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[Footnote 58: Leipzig, Weidmanns Erben und Reich, I, pp. 142;
II, pp. 150.][Footnote 59: The English original is probably that by William
Combe, published in 1779, two volumes. This original is reviewed
in the _Neue Bibl. der schönen Wissenschaften_, XXIV, p. 186,
1780.][Footnote 60: XII, 1, pp. 210-211... |
[Footnote 91: _Allg. Litt. Zeitung_, 1791, I, p. 197. A sample of
the author's absurdity is given there in quotation.][Footnote 92: Joh. Friedrich Schink, better known as a dramatist.][Footnote 93: See the story of the gentlewoman from Thionville,
p. 250, and elsewhere.][Footnote 94: The references to the _Deut... |
There were other efforts to make Yorick's example an efficient power of
beneficent brotherliness. Kaufmann attempted to found a Lorenzo order of
the horn snuff-box. Düntzer, in his study of Kaufmann,[13] states that
this was only an effort on Kaufmann's part to embrace a timely
opportunity to make himself prominent. Th... |
Attempts at whimsicality, imitations also of the Shandean gallery of
originals appear, and the more particularly Shandean style of narration
is adopted in the novels of the period which deal with middle-class
domestic life. Of books directly inspired by Sterne, or following more
or less slavishly his guidance, a consid... |
Finally, Wieland cannot be classed among the slavish imitators of
Yorick; he is too independent a thinker, too insistent a pedagogue to
allow himself to be led more than outwardly by the foreign model. He has
something of his own to say and is genuinely serious in a large portion
of his own philosophic speculations: he... |
It is claimed by Goebel[53] that Goethe's "Homunculus," suggested to the
master partly by reading of Paracelsus and partly by Sterne's mediation,
is in some characteristics of his being dependent directly on Sterne's
creation. In a meeting of the "Gesellschaft für deutsche Litteratur,"
November, 1896, Brandl expressed ... |
Goethe's opinion of Sterne as expressed in the sentiments which
accompany the quotations from the Koran is significant. "Yorick Sterne,"
he says, "war der schönste Geist, der je gewirkt hat; wer ihn liest,
fühlet sich sogleich frei und schön; sein Humor ist unnachahmlich, und
nicht jeder Humor befreit die Seele" (490).... |
One of Walter Shandy's favorite contentions was the fortuitous
dependence of great events upon insignificant details. In his
philosophy, trifles were the determining factors of existence. The
adoption of this theory in Germany, as a principle in developing events
or character in fiction, is unquestionable in Wezel's "T... |
[Footnote 13: "Christopher Kaufmann, der Kraftapostel der
Geniezeit" von Heinrich Düntzer, _Historisches Taschenbuch_,
edited by Fr. v. Raumer, third series, tenth year, Leipzig, 1859,
pp. 109-231. Düntzer's sources concerning Kaufmann's life in
Strassburg are Schmohl's "Urne Johann Jacob Mochels," 1780... |
[Footnote 34: Since Germany did not sharply separate the work of
Sterne from his continuator, this is, of course, to be classed
from the German point of view at that time as a borrowing from
Sterne. Mager in his study depends upon the Eugenius continuation
for this and several other parallels.][Footnote... |
[Footnote 73: This seems very odd in view of the fact that in
Loeper's edition of "Dichtung und Wahrheit" (Hempel, XXII, p. 264)
Gellius is referred to as "the translator of Lillo and Sterne." It
must be that Loeper did not know that Gellius's "Yorick's
Nachgelassene Werke" was a translation of the Kora... |
The "Sommerreise," according to Longo, appeared in the latter part of
September, 1769, a less important work, which, in the edition of 1807,
Jacobi considered unworthy of preservation. Imitation of Sterne is
marked: following a criticism by Wieland the author attempts to be
humorous, but with dubious success; he introd... |
Left, however, an orphan, he begins his sentimental adventures: thrust
on the world he falls in with a kindly baker's wife whose conduct toward
him brings tears to the eyes of the ten-year old lad, this showing his
early appetite for sentimental journeying. A large part of this first
section relating to his early life ... |
Other motifs derived from Sterne, less integral, may be briefly
summarized. From the Sentimental Journey is taken the motif that
valuable or interesting papers be used to wrap ordinary articles of
trade: here herring are wrapped in fragments of the father's philosophy;
