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Tales and Novels Novel Chapters
List of most recent chapters published for the Tales and Novels novel. A total of 626 chapters have been translated and the release date of the last chapter is Apr 02, 2024
Latest Release: Chapter 1 : Tales And Novels.Volume 1.by Maria Edgeworth.PREFACE.It has been somewhere said by Johns
Tales And Novels.Volume 1.by Maria Edgeworth.PREFACE.It has been somewhere said by Johnson, that merely to invent a story is no small effort of the human understanding. How much more difficult is it to construct stories suited to the early years of youth,
- 201 "Who? are you drunk, Terence?" said Sir John, opening the door."No, but they are mad--all mad.""Who?""The constable. They are all mad entirely, and the lord mayor, all along with your honour's making me swear I woul
- 202 Un homme examinoit un dessin representant la coupe d'un vaisseau construit en Hollande; quelqu'un lui dit, "Est-ce que monsieur entend le Hollandois?"Un homme de loi disoit qu'on ne pouvait pas faire une stipulation valable avec u
- 203 [56] Vide Ill.u.s.trations on Sublimity, in his Essays.[57] The glossary to the Lancas.h.i.+re dialect informs us, that _'lieve me_ comes from _beleemy_, believe me; from _belamy_, my good friend, _old French_.[58] Gawmbling (_Anglo-Saxon_, gawmless)
- 204 into the pathos of injured innocence.Besides the heart and the weakness of your opponent, you have still another chance, in ruffling his temper; which, in the course of a long conversation, you will have a fair opportunity of trying; and if--for philosoph
- 205 TALES OF FAs.h.i.+ONABLE LIFE.Tutta la gente in lieta fronte udiva Le graziose e finte istorielle, Ed difetti altrui tosto scopriva Ciascuno, e non i proprj espressi in quelle; O se de' proprj sospettava, ignoti Credeali a ciascun altro, e a se sol n
- 206 CHAPTER III."Or realize what we think fabulous, I' th' bill of fare of Eliogabalus."After my marriage, my old malady rose to an insupportable height. The pleasures of the table were all that seemed left to me in life. Most of the young
- 207 "Go first myself!" cried Captain Crawley, furiously: "Are you insolent to _me_?""And are not you cru'l to me, and to my child I nursed, that lies all as one as dead before you, and was a good friend to you in his day, no doub
- 208 Illness was a sort of occupation to me, and I was always sorry to get well. When the interest of being in danger ceased, I had no other to supply its place. I fancied that I should enjoy my liberty after my divorce; but "even freedom grew tasteless.&
- 209 "It's only a tester or a hog they want, your honour, to give 'em to drink your honour's health," said Paddy."A hog to drink my health?""Ay, that is a thirteen, plase your honour; all as one as an English s.h.i.+llin
- 210 Mr. M'Leod, whom I found reading the newspaper in the breakfast-room, seemed less affected by my presence than any body I had seen since my arrival. He was a hard-featured, strong-built, perpendicular man, with a remarkable quietness of deportment: h
- 211 "I will make it a better place for you, Ellinor," said I. Far from being eager to obtain promises, she still replied, that "all was good enough for her." I desired that she would come and live with me at the castle, till a better house
- 212 Before I can do justice to my part of this quarrel, I must explain the cause of the interest which I took in behalf of the persons aggrieved.During the time that my first hot fit of benevolence was on me, I was riding home one evening after dining with Mr
- 213 O'Connor's gown, Mrs. Lighton's sleeves, and all the necklaces of all the Miss Ormsbys. She has no taste, no judgment; none at all, poor thing! but she can imitate as well as those Chinese painters, who, in their drawings, give you the flow
- 214 Lady Geraldine's air of disdain towards me was resumed. I did not quite understand. Was it pride? was it coquetry? She certainly blushed deeply, and for the first time that I ever saw her blush, when her mother said, "Your time may come, Geraldi
- 215 Lady Geraldine's raillery, like all other things, would, perhaps, soon have become tiresome to me; but that there was infinite variety in her humour. At first I had thought her merely superficial, and intent solely upon her own amus.e.m.e.nt; but I s
