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And Gulliver Returns Book V : My Visit to Singaling

By: Lemuel Gulliver XVI

...‟t look at the long term trends and possible outcomes, you focused on the immediate political interests. Look what it has done to your economy and y... ...e to ascertain if they have special talents, particularly in mathematics, music, the arts, sports, language facility. This helps the parents to help... ... television and films, and participation in things like sport and art and music. But not just watching people sing, act or play, we think it‟s a was... ...st achievement in a society. The same is true for actors and many popular musicians. But it also holds for many in business or in government. Fame s... ...onistic calculus. For example, Mozart is a real positive. We play Baroque music while we learn. We know that some classical music is very positive t... ... the best that the various civilizations have cherished, in science, art, music, philosophy, but we leave room for individual creativity that advanc...

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Sketches of Young Gentlemen

By: Charles Dickens

...mamma, who is sitting next her, which whisper the bashful young gentle man immediately suspects (and possibly with very good rea son) must be abou... ...s, their circle of acquaintance, or some other criterion in which he has an immediate interest. He is of any age be tween twenty and forty, unmarrie... ...ey would or would not convey small chisels and hammers in their pockets, and immediately set about chipping all the noses off the statues; or whether,... ...e instant, and writing a prescription for a blue pill, said it must be taken immediately, or he wouldn’t answer for the consequences. The recital of t... ...uest from the youngest Miss Grey, and plays divers tunes out of a very small music book till supper time, when he is very facetious and talkative inde... ...call out ‘Very well, Mr. Felix,’ and trip into the passage with a laugh more musical than any flute that was ever played. Felix is rather prim in his ... ..., thinks what a great thing it must be, to have such a critical judgment. Of music, pic tures, books, and poetry, the censorious young gentleman has ... ...quences, if a young lady, betrothed to the young gentleman, had not used her immediate influence to bring about a reconcilia tion: emphatically decl... ...reading an imaginary tablecloth in the air over the young lady’s head soft music playing all the while. Upon these, and other points of a similar ki...

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Silas Marner the Weaver of Raveloe

By: George Eliot

...s knelt with his brethren, relying on his own innocence being certified by immediate divine inter- ference, but feeling that there was sorrow and mour... ...own water from the well, and put his own kettle on the fire; and all these immediate promptings helped, along with the weaving, to reduce his life to ... ...mys- terious money had stood to him as the symbol of earthly good, and the immediate object of toil. He had seemed to love it little in the years when... ...the end of his web, till he forgot the riddle, and everything else but his immediate sensa- tions; but the money had come to mark off his weaving into... ...likely to be large enough to leave Godfrey a handsome surplus be- yond his immediate needs, and enable him to accommodate 32 Silas Marner his faithfu... ...e “key-bugle”, in the confi- dence that he was expressing the sense of the musical profes- sion in Raveloe. Mr. Tookey, the deputy-clerk, who shared t... ...when you keep it up in your nose. It’s your inside as isn’t right made for music: it’s no better nor a hollow stalk.” This kind of unflinching frankne... ... con- 46 Silas Marner tempt at this trivial discussion. He had no ear for music him- self, and never went to church, as being of the medical profes- ... ...and likely to be in requisition for delicate cows. But the butcher, having music in his soul, had listened with a divided desire for Tookey’s defeat a...

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First and Last Things : A Confession of Faith and a Rule of Life

By: H. G. Wells

...this world of fact arose in my mind. It began with a succession of limited immediate scenes and of certain minutely perceived persons; I recall an und... ...make classes and use general terms, and as soon as we do that we fall into immediate danger of unjustifiably increas- ing the intension of these terms... ...Not-A as bounded (Vide e.g. Kayne’s “Formal Logic” re Euler’s diagrams and Immediate Inferences.), and to speak of the total area of A and Not-A as th... ...He thought, it seems to me, of the unknown as the indefinable Beyond of an immediate world that might be quite clearly and definitely known. There is ... ...artists know—they know there is something that shows suddenly—it may be in music, it may be in paint- ing, it may be in the sunlight on a glacier or a... ... inadequately and erringly presenting a dream of human brotherhood and the immediate Kingdom of Heaven on earth and so blundering to his failure and d... ... less whether the stimulation comes as a drug or stimulant, or as anger or music or noble appeals. Most people speak of drugs in the spirit of that ad... ...a week of solitary wandering and meditation in lonely and desolate places. Music again is a frequent means of release from the narrow life as it close... ...t strange smile of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. He sees a light on the grass like music; and the blossom on the trees against the sky brings him near weeping...