in the Sentimental Journey we find a similar degra... |
This volume is easily divisible into several distinct parts, which are
linked with one another, and to the preceding narrative, only by a
conventional thread of introduction. These comprise: the story of
Caroline and Rosenfeld, a typical eighteenth century tale of love,
seduction and flight; the hosts' ballad, "Es war ... |
After Schummel's remarkable self-chastisement, one could hardly expect
to find in his subsequent works evidence of Sterne's influence, save as
unconsciously a dimmed admiration might exert a certain force. Probably
contemporaneous with the composition of the third volume of the work,
but possibly earlier, Schummel wrot... |
But apart from the general impulse and borrowing of motif from the
foreign novel, there is in this little volume considerable that is
genuine and original: the author's German patriotism, his praise of the
old days in the Fatherland in the chapter entitled "Die Gaststube," his
"Trinklied eines Deutschen," his disquisit... |
This book is classed by Ebeling[45] without sufficient reason as an
imitation of von Thümmel. This statement is probably derived from the
letter from Schiller to Goethe to which Ebeling refers in the following
lines. Schiller is writing to Goethe concerning plans for the Xenien,
December 29, 1795.[46] The abundance of ... |
Blankenburg, the author of the treatise on the novel to which reference
has been made, was regarded by contemporary and subsequent criticism as
an imitator of Sterne in his oddly titled novel "Beyträge zur Geschichte
des teutschen Reiches und teutscher Sitten,"[58] although the general
tenor of his essay, in reasonable... |
Yet, compared with some other imitations of the good Yorick, the volume
contains but a moderate amount of lavish sentiment. The servant Pumper
is a man of feeling, who grieves that the horses trod the dewdrops from
the blades of grass. Cast in the real Yorick mould is the scene in which
Pumper kills a marmot (Hamster);... |
The author's perplexities in managing the composition of the book are
sketched in a way undoubtedly derived from Sterne,--for example, the
beginning of Chapter IX in Volume III is a lament over the difficulties
of chronicling what has happened during the preceding learned
disquisition. When Tobias in anger begins to be... |
This pernicious influence of the English master is exemplified by
Wegener's "Raritäten, ein hinterlassenes Werk des Küsters von
Rummelsberg."[80] The first volume is dedicated to "Sebaldus Nothanker,"
and the long document claims for the author unusual distinction, in thus
foregoing the possibility of reward or favor, ... |
Miscellaneous allusions to Sterne, illustrating the magnitude and
duration of his popularity, may not be without interest: Kästner
"Vermischte Schriften," II, p. 134 (Steckenpferd); Lenz "Gesammelte
Werke," Berlin, 1828, Vol. III, p. 312; letter from the Duchess Amalie,
August 2, 1779, in "Briefe an und von Merck," Dar... |
[Footnote 7: I, pp. 314 + 20; II, 337; III. 330.][Footnote 8: I, p. 156; III, p. 318.][Footnote 9: Schummel states this himself, III, p. 320.][Footnote 10: Tristram Shandy, III, 51-54.][Footnote 11: Pp. 256-265.][Footnote 12: P. 34.][Footnote 13: Shandy, I, p. 75; Schummel, I, p. 265.][Footnote 14: II, p. 117.][Footnot... |
[Footnote 62: An allusion to an episode of the "Sommerreise."][Footnote 63: "Sophie von la Roche," Göttinger Dissertation,
Einbeck, 1895.][Footnote 64: _Allg. deutsche Bibl._, XLVII, 1, p. 435; LII, 1,
p. 148, and _Anhang_, XXIV-XXXVI, Vol. II, p. 903-908.][Footnote 65: The quotation is really from the spurious... |
In the very heyday of Sterne's popularity, 1772, a critic of Wieland's
"Diogenes" in the _Auserlesene Bibliothek der neuesten deutschen
Litteratur_[1] bewails Wieland's imitation of Yorick, whom the critic
deems a far inferior writer, "Sterne, whose works will disappear, while
Wieland's masterpieces are still the pleas... |
The name of Helfreich Peter Sturz may well be coupled with that of
Lichtenberg, as an opponent of the Sterne cult and its German
distortions, for his information and point of view were likewise drawn
direct from English sources. Sturz accompanied King Christian VII of
Denmark on his journey to France and England, which... |
His analysis of "Empfindsamkeit" is briefly as follows: "Empfindsamkeit
ist die Empfänglichkeit zu Empfindnissen, in denen etwas Sittliches d.i.
