...times, in which, instead of a face, each figure bears a neat oval with its index number legibly inscribed. This burthens us with an incurable effect o... ...ence as the significance of life, you will feel the texture of its shaping body. Nothing endures, nothing is precise and certain (except the mind of a... ...nd white and black, brown, red and yellow, all tints of skin, all types of body and character, will be there. How we are to adjust their differences i... ... are no hard and fast things, no crowd of identically similar persons, but massed sub-races, and tribes and families, each after its kind unique, and ... ... often hostile. T o live without some sort of segregation from the general mass is impossible in exact proportion to one’s individual distinction. Of ... ...- ous special routes will cover the land of the world, pierce the mountain masses and tunnel under the seas. These may be double railways or monorails... ...ing called a 49 H G Wells civilisation without it. It is the water of the body social, it distributes and receives, and renders growth and assimila- ... ...f sane men; there they are! “You say,” said the botanist, with a prevalent index finger, and the resolute deliberation of a big siege gun being lugged... ...the most generous estimate, not more than 1,500,000,000, and the effectual indexing of this number of people, the record of their movement hither and ...

...istmas-day with rum and roast beef, to the de- struction of their frail chimney. Cast up among the stones and boulders of the beach, were great spars ... ...oat put off from one of the heaps of wreck; and first, there were three men in her, and in a moment she capsized, and there were but two; and again, s... ... she parted, and thus the collapsing wreck would have fallen upon them after yawning open, and would keep them down. A diver made known, even then, th... ... had shown any superstitious avoidance of the drowned; on the whole, they had done very well, and had assisted readily. T en shillings had been paid f... ...t time, one hundred and forty-five bodies, that had come ashore from the wreck. He had buried them, when not identified, in graves containing four eac... ... deaf, wonderfully preserved, and amazingly conversational. She had not long lost her husband, and had been in that place little more than a year. At ... ...re. And indeed in those houseless night walks—which even included cemeteries where watchmen went round among the graves at stated times, and moved the... ...eme mournfulness of speech and ac- tion, and with a forlorn old fly-blown bill of fare in his hand which the waiter had given him, and which was a sor... ...r expressions of the hand; I hold physiognomy to be infallible; though all these sciences demand rare qualities in the student. But I also hold that t...

...s been the longest, the least profitable, and the farthest inland. If this body of fresh water is so nigh, Ar- rowhead, and so large, one might think ... ...the transplanted bushes; made a few hasty steps backward; and, bending his body and carefully separating the branches, he appeared among them. “The ac... ...induced Mabel to place herself in such an attitude as concealed her entire body, though it would have probably exceeded his means to induce the girl s... ... be in the centre of the stream, the two shores were discernible merely by masses of obscurity denser than common, the outlines against the clouds bei... ...ort. CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XII Lo! dusky masses steal in dubious sight, Along the leaguer’d wall, and bristling ban... ...r up against it, the water falling on the deck of the little craft in such masses as to cause it to shake to the centre, and, though a vessel of singu... ...expert in tracing the working of the human mind might have seen a faithful index to the feelings of Mabel in her manner to Pathfinder and her husband....

...tone, some common plant, any com monest thing, as if it were the clew and index to some mys tery; and when, by chance startled out of these meditati... ...t feel that all was lost; but he takes, as it were, a great clod of earth, massive rocks and mud, soil and dirt, and flings it at me overwhelm ingly;... ...undying principle, and we transfer that true sense to this life and to the body, instead of inter preting it justly as the promise of spiritual immor... ...added (by way of grace), “and may it become a portion in us of an immortal body.” “That sounds good, Septimius,” said the old lady. “Ah! you’ll be a m... ...will to all men. They cannot, whatever is said of them, be on an errand of massa cre. We will stand here quietly; and, seeing that we do not fear the... ...amp of a thousand feet fell in regular order; then came the column, moving massively, and the redcoats who seemed somewhat wearied by a long night ma... ...company of 24 Septimius Felton the British soldiers wheeled from the main body, and, dash ing out of the road, climbed the hill, and disappeared int...

...or that matter, I have a question to address to you. Why, being so great a body of men – for you are a great body – fifteen thousand, 29 Robert Louis... ...I thought I should astonish you,’ he said. ‘These are not the ideas of the masses.’ ‘They are not, I can assure you,’ Otto said. ‘Or rather,’ distingu... ...oks? The Herr Doctor might perhaps be asked for his advice; but we have no Index Expurgatorius in Grunewald. Had we but that, we should be the most ab... ...r wife. You are in everything a public creature; you belong to the public, body and bone. Y ou have with you the law, the muskets of the army, and the... ... the intoxicating joys of power. Meanwhile he continued, with that sort of massive arch- ness that so ill became him, ‘She has but one fault; there is... ...al hour, the council of Grunewald sat around the board. It was not a large body. At the instance of Gondremark, it had undergone a strict purgation, a... ...at home appeared the very antipode of Gondremark on duty. He had an air of massive jollity that well became him; grossness and geniality sat upon his ...

