürsten feierlich auffordernd wendet. I. 18",
"40 Viertes Buch. Chicanen hinzuzufügen, den Frieden Hollands auf kalten will, (Mais on ne peut jtas douter que toute VEurope ne s'enflumme, si pour ajouter ces jtetites ckicanes, on veut returdcr la paix de Hollande).\" „Man kann hierüber ferner sagen, dass es nur an den Schiedsrichtern, den Kurfürsten und Fürsten, an deren Spitze der Herr Kurfürst steht , lag, diese kleinen Streitigkeiten zu be endigen, da sie das Schiedsrichteramt davon seit einigen Jah ren in den Händen haben. Und w'enn sie damit auf diesem friedlichen und rechtlichen Wege (jtur cette voie umiuble et juridique) während einer so langen und einer ganz ruhi gen Zeit nicht zu Ende kommen konnten, kaun man sagen, dass, sie es leichter vollführen werden , wann man weit grös sere Streitigkeiten aufzulösen haben wird, und zu einer Zeit, da die Augenblicke so kostbar sind? Es gibt Leute, welche aus diesen Ansprüchen den Schluss ziehen, dass man diese Streitigkeiten mit dem Schwerte in der Hand beendigen wolle (qu'on veut terminer ces differenils Vepee ä la main). Cette conduite, 31onseigneur , fait jugcr, du quel esjtrit est jtorte Mr. de 31uyence. Pour ce qui est de ce qui le lui a fait prendre , c'est un point d'une gründe dis cussion. Bien des ckoses ensemble y ont contribue, mais celle qui seloti mon senthnent tient le premier rang , est la passion dominante jtour les grands desseins et entre ceux ci l'etablissement de la garantie ge'nerale de l'Empire, luquelle il pr elend voir, et de celle de la paix de toute l'Europe. S'il n' entre jms lä-dedans un peu de ckimerique , je m'en rujtporte . . . .\" So weit der Abbe de Gravel. Der Baron von Schönborn hatte unterdessen seine Ge schäfte am französichen Hofe beendigt und schickte sich, den erhaltenen Befehlen gemäss, zu der Gesandtschaft an den Hof des Königs von England an. Ihn begleitete , als der Gesandt schaft beigegeben, Leibnitz, um mit ihm über den Haag und Brüssel nach Mainz in seine dortigen Dienstverhältnisse zu rückzukehren. Der letztere Punkt war erst kurz vorher von dem Kurfürsten geordnet worden, denn anfänglich war es be stimmt, dass der mainzische Gesandte den Rückweg über Versailles nehmen sollte. Der junge Baron von Boineburg"
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002605195 | Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de France sous Napoléon, écrits à Sainte Hélène, par les généraux qui ont partagé sa captivité [i.e. G. Gourgaud and C. J. F. T. de Montholon], et publiés sur les manuscrits entièrement corrigés de la main de Napoléon | [
"1 l6 MÉMOIRES DE NAPOLÉON. Les anarchistes, frappés à leur tour de terreur , se dispersèrent. C'était tout ce qu'on voulait, et peu de temps après le décret de déportation fut converti en une simple mesure de surveil lance qui cessa bientôt elle-même. Le public s'attribua le rapport de ce décret. On crut que Fadministration avait rétrogradé : on eut tort, elle n'avait voulu qu'épouvanter; elle avait atteint son but. Bientôt l'esprit public changea dans toute la France. Les citoyens s'étaient réunis, les actes d'adhésion des départements arrivaient en foule , et les malveillants de quelque parti qu'ils fus sent, cessaient d'être dangereux. La loi des otages, qui avait jeté un grand nombre de citoyens dans les prisons fut rapportée (i). Des lois intolérantes avaient été rendues contre (i) La loi des otages avait été rendue le 12 juillet 1799 • elle avait été dictée par les jacobins du manège ; elle pesait sur cent cinquante à deux cents mille citoyens qu'elle met tait hors de la protection des lois ; elle les rendait respon sables, dans leurs personnes et leurs propriétés, de tous les évènements provenant des troubles civils. Ces individus étaient les parents des émigrés, les nobles, les aïeuls, aïeules, pères et mères de tout ce qui faisait partie des bandes armées , chouans ou voleurs de diligence. Par l'article 5, les administrateurs des départements étaient autorisés à réunir des otages pris dans ces classes , dans",
"182 MÉMOIRES DE NAPOLÉON. íing, Ecking, Ébersberg, Malckirchen, Hohen linden, Krainacber, Weting, Reting, Aidberg, Isen , Penzing , Zuphtenbach , le long de l'Isen jusqu'à Furden et Sendorff, où elle passe vers la source de la Vilz, qu'elle suit jusqu'à son embouchure dans le Danube, et ensuite sur la rive droite de la Vilz jusqu'à Vilsbibourg, et au delà de cette rivière jusqu'à Binabi bourg, où elle suit le cours de la Bina jus qu'à Dornaich. Elle coupe près de Sculmshan sen, s'étend vers la source du Colbach, ensuite la rive gauche jusqu'à son embouchure dans la Vilz, et, se portant sur la gauche, vers la Vilz, se prolonge jusqu'à son embouchure dans le Danube. La même ligne s'étend sur la rive droite du Danube jusqu'à Kehlheim, où elle passe le fleuve , et se prolonge sur la rive droite de l'Allmùhl, jusqu'à Pappenheim; elle se dirige ensuite par la ville de Weissembourg, vers la Bednitz, dont elle longe la rive gauche jusqu'au point où elle se jette dans le Mein; elle suit de là la rive gauche de cette dernière rivière jusqu'à son embouchure. La ligne de démarcation, sur la rive droite du Mein, entre cette rivière et Dusseldprff, ne s'étendra plus vers Mayence jusqu'à la Nidda. Dans le cas où les troupes françaises auraient fait, dans l'in tervalle, des progrès de ce côté, elles conser-",
"MÉMOIRES DE NAPOLÉON. 36 prenaient pour un partisan. La 48e les culbuta. Ce petit combat décida de toute la journée. Le désordre et Talarme se mirent dans le convoi : les charretiers coupèrent leurs traits , et se sauvèrent , abandonnant 87 pièces de canon et 3oo voitures. Le désordre , de la queue se communiqua à la tête. Ces colonnes , profon dément entrées dans les défilés, se désorgani sèrent; elles étaient frappées des désastres de la campagne d'été , et d'ailleurs composées d'un grand nombre de recrues. Ney et Riche panse se réunirent. L'archiduc Jean fit sa re traite en désordre et en toute hâte sur Haag, avec les débris de son corps. Le général Decaen avait dégagé le général Drouet. Il avait contenu, avec une de ses bri gades, la colonne de gauche de l'ennemi à Saint- Christophe, et s'était porté dans la forêt, avec la seconde brigade, pour achever la déroute des bataillons , qui s'y étaient réfugiés. 11 ne restait plus de Tarmée autrichienne, que la colonne de droite , commandée par le général Latour, qui Tût entière ; elle s'était réunie avec Kienmayer, qui avait débouché sur sa droite par la vallée de TIssen , ignorant ce qui s'était passé au cen tre. Elle marcha contre le lieutenant- général Grenier, qui avait dans la main les divisions J__*egrand et Bastoul et la cavalerie du général"
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000814929 | A collection of right merrie garlands for North country anglers | [
"The Old Fisher's Challenge. 70 Oh ! freshly from his mountain holds Comes down the rapid Tyne; — But Coquet 's still the stream o' streams, So let her still be mine ; There 's mony a sawmon lies in Tweed, An' mony a trout in Till ; But Coquet — Coquet aye for me, If I may have my will. There 's mony a sawmon, 6°r. Let it be \" stream an' stream about,\" — Or if that mayna be, Take off old Coquet where ye like From Thirlmore to the sea ; But leave to me the streams I love, The streams that know my hand, An' \" weight to weight\" with the best he That 's in Northumberland. But leave to me, &°c. Let me begin at Brinkburn's stream, Fast by the Ruins gray, An' end at bonny Eely-haugh, Just wi' the endin' day. My foremost^?^, the heckle red, My tried Rod springin' free, — An' \"creel to creel\" — wi' ony man In a' the North Countrie!",
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"Cf)e jftefjer's <£arlanti FOR I 86 I"
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002957325 | Certain Epigrams in laud and praise of the Gentlemen of the Dunciad | [
"3 Epigram IH. the fame, Mr. J. M. S e catechized on his one Epifde t» Mr. Pope. WHAT makes you write at this odd Rate J Why, Sir, it is to imitate. What makes you fteal and trifle fo > Why 'tis to do, as others do. But there's no Meaning to be feen ! Why, that's the very' thing I mean. Epigram IV. Oh J. M. S. Gent. >T*,0 prove himfelf no Plagiary, Moo re ■*■ Has writ fuch Stuff\", as none e'er writ before. Thy Prudence, Mo orb, is like that Irifh Wit Who fliew'd 'his Breech, to prove 'twas not belh— . Epigram V. On the fame, by Mr. Th n. Moore goes two Years, and then alas produces Some noify, pert, dull, flatulent Abufes. So fome ftale, fwoln-out Dame, you fometimes find At laft deliver'd, but of what . of Wind. E p i a 2",
"11 Epigram XXIII. On Mr. James M — 's pretty Verfes on the Birth of the Lord Andover. WHAT makes, for once, 'Squire Jemmy's Mufe fo toward ? Meer Joy to fee a Cofen of Ned Howard. Epigram XXIV. On the Gentlemen in the Dunciad. THE craven Rook, and pert Jackdaw, (Tho' neither Birds of moral kind) Yet ferve, if hang'd, or ftuff 'd with Straw, To fhow us, which way blows the Wind. Thus dirty Knaves or chatt'ring Fools, Strung up by Dozens in thy Lay, Teach more by half than Dennis 'Rules, And point Inftru&ion ev'ry way. Wifh JEgypt's Art thy Pen may ftrive, One potent Drop let this but fhed, t And ev'ry Rogue that flunk alive Becomes a precious Mummy dead. t» Epi-",
"14 Epigram XXX. BlfRNj-Tand Ducket, Friends in fpite. Came hiding forth in Verfe _ Both were fo forward, each wou'd write, So dull, each hung an A- Thus Amphisbtena (I have read) At either End aiTails ; None knows which leads, or which U led, lor both Headi are but Tails. FINIS,"
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002259791 | A Lord of the Creation. By the author of 'Ethel' [i.e. Miss M. James] | [
"A LORD OF THE CREATION. 29 \" You will be seventeen next month,\" said Mr Hesketh, after a pause of consideration. \" What do you say, Caroline, to the idea of a ball on your birth-day?\" \" Oh ! \" Her eyes sparkled, the pensive curve of her lips relaxed into the gayest smile. \"Do you really mean it, uncle ? \" \" I do, really. Well, I think I see what you would say to it. You approve? \" \" I should think so. And so will Vaughan, I am sure ; are not you ? \" Half doubtfully, though, she sought his face. \" We will ask him. If he doesn't like it, he may lock himself in his room while the event takes place ; for we'll have a ball, Caroline. You shall write the invitations to-morrow.\" \" Oh ! \" she cried again, in ecstasy, unable to say more. Yet the next thought rose to her lips, \" I hope Vaughan will like it,\" clouding the per fect sunshine. \" Pshaw ! \" cried Mr Hesketh, laughing half impatiently ; \" he isn't so foolish as not to like it. And be that as it may, we'll settle the prelimina-",
"100 A LORD OF THE CREATION. all seemed lightened and exhilarated by their taste of the free air on Crooksforth Height. Mr Far quhar, especially, after his last reverie seemed to fling off the last suspicion of \" wisdom and meta physics,\" and yielded himself to the pleasurable influences of the time. A fund of quiet humour, and better still, of genial appreciation, began to be evident in this gentleman. Caroline had no idea he could be half so pleasant, so likeable. Her fast increasing regard manifested itself in the bright glances she turned upon him, and the unconstraint and entire frankness with which she began to talk. When she alighted from her horse, Mr Farquhar being at some little distance, she was able to re lieve her mind, by whispering to Vaughan, \" Oh ! I was unjust to your friend. I like him so much ! \" With which she gathered up her long skirt, and flitted into the house. \"Vaughan,\" Mr Farquhar proposed, \"let us take a few turns on the terrace. This sunshine is like veritable elixir vitæ. Come ! \" But Vaughan's face was slightly clouded. He",
"A LORD OF THE CREATION. 207 \" Oh, les pauvres petits, je les aime de plus en plus. I have pleasure in playing with them, ch re madame. Don't deprive me of it, c'est a dire, pen dant qu'il fait mauvais temps,\" she added, with a little yawn. \" And truly my cousins are better companions than the visiter of just now.\" This was uttered after a pause, and in a tone of pique. \" Indeed ! I thought you liked the gentleman.\" \" Oh, in London he was well enough.\" She pulled at her apron strings, musingly. \" But I suppose one cannot flirt convenablement in the country.\" Miss Kendal. in a few terse sentences, expressed her opinion as to the convenances of flirting in ge neral, at whatever places or seasons. Madame de Vigny listened with dutiful attention. At the finish, she came close to her monitress, and looked up at her with a coaxing smile. \" Ah I don't be cross with me. Nobody ever is — nobody ever used to be, you remember. I don't mean any harm by my flirting ; it is bigger in Eng lish than in French, I think. Nobody is frightened of it in France.\""
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003028359 | Egypt to-day. The First to the Third Khedive | [
"AN OASIS NEAR THE CAPITAL 101 tion for the lover of antiquities that leads many to visit Resina. Both stand upon the sites of ancient cities, and the remains below the surface have greater charms than the finest building upon it. Helouan, or rather Helwan, was named after a king of old Egypt, about whom little else is known. No mention is made of this place in any hieroglyphics yet discovered, nor in any of the Greek and Latin accounts of Egypt. Al Makrizi, the voluminous Arab historian, who flourished in the early part of the fifteenth century, devotes a portion of his work on Egypt and Cairo to an account of Helouan, in which he records that the village is said to have derived its name \" from Helouan, who was the son of Babylon, who was the son of Amrou, who was the son of Emir-el-Keiss, kings of Egypt, and that Helouan lived in Syria as the chief of the advanced guard of Braha.\" It is less important, however, to learn why a town or village is called by a particular name, than to obtain trustworthy particulars of its rise and growth. Two other historians supply this informa tion about Helouan in a stinted but probably authentic measure. One of them is Abd-el-Hakem, who writes that \" when the plague broke out in Fostad [that is, Old Cairo] Abd-el-Aziz, who was the son of Marouan, left the city and settled at Helouan, in the desert, at a spot named Abuker kurah, where he caused a well to be dug, and led the water to the date-palms which he planted in Helouan.\" The other historian is El Kendi, who narrates",