Freude oder Schmerz über etwas sittlich Gutes oder sittlich Böses, ist;"
yet in common use the term is applied only to a certain high degree of
such susceptibility. This sensi... |
The most extensive satire on the sentimental movement, and most vehement
protest against its excesses is the four volume novel, "Der
Empfindsame,"[45] published anonymously in Erfurt, 1781-3, but
acknowledged in the introduction to the fourth volume by its author,
Christian Friedrich Timme. He had already published one... |
The unfolding of the story is at the beginning closely suggestive of
Tristram Shandy and is evidently intended to follow the Sterne novel in
a measure as a model. As has already been suggested, Timme's own
narrative powers balk the continuity of the satire, but aid the interest
and the movement of the story. The moveme... |
Pankraz's new Order of the Garter, born of his wild frenzy[70] of
devotion over this article of Elisa's wearing apparel, is an open satire
on Leuchsenring's and Jacobi's silly efforts noted elsewhere. The garter
was to bear Elisa's silhouette and the device "Orden vom Strumpfband der
empfindsamen Liebe."The elaborate d... |
The advice of Drs. Braun and Irwin is especially significant in its sane
characterization of Wilhelmine's mental disorders, and the observations
upon "Empfindsamkeit" which are scattered through the book are
trenchant, and often markedly clever. Wilhelmine holds sentimental
converse with three kindred spirits in succes... |
[Footnote 29: _Deutsches Museum_, II, pp. 601-604; Schriften, II,
pp. 288-291.][Footnote 30: Gedichte von L. F. G. Goeckingk, 3 Bde., 1780, 1781,
1782, Leipzig.][Footnote 31: I, pp. 94, 116, 160.][Footnote 32: Hamburg, pp. 44.][Footnote 33: Hamburg, Bohn, 1785.][Footnote 34: Published in improved and amplified ... |
Letters of the Late Reverend Laurence Sterne to his most intimate
Friends with a Fragment in the Manner of Rabelais to which are prefixed
Memoirs of his life and family written by himself, published by his
daughter, Lydia Sterne de Medalle. London, 1775.Seven Letters written by Sterne and his Friends, edited by W. Durr... |
Das Leben und die Meinungen des Herrn Tristram Shandy aus dem Englischen
übersetzt, nach einer neuen Uebersetzung auf Anrathen des Hrn. Hofrath
Wielands verfasst. Neun Theile. Berlin, 1774.Another edition of the same translation.Tristram Schandi's Leben und Meynungen. Hamburg, 1774. Bey Bode.
Translation by J. J. C. Bo... |
The following list contains (a) books or articles treating
particularly, or at some length, the relation of German authors
to Laurence Sterne; (b) books of general usefulness in determining
literary conditions in the eighteenth century, to which frequent
reference is made; (c) periodicals which are the sources ... |
Schmidt, Julian. Bilder aus dem geistigen Leben unserer Zeit. Leipzig,
1870. Vol. IV, 1875. Vol. IV, pp. 272 ff, Studien über den Englischen
Roman.Schmidt, Julian. Geschichte der deutschen Litteratur von Leibnitz bis
auf unsere Zeit. Berlin, 1886-96.Schmidt, Julian. Geschichte des geistigen Lebens in Deutschland von
Le... |
Sattler, J. P., 8.
Schiller, 135, 153.
Schink, J. F., 80-82.
Schirach, 109.
Schmidt, Klamer, 60.
Schubart, 107.
Schummel, 59, 93, 114-129, 136, 140.
Schwager, 138.
Seidelinn, 153.
Shadwell, 25.
Smollett, 63.
Sonnenfels, 125.
Stephanie, d. j., 153.
Stevenson, J. H., 44-53, 57, 64, 81, 105.
St... |
This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler.[Picture: Frontispiece]HOPES AND FEARSOR
SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A SPINSTER
BY
CHARLOTTE M. YONGE[Picture: Title picture]_ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT GANDY_London
MACMILLAN AND... |
Nothing remarkable! No; there was nothing remarkable in Honor, she was
neither more nor less than an average woman of the higher type.
