Sartor Resartus by Thomas Carlyle: Chapter 3
SYMBOLS. Probably it will elucidate the drift of these foregoing obscure utterances, if we here insert somewhat of our Professor's speculations on _Symbols_. To state his whole doctrine, indeed, were …
Hard Times by Charles Dickens: Chapter 17
Chapter I — Effects in the Bank A SUNNY midsummer day. There was such a thing sometimes, even in Coketown. Seen from a distance in such weather, Coketown lay shrouded in a haze of its own, which …
Myth, Ritual, and Religion by Andrew Lang: Chapter 1
In a pious kind of spirit, Friedrich Creuzer sought to find SYMBOLS of some pure, early, and Oriental theosophy in the myths and mysteries of Greece. Certainly the Greeks of the philosophical period …
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson: Chapter 1
Story of the Door Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary …
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens: Summary Stave 4
The hooded spirit fills Scrooge with dread. The spirit doesn’t speak, merely gesturing with its hand or inclining its head to Scrooge’s questions. Scrooge fears the spirit more than the others, but as he …
The Cat of Bubastes by G. A. Henty: Chapter 12
THE DEATH OF AMERES. The days passed slowly at the farm. The lads went out listlessly to watch the cattle treading in the seed and the other operations on the lands, but they were too anxious as to …
Medium of exchange: the blue coupe dialogue in 'The Great Gatsby.' (F ...
Tom's blue coupe in F. Scott Fitzgerald's 'The Great Gatsby' is portrayed as a commodity in the dialogue between Tom and Wilson. The dialogue amounts to a criticism of the transactional aspects of …
Women in Love by D.H. Lawrence: Chapter 20
`What were you doing?' he asked. `I? Nothing. I'm in a bad way just now, everything's on edge, and I can neither work nor play. I don't know whether it's a sign of old age, I'm sure.' `You mean you are …
The Literature Network - Team rules as Muller handed win on a Plato ...
VAUXHALL chief Roland Dane has defended the team orders that denied Jason Plato a deserved Auto Trader BTCC victory at Thruxton. Plato was instructed to pull over while leading the feature race to …
Shirley by Charlotte Bronte: Chapter 19
Here comes Mrs. Sykes's phaeton, Mr. Wynne's close carriage, Mrs. Birtwhistle's car: I don't wish to go through the ceremony of bidding them all good-bye, so we will step into the garden and take shelter …