As our manners are simple,our luxuries are few.The dress of both sexes is nearly the same.It generally consists of a long piece of calico,or muslin,wrapped loosely round the body,somewhat in the form of a highland plaid.This is usually dyed blue,which is our favourite colour.It is extra...
'Culture Club is always going to be one of those lovers I go back to. I've railed against it and that Boy George character I created. For years I convinced myself I was a creature of habit, unchangeable, immovable. But eventually you have to look in the mirror. Not lo...
In a local perspective it’s more of a hill, even if it is more than five hundred meters above sea level. There were no more tourists around at this point. It was early afternoon, and I still felt no desire to stop walking and return to the cabin, so I walked onwards, towards the...
Accordingly, I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the dipping mold and the molds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, etc. I disliked the trade, and had a strong inclination for the sea, but my father declared against it; however, living near the ...
leftParisaboutthemiddleofOctoberandwentbywayofBerlin。InthosedaystherewasnorailroadbeyondtheeasternfrontierofPrussia,and,astheCrimeanWarwasgoingon,therewasablockadeinforcewhichmadeitimpossibletoenterRussiabysea;consequentlyIhadsevendaysandsevennightsofsteadytravelinginapost—...
Then and then only was I compelled, by the sheer splendour of the vision, to own that the mother who did not love me was the handsomest creature I had ever beheld32. The other episode connected with her visit that has stamped itself upon memory is typical of her rare method of ...
Accordingly, I was employed in cutting wick for the candles, filling the dipping mold and the molds for cast candles, attending the shop, going of errands, etc. I disliked the trade, and had a strong inclination for the sea, but my father declared against it; however, livi...