"EGYPT TO-DAY 104 the east of the village of Helouan. Linant Pasha had carefully examined this locality, and he had verified the presence of mineral springs over a large tract of land on both banks of the Nile. Many poor and ailing inhabitants of Cairo had been accus tomed to encamp near the source of the mineral water and bathe in it. During the viceroyalty of Abbas Pasha, wooden huts were built for the accommodation of patients at Helouan, and the springs themselves were enclosed in a wooden chamber. Though the arrangements were primitive, the baths were gladly used by ailing Arabs and Copts, Syrians and Greeks, who went to Helouan for health, and sometimes found it. The first Khedive was impressed with what he heard about the mineral water, and he ordered Professor Gastinel Bey to report upon it, the report afterwards appear ing with the title, \" Iitude Topographique, Chimique et Medicate des Eaux Sulphureuses et Salines de Helouan- les- Bains. \" A well-appointed bathing establishment was erected by order of the first Khedive, and during the excavations which were then made the large bath was discovered that Abd-el-Aziz had caused to be constructed in the seventh century, as well as ruins resembling those which are attributed to the fabulous Cyclops. The Grand Hotel was opened in 1873, anQl >ts management was entrusted to Herr Heltzel, whose small work in German on Helouan, published there, contains the best sketch of its history which I have met with. I am chiefly indebted to it for the particulars which I have given above,",
"EGYPT TO-DAY 330 Franz, Pasha, 105 Fowler, Sir John, 159 Gastinel, Professor, 104, in GeYome, M., 42 Gibson, J., 144 Gladstone, W. E., 38 Gordon, 284, 323 Gordon, Lady Duff, 271, 272, 292, 315.317 Goschen, G. J., 10, 11 Gozzi, 34 Grant, President, 290 Granville, Lord, 29, 32, 38 Grelle, M., 228 Grenfell, Sir Frederick, 256, 279 Hamilton's Ægyptiaca, 69, 70 Hassan, Prince, 12 Helouan, 99-103, 106- 1 1 1 Heltzel, Herr, 104, 107, 1 1 1 Howe, General, yj Ibrahim, Pasha, 72 Ibrahim Hilmv, Pasha, 18 International Tribunals, 215, 217, 235 Ishak, Bey, 13 Ismail, Pasha, 1-16, 20-22, 45, 59, 125 Ismail Sadyk, Pasha, 9-13, 16 John Bull sur le Nil, 246 Johnson, Pasha, 306 Joosuf, Sheikh, 317 Joseph, 318 Joubert, 10, n Kasr-el-Nil Bridge, 92 Keith, Admiral Sir Basil, 220 Kempster, Lieutenant -Colonel, 280, 283 Kinglake, 75-77, 94, 97, 98 Kitchener, Pasha, 306 Kldber, 67, 68 Koenig, Bey, 181 Leon, M. de, 70, 131, 156 Lesseps, M. de, 34, 55 Lex, Madame de, 107 Lindsay, Lord, 73, 84 Lithgow, 74 Luxor, 47, 271, 272 Hospital, 273, 274 Sporting Club, 275, 276 Macaulay, 194, 327 McCoan, 10, 1 1 Malet, Sir Edward, 38 Malortie, Baron de, 6, 24, 37, 210, 259 Malta, 34 Mansfield, Lord, 220 Mariette, Bey, 34 Marriott, Sir William, 15 Martineau, Harriet, 95, 267, 315 Maxwell, Sir Benson, 219 Mehemet Ali, 17, 19, 30, 31,43, 70, 71, 74, 90, 103, 122, 138, 148, 179-182, 187, 198, 288, 319, 320 Mena Hotel, 92, 93 Menkaura, 236 Menzaleh, Lake, 53 Meris, Princess, 153 Milner, Alfred, 306 Milton, Dr., 247 Moncrieff, Colonel Sir Colin Scott, 158,159, 161, 162, 165, 170, 306 Moniteur Egypt n-it, 10, 239 Moriondo, M., 228 Mortada, Bey, Osman, 22S Mouktar, Pasha, 129, 247 Murch, Rev. C, 203 Najumi, 279 Nil, 253 Nimr, Dr., 249, 257 Nubar, Boghos, Pasha, 284 Nubar, Pasha, 15, 25, 120, 214, 3°3, 305 Ohrwalder, Father, 250 Omar Loutfi, Pasha, 23 Pagnon, M., 47 Paine, Tom, 37 Pall Mall Gazette, 249 Palmer, Sir Elwin, 306 Peltier, 49 Pentatour, 5 Phare ifAlcxandrie, 245 Pococke, Richard, 60, 61 Port Said, 50, 51, 52, 55 Piickler-Muskau, Prince, 180"
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003125677 | From Brahm to Christ; or, The Progress of an Eastern Pilgrim [A poem.] | [
"FROM BRAHM TO CHRIST. 11 In feeble words the subtle power Of thee ! Earth's crown ! Life's choicest flower. Centre ! from which all blessing spreads, Happy, thrice happy, he who treads Where saints and sages walked and held Communion with the gods of eld. To him who in thy shadow kneels The hidden past its store reveals. He chants once more the vedic verse, He hears the ancient priests rehearse The praise of Suria's light intense, Of India's wide munificence : Of Agni's energising flame, From which the mighty warrior came, Skanda, brave son of Shiv, who led Celestial hosts 'gainst Daruk dread. ' Blossom of fire vanquishing Shiv's fiercest foe ; the Asura King.' The seven Rishis on the ground Made Namaskara deep, profound To Vishnu. ' Shew the certain way Of thy salvation, that we may The Rishi tells the story of Benares from its be ginning to the present time. Its blissful liberation win, Living henceforth unvexed by sin.' He, after long meditation, made, In splendour manifold arrayed, The ling ; and placed in it the flood Of heaving waters, where it stood Unmoved, and from a span breadth spread Ten miles across the waters dread.",
"34 FROM BRAHM TO CHRIST. i He bids us fear not ! Who could fear So true a Friend and kind ? The feeblest whisper gains His ear, The cry of sorrow brings Him near, Whoever seeks shall find. Through Him the Father's love we know The Father's kingdom gain, Then heavenly glory dawns below, Fair fruitage of our Shepherd's woe, The purchase of His pain. Sweet words of Jesus ! Let them dwell For ever on our tongue. So shall our hearts with rapture swell, And all our life His love shall tell In one undying song.",
"FROM BRAHM TO CHRIST. 50 r > O ! not a tree appeared in sight, No mark familiar gave him hope Of reaching home ; in sore despite, And aimlessly as blind men grope, With trusty staff he tried to seek His way the treacherous drifts among. But all in vain — that moorland bleak No glint of hope nor comfort flung. Despair had gathered o'er his soul, And abject terror made him dumb ; Death loomed before him, as the goal To which his wandering feet had come When borne upon the blustering wind, He heard the bells of Hilltown church The glowing vision filled his mind, Success might yet attend his search. And guided by their blessed sound, Across the snow he boldly went. The way-side inn was quickly found, The fire its rosy welcome sent Across the moorland, unrestrained, And there the ancient story tells, The way-worn traveller shelter gained, Blessing the sound of Hilltown bells. From that far-off forgotten time, Lest some lone wanderer should stray The bells ring out their cheerful chime, And by their music point the way"
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002960554 | Первое путешествіе въ аѳонскіе монастыри и скиты въ 1845 (-1846) году. (Приложенія, etc.) [With maps, plans, and illustrations.] | [
"176 сандръ епископъ александрШскШ въ своемъ посланШ къ константинопольскому епископу Александру, встрочилъ это самое слово. \") Сле довательно ареопегитики явились поздно, и написены не св. ДюнисШмъ. писателя *) Казавбонъ, Пикъ Мирандола, Мар силШ Фицинъ, превозносили похвалами Арео пагитики и слогъ ихъ. Casaubon.— Fingit voces novas, et compositio nesforraat inusitatas,mirificas,etquae uiio verbo aut eltero dici potereni, diffundit in plures voces admodum sonoras et magnifices, atque congestis multis verbis obscuret sermonem. Отвечаю: слово, Упостась, читяется въ по сланШ св. апостоле Певла къ евреямъ, гл. 1. 3 . Иже сый сгянге славы и образ» Vnocma си его. Следовательно ареопагитики написены ученпкомъ Павла ДюнисШмъ ареопагитомъ. In Opera S. Dionysii. — Dionysius noster exultet pessim, effundit eenigmata, coneinit ditliyranibos. Itaque qiiam arduum est profundos eius sensus intelligentia penertare, tam difficile miras verborum compositiones ec quasi charac terem imitari, ec latinis praesertim verbis exprimere). Возражаютъ: Въ седьмой главе Iepapxin цер ковной говорится о древнем» преданхи, α'ρχαία παράδοσις. Значитъ: сочинитель сей Iepapxin жилъ въ позднее время. Отвечаю: Греческое слово αρχαία происхо дить отъ αρχή — начало, и въ связи съ παρά δοσις ознячаетъ предате начальное . Въ этомъ смысле въ укезанной главе церковной Iepep хШ резумеется преденШ аиостольское. А такъ кекъ ДюнисШ ереопагим, по смерти своего учителя Павла, жилъ 30 лем; то могъ пра вильно назвать апостольское предавШ началь ным», даже старым», если хотите. Спрашиваю возражателей: могъ ли и дол женъ ли былъ писатель не слушать своего удельнаго генШ потому, что жилъ во время япостольское, или потому что зяхотвлъ ре шить неиввжнейийе вопросы богословские? Ни кекое вдохвовеше и никекое литературное на превлевШ ве изменяем склядя людскего уме. Пророкъ ИсаШ, жившШ во дворце цярей, пи селъ свои прорицвшя не тякъ, кекъ писелъ свои провещянШ пасту хъ и пророкъ Амосъ, а речь апостоле Певле ни мало не походить на благовесте Матвея; Боссюетъ говорилъ, не какъ Фенелонъ, и няшъ Фплеретъ, не кекъ ИннокентШ. Удивительно ли же что св. ДШ нисШ, философъ и сенеторъ, витШствовалъ, не какъ Ерма? Возражаютъ: Въ четвертой главе, § 12, « объ именахъ божескихъ » приведено изрече те ев ИгнатШ Богоносца изъ его послашя къ Рпмлянамъ: ό έμος έρως έστάυρωται — моя любовь распята. А это послеше было написано имъ въ 108 году, когда ДШнисШ ареопагита давненько не было въ живыхъ. Следовательно ереопагитики не нмъ сочинены. Возрежеюм: — Въ Ареопегитикахъ читеетси слово, Υπόστασις — Упостась. А это слово стало общеупотребительнымъ у Богослововъ гораздо позже века ДювисШ ереопегпта; такъ напр.: ДюнисШ АлександрШскШ (260 год.) пи салъ, что въ Боге есть Упошаси **), Алек- Отвечаю: Вышеприведенное изреченШ не кстати вставлено въ укезанную главу книги Ареопагита нозднимъ переписчикомъ ея, какъ сдается, читавшимъ послаше ИгнатШ къ Рпм лянамъ. Самъ Ареопагитъ не могъ вставить это изреченШ, потому что оно тутъ, между *J Natal. Alexandr. Histor. Eccl. Saeculo 1. *') Apud collect. concilior. Labbaci. t. 1. *) Ad Alexaiuh·. contVr. apud collect. Patruni. t. ΧΜΙΙ.",
"289 Каппа дошйской, подвизался въ пустыне вме- сте съ ГригорШмъ НазШнзнномъ, π иекопецъ рукоположенъ былъ въ санъ епископа въ го- родъ Кесарш, а скончался въ 379 лето Го- сподне на 51 году отъ рожденШ. Вся жизнь его, по словамъ ГрпгорШ НязШнзена, была молт'ею, а учете громомъ. Глубокое и ясное ученШ онъ, какъ проповеднпкъ, передалъ въ 9 беседахъ, известныхъ подъ нвзвашемъ Ше- стодневъ, въ 17 беседахъ объясняющихъ Псалмы, въ 31 беседе резного содержанШ и въ 54 нрявствевныхъ поучешяхъ. Изъ соб- ственныхъ словъ св. ВясплШ видно, что онъ во время посте въ кеждый день говорилъ одно слово, о иногда и два. Ныне печатпо изве- стны 25 беседъ его о разныхъ предметахъ, π между нимп несколько похвольныхъ словъ святымъ угодникямъ Божшмъ, какъ-то сорока мученикамъ, мученику Варлааму, мученику Гордн», мученику Мамонту и мучепице Улите. Его беседы о голоде, роскоши и гхьянстве, о ростовщикахъ, по силе и одушевлешю считеются наилучшими. Потр1архъ ФотШ, отличный знатокъ ораторского слога, такъ отозвался о словахъ Ве- снлШ: «ВеликШ ВясилШ во всехъ Словохъ своихъ превосходенъ . Если кто другой, то онъ осо- бенно владеетъ языкомъ чистымъ, пзящнымъ, ьеличественнымъ; въ порядке и спле мыслей — ;ia нимъ первое место; убедительность соеди- няете онъ съ прШтвостш и ясностпо. Речь его такъ плавпо, кокъ потокъ, свободно вы- шедшШ изъ своего источника. Кто хочетъ быть отличнымъ гражданскимъ ореторомъ, тому не нуженъ ни Димосоенъ, ни Плетопъ, если опъ зе обрезецъ себе примете слове Веси.ня». изображенного шиъ идеала хрнетШпской жизни. «Что особенно свойственно хрнстШппну? Ве ре, споспешествуемая любовно. Какея особенность его веры? УбежденШ въ истине глаголовъ богодухновенныхъ, убежде ше, котораго не колеблете никекое мудровеше. Что — особенно въ верующемъ? То, что онъ при такомъ убежденШ держится только того учешя, которое сообщаютъ эти глаголы, и не дерзаетъ ни прибевлять къ нпмъ что либо свое, ни отбресывать отъ нихъ. Въ чемъ состоитъ особенное свойство любви къ Богу? Въ исполнен! и ззповедей Его для славы Его имени. Въ чемъ состоитъ особенное свойство любви къ ближнему? Въ нскапШ пользы д шевной и телесной любимому человеку. Что особенное въ христШнине? Возрождеше посредствомъ крещенШ водою и Духомъ. Что особенное въ возрожденномъ посредствомъ крещенШ водою? — Какъ Христосъ умеръ за грехи *), такъ и онъ мертвъ для всякаго греха. Что особенное въ возрожденномъ свыхие? Со влечете ветхаго человека съ делами и похо тенШми его, и облечете въ повяго по обрезу создевшего его». «Любовь къ Богу прюбретяется не наукою. Мы ни у кого не учимся пользоваться светомъ, любить жизнь; такъ и Бога любить никто насъ не учите. Напротивъ, при сотворенШ нашего естества въ насъ всеяпя, кекъ семя, некая сила, которая само въ себе заключаете на клонность къ любви. Эгу силу, готовую, при нимаетъ училище, обучающее насъ ззповедямъ, и только направляете ее прилежно, питаете благорезумно, и при содействШ благодати Бо ж!ей усовершаетъ. Не иметь любви несносно Пределы нестоящего сочиненШ моего пе поз воляютъ мне представить хоть два — три слова сего βητϊη въ русскомъ переводе; но не могу и разстаться съ нимъ, не поместивши здесь «) Риил. 6, 3. 33",
"389 беседе десятяя, говоренняя въ Благовещеше пресвятой Богородицы. βωνι τής μεγάλης εκκλησίας: Его же беседа 20-я, говоренная съ амвоне великой церкви. — 'Ομιλία ια. — Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία τρίτη λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμβωνι τής άγιας 'Ειρήνης τή άγια παρασκευή μετά τήν άνάγνωσιν τής κατά συνήθειαν κατηχήσεως: Беседа 11-я. Его же беседа третья, говоренная съ амвона св. Ири ны въ святый пятокъ после обычнаго чтешя оглашешя. — Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία κά λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμβωνι τής μεγάλης εκκλησίας. Αρχή: Τών προμάχων τής εκκλησίας... Его же беседа 21-я, свазаннея съ амвоне великой церкви. — Τοΰ αυτού ομιλία κβ λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμβωνι τής μεγάλης εκκλησίας τώ μεγάλω σαβ βάτω έπί παρουσία τοϋ φιλοχρίςου βασιλέως, δτε τής θεοτόκου' έξεικονίσθη καί άνεκαλΰφ θη μορφγι'. Его же беседа 22-я, сказанная съ амвона великой церкви въ великую субботу въ присутствШ Христолюбивого царя, когда была открыта и установлена икона Богородицы. — 'Ομιλία ιβ. Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία δευτέρα είς τόν έυαγγελισμάν τής ύπεραγίας ελέχθη έπί παρουσία τοϋ βασιλέως: — Беседа 12-я. Его же беседа вторяя на Бляговещеше пресвятой Богородицы, говоренняя въ присут ствш цяря. — Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία κγ λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμβωνι τής άγιας Σοφίας, ήνήκα τοις ορθοδό ξοις καί μεγάλοις ημών βασιλεΰσι Μιχαήλ καί Βασιλειω ο κατά πάσης αφέσεως έςηλογραφή θη θρίαμβος: Его же беседа 23-я, сказанная съ амвона св. Софш, когда православными и великими царями нешими Михаиломъ и Васи- Л1емъ установлено было торжество по случаю искорененш всехъ ересей. — Τοϋ αυτού βόμιλία ιγ έις τά Βαία καί εις τόν Λάζαρον: Его же беседа 13-я въ не делю ВаШ о Лезере. — Τοΰ αυτού ομιλία ιδ έις τό γενέσιον τής ύπεραγίας δεσποίνης ημών ΰεοτόκου: Его же беседа 14-я на рождество пресвятой вла дычицы ношей Богородицы. — Τοϋ αυτού ομιλία ιε ρηθείσα ώς έν εκ φράσει του έντοϊς βασιλείοις περιονΰμου ναοΰ: Его же беседа 15-я, говоренняя, яко опися- Hie именитаго храма въ царскихъ палатехъ. Κδ. Τοΰ άυτοϋ περί τής άμωμήτου πίστεως έκθεσις προς τόν... (недописано): Его же из ложеше истинной веры такому-то... Начало: Αί μεν άλλαι Χάριτες. . . — Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία ~ϊ7 ρηθείσα έισ τήν θεόσωμον ταφήν τοϋ κυρίου ημών Ιησοΰ Χρι ςοϋ τώ άγίω σαββάτω: Его же беседа 16-я, говоренная о боготелесномъ погребенш Господа нашего 1исуса Христа въ великую субботу. Эти бес*ды Φοτϊη заняли все внимаше мое, какъ нев*домыя р*дкости. Съ жадностш я про челъ дв* первыя изъ нихъ, а когда на треть ей и четвертой увид*лъ написи, — Первая бесгьда по случаю нашествгя Россовъ, Вторая бесгьда по тому же случаю;— тогда пришелъ въ такой восторгъ, что все существо мое взыграло отъ радости. И было чему радоваться. В*дь, мн* искавшему мно гоц*нныхъ перловъ на Восток* попались два брилл1анта, о которыхъ р*дко кто зналъ, а MHorie, весьма мнопе, и не слыхали, и ко- Ш. — Беседы 17 и 18-я не оказелись въ рукописи. — Τοϋ άυτοϋ ομιλία Τθ λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμβοίνι τής άγιας Σοφίας τή [παρασκευή τής άγιας έυδομάδος τών νηςειών: Его же беседа 19-я, говоренная съ амвона св. Софш въ пя токъ св. Недели великаго поста. — Τοΰ αυτού ομιλία κ λεχθεϊσα έν τώ άμ-"
