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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 26 | 1 | 0 | text | 12 | 'Tis for Freedom that ye fight!
Bristol, May, 1859.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 26 | 1 | 0 | text | 3 | XXV.—ITALIAN PATRIOTIC SONG.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 26 | 1 | 1 | text | 13 | Bristol, May, 1859. | 1 | 1,035 | 12 | 1,047 | B1C1R13 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_26 |
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 27 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | We will take at random some fifty people whose yearly routine of life embraces within its circle a summer tour to the Continent or elsewhere, and putting the question, “You know the Rhine, Switzerland, etc.?” forty-nine out of the fifty will venture to say, answer in the affirmative; and even did we go further and inqu... | 1 | 3,179 | 596 | 3,775 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_27 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 27 | 0 | 1 | title | 1 | XXVI.—RAMBLES NORTHWARD.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 28 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | tour through lands, unknown, we will venture to say, to any one of our fifty tourists, though lying within the boundaries of Great Britain.
Do you, any of you, know the country north of Inverness? Do you know Sutherlandshire, that principality over which the Duke of Sutherland reigns supreme, many portions of which ar... | 1 | 2,923 | 674 | 3,597 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_28 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 29 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | the London and Aberdeen steamers. Many a family to whom expense is of little consequence prefers the sea transit to the land, as less fatiguing, and in the summer season the passages are very generally good.
Get there as we may, Aberdeen is the point from which we will start, and having visited the fish market, or sur... | 1 | 3,627 | 526 | 4,153 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_29 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 29 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | It was in the days of pig-tails, when this same Alexander Milne, then a youth holding some office in the establishment of the late Duke of Gordon, glorying in this handsome appendage, resisted an edict which went forth, that all servants in the employment of his grace should at once and for ever, under penalty of losin... | 1 | 4,075 | 174 | 4,249 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_29 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 30 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | liberty and license, then inviting all the proud, restless spirits of the country, the recently United States of America. Here, by means of trade, Alexander Milne gradually amassed a fortune, and, dying, left a sum of money for the erection and endowment of a free school in his native town of Fochabers. One among numbe... | 1 | 2,859 | 681 | 3,540 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_30 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 31 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | her misfortunes, spinning industriously with her wheel in return for the hospitality she received, Marjory Gilzean lived on till the summer of 1790, when she breathed her last in peace and comfort, beneath the roof of a friendly neighbour. It so happened that a traveller of the name of Gilzean was at that particular mo... | 1 | 3,563 | 513 | 4,076 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_31 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 31 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The country around Forres is of the most beautiful kind. The soft undulating range of the Clunie Hills, crowned with pine woods and golden with gorse and furze, encircle it upon the south, and, traversed by paths in every direction, these hills form the favorite resort of the towns-people. Near one of the approaches to... | 1 | 4,203 | 153 | 4,356 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_31 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 32 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | rude carvings of men on horseback and on foot, some holding birds and animals in their hands, and with fine Runic knots and circles.
