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...dar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants can skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall... ...skill to cut timber in Lebanon; and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants, 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I a... ...bout to build shall be wonderful great. 10 And, behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wh... ...the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of, let him send unto his servants: 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shalt nee... ...aven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts: 15 Thou which hast k... ... altar in this house; 23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own hea... ...st afflict them; 27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way... ...ribute until this day. 9 But of the children of Israel did Solomon make no servants for his work; but they were men of war, and chief of his captains,... ...he sea side in the land of Edom. 18 And Huram sent him by the hands of his servants ships, and servants that had knowledge of the sea; and they went w...

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...istress had shut herself up in her room and would see no one, not even the servants of the house. The semi-cloistral existence of the inhabitants of a... ...ty about Madame de Dey’s premises, shown by the very precautions which the servants took to conceal it. The foot- 8 The Recruit man was beating a car... ...f-past nine; the lanterns were lighted in Madame de Dey’s antechamber; the servants were helping their masters and mistresses to put on their clogs, t...

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...h they had killed and eaten, and playing draughts in front of the house. Men servants and pages were bustling about to wait upon them, some mixing win... ...uitors came in and took their places on the benches and seats. Forthwith men servants poured water over their hands, maids went round with the bread b... ... with your daily duties, your loom, your distaff, and the order ing of your servants; for speech is man’s matter, and mine above all others—for it is... ...sses, and had been left in charge of everything with full authority over the servants, rose to speak. He, then, plainly and in all honesty addressed t... ...cloister, and my mother does not know anything about it, nor any of the maid servants except one.” With these words he led the way and the others foll... ...she cried, “that encirclest the earth, vouchsafe to grant the prayers of thy servants that call upon thee. More especially we pray thee send down thy ... ... festival.” Thus spoke the daughter of Jove, and they obeyed her saying. Men servants poured water over the hands of the guests, while pages filled th... ... we may rest in peace henceforward.” So Eteoneus bustled back and bade other servants come with him. They took their sweating hands from under the yok... ...nto the bath room and washed themselves. The Odyssey – Book IV 37 When the servants had washed them and anointed them with oil, they brought them wo...

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...nd seem greatly relieved; bows and congratulations are exchanged, the livery servants are all bustle and commotion, bang go the steps, up jump the Sun... ... calling. ’ What class of persons does this affect? The rich man? No. Menial servants, both male and female, are specially exempted from the operation... ...e and female, are specially exempted from the operation of the bill. ‘Menial servants’ are among the poor people. The bill has no regard for them. Th... ...orses must be groomed, and the Peer’s carriage must be driven. So the menial servants are put utterly beyond the pale of grace; — unless indeed, they... ...o the clauses of exemption. They are two in number. The first exempts menial servants from any rest, and all poor men from any recreation: out laws a...

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...me open, as my keys were in my pocket, and therefore some of the excellent servants of the house had been able to save me all the trouble of unpacking... ... communicate my grief to him. I had to ring twice before anybody came. The servants, I well knew, were putting the dinner on the table. At last a man ... ...m from the room. He had doubtless gone to relieve his tortured feet in the servants’ hall, and as he did so was cursing my cruelty. But what mattered ...

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...tic lands, and he fell asleep in the company of jewelled and gilded princelings who live in vast palaces, and had servants salaaming before them or fl... ...r any chance glimpse of royalty that might offer. Splendid carriages, with splen- did people in them and splendid servants outside, were arriving and ... ... crimson cap, with drooping plumes fastened with a great sparkling gem. Several gorgeous gentlemen stood near—his servants, without a doubt. Oh! he wa... ... Tom had never encountered before except in books. The prince, with princely delicacy and breeding, sent away the servants, so that his humble guest m... ... and gracious withal; but my sister the Lady Mary, with her gloomy mien and—Look you: do thy sisters forbid their servants to smile, lest the sin dest... ...ers forbid their servants to smile, lest the sin destroy their souls?” “They? Oh, dost think, sir, that THEY have servants?” The little prince contemp... ...ntechamber, resolved to fly and seek the prince, and, through him, protection and release. Six gorgeous gentlemen-servants and two young pages of high... ...ide of him, making him lean upon them, and so steady his steps. Behind him followed the court-physicians and some servants. Presently Tom found himsel... ...r command of the Lord Great Steward and the Lord Head Cook, who stood near. Tom had three hundred and eighty-four servants beside these; but they were...