- 216 CHAPTER XI.To preserve the continuity of my story, and not to fatigue the reader with the journals of my comings and goings from Ormsby Villa to Glenthorn Castle, and from Glenthorn Castle to Ormsby Villa, I must here relate the observations I made, and t
- 217 "Only a cloud," said Lady Geraldine--"it will blow over."I became more pa.s.sionate--I did not know the force of my own feelings, till they met with an obstacle; they suddenly rose to a surprising height."Now, my lord," cried
- 218 "True for ye," pursued Christy; "I wouldn't for the best cow ever I see that your honour ever larnt a sentence about me or my arm; and it is not for such as we to be minding every little accident--so G.o.d lend you long life, and don&#
- 219 The cold ungracious integrity of this man, even in my own cause, at once excited my spleen and commanded my respect. After shaking my leg, as I sat for two minutes in silence, I called after M'Leod, who moved towards the door, "Why, what can I d
- 220 Christy a.s.sured us that there were but thirteen at this meeting, but that they said there were three hundred ready to join them."You were a very bold fellow, Christy," said I, "to hazard yourself in the cave with these villains; if you ha
- 221 "No, you shall not raise me," cried she. "Here let me lie, and break my heart with your cruelty! 'Tis a judgment upon me--it's a judgment, and it's fit I should feel it as I do. But you shall feel too, in spite of your hard h
- 222 "How should you feel if you were master of this great castle?""It's a poor figure I should make, to be sure," said he, turning his head over his shoulder towards the door, and resting upon the lock: "I'd rather be at the
- 223 The next day, on returning it to me, he observed, that it was making very little of him to put down only such a trifle; and he pressed me to make the hundreds thousands:--this I refused."But I hope your honour won't object to what I am going to
- 224 "Lack! sir, you'll burn your boots," said my careful landlady; who, after bidding me good night, put her head back into the room, to beg I would be sure to rake the fire, and throw up the ashes safe, before I went to bed. Left to my own med
- 225 I had the pleasure to perceive that Cecilia Delamere did not find me a fool. I never, even in the presence of Lady Geraldine, exerted myself so much to avoid this disgrace.After all the company, except Mrs. and Miss Delamere, were gone, Lord Y---- called
- 226 Every instance that she could hear of the former Lady Glenthorn's extravagance or of mine--and, alas! there were many upon record, she determined to exceed. Her diamonds, and her pearls, and her finery, surpa.s.sed every thing but the extravagance of
- 227 [76] "For fostering, I did never hear or read, that it was in use or reputation in any country, barbarous or civil, as it hath been, and yet is, in Ireland.... In the opinion of this people, fostering hath always been a stronger alliance than blood;
- 228 "But look, mother, I have this half-crown, which the gentleman, thinking me a beggar, threw to me.""Run with it, love, to the baker's. No--stay, you're tired--I'll go myself; and do you step up to your father, and tell him th
- 229 "I am sure _that_ is what you never will be, my dear," said the old lady; "at least such is my opinion of you.""Thank you, ma'am! thank you, from the bottom of my heart!--We should all have been starved, if it had not been fo
- 230 "You can gain nothing by your present obstinacy--you are the cause of your father's lying in jail, and of your mother's being as she is, nearly starved to death. You can relieve them from misery worse than death, and place them in ease and
- 231 Tales And Novels.Volume 5.by Maria Edgeworth.MANOEUVRING.CHAPTER I."And gave her words, where oily Flatt'ry lays The pleasing colours of the art of praise."--PARNELL.NOTE FROM MRS. BEAUMONT TO MISS WALSINGHAM."I am more grieved than I
- 232 "Perfectly, perfectly, ma'am: one kiss, dear Mrs. Beaumont, and adieu.Is my dressing-box in? Tell him to drive fast, for I hate going slow.Dearest Mrs. Beaumont, good bye. I feel as if I were going for an age, though it is only for one day."