Refinement and gentleness, a strong appreciation of excellence, and a
love of duty, had all been brought out by an admirable education, and by
a home devoted to unselfish exertion, var... |
'Ha! a fine covey, I only miss two out of them. These carrots, how their
leaves are turned--that ought not to be.'Honora could not believe that anything ought not to be that was as
beautiful as the varied rosy tints of the hectic beauty of the
exquisitely shaped and delicately pinked foliage of the field carrots,
and ... |
'Oh! yes, and welcome,' said Honora, laughing, and shaking her glowing
tresses at him; 'I am thankful to any one who stands up for carrots.'Good-natured Humfrey, thought she, it is all that I may not be mortified;
but after all it is not those very good-natured people who best
appreciate lofty actions. He is inviting ... |
'Don't pity me,' she said in exultation; 'think what it is to be his
choice. Would I have him give up his aims, and settle down in the
loveliest village in England? No, indeed, for then it would not be Owen!
I am happier in the thought of him than I could be with everything
present to enjoy.''I hope you will continue... |
Mrs. Charlecote never rested till she had learnt all the particulars. It
was a dashing, fashionable family, and Miss Charteris had been the gayest
of the gay, till she had been impressed by Mr. Sandbrook's ministrations.
From pope to lover, Honor knew how easy was the transition; but she
zealously nursed her admiratio... |
Then Honor smiled, and played with her pen-wiper. 'Well,' she said, 'it
is comfortable to be at home again!''I hope you will soon be able to feel so, my dear,' said the kind old
governess.'I mean it,' said Honor cheerfully; then sighing, 'But do you know, Mr.
Askew wishes his curates to visit at the asylum instead of ... |
'Poor little things!' echoed Honora; then, anxious to profit by the
_tete-a-tete_, 'has Mr. Sandbrook seen Dr. L.?''Yes, it is just as I apprehended. Lungs very much affected, right one
nearly gone. Nothing for it but the Mediterranean.''Indeed!''It is no wonder. Since my poor sister died he has never taken the most... |
Finally, he took the two up-stairs himself--the stairs which, as he had
told Honora that evening, were his greatest enemies, and he remained a
long time in their nursery, not coming down till tea was in progress.
Mrs. Sandbrook always made it herself at the great silver urn, which had
been a testimonial to her husband,... |
'However,' he said, 'there's one good thing, L. has forbidden the
children's perpetually hanging on him, sleeping in his room, and so
forth. With the constitutions to which they have every right, poor
things, he could not find a better way of giving them the seeds of
consumption. That settles it. Poor fellow, he has... |
Honora hoped she should not be left alone with him, but somehow it did
happen. The captain went to bring the carriage into the court, and get
all imaginable wraps before trusting him out in the air, and Miss Wells
disappeared, probably intending kindness. Of course neither spoke, till
the captain was almost come back... |
'I did not want my father to take care of _me_,' said the little lady,
proudly; 'I take care of father, I always make his tea and warm his
slippers, and bring him his coffee in the morning. And Uncle Kit never
_will_ put his gloves for him and warm his handkerchief! Oh! what will
he do? I can't bear it.'The violent ... |
It was little Owen's name for her. He was her special favourite--there
was no concealing it. Lucilla did not need her as much, and was of a
vigorous, independent nature, that would stand alone to the utmost. Owen
gave his affection spontaneously; if Lucilla's was won, it must be at
unawares. She was living in and f... |
Those understanding eyes of Lucilla's were drinking in each word, but
Uncle Kit ruthlessly said--'There, it's your walking time, children; you
go out now.'Honora followed up his words with her orders, and Lucille obeyed, only
casting another wistful look, as if she knew her fate hung in the scales.
It was showing tact ... |
'It won't do to generalize,' she said, merrily. 'Owen must be content to
regard crabs and shrimp boys as privileged individuals.'Owen demanded whether when he was big he might be a shrimp boy, and a
good deal of fraternization had taken place between him and Mr.
