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... force, or power, without the concurring aid and favour of his assisting ... cuckold, if it please God, nor shall we need to despair of the knowledge of ... cuckold, that is to say, your wife shall never be a strumpet, if you make choice ...

... spade (without telling David) or David gives him the logs to saw (without telling Maggie). We have given James a longer time to make his move than our kind friends in front will give him, but in the meantime something has been happening.

... Todger's Table of Contents Surely there never was , in any other borough , city , or hamlet in the world , such a ... means of escape might possibly present themselves in their own good time , but that to anticipate them was hopeless .

... Pross , whose eyes were red with felicity ; “ if you are ready , I am . " Jerry hoarsely professed himself at Miss Pross's service . He had worn all his rust off long ago , but nothing would file his spiky head down . " There's all ...

... prelude to each, a complete artillery preparation, and that, since the ... cataclysm. In the first two months of the Somme battle some forty-four German ... a shattering blow at his moral. For two years the German behind the shelter ...

... effect or impression is a point of the greatest importance. It is clear, moreover, that this unity cannot be thoroughly preserved in productions whose perusal cannot be completed at one sitting. We may continue the reading of a prose ...

... advice to "live as domestic a life as far as possible," to "have but two hours' intellectual life a day," and "never to touch pen, brush, or pencil again" as long as I lived. This was in 1887. I went home and obeyed those directions for ...

... white pages of his day-book; and more than once, unfaithful to Clio, the muse of history, he invoked in his transports the divine Calliope, the muse of epic poetry. Paganel made no secret of it either. The chaste daughters of Apollo ...

... bullet destined to go to the moon . ” " Do not let us exaggerate , my ... stability , I propose to give it a weight of 20,000 lbs . " " What will be ... calculator , Mr. Maston , will tell us at once . ” " Nothing is easier , " replied ...

... definition would be wonderfully convenient to all makers of systems. Thus the word wisdom is often taken for folly, and wit for nonsense. Humanly speaking, let us define truth, to better understand that which is declared— such as it is ...

... prelude to each, a complete artillery preparation, and that, since the ... cataclysm. In the first two months of the Somme battle some forty-four German ... a shattering blow at his moral. For two years the German behind the shelter ...

... story is not untrue by means of the truth he finds in its application to himself. The child who has never been deceived by flattery understands nothing of the fable I recently examined; but the rash youth who has just become the dupe of ...

... ask silly questions , " he replied , patting Podmore upon the shoulder in a patronizing fashion . " I must get her to tell me all about it when I take her out this time . " Podmore was silent because he had no words . A new terror ...

... fetish words of the dead priest, the reverence which an all-powerful and ... smoke stole straight up in the breathless air. Amazed, the people stood and saw the ... smoking fiercely and felt himself a civiliser. But the boy seemed to feel ...

... amethyst. Involuntarily they halted. Alison pointed to lights a mile down ... frontier. Let's stop here for supper, and have our last look at Evallonia ... brave man,” he told himself. “The thing about you is that you're too much of a ...

... first transcripts from the writing in the tomb. When he had all ready, he turned to me and said slowly: "'Do you remember wondering, when we examined the tomb, at the lack of one thing which is usually found in such a tomb?' "'Yes ...

... mystery . We knew something of our man . He was subtle , resourceful , and absolutely ... list of them . Do you remember what they were ? " " Yes , quite well . There ... value of any fact will be , and on the further principle that , in ...

... forest life. Terror, wood-craft, and humour could not be more felicitously intermingled. The reader, while kept under the spell of the main theme of the story, experiences all the charm of an open-air life in the great forest of Villers ...

... audible voice . Under these conditions they would undertake to find out the true ... demon great power over her . Barre asked her how many there were present , and she replied , " Two , " thus proving that the devil was no stronger in ...

... brother. He has a private reason, but his brother has nothing to do with his ... polite meaning. "Our acquaintance could never have begun too soon." "Yes, I ... brother—and for your charming cousin." I was obliged to admit that he was ...

... Sissy faltered. They were afraid to look; but they did examine it, and found no mark of violence, inside or out. It ... Heaven, not these dreadful cries! Think of Stephen, think of Stephen, think of Stephen!' By an earnest repetition of this ...

Charles Dickens. Chapter Nine . Town and Todger's Table of Contents Surely there never was , in any other borough ... means of escape might possibly present themselves in their own good time , but that to anticipate them was hopeless .

Moby-Dick, Typee, Omoo, Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, Billy Budd ... Max's shore clothes, all washed, plaited, and ironed, and ready to put on at ... Max, not thirty I days previous. So long as we laid in port, Sally visited the ...

... fight for freedom, whoever be the thrall.” “These South savannahs may yet prove battle-fields,” said Mohi; gloomily, as we retraced our steps. “Be it,” said Yoomy. “Oro will van the right.” “Not always has it proved so,” said Babbalanja ...

... Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, M.Y. Saltykov, V.G. Korolenko, V.N. ... again Smerdyakov's name is pronounced , again there is a suggestion of mystery ... I have visited Smerdyakov , I have seen him and talked to him , and he made ...