John Galsworthy

And behind this outburst the inarticulate violence of primitive generations seemed to mutter and grumble.

together with the least touch of West Indian—Swithin was so long over this course that

vieux jeu,' Soames Forsyte inhabited a house which di

garden-beds looked 'daverdy'

George, the acknowledged wag, had named him: 'Sankey.'

welshed by some thimble-riggers.

'Passion and Paregoric

—that eternal position of Art towards Property

And all the cruelties and hardness of life, its pathos and unequal chances, its conceit, self-forgetfulness, and patience, were presented on the battle-field of this Kensington ball-room

'A boat, a boat, unto the ferry, For we'll go over and be merry; And laugh, and quaff, and drink brown sherry!'