author: william makepeace thackeray

... answer: it means one who understands things without any other body telling him what they mean. God makes a few such now and then to teach the rest of us. "Do you like riddles?" asked Mr. Raymond, turning over the leaves of his own book ...

... tale you shall have , but a short one . My tail is not long , and my tales are not long , " and he looked towards Pussy ; then at me ; but neither of us smiled : he was only a dog of small intellect , so I forgave him . " Your story was ...

... the end of my story , " said Pussy . " Thank you , Pussy dear ! " I said . And King Charlie danced frantically round the room to show his delight at the way the adventure had ended . " I hate low under - bred curs , and I am always glad ...

... Pussy. "Thank you, Pussy dear!" I said. And King Charlie danced frantically round the room to show his delight at the way the adventure had ended. "I hate low under-bred curs, and I am always glad to see them ... A BIG BLACK TOM-CAT."

... small wrongdoings have very big results,—she could not feel that Ted had been much to blame, and she was quite sure it would be "a lesson to him," without her saying any more about it. So ... music," she said to herself, "no doubt he has ...

... the end of my story , " said Pussy . " Thank you , Pussy dear ! " I said . And King Charlie danced frantically round the room to show his delight at the way the adventure had ended . " I hate low under - bred curs , and I am always glad ...

... Moore, Susan Anne Livingston, Ridley Sedgwick, Nora A. Smith, Phebe A ... audacious tweak at the tassel . " Are you going ? " demanded Jo , diving for ... Beth's bedside , with the anxious inquiry , " What is it , dear ? " " I thought you ...

... small wrongdoings have very big results,—she could not feel that Ted had been much to blame, and she was quite sure it would be "a lesson to him," without her saying any more about it. So ... music," she said to herself, "no doubt he has ...

... a sensuous man than by making him first aesthetic. But, you might object: Is this mediation absolutely indispensable? Could not truth and duty, one or the other, in themselves and by themselves, find access to the sensuous man? To this ...

... a sensuous man than by making him first aesthetic. But, you might object: Is this mediation absolutely indispensable? Could not truth and duty, one or the other, in themselves and by themselves, find access to the sensuous man? To this ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... a sensuous man than by making him first aesthetic. But, you might object: Is this mediation absolutely indispensable? Could not truth and duty, one or the other, in themselves and by themselves, find access to the sensuous man? To this ...

400+ Christmas Novels, Stories, Poems, Carols & Legends (Illustrated) ... family feud against Trenglos and his granddaughter . “ What does the girl ... questions as to his being yet alive . The father , as he went , said little ...

... got bone enough to be one of 'em. Well, son, lucky you landed here. And you're welcome as long as you'll stay, and that'll be ten days anyway before he's on his feet. Come on in, Kate. Meet Jack Chandler. This is my daughter. Put that ...

... Robert Louis Stevenson, William Shakespeare, Dante Alighieri, Euripides ... Drake, Edward Haies, Niccolo Machiavelli, Ambroise Paré, William A. Neilson ... beautiful. But in the succeeding centuries taste quickly became distaste. If ...

... sweet wee Donald, Picture o' the great Clanronald; Brawlie kens our wanton Chief Wha gat my young Highland thief. Leeze me on thy bonie craigie, An' thou live, thou'll steal ... score o'kye, Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie! Feeding on you hill sae high, ...

... bore him, and bathes him in lukewarm water, and anoints him all over with ... chamber where he finds the tables set out in such style that he is filled ... dauntless, gentle, patient, and have learned to bear hardships, imprisonments, and ...

... Dana, Henry Fielding, John Dryden, Philip Massinger, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Bret Harte, George Sand, John ... Bracy! bard Bracy! your horses are fleet, Ye must ride up the hall, your music so sweet, More loud than your horses ...

... family feud against Trenglos and his granddaughter. “What does the girl clutch me for in that way?” “He's dying then ... questions as to his being yet alive. The father, as he went, said little. He was known as a silent, sober man, well ...

... soul is the instinct that leads the soul from the seen to the unseen, from ... not die forever, my human love soared beyond its brief trial of terror and ... night, the calm reason of Faber would strip of their magical seemings; the Eyes ...

... Moore, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, William Wordsworth, Alfred Lord Tennyson ... audacious tweak at the tassel. "Are you going?" demanded Jo, diving for the ... Beth's bedside, with the anxious inquiry, "What is it, dear?" "I thought you ...

... Egmont is discovered sleeping on a couch. A rustling of keys is heard; the ... imagination and belief. Silva (takes the sentence from an attendant, unfolds ... Egmont. Can the king transfer that authority? Silva. "We declare, after a ...