Charlecote before the cottage was reached.It was a very ... |
She was not going quite the way to show Humfrey that her heart was not
set on the boy, and she was checked by hearing him sigh. Perhaps it was
for the disappointment he foresaw, so she said, 'Whether I bring him up
or not, don't you believe there will be a special care over such a
child?''There is a special care over ... |
The woods were bursting into spring: delicate, deeply creased leaves were
joyously emerging to the light on the birches, not yet devoid of the
silvery wool where they had been packed, the hazels were fluttering their
goslings, the palms were honey sweet with yellow tufts, the primroses
peeped out in the banks of moss.'... |
'Yes, there is no use in dwelling on this,' he said, quietly. 'The
reason I asked you to be kind enough to come here, is that I do not think
it well to be far from home under the circumstances. There, don't look
frightened--they say it may very possibly not come for several months or
a year. I hope to have time to p... |
'Honor dear,' he said pleadingly, yet with authority, 'pray let me talk
to you. There are things which I wish very much to say; indeed, without
which I could hardly have asked for this indulgence. It is for your own
sake, and that of the place and people.''Poor place, poor people.'He sighed, but then turned his smili... |
To worship Humfrey was an easier thing at a distance than when beside
him. Honora came back to Sandbeach thoroughly restless and wretched,
reproaching herself with having wasted such constant, priceless
affection, haunted by the constant dread of each morning's post, and
longing fervently to be on the spot. She had s... |
She knew what he meant--it was what he had caught from her youthful
enthusiasm, second-hand from Owen Sandbrook. Oh! what vivid, vigorous
truth not to have been weakened in the transit through two such natures,
but to have done its work in the strong, practical mind able and candid
enough to adopt it even thus filtere... |
Fortunately for her, the children were sleepy, and were rather in a mazy
state when lifted out and set on their legs in the wainscoted hall, and
she sent them at once with nurse to the cheerful room that Humfrey's
little visitors had saved from becoming disused. Miss Wells's fond
vigilance was a little oppressive, but... |
Whether Owen quite separated fact from allegory might have been doubtful
to a more prosaic mind than Honora's, but he had brought this dreamy
strain with him from his father, and she thought it one of his great
charms. She had been obliged to leave him to himself much more than
usual of late, and she fervently resolve... |
So there were calls, which Honor duly returned, and then came
invitations, but to Miss Wells's great annoyance, Honor decided against
these. It was not self-denial, but she thought it suitable. She did not
love the round of county gaieties, and in her position she did not think
them a duty. Retirement seemed to befi... |
'I didn't like it,' said Robert, shivering; and getting to his German
again, he described '_das Gewitter_' beating on the panes, with wind and
whirling leaves, and the unearthly noises of the creaking vane. The
terror of the lonely, supperless child was dreadful to think of; and she
begged to know what he could have d... |
Rather nervously Honora drove under the poles to the hall-door, where two
girls were seen in the rear of a Frenchwoman; and Honor felt as if Robin
might have grounds for his 'moral hatred' when her voluble transports of
gratitude and affection broke forth, and the desolation in which the loss
had left them was describe... |
Honora wrote to Mrs. Charteris for permission to dismiss the mischievous
woman, and obtained full consent, and the most complete expression of
confidence and gratitude. So there ensued a month, when every visit to
the nursery seemed to be spent in tears. Nurse was really very fond of
the children, and cried over them... |
Owen obeyed. He was like a spirited horse in a leash of silk. Strong,
fearless, and manly, he was still perfectly amenable to her, and had
never shown any impatience of her rule. She had taught him entirely
herself, and both working together with a thorough good will, she had
rendered him a better classical scholar,... |
Yes,' in a put-an-end-to-it tone, which silenced Lucilla, her tact being
much more ready when concerned with the nobler sex.In the drawing-room, Mrs. Charteris's civilities kept Honora occupied,
while she saw Owen bursting with some request, and when at length he
succeeded in claiming her attention, it was to tell her ... |
'Ratia is going to take me out riding and in the boat,' said Lucy,
without a direct answer.'You like your cousins better than you expected?''Rashe is famous,' was the answer, 'and so is Uncle Kit.''My dear, you noticed the mark on his hand,' said Honora; 'you do not
know the cause?''No! Was it a shark or a mad dog?' e... |
The days were gone by when Mr. Sandbrook's pulpit eloquence had rendered
Wrapworth Church a Sunday show to Castle Blanch. His successor was a
cathedral dignitary, so constantly absent that the former curate, who had