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003968013 | Dene Hollow. A novel | [
"SAD DAYS. 161 set in for Maria Clanwaring ; and a horseman went galloping to Worcester for one of the best surgeons the city afforded. He came and saw her : in conjunction with the dismayed Mr. Priar : and they no doubt did their best, if anything, best or worst, could be done. It was all in vain : the life, fleeting away, could not be arrested. The baby also began to droop : it almost seemed as if it would go with its mother. The truth had to be told to Geoffry. Evening came on. The bustle of the going and coming of the medical men, of the awful shock, was past, and over the household reigned a solemn stillness. She lay on her bed, pale, quiet, exhausted, resigned : far more resigned than poor stunned Geoffry. He sat by the fire, more as one in a dream than in his senses ; but for disturbing her, he would have taken the pale, sweet face to his breast, and cried aloud to Heaven in his despairing anguish. \" Perfect quiet, mind, Mr. Geoffry Clanwaring,\" had been the doctors' urgent warning. \" Once excite her to emotion, and all will be over.\" So there he sat, controlling his bitter grief ho knew not how ; his golden hair damp with the struggle, his blue eyes clouded with misery. The clergyman came ; and Geoffry and his dying wife partook of Christ's last sacrament together. Next, the baby was brought forward for baptism : Maria wished it done. Geoffry leaned over his wife to ask her wishes about the name. \" Call him Tom,\" she feebly said. \" It was my dear little brother's name who died : and it is one of yours, Geoffry.\" \" Tom,\" said Geoffry, returning to the clergyman. \" Tom ? \" echoed the minister, questioningly, his fingers already dipped in the water. \" Tom,\" repeated Geoffry. And so \" Tom \" the child was christened. So bewildered and confused with trouble was Geoffry Clanwaring, that he never remembered until too late that the name ought to have been Thomas. It was a mistake : but a mistake that did not cost him a regretful thought. Under the shadow of real calamities, trifles are as nothing. Almost before they were alone again, the last moments approached for Maria. Geoffry might give way as much as he pleased then ; emotion could no longer harm her more in Dene Hollow. 1 1",
"VERY MUCH OF A WAIF. 183 pleasantly enough when Black came back and sent the group flying : Mrs. Black and the girl indoors ; Tom off, down the lane. \"And don't you get fond o' prowling up this way, youngster ; or maybe the kidnappers 11 lay hold on you,\" was his parting injunction to Tom. \" There's lots on 'em at this here house sometimes.\" Tom ran along the lane with aU the speed of his little legs. He was constitutionally brave ; and by the time he turned the corner, the kidnappers were forgotten. On either side the lane blackberries grew in abundance, and Tom helped himself at will : scratching his hands, and staining his face and pinafore crimson. What with the marks left by the jam and the juice of the blackberries, Tom might have had his portrait taken as a curiosity. In this condition he was pounced upon by Susan Cole. Susan at once administered a couple oi shakings. The one for going off on the loose ; it was her own expression ; the other for the state he had put himself into. Tom, full of contrition, looked down at his hands and pinafore ; and then offered Susan some choice berries squeezed up in his fingers. Susan, instead of accepting the treat with gratitude, threw up his hand and sent the blackberries flying. \" You oudacious, naughty child ! Where's your hat ? \" \" It's on the table at grandma's.\" Dragging him by the hand to the farm, Susan Cole clashed into the back-kitchen, where Joan happened to be washing, and washed his face and hands well with soap-suds. Then she found his hat and took him off again. \" Now look you here, Master Tom,\" she said, as they crossed the lane and entered the back-gates — \" if you take to go off by yourself, nobody knows where, a-frightening me into fiddlestrings and getting yourself into this shocking pickle, 111 run away and leave you. I won't stay at the Dene no longer to serve an ongrateful little boy.\" Tom was very quiet during the afternoon, playing with Noah's ark and the animals, and giving no trouble to any one. The servants were busy that day, for company was expected at the Dene. Lady Lydia Clanwaring, the wife of Captain Clanwaring, Sir Dene's youngest son, had just landed from India, with her three children, and her arrival at the Dene might happen at any hour: to-day, to-morrow, the",
"DENE HOLLOW. 424 \" Tom Clanwaring never harmed you, Randy. He always showed himself friendly, and did you many a good turn. If 'twas you took the money, you might confess to it now, for his sake.\" \" The man as took the bag o' money was Captain Clan waring.\" \" What ? \" cried Mary Barber, interrupting the hoarse tones. \" The man as took the bag o' money was Jarvis Clan waring,\" repeated Black. \" I swear it with my dying breath.\" Mary Barber peered into Black's face, believing his senses were deserting him. He saw the doubt. \" That there same Saturday night, soon after I got home here myself, up come Captain Clanwaring. He owed me money, and he had got frightened for fear I should let out things he didn't want let out — for in the morning I told him I'd clo it if he didn't pay me. He gave me just half what he owed : and I wondered where he had got it from, for he was as hard up hisself as any poor devil \" \" Was it for bacca, he owed it ? \" she interrupted. \" No, 'twasn't for bacca,\" retorted Black, resenting tho question or the interruption. \" 'Twas put upon bacca, and that's enough. Just a few days after, Squire Arde was here, and began a-fishing to know whether 'twas me took Sir Dene's bag o' money. 'Twas the first time I'd heered of any money being stole ; and I knew at once who 'twas that had took it, and where Captain Clanwaring had got his money from. I see the bag in his hands and the notes and gold in it.\" \" That there Captain Clanwaring must have as many sins to answer for as you, Black,\" spoke Mary Barber, drawing a deep breath. \" Perhaps more i' the sight of Heaven. Why didn't you tell o' this, and clear Tom Clanwaring ? \" Black shook his head. \" I couldn't tell o' the captain then, though I used to threaten it. His interests was mine till I'd got my money from him in full. And he might ha' turned on me, for he knew a thing or two.\" It appeared to have been a case of rogue cutting rogue. That Captain Clanwaring and Black were mutually afraid of each other, and had acted in accordance with it, there could be no question."
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000093095 | A Fallen Idol [A novel.] | [
"129 THE PRIVATE VIEW placent smile, as at the appreciation of humour which would be thrown away upon ordinary intelligences. How he longed, in the mad impatience of that moment, to plunge into the midst, and fight his way to the front, as if he were in a football scrimmage or at the pit doors of a popular theatre. But this was clearly not to be thought of, and he had to fret outside in a smouldering rage ; listen to the comments around him, and wonder how long this slow torture would endure. The comments only inflamed his anxiety. ' Brilliant piece of painting, isn't it ? ' one would say, and a female voice would reply, ' But so exceedingly peculiar ; you're not going to tell me you positively hke it ? I call it quite hideous ! ' ' That's not the fault of the artist ; you can see he has been absolutely truthful and sincere ; and then, what masterly drawing ! ' ' Yes, look at those hands.' ' And the colour, the brio, the consummate verve and audacity of the treatment ; splendid, really splendid . . . work of undoubted genius.' 'Now, did you ever see anything so odd in all your life ? ' ' Isn't it wonderful ? — but one expects this sort of thing here ! ' But at last he gradually succeeded to a foremost place, and the first glance at his work was distinctly reassuring, though even then the tantalising reflections prevented him from seeing it as a whole. What he saw seemed richer in colour and finer in its surmounted difficulty than he had dared to expect. Where was the flaw Babcock pretended to see ? Let him point it out if he could ; let amateur critics cant and cavil as they chose, his work K",
"256 A FALLEN IDOL buffet at the head of the stairs). ' See, this library looks quiet. Now tell me — why isn't he here ? ' It was cool and dim in the library, with its sombre colouring of morocco and mahogany seen by shaded lamps. They had the place to themselves, and Nebelsen could not have found a better opportunity, though his thoughts were too sadly fluttered by this ill-timed refer ence to Babcock to avail himself of it just then. ' He was a leedle schleepy after his dinner,' he said ; ' he ask me to make his abology.' ' Herr Nebelsen ! ' cried Sybil, ' I can't believe that — you are deceiving me ! ' something — some misfortune has happened to him — please tell me all ! ' ' No, no, he is quite well — there has noding happen, and ach ! Mees Elsvort, beleaf me, he is not vorthy for you so moch to care ! ' ' You are against him too ? I thought you were his friend ! ' ' Not any longer — he has done it himself. And I am afrait I shall make you angry, and yet — if you only could tell me it is not lof you felt for Mr. Babcock ? ' Had anyone else asked such a question she would have been angrier, but Nebelsen had a child's naif uncon sciousness of offending. ' You've no right to any answer when you put such questions as that,' she said, ' still, just this once I will satisfy your curiosity. Mr. Babcock is nothing to me — do you understand — nothing ! ' ' Ah ! how you make me glad ! ' he exclaimed, with a deep sigh of relief, which Sybil imagined was on Campion's account.",
"262 A FALLEN IDOL What was he to do with it ? He must do something, and quickly, too; the hour was late, and he would not give it hospitality for another night. It was useless to attempt to lose it again — he would return ; Campion ' knew him well,' as the song says. And then the perplexing direction of Nebelsen's dubious Mahatma recurred to him. What if that person, assuming him to exist, cultivated the obscurity of the Delphic Oracle ? What if ' the hand from which it came ' was a Mahatmaism for the earth which had held it so long in its grasp? What if the idol, like an impecunious classic shade, only craved decent burial ? Campion was not the man to resist so rational a desire. The plan commended itself to him for many reasons. Even if he was mistaken, the idol could work but little bale at the bottom of a good deep hole ; it would be out of his sight, out of the house, where it could not harm his Sybil. It is painful to have to record such superstition on the part of a sturdy and healthy-minded young Englishman, but let those who are disposed to deride Campion's un easiness ask themselves candidly whether his experiences did not justify some degree of apprehension. At all events, he wrapped the image in the piece of drapery which had already been spoilt in its service, and providing himself with a palette-knife as the best imple ment at his disposal, he went out into the weedy little plot of ground in front of his house, and began his task. It was a close, airless night, with a murky sky through"
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002515399 | Escurzione nell'isola Nias, a ovest di Sumatra : lettera | [
"3 guerra. Accettai l'ospitalita che il Raj_ mi offrl nella sua casa, e gli donat tabacco e stoffa rossa. Tomato poi a bordo, cacciai d' innanzi a me, a forza di spinte, i miei uomini fino al villaggio, e disposi un po' di baga glio e suppellettile da raccolta nella stanza che mi era destinata. Sono circondato giorno e notte da gente che chiede tabacco e che mi domanda con insistenza di aprire le mie casse ; il cacciarli e per me una seria occupazione, che son di natura fieri e ribelli. Appena stanco della loro petulanzn, io procuro di allontanarli con qualche spinta, met tono mano al loro coltellaccio {ballatii) con gran spavento del mio inter prete, il quale non finisce di ammonirmi che l'indole di costoro e diversa da quella di tutti gli altri uomini. Ne si pu6 riposare neanche di notte, che e nella casa un continuo andirivieni di guerrieri {iramalua), i quali depongono le armi quando hanno finito il loro turno di guardia e cedono il posto ad altri. Strano e il modo con cui i Nias fanno la guerra. Questa non ha principio con alcuna esplicita dichiarazione e di solito cessa soltanto colla distruzione di uno o piu villaggi dei belligeranti. Questi procurano di nuo cersi a vicenda e di sfogare l'odio reciproco in assalti notturni, in imbo scate e coll'incendio di piantagioni e villaggi. I poveri abitanti di Bawolovalani, che sono meno numerosi dei loro nemici, si trovano ridotti a mal partito ; da vari mesi non si nutrono che di scarse noci di cocco e patate dolci, essendo state arse le loro pianta gioni e' son magri per la fame. Essi sembrano condannati ad omare colle loro teste tagliate le case di quei di Hilo Gheo e Hilo Falago. II costume di tagliar le teste vige ancora tra costoro, ne si reputa strano. Avendo io esposto al Raja il desiderio di comperare crani umani, egli non capl a tutta prima di quali specie di crani intendessi parlare e mi rispose che mi sarebbero costati assi cari, perche bisognava mandare uomini ai monti e fornirli di tutto l'occorrente onde potessero aspettare l'occasione di tagliar qualche testa. In ogni kampun di quelli che ebbi occasione di visitare, accanto alia cosiddetta casa di guardia, si trova una piccola tettoia sotto la quale vidi esposti due, tre e perfino venti teste, che furono tagliate ai prigionieri di Mi raccontano che nelle massime solennita, per esempio allorche un Raj„ vuol aggiungere al proprio un altro nome che lo renda piu famoso suol celebrare una gran festa con inviti assai estesi e deve sacrificare al 1' Adit- Siraha Salawa (Adit, spii ito protettore ,* Adit Siraha Salawa, spirito protettore del Raft) una testa umana. Gli uomini del villaggio si meitono in imboscata in un paese piu o",
