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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,
- 1 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,
- 2 THE KEY.It was unfortunate that Forester retired from company in such abrupt displeasure at Flora Campbell's question, for had he borne the idea of a Scotch reel more like a philosopher, he would have heard of something interesting relative to the in
- 3 "To politeness!" said Forester, starting back."Yes, my good sir; real politeness only teaches us to save others from _unnecessary pain_; and _this_ you have just allowed to be your wish.--And now for the grand affair of Flora's flower-
- 4 Forester was astonished at all this; he did not consider that negligence and inhumanity are widely different. The lady-patronesses had, perhaps, been rather negligent in contenting themselves with seeing the charity-children _show well_ in procession to C
- 5 "Believe me," continued his father, lowering his voice, "I am not insensible to your friend's good, and, I will say, _great_ qualities; I do not leave him to suffer evils, without feeling as much perhaps as you can do; but I am convinc
- 6 THE BET.Before we follow Forester to the brewery, we must request the attention of our readers to the history of a bet of Mr. Archibald Mackenzie's.We have already noticed the rise and progress of this young gentleman's acquaintance with Sir Phi
- 7 Forester darted forward, stopped the fiddler's hand, and began an expostulation, not one word of which was understood by the person to whom it was addressed. A stout lad, who was very impatient at this interruption of his diversion, began to abuse Fo
- 8 THE ILLUMINATIONS.The illuminations were really beautiful. He went up to the Castle, whence he saw a great part of the Old Town, and all Prince's-street, lighted up in the most splendid manner. He crossed the Earth-mound into Prince's-street. Wa
- 9 Forester, who forgot all his own melancholy reflections as soon as he could a.s.sist any one who was in distress, bade the poor woman dry her tears, and a.s.sured her that she had nothing to fear; for he would instantly go to Dr. Campbell, and get him to
- 10 interrupted Archibald: "how should it come into my pocket? It never was in _my_ pocket, sir." Henry pointed to the stain on his waistcoat. He wore the very waistcoat in question. "Sir," said Archibald, "I don't know what you
- 11 "You would now be in Saxony," resumed Laniska; "but forget Saxony, and you will be happy at Berlin.""I cannot forget Saxony, sir," answered the young woman, with modest firmness; "I cannot forget a father and mother whom
- 12 Your majesty's magnanimity, in pardoning his imprudent expressions, convinced him at once of his error in having used them; and, in the fit of enthusiasm with which your kindness upon that occasion inspired him, he, who is by no means a poet by profe
- 13 _Answer_.--"I did not see the vase immediately upon its being taken out of the furnace; but I saw it about an hour afterward. At that time I read the inscription: the word 'tyrant' was not then visible on the vase; the place where it now ap
- 14 _Witness_.--"No; the Jew owed it to her for work done by her. She had the art of painting on gla.s.s. She had painted some gla.s.ses for a large magic lantern, and several small pictures on gla.s.s. She did these things at the hours when she was not
- 15 "Shoot it! but what a large hole they must make in its body and beautiful feathers! I thought you said its whole body was no bigger than a bee--a humble bee.""They make no hole in its body--they shoot it without ruffling even its feathers.&
- 16 "Dat king wash very grand fool, beg his majesty's pardon," said the Jew, with a shrewd smile; "but kings know better nowadays. Heaven bless dere majesties."Charles had a great mind to vindicate the philosophic fame of Francis the
- 17 "Oliver, stir at your peril!" cried Holloway, clinching his fist with a menacing gesture: "n.o.body shall give any help to my f.a.g but myself, sir," added he to Howard."I am not going to help him, I am only going to prove to him
- 18 The poor woman was found to be much hurt: she had been thrown from the top of the coach into a ditch, which had stones at the bottom of it. She had not been able to make herself heard by any body, whilst the ladies'loud complaints continued; nor had
- 19 "In _some_ books," said Howard; "but not in all.""Besides," continued Oliver, "one person's speaking is quite different from another person's speaking. Now I believe I make use of a great number of odd words, a
- 20 They came to the gardener's house. Holloway's high spirits suddenly subsided when he beheld the figure of the mulatto woman."What's the matter?" said Oliver, observing that he started; "why did you start so?""Tell H