The excursion from Forres to Dulsie Bridge, the road following for the most part the wild and picturesque Findhorn, is one of the most beautiful that can be conceived in this or any othe... | 1 | 2,859 | 670 | 3,529 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_32 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 33 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | overgrow it: the other a perfect Druidical circle on a wooded eminence in the grounds of Leys Castle, perfect both in its inner and outer circle, and of considerable size. This circle occupies a commanding position in an amphitheatre of considerable extent, and is open to the rising and setting sun. It was not without ... | 1 | 3,499 | 519 | 4,018 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_33 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 33 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The early part of our road ran by the side of Loch Beaulty, as it is called, though it is in fact a continuation of the Moray Firth. The waters danced and sparkled on our right in the fresh morning breeze, beneath a sky, high, clear, and blue as the skies we are wont to associate with southern latitudes only; while row... | 1 | 3,949 | 141 | 4,090 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_33 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 34 | 0 | 0 | text | 1 | beautiful drives open to the public, is situated about a mile from the village of Beaully. The river of the same name flows through this estate; its rocky picturesque banks adding greatly to the beauty of the scene, while its waters at one point flow round an island of some size, called Eilan Aiges, where, for several ... | 1 | 2,859 | 634 | 3,493 | B0C0R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_34 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 35 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | ramsackle contrivances that ever went upon two wheels, this was most certainly the worst, and the wheels even surpassed the body! The horse, a poor, miserable, weak, stumbling, broken-down animal, collar-galled and saddle-wrung, with harness a world too large for his shrunk frame, kept in its place by huge pads of dirt... | 1 | 4,075 | 387 | 4,462 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_35 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 35 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | To Golspie we proceeded by short stages, via Dingwall, Stittenham, and Bonar Bridge, following the coach road by the left bank of the Cromarty Firth until we branched off at Allness for Stittenham; thereby leaving an uninteresting part of the coast, including Tain, on our right, and getting in exchange the fine mountai... | 1 | 4,075 | 342 | 4,417 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_35 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 36 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | their lady friends may hear or believe of the hardships to which their love of sport exposes them, are among the most comfortably lodged and best fed of Her Majesty's subjects. A sportsman's inn needs no other recommendation to the initiated: and if abundance of the finest salmon in the world, game of all kinds, veniso... | 1 | 4,203 | 360 | 4,563 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_36 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 36 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | On resuming our route we soon came in sight of the beautiful bays and promontories of the Dornoch Firth, which is seen to perfection from this high mountain road; its long steep declivity towards the firth affording a series of panoramic views for miles along its shores, lost altogether to the traveller by the lower an... | 1 | 4,203 | 358 | 4,561 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_36 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 37 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | this mountain passes at Loch Fleet, the traveller comes suddenly upon unmistakable evidence of the immediate vicinity of a wealthy proprietor, and is in fact nearing the ancient seat of the Dukes of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle, situated about a mile on the other side of Golspie, on a commanding height overlooking the s... | 1 | 2,859 | 660 | 3,519 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_37 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 38 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | of the arch, these primitive structures yet remain to tell of a people lost in the lapse of ages, concerning whom the wisest savants can but offer vague suggestions, or invent plausible probabilities.
From the commanding situations in which they are found, and the long chains of them which can be traced through the co... | 1 | 3,115 | 588 | 3,703 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_38 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 38 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The route we ourselves selected left Caithness on the right. The chief object we had in view being to see Sutherlandshire, we left the mail-road for Wick at Helmsdale, and struck up through the Strath* of the same name into Strath Halladale, which, as a glance | 1 | 4,075 | 63 | 4,138 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_38 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 38 | 0 | 1 | title | 3 | * Strath, a wide valley. | 1 | 4,075 | 8 | 4,083 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_38 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 39 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | at the map of Scotland will show, runs through the eastern extremity of the county.
Strath Helmsdale is a lovely, and might be a most fertile, valley. Sheltered from the east, watered along its whole length by a brisk and beautiful stream, its verdant gently sloping sides, prized now as sheep pasture, might, under a d... | 2 | 5,718 | 1,308 | 7,026 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_39 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 40 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | Inverness; and the extreme north coast of Scotland, with its mingled grandeur and beauty of scenery, is terra incognita to the world at large. The little town of Melvich stands on a bold cliff, from whose heights we looked over a sunset scene of surpassing loveliness. - To our right, in the far distance, pencilled gray... | 1 | 4,203 | 177 | 4,380 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_40 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 40 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | Down the cliff we strolled, or rather scrambled, escorted by our droll little host; who, bent upon doing the honors of the place to his lady guests, considerably impeded our progress, if he did not endanger our limbs, by the necessity we were under of steadying his steps, and of occasionally arresting his downward prog... | 1 | 3,691 | 513 | 4,204 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_40 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 41 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | seizing his refractory cargo, scrambled back breathless but laughing to where he had left us, wholly regardless of the sharp pincers the crabs and lobsters were thrusting desperately in all directions, to the deterioration of his handkerchief and coat, to say nothing of sundry grips at the person of the little man hims... | 1 | 3,825 | 164 | 3,989 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_41 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 41 | 0 | 1 | text | 3 | HELD AT BRADFORD, ON FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1859.