"4 meno Iontano, probabilmente in quelle provincie Iraono Una e Iraono Lasse, nelle quali mi propongo di penetrare, e cola, abbattuto un uomo e fattane la testa fnggono nei loro kampuit. Si crede comunemente nei paese che il sacrifizio di teste umane piaccia agli Dei, laonde accade talvolta che, per propiziarseli, un Raja, morente chiede di avere la propria tomba ornata di un certo numero di teste ; e 1'erede di lui nell'ufficio di Raja immancabilmente soddisfa a tal desiderio. Altra causa per cui si tagliano teste e la vendetta. Raramente un fi glio lascera impunito chi gli uccise il padre, non perche un vivo assetto lo legasse al genitore, ma perche sarebbe cosa indegna d'uomo libero e di guerriero (di un iramatua, mentre gli altri diconsi nihd) il lasciar in vendicata l'offesa fatta alia famiglia. II Raja premia coloro che uccisero un uomo e conferisce loro, qual distintivo di forza e di ardire, un orna mento di legno di cocco, munito di fermaglio di rame. Ho acquistato uno di questi curiosi oggetti, che si chiamano coll calabiibit. A Bawolovalani si contano 150 guerrrieri, tra i quali 86 sono fregiati di calabiibii ; uno di questi ebbe giorni sono l'ambito distintivo perche port6 al Raja, la testa di un uomo di Hili Falago. Di notte tempo canti e grida incitano i guerrieri a far buona guardia cosicche fra quelli che mi tormentano di giorno e quelli che dovrebbero invigilar di notte sulla comune sicurezza, e una gara per non lasciatmi un sol momento di riposo. Questa non sarebbe stata perd ragione suffi ciente per indurmi ad abbandonare il villaggio, se i miei uomini avessero potuto far buone e copiose raccolte; ma il paese e quasi piano, essendo formato da una serie di collinette di 100 a 200 metri d'altezza, e perci6 non offre buon pascolo al raccoglitore. Di piu i miei cacciatori sono pa ralizzati dalla paura, perche vedono i guerrieri del villaggio non uscirae se non in numero di 20 o 30 e sanno che, il missionario avendo ucciso uno di Hili Falago, gli abitanti di questo villaggio anelano di vendicarsi sopra qualcuno. Questa volta li compatisco e non ho proprio il coraggio di obbligarli ad andare a caccia. Per le accennate ragioni decisi di partire. Avendo dato ordine alia barca di recarsi ad attendermi nella Baja di Lagundi, mi diressi a piedi a Fadoro, villaggio assai prossimo all'Iraono, una provincia nella quale, come dissi, vorrei internarmi, passando pei villaggi Hili Gheo, e Hili Dgiono e Hili Sendre keasi, il viaggio e interessantissimo, ma assai faticoso e mal sano, perche si deve camminare, per ore ed ore, ove esiste appena una traccia di sentiero, per risaie e paludi. __ vero bensl che la vista dei villaggi fa dimenticar la fatica, e il chinino neutralizza l'azione dei miasmi assorbiti. Ad Hili Gheo, che e uno dei due villaggi in guerra con Bawolova-",
"7 prima, che l'ospitalitl _ sacra presso i Nias. Fortunatamente, si raggiunse la barca senza molestie. Ecco come due mesi di fatiche andarono quasi perduti, e come un piano preparato da lunga mano e che doveva condurmi facilmente nelle provincie deli'interno, falliva per 1' aviditl e malafede d' un Raja, e per la mia testardaggine nei negargli un fucile. Avrei forse fatto meglio a dar glielo ! Ma chi sa se invece non sarebbe stato peggio, assai peggio per me I Ed ecco perche ti scrivo dall'isoletta di Nakko, presso la costa occi dentale di Nias. La mia guida nias mi disse che in quell'isola risiede un Rajl malese il quale, se volesse, potrebbe assistermi, somministrandomi portatori e guide per entrare nell'Iraona. Una della parte di Maros, cioe dal lido occidentale, anziche dal meridionale (ove trovasi Fadoro). Nakko differisce completamente dalla parte piii vicina di Nias, e a differenza di questa mantiene attivo commercio di copra con Padang e Sitoli. Consegno la presente al capitano di una barca cinese, acciocche la recbi al controllore di Sitoli, il quale la farl partire per l'Europa. Intanto scrivo a Sitoli che si spediscano al nostro Console a Singapore tre cas sette piene d'animali raccolti nei pcchi giorni passati a Siboga. 11 Console si compiacerl di spedirle al marchese Giacomo Doria per codesto * Museo civico di Storia Naturale. Ti prego di dire al marchese Doria che trover! la nota degli oggetti compresi nella spedizione entro la cassa A; si tratta di poca roba e non di molto pregio ; ma spero che compatirl il primo tentativo di un raccoglitore giovane ed inesperto. D'altronde mi trattenni coll per breve tempo. Mi lusingo di poter far meglio nei Nias. II Rajl di qui non mi ha ancora assicurato di volermi aiutare ; ma credo che riusciro ad indurvelo. Iutanto sono pieno di speranza. Addio, caro Arturo, salutami chi si ricorda di me, e credimi ELIO MODIGLIANr."
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003984722 | The Homes of other days: a history of domestic manners and sentiments in England from the earliest known period to modern times | [
"DRAUGHTS. 235 onelye table-men that are plaid withal at ordinaries, into an ordinarye did he most gentleman-like convay himselfe in state.\" We learn from another tract of the same author, the \" Gul's Hornbooke,\" that the table men at this time were usually painted. We hardly perceive how the name of tables disappeared. It seems probable that at this time the game of tables meant simply what we now call backgammon, a word the oldest mention of which, so far as I have been able to discover, occurs in HowelPs \"Familiar Letters,\" first printed in 1646. It is there written baggamon. In the \" Compleat Gamester,\" 1674, backgammon and ticktack occur as two distinct games at what would have formerly been called tables ; and another similar game was called Irish. Curiously enough, in the earlier part of the last century the game of backgammon was most celebrated as a favourite game among country parsons. No. 164. — A Game at Draughts. Another game existing in the Middle Ages, but much more rarely alluded to, was called dames, or ladies, and has still preserved that name in French. In English, it was changed for that of draughts, derived no doubt from the circumstance of drawing the men from one square to another. Our cut No. 164, taken from a manuscript in the British Museum of the beginning of the fourteenth century, known commonly as Queen Mary's Psalter (MS. Reg. 2 B. vii.), represents a lady and gentlemen playing at dames, or draughts, differing only from the character of the game at the present day in the circumstance that the draughtsmen are evidently square.",
"THE HOMES OF OTHER DAYS. 274 The illuminators had not yet learned the art of representing things in detail, and they still too often give us mere conventional repre sentations of beds, yet we see enough to convince us that the bedsteads were already made much more elaborately than formerly. Besides the bench at the side, we find them now with a hutch (huche) or locker at the foot, in which the possessor was accustomed to lock up his money and other valuables. This hutch at the foot of the bed is often men tioned in the fabliaux and romances. Thus, in the fabliau \" Du Chevalier a la Robe Vermeille,\" a man, when he goes to bed, places his robe on a hutch at the foot of the bed — Sur une huche aus piez du lit A cil toute sa robe mise. Another, having extorted some money from a priest, immediately puts it in the hutch — Les deniers a mis en la huche. The hutch was indeed one of the most important articles of furniture in the mediæval chamber. All portable objects of intrinsic value or utility were kept in boxes, because they were thus ready for moving and taking away in case of danger, and because in travelling people carried much of their movables of this description about with them. Hence the uses",
"CHAPTER XX. Slow Progress of Society in the Fifteenth Century. — Enlargement of the Houses. — The Hall and its Furniture. — Arrangement of the Table for Meals. — Absence of Cleanliness. — Manners at Table. — The Parlour. THE progress of society in the two countries which were most closely allied in this respect, England and France, was slow during the fifteenth century. Both countries were engaged either in mutual hostility or in desolating civil wars, which so utterly checked all spirit of improvement, that the aspect of society differed little be tween the beginning and the end of the century in anything but dress. At the close of the fourteenth century, the middle classes in England had made great advance in wealth and independence, and the Wars of the Roses, which were so destructive to the nobility, as well as the tendency of the crown to set the gentry up as a balance to the power of the feudal barons, helped to make that advance more certain and rapid. This increase of wealth appears in the multiplication of furniture and of other household implements, especially of those of a more valu able description. We are surprised, in running our eye through the wills and inventories during this period, at the quantity of plate which was usually possessed by country gentlemen and respectable burghers. There was also a great increase both in the number and magnitude of the houses which intervened between the castle and the cottage. Instead of having one or two bedrooms, and turning people into the hall to sleep at night, we now find whole suites of chambers ; while, where before the family lived chiefly in the hall, privacy was sought by the addition of parlours, of which there were often more than one in an ordinary sized house. The hall was in fact already beginning to diminish in importance in comparison with the rest of the house. Whether in town or country, houses of any magnitude were now generally built"
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000624919 | The Spouse of Christ; or, the Church of the Crucified. A dogmatic and historic poem | [
"52 THE CHURCH OF THE CRUCIFIED. And all the evils he can do and dare, And all the torture he can make them share ; And bids them die for Christ who died for all, And shall to glory all His martyrs call ; And so they died for Him, the noble seven, And with their mother winged their flight to heaven. But not in Rome alone the war was waged, Throughout the empire wicked men engaged In wicked efforts to exterminate The Christians all as hostile to the State. 'Tis now in Smyrna persecution dread Doth raise full high its fierce and brazen head. Aurelius, skilled in philosophic lore, And his Proconsul drunk with human gore, Tortured poor Christians in a thousand ways, Whose crime it was to sing their Maker's praise ; And some were burned, and some by beasts devoured, Some torn by whips ; and men, by laws empowered, Laid all their bones and very entrails bare, Nor child, nor mother, did the monsters spare ! Yet thousands flocked (so great the power of grace) To look for death, and torments to embrace. No sort of torture had been left untried, And yet the martyrs neither groaned nor sighed ; But suffered meekly as our Lord had done, And nobly thus the crown of glory won. The love of death so much among them grew, A youth, Germanicus, with ardour flew To meet the lions ; and the Pagan crowd Were so provoked they shouted long and loud, And said, \"Away with him (who freely sought This death), and let old Polycarp be brought.\"",
"THE CHURCH OF THE CRUCIFIED. 54 And if he will pursue with vengeful ire, 'Twill save us all from everlasting fire.\" His death they earnestly demand, and strive To have the holy martyr burned alive, The light of Asia, and the Christian's joy, Who did his best all idols to destroy. The aged martyr stood the stake beside, His holy hands behind him firmly tied, And raising up to Heaven his loving eyes, \"\\ He sends before him ardent prayers and sighs — >- The pile is lighted, and the martyr dies, ) And flies to heaven and to eternal rest, Having nobly thus the Faith of Christ professed. 'Twas in this reign that Justin Martyr died, The great Apologist, who justified The Christians in their constancy ; who owed To God their lives, and all He had bestowed : To whom they owe all homage, worship, praise, To whom they owe their hearts, and thoughts to raise, To keep His law and fly the thoughts of sin, That they may all a crown of glory win From Him, who made the earth, the sun, the sky, And shall reward His servants all on high. He by his pen defends the Saints, and shows The Christian converts never were the foes Of Cæsar, or his kingdom, and are true In their allegiance, and the homage due The temporal head and ruler of the State, And yet receive but punishment and hate ! But yet flows on the persecuting tide, And led to death, St. Justin nobly died ; And having won on earth a bright renown, Ascends to Heaven, and wears the martyr's crown.",
"86 THE CHURCH OF THE CRUCIFIED. I \\ And who was Anthony, this light of lights, This saintly father of all cenobites ? This wondrous monk, of Holy Church the son, Was in Egypt born — two hundred fifty-one ; Was rich, was noble, sold his goods, and gave To help the needy, and with courage brave Fled to the desert, where he chose a grave To be his residence for twenty years, Which he bedewed with penitential tears ; And twice a year in this far-off retreat A friend to nourish brought him food to eat. Anthony then fled farther from the sight Of mortal man, and on the mountain's height He found a ruined castle — cheerless dome — And well nigh twenty years made it his home ; But during Dioclesian's wicked reign Many seek him, and with him remain To give themselves to God, as he had done, And fly the world, and all its dangers shun ; And monasteries arose around the mount, So great the number one could scarcely count, Since full ten thousand sought this holy school, When St. Serapion began to rule. Those monks and hermits lead secluded lives In cells adjoining, as do bees in hives, Observing silence, save in holy prayer, And speaking only on occasions rare. For death St. Anthony was well prepared, And all his goods — his cloak and sheepskins — shared With St. Athanasius and Serapion, While round his death-bed every virtue shone, And God's own angels smiled his couch upon."
