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# The Golden Ass of Apuleius/Chapter 25

THE TWENTY-FIFTH CHAPTER
How the death of the Asse, and the Gentlewoman was stayed.
FTER supper they began to talke, and declare unto him the going away of the Gentlewoman, and how I bare her upon my backe, and what death was ordained for us two. Then he desired to see her, whereupon the Gentlewoman was brought forth fast bound, whom as soone as he beheld, he turned himselfe wringing his nose, and blamed them saying: I am not so much a beast, or so rash a fellow to drive you quite from your purpose, but my conscience will not suffer me to conceale any thing that toucheth your profit, since I am as carefull for you, howbeit if my counsell doe displease you, you may at your liberty proceed in your enterprise. I doubt not but all theeves, and such as have a good judgement, will preferre their owne lucre and gain above all things in the world, and above their vengeance, which purchaseth damage to divers persons. Therefore if you put this virgin in the Asses belly, you shall but execute your indignation against her, without all ​manner of profit; But I would advise you to carry the virgin to some towne and to sell her: and such a brave girle as she is, may be sold for a great quantity of money. And I my selfe know certaine bawdy Marchants, amongst whom peradventure one will give us summes of gold for her. This is my opinion touching this affaire: but advise you what you intend to do, for you may rule me in this case. In this manner the good theefe pleaded and defended our cause, being a good Patron to the silly virgin, and to me poore Asse. But they staied hereupon a good space, with long deliberation, which made my heart (God wot) and spirit greatly to quaile. Howbeit in the end they consented to his opinion, and by and by the Maiden was unloosed of her bonds, who seeing the young man, and hearing the name of brothels and bawdy Merchants, began to wax joyfull, and smiled with herself. Then began I to deeme evill of the generation of women, when as I saw the Maiden (who was appointed to be married to a young Gentleman, and who so greatly desired the same) was now delighted with the talke of a wicked brothel house, and other things dishonest. In this sort the consent and manners of women depended in the judgement of an Asse.
# The Golden Ass of Apuleius/Chapter 26

THE TWENTY-SIXTH CHAPTER
How all the Theeves were brought asleepe by their new companion.
HEN the young man spake againe, saying, Masters, why goe wee not about to make our prayers unto Mars, touching this selling of the Maiden, and to seeke for other companions. But as farre as I see, here is no other manner of beast to make sacrifice withall, nor wine sufficient for us to drinke. Let me have (quoth hee) tenne more with me, and wee will goe to the next Castle, to provide for meat ​and other things necessary. So he and tenne more with him, went their way: In the meane season, the residue made a great fire and an Alter with greene turfes in the honour of Mars. By and by after they came againe, bringing with them bottles of wine, and a great number of beasts, amongst which there was a big Ram Goat, fat, old, and hairy, which they killed and offered unto Mars. Then supper was prepared sumptuously, and the new companion said unto the other, You ought to accompt me not onely your Captaine in robbery and fight, but also in pleasures and jolity, whereupon by and by with pleasant cheere he prepared meat, and trimming up the house he set all things in order, and brought the pottage and dainty dishes to the Table: but above all he plyed them wel with great pots and jugs of wine. Sometimes (seeming to fetch somewhat) hee would goe to the Maiden and give her pieces of meate, which he privily tooke away, and would drinke unto her, which she willingly tooke in good part. Moreover, hee kissed her twice or thrice whereof she was well pleased but I (not well contented thereat) thought in my selfe: O wretched Maid, thou hast forgotten thy marriage, and doest esteeme this stranger and bloudy theefe above thy husband which thy Parents ordained for thee, now perceive I well thou hast no remorse of conscience, but more delight to tarry and play the harlot heere amongst so many swords. What? knowest thou not how the other theeves if they knew thy demeanour would put thee to death as they had once appointed, and so worke my destruction likewise? Well now I perceive thou hast a pleasure in the dammage and hurt of other. While I did angerly devise with my selfe all these things, I perceived by certaine signes and tokens (not ignorant to so wise an Asse) that he was not the notable theefe Hemus, but rather Lepolemus her husband, for after much communication he beganne to speake more franckly, not fearing at all my presence, and said, Be of good cheere my sweete friend Charites, for thou shalt have by and by all these thy enemies captive unto thee. Then hee filled wine to the theeves more and more, and never ceased, till as they were all overcome with abundance of meat and drinke, when as hee himselfe abstained ​and bridled his owne appetite. And truely I did greatly suspect, least hee had mingled in their cups some deadly poyson, for incontinently they all fell downe asleepe on the ground one after an other, and lay as though they had beene dead.
# The Muse of the Department/Dedication