- 21 The das.h.i.+ng, yet bashful school-boy, with much emotion, swore that he cared as little for Horace and Virgil as his lords.h.i.+p did. Holloway was really an excellent scholar, but he began to be heartily ashamed of it in his lords.h.i.+p's company
- 22 "My aunt," exclaimed Howard."I'll run and tell her; I'll run and bring her here, this instant!" said Oliver. But Mr. Russell caught hold of him, and detained him, whilst they further questioned the woman. Her answers were per
- 23 "Go for him, my dear," said Mrs. Howard, resuming her composure; "let him be present. I hate mysteries.""But, my dear Mrs. Howard," whispered Mrs. Holloway, "you don't consider; you'll get your nephew into a sh
- 24 "Not a farthing! but you don't mean that you have not the money for Mr.Carat?""But I _do_ though.""Why, you cannot have spent it since yesterday morning?""No; but I have lost half and lent half; and the half that I
- 25 The captain instantly grew pale, and trembled: on which the sailor turned abruptly from him, and went on with his story. "Mistress," said he, "though I'm a loser by it, no matter. The Lively Peggy and her cargo are safe and sound in Pl
- 26 "ARAMINTA."April, 1800.--_Angelina Bower!_ "So let me christen my cottage!"What effect this letter may have on _sober-minded_ readers in general can easily be guessed; but Miss Warwick, who was little deserving of this epithet, was so
- 27 "A scream!" cried Angelina; "Oh, my Araminta!--All is hushed again."--Then raising her voice, she called as loudly as she could at the window--"My Araminta! my unknown friend! be not alarmed, 'tis your Angelina."The door
- 28 "Pless us, Cot pless us!" said the Welsh girl, who was quite overpowered by the Irishman's flow of words--and she was on the point of having recourse, in her own defence, to her native tongue, in which she could have matched either male or
- 29 There was seated at a small table, in a perfectly neat parlour, a quaker, whose benevolent countenance charmed Angelina the moment she entered the room."Pardon this intrusion," said she."Friend, thou art welcome," said Dinah Plait, and
- 30 Porett to Angelina: "you know the flower is so like a bee, that at first sight you might easily mistake it." Mrs. Porett, to convince Betty Williams that she had no cause for fear, went on before her into the hall; but Betty still hung back, cry
- 31 "For shame, before the young lady!" said Mr. Beatson, holding the hackney-coachman: "have done disputing so loud.""I've done, but she is wrong," cried Terence."I've done, put he is wrong," said Betty.Teren
- 32 "Moi je sais!--I do know de demoiselle did stop in a coach at one house; I was in de street--I can show you de house.""Can you so, my good little fellow? then let us begone directly," said Lady Frances."You'll excuse me, sist
- 33 "Where is she? Where is my Araminta?" cried Miss Warwick, as the maid was trying to open the outer pa.s.sage-door for her, which had a bad lock."Get up, get up, Natty; and get some fresh water in the tea-kettle--quick!" cried Miss Hodg
- 34 "Gracious me!" exclaimed Nat, "whatever you are, you need not push one so.""What now, Betty Williams? is the wench mad or drunk?" cried Miss Hodges."We are to have a mad scene next, I suppose," said Miss Warwick, ca
- 35 "To be taken for a thief!--Oh, to what have I exposed myself!" said Miss Warwick."Sit down, my dear, now we are in a room where we need not fear interruption--sit down, and don't tremble like an aspen leaf," said Lady Frances Some
- 36 "Miss Burrage, here's a purse for a young lady," said Mrs. Puffit."A purse for whom? Where?" said Miss Burrage, at last deigning to rise, and come out of her recess."There, ma'am," said the milliner. "Now for h
- 37 Whilst the ceremonies of the introduction were going on, Herbert kept himself aloof, and, with his whip suspended over the stick on which he was riding, eyed Mad. de Rosier with no friendly aspect: however, when she held out her hand to him, and when he h
- 38 Whilst Herbert's cart rolled on, Favoretta viewed it with scornful eyes; but at length, cured by the neglect of the spectators of this fit of disdain, she condescended to be pleased, and spied a few things worthy of her notice. Bilboquets, battledore
- 39 "In former times, as n.o.body knows better than you, Mrs. Rebecca, I had my mistress's ear, and was all in all in the house, with her and the young ladies, and the old governess; and it was I that was to teach Master Herbert to read; and Miss Fa
- 40 "Then," said Mad. de Rosier, "you cannot always expect your sister to admire the justice of your decisions.""No," replied Herbert; "but when I don't give her a reason, 'tis generally because it is not worth whi
- 41 "_Hot_!" cried Herbert, who criticized her language, in return for her criticism upon his radishes, "I don't think you can call a radish _hot_--it is cold, I think: I know what is meant by tasting sweet, or sour, or bitter.""