- 233 Her son kissed her hand with warm grat.i.tude."You will not, I hope, think that I seek to prolong my regency, or to a.s.sume undue power or influence in affairs," continued Mrs. Beaumont, "if I hint to you in general terms what I think may
- 234 Longer might Mrs. Beaumont have continued in monologue, without danger of interruption from her son, who stood resolved to hear the utmost sum of all that she should say on the subject. Never interrupting her, he only filled certain pauses, that seemed ex
- 235 CHAPTER V."Chi mi fa piu carezze che non sole; O m'ha ingannato, o ingannar me vuole.""By St. George, there's nothing like Old England for comfort!" cried Mr.Palmer, settling himself in his arm-chair in the evening; "not
- 236 This frankness would have opened any heart except Mrs. Beaumont's; but it is the misfortune of artful people that they cannot believe others to be artless: either they think simplicity of character folly; or else they suspect that openness is only af
- 237 "Consent and approbation!" cried Amelia. "And is it come to this?without even consulting me! And is this the way I am left to judge for myself?--Oh, mother! mother! what will become of me?"Amelia, who had long had experience that it wa
- 238 "Pretend! and why should the puppy pretend not to be in love?""Pride, pride and fas.h.i.+on. Young men are so governed by fas.h.i.+on, and so afraid of ridicule. There's a set of _fas.h.i.+onables_ now, with whom love is a _bore, _you
- 239 "Granting that; you forget that all this takes time, and that Palmer will be gone to the West Indies before they can bring out their proposal; and as soon as he is gone, and has left his will, as he means to do, with me, you and I have the game in ou
- 240 "Oh, horridly!" cried Miss Hunter--"and I, that always faint at the sight of blood!"Afraid that the young lady would again spoil her part in the acting, and lose all the advantages which might result from the combined effect of the pre
- 241 "As M. de Villars was going down stairs, after having spent an evening with Walsingham, a boy of twelve years old, the son of the master of the lodging-house, equipped in a military uniform, stood across the landing-place, as if determined to, stop h
- 242 Beaumont, and it will give her a great deal of pleasure--trust me--trust me.""I do trust _you_--but perhaps you may be mistaken.""Not at all, not at all, depend upon it; so let me go to her this minute.""But stop, my dear sir
- 243 "Never mind what they tell you--if they told you the _truth_, they'd tell you they want fees."Mrs. Beaumont, quite startled by the tremendously loud voice in which Mr. Walsingham p.r.o.nounced the word _truth_, rose, and rang the bell for h
- 244 Mrs. Beaumont wiped her eyes. Her son found it difficult to go on, and yet, upon his own principles, it was right to proceed."Amelia, ma'am! I find she is ill this morning.""Yes--poor child!""I hope, mother--""Since
- 245 He left _Madam_ Beaumont to her feelings, or her reflections; and, in a few minutes, with an order for the money in his hand, went over the house in search of his young friend. Mr. Beaumont came out of his sister's room on hearing himself called.&quo
- 246 Mrs. Beaumont's quick exit was at this moment necessary to conceal her dismay. Instead of going to Amelia, she hurried to her own room, locked the door, and sat down to compose her feelings and to collect her thoughts; but scarcely had she been two m
- 247 But to return to your poor brother--if I could any way serve him with Mrs. Dutton?""La! he'd never think of her more--and I'm sure I would not have him.""You dear little saucy creature! indeed I cannot wonder that you don
- 248 "If she had such a fortune as I shall have," said Miss Hunter, "she might afford to marry for love, because you know she could make her husband afterwards keep her proper equipages, and take her to town, and go into parliament, and get a t.