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001568029 | Furth in Field ... Essays on the life, language and literature of old Scotland | [
"62 THE SUMMER EXCURSION. dipped her canvas, and fled precipitately over the white caps. Our party had time to cool, and it appears the passage was long and rough enough to favour an epide mic of sea-sickness. Even in very fine calm weather few cared to cross the Firth unless on business ; and those who could afford it preferred to pass to the North by taking the Forth at Stirling at the well-known bridge Some took the Leith route as a medicine, as people take \" the waters.\" About mid-channel, when the boat was \" half-owre, halfowre,\" the crew commenced the interesting part of their duties — the collection of the fares. They were liable to be imposed upon, and debates would occasionally arise about counterfeit ha'pence. Vagrants, too, were sometimes unearthed from the hold, where they had tried to stow away their rags and wretchedness in the hope of escaping payment of the passage groat. At length Fife was reached, and pale and sharp-set our voyagers briskly hastened to the friendly inn, where they dined, and drank, and snuffed for a couple of hours at least. Snuff was the nostrum for a heavy meal. They were in the village of Kinghorn, which fame has consecrated to the memory of Patie Birnie, bard and gut-scraper ; but, alas ! Crowdero was dead, and his elegy chanted (by Allan Ramsay) half a century before. Fergusson and his friends were the very men to have relished his eccentric humour and pawky by-play. \" When strangers landed, wow sae thrang, Fuffin' and peghin' he wad gang, And crave their pardon that sae lang He'd been a-comin' ; Syne his bread-winner oot he'd bang And fa' to bummin'.'",
"210 THOMSON AT SOUTHDEAN. Scotland even yet, there seems to have been no Betty Davidson, or other crone or carline, haunting Southdean Manse in the early part of last century, who might have inveigled young Thomson to the door of the supernatural world, and startled his innocent sedateness with suggestive visions of diablerie and the dim world of fairyland. The minister probably took care to prevent all that. To him the Prince of Darkness and his scarcely less ubiquitous liege devils, not to mention the subsidiary agencies of local ghosts, witches, and water-wraiths, were Bible truths and terrible Scottish realities — not to be alluded to lightly, not to be wantonly provoked or rashly encountered. It was the superstition of his age, the dark feature of our earlier Presbyterian piety and devotion. Parental affection may have shielded the childhood of young Thomson from those grim credos. He seems, at least, to have passed his boyhood, his first fifteen years, free from any care or curiosity about the supernatural. The gloom of the woods and glens of Southdean held no mysterious terror for that happy period of his life ; and he rather rejoiced in the roar and hurry of the flooded Jed, and kept safely beyond the sweep of its waters. No diseased thought of what might inhabit the darkness of tortured air or water paled his plump cheek ; he rambled boldly, drinking in at every sense the pure pleasures of the rural life. His was the unhesitating step, the shining brow, the health-hued cheek, the full, round-eyed fearlessness of thriving boyhood Ignorant or careless of the supernatural, he could give his undivided attention to the wholesome object-",
"242 BURNS AND GOLDSMITH. The expression, \" These degenerate times of shame,\" occurs in both — see \"The Deserted Village\" and \" The Elegy on the Death of Dundas of Arniston.\" \" All the bloomy flush of life is fled,\" says Goldsmith ; while Burns, in \" The Lament for the Earl of Glencairn,\" writes — \"In weary being now I pine, For all the life of life is dead.\" Goldsmith, describing a scene on the Apennine slope, places \"woods over woods in gay theatric pride;\" Burns at Kenmore, in the Scottish Highlands, describes \" the sweeping theatre of hanging woods.\" Perhaps it was from the Irish poet that Burns got the trick of interpolating \" sure \" — \" Sure those ills that wring my soul Obey thy high behest.\" He was certainly imitating, in the bard's song in \" The Jolly Beggars,\" that peculiarity of Goldsmith's style which is brought in with such delightfully surprising effect in the two immortal elegies on \" The Mad Dog,\" and on \" The Glory of her Sex — Miss Blaize.\" These elegies are too well known to need quotation. Burns writes — He had no wish but — to be glad, Nor want but — when he thirsted, He hated nought but — to be sad,\" etc. And there is probably an echo of Goldsmith's \"The king himself hath followed her — When she has walked before,\""
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002823640 | Perils. A novel. By the author of 'Reminiscences of a Lawyer.' | [
"3 PERILS. lashes were darker than her hair, the fore head was high and intellectual, the nose aquiline, the upper lip short, and the under one full and red as a cherry ; but the peculiar and beautiful charm of her face was developed in the expressive eyes — the grey, which in repose may not be so attractive or beautiful as the hazel or blue, but which in excitement varies and changes with incon ceivable rapidity, as the heart is touched by the various emotions of love and affection, of sympathy or sorrow, of joy and happiness, or of piety and devotion ; while it is capable nevertheless of flashing with scorn and pride, and, as either sentiment is set in motion, it changes in its hues sometimes of a violet, and at times of a deeper shade. In height she was not so tall as Mary Domville — both were graceful in form and",
"162 PERILS. CHAPTER VI. \" And so,\" said Mr. Domville, \" Mr. and Mrs. Liddon are coming amongst us to-morrow?\" \" Yes,\" replied Walter, \" I was anxious that my father should get here before the summer had quite passed away, and the chilly mornings and evenings of autumn were upon us ; his health, I am thankful to say, has so much improved, that he has determined to come at once — our reunion will be a very happy one.\" \"That I can well believe,\" rejoined Mr. Domville, \" but won't you come in ? \" he asked, as they approached the Rectory gates.",
"PERILS. 231 CHAPTER VIII. Little were those who took an interest in Edward Greville's spiritual condition, aware of the happy change that had come over him. He was at all times a reticent man, especi ally on personal subjects, and he was unwill ing even to tell his sister of the conviction that had been forced upon him, until he had pursued the new path he had discovered for a little while. None of his friends, however, failed to notice how more than usually thoughtful he had become, and Helen Greville could not but observe how his face betrayed a calmness"
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001046921 | The imagery of Foreign Travel; or, descriptive extracts from scenes and impressions in Egypt, India, etc. Selected and republished by the author [M. Sherer] | [
"72 PAGODAS. cast, are sent hither for education. They have not colleges or schools, but reside six or seven in each Brahmin's house, and pursue the studies which their pundit enjoins. There are eight thousand houses in Benares belonging to Brahmins : what number may receive students 1 know not. Of their education I will speak a few words presently. \" He who has looked u*pon the pagodas of the south of India, is quite surprised to find those of Benares so few in number, so small and inconsiderable. The principal one is covered with much beautiful sculpture, repre senting fancy flower-and-wreath borderings. I went into it. During the whole time I re mained, there was a constant succession of wor shippers ; for, except on festivals, they visit their temples at any hour they please or find con venient. This temple is dedicated to Maha deva; and has several altars, with lingams of large size and beautiful black marble. It has two fine statues of the bull of Siva couchant ; and, small as the temple was, three or four Brahminy bulls were walking about in it, stop-",
"MALTA. 199 valour, remembering and reverencing which, you tread lightly on their graves; and the pavement of St. John's, the high church of their order, is but one vast grave-stone, all richly worked in mosaic of variegated marbles, with the arms, scrolls, and mottos of the knights beautifully inlaid. \" In the lateral chapels are some tombs in marble, and in bronze. Here you may see the Turk, and the Moor of Africa, writhing in bonds ; the empty helmet ; the sword and battle-axe ; the warlike galleys of the order. Some of these lateral chapels were formerly of uncommon magnificence, all adorned with the purest sequin gold. Each language had its chapel and altar. I observed that St. George was in that of the Portuguese, while the figure of a saint in silver of so uncommon a name, that I have forgotten it, lay under the altar of the English language. The chapel of the holy sacrament has gates of solid silver. There is an oratory apart from the church, adorned with the richest marbles, and a painting of the k 4",
"214 CATANIA. an assenting glance. Her statue is erected on a column not far from the mole, overlooking a vast bed of lava, whose course they believe her to have stopped or turned. She rivals the Madonna of modern Sicily ; and recalls to you the Ceres of the ancient. There are two drives, one along the mole, and one to the eastward of the town, from both of which you look on masses of black lava, huge, dark, and terrific in the extreme. Small patches here and there are planted with the prickly pear, which forces itself through the rock, and will assist its decomposition. For the other scenery you have fields and gardens smiling on some more ancient flow of lava, which is now a rich soil. You have the broad and swelling base of Etna, clad with a rich garment of God's giving, and above, the awful brow of that high mountain from whence he has poured down his wrath, and still menaces in mercy, that man may not forget the Mighty Being who preserves and blesses him, and asks but the loving and confiding hearts of those whom with a breath he made and can destroy."
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002112183 | The First Report of the ... Institution, etc | [
"THE FIRST REPORT OF THE LEEDS LITERARY INSTITUTION, ESTABLISHED 4th MARCH, 1834. LEEDS: PRINTED BY JOHN HEATON, 7, BRIGGATE. MDCCCXXXV.",
"REPORT The Committee of the Leeds Literary Insti tution deliver up their trust, at the First Annual Meeting, with feelings of no common gratification. The Society, whose interests have been confided to their management, has pros pered during its first year, it is believed, beyond all precedent in this country. The advantages held out by it have been embraced by such numbers, and with such avidity, as fully to prove the correctness of the opinion, if indeed any doubt remained on the subject, that such an Institution was greatly needed in the town. Your Committee consider that they will be justified, and that it will be generally interesting, in bringing up the First Report of the Institution, to go back beyond the period when their duties properly commenced, for the purpose of tracing the progress of the Institution from its formation to the present time. On the 4th of March, 1834, a few individuals, not amounting in the whole to twenty, met at the Court-House, our respected townsman, Dr. Williamson, being in the chair, and decided upon the establishment of the Leeds Literary Institution. At this meeting a Provisional Committee was appointed, with instructions to circulate information on the subject of the New Institution, to receive the names of persons willing to become members, to procure suitable Rooms, to prepare the Rules, and to call a General Meeting of the Members as soon as practicable. In the short space of a month the number of Members (exclusive of nearly fifty individuals who had put down their names as Members, but who did not pay up their subscrip tions,) amounted to four hundred and twenty-three. The Provisional Committee engaged, at an annual rent, the Drawing-Room of the Commercial-Buildings, for the use of",
"COMMITTEE FOR 1835-6. Elected at the Annual Meeting, held on the 18th March, 1835. O*-/O$/r0*-»O BAINES, EDWD. JUN. BAKER, ROBERT. BARR, BOBERT. BATTYE, R. C GLOVER, W. H. (Secretary. j HALL, ROBERT. HUNTER, A. M.D. IKIN, J. A. MARCH, J. O. MARSHALL, J. G. PARSONS, EDWD. PERRING, ROBERT. PRICE, WM. RICHARDSON, HAMILTON. RICHARDSON, JAMES. SCALES, REV. THOS. SHAW, J. H. SMITH, JNO. (Secretary.) THACKRAY, JOSEPH. THORP, DISNEY L. M.D. WHITEHEAD, J. H. WILDSMITH, WM. \\ WILKINSON, JNO. (Treasurer.) \\j WILLIAMSON, JAS. M.D. Lately published, and to be had of the Librarian at the Institution, •QN THE DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONGST THE *-' MIDDLE CLASSES; being the Introductory Discourse de livered at the opening of the Leeds Literary Institution, May 9th, 1834. By James Williamson, M.D. Ovo. ls. 6d. London: Simpkin and Marshall. ■pATALOGUE OF BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF THE LEEDS v-' LITERARY INSTITUTION, to which are added, The Rules of the Institution. 8vo. Is. Jobu Heaton, Printer, 7, Briggate, Leeds."
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000655851 | My Travels; or, an Unsentimental journey through France, Switzerland and Italy | [
"MY TRAVELS. 95 the fresh mountain strawberry, and the nou rishing cream, may have relieved the cravings of those who had not the benefit of a \" sinking case,\" when the inn at Grindelwald is first seen in the distance, and imagination pictures the delight of the refreshing ablutions, and the well-spread table. We were on the glacier of Grindelwald, pteping into the dangerous caverns, and hear ing the rush of the waters as they forced their way from different openings, and precipitated themselves from various heights, running, foaming, and bubbling in the channel below. Experiments on ice are dangerous. Nothing can be imagined more helpless than a man on these hills of ice, although his Alpinestock steadies him a little. On nearing the glaciers there are the usual harpies on charity, and the useless guides to conduct you along a road as plainly indicated as the entrance to Hyde Park. I took a ragged urchin, whose eager young eyes were alive with expectation ; he was not of the slightest use, but there was something in his goat-like activity and sure footedness which was worth the few batzen he might receive ; he sprang upon the \" frozen hurricane,\" and was as little embarrassed as",
"196 MY TRAVELS. that you are fully disposed to weigh and con sider my remarks ; and thus, either to discard them as worthless, or circulate them as useful. In proportion as my convictions are profound, so is the impartiality of my mind. I love my country, but I am not the less aware of her sufferings — nor am I inclined to conceal her misfortunes. \" The Prince Metternich, in an address to the different powers, towards the end of 1847, in endeavouring to ward off the storm of revo lution, mentioned Italy as a geographical ex pression* I will beg you to understand, ' my country ' as ' Italy according to geo graphy ;' and to assist you in your researches I will speak more particularly of Naples, for her laws, manners, and customs, make her, politically, a separate country. \" But first a few words upon Italy generally. Is there an Italian people ? wiiat is the charac teristic type? what are the vices? has Italy any virtue ? Such are the preliminary ques tions which arise spontaneously, in one form or another, in him who would study a coun try. I will endeavour to develop my ideas. * \" L'ltalie est une expression geographique.\"",
"181 MY TRAVELS. a day or two at Parma, Placentia, Modena, or anywhere else, the good-natured Mosti would make no objection whatever ; and the price was to be one thousand four hundred francs, with the buonamano included, although I might, if I thought proper, give anything more which I thought right, in consequence of the stoppages. The luggage having arrived at Geneva from Lyons, the wdiole was mustered over-night for inspection, and I frankly own I was ashamed of the burthen to be dragged by four or five horses ; and when I reflected that in my writ ten engagement Mosti had covenanted to pay all toUs, ferries, extra horses, and every charge which could be made, so that, under any cir cumstances, I was only to pay fifteen hundred francs, I thought I had made rather a good bargain ; besides, I had Mosti, the king of vet turinos, a man who knew everything worth seeing, and blessed with so excellent a temper that even his wife could not provoke him. I was sitting by Mosti's side one warm day, as we approached Rome, when he began to laugh to himself with such excessive glee, that I begged to know the cause of this sudden ebullition of Italian humour."