To Monsieur le Comte Ferdinand de Gramont.
 MY DEAR FERDINAND,  If the chances of the world of literature  habent sua fata libelli  should allow these lines to be an enduring record, that will still be but a trifle in return for the trouble you have taken  you, the Hozier, the Cherin, the King-at-Arms of these Studies of Life; you, to whom the Navarreins, Cadignans, Langeais, Blamont-Chauvrys, Chaulieus, Arthez, Esgrignons, Mortsaufs, Valois  the hundred great names that form the Aristocracy of the "Human Comedy" owe their lordly mottoes and ingenious armorial bearings. Indeed, "the Armorial of the Etudes, devised by Ferdinand de Gramont, gentleman," is a complete manual of French Heraldry, in which nothing is forgotten, not even the arms of the Empire, and I shall preserve it as a monument of friendship and of Benedictine patience. What profound knowledge of the old feudal spirit is to be seen in the motto of the Beauseants, Pulchre sedens, melius agens; in that of the Espards, Des partem leonis; in that of the Vandenesses, Ne se vend. And what elegance in the thousand details of the learned symbolism which will always show how far accuracy has been carried in my work, to which you, the poet, have contributed.
 Your old friend,  DE BALZAC.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Glasgow)/The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland

The KAIL BROSE of AULD SCOTLAND.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Glasgow)/The Soldier's Return

THE SOLDIER’S RETURN.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Glasgow)/The Happy Marriage

THE HAPPY MARRIAGE.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Glasgow)/The Humble Beggar

THE HUMBLE BEGGAR.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Glasgow)/The Patriot Fair

THE PATRIOT FAIR.
# The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland (Stirling)

The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland; To which are added, Cauld Kail in Aberdeen, The Tippling Farmer, The Gods of the Greeks, Louden's Bonny Woods and Braes.
STIRLING: Printed and Sold by W. Macnie, Bookseller.
* The Kail Brose of Auld Scotland
* Cauld Kail in Aberdeen
* The Tippling Farmer
* The Gods of the Greeks
* Louden's Bonny Woods and Braes
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# The Guy/Opinion of the Court

* Court Documents
* Case Syllabus
* Opinion of the Court
United States Supreme Court
76 U.S. 758
The Guy
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Tall filed a libel, in the District Court at New York, against the steamer Guy, claiming a lien on the boat for repairs made upon her in Baltimore, Maryland, and alleged by the libel to have been necessary to fit her for the prosecution of her then employment, which was, in connection with several other boats, the transportation of the government mails, and of passengers and freight, between Norfolk, Virginia, and Newbern, North Carolina. It was admitted that Baltimore was not the home-port of the Guy, and indeed that she did not belong to Maryland at all. The repairs were ordered by one Olney, who called himself proprietor and agent of the line, and seemed to have been the owner of the Guy; and they were reasonably fit and necessary. There was proof that the libellant received from Olney acceptances for the amount of the repairs; but none that they were taken in absolute payment. On the contrary, it appeared that the acceptor was insolvent and unworthy of credit, and that, in fact, the credit was given to the boat.
The boat having subsequently arrived in New York, was arrested on this libel. One Healy now appeared as claimant, setting up a transfer to him subsequent to the date of the repairs made, and resisted a condemnation.
The District Court decreed in favor of the libellant, and the Circuit Court having affirmed the decree, the case was brought here.
After argument by Mr. Evarts, for the appellant, and Messrs. W. W. Goodrich and O. Horwitz, contra,
The CHIEF JUSTICE delivered the judgment of the court, to the effect, that upon the facts established it was apparent that the case was to be governed by the principles settled at this term in the case of The Grapeshot, and that the decree of the Circuit Court having been in accordance with those principles, must be
AFFIRMED.

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# The Gypsy Lad of Roumania

$^{THE}$ GYPSY LAD $^{OF}$ ROUMANIA
BY ZELIA MARGARET WALTERS
DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING CO., ELGIN, ILL.
The Gypsy Lad of Roumania
By ZELIA MARGARET WALTERS
Published by DAVID C. COOK PUBLISHING COMPANY
Publishing House and Mailing Rooms, Elgin, Ill.
Copyright, 1914
By David C. Cook Publishing Co.,
ELGIN, ILLINOIS.
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# The Guy

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United States Supreme Court
76 U.S. 758
The Guy