- 249 "All--except that she is in hopes of recovering some property, of which she says she has been unjustly defrauded by some of her relations. After I had paid my respects at the Admiralty, I made it my business to see the lady, and to offer my services;
- 250 "_If.--If_ to the winds!--Captain Lightbody, tell my brother--No, I'll write myself, and tell him he may come.""How she distresses me! But she is so affectionate, one does not know how to be angry with her. But, my dear, as to naming t
- 251 "Captain Lightbody!" cried Mr. Palmer, with a sudden flash of indignation: "believe me, madam, I never thought of speaking to Captain Lightbody of your affairs, I am not in the habit of listening to such people.""But still, he mig
- 252 "Not till next year.""Of age last month. I have the parish register," said Captain Lightbody."Go on, sir, if you please.""Good Heavens! Miss Hunter, can you bear," said Lady Hunter, "to be the object of this in
- 253 Mr. Palmer retired, seeing clearly that she wished to avoid any explanation of the real cause of her fainting. In the gallery, leading from her room, he met Captain Walsingham, who was coming to inquire for Lady Hunter."Poor woman! do you know the ca
- 254 [_Upside down, in red ink_.]Mem'm--Yorks.h.i.+re Puddings--Knox says good in my case.Hodgkinson late Hannah A Turnbull (my wife) her prayer book, born Dec'r 5th, 1700, died Jan'y 4th, 1760; leaving only behind her, in this world, Almeria Tu
- 255 In answer to this letter, she received a few lines from Mr. Elmour, requesting to see her before she should go to town: accordingly upon her return to York, she went to Elmour Grove to take leave of her friends.She was under some anxiety, but resolved to
- 256 "With my poor father," said Ellen; "he has been very ill lately, and we came here on his account.""Ill!--Old Mr. Elmour!--I'm extremely concerned--but whom have you to attend him?--you should send to town for Dr. Grant--do yo
- 257 "Nay," said Almeria, "but I must beg you will explain yourself. You do not know but it may be necessary for me to have your antidote ready in case of a relapse."No change, at least none that betrayed the anxiety of a lover, was visible
- 258 "The money which you have had the goodness to trust in my hands,"continued her ladys.h.i.+p, "has, without in the least impoveris.h.i.+ng, or, I hope, _inconveniencing_ you, been of the most material advantage to me."Almeria comprehend
- 259 "Affectionate humble servant, "M. WYNNE."This letter at first surprised our heroine, and afterwards afforded subject for much ridicule to Mrs. Ingoldsby, to whom Almeria showed it. She laughed at the odd freedom of the Yorks.h.i.+re dame, a
- 260 The address, simple as it was, came so home to Almeria's experience, and so many recollections rushed at once upon her memory, that all her fact.i.tious character of a fine lady gave way to natural feeling, and suddenly she burst into tears."Goo
- 261 "Ha! quite a new, modern house: I had always fancied that Vivian Hall was an old pile of building.""So it was, till my father threw down the old hall, and built this new house.""And a very handsome one it is.--Is it as good within
- 262 CHAPTER II."My dear Russell," said Vivian, "love shall not make me forget friends.h.i.+p; before I marry, I must see you provided for. Believe me, this was the first--one of the first pleasures I promised myself, in becoming master of a goo
- 263 "Judge for yourself," said Russell, "and don't let any persons who happen to be near you persuade you to see with their eyes, and decide with their wishes. Zealous friends, indeed!--because they love to make themselves of consequence,
- 264 here is an impenetrable s.h.i.+eld!" added he, wrapping round him a thick printed copy of an act of parliament. "Come, Vivian, you must come along with us to the house, 'And, mix'd with men, a man you must appear.'"Vivian fel
- 265 Vivian wrote with perfect sincerity; he believed it to be impossible that he could ever become attached to such a woman as Mrs. Wharton, even if she had not been married, and the wife of his friend. So, in all the security of conscious contempt, he went e
