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Go to page The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles Even the vexation consequent upon his recent adventure had vanished from his mind; and he could join in the hearty laughter, which any allusion to it excited in Mr.
Go to page Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James If the periods be separated by short intervals, the measures to be reviewed and rectified will have been of recent date, and will be connected with all the circumstances which tend to vitiate and pervert the result of occasional revisions.
Go to page The Prince by Machiavelli, Niccolo Auxiliaries, which are the other useless arm, are employed when a prince is called in with his forces to aid and defend, as was done by Pope Julius in the most recent times; for he, having, in the enterprise against Ferrara, had poor proof of his mercenaries, turned to auxiliaries, and stipulated with Ferdinand, King of Spain,[*] for his assistance with men and arms.
Go to page Notes from the Underground by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor I have tried to expose to the view of the public more distinctly than is commonly done, one of the characters of the recent past.
Go to page Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor So often have you asked me about my former existence--about my mother, about Pokrovski, about my sojourn with Anna Thedorovna, about my more recent misfortunes; so often have you expressed an earnest desire to read the manuscript in which (God knows why) I have recorded certain incidents of my life, that I feel no doubt but that the sending of it will give you sincere pleasure.
Go to page Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose Almost within an arm's length was a little depression in the earth; it had been filled by a recent rain--a pool of clear water.
Go to page Ivanhoe by Scott, Sir Walter When I last saw this interesting ruin of ancient days, one of the very few remaining examples of Saxon fortification, I was strongly impressed with the desire of tracing out a sort of theory on the subject, which, from some recent acquaintance with the architecture of the ancient Scandinavians, seemed to me peculiarly interesting.
Go to page The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington As his scouts were out one day, they came upon the traces of a recent band of savages.
Go to page The Analysis of Mind by Russell, Bertrand Angell in an article called "A Reconsideration of James's Theory of Emotion in the Light of Recent Criticisms.
Go to page The Yellow Crayon by Oppenheim, E. Phillips You perhaps know more of her recent history than I do.
Go to page Actions and Reactions by Kipling, Rudyard The story of the recent Cretan crisis, as told in the A.
Go to page The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis
Go to page At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice Nor could you wonder had you witnessed a recent experience of mine when, in the armor of blissful and stupendous ignorance, I gaily narrated the gist of it to a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society on the occasion of my last trip to London.
Go to page A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), the first of the rather prominent group of recent Scotch writers of fiction, is as different as possible from Hardy.
Go to page Autobiography of a Pocket-Handkerchief by Cooper, James Fenimore When the American enters on the history of his ancestors, he is driven, after some ten or twelve generations at most, to seek refuge in a country in Europe; whereas exactly the reverse is the case with us, our most remote extraction being American, while our more recent construction and education have taken place in Europe.
Go to page Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles At his feet, sat a white-coated, red-eyed dog; who occupied himself, alternately, in winking at his master with both eyes at the same time; and in licking a large, fresh cut on one side of his mouth, which appeared to be the result of some recent conflict.
Go to page The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate A letter also came from her husband, saying he hoped to be back early in March, and then they would get ready for that journey abroad which he had promised her so long, which he felt now fully able to afford; he felt able to travel as people should, without any thought of small economies--thanks to his recent speculations in Wall Street.
Go to page The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. The day seemed, by contrast with my recent confinement, dazzlingly bright, the sky a glowing blue.
Go to page A Lute of Jade by Cranmer-Byng, L. In collaboration with the historian Sung C`hi he prepared a history of the recent T`ang dynasty.
Go to page Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington As they had obtained thirty-six additional horses by their recent traffic, Mr.
Go to page Five Weeks in a Balloon by Verne, Jules Thanks to the still more recent expeditions of Messrs.
Go to page War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo Recalling his recent impressions, the first thought that came into his mind was that today he had to be presented to the Emperor Francis; he remembered the Minister of War, the polite Austrian adjutant, Bilibin, and last night's conversation.
Go to page Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack But of recent years my understanding of human nature has become such that I realize that no normal healthy human would tolerate such performances did he or she know the terrible cruelty that lies behind them and makes them possible.
Go to page The Haunted Hotel by Collins, Wilkie The Baron, 'well known as an enthusiastic student of chemistry,' had heard of certain recent discoveries in connection with that science in the United States, and was anxious to investigate them personally.
Go to page The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose recent times ubiquity has not always been understood -- not even by
Go to page The Night-Born by London, Jack Jose Amarillo, their last hope, a recent convert, who had promised money, had been apprehended at his hacienda in Chihuahua and shot against his own stable wall.
Go to page Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo And a recent instance of his goodness rose vividly to her mind.
Go to page The Woman in White by Collins, Wilkie Some of the strange questions put to me by the woman in white, after my ill-considered promise to leave her free to act as she pleased, had suggested the conclusion either that she was naturally flighty and unsettled, or that some recent shock of terror had disturbed the balance of her faculties.
Go to page The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby by Dickens, Charles I am the best judge of my own affairs, I take it,' said the young man, who had certainly not quite recovered from his recent heat; 'if anybody here thinks proper to make this quarrel his own, I have not the smallest earthly objection, I do assure him.
Go to page The Origin of Species by Darwin, Charles Scarcely any fact struck me more when examining many hundred miles of the South American coasts, which have been upraised several hundred feet within the recent period, than the absence of any recent deposits sufficiently extensive to last for even a short geological period.
Go to page The Voyage of the Beagle by Darwin, Charles In this district, where absolute proofs of the recent elevation of the land occur, such speculations can hardly be neglected by any one, although merely considering the physical geography of the country.
Go to page Turn Of The Screw by James, Henry It was exactly as if they had both had at heart to gloss over any recent little friction.
Go to page The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard The wanton wind had been so busily kissing them all the morning that they were quite dry, so I was able to find room for them in my knapsack without danger to the other contents; and, with a hasty good-day to their recent possessor, I set off at full speed to find a secure nook where I could throw myself down on the grass, and let loose the absurd laughter that was dangerously bottled up within me; but even before I do that it behoves me if possible to vindicate my sanity to the reader.
Go to page Crito by Plato The crimes of Alcibiades, Critias, and Charmides, who had been his pupils, were still recent in the memory of the now restored democracy.
Go to page Flatland by Abbott, Edwin But, writing as a Historian, he has identified himself(perhaps too closely) with the views generally adopted by Flatland, and (as he has been informed) even by Spaceland, Historians; in whose pages (until very recent times) the destinies of Women and of the masses of mankind have seldom been deemed worthy of mention and never of careful consideration.