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001651366 | Couvin et sa châtellenie | [
"313 piété, qu'une année, des neiges abondantes étant venues à tomber, le commandant de Rocroy envoya des troupes pour frayer un chemin de la ville au couvent. La ville de Couvin a fourni au couvent de nombreux reli gieux dont plusieurs acquirent une grande célébrité. Au premier rang de ces derniers il faut placer plusieurs membres de la famille Marchant. Jacques Marchant, gardien du couvent de Liège , élu 20e provincial en 1576, continué pour quatre ans, fut célèbre par sa doctrine et sa piété. II mourut à Ath en 1585 et fut enterré à Liège \". II avait pour frère Pierre Marchant, qui fut longtemps mayeur de Couvin et qui de sa femme Marguerite de Goreux eut 26 enfants 2. Deux des fils de ce magistrat, Pierre et Jacques, illustrèrent le nom de Marchant : Pierre, né en 1585, fit sa profession au couvent de Couvin; il se fit remarquer par sa science et la régularité de sa vie et fut bientôt nommé gardien du cou- 1 « Jacobus Mercatoris coviniensis, patrià Leodiensi, ex guardiano » Leodiensi ibidem electus 1576, quadriennio coutinuatus, ibidem sepultus » 1585, vir a doctrinâ el pietate celebris. » Ex Ms. 2 C'est ce que constate l'inscription funéraire qui se trouve encore dans Téglise de Couvin et dont voici les premiers mots : « D. 0. M. R. A. D. » Jacobo. Marchant. Pétri, et. Margaretaî. De Goreux. ex. 26. prolibus » silio, etc. ». — Dans un discours prononcé par Jacques Marchant à l'occa sion de la profession de son jeune frère François au couvent des Récollets à S1 François sur les bords de la Sambre (1625), nous lisons : « hic merito » gratias ago Deo meo, pro famitià nostrâ, cui ila benedixit Dominus, ut » cum viginli quinque prolibus decem superstiles forent (reliquis post can » didam baptismi vestem in immaculalà œtate, ad cœlestem gloriam evoca » tis), quinque ex superstitibus, pubertatis virgineum tlorem Deo lihantes, » illi se in Religionis statu totos dicarunt, in quo adhuc optimum odorem » spargunl pielatis et doctrinâ; exemplis. » II est probable que l'un des 26 était mort-né.",
"343 Tévaluation des monnaies est toute différente de celle des monnaies reçues dans la ville de Liège. 2° Que les écus aux couronnes ou à Técusson qui ne valent à Liège que 4 st. 13 \\ patars Brabant ont valu en cette ville 10 st. argent courant, avant les derniers rabais, et qu'ils valent encore aujourd'hui, depuis lesdits rabais, 8 florins 6 patars et 16 deniers à Couvin, et celui de Namur 5 fl. 13 patars et 8 deniers aussi courant, au lieu que ledit écu de Navarre ne vaut dans la ville de Liège que 3 fl. 15 patars Brabant; et ainsi des autres espèces à pro portion. 3° Que ce cours ou évaluation d'argent est ce que nous appelons argent courant, par distinction du cours de la ville de Liège. 4° Que lorsque Ton contracte en monnaie coursable ou courante en ce pays , c'est une exclusion du cours de la ville de Liège. 5° Qu'un écu de 3 livres, monnaie courante en cette ville et voisinage, est la même chose que 4 fl. de Liège en cette dite ville et environs, mais non dans la ville de Liège, ainsi qu'a esté dit; et que cet aloy de monnaie courante est si commun que tout le inonde le connaît et le pratique par icy. Quelques années paisibles s'écoulent sans fournir à l'histoire ou au chroniqueur le moindre fait saillant. Temps heureux et trop court que devait suivre une longue série de misères et de querelles. En 1739, le comte de Kiévrain s'étant permis de lever le droit de vinage auquel il prétendait du chef de la pré vôté de Couvin, une ordonnance princière défendit for mellement de le lui payer, sous peine de poursuites.",
"365 pour empêcher le libre entre-cours du pâturage entre Frasnes et les autres villages de la châtellenie fut sévèrement réprimée par l'évêque. En 1778, les magistrats se plaignirent, à la suite de quel ques petits incendies, que quantité de cheminées fussent construites de manière à être inaccessibles aux ramoneurs. Un mandement du 29 janvier 1778, ordonna une inspection générale des cheminées, la démolition de celles qui seraient reconnues défectueuses et leur reconstruction en forme convenable. Vers 1780 la ville de Couvin, commençant à redevenir prospère et tranquille, sentit le besoin de faire revivre ses foires, qui étaient tombées en désuétude. Un premier mémoire fut adressé à l'évêque et nous en ex trayons le passage suivant, dont le style idyllique et précieux montre que ces magistrats étaient gens à la hauteur de leur temps : « Autrefois plus florissante, la ville de Couvin tenait » des foires, des marchés, appelait les villages voisins à ses » fêtes, à ses jeux, sur une place publique, qu'au jour de la » fête elle orne encore d'arbres; elle faisait célébrer la Dédi » cace, elle la destinait aux danses et aux plaisirs; des far- » ceurset des baladins venaient même y amuser les habitants; » chaque jour plus pauvre, ses divertissements ont diminué » avec son aisance ; en 1774, les foires, les marchés n'avaient » plus lieu, et avec eux étaient disparus les plaisirs et les » avantages qui les accompagnaient. » Mais il ne suffisait pas de l'agrément du Prince pour faire refleurir les foires et les fêtes. Depuis plusieurs années déjà, le fermier du sieur Jean Desmanet avait peu à peu rempli la place publique de fosses à fumier, et lorsque les bourgmestres 24"
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001856144 | A magyar nemzet napjai a legrégibb időtől az Arany Bulláig | [
"NEGYEDIK SZAKASZ: MAGYAROK. ELSŐ OSZTÁLY: VEZÉREK KORA. Amagyarok „hunugar\"nevezett alatt, már Ázsiá ból kiindultok előtt ismeretesek voltak, főként arról hogy becses börökkeli kereskedést űztek. *) Hogy ők a hunokkal testvér nemzet, söt azoknak maradé kai, abban minden írók egyhangúan megegyeznek, a görögök folytonosan „török\" néven emlékezvén rólok. Bíboros Koszta, legrégibb lakjokat, első ve zérök vagy vajdájok Lebed , azaz Elődtől , Lebediá nak vagy Előd-földének kereszteli, s a paczinákok, vagy pecsenegek , helyesen besenyők vagy bese nyek szomszédságába helyezi ; kik némellyek szerint, a bedzsnák , azaz sógor szótól kapták nevöket , s a Volga, vagy, miként a keleti népek mai napig hívják, Etel, és a Jajk , vagy Gejcz , ma Ural folyók között tanyáztak ; mondja egyszersmind , hogy ott a Chid mas, igazabban Kilmás és Khingul vizek folynak, s hogy azelőtt ők nem törököknek, hanem, nem tudni miért , zabartojásfalóknak mondattak. A be senyők , besnyők , vagy besenyek , a király scythák *) „Hunnugari autem hinc sünt noti , quodiaab ipsis pellium murinarum venit commercium.\" Jornand. de reb. Get. Muratorinál Tom. I. cap. 5.",
"444 ELSŐ KÖNYV. NEGYEDIK SZAKASZ i MAGYAROK. Ámbár pedig a béke ekkép helyre állott, István a görög hitszóban nem sokat bízván, Fridrik császárt ötezer gíra aranynyal megnyerni szükségesnek látta, ezen felül az ez által nem rég cseh királylyá tett Ulászlót fegyvertársul fogadni. E szövetkezések által neki bátorodván, nemcsak ha megtámadtatnék, ellen t állhatni, de támadásra is elegendő erősnek hitte magát, mire nem sokára alkalom mutatkozott, Az ország nagyai ugyanis, megbánván, hogy hazájoktól Tótország olly szép részét elszakíttatni engedték, mellynek visszaszerzésére, ha Béla a királyságra jutna, reményök igen, de ha a görögöknél alkalmaz tatnék , semmi sem volt, a király vezérlete alatt, U lászlóval egyesülten, Szerembe véletlen berohantak, és visszafoglalták. ]) Kedvezöleg ütött ki ugyan e kísérlet, a béke helyreállítását mégis IV-dik István nyugtalanításai gátolták, ki inkább merészen mint megfontolva, Ma gyarországra berontott. A király tudósíttatván fe löle, egész seregével ellene indult, miért a görög császár ismét a Dunához sietett s a Száván átkelvén, Titelnél tábort ütött, mind hoe*v a Bélával adott or szágrészt visszafoglalja, mind hogy Istvánt kétes helyzetéből megszabadítsa, kinek ereje már egészen megfogyott s nagy szorultságba jött, miután a vele tartó magyarok a királyhoz mind átmentek. A csá szár, Contostephan Andronikot küldvén tovább a sereggel, Istvánt a veszélytől megmentette, maga pedig Péterváradra ment, honnan a királyhoz, kö vetkezőleg írt : „Nem a magyarokat haddal megtá madni jöttünk, fiam, hanem hogy öcséd Bélának örök ségét visszaadjuk, mellyet nem a te birtokodból vet tünk el, hanem atyád s tenmagad is neki adtatok, aztán rokonodat, nekünk pedig sógrunkat Istvánt, a veszélytől megszabadítsuk. Ha tehát Béla, a te aka- ') Cinnam. u o.",
"ELSŐ KÖNYV. ŐTŐDDX SZAKASZ : MAGYAROK. 517 ápolva a bán megölelné, milly szerencsétlen vagy — monda — ki egy illy nöt ölelsz, s nem tudod, felesé gedet öleled-e, vagy egy alávaló rimát, mert ha azt hiszed , hogy feleségedet , szörnyükép meg vagy csalva, ha pedig egy rimát, fontold meg, lealázhatod e magadat annyira hogy illy fertelembe keveredjél. Lakadalmi nyoszolyád meg van undokítva, s nőd, kit a királyné becsületére biztál, általa, buja erőszak végett, testvére kezére játszva. Bár lelkem ártatlan, űzd ki e nyomorult testből, melly nem annyira az én, mint a más bűne által mocskoltatott be. Nehogy tehát lelkem és testemnek megtisztúlhatlan gyilkosa legyek, s nehogy a te méltóságod ezen rútsággal be kevertessék, ölj meg óh Bánk! engem, tüstént, ezen perczben, a szemérem isteneért méltó boszút állj. Ke serűség s harag fogta el a bámuló férjet, könyzápor ban úszó nejét vigasztalja, midőn a kardot, mellyel megölje, átnyújtaná, összecsókolja, s azon szeretetre, mellyel eddig iránta viseltetett , s mellyet nem maga vétke, hanem más bujasága sértett meg, kéri, hallgassa el tovább is e botrányt, míg ö, midőn ideje lesz, azt példásan megtorolja, Megnyugtatván némi leg kedvelt nejét, maga felzajlott kebele nem nyug hatott. Miután az esztergomi érsek véleményét — ha igaz — mitévő legyen, kikérdezte, s ez egy le vélszeletben olly- kétes választ adott: „A királynét megölni nem kell félni jó s ha mind beleegyeznek ö nem ellenzi,\" mit így is lehete értelmezni : a ki rálynét megölni nem kell, félni jó, s ha mind bele egyeznek, ö nem : ellenzi, — és így is : a királynét megölni nem kell félni, jó, es ha mind beleegyeznek. ö nem ellenzi. 4) — Más nap, néhányad magával, a királynéhcz megy, s mentéje alá rejtett kardjávalöt, !) ,,Cui Episcopus de Gtan, misit in epistola amphibologica : Reginam occidere nolite timere bonum est, si omnes consentiunt, ego non contradico.\" Stero Annál,"
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003546345 | The XIth Commandment [A novel.] | [
"258 THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENT leaves as Lorrie said good-bye to her in the little bedroom ; after that he had followed her to Plover, they had tasted the sweetest of all fulfilments, and — Lorrie was dead I Now she realized the full meaning of the words— and yet, his name was Elliott. Surely her father had said some other name. She turned to Mr. Daneholme, who was standing on the hearthrug, muttering inarticulate curses and looking helplessly at the quiet figure by the window. ' Did you say his name was Elliott ?' she asked, lean ing forward eagerly. 'Damn it, Beatrice! are you bewitched?' sputtered the Squire. ' His name was Kelmar. I — I knew you had nothing to do with him ; the thing was absurd. Now, wasn't it absurd, Beatrice? You must see that for yourself.' For a moment a great joy shone in the girl's face ; then she remembered the change of name, and — and it was all over, and her father seemed strangely excited, and perhaps it would interest him if she told him all. She sank into a low chair, and, shading her eyes with her right hand, told the Squire about Lorrie and their engagement, and how furious he had been when she asked his permission. ' Yes, yes,' broke in the Squire ; ' I know all about that. And then ?' ' Then Lorrie and I cared for each other too much to be — parted, and we were quietly married at Cottisham by special licence before I left, and he came here as your gamekeeper, and ' The Squire gave a great gasp of relief. ' You said that you were married? You are sure about that ?' he asked quickly. The absurdity of his question did not strike him at the time.",
"MAN WITH MAN 361 the-way part of the Palace. The room was furnished in Oriental style, and its walls were covered with some first-rate engravings and oil-paintings, all on ultra-secular subjects. On each side of the fireplace were long shelves, on which pagan philosophers, poets, novelists and drama tists, elbowed each other with cosmopolitan cheeriness and good-will. ' I have not shown you this room before, Knipe,' his host remarked, ' and I may tell you that there are very few people whom I consider worthy to enter it. It is my retreat, the place to which I retire when I want a thorough rest. You will notice that there is not a hint of religion to be found anywhere. I like to leave behind me at times everything that smacks of my profession.' Knipe had heard the Bishop use this word ' profession ' more than once ; he always placed a slight accent upon it, half sarcastic, half sad, as though he were jesting on his own death-bed. The Bishop produced some whisky and a couple of glasses, after which he took up an astonishingly dirty briar, filled and lit it, and settled himself comfortably in his chair. ' I have let my professional self have its last say to you,' he began; 'now I will talk as man with man. I had intended to bring weighty arguments to bear upon you, but the tone of your words convinced me that your future was in better hands than mine. When I said I was sorry you had arrived at this decision, I meant that I was sincerely glad. I know a great deal more of behind-the-scenes than you do, Knipe, and I can tell you that you are exactly right. I know the old school of parsons, and I know the new ; there have been good men in both, but as wholes they are rotten. There is a vast amount of talk about the new blood we are getting into the Church, and the vigorous earnestness of the",
"IDEALA A STUDY FROM LIFE By SARAH GRAND In One Volume, price 6s. The Morning Post.— 'Sarah Grand's Ideala. ... A clever book in itself, is especially interesting when read in the light of her later works. Standing alone, it is remarkable as the outcome of an earnest mind seeking in good faith the solution of a difficult and ever present problem. . . . Ideala is original and somewhat daring. . . . The story is in many ways delightful and thought-suggesting.' The Literary World. — 'When Sarah Grand came before the public in 1888 with Ideala, she consciously and firmly laid her finger on one of the keynotes of the age. . . . We welcome an edition that will place this minute and careful study of an interesting question within reach of a wider circle of readers.' The Liverpool Mercury. — 'The book is a wonderful one — an evangel for the fair sex, and at once an inspiration and a comforting companion, to which thoughtful womanhood will recur again and again.' The Glasgow Herald. — 'Ideala has attained the honour of a fifth edition. . . . The stir created by Ihe Heavenly Twins, the more recent work by the same authoress, Madame Sarah Grand, would justify this step. tdeala can, however, stand on its own merits.' The Yorkshire Post. — 'As a psychological study the book cannot fail to be of interest to many readers.' The Birmingham Gazette. — ' Madame Sarah Grand thoroughly deserves her success. Ideala, the heroine, is a splendid conception, and her opinions are noble. . . . The book is not one to be forgotten. ' The Woman's Herald. — 'One naturally wishes to Know something of the woman for whose sake Lord Downe remained a bachelor. It must be confessed that at first Ideala is a little disappointing. She is strikingly original. ... As the story advances one forgets these peculiarities, and can find little but sympathy and admiration for the many noble qualities of a very complex character.' The Englishman. — 'Madame Sarah Grand's work is far from being a common work. Ideala is a clever young woman of great capabilities and noble purposes. . . . The orginality of ihe book does not lie in the plot, but in the authoress's power to see and to describe the finer shades of a character which is erratic and impetuous, but above all things truly womanly.' London : WILLIAM HEINEMANN 21 Bedford Street, W C."