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# The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The final novel by Charles Dickens; the novel was left unfinished at the time of Dickens' death, and readers have often speculated about the ending
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THE MYSTERY
OF
EDWINDROOD.
BY
CHARLES DICKENS.
WITH TWELVE ILLUSTRATIONS BY S. L. FILDES,
AND A PORTRAIT.
LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193 PICCADILLY.
1870.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
LONDON: PRINTED BY WILLIM CLOWES AND SONS, STAMFORD STREET AND CHARING CROSS.
All that was left in manuscript of Edwin Drood is contained in the Number now published—the sixth. Its last entire page had not been written two hours when the event occurred which one very touching passage in it (grave and sad but also cheerful and reassuring) might seem almost to have anticipated. The only notes in reference to the story that have since been found concern that portion of it exclusively, which is treated in the earlier Numbers. Beyond the clues therein afforded to its conduct or catastrophe, nothing whatever remains; and it is believed that what the author would himself have most desired is done, in placing before the reader without further note or suggestion the fragment of The Mystery of Edwin Drood.
12th August, 1870.
IN THE COURT.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Portrait
Vignette Title Page.
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# The Laxdaela Saga/Chapter LXXII

After the peace between Bolli and Thorleik and the sons of Olaf had been settled and Thorleik had been one winter in Iceland, Bolli made it known that he was minded to go abroad. Snorri, dissuading him, said, "To us it seems there is a great risk to be run as to how you may speed; but if you wish to have in hand more than you have now, I will get you a manor and stock it for you; therewithal I shall hand over to you chieftainship over men and uphold you for honours in all things; and that, I know, will be easy, seeing that most men bear you goodwill."
Bolli said, "I have long had it in my mind to go for once into southern lands; for a man is deemed to grow benighted if he learns to know nothing farther afield than what is to be seen here in Iceland."
And when Snorri saw that Bolli had set his mind on this, and that it would come to nought to try to stop him, he bade him take as much money as he liked for his journey. Bolli was all for having plenty of money, "for I will not," he said, "be beholden to any man either here or in any foreign land."
Then Bolli rode south to Burgfirth to White-river and bought half of a ship from the owners, so that he and his brother became joint owners of the same ship. Bolli then rides west again to his home. He and Thordis had one daughter whose name was Herdis, and that maiden Gudrun asked to bring up. She was one year old when she went to Holyfell. Thordis also spent a great deal of her time there, for Gudrun was very fond of her.
# The Laxdaela Saga/Chapter LXXVII

When four winters were passed from the drowning of Thorkell Eyjolfson a ship came into Islefirth belonging to Bolli Bollison, most of the crew of which were Norwegians. Bolli brought out with him much wealth, and many precious things that lords abroad had given him. Bolli was so great a man for show when he came back from this journey that,:he would wear no clothe but of scarlet and fur, and all his weapons were bedight with gold: he was called Bolli the Grand. He made it known to his ship-masters that he was going west to his own country-sides, and he left his ship and goods in the hands of his crew. Bolli rode from the ship with twelve men, and all his followers were dressed in scarlet, and rode on gilt saddles, and all were they a trusty band, though Bolli was peerless among them. He had on the clothes of fur which the Garth-king had given him, he had over all a scarlet cape; and he had Footbiter girt on him, the hilt of which was dight with gold, and the grip woven with gold, he had a gilded helmet on his head, and a red shield on his flank, with a knight painted on it in gold. He had a dagger in his hand, as is the custom in foreign lands; and whenever they took quarters the women paid heed to nothing but gazing at Bolli and his grandeur, and that of his followers. In this state Bolli rode into the western parts all the way till he came to Holyfell with his following. Gudrun was very glad to see her son. Bolli did not stay there long till he rode up to Saelingsdale Tongue to see Snorri, his father-in-law, and his wife Thordis, and their meeting was exceeding joyful. Snorri asked Bolli to stay with him with as many of his men as he liked. Bolli accepted the invitation gratefully, and was with Snorri all the winter, with the men who had ridden from the north with him. Bolli got great renown from this journey. Snorri made it no less his business now to treat Bolli with every kindness than when he was with him before.
# The Lover's Songster/The Willow Tree

The Willow Tree.
OH! take me to your arms, my love,
For keen the wind doth blow:
Oh! take me to your arms, my love,
For bitter is my woe!
She hears me not, she cares not,
Nor will she list to me;
While here I lie, in misery,
Beneath the Willow Tree.
My love has wealth and beauty—
The rich attend her door
My love has wealth and beauty,
And I, alas, am poor!
The ribband fair, that bound her hair,
Is all that's left to me;
While here I lie, in misery,
Beneath the Willow Tree.
​I once had gold and silver— I thought them without end:
I once had gold and silver,
And I thought I had a friend!
My wealth is lost—my friend is false— My love he stole from me;
While here I lie, alone to die,
Beneath the Willow Tree.
# The Lover's Tale/Part 3