...oor was just opening, and the faint light of early dawn displayed the dark masses of the garden beyond. He is certain that nothing went out of the doo... ...customer, mister,” said Mr. Jaffers. “But ‘ed or no ‘ed, the warrant says ‘body,’ and duty’s duty—” “Keep off!” said the figure, starting back. Abrupt... ...coming together. He felt a muscular chest, and in another moment the whole mass of struggling, ex- cited men shot out into the crowded hall. “I got hi... ...ht some- thing, missed his hold, and fell over the constable’s pros- trate body. Half-way across the road a woman screamed as something pushed by her;... ...pt to give me the slip again—” “Lord!” said Mr. Marvel. “That shoulder’s a mass of bruises as it is.” “On my honour,” said the Voice, “I will kill you... ... aces and a joker. Get a lantern, someone, and come and feel about for his body.” 65 H G Wells CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVII CH... ...s erty of matter—except, in some instances colours—to lower the refractive index of a substance, solid or liquid, to that of air—so far as all practic... ...hwith vanishes. The powdered glass and water have much the same refractive index; that is, the light undergoes very little refrac- tion or reflection ... ... glass invisible by putting it into a liquid of nearly the same refractive index; a transparent thing becomes invisible if it is put in any medium of ...

...ur guides), by a courier, two footmen, and two waiting-maids: which strong body of inconvenience was ac- commodated elsewhere under the same roof. The... ... seemed gone, and the mountain, a shining waste of immense white heaps and masses, to be a region of cloud floating between the blue sky above and the... ...al other small stores which were chiefly laid in for the use of the strong body of inconvenience. Mr Gowan and Blandois of Paris had already breakfast... ...much company being on the road, from the patched Italian V ettura—like the body of a swing from an English fair put upon a wooden tray on wheels, and ... ...t heights and distances, all softly lighted through stained glass, and the massive curtains that hung in the doorways. From these cities they would go... ...erhanging the canal, with other balconies below, and none above. It was of massive stone darkened by ages, built in a wild fancy which came from the E... ...olling his eyes round the Chief Butler’s shoes without raising them to the index of that stupendous creature’s thoughts, had signified to him his inte...

...E DAWN CHAPTER I – THE DAWN CHAPTER I – THE DAWN CHAPTER I – THE DAWN AN ANCIENT ENGLISH CATHEDRAL TOWER? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower ... ...opes his way down the broken stairs, gives a good morning to some rat-ridden doorkeeper, in bed in a black hutch beneath the stairs, and passes out. T... ...lves from the rest, will retrace their flight for some distance, and will there poise and linger; conveying to mere men the fancy that it is of some o... ...ing the Close, with an arched thoroughfare passing beneath it. Through its latticed window, a fire shines out upon the fast- darkening scene, involvin... ...e Secretary said, and what the Vice-Secretary said. And this was usually said in the unanimously- carried resolution under hand and seal, to the effec... ... part of his position, he is no sooner taken by the throat than he curls up his legs, forces his assailant to hang him, as it were, and gurgles in his... ...or a few words of consultation, and then asking for pen and ink, sketched out a line or two of agreement. In the meantime Mrs. Billickin took a seat, ...

...Excerpt: An ancient English cathedral tower? How can the ancient English Cathedral tower be here! The well-known massive gray square tower of its old Cathedral? How can that be here! There is no spike of rusty iron in the air, between the eye and it, from any point of the real prospect. What is the spike that intervenes, and who has set...

...orthcoming for chap. 20 of Book xviii., which describes the arrival of the body of the Fair Maiden of Astolat at Arthur’s court, or for chap. 25 of th... ...oration of obsolete words has necessitated a much fuller glossary, and the index of names has therefore been separated from it and enlarged. In its pr... ...has therefore been separated from it and enlarged. In its present form the index is the work of Mr. Henry Littlehales. A. W. POLLARD. PREFACE OF WILLI... ...sixth chapter, and in the seventh book the twenty-third chapter, where his body was buried, and after found, and translated into the said monas- tery.... ...he asked her, by the faith she owed to him, whose was the child within her body; then she sore abashed to give answer. Dismay you not, said the king, ... ...in the church for to pray. And when matins and the 16 Thomas Malory first mass was done, there was seen in the churchyard, against the high altar, a ... ... church and pray unto God still, that no man touch the sword till the high mass be all done. So when all masses were done all the lords went to behold... ...r they had been in council, they went unto bed. And on the morn they heard mass, and to dinner, and so to their council, and made many arguments what ...