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001615467 | Guide to Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, and Bishop's Hatfield, etc. (5th edition, enlarged.) | [
"V Sth^EDITION— ENLARGED. Guide To HERTFOEDSHIRE, ANDUBISHOP'S .HATFIELD. PUBLISHED AT _THE PRINTING OFFICE, Old Cross, Hertford, sold by j. cox, bookseller, hatfield. 1894 . (Registered. — All rights reserved?) b*\"*-** Also may be had No. i— The late JAMES LUCAS, Esq., of Redcote Green near Stevenage: his Life and Funeral. No. -.—ELIZABETH WOODCOCK, Buried 8 days in a Snowdrift. — Curious Account of Stourbridge Fair, as in 1740. — Fire at Burwell, ioo People Burnt in a Barn. No. 3— LADY ANNE GRIMSTON'S TOMB, in Tewin Churchyard, is always in request for visitors to that pretty village, where this remarkable natural curiosity may be seen ; and CLIBBORN'S POST, near Queen Hoo Hall, is only about a mile off*. No. 4— HISTORY OF HATFIELD' HOUSE :— The Mansion, Gardens, Vineyard, Park, Church, and Town.",
"4 The Lord Treasurer Burleigh, and his son, Robert Cecil, the first Earl ; both of whom are depicted in their robes, with white wands. William second Earl of Salisbury, represented in black, with long hair, wearing the George, a star on his cloak, and near him a dog ; Sir Peter Lely. Lord Viscount Cranbourn, son of the above ; Sir Peter Lely. James, the third Earl of Salisbury ; a full length in his robes ; Sir Peter Lely. James, fourth Earl ; Sir Godfrey Kneller. Lady Latimer; Sir Peter Lely. Algernon, Earl of Northumber land, and tbe Lady Annie, his wife, daughter of William, second Earl of Salisbury ; half lengths ; Vandyck. The portrait of Queen Elizabeth is a very curious picture, in which that princess is depioted in a close-bodied gown, with a long distended gauze veil. On her head is a coronet and aigret; her neck is adorned with a necklace of pearl, and her arm with bracelets ; her hair yellow, deepening in two long tresses ; and ber face young and tolerably handsome. The lining of the robe is wrought with eyes and ears ; on the left sleeve is embroidered a serpent ; on tbe other is a rainbow, with the adulating motto, non sine sole Iris. Mary, Queen of Scots is a whole length on panel, with the inscription \"Maria, D.G., Scotice piissima regina Franciæ dotaria Anno cetatis regnique 36. Anglicœ eaptivi tatis 10. S.H. 1573.\" The dress consists of a long black mantle bordered with white lace ; at her girdle is a cross and rosary. Bobert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Bichard the third, a head. Margaret, Countess of Kichmond, on panel, veiled as a nun ; to which her having taken a vow of celibacy at the age of 64, is considered to have given her a title. This lady was the noble foundress of the colleges of Christ and St John, Cambridge, Laura, the far-famed heroine of the sonnets of Petrarch, with the inscription : \" Laura fui, Viri dem Bapbael fecit, atque Petrarcha.\" She died at Avignon in April, 13_8. Henry the 6th, a head on panel. Catherine de Oornaro, Queen of Cyprus. Among the other piotures is a very singular representation, on panel, of Henry the 8th, and his Queen, Anne Boleyn, at a country wake or fair, at some place in Surrey within eight of the Tower of London. In this piece are a great number and variety of figures, the drees and occupations of whioh are particularly curious. MARBLE HALL, io. — The Grand Staircase communicates with the east end of the Great Hall, or, aa it ia called, the Mar. ble Hall— 60ft. by HO. This ia lighted up b. three large bay windows rising tbe whole length of the apartment, beside a an Uriel at the east end near which the Lord's Table stood when the hones was first bails. A massive oarved soreen runs along* the fall width of the hall at the east eo 1, with a spaoiou- opes gallery. The room is panelled with oak, the wall i lined with",
"8 HATFIELD TOWN. BISHOP'S H.\\TFIELD is a very extensive parish .ont.imnjr 12 619 acres, and ia sev.ral miles in extent from sou'h e-'^t to north-west. It whs fur centuries a m .rket r.oivo, aud Thureaay th* market day ; but the busiues-* gradually declined, until ubout 2.5 years ago there was only n email gathering ol farmers at the Red Lion : and when the old wooden market house opposite the Hotel was burnt down, the market oeased. Hatfield is 17J miles from King's Cross Station, London, and 9J miles by rail and 7 by road from Hertford, the county town ; 8} from Barnet, 4_ from Welwyn, 5} from St Albans, and 10 from Stevenage. The Great Northern Railway passes the town on the west aide, and the River Lee is a mile north, running west to east, then turning south to Hatfield Mill Green, and through Hatfield Purkai.d the Vineyard. The Church is a fine structure, standing partly on the site of two previous churches. It is dedicated to St Ethel dreda (as also is Ely Cathedral;, aud consists of nave, chancel with chapels, transepts, and tower. The Cbapel north of the chancel is tbe burial-place of tbe Earls of Salisbury ; this chapel contains but one monument, commemorative of tha founder, Robert Cecil, the first Earl of Salisbury of that sur name. This nobleman is represented lying in his robes, upon a black marble slab, which has for his supporters the cardinal virtues, who are represented as kneeling, and dressed in virgin habits, with their appropriate emblems : these figures are of white marble, as is also another figure underneath whioh ex hibits tbe skeleton of the Earl etreiched upon a mat, which seeme to be spread upon another black marble slab, similar to the uppermost one. The mat is done with'remarkablo accuracy. There are also churches at Lemsford Mills (Welwyn Road), Hat. field Hyde north, Woodhill, and at Newgate Street, and a Mor. tuary Chapel at the Cemetery, Hatfield New Town, half.a-mile west. The parish is liberally provided with schools, chiefly by tbe munificence of the Cecil family ; and one at Newgate Street by the late Thomas Mills, Esq., when M.P. for Totnee. Fairs are held here April 23rd and October 18th. Brocket Hall a seat of the Ccwper family is three miles north-west. It is a fine old brick mansion standing in a beautiful park of 500 acres, t trough Which the River Lee runs, and expands into a wide sheet of water in front of the Hall, In the house is a fine collection of pictures. Innb.— The Red Lion Hotel (North Road) is a spaoious abode, with Assembly Room new, and very superior Billiard Room ; and extensive stabling, remanet from the old ooaching days. Other inns are, the One Bell; the Eight Bells west end of High Street ; the Great Northern Tavern, opposite the Railway Station ; the White Lion, the Gun, and other i_ns, Hatfield New Town ; Jacob's Well, and Horse and Groom, Park Street ; Tbe Crooked Billet. Mill Green ; and others : also The Salisbury Arms Tem perance Hotel, near Messrs Pryor'a Brewery, London Road."
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003333547 | Potsdam und Sans-Souci. Forschungen und Quellen zur Geschichte von Burg, Stadt und Park ... Mit 15 Tafeln | [
"IV. Zie Stadt H'otsöam. -p.r nili ,„-!«,>,,,«, Dic Stadt Potsdam wird, wie bereits erwähnt, zuerst 1314 genannt; Bii°\"ii,m,b,^!\"\",' dic crste namentliche Erwähnung eines Potsdamer Bürgers, nnd zwar \"di\"l, »ch»,,!,'\"^' teine sehr rnhmrcichc, fällt iu das Jahr 1409; cs wurde damals Bruuncs Tohu aus Potsdam iu Berlin gehängt, weil er in Schönhausc» Pferde i,. »„».lPlich »im»' gcstohlcu hatte'\"). Eine cigeuthümlichc Bcwandtniß hat cs auch mit der ..ällesten\" Urtiindc des Potsdamer Stadtarchivs. Als solche, und znglcich !7^7'7^m.\" als ältcstc bekannte Urkunde Potsdams überhaupt galt bisher der deutsch abgc-nßte Vertrag, durch welchen dic von dcn Gcbrüdcrn Hans, Arnd und Pcter u. d. Groben eine Lehmgrube auf Borustedter Feldmark erkaufte. Der unendlich oft erörterte, durch feine ganze Fassung nnd dadurch auffällige Vertrag \"°), daß die Kaufsiimmc in ihm uicht genannt wird, ist datirt vom 9. Angnst 1304 uud ist so zuerst im ersten Stück von Gerlachs gesammelten Nachrichten, dann nach Fidieins Abschrift in Ricdels Urknndenbnch <H., XI, 154) und zuletzt von Fidicin selbst nach neuer Collatiou im !. Baude der Mittheilungcn dcs Potsdamer Geschichts- vercins (Nr. 33) mit weitläuftigem Commeutar gedruckt wordeu. Keinem ist es aufgefcillcu, daß das Deutsch der Urkunde dem Anfang des 14. Jahr- hunderts nicht angchörcn taun: und cin Blick auf das Original lchrt. daß dcisfclbc auch nach Schrift und Bcsicgelnng in dcn Anfang dcs 15. Icthrhundcrts gcsctzt w'crdcn nlnß. Dic an sich nicht uumöglichc Annahme, daß cin Original von 13^4 hundert Iahrc später aus irgend welchen Gründen, ohne Beobachtung der sonst üblichen Form des Trctns- snnits, erneuert worden sci, wild dadurch atisgcschlvsseu, daß dic Namen dcr Vcrlanfcr und ihrcr namhaft gcmachten Verwandte» erst zu Ende dcs 14. respectivc zu Anfang des 15. Jahrhunderts ncbcncinandcr in v. d. Groben-",
"57 Dic Stndt Potsdam. Namcn gcnanntcn Nichtcrs\"'). Vußberg hat dafsclbc in seincn siegeln Ltl»» d°« «„dro»z der Mark Brandenburg'^) abgebildet, die Umschrift s- c-t navc schölte >-^ I gclcsen, sie durch (X.) v. Naueu, Nichter (zu Potsdam) erklärt, und dcn Ticglcr dcm adcligcu Geschlechte v. Naucn zugewiesen, dessen Wappcu mau zwar anderweitig uicht keimt, aber im Stadtsiegel von Nauen wieder erkennen möchte\"'). Das Fehlen des Vornamens, die Zusammcnziehung dcr beiden angeblichen Worte a uave in eines bei völlig ausreichendem, durch Ranten wcrk ausgefülltem Platz, das unerhörte „a\" statt „de nave\", letztere Namcns form selbst, dic lateinische Form dcs Familicnnamcns, die deutsche des Titels machen dic Voßbcrgschc Deutung an sich schon völlig unannehmbar; außcrdcm stcht iu dcr Legende gar uicht, was Voßbcrg liest und abbildet. Dic Schrift, cinc ucrzerrtc ungeschickt ausgeführte Gothische Miuuskcl, würde au sich uneutziffcrbar blcibcii, wcnn tiicht die Urkunde vom 3. September 1465 <s. Urk. Nr. 6 im Transsnmt von 1466) uns den Schlüssel böte. Dieselbe nennt nämlich einen damals verstorbene» ( ? > Wohlthäter dcr Potsdamer .Nirchc, Andreas Schulte. Dcr Vornamc Andrcas findet sich hänfig in dcr Richterfamilie Schulte, uud dic bishcr undeutlichen Züge des ersten Wortes der Siegellcgende lösen sich nun leicht in „Andre\" auf; dahinter zeigt das Wachs eine bei nachlässigem Ausprägen entstandene Erhöhung, welche cin e oder 8 verdecken muß. Das Siegel gehörte also offenbar eiuem Andreas Schulte, welcher 1450 Richter in Potsdam war, uud als priinn8 genti8 der Nichtcrfamilic dicscs Namens angesehen werden mnß; dcr Herr v. Naueu aber als Potsdamer Lchnschnlzc ist in das Gebiet sphragistischcr Mhlhenbildung zu verweisen. Unter dcn Zeugen dcr fraglichcn Urtnndc kommt noch „crn Thomas schulte\" vor. also cin Geistlicher, dcr auch dcr Nichtcr familic angehört haben wird, da fein Vorname in derselben cbensalls erblich war, deut ich aber cinc bcstimmtc genealogische- Stelle nicht an zuweisen vermag. Um dic Mitte dcs 16. Jahrh, theilte sich dic Familie in zwei zn gesammter Hand mit dem Gericht bclchntc Zwcigc. Peter, Pfarrer zn Schmcrtzkc. i.I 1571 einziger Vertreter dcs cincn, vcrkauftc in dicscm Iahrc, am 10. September, seincn Antheil der Stadt (s. Urk. Nr. 20), Andreas und Jacob aber von dcr anderen Linie dcn ihrigen am 9. November 1612 an Martin und Barthold Geriete, Von dcs letzteren Enkel Crnst Christian erwarb die Stadt am 19. September 1704 dic ihr noch schlcndc Hälftc '\">. Dic beiden beigefügten Stammbänmc geben eine",
"Anhang. I. Beitrage zu einer Potsdamer Bibliographie, 455 1. Stück S. 14. - 1724. v. Gundling. I. P., Vrandenburgischer Atlas ?c. Potsdam. S. 145 ff. Anhang, der Adel der Churmart Brandenhurg S. 18 ff. — 1724. S. Kgl. Maj. in Preußen General-Neglement für dero Waysenhaus in Potsdam. Potsdam. — 1725. Augenehme und nüzlichc Zeitkürzungen, welche allen denen, so vom Degen Profession machen, sonderlich aber den Kgl. Potsdammischen und in der hohe» Kriegsschule sich befindenden Groß-Grenadieren vorschleget und zueignet ein bekannter Liebhaber der Krieges- und Staatssachen. Mansfeld. — 1727. Bcllcimintes sGcorg Bclitz). Das itzt-bliihende Potsdam. Potsdam; Neudruck M. III, 379 ff.; Ausführ licher Auszug daraus mit Anmerkungen unter dem Titel: Das itzt-blühende P. als ein prächtiger Lustsitz eines großen Königs und Aufenthalt tapferer Helden und Kriegs leute, iu P. I. Marpergcrs „Kleine Schriften\", 1733 S. 301 ff. — 1728. Muzcl, Frid. H.mr<Iiit.Iic-!at»rnrri reFiarum virt»,it»uni ?0t8<lauiieni»n 8ive tri^lox luiradili--» onra xro oivs, eoeloZia et milite. Berlin. — 1729. Treuer, G. S., H.n»l8t!i.---i-! vet»eri8 (ierinani (^errnannecine lerniiiaß cnm integre ve8tit»n oomParontiL, cmc>r»ni el!i?ie8 rari88irna in nrua i>ro^e ?ot,<-itainpinri> oum alÜ8 relicznÜZ liie oxlii!>iti8 inventa mmo ex anticznitatnir! <3ermalliearum pen» ndsriii3 explieatcir. Hclmstädt. — 1731—1740. Viuns, 3t., katholischer Militärpfarrer in Potsdam; Auszüge aus dcm Tagebuch desselben M. I. Nr. 6 — 1731. D. F(assmcinn), Pa-rcntation , wie sie auf allergnäd. Befehl bey einer sehr volckreichen Bersammlnng gehalten worden, als man dcn am 11. Apr. 1731 zu Potsdam verstorbenen Frh. v. Gundling ?c. den Tag nach seinem scel. Abscheiden von der Welt mit einer ansehnlichen und höchst riihnil. Leichprocession hinaus nach Borustädt nahe bey Potsdam gebracht und alda in dcr Kirche beeidigt. Potsdam; s. auch bci 1769. — 1731. Nclit- an roi, contcnant» le« et lranoi!i308 aeoorcIc-,8 anx ooIoni3tc-»8 ?ranc)oi8 gni --»'stablircmt» ä I>ot»8<»Ia!»!»>. Berlin. — 1733. Broebes, I. B. Vi,e8 äc»3 i,alai8 et» mai8on8 clo plaik-anoe cle 8. Nas. en ?ru83«. Augsburg; auch unter dem Titel: Prospect dcr Palläste und Lustschlösser S. Kgl. Mai. m Preußen; Taf. 8-11. - 1733. M moire« äe ?iec!eriqiie mari/r-ive cle Lareitli ete. Brllimschweig 1810 II, 90. 95—97; über diese Memoiren et. I. G. Droysen, Gesch. d. Preuß, Politik IV, 4 (1870) S. 33—96. — 1735—1736 (Otto Graben v. Stein). Potsdammischcr Staats- und gelehrter Mercurius; Auszüge Potsdam betr. M. IV. 352 ff, — 1736. Toucement. Jean Chreticn, Deutsch-Franc, os, Schriften: Auszüge Potsdam betr. M. V, 84 ff. — 1737 ff. Geschichte Potsdams von 1737—1837; aus einer von dem verstorbenen Oberbürgermeister Saint-Paul verfaßten handschriftl. Chronik in, Besitz des Magistrats, gedr. in „Potsdamer Zeitung\", Jahrg. 1887. — oa. 1737. 0aler>. «larinrn ?c>l8clni»llen3e perpewiim, hrsg. von C. Fricdlaender in M. NF. 1, 318 ff. — 174<i—1778. Briefe zur Erinnerung an merkwürdige Zeiten nnd rühmliche Personen von 1740-1778; Berlin, 1778; Potsdam betreffende Auszüge Nt. V, 159 ff. — 1740. v. Mil sonneau, I; Auszüge aus dcm Tagebuch dess., M. IV, 111. - 1742 (Otto Graden v. Stein), Potsdammischc Quint-Cssenz. Berlin; Auszüge in M. III, 306 ff. — 1743 Küster, G. G., Lidliotli. Iii3t°ric!a LraiiilendurFiea, BrcslllU. 1743, S. 101. 297. 814.; dess. H.eoe88ic>ne3 acl didliat!,. lli8t». Lrauäend. Berlin 1768, I, 49. II, 261 ff. 560. — 1746, Gerlach, S. Cinladnngsschrift, wodurch eine alte Urkunde von Potsdam erläutert wird. — 1747 dess. Cinladungsschrift, wodurch Friedrich.? VI., Bnrg graffcn zu Nürubcrg und nachmal. Churfürsten, auf Potsdam erhaltene Ncchtc erläutert werden."