been continued on at Wrapworth, was, in the eyes of every one, the
veritable master. Poor Mr. Prenderg... |
'Indeed, Captain Charteris, you are quite mistaken; I have never allowed
Owen to think himself in that position. He knows perfectly well that
there are nearer claims upon me, and that Hiltonbury can never belong to
him. I have always rejoiced that it should be so. I should not like to
have the least suspicion that t... |
The first was in the irregular decided characters affected by young
ladies in the reaction from their grandmothers' pointed illegibilities,
and bore a scroll at the top, with the word 'Cilly,' in old English
letters of bright blue.'Lowndes Square, June 14th.'MY DEAR HONOR,--Many thanks for wishing for your will-o'-th'-... |
With him was a girl, tall, slim, and lightly made, though of nicely
rounded figure. In height she looked like seventeen, but her dress was
more childish than usual at that age; and the contour of her smooth
cheeks and short rounded chin, her long neck, her happy blue eyes, fully
opened like those of a child, her fair ... |
'Just so,' answered Phoebe; 'and that is the reason why he wants to see
Lucy. She always declared that she could not bear people in business,
and we always thought of him as likely to be a clergyman; but, on the
other hand, she has become used to London society, and it is only by his
joining in the distillery that he ... |
'And,' she continued, 'I really think that she is much benefited by this
formidable governess. Accuracy and solidity and clearness of head are
worth cultivating.''Nasty latitudinarian piece of machinery,' said Robert, with his fingers
over his mouth, like a sulky child.'Maybe so; but you guard Phoebe, and she guards B... |
And tittering, they passed by the brother and sister, who were still
unseen, but Robert heaved a sigh and murmured, 'Miserable work!' somewhat
to his sister's surprise, for to her the great ill-regulated household
was an unquestioned institution, and she did not expect him to bestow so
much compassion on Augusta's disc... |
The window looked out into a square parterre, shut in with tall laurel
hedges, and filled with the gayest and sweetest blossoms. It was Mrs.
Fulmort's garden for cut flowers; supplying the bouquets that decked her
tables, or were carried to wither at balls; and there were three long,
narrow beds, that Phoebe and her y... |
'It is your turn. Will Miss Fennimore kindly let you have a walk with me
this evening?''And me,' said Maria.'You, of course. May I come for them at five o'clock?''I can hardly tell what to say about Maria. I do not like to disappoint
her, but she knows that nothing displeases me so much as that
ill-mannered habit of... |
'One does get so tired of mutton and rice-pudding,' answered the less
observant Miss Fulmort, who was but dimly conscious of any one's
existence save her own, and could not have credited a governess laughing
at her; 'but really this is not so bad, after all, for a change; and some
pale ale. You don't mean that you exi... |
Commendation from that quarter was so rare, that excess of gladness made
Phoebe cast down her eyes and colour intensely, a little oppressed by the
victory over her governess. But Miss Fennimore spoke warmly. 'He cannot
think her more deserving than I do. I am rejoiced not to have been
consulted, for I could hardly h... |
She found it for him, and likewise the advertisement, which he, missing
once, was giving up in despair.'I say,' he observed, while she was searching, 'so you are to chip the
shell.''I'm only going to London--I'm not coming out.''Gammon!' he said, with an odd wink. 'You need never go in again, like
the what's-his-name ... |
Miss Charlecote's house was a delightful marvel to Phoebe from the moment
when she rattled into the paved court, entered upon the fragrant odour of
the cedar hall, and saw the Queen of Sheba's golden locks beaming with
the evening light. She entered the drawing-room, pleasant-looking
already, under the judicious arran... |
'He is not strong enough,' said his mother. 'He wished it, but he is
better where he is; he could not bear the work here.''No; I told him the utmost I should allow would be an exchange now and
then when my curates were overdone,' said Mr. Parsons.'And so you are quite deserted,' said Honor, feeling the more drawn
towa... |
'Yes, here I am. They told me I should find you here. Ah! Phoebe, I'm
glad to see you. Fulmort, how are you?' and a well-bred shake of the
hand to Mr. and Mrs. Parsons, with the ease and air of the young master,
returning to his mother's house.'When did you come?''Only to-day. I got away sooner than I expected. I ... |
Honora would not talk of it, and turned the conversation to what was to
be done on the following day. Owen eagerly proffered himself as escort,
and suggested all manner of plans, evidently assuming the entire
direction and protection of the two ladies, who were to meet him at
luncheon in Lowndes Square, and go with hi... |
'I thought Miss Charlecote sent Lucy to enjoy herself! We always said
how kind and self-denying she was.''Denied, rather,' said Owen; 'only that's her way of carrying it off. A
