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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... -
THE THIRD FYTTE.
As they sat in Inglewood Under their trysting tree, They thought they heard a woman weep, But her they might not see. Sore there sigh-ed fair Al-ice, And said, “Alas that e’er I se... -
THE SEVENTH FYTTE.
The king came to Nottingham, With knights in great array, For to take that gentle knight, And Robin Hood, if he may. He asked men of that countr-e, After Robin Hood, And afte... -
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...