- 42 "Only a dulcimer man, ma'am, playing for the young ladies.""Did you tell them I was ill, Grace?"It was the second time Mrs. Harcourt had asked this question. Grace was gratified by this symptom."Indeed, ma'am," she
- 43 "The _ballet_ of Medea and Jason. It's a very fine thing, certainly; but one has seen it so often. Read on, my dear."Isabella then read a pa.s.sage, which, notwithstanding Mrs. Harcourt's inclination to be displeased, captivated her ea
- 44 "A mouse, where?" said Mrs. Harcourt."Nowhere, ma'am," said Grace; "only Miss Matilda was hearing noises, and I said they must be mice.""There, mamma! there! that was not a mouse, surely!" said Matilda. "I
- 45 "No, indeed, madam," said Mad. de Rosier, who had not appeared in any haste to justify herself; "your children always show you affection by their own desire, never by mine: your penetration would certainly discover the difference between at
- 46 "You are great readers, young ladies, I see: may we know what are your studies?"Miss Fanshaw, to show how well she could walk, crossed the room, and took up one of the books."'Alison upon Taste'--that's a pretty book, I dare
- 47 "I have kept it," said she, "a great, _great_ while, ever since we were at the Rational Toy-shop.""Mad. de Rosier, do look at this!" exclaimed Matilda--"here are letters quite plain!--I have found the name, I do believe,
- 48 "My little manufacture continued to prosper--by practice I grew more and more expert, and I had no longer any fears that I should not be able to maintain myself. It was fortunate for me that I was obliged to be constantly employed: whenever I was not
- 49 "Certainly--I think so.""Then I'll call black Tom, hey?--though I think one grows tired of going upon the water," muttered his lords.h.i.+p, as he left the room. "Couldn't one find something better?""Nothing be
- 50 These words struck Helen to the heart: she walked on, leaning upon her sister's arm, who fortunately happened to know where she was going. Emma helped her sister to recollect that it was necessary to get into the carriage when the step was let down.
- 51 "One moment I fancy that he prefers _me_, the next moment I am certain he prefers another. Yesterday, when we were coming away from the green, I heard Mrs. Hargrave say to Lady S---- but why, mother, should I take up your time with these minute circ.
- 52 Mr. Mountague looked with anxiety at Lady Augusta, to see what she thought of her governess's notions; but all that he could judge from her countenance was that she did not think at all. "Well, she has time enough before her to learn to think,&q
- 58 _Helmaar_ (_kneels and kisses her hand_). Speak on, excellent fool._Christina and ladies_. Speak on, excellent fool--In came the Lady Eleonora, all in tears._Fool_. In comes the Lady Eleonora, all in tears--(_pauses and looks round_). Why now, what makes
- 59 II.For us they spread their dainty fare, For us they scent the midnight air; For us their glow-worm lamps they light, For us their music cheers the night._Little Girl sings_.I.Ye fays and fairies, hasten here, Robed in glittering gossamere; With tapers br
- 60 [_Catherine timidly moves her hands from before her face, sees the waistcoat, gives a faint scream, and falls back in a swoon. The peasant runs to support her.--At this instant the back door of the cottage opens, and_ ALEFTSON _enters_.]_Aleft_. Catherine
- 61 _Mrs. Ulrica_. I!--no--I'll not be the enemy--my master's enemy!_Christiern_. Well, I'll be the enemy._Mrs. Ulrica_. You!--Oh no, you sha'n't be the enemy._Christiern_. Well, then, let the cake be the enemy._Mrs. Ulrica_. The cake
- 62 _Christiern._ Oh, I cannot stay another moment: I must go home: who is it?_Footman_. 'Tis a poor man who has brought in two carts full of my master's baggage; and my master begs you'll be so very good as to see that the things are all right
- 53 At these words, Lady Augusta's desire to have Gaudentio di Lucca suddenly increased; and she expressed vast curiosity to know the story of Berilla. "And pray what put you in mind of this book just now?" said she."These roses. In Berkel
- 54 "She never had the first, I can promise you," cried mademoiselle."Never," said Lady Augusta. The a.s.sertions had not the power to convince; they were p.r.o.nounced with much vehemence, but not with the simplicity of truth. Mr. Mountag
- 55 "How so?" said Mr. Mountague, eagerly."Because," said Helen, "if honour could not restrain his curiosity, it would hardly secure his secrecy.""Charming girl!" exclaimed Mr. Mountague, with enthusiasm. Helen, struck
- 56 ELEONORA, _a Swedish Lady, beloved by Count Helmaar_. CHRISTINA, _Sister to Helmaar_. ULRICA, _an old Housekeeper_. CATHERINE, _Wife to Christiern_.KATE _and_ ULRIC, _the Son and Daughter of Catherine--they are six and seven years old_._Serjeant, and a Tr