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

By: Washington Irving

... subject to trances and visions, and frequently see strange sights, and hear music and voices in the air. The whole neighborhood abounds with local ta... ... the whole race of witches put together, and that was—a woman. Among the musical disciples who assembled, one evening in each week, to receive his... ...g invitation to “fall to, and help themselves.” And now the sound of the music from the common room, or hall, summoned to the dance. The musician ... ...dom hear of ghosts except in our long established Dutch communities. The immediate cause, however, of the prevalence of su pernatural stories in ... ...d sprang away over the tree tops with a clap of thunder. This story was immediately matched by a thrice marvel lous adventure of Brom Bones, who...

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Pride and Prejudice

By: Jane Austen

...ee the place, and was so much delighted with it that he agreed with Mr. Morris immediately; that he is to take possession before Michaelmas, and some ... ... principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately. Between him and Darcy there was a very steady friendship, ... ...retty women in the room, and which he thought the prettiest? and his answering immediately to the last question — Oh! the eldest Miss Bennet beyond a ... ... speaking, Miss Lucas defied her friend to mention such a subject to him, which immediately provoking Elizabeth to do it, she turned to him and said, “... ...me to play and sing before any body and every body! — If my vanity had taken a musical turn, you would have been invaluable, but as it is, I would rea... ...ich a pair of fine eyes in the face of a pretty woman can bestow.” Miss Bingley immediately fixed her eyes on his face, and desired he would tell her wh... ...ly surpass what is usually met with. A woman must have a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the modern languages, to deserve ... ... was over, he applied to Miss Bingley and Elizabeth for the indulgence of some music. Miss Bingley moved with alacrity to the piano forte, and after a... ... were thus employed Elizabeth could not help observing as she turned over some music books that lay on the instrument, how frequently Mr. Darcy’s eyes...

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

By: Lewis Carroll

...Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, ‘I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies—’ ‘Speak English!’ said t... ...herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large caterpillar, that was sitting on the top... ...ot,’ Alice cautiously replied: ‘but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.’ ‘Ah! that accounts for it,’ said the Hatter. ‘He won’t stand be... ...Mock T urtle a little anxiously. ‘Yes,’ said Alice, ‘we learned French and music.’ ‘And washing?’ said the Mock T urtle. ‘Certainly not!’ said A... ...e of great relief. ‘Now at ours they had at the end of the bill, “French, music, and washing—extra.”’ ‘You couldn’t have wanted it much,’ said A... ...poor speaker,’ said the King. Here one of the guinea pigs cheered, and was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court. (As that is rather a... ...apers, at the end of trials, “There was some attempts at applause, which was immediately suppressed by the officers of the court,” and I never underst...

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The Sorrows of Young Werther

By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

...g to a pretty and agreeable, but rather commonplace, sort of girl from the immediate neighbourhood; and it was agreed that I should engage a carriage,... ...eam, and was so lost to the dim world around me, that I scarcely heard the music which resounded from the illuminated ballroom. The two Messrs. Andran... ...entirely from heat, grew more violent; and the thunder was heard above the music. When any distress or terror surprises us in the midst of our amuseme... ... me in a moment. I believe every word that is said of the magic of ancient music. How her simple song enchants me! Sometimes, when I am ready to commi... ...afted across the sky, —when I heard the groves about me melodious with the music of birds, and saw the million swarms of insects dancing in the last g... ...onversation it was! Albert had promised to come to Charlotte in the garden immediately after supper. I was upon the terrace under the tall chestnut tr... ... who arrived, brought word, that, for certain reasons, he could not return immediately. Charlotte’s letter was not forwarded, and the same evening it ... ...he spot where, a few days ago, you descended from the carriage, and— ” She immediately changed the subject to prevent me from pursuing it farther. My ... ...es. I leaned down, and looked intently at her wedding-ring: my tears fell —immediately she began to play that favourite, that divine, air which has so...