- 266 "Yours, &c."MARY VIVIAN.""_St. James's-street_."In this letter, Lady Mary Vivian had not explained the nature of her son's danger, or of her fears for him. Motives of delicacy had prevented her from explicitly telling Mi
- 267 CHAPTER VII.In the modern fas.h.i.+onable code of honour, when a man has seduced or carried off his friend's wife, the next thing he has to do is to fight the man whom he has injured and betrayed. By thus appealing to the ordeal of the duel, he may n
- 268 CHAPTER VIII.On his way to Glis...o...b..ry Castle, Vivian had full leisure to repent of having accepted of this invitation, recollecting, as he did, all the former reports about himself and Lady Sarah Lidhurst. He determined, therefore, that his visit sh
- 269 Thus moralizing in private with Miss Strictland and her own small party, Lady Glis...o...b..ry appeared silent and pa.s.sive before her husband and his adherents. After prophesying how it all must end in the ruin of her daughter Julia, she declared that s
- 270 Lady Julia quitted him, and Vivian remained in a species of amaze, from which he could not immediately recover. Her frankness, her magnanimity, her enthusiastic sensibility, her eloquent beauty, had altogether exalted, to the highest ecstasy, his love and
- 271 "Why really, sir, you lay so sound, I didn't care to waken you; and I was up so late myself, too, last night.""Leave me now; I'll ring when I want you.""TO C. VIVIAN, ESQ."I would not see you, after what pa.s.sed ye
- 272 Lord Glis...o...b..ry came up to tell them that Miss Strictland was ready."Mr. Vivian," cried his lords.h.i.+p, "will you hand Julia into the carriage?--Julia, Mr. Vivian is offering you his services."Vivian, as he attended Lady Julia,
- 273 Lady Sarah gave her maid some commission, which took her out of the room. Lady Sarah, no longer the formal, cold, slow personage whom Vivian detested, now seemed to him, and not only seemed but was, quite a different being, inspired with energy, and quick
- 274 'In men, not books, experienced was my lord'-- Hey? Hey, Vivian? and can see through him with half an eye, I can tell him.--Wants to get Lady Sarah--Yes, yes; but never came near us till we lost my poor boy--he won't win Lady Sarah either,
- 275 One day when Vivian, after spending the morning _tete-a-tete_ with Lady Sarah, signified to her his intention of dining abroad, she repeated her fond request that he would be sure to come home early, and that he would tell her at what o'clock exactly
- 276 "But, you know, Mr. Vivian, you know it is for your interest as much as for mine; for, you know, the marquisate will probably descend, in due course of time, to your son. So your interest is full as much concerned as mine; and besides, let me tell yo
- 277 "Oh!" cried the secretary, with a facetious air, "Mr. Vivian a.s.suredly knows, as well as we do, that-- 'A patriot is a fool in ev'ry age, Whom all lord chamberlains allow the stage.'But off the stage we lay aside heroics, o
- 278 "And you did consider me? And that _did_ weigh with you?""--Oh, this is what I dreaded most!" cried Lady Sarah.--"When will you know my real character? When will you have confidence in your wife, sir?When will you know the power,
- 279 Wharton he knew that he was too late. Without asking any other question than, "Is Vivian alive?" he pressed forwards. The surgeon, who was the next person he saw, gave him no hopes of his friend's recovery, but said he might last till night
- 280 Tales and Novels.Vol. 6.by Maria Edgeworth.THE ABSENTEE.CHAPTER I."Are you to be at Lady Clonbrony's gala next week?" said Lady Langdale to Mrs. Dareville, whilst they were waiting for their carriages in the crush-room of the opera-house.&q
- 281 Lord Colambre was actually sorry when the business was ended--when Mr.Soho departed--for Miss Nugent was then silent; and it was necessary to remove his eyes from that countenance on which he had gazed un.o.bserved. Beautiful and graceful, yet so unconsci
- 282 Lord Colambre, perceiving his father's embarra.s.sment, withdrew his eyes, respectfully refrained from all further inquiries, and simply repeated the a.s.surance he had made to his mother, that he would put his family to no additional expense; and th