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003109812 | Joan and Mrs. Carr. By 'Rita.' Third edition | [
"71 SUNDRY VIRTUES AND VICES such people in presently,\" she said, \" and I shall feel so out of it. The only religion that interests me is the religion of the Future.\" \" And what is that ? \" asked Joan. \" It has not yet been decided, my dear, which makes it so interesting to discuss, even if one learns nothing. It seems to be a mixture of Æsthetic Evolution and Theo sophic Buddhism.\" \" It has been evolved from the past,\" observed Mrs Carr, \"and is to go on evolving in the future. Its results in the present have not extended our experience very much, or improved our morality very materially.\" \" Then what is the use of it ? \" asked Joan. \" Oh, it gives us something to talk about,\" said Lady Beauley. \" And even scandal has limitations. And it gets us acquainted with scientific men like Professor Crank, who is always ready to show us biological experiments when we go to a meeting at Mr Arrarat's. He is the great exponent of the new religion, and has written one or two marvellous books about it, which no one can under stand. And he has adepts and chelas, and all sorts of delightful black people at his house, and they go about in their astral bodies, and leave mysterious letters which are supposed to come from Thibet, and are messages from the masters who live there.\" \"It sounds very extraordinary,\" said Joan. \"I have read of Theosophy, of course, but I didn't know it was anything like your description, Lady Beauley.\" \" Oh, your aunt and I were at several meetings and discussions of the society,\" said Lady Beauley, pouring out some tea which the footman had just brought in. \"We enjoyed it very much.\" \" Especially the discussions,\" said Mrs Carr. \" Do you recollect that funny man who always upset them all by asking the most extraordinary questions, and turning all the theories and doctrines into ridicule in the gravest manner possible. I wonder what has become of him ? \" \"Turned yogi, I suppose,\" said Lady Beauley. \"He was very anxious to get on a more advanced plane, and went out to India a few months ago — Himalayas, I believe. It is surprising how much occult knowledge can be gained in the Himalayas ! \"",
"134 JOAN & MRS CARR ing back people from the various yachts. It surprised Mrs Carr a little, when suddenly a voice from one hailed their own little vessel. \" It is your friend, Lady Kate, I think,\" said Captain Talbot, going forward. \" Lady Kate ! \" echoed Mrs Carr, and sprang from her seat impulsively, and crossed to the side of the yacht, where the steps were let down. A boat lay idly rocking on the tide, and her friend's familiar voice called to know if she were on board. \" I've come to say good-bye,\" she went on in answer to Mrs Carr's affirmative. \" We're off to-morrow to Plymouth. So sorry. Yes, I'll come up for a minute. M'Dermot rowed me over. He's here too. He says he can't leave the boat.\" \" Oh, throw up a rope and we'll fasten it,\" said Captain Talbot. \"It will be quite safe. Pray ask your friend to come up also.\" Joan had come forward now, and was bending eagerly over the side. The lights from the yacht showed her the handsome, leonine head of the actor as he sat in the little skiff. He fastened it as Captain Talbot directed, and in another moment was standing on deck, and being intro duced by Lady Kate's shrill and high-pitche 1 voice as \"Mi- Terence M'Dermot, from New York, you know\" — as if that explained everything. Then she seized on Mrs Carr. \" I'm so sorry I have to leave,\" she said, \" but you see I couldn't ask the Stoats to put off their departure. It was all arranged quite suddenly. You're going to stay on, I suppose ? Why don't you do a bit of coasting. It's awful fun, and you can always make for land when it's squally. I'm getting quite a famous sailor.\" Lady Kate had a large fund of vivacity, and a method of accommodating herself to all circumstances. She always talked a great deal, and it was generally nonsense ; but then few people listen to anything serious, and the adjective \" charming \" is very comprehensive. To-night she was particularly lively, for she had carried M'Dermot off in the face of a dozen American claimants, and would have him all to herself for as long as she chose to keep him. She related her escapade to Mrs Carr. \" And he's such a dear,\" she went on rapturously ; \" and",
"MRS CARR COUNTERPLOTS 207 leave her dear Addie free ; that ought to console her. I suppose Captain Talbot is sure to be back by then. It's so hard to make up enough men.\" \"He said 'about a week,'\" said Joan. She was still turning over the little pile of cards. \" It will make you so unpopular,\" she said. \"And it isn't as if you had done it by mere chance. Besides,\" she added, \" Mrs Johnnie will very likely invite us, and then you will miss one of the rare Ditton festivities.\" Mrs Carr shrugged her handsome shoulders. \"No,\" she said. \" I feel it in my bones that Mrs Johnnie is going to play me a spiteful trick. We were to be left out, take my word for it, and Sir Anthony was to be the lion of the evening. But however things turn out, I have her on the hip. If she invites us, I refuse, and send her a card. If she doesn't, she will hear that I too am giving a party, and I'm sure hers will be spoilt by the mere idea. Really, Joan, I shall be able to exist here a few months longer if it's a case of rivals.\" Joan walked slowly over to the window and sat down. \" I don't know what satisfaction you can find in it,\" she said. \" It seems to me so paltry and unworthy.\" Mrs Carr left her pen in the ink-bottle, and turned round to look at her. \" Whatever has come to you lately, Joan ? \" she said in astonishment. \"You're so changed; not a bit like the same girl. All the fun and life seem to have gone out of you. To-day even you would hardly speak to Sir Anthony. When anyone is here you throw the whole burden of enter tainment on my shoulders. I should be inclined to think you were in love, only that there's no one here you seem to care a straw about, except — \" she stopped abruptly ; she saw a vivid wave of scarlet flush up to the girl's very brow, then die slowly away — \"except Captain Talbot,\" she went on slowly. \" And, of course, you know — he — \" She broke off again. An odd suspicion flashed through her mind. Was it possible ? Could it be that Joan did care a little for this man 1 He was so much older than %Vx horoojf, so unsuited, one would think, in his grave, bachelor staidness. But then Joan was not a bit like other girls, and she always got on so well with old people. The world had never seemed to amuse her ; it had ap"
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002930857 | Geschichte von Graubünden in ihren Hauptzügen gemeinfasslich dargestellt [With a map.] | [
"21 Der den Rätiern von Karl dem Großen zugesicherte königliche Schutz hatte übrigens die Wirkung, daß sich dieselben über Verletzungen ihrer Gesetze und Gewohnheiten direkt beim König beschweren durften, und daß solche Uebertrclungen des Königsgebotes mit schwerer Buße belegt wurden. Zie currcitischen Gesetze. MMWas waren das aber für „Gesetze und Gewohn- heilen\" — so wird man fragen — um deren Ge- . ' Wählleistung die Rätier den König Karl baten? Unstreitig waren damit zunächst ihre Curialverfassung und ihr selbstgewähltes Oberhaupt gemeint. Aber sicher auch ihr römisches P r so a t r e ch t, auf dessen Beibehaltung der größte Wunsch der Romanen in allen ehemals römischen Provinzen gerichtet war, nicht nur weil sie an dasselbe schon gewöhnt waren, sondern auch weil es viel ausgebildeter als das deutsche war und in wichligen Punkten, wie namentlich im Personen-, Familien- und Erbrecht, von letzterem abwich. Unter der Ge- richtsbarkeit der deutschen Beamten mutzte sich freilich anderswo im fränkischen Reich das römische Recht der Romanen, obwol es ihnen gesetzlich zugestanden war, bald verlieren, wogegen sich dasselbe in Currätien unter dem Schutz eigener Richter länger erhalten konnte. Immerhin wäre dies, nachdem die römischen Richter verschwunden waren, in dem isolirten, von Deutschen umgebenen Bcrgland blos mittelst überlieferter Rechts- gcwohnheiten nicht Jahrhunderte lang möglich gewesen. Um also das römische Recht lebendig zu erhalten, mußte es noth- wendig gesetzlich fixirt werden. Und daß dies wirklich in Currätten geschehen sein mußte, beweist die an den König Karl gerichtete Bittschrift, in welcher um Gewährleistung nicht nur von Gewohnheiten, sondern auch von Gesetzen",
"399 Nun wandte man sich gegen die Erben des Peter von Salis, als Zollpächter. Und diese Untersuchung ergab allerdings, daß derselbe, um das bei der Zollpacht wiederholt tonturrirende Haus Bauier zu beseitigen, zur Gewinnung von Buudeötagsstimmen, theils Geld hatte austheilen lassen, theils Gewinnanlheile zugesichert hatte. In Folge dessen wurde denn das Haus Salis zur Erstattung von fl. 35,000 (Fr. 105,000). als angeblich unrechtmäßigen Gewinnes, und Landrichter von Capaul, welcher iu dessen Auftrag Gelder vertheilt und sich auch selbst bedacht hatte, zu einer Geldstrafe im nämlichen Be trag verurlhcilt. ebenso wurden auch Diejenigen, welche durch Capaul Geld oder Gewinnanlheile empfangen, besonders A n - dreas und Theodor von Castelberg. mit ent sprechenden, zum Theil schweren. Bußen bestraft. Wegen an geblicher Gewalthandlungen wurden sodann der Kommissar Hercules von Salis-Tagste» mit einer Geldstrafe von fl. 30,000 ,Fr. 90,000) belegt und Kommissar Anton von Salis ebenfalls schwer gebüßt. — Um aber deni in dem Manifest des Zehngerichtenbundes aufgestellten und von den Gemeinden angeuomutenen Programm treu zu bleiben, mutzten möglichst alle „Stacttsfrevler\" ausfindig gemacht werden. Demzufolge wurde Vilar Anton Schorsch, weil cr von Mailand eine geheime Iahrespension von st. 150 (Fr. 450) bezog und einen Selbstmordversuch gemacht hatte, zur Bezahlung von fl. 21,000 (ca. Fr. 63.000) uud Peter Planta von Wildcnberg, weil er als Landeshauptmann bei seinem Amtsantritt das übliche obrigkeitliche Mandat in einer von der bisherigen etwas abweichenden (immerhin durch die Umstände gerechtfertigten) Form erlassen, zu einer Butzc uo» fl. 9600 (ca. Fr. 28,000), fer»er der gewesene Gesandte Peter Conradin von Planta, weil dic Zollpächter ihm den kleinen Cngadincr Zoll überlassen hatten, zu einer solchen von st. 4000 (ca. Fr. 12,000) verurtheilt. Endlich wurden auch die regie renden Häupter und Mitglieder des Beitages (Kongresses) wegen angeblicher Saumseligtcilen oder Formfehler gebüßt.",
"435 der östreichischen Waffen für Wiederherstellung der frühern Zustände hervorgerufene Gegenbewegung, war aber nicht von langer Dauer, indem die Franzosen in der Schweiz bald wieder endgültig die Oberhand gewannen. Im August wurde nämlich der siegreiche Erzherzog Karl wieder nach Süddeutschland beordert, wogegen der dort mit etwa 28000 Russen stehende General Korsakow in Zürich einrückte, während Hotze mit etwa 25000 Mann die Linthlinie hielt. Zu diesen beiden sollte auch der russische General Suwarow aus Oberitalien stoßen, wo derselbe wiederholt die Franzosen glänzend geschlagen hatte. Diese drei Feld herren, Korsakow, Hotze und Suwarow, sollten dann am 26. September, bis zu welchem Tag Suwarow den Gotlhard überschritten haben sollte, vereint Massena angreifen, der über ungefähr 70,000 Mann verfügte. Dieser wartete aber die geplante Vereinigung nicht ab, sondern besetzte vorerst, um Suwarows Anmarsch zu hindern, alle Zugänge nach dem Gott hard uud verdrängte am 25. September die Russen aus Zürich und die Oestreicher aus dem Gasterlaud, wo Hotze fiel. Suwarow aber langte erst ant 24. September am Südfutz des Gotthard an und als er mit ungeheuren Schwierig- keiten und in stetem Kampf mit Lecourbe den Berg über- stiegen hatte und in Flüelen (am Vierwaldstättersee) angelangt war, fand er keine Schiffe zur Ueberfahrt (Lecourbe hatte sie alle weggenommen), so daß er, um nach Schwyz zu gelangen, mit Kavallerie und Artillerie durch das Schächenlhal und über den unwegsamen Ocbirgskamm in das Muotathal marschircn mußte. Als er hier am 30. September anlangte, erfuhr er — man kann sich denken, mit welchem Schmerz — die Niederlage der Russen und Oestreicher, so daß er nicht weiter in die Schweiz vordringen konnte und ihm nichts anders übrig blieb, als, auf schwierigem und gefahrvollem Gebirgsweg Grau- bünden, das noch von den Oestreichern besetzt war, zu er reichen. So gelangte er über den Präget in das Glarner land und durch dieses, wo wieder die Franzosen seinen Marsch"
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