- 57 Enter a Page_._Page_. Ladies! I have waited, according to your commands, till Count Helmaar appeared in the ante-chamber--he is there now, along with the ladies Christina and Eleonora._1st Dancer_. Now is our time--Count Helmaar shall hear our song to wel
- 63 _Mrs. Ulrica._ Ay, my little Kate, you may speak now as much as you will.--(_Their father kisses them eagerly._)--Ay, kiss them, kiss them; they are as good children as ever were born--and as honest: Kate, show him the purse, and ask him if it be his._Kat
- 64 Tales And Novels.Volume 2.by Maria Edgeworth.PREFACE.Some author says, that a good book needs no apology; and, as a preface is usually an apology, a book enters into the world with a better grace without one. I, however, appeal to those readers who are no
- 65 "I did not like to spoil the only good suit of clothes of which I was possessed; so, before I went down into the mine, I got from my master my old jacket, ap.r.o.n, and cap, in which being equipped, and furnished with a lantern, and rod for measuring
- 66 'I take the liberty to write for your information the familiar discourse Tippoo Sultan was pleased to enter into with me, that took place at the close of the experiments.'There were some silver trumpets, newly made, brought in to him for his ins
- 67 "The sultan was pleased with the proposal; but, recollecting how apt he was to change his humour, and how ill he received me when I returned from his tin-mines, I had the precaution to represent that, as this undertaking would be attended with consid
- 68 "No! Won't you let me cut down some of those trees for you, that are spoiling one another in your wood?""Not a tree shall be cut down. Not a stick shall be stirred. Not a change shall be made, I say.""Not a change for the bet
- 69 "A present!""Yes; if he lets you have a horse for a hundred, which you can sell for a hundred and twenty, does not he make you a present of twenty guineas?""Well, but I can tell you the reason for all that: he wants me to enter in
- 70 "I expect my friend and relation in town every hour," said he to her in a low voice; "and then I shall be able to settle with your brother about the sale of Clover-hill. You half promised that you would walk with me this morning." &quo
- 71 "Your advice!" interrupted Miss Barton: "I shall follow no advice but my own." She walked up and down the small parlour in great agitation."Do as you please, my dear; but remember I cannot afford to _lay_ out of my money to all et
- 72 "None shall carry it but myself," said Wright, holding fast his prize.She was apprehensive of losing him for ever, if she opposed what she thought his jealous humour; so she struggled no longer to hold him, but bade him make haste to return to h
- 73 "My father says that he does not wish that I should be acquainted with Mrs. Stokes," said Lucy."Your father! Nonsense, child. Your father has lived all his life in the country, the Lord knows where; he has not lived in York, as I have; so h
- 74 Marvel told the boy that his fellow-servant should be heartily welcome to satisfy his curiosity; and the next morning the Frenchman came. He was a native of Languedoc, where woad is cultivated: he had been engaged in the manufacture of it, and Marvel soon
- 75 Mr. O'Neill was not without his share of pride and proper spirit; nay, he had, it must be confessed, in common with some others of his countrymen, an improper share of pride and spirit. Fired by the lady's coldness, he poured forth a volley of r
- 76 So, when the dusk of the evening increased, our wise man set out towards the wood to consult the cunning man. Bampfylde the second, king of the gipsies, resided in a sort of hut made of the branches of trees: the verger stooped, but did not stoop low enou
- 77 "Not at all at all, plase your honour," replied the haymaker: "and the truth of the matter is, I know nothing of the dog, good or bad; but I know something of his collar, if your name, plase your honour, is Hill, as I take it to be?"&q
- 78 "Oh! a lamp in the style of a _chandaleer_ will do vastly well by night, which is the time one wants one's house to put the best foot foremost, for company; and by day we can make a s.h.i.+ft, somehow or other, I dare say. Any thing's bette
- 79 The more reason he had to know that his affairs were deranged, the more carefully he concealed all knowledge of them from his wife. Her ignorance of the truth not only led her daily into fresh extravagance, but was, at last, the cause of bringing things t
- 80 "Oh! yes, madam; but you have said so this many a week; and things are come to such a pa.s.s now, that husband says I shall not bring back the child without the money.""What can I do?" said Mrs. Ludgate.Lucy immediately took her purse