And parted lips which drank her breath, down-hung The jaws of Death: I, groaning, from me flung Her empty phantom: all the sway and whirl Of the storm dropt to windless calm, and I Down welter'd thro' the dark ever and ever.
III.
I came one day and sat among the stones
Strewn in the entry of the moaning cave;
A morning air, sweet after rain, ran over
The rippling levels of the lake, and blew
Coolness and moisture and all smells of bud
And foliage from the dark and dripping woods
Upon my fever'd brows that shook and throbb'd
From temple unto temple. To what height
The day had grown I know not. Then came on me
The hollow tolling of the bell, and all
The vision of the bier. As heretofore
I walk'd behind with one who veil'd his brow.
Methought by slow degrees the sullen bell
Toll'd quicker, and the breakers on the shore
Sloped into louder surf: those that went with me,
And those that held the bier before my face,
Moved with one spirit round about the bay,
Trod swifter steps; and while I walk'd with these
In marvel at that gradual change, I thought
Four bells instead of one began to ring,
Four merry bells, four merry marriage-bells,
In clanging cadence jangling peal on peal— A long loud clash of rapid marriage-bells.
Then those who led the van, and those in rear,
Rush'd into dance, and like wild Bacchanals
Fled onward to the steeple in the woods:
I, too, was borne along and felt the blast
Beat on my heated eyelids: all at once
The front rank made a sudden halt; the bells
Lapsed into frightful stillness; the surge fell
From thunder into whispers; those six maids
With shrieks and ringing laughter on the sand
Threw down the bier; the woods upon the hill
Waved with a sudden gust that sweeping down
Took the edges of the pall, and blew it far
Until it hung, a little silver cloud
Over the sounding seas: I turn'd: my heart
Shrank in me, like a snow flake in the hand,
Waiting to see the settled countenance
Of her I loved, adorn' d with fading flowers.
But she from out her death-like chrysalis.
She from her bier, as into fresher life,
My sister, and my cousin, and my love,
Leapt lightly clad in bridal white—her hair
Studded with one rich Provence rose—a light
Of smiling welcome round her lips—her eyes
And cheeks as bright as when she climb'd the hill.
One hand she reach' d to those that came behind.
And while I mused nor yet endured to take
So rich a prize, the man who stood with me Stept gaily forward, throwing down his robes, And claspt her hand in his: again the bells Jangled and clang'd: again the stormy surf Crash'd in the shingle: and the whirling rout Led by those two rush'd into dance, and fled Wind-footed to the steeple in the woods, Till they were swallow'd in the leafy bowers, And I stood sole beside the vacant bier.
There, there, my latest vision—then the event!
# The Lover's Songster/The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters
JANE was a Woodman's daughter,
The fairest of the three,
Love in the snares had caught her,
As fast as fast could be:
A sailor's son was Harry,
As brave as brave could be,
And he resolv'd to marry
The fairest of the three.
The fairest, &c.
Maria thought it wise
A rich man's wife to be,
And so she took a miser,
As old as old could be.
Louisa felt love's passion,
But wish'd the world to see,
So chose a lad of fashion,
The dullest of the three.
The dullest, &c.
Louisa's spouse perplex'd her,
A widow soon was she;
Maria's liv'd and vex'd her,
As well as well could be:
But Jane possest true pleasure,
With one of low degree,
They were each other's treasure,
The happiest of the three.
The happiest, &c.
# The Lover's Tale

THE
LOVER'S TALE
BY
ALFRED TENNYSON
LONDON
C. KEGAN PAUL & CO., 1 PATERNOSTER SQUARE
1879
(The rights of translation and of reproduction are reserved)
THE LOVER'S TALE.
The original Preface to 'The Lover's Tale' states that it was composed in my nineteenth year. Two only of the three parts then written were printed, when, feeling the imperfection of the poem, I withdrew it from the press. One of my friends however who, boy like, admired the boy's work, distributed among our common associates of that hour some copies of these two parts, without my knowledge, without the omissions and amendments which I had in contemplation, and marred by the many misprints of the compositor. Seeing that these two parts have of late been mercilessly pirated, and that what I had deemed scarce worthy to live is not allowed to die, may I not be pardoned if I suffer the whole poem at last to come into the light—accompanied with a reprint of the sequel—a work of my mature life—'The Golden Supper'?
ARGUMENT.
Julian, whose cousin and foster-sister, Camilla, has been wedded to his friend and rival, Lionel, endeavours to narrate the story of his own love for her, and the strange sequel. He speaks (in Parts II. and III.) of having been haunted by visions and the sound of bells, tolling for a funeral, and at last ringing for a marriage; but he breaks away, overcome, as he approaches the Event, and a witness to it completes the tale.

## Contents

* Part I
* Part II
* Part III
* Part IV
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# The Lover's Tale/end matter

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THE VARIOUS FORMS IN WHICH
MR. TENNYSON'S WORKS
ARE PUBLISHED.
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# The Lover Urges the Better Thrift

* Meynell, Alice (1875), as "Song" in Preludes.
* Meynell, Alice (1921), "The Lover Urges the Better Thrift" in Poems.