month or two in the season might be very well; see the world, and get the
tone of it; but to racket about with Ratia, and leave Honor alone f... |
'Lolly shall take you there,' or 'Lolly shall call for that,' passed
between the cousins without the smallest reference to Lolly herself
(otherwise Eloisa), who looked serenely indifferent through all the plans
proposed for her, only once exerting her will sufficiently to say, 'Very
well, Rashe, dear, you'll tell the c... |
'Much more Fennimorically than I wish her to hear, or you to speak,' said
Honora; 'you talk as if there were no such thing as truth.''Ah! now comes the question of subjective and objective, and I was as
innocent as possible of any intention of plunging into such a sea, or
bringing those furrows into your forehead, dear... |
After dinner, Mr. Parsons retired into the study, and while his wife and
Miss Charlecote sat down for a friendly gossip over the marriages of the
two daughters, Phoebe welcomed an unrestrained _tete-a-tete_ with her
brother. They were one on either seat of the old oriel window, she, with
her work on her lap, full of p... |
Phoebe, to whom a doubt on that score would have appeared high treason,
nevertheless hated the presence of Mr. Calthorp as much as she could hate
anything, and was in restless anxiety as to Titania's behaviour. She
herself had no cause to complain, for she was at once singled out and led
away from Miss Charlecote, to ... |
There was something ineffably soft and sad in the last words, as the
beautiful, petted, but still lonely orphan cast down her eyelids with a
low long sigh, as though owning her errors, but pleading this
extenuation. Robert, much moved, was murmuring something incoherent, but
she went on. 'Rashe does, perhaps. Can't ... |
'It was commonplace in me,' said Lucilla, gravely, 'but I could not help
it; he made me feel so good--or so bad--that I believe I shall--''Not give up the salmon,' cried Horatia. 'Cilly, you will drive me to
commit matrimony on the spot.''Do,' said Lucilla, running lightly up, and dancing into the
drawing-room, where ... |
Considerate of the slender purses of her children, Honora had devoted her
carriage to fetch them to St. Wulstan's on the Sunday morning, but her
offer had been declined, on the ground that the Charteris conveyances
were free to them, and that it was better to make use of an establishment
to which Sunday was no object, ... |
Robert checked her, saying, 'Stay, Phoebe. The other night I was fooled
by her engaging ways, but each day since I have become more convinced
that I must learn whether she be only using me like the rest. I want you
to be a witness of my resolution, lest I should be tempted to fail. I
came to town, hesitating whether... |
Down she went, and at luncheon devoted herself to the captivation of Mr.
Parsons; afterwards insisting on going to the schools--she, whose
aversion to them was Honora's vexation at home. Strangers to make a
sensation were contrary to the views of the Parsonses; but the wife found
her husband inconsistent--'one lady, m... |
'Thank you,' said Lucilla, ironically conveying to Phoebe's mind the
conviction that she did not believe that Robert's attachment could suffer
from what had here passed. Either she meant to grant the decisive
interview, or else she was too confident in her own power to believe that
he could relinquish her; at all even... |
'Lucy; how could you know? I had not even told Miss Charlecote!''It's true! it's true!' cried Lucilla. 'That's just what I wanted to
know!''Lucy, then it was not fair,' said Phoebe, much discomposed. 'I was
desired to tell no one, and you should not have betrayed me into doing
so.''Phoebe, you always were a green oa... |
'Well, I don't know; Miss Murrell is a very nice young woman,' he
hesitated, as Cilly seemed about to thrust him through with her reed;
'but couldn't you, Cilla, now, give her a hint that it would be better if
she would associate more with Mrs. Jenkyns, and--''Couldn't Mr. Prendergast; I've more regard for doing as I w... |
'It is vain to try to collect them again,' sighed Mr. Prendergast; 'we
must shut up. Good night, Miss Murrell;' and therewith he turned back to
his garden, where the freakish sprite, feigning flight, took refuge in
the boat, cowering down, and playfully hiding her face in deprecation of
rebuke, but all she received wa... |
'Poor Lucy! it is one misfortune of pretty people, that they can seldom
do what is taken amiss. She is small and feminine too, and essentially
refined, whatever she can do. But I was very sorry for you to-day,
Phoebe. Tell me all about your sister, my dear.''They knew more than I did, if all that is true,' said Phoe... |
Catching intuitively at his meaning, Phoebe directed her attention to
some clematis on the opposite side of the cloister, and called both her
companions to gather it for her, glad to be with Robert and to relieve
Miss Murrell of the presence of another spectator. Charles Charteris
coming up, carried the two young men ... |
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