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Redgauntlet

By: Sir Walter Scott

...er, 1750.—I received a note from my Lady Prim- rose, who desired to see me immediately. As soon as I waited on her, she led me into her dressing-room,... ... proceeded so far as to assure him, according to his instructions, that an immediate interruption of all correspondence with his most powerful friends... ...h in the midst of a royal banquet, upon which the eyes of every guest were immediately fixed, neglecting all the dainties with which the table was loa... ...ake, as I thought, the path which he had pointed out to me. His deep voice immediately sounded after me to recall me. ‘Stay, young man, stay—you have ... ...showed such uncontrollable signs of impatience, that, set- ting the bottle immediately down, I attempted some apol- ogy. T o this he did not deign eit... ...en Prince of Wales, in 1641. The catch in the text has been happily set to music.] As the chorus ended, there followed a loud and hearty laugh by way ... ... been repeatedly hinted to me, had no good name; and the attraction of the music, without rivalling that of the si- rens in melody, might have been fo... ...it was into knells and sand-pits, would permit me to obtain a sight of the musicians before I should be observed by them. As I advanced, the old ditty... ...the bacchanalian spirit which they celebrated, and showed plainly that the musicians were engaged in the same joyous revel as the Menyie of old Sir Th...

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Brooksmith, The Real Thing, The Story of It, Flickerbridge, And Mrs. Medwin

By: Henry James

... at me with deep acknowledging eyes—his air of universal responsibility. I immediately understood—there was scarce need of ques- tion and answer as th... ...s an indelicacy, as it were, in taking for granted that his thoughts would immediately be fixed on another. I had a hope that he would be able to give... ... had, as I often had in those days—the wish being father to the thought—an immediate vision of sitters. Sitters my visitors in this case proved to be;... ... would scarcely come across two variations to- gether. Neither of the pair immediately spoke—they only pro- longed the preliminary gaze suggesting tha... ...“done” for noth- ing. I was disappointed; for in the pictorial sense I had immediately seen them. I had seized their type—I had already settled what I... ...dinary things to her while she ostensibly fingers out a difficult piece of music. I had done Miss Churm at the piano before—it was an attitude in whic... ...ties. The term of comparison most present to him was that of some obsolete musical instrument. The old-time order of her mind and her air had the stil... ...tely keep you for myself.” She had listened to him as if he were a band of music and she herself a small shy garden-party. “I shouldn’t like you to go...

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Almayer's Folly : A Story of an Eastern River

By: Joseph Conrad

...the rumble of barrels, the scratch of rapid pens; while above all rose the musical chink of broad silver pieces streaming ceaselessly through the yell... ... assembly of moths were holding high revels round the lamp to the spirited music of swarming mosquitoes. Under the palm-leaf thatch lizards raced on t... ...t- ting them stream slowly back again through her claw-like fin- gers. The music of tinkling silver seemed to delight her, and her eyes sparkled with ... ...keful. “Babalatchi,” he said to the exhausted statesman, “fetch the box of music the white captain gave me. I cannot sleep.” At this order a deep shad... ...on of hopeless resignation. Through the open shutter the notes of V erdi’s music floated out on the great silence over the river and forest. Lakamba l... ... forget. He was forgetting already. Ali approached him again, insisting on immediate departure, and this time he consented, and they went together tow...

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Far from the Madding Crowd

By: Thomas Hardy

...orm of a V , but without quite meeting. The narrow opening left, which was immediately over the brow of the pit, was protected by a rough railing. One... ...e dawn he was assisted in waking by the abnormal reverberation of familiar music. To the shepherd, the note of the sheep bell, like the ticking of the... ...was brought, and they hung it like a curtain across the channel. The flames immediately ceased to go under the bottom of the corn stack, and stood up v... ... resumed, primarily to gain the information, indirectly to get more of the music. ‘Quite right. It’s at the bottom of the hill. And do you know — ’ Th... ... conversation (which seemed to have been concerning the origin of the fire) immediately ceased, and every one ocularly criticised him to the de gree e... ...unes going on I seem as if hung in wires. If I thought after I’d left that music was still playing, and I not there, I should be quite melancholy like... ...d sides with the same gliding precision, any irregularities of speed being immediately corrected by a small whirlpool. Nothing was heard in reply to t... ... persisted in her intention, and placed the key on the book. A rusty patch immediately upon the verse, caused by previous pressure of an iron substanc... ...love enough, but it is turned into a new channel. I know where.’ The swift music of her heart became hubbub now, and she throbbed to extrem ity. He w...