... certain regiments com- ing home from India; hedges we had, and a spirited body of yeomanry; and we had pluck and patriotism, the father and mother of... ...eally himself, and all that heart could de- sire, supposing he addressed a body of midshipmen just a little loftily. But the English, when translated,... ...d in increasing degrees, under a belief that we would fight neither in the mass nor individually. Possibly, if it became known that the colonels refus... ...g with fragments. It’s a devilish unlucky thing to attempt with a concrete mass. You might as well ask your 25 George Meredith head to absorb a wall ... ... disposed to receive a stone in his fore- skull, pummelled the obmutescent mass, to the confusion of a conceivable epic. His indifferent England refus... ...k hotel!’ sighed Everard; ‘and no more to the scoundrels over there than a body to be shov- elled into slack lime.’ Rosamund Culling was the only witn... ... months of the date of the demand for it: otherwise blank; but the shadowy index pointed to the destitution of Nevil Beauchamp. No stroke of retributi...

...d...................103 From Pent Up Aching Rivers............103 I Sing the Body Electric....................105 A Woman Waits for Me................... ..............................560 Good Bye My Fancy!........................561 Index of First Lines ..........................562 Leaves of Grass –Whit... ...Grass by Walt Whitman LEAVES OF GRASS Come, said my soul, Such verses for my Body let us write, (for we are one,) That should I after return, Or, long... ...nd ever yet the verses owning—as, first, I here and now Signing for Soul and Body, set to them my name, Walt Whitman Leaves of Grass –Whitman 8 BOOK... ...I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor br... ...st trackless spaces, As in a dream they change, they swiftly fill, Countless masses debouch upon them, They are now cover’d with the foremost people, ... ...anos! conquerors! marches humanitarian! Foremost! century marches! Libertad! masses! For you a programme of chants. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 25 Chan... ... me. Through me the afflatus surging and surging, through me the current and index. Leaves of Grass –Whitman 62 I speak the pass word primeval, I gi... ...ivine list for myself or you or for any one making, The face, the limbs, the index from head to foot, and what it arouses, The mystic deliria, the mad...

...Excerpt: BOOK I. INSCRIPTIONS. One?s-self I sing, a simple separate person, Yet utter the word Democratic, the word En-Masse. Of physiology from top to toe I sing, Not physiognomy alone nor brain alone is worthy for the Muse, I say the Form complete is worthier far, The Female equally with the Male I sing. Of Life immense in passion, pulse, a...

...s are two American ambulance drivers, Edward Estlin Cummings of Cambridge, Mass., and W S B … . More than two months ago these young men were arrested... ... myself, I took three steps which brought me to the door-end. The door was massively made, all of iron or steel I should think. It delighted me. The c... ...sly and imperturbably tickled. Look who’s here, who let that in? The right body collapsed sufficiently to deposit a bowl just inside. I smiled and sai... ...on- sieur Savy, etc. T urnkeyish and turnkeyish. Identical expression. One body collapses sufficiently to deposit a hunk of bread and a piece of water... ...horoughly aching, head spinning, I half-straightened my no longer obedient body; and jumped: face to face with a little wooden man hanging all by itse... ...make out what. Then the older nodded in the direction of a long dull dirty mass not a hundred yards away, which (as near as I could see) served either... ...nother. Satisfied, he went on; his good hand grasping the pipe between its index and second fingers and resting on one little knee, his legs crossed, ...

... of dinner, the party being small and the room still, these motes from the mass of a magistrate’s mind fell too noticeably. She wondered how a man lik... ...stretched his legs towards the wood fire, which had fallen into a wondrous mass of glowing dice between the dogs, and rubbed his hands gently, looking... ...She does not do it for my amusement.” “He has got no good red blood in his body,” said Sir James. “No. Somebody put a drop under a magnifying glass an... ...s—the simple lines of her dark brown hair parted over her brow and coiled massively behind, in keeping with the entire absence from her manner and ex... ... lending itself to finish in all the delicacies of life, and enshrined in a body which expressed this with a force of demonstration that excluded the n... ...opened the door of his study, which was indeed as bare of luxuries for the body as the ladies had implied, unless a short porcelain pipe and a tobacco... ... change in the public sentiment, of which the unanimity at Dollop’s was an index A good deal more than a year ago, before anything was known of Lydgat...