BY LOUISA TWINING.
It is proposed at this meeting to discuss the best means of promoting the objects of the Workhouse Visiting Society, as it is assumed that the many fears and objections which always beset a new proposal have died away in the course of a year's ... | 1 | 3,825 | 312 | 4,137 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_41 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 41 | 0 | 1 | title | 2 | XXVII.—A PAPER READ AT A MEETING OF THE WORKHOUSE VISITING SOCIETY, | 1 | 3,825 | 28 | 3,853 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_41 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 42 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | not a single case of return in drunkenness was observed. It is hoped, partly through the influence of this master, to obtain admission for visitors into other metropolitan workhouses during the winter. Another master on coming into office and finding visiting partly established, requested to have a visitor appointed to... | 1 | 3,691 | 517 | 4,208 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_42 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 42 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | We have been told that it is not wise for us to enter into abuses and grievances with a view to remedy them, and that it is not our province to bring them to light. I hardly know how we can establish the need of improvement unless imperfections are shown to exist; but I am at the same time thoroughly convinced that it ... | 1 | 4,075 | 161 | 4,236 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_42 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 43 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | in almost every workhouse, to the utter destruction of all moral tone and feeling, and which can only be detected by those who really know the inmates? In one workhouse, a poor old woman above seventy could not get her bed made for her without paying a penny to some one more capable of doing it than herself, though she... | 1 | 3,371 | 533 | 3,904 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_43 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 44 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | (Concluded from page 123.)
The lover of strong contrasts would have enjoyed the transition from a morning spent at the Valentino to an evening at the Palazzo, the circles of which include the most determined _codini_ in the kingdom. The palace itself would have been counted handsome even in a city more rich in handsom... | 1 | 3,051 | 589 | 3,640 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_44 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 44 | 0 | 1 | title | 1 | XXVIII.—LIFE IN TURIN. | 1 | 4,075 | 10 | 4,085 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_44 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 45 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | ment to have permitted. Of the four native Protestant churches built within the last six years in the Sardinian states, (the others are at Turin, Nice, and Pignerol,) this has been the most fiercely opposed by the clerical party. I had a specimen of the bitterness of their feelings in the stories which were mingled wit... | 1 | 3,115 | 606 | 3,721 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_45 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 45 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | * Apropos of this, I cannot help citing the witicism of a Genoese, not a convert, more just than flattering to his townspeople. "I do not believe these charges of bribery," he said, "not from partiality to the Valdese, but because if they paid people for going to their church, half Genoa would be with them." | 1 | 4,203 | 80 | 4,283 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_45 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 46 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | suffer him to take the oath to a form of government he disapproved. In 1859, however, when that terrible Cavour brought in his bill for the suppression of all religious orders,— “ Except those devoted to preaching, education, and the care of the sick,” I observed, parenthetically. “ Ah ! bah ! that was but an insignifi... | 1 | 2,859 | 727 | 3,586 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_46 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 47 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | and one or two others of the same family, alone enjoy free circulation. Beside all these claims to consideration, peculiar interest just then attached itself to the marquis and his protege. Returned as deputies at the beginning of the winter, their elections had recently been declared invalid on the grounds of religiou... | 1 | 3,755 | 482 | 4,237 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_47 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 47 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | For the information of those who may have forgotten an occurrence which at the moment attracted all Europe’s attention, it is necessary briefly to mention that the archbishop’s offence consisted in peremptorily refusing the last consolations of religion to the Cavaliere di Santo Rosa on his death-bed, unless he solemnl... | 1 | 3,949 | 159 | 4,108 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_47 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 48 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | government, that the archbishop, after undergoing a few weeks' imprisonment, was banished from the country.
