Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine
Here I trembled; but the ladies, Heaven bless them! had taken Parson Dale under their special protection; and, observing that my father was puckering up his brows critically, they rushed boldly forward in defence of The Sermon, and Mr Caxton was forced to beat a retreat. Howev...
"And so you got into the Stocks to try what it was like. Well, I can't wonder--it is a very handsome pair of Stocks," continued the Squire, with a loving look at the object of h...
17. i. 226-8, for other particulars of this Hungarian Robin Hood, who wasProstrate upon his couch of yellow leaves, Slow-breathing lay the Father of Mankind; And as the rising sun through cloudland weaves Its gold, the glowing past returned to mind,...
16. CHAPTER IV.Mat-o'-the-Mint, then, having got his roving commission signed in due form, and his pocket-book well stuffed with bank-notes, set out upon his tour like an actual walking myster...
13. CHAPTER I.You are, I suppose, perfectly aware of what took place before Juggling Johnny was appointed steward of Squire Bull's household. The story is not a pretty one; and, for the sake...
15. CHAPTER III.The news of the ejection of Philip Baboon by the tenantry and villagers spread, as you may suppose, like wildfire all over Bullockshatch, and was also soon conveyed to John's de...
14. CHAPTER II.But I must go back a little, and tell you what was doing in other estates which are adjacent to the Squire's. Philip Baboon, who, as you may remember, had succeeded in ousting h...
2. CHAPTER II.It is greatly to be regretted that Mr Stirn was not present at the Parson's Discourse--but that valuable functionary was far otherwise engaged--indeed, during the summer months...
9. CHAPTER IX."_Per Bacco!_" said Dr Riccabocca, putting his hand on Lenny's shoulder, and bending down to look into his face--"_Per Bacco!_ my young friend, do you sit here from choice or ne...
1. BOOK III.--INITIAL CHAPTER, SHOWING HOW MY NOVEL CAME TO BE CALLED "MYHere I trembled; but the ladies, Heaven bless them! had taken Parson Dale under their special protection; and, observing that my father was puckering up his brows critically, th...
10. CHAPTER X.The dullest dog that ever wrote a novel (and, _entre nous_, reader--but let it go no farther--we have a good many dogs among the fraternity that are not Munitos,[8]) might have...
11. CHAPTER XI.Dr Riccabocca, awakened out of his reverie by the sound of footsteps--was still so little sensible of the indignity of his position, that he enjoyed exceedingly, and with all th...
6. CHAPTER VI.If, in the simplicity of his heart, and the crudeness of his experience, Lenny Fairfield had conceived it probable that Mr Stirn would address to him some words in approbation o...
3. CHAPTER III.Aid me, O ye Nine! whom the incomparable Persius satirised his contemporaries for invoking, and then, all of a sudden, invoked on his own behalf--aid me to describe that famous...
8. CHAPTER VIII.This time Mr Sprott was without his donkey; for, it being Sunday, it is to be presumed that the donkey was enjoying his Sabbath on the Common. The tinker was in his Sunday's bes...
7. CHAPTER VII.Unaffectedly I say it--upon the honour of a gentleman, and the reputation of an author, unaffectedly I say it--no words of mine can do justice to the sensations experienced by L...
4. CHAPTER IV.Just at that precise moment, who should appear but Mr Stirn! For, in fact, being extremely anxious to get Lenny into disgrace, he had hoped that he should have found the young v...
5. CHAPTER V.Randal Leslie had a very long walk home: he was bruised and sore from head to foot, and his mind was still more sore and more bruised than his body. But if Randal Leslie had res...