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Tales and Novels (5); Man?uvering; Almeria; Vivian
Tales and Novels Manuvering Almeria Vivian - 5 Author:Maria Edgeworth Volume: 5 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1893 Original Publisher: G. Routledge Subjects: English fiction Fiction / General Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Fiction / Short Stories History / Europe / Ireland Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is ... more »a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER I. " To see the best, and yet the worse pursue." " Ii it possible," exclaimed Vivian, " that you, Russell, my friend, my best friend, can tell me that this line is the motto of my character! -- ' To see the best, and yet the worse pursue. -- Then you must think me either a villain or a madman." " No," replied Russell, calmly ; " I think you only weak." " Weak -- but yon must think me an absolute fool." " No, not a fool; the weakness of which I accuse you is not a weakness of the understanding. I find no fault either with the logical or the mathematical part of your understanding. It is not erroneous in either of the two great points in which Bacon says that most men's minds be deficient in -- the power of judging of consequences, or in the power of estimating the comparative value of objects." " Well," cried Vivian, impatiently, "but I don't want to hear just now what Bacon says -- but what you think. Tell me all the faults of my character." " All! -- unconscionable ! -- after the fatigue of this long day's journey," said Russell, laughing. These two friends were, at this time, travelling from Oxford to Vivian Hall (in shire), the superb seat of the Vivian family, to which V. vian was heir. Mr. Russell, though he was but a few years older than Vivian, had been his tutor at college ; and by an uncommon transition, had, from his tutor, become hi...« less