" What particular instance of the duchess's spirit do you allude to, contesse?" asked the general. " I was in Savoy at the time, and only heard the barren facts of the outrage committed on the venerable prelate.... | 2 | 5,718 | 1,245 | 6,963 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_48 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 49 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | arcades or portico which line the Strada di Po, and the Piazza di Castello, a really magnificent square, are the resort of all the fashionable idlers of both sexes in Turin, and, lined on one side by handsome shops open on the other to the light and air, sheltered alike from rain and sun, really form a very attractive ... | 1 | 3,179 | 593 | 3,772 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_49 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 49 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | By this time we had left the dreaded Fiorio's some way behind; and coming upon another café of less dazzling celebrity, the open doors and windows of which gave pleasant glimpses of spacious saloons with gilded ceilings and mirrors, crimson velvet sofas, and a profusion of little circular marble tables, the contesse pr... | 1 | 4,203 | 78 | 4,281 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_49 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 50 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | we should enter and refresh ourselves with an ice, Turin etiquette not imposing the necessity of male escort on such occasions.
Though the Anglo-Piedmontese Gallenga, rendered fastidious by a quarter of a century's sojourn in England, complains, in his recent work on his native country, of the tawdriness and dirt of t... | 1 | 3,307 | 619 | 3,926 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_50 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 50 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | But I have digressed, while to finish my picture it must be added that there was less talking among the visitors at the café than would have been possible in central or southern Italy; and but little lounging. Though a few appeared listless and unemployed, to the majority time was evidently not a worthless commodity; e... | 1 | 3,949 | 88 | 4,037 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_50 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 51 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | "Allons donc," said the comtesse; "what shall we do now? Stay, there is the jeweller's where I must execute a commission for my sister, and then, if you please, we will pay her our visit."
At the shop we encountered a lady with whom I had a slight acquaintance; one of the élégantes of Turin, of the same political opin... | 1 | 2,859 | 681 | 3,540 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_51 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 51 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | VOL. IV.
P 2 | 1 | 4,203 | 8 | 4,211 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_51 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 52 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | dozen of each description of under clothing not being considered anything out of the common way: the corbeille is a general term for all the bridegroom's presents, formerly enclosed in a basket of elegant workmanship and decoration. In these days of change, however, the genuine corbeille is replaced by an inlaid coffer... | 1 | 2,923 | 680 | 3,603 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_52 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 53 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | round, some long, some oval-shaped. Bracelets, ah, what bracelets! Enamelled, gem-encrusted, plain, arabesqued, inlaid, circles of emeralds and pearls, gold and coral, diamonds and rubies. Earrings too, and brooches to correspond. Crosses and locket: a perfect shop full of trinkets. It is the realisation of many a maid... | 1 | 3,949 | 417 | 4,366 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_53 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 53 | 0 | 1 | text | 4 | The word "Telegraph" (derived from two Greek words, Tele and Grapho, i.e., I write afar off) is the name given to any mechanical contrivance for the rapid communication of intelligence by signals. But although the art of conveying intelligence by signs was practised in the earliest ages, being known even to the rudest ... | 1 | 3,949 | 129 | 4,078 | B0C1R4 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_53 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 53 | 0 | 1 | title | 1 | THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS. 197 | 1 | 3,949 | 17 | 3,966 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_53 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 53 | 0 | 1 | title | 3 | XXIX.—THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 54 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | gestures and visible signs: such as lanterns, hoisting of flags, beacon fires on the tops of distant hills, carrier pigeons, drums, speaking trumpets (all used by barbarous nations); and more recently, since the invention of gunpowder, by cannons, sky-rockets, and blue lights.