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The Count of Monte Cristo Voulume One

By: Alexandre Dumas

...r, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d’If, got on board the vessel between... ...hateau d’If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were... ...Here, father, here!” he said, “take this — take it, and send for something immediately.” And he emptied his pockets on the table, the contents consist... ...mas 25 “he is so easily mistaken.” “So, then, the wedding is to take place immediately, M. Dantes,” said Danglars, bowing to the young couple. “As soo... ... servant entered the room, and whispered a few words in his ear. Villefort immediately rose from table and quitted the room upon the plea of urgent bu... ...ling of envious discontent filled his mind as the sound of mirth and merry music from the joyous revellers reached even the miserable hostelry to whic... ... great, and she developed with his growing fortune. She learned draw- ing, music — everything. Besides, I believe, between ourselves, she did this in ... ...evenings mostly pass at Italian theatres; that is, not in listening to the music, but in paying visits and conversing. The Countess G—— wished to revi... ...flutes — a whole orchestra, for Albert had had not a taste but a fancy for music; ea- sels, palettes, brushes, pencils — for music had been succeeded ...

...ary, 1810, the look-out at Notre-Dame de la Garde signalled the three-master, the Pharaon from Smyrna, Trieste, and Naples. As usual, a pilot put off immediately, and rounding the Chateau d?If, got on board the vessel between Cape Morgion and Rion island. Immediately, and according to custom, the ramparts of Fort Saint- Jean were covered with spectators; it is always an ev...

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Don Quixote

By: Miquel de Cervantes

...ed to force him to name his accomplices. Everything was made ready for his immediate execution; the hal- ter was put round his neck and his hands tied... ...ints obvious enough to a Spanish seventeenth century audience which do not immediately strike a reader now-a- days, and Cervantes often takes it for g... ...acles from saints; but merely to take care that your style and diction run musically , pleasantly, and plainly, with clear, proper, and well-placed wo... ...lling her Dulcinea del Toboso -she being of El Toboso—a name, to his mind, musical, uncommon, and significant, like all those he had already bestowed ... ...te that he was in some famous castle, and that they were regaling him with music, and that the stockfish was trout, the bread the whitest, the wenches... ...ound that it came to sixty-three reals, and told the farmer to pay it down immediately, if he did not want to die for it. The trembling clown replied ... ...usekeeper saw them she turned about and ran out of the room, and came back immediately with a saucer of holy water and a sprinkler, saying, “Here, you... ...ntleman, our guest, may see that even in the mountains and woods there are musicians: we have told him of thy accomplishments, and we want thee to sho... ...to a thousand dangers and reverses, and neither more nor less is it within immediate possibility for knights- errant to become kings and emperors, as ...

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Heartsease or Brother's Wife

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...ce and neglect to make a prey of the estate. The marriage is to take place immediately, and poor Mr. Jones is in much dis- tress at the dread of being... ...ks and sharp words at home; and feeling dreadfully guilty at having failed immediately after her resolutions, she retreated to her room, and there Art... ...rs, Her mother’s blessing lingers in her ears, ‘Bless thee, my child,’ the music is unheard, Her heart grows strong on that remembered word. Frederick... ..., with some- what of a school-room aspect, and in much disorder. Books and music lay confused with blue and lilac cottons, patterns, scissors, and pap... ...ayed, Caroline drew, she had been learning; and in horror of a request for music, she turned her eyes from the grand piano. Was she fond of flowers? O... ...into the very highest society—never were such delightful parties— the best music—every lion to be met with—Lady Martindale 56 Heartsease herself at o... ...est of her power, but only as an obedient child, without understanding the immediate reward in this life, namely, confidence, support, and peace. It i... ...inquiry—’Confined?’ ‘Half-an-hour ago. She was taken ill yesterday morning immediately after you left her. She is insensible, but you may find her sti... ...lessed in time. Lord Martindale wished the family to have gone to Lon- don immediately, but Mrs. Nesbit set herself against any al- teration in their ...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume Two