- 81 "They say it is a bad note.""Well, I'll change it; bid them send it up.""They won't part with it, ma'am: they would not let it out of their hands, even to let me look at it for an instant.""What a riot abo
- 82 William coolly answered that he was no miser, but that he thought money might be better laid out than in the lottery; for that there was more chance of a man's getting nothing for his money than of his getting a prize; that when a man worked for fair
- 83 "La! you don't know what money is," said Mrs. Dolly. "Why haven't you five thousand pounds, man? You don't know what can be done with five thousand pounds, cousin Maurice.""No, nor you neither, cousin Dolly; or you&
- 84 Mr. Belton, for that was the name of the gentleman who took notice of George, was a rich carpet manufacturer. He had a country-house near Paddington; and the acquaintance which was thus begun became a source of great happiness to George. Mr. Belton lent h
- 85 "Ay, Ellen, you are, as you always are, in the right; and all I desire now, in this world, is to make up for the past, and to fall to work in some way or other; for idleness was what first led me to the gaming-table."Mrs. Dolly opposed these goo
- 86 CHAPTER I.There are two sorts of content: one is connected with exertion, the other with habits of indolence; the first is a virtue, the second a vice. Examples of both may be found in abundance in Ireland. There you may sometimes see a man in sound healt
- 87 "Ohoo! I would not be bothered with anything of the kind. There's the mill of Rosanna there, beyond, was the plague of my life, till it stopped; and I was glad to have fairly done with it. Them that come after me may set it a-going again, and we
- 88 "Not at our expense, my dear, for you know we made nothing of either tan-yard or mill; and now they pay us 30_l_. a year, and that punctually too. What should we do without it, now we have lost the place in the revenue? I am sure, I think we were ver
- 89 "I wish, sir," cried he to Stafford, after pouring forth a volley of oaths, "you would mind your business, and not run after objects that are not fit for you. You are become good for nothing of late; careless, insolent, and not fit to be tr
- 90 "Do not be disheartened, my dear boys," said farmer Gray to his sons, who were watching with mournful earnestness the slackened motion of their water-wheel. "Saddle my horse for me, John; and get yourselves ready, both of you, to come with
- 91 In the mean time, Mr. Hopkins, who could not go out of his own house without being insulted, or without fearing to be insulted, prepared to quit the country. "But before I go," said he, "I shall have the pleasure and triumph, at least, of m
- 92 At some miles distance from the city, I overtook a party of soldiers. I joined them; and learning that they were going to embark with the rest of the grand seignior's army for Egypt, I resolved to accompany them. If it be, thought I, the will of Maho
- 93 "She brought me word that the fury of the plague had much abated; but that she had met several funerals, and that she had heard many of the merchants cursing the folly of Murad the Unlucky, who, as they said, had brought all this calamity upon the in
- 94 "My friend, Damat Zade, expressed the warmest grat.i.tude to me. 'You formerly saved my fortune: you have now saved my life; and a life yet dearer than my own, that of my daughter Fatima.'"At the sound of that name I could not, I belie
- 95 After various airs, and graces, and doubts, and disdains, this, fair lady consented to make her lover happy, on the express condition that he should change his name from Darford to Germaine, that he should give up all share in the odious cotton manufactor
- 96 "It is very extraordinary that all your great relations show us so little civility, my dear. They do not seem to have much regard for you.""They have regard enough for me, and showed it formerly; but of late, to be sure, I confess, things a
- 97 "More! Impossible. Come, I see how it is; she has been unlucky at the card-table; you are angry, and therefore you speak, as angry people always do, {Footnote: Swift.} worse than you think.""No, not at all, I promise you. I am as perfectly
- 98 To loud altercations, silent hatred succeeded. Mrs. Germaine grew sullen, low-spirited, nervous, and hysterical. Among fas.h.i.+onable medical dowagers, she became an interesting personage: but this species of consequence was by no means sufficient to sup
- 99 Patty a.s.sured her she did not in the least envy those who were idle."Fine talking! Fine airs, truly, Miss Patty! This is by way of calling me over the coals for being idle, I suppose!" said Sally: "but I've no notion of being taken t
- 100 "This is some mistake, sir," said old Frankland, mildly."No mistake, sir," replied the stranger. "You will find the notice is a good notice, and duly served. Your lease I have seen myself within these few days: it expired last May