The troops and marines which landed on th... | 1 | 2,987 | 694 | 3,681 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_54 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 54 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | That some attempt was made by the ancients to improve upon such signals is evident from the tenth book of Polybius, who speaks | 1 | 4,075 | 28 | 4,103 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_54 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 55 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | of two methods of communicating intelligence, one of which was adopted many centuries afterwards by Bishop Wilkins, who describes the plan according to the British alphabet in his curious work entitled "Mercury, or the Secret and Swift Messenger." In addition to these alphabetic systems, which depended merely upon the ... | 1 | 3,115 | 564 | 3,679 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_55 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 55 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The telegraph then brought into use, in either 1793 or 1794, was the invention of M. Chappê, and though in general principles it was very similar to the machine invented by Hook, yet in detail it was greatly superior. His first station was on the roof of the Palace | 1 | 4,203 | 65 | 4,268 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_55 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 56 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | 200. THE RISE AND PROGRESS OF TELEGRAPHS.
of the, Louvre ; and M. Chappé, having received from the " Committee of Public Welfare," a message to be forwarded to Lisle, where the French army was then stationed, gave a known signal to Mont Martre, which was the second station, to prepare. At each station there was a watc... | 1 | 3,179 | 617 | 3,796 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_56 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 56 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | Up to this period, however, as Mr. Vallance observes, telegraphic communication had only been a means of intercourse that was serviceable during those portions of the twenty-four hours when the greater light, that ruler of the day, was visible, and when clear weather admitted uninterrupted vision for a distance of ten ... | 1 | 4,075 | 81 | 4,156 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_56 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 57 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | nocturnal telescopes, for the lamps of which gas seemed so admirably adapted: but this would do nothing towards lessening the interruption that wet and foggy weather occasions; so the proposed change was not considered worth the great expense which must have been incurred to effect the alteration. Mr. Vallance next tho... | 1 | 3,819 | 459 | 4,278 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_57 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 57 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The discovery of frictional electricity is of very ancient date. Thales, who lived about six hundred years before the Christian era, is reported to have discovered the power developed in amber by friction; by which it is enabled to attract pieces of straw and other light substances. Theophrastus (B. c. 321) and Pliny (... | 1 | 4,203 | 207 | 4,410 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_57 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 58 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | : In 1617, a curious book, entitled “Prolusio,” etc., written by a Roman Jesuit named Strada, proves that there was a vague idea floating about concerning a magical magnetic telegraph. In this book there is a fabled contrivance of two magnetic needles, attached to dials bearing a circle of letters, and which possessed ... | 2 | 5,718 | 1,437 | 7,155 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_58 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 59 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The Minister's Wooing. By H. Beecher Stowe, Author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," etc. Price 2s. 6d. Sampson and Low, Ludgate Hill.
Mrs. Beecher Stowe has surpassed herself in this tale, and has given to New England literature a gem worthy to take the place therein which the "Vicar of Wakefield" holds in the literature of En... | 1 | 4,203 | 446 | 4,649 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_59 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 59 | 0 | 1 | text | 4 | "The Doctor had practised his subtle mental analysis till his instruments were so fine-pointed and keen-edged that he scarce ever allowed a flower of sacred emotion to spring in his soul, without picking it to pieces to see if its genera and species were correct. Love, gratitude, reverence, benevolence—which all moved ... | 1 | 4,203 | 165 | 4,368 | B0C1R4 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_59 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 59 | 0 | 1 | title | 1 | XXX.—NOTICES OF BOOKS.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 59 | 0 | 1 | title | 3 | And again :—
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 60 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | nity spreads unmitigated consternation and alarm. The effect of this proceeding on the different members and families under the spiritual guidance of the worthy Doctor, varies of course with the individual character and temperament: some fall from their allegiance in open defiance and hostility; others, touched to the ... | 1 | 2,859 | 838 | 3,697 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_60 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 61 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | she had a barbaric fashion of arranging so as to give to her head the air of a gigantic butterfly. She sunk a dutiful curtsey, and stood twirling her thumbs, while the Doctor surveyed her gravely.
"Candace," said he, "do you think it right that the black race should be slaves to the white?"
The face and air of Candac... | 1 | 2,859 | 1,009 | 3,868 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_61 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 62 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | seemed, in relation to his better half, much like a hill of potatoes under a spreading apple-tree. Candace held to him with a vehement and patronising fondness, so devoid of conjugal reverence as to excite the comments of her friends.