- 283 "That's my sweet Grace!" cried Lady Clonbrony. "Oh! she knows how to manage these men--not one of them can resist her!"Lord Colambre, for his part, did not deny the truth of this a.s.sertion."Grace," added Lady Clonbrony
- 284 "But when I talked of liking to be an heiress," said Lady Anne, "I was not thinking of lovers.""Certainly.--One is not always thinking of lovers, you know," added Lady Catherine."Not always," replied Miss Broadhurst
- 285 "Now go on.""Mrs. Dareville, you remember, some years ago, went to Ireland, with some lady lieutenant, to whom she was related--there she was most hospitably received by Lord and Lady Clonbrony--went to their country house--was as intimate
- 286 Broadhurst had literally taken it for granted that every thing was to depend upon her daughter's inclinations: she was not mistaken, in the present case, in opining that the young lady would not be averse to Lord Colambre, if he came to what she call
- 287 "Don't despair," said Miss Nugent, as she followed to obey her aunt's summons. "Don't despair; don't attempt to speak to her again till to-morrow morning. Her head is now full of Lady St. James's party.When it is em
- 288 "'Och,' says I, 'you wouldn't be so cruel.'"'That's all my eye,' says he, seizing the garrone, while I mounted Naboclish, and rode him off deliberately.""Ha! ha! ha!--That _was_ neat, I grant you
- 289 "Because, madam, since you press me so far, my affections are engaged to another person. Do not look so dreadfully shocked, my dear mother--I have told you truly, that I think myself too young, much too young, yet to marry. In the circ.u.mstances in
- 290 A loud knock at the door announced the arrival of company."Think no more of love, but as much as you please of admiration--dress yourself as fast as you can," said Miss Broadhurst. "Dress, dress, is the order of the day.""Order of
- 291 "And panting _James_ toiled after her in vain."At length one course was fairly got through, and after a torturing half hour, the second course appeared, and James Kenny was intent upon one thing, and Lanty upon another, so that the wine-sauce fo
- 292 But Sir James Brooke this day received orders for his regiment to march to quarters in a distant part of Ireland. His head was full of arms, and ammunition, and knapsacks, and billets, and routes; and there was no possibility, even in the present chivalro
- 293 "Lord Killpatrick insisted upon my staying to help him to push about that never-ending, still-beginning electioneering bottle," said Lord Colambre."Oh! if that were all; if these gentlemen would only drink:--but their conversation!" &q
- 294 "The major looks so like a stuffed man of straw," whispered Lady Dashfort to Lord Colambre, "and the captain so like the king of spades, putting forth one manly leg."Count O'Halloran now turned the conversation to field sports, an
- 295 "It will be, when it is finished," said the count. "I am afraid,"added he, smiling, "I live like many other Irish gentlemen, who never are, but always to be, blessed with a good house. I began on too large a scale, and can never h
- 296 Count O'Halloran was much pleased by Lord Colambre's visit. The very day of his arrival at Halloran Castle, the count was going to Oranmore; he was dressed, and his carriage was waiting: therefore Lord Colambre begged that he might not detain hi
- 297 resumed Mr. Burke, "that I really am not acquainted with the state of his lords.h.i.+p's affairs in general. I know only what belongs to the estate under my own management. The princ.i.p.al part of his lords.h.i.+p's property, the Clonbrony
- 298 "I know your brother; he lives with Mr. Mordicai, in Long-Acre, in London.""Oh, G.o.d bless you for that!"They came at this time within view of a range of about four-and-twenty men and boys, sitting astride on four-and-twenty heaps of
- 299 "So this is the way, Larry, you give a lift to the laws!""If the laws would give a lift to me, plase your honour, may be I'd do as much by them. But it's only these revenue laws I mean; for I never, to my knowledge, broke another
- 300 No: Larry chose to go on to Clonbrony with the horses, that he might get the chaise mended betimes for his honour. The table was set; clean trenchers, hot potatoes, milk, eggs, bacon, and "kindly welcome to all.""Set the salt, dear; and the