Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches
“Very well, I will go in the name of God! I do not precisely know your object, and you are a stranger to me. But your countenance looks innocent and kind, therefore I will go with you.”
Under the much despised discipline of religious requirements, the child Seraphin had grown up to boyhood spotless in morals, and then had developed himself into a young man of g...
15. Part IV. The Immolation.Several hours had passed since Fleurange’s return. Anxiety, horror, sadness, and emotion, which by turns filled her heart during the affecting scene we have just described, now...
4. Part I.It stood in one of the wildest spots in New England, surrounded by woods, a “frame house” in a region of log‐houses, and, as such, in spite of defects, a touch beyond the most c...
7. Chapter VIII. Faith And Science Of Progress.Seraphin usually took an early ride with Carl. The banker was overjoyed at the wager, about the winning of which he now felt absolute certainty. He expressed himself confident t...
12. Part IV.—The Immolation.The clock had just struck two. Vera, according to her custom, was waiting in the ante‐room of the empress’ audience‐chamber. The door was soon opened by an usher, and the person...
14. Chapter X. Brown Bread And Bonnyclabber.Seraphin had not gone to the celebration. He remained at home on the plea of not feeling well. He was stretched upon a sofa, and his soul was engaged in a desperate conflict. Wh...
11. Chapter IX. Progress Grows Jolly.The agitators of progress were again hurrying through the streets and alleys of the town. They knocked at every door and entered every house to solicit votes in favor of common...
8. Part IV.—The Immolation.While our travellers are completing the last stage of their journey, we will precede them to St. Petersburg, and transport our readers for a short time among scenes very differe...
9. PART II.Late in the afternoon, Bessie went down and leaned on the bars again, looking up and down the road, looking at the tracks left by Father Conners’ carriage‐wheels—the smooth curv...
5. Part II.It was late before Aunt Nancy felt the approach of sleep that night. She turned restlessly from side to side, thinking over Bessie’s strange behavior, and trying to find a solut...
3. Chapter VI.—Continued.“I am here simply to watch the proceedings of your meeting,” replied Parteiling with cool indifference. “Everybody is at liberty in meetings to signify his approval or disapprov...
6. Chapter VII. An Ultramontane Son.Greifmann and Gerlach had driven to the railway station. The express train thundered along. As the doors of the carriages flew open, Seraphin peered through them with eyes full...
13. Chapter IX. Progress Grows Jolly. Concluded.In passing near the tables Gerlach overheard conversations which revealed to him unmistakably the communistic aspirations and tendencies prevailing among the lower orders, their...
10. Chapter VIII. Continued.The audience were seized with amazement, and not without a cause. A dignitary of a higher order, a member of the administration, ascended the pulpit for the purpose of making an...
1. Chapter V.“Very well, I will go in the name of God! I do not precisely know your object, and you are a stranger to me. But your countenance looks innocent and kind, therefore I will go wi...