"'You must remember, Candace,' said a good deacon to her one day, when she was order... | 1 | 3,307 | 749 | 4,056 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_62 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 62 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | ‘All but this dead grind, and the dollars that come through the mill, is by them thrown into the one waste ‘catch-all’ and labelled romance. Perhaps there was a time in Mr. Smith’s youth,—he remembers it now,—when he read poetry, when his cheek was wet with strange tears, when a little song, ground out by an organ-grin... | 1 | 4,203 | 150 | 4,353 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_62 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 63 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | militancy, the aspiration, the fear, the hope, the high desire, the troubling of the waters by the descending angel of love,—and a little more and Mr. Smith might have become a man, instead of a banker! He thinks of it now, sometimes, as he looks across the fire-place after dinner, and sees Mrs. Smith asleep, innocentl... | 1 | 3,435 | 830 | 4,265 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_63 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 63 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | “All prosaic, and all bitter, disenchanted people talk as if poets and novelists made romance. They do—just as much as craters make volcanoes,—no more. What is romance? whence comes it? Plato spoke to the subject wisely, in his quaint way, some two thousand years ago, when he said, ‘Man’s soul, in a former state, was w... | 1 | 4,203 | 198 | 4,401 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_63 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 64 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | comes it that in Christian lands we think in so pagan a way of it, and turn the whole care of it to ballad-makers, romancers, and opera-singers? " Let us look up in fear and reverence, and say ' God is the great maker of romance. He, from whose hand came man and woman,—He, who strung the great harp of Existence with al... | 1 | 3,115 | 740 | 3,855 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_64 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 64 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | The author of these very singular and elfishly clever books, wherein common sense and common rules of grammar are equally set at defiance, and are held subservient to the whimsical expression of whimsical ideas, mistaking, we suppose, the loving license critics and | 1 | 4,203 | 62 | 4,265 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_64 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 65 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | public have hitherto extended as proof of her own literary infallibility, indulges in the first volume of "Almost a Heroine" in a fling against the abuse of language in modern literature which is too rich to pass unnoticed.
"I suppose great sorrow makes one humble; it certainly should, if all that has been written aga... | 2 | 5,718 | 1,658 | 7,376 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_65 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 65 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | VOL. IV.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 66 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | protest against Philippa and Hilary as children; developments altogether beyond even the most exaggerated abnormal conditions of modern childhood. However, it is not in realities that this author's strength lies, and we doubt if "Almost a Heroine" will prove a favorite, even with those who best know and appreciate her ... | 1 | 3,825 | 66 | 3,891 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_66 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 66 | 0 | 1 | text | 3 | [As these pages are intended for general discussion, the Editors do not hold themselves responsible for the opinions expressed.]
To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal.
Domestic Servants and Workhouses.
MADAM,
It is well that so important a question as that of Domestic Service is obtaining such free discussio... | 1 | 4,011 | 472 | 4,483 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_66 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 66 | 0 | 1 | title | 2 | XXXI.—OPEN COUNCIL. | 1 | 3,825 | 9 | 3,834 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_66 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 67 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | The only safe means by which additional wages could be adopted, is for heads of families to reserve the extra sum they may feel inclined to give, and place it to their servants' credit in some savings bank, for their future use, in the event of good behaviour. This plan would have a decidedly beneficial effect in more ... | 1 | 3,179 | 737 | 3,916 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_67 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 67 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | As for the other difficulty, it is much to be hoped, for the credit of those concerned, that it will speedily give way before the philanthropic spirit of the age. There is a real and practical benevolence stirring the hearts and influencing the actions of women; here is a field peculiarly inviting to mothers and mistre... | 1 | 4,203 | 109 | 4,312 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_67 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | There is a great want of good servants, and there is a great want of good places for the children of workhouses. Why then should not these two wants be made to meet and satisfy each other? Will any one in your next, answer my query? | 1 | 4,203 | 55 | 4,258 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | text | 3 | Yours truly,
A PRACTICAL MISTRESS OF A HOUSEHOLD.