By: Hugh Clough

...na, as a private soldier under his consul and commander. Most were for the immediate reception of Marius, but Sertorius openly declared against it, wh... ...m, after he had sent for him to share in his fortunes. T o which Sertorius immediately replied, that he had thought that Marius came into Italy of his... ...cian pirates, who desired not peace nor quiet, but riches and spoils, they immediately forsook him, and sailed away into Africa to assist Ascalis, the... ...however, sustained many losses; but he always maintained himself and those immediately with him unde- feated, and it was by other commanders under him... ...hom Sertorius promised a good reward, if they would tell no one of it; and immediately shut her up. A few days after, he appeared in public with a ver... ...as if their delight were to glory in their iniquity. There was nothing but music and dancing, banqueting and revels, all along the shore. Officers in ... ...dy of his best and richest fortress, had been, it seems, the daughter of a musician, an old man, and of no great fortune, and happening to sing one ni... ...ith all sorts of games, shows, and exer- cises, in gymnastics alike and in music. There was likewise the hunting or baiting of wild beasts, and combat... ...sed athletes. He often appointed prizes, for which not only tragedians and musicians, pipers and harpers, but rhapsodists also, strove to outvie one a...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...valt is arched or vaulted.” Webster’s Dictionary. “WHALE. * * * It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. Wallen; A.S. Walw ian, to roll, to wallo... ...that enter into the dread ful gulf of this monster’s (whale’s) mouth, are immediately lost and swallowed up, the sea gudgeon retires into it in great... ...m the window, and both together formed a series of small whirlwinds in the immediate vicinity of the spot where I had thought to spend the night. The ... ...been seated very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick r... ...at barbed iron was in lieu of a sceptre now. I asked him what might be his immediate purpose, touching his future move ments. He answered, to go to s... ...om the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music. But ere stepping into the cabin doorway below, he pauses, ships a ne... ...e corn when you may,say I. All legs go to harvest soon. Ah! here comes the music; now for it! Azore sailor. (Ascending, and pitching the tambourine up... ...rest), whence Requiem denominating the mass itself, and any other funereal music. Now, in allusion to the white, silent stillness of death in this 18... ...ing and weaving away when I started at a sound so strange, long drawn, and musically wild and unearthly, that the ball of free will dropped from my ha...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...valt is arched or vaulted.” —W ebster’ s Dictionary “Whale. ... It is more immediately from the Dut. and Ger. wallen; a.s. walw-ian, to roll, to wallo... ..., that enter into the dreadful gulf of this monster’s (whale’s) mouth, are immediately lost and swallowed up, the sea-gud- geon retires into it in gre... ...m the window, and both together formed a series of small whirlwinds in the immediate vicinity of the spot where I had thought to spend the night. The ... ...BEEN SEATED very long ere a man of a certain venerable robustness entered; immediately as the storm- pelted door flew back upon admitting him, a quick... ...at barbed iron was in lieu of a sceptre now. I asked him what might be his immediate purpose, touching his future movements. He answered, to go to sea... ...om the deck, reversing all other processions, by bringing up the rear with music. But ere stepping into the cabin doorway below, he pauses, ships a ne... ... corn when you may, say I. All legs go to harvest soon. Ah! here comes the music; now for it! Azore sailor. (Ascending, and pitching the tambourine up... ...l rest), whence requim denominating the mass itself, and any other funeral music. Now, in allusion to the white, silent still- ness of death in this s... ...ING and weaving away when I started at a sound so strange, long drawn, and musically wild and unearthly, that the ball of free will dropped from my ha...

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Treasure Island

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...u- matics. In the meantime, the captain gradually brightened up at his own music, and at last flapped his hand upon the table before him in a way we a... ...a cat waiting for a mouse. Once I stepped out myself into the road, but he immediately called me back, and as I did not obey quick enough for his fanc... ...but as soon as I was near enough to speak and not to be overheard, I broke immediately, “Doctor, let me speak. Get the captain and squire down to the ... ...nd I have often complained of it at other times, but just then it was like music to hear my friends snoring together so loud and peace- ful in their s... ...approval, which nothing but Silver’s black looks had restrained, broke out immediately the doc- tor had left the house. Silver was roundly accused of ... ..., and certainly I read them like print. In 157 Robert Louis Stevenson the immediate nearness of the gold, all else had been forgot- ten: his promise ... ...sundown when we cast anchor in a most beautiful land-locked gulf, and were immediately surrounded by shore boats full of Negroes and Mexican Indians a...

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New Poems

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

........................................................ 21 AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC ........................................................................ .......................................................................... 34 MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA .................................................... ...d swells And gushes o’er with glee; The fingers of the sun and shade Touch music stops in me. Now fancy paints that bygone day When you were here, my ... ...s, to left and right, A thousand seekers seek the light. AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC Away with funeral music – set The pipe to powerful lips – The cup of ... ...ent thereon and makes it fair, Or constancy, and love, and makes it grand? MUSIC AT THE VILLA MARINA For some abiding central source of power, Strong-... ...s feet, Roars forth into the sunlight, to its seat My soul was shaken with immediate pain Intolerable as the scanty breath Of that one word blew utter...

...CHES LEAD TO CERTAIN ENDS ...................................................................................................... 21 AWAY WITH FUNERAL MUSIC ............................................................................................................................... 21 TO SYDNEY..................................................................................

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