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CHAPTER VIII
ERE the half-hour ended, five o’clock struck; school was dismissed, and all were gone into the refectory to tea. I now ventured to descend: it was deep dusk; I retired into a cor... -
Chapter 16
I might have told you of the beginning of this liaison in a few lines, but I wanted you to see every step by which we came, I to agree to whatever Marguerite wished, Marguerite to ... -
III A PARALLEL
A PARALLEL (DEACON BRODIE AND CHARLES PEACE) NOT a parallel, but a contrast, since at all points Peace is Brodie’s antithesis. The one is the austerest of Classics, caring only f... -
KING EDWARD IV. AND THE TANNER OF TAMWORTH.
In summer time, when leaves grow green, And blossoms bedeck the tree, King Edward would a hunting ride, Some pastime for to see. With hawk and hound he made him boun, With h... -
HE
As sure as my name is Jack Copley, I saw the prettiest girl in the world to-day,—an American, too, or I’m greatly mistaken. It was in the cathedral, where I have been sketching fo... -
SHE WAS GOOD FOR NOTHING
THE mayor stood at the open window. He looked smart, for his shirt-frill, in which he had stuck a breast-pin, and his ruffles, were very fine. He had shaved his chin uncommonly smo... -
1816 I STOOD TIP-TOE UPON A LITTLE HILL
Places of nestling green for Poets made. STORY OF RIMINI. I stood tip-toe upon a little hill, The air was cooling, and so very still, That the sweet buds which with a modest prid... -
MOGARZEA AND HIS SON
There was once a little boy, whose father and mother, when they were dying, left him to the care of a guardian. But the guardian whom they chose turned out to be a wicked man, and... -
Our Aunt
You ought to have known our aunt; she was charming! That is to say, she was not charming at all as the word is usually understood; but she was good and kind, amusing in her way, an... -
SCHIPPEITARO
It was the custom in old times that as soon as a Japanese boy reached manhood he should leave his home and roam through the land in search of adventures. Sometimes he would meet w...