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...ch burghers, the right to be present at the services, themselves and their servants exclusively, in the various lateral chapels of the long side-aisle... ...e multitude, and a terrible voice howled out the words:— “To me, Poitiers! Servants of the Comte de Saint-Vallier, here! Help! help!” And the Comte Ay... ...w announced the coming of the count. Accompanied by several friends and by servants bearing torches, he hurried forward, a naked sword in hand. His gl... ... without allowing her to finish her curtsey to the canon, he signed to his servants and left the church without a word to the others who had ac- compa... ...s dwelling, called the hotel de Poitiers, was situated. When his escort of servants had entered the courtyard and the heavy gates were closed, a deep ... ... paused for a moment to listen to the sounds made in the lower hall by the servants of the count, who were supping. Casting a glance at the win- dow o... ...eved by the 17 Balzac loss he had met with than by the death of his three servants, Maitre Cornelius lived alone in his house with the old Flem- ish ... ... doors were locked; the steps of a few belated burghers, attended by their servants, armed to the teeth and bearing lanterns, ech- 22 Maitre Corneliu...

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..., as was fitting for his own foster-brother, till now, when not one of the servants, barring myself and Maitre Hebert, the steward, will follow Madame... ...rom Waterford; and his wife had followed him, attended by her two faithful servants, Patrick Callaghan, and his wife Honor, carrying her mistress’s ch... ...way; but be- sides that it would have been an insult to class him with the servants, the horses of the home establishment, driven by their own coachma... ... children, were set down there, while Arthur went on with the carriage and servants to the inn to dine. It was the first visit of Ulysse to the conven... ... and in another room the Abbe and secretary, each in a grabat, the two men-servants in like manner, on the floor. Such was the privacy of the eighteen... ...nything but the water; while the Abbe seemed unable to understand that the servants durst not demand anything better, and devoured her share and a qua... ...Lanty recognised to his horror as garments worn by his mistress and fellow-servants, also a big kettle and a handspike. They pointed down to the sea, ... ... the Abbe de St. Eudoce, Estelle, daughter of the Comte de Bourke, and our servants, Jacques Hebert, Laurent Callaghan, Victorine Renouf. The Cabeleyz... ...in surrounded by orange trees with fruit of all shades from green to gold. Servants in white garments and scarlet fezzes, black, brown, or white (by c...

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...ntal domestic like to be treated with insolence as our own better-tempered servants do), and secondly, he was angry that so many valuables should be r... ...uspect what John or Mary, whose wages we pay, think of ourselves. What our servants think of us!— Did we know what our intimates and dear relations th... ..., I mean; not the lady!” She gave this information to the landlord, to the servants, to the guests, and the innumerable stragglers about the courtyard... ...her mild and favourite tracts for Miss B.’s own perusal; and a few for the servants’ hall, viz.: “Crumbs from the Pantry,” “The Frying Pan and the Fir... ...ll the females of the establishment in mourning; and desired that the male servants should be similarly attired in deep black. All parties and enterta... ...r week. Mr. Raggles himself had to supply the greengroceries. The bill for servants’ porter at the Fortune of War public house is a curiosity in the c... ...utton; nor the coals which roasted it; nor the cook who basted it; nor the servants who ate it: and this I am given to understand is not unfrequently ... ... Curzon Street might know what was going on in the house between them, the servants com- municating through the area-railings; but Crawley and his wif... ...rove to church, monopolising the pony-chaise, which was for the use of the servants at the Hall. The domestics were dismissed at her pleasure. The Sco...

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...ge the smith, for leaving such perilous wares unwatched in the court-yard. Servants were not dismissed for carelessness in those days, but soundly flo... ...res, and pages under him, besides the six hundred red jacketed yoemen, and servants of all degrees, in the immense court of the but- tery and kitchen,... ...or little creature towards whom her heart was yearning. Even the two women-servants there were, no more looked at her askance, as they took her to a s... ...s was rightly ap- propriated by Ridley to the Lady Grisell. The two women- servants—Bell and Madge—were wives to the cook and the castle smith, so the... ...men on their guards and at the stables, and the cook, scullions, and other servants, but without much good effect as house- hold affairs were concerne... ...it was easy to stir it into heat. Whatever was cold she handed over to the servants to appease the hunger of the arrivals, while she broiled steaks, a... ...ame up the stair, and was received by Grisell, Thora, and one or two other servants on their knees. Ridley was not there. For even then, while the pri... ...ed. They sat down at the table. Grisell between Ridley and Hardcastle, the servants and men-at-arms beyond. Porridge and broth and very small ale were... ... Grisell had learnt to know so well, and here the barge hove to, while two servants, the man in a brown belted jer- 121 Charlotte M. Young kin, the o...