October 4th, 1859. | 1 | 4,203 | 29 | 4,232 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | text | 5 | MADAM,
Modern piano-forte playing seems to me in general to consist of two anxious thumbs searching for an air in the centre part of the keyboard, whilst the rest of the fingers rush about frantically for the sake of brilliancy. I wish to make some remarks and ask some questions upon the subject of music as it is taug... | 1 | 4,203 | 507 | 4,710 | B0C1R5 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | text | 7 | October, 1859.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | title | 2 | I am, Madam, . | 1 | 4,203 | 9 | 4,212 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | text | 4 | To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal.
Sir,—
I have read with much interest the article on "The Education of Girls" in the English Woman's Journal for January. The writer seems to think that the education of girls is a matter of little importance, and that it is only necessary to give them a little reading, wr... | 1 | 4,203 | 151 | 4,354 | B0C1R4 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 68 | 0 | 1 | title | 6 | I am, Madam, Yours truly, - - - - - | 1 | 4,203 | 15 | 4,218 | B0C1R6 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_68 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 69 | 0 | 1 | text | 2 | MADAM,
It would appear that great wits do not always jump either with respect to little girls or big men. Your correspondent A. B. quotes an opinion uttered by Dr. Hook, that women do not stand in need of intellectual training, because they escape "the narrowing process which is attendant upon professional pursuits." ... | 1 | 2,923 | 883 | 3,806 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_69 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 69 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal.
I have read with much interest the article in your last number on "The Educational Position of Women in America." I am glad to see that the English press is taking an interest in the subject, and I hope that the English people will soon be as well informed as the Americans... | 1 | 4,203 | 76 | 4,279 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_69 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 70 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | for her favorite pursuit, and good advice given her as to the choice of a pursuit. "Man shall not live by bread alone," no good mother would wantonly deprive her daughter of her heart's desire, so long as it was not mere timekilling; no Christian woman would wish to play so uncharitable a part. Such conduct, indeed, is... | 1 | 3,883 | 595 | 4,478 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_70 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 70 | 0 | 1 | text | 3 | NOTES UPON YOUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS BY A CONSTANT READER.
MADAM,
Those whose memories or curiosity have been stirred by the lively communication of your O. Cs., may find more of Wastdale and its natives in a charming poem of the late Professor Wilson, now published with the rest of his poetry, in the last volume of hi... | 1 | 3,949 | 238 | 4,187 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_70 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 70 | 0 | 1 | title | 2 | To the Editor of the English Woman's Journal. | 1 | 3,949 | 10 | 3,959 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_70 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 71 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | A C. R. humbly submits that your O. Cs. confuse the term Tourists, with Excursionists. The resident gentry and guides recognise the distinction, and lament that the latter have almost driven aside the former class. The ingenious and practical device of the GRIMLER, leads a C. R. to refer, for the benefit of the needy, ... | 1 | 4,203 | 139 | 4,342 | B0C1R1 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_71 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 71 | 0 | 1 | text | 3 | Truly yours, A. E. | 1 | 4,203 | 8 | 4,211 | B0C1R3 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_71 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 71 | 0 | 1 | text | 5 | The Third Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science, has proved the event of the month; each year of its existence adding to the number of its members, and increasing the interest and popularity of the subjects discussed. Indeed, it is difficult to over-estimate the value of combine... | 1 | 4,075 | 592 | 4,667 | B0C1R5 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_71 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 71 | 0 | 1 | title | 2 | - - I remain, Madam, | 1 | 4,203 | 9 | 4,212 | B0C1R2 | EWJ-1859-11-01_page_71 |
EWJ-1859-11-01 | 71 | 0 | 1 | title | 4 | XXXII.—PASSING EVENTS.
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EWJ-1859-11-01 | 72 | 0 | 1 | text | 1 | that, brutally outraged, insulted, and betrayed as the Italians have been, many another base emissary of the oppressing power should not have met with a similar end. All honor to the moderation, patience, and forbearance; to the sublime self-government which in the history of 1859 gives the noblest page to Italy.
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