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...rcia. There were six of them coming along under their sunshades, with four servants mounted, and three muleteers on foot. Scarcely had Don Quixote des... ...two men of quality on horseback in handsome travel- ling dress, with three servants on foot accompanying them. Courte- ous salutations were exchanged ... ...esolved, I and 198 Don Quixote – Part I four of the lads, two of them our servants, and the other two friends of mine, to go in search of him until w... ...treated by him so kindly that very soon envy began to do its work, the old servants growing envi- ous of me, and regarding the duke’s inclination to s... ...y kind; as groomsman he had with him a cousin of Luscinda’s and except the servants of the house there was no one else in the chamber. Soon afterwards... ...as I also of their possessions. Through me they engaged or dismissed their servants; through my hands passed the accounts and returns of what was sown... ...ompare with that of a monastery, and unseen as I thought by any except the servants of the house (for when I went to Mass it was so early in the morni... ...othario to see her alone, for she was always attended by her men and women servants, especially by a handmaid of hers, Leonela by name, to whom she wa... ...k to her, though he might have done so when they removed the cloth and the servants retired to dine hastily; for such were Camilla’s orders; nay more,...

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...the 66 The Warden lady descended to family worship among her children and servants, the pattern of a good and prudent wife. Dr Grantly was blessed wi... ...ters and the archdeacon’s friends, he was imperi- ous and masterful to the servants and the poor. But perhaps Samuel was the general favourite; and de... ...ch he com- manded silence from the large circle of visitors, children, and servants who came together in the morning to hear him read the word of God,... ...subsequent arrangements legally sanctioned, Mr Harding and I are only paid servants. The defendants should have been either the Corporation of Barches... ...d guardians have been selected for the hospital; the law will say two paid servants, and you and I won’t quarrel with the name.’ ‘At any rate I will n... ...I won’t quarrel with the name.’ ‘At any rate I will not if I am one of the servants,’ said Mr Harding. ‘A rose, you know—’ ‘Yes, yes,’ said the archde... ...’ said the archdeacon, impatient of poetry at such a time. ‘Well, two paid servants, we’ll say; one to look after the men, and the other to look after... ...men, and the other to look after the money. You and Chadwick are these two servants, and whether either of you be paid too much, or too little, more o... ...at does seem clear, ’ said the bishop, who had winced visibly at the words servants and stipend, which, how- ever, appeared to have caused no uneasine...

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... for Uncle Alwyn explained that the man had got hold of the secret somehow—servants always know every- thing—and being a foreigner he was likely to be... ...ts, arranged in a crown form, were not so very tiny; or that, with two men-servants looking on, it were possible to attain to a second help, but she h... ...lanche, ‘every one says our girls work ever so much better, and make nicer servants than those that are crammed with all sorts of nonsense not fit for... ...in the household difficulties that weighed on the anxious conscience. Good servants would not stay at Bridgefield Hall for unexplained causes, which t... ...or a shock or two before you can be set free.’ The two gentlemen and three servants strove and struggled, hoisted and pushed, to the tune of suppresse... ... on pleadings with her father that poor Alice was fain to rejoice when the servants’ presence silenced her, and fairly fled from her when the last dis... ...during the awful household ceremony of many courses, with three solemn men-servants ministering to them? And poor Alice jumped up at the end, and ran ... ...lla Eugenie, whose flower-wreathed balconies were like a vision of beauty. Servants had been hired through agencies known to Mr. Egremont, and Gregori... ...d hinder his feeling it dull. Gregorio highly disapproved of the house and servants, and was always giving hints that Mentone would agree far better w...

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... held it as their duty to provide for the religious instruc- tion of their servants. She had been serving-woman to the lady, who in widow- hood went t... ...the King, and all the money and plate with him and most of the able-bodied servants, but I’m the more bound to look after his interests.” That seemed ... ...enthusiastically was the Prince’s health afterwards drunk. Stead heard the servants saying that such a meal had been a costly matter, but that the goo... ...ad come late in the evening, and taken old Lady Elmwood and several of the servants into Bristol for greater safety. Then came the heavy boom of a gre... ...urch and King, but it is hard to sacrifice others. Here are these faithful servants, their home broken up with ours, their 77 Yo n g e children dying... ...done, Goody Grace knew the way, and had guided one of the old Elmwood maid servants whom she had managed to shelter for the night. Mrs. Lightfoot was ... ...’ll tell the squire, who is a good and friendly gentle- man to all the old servants, that you have thought better of it, and will thankfully take his ... ...d the other half the rats run over like peas out of a bag. While as to the servants, there are dozens of them, mostly barefoot and in rags, who will r... ...ng- ing to the light of truth. I have castle, lands, flocks and herds, men-servants and maid-servants in abundance, and I give thanks to Him who hath ...

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...use. There might have been one in the kitchen: but I didn’t think so, or the servants would have mentioned it. ‘Any fairies?’ None that were visible. ... ...could, and was as busy, busy, busy as busy could be; for there were not many servants at that palace for three reasons: because the king was short of ...

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... much less precious than the unreal; but they didn’t want to starve. If my servants were my models, my models might be my servants. They would reverse...

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...eless, understand the arrangement of a scenic effect? The movements of the servants, who were preparing to serve breakfast, showed me that the meal ha... ...on. The mistress of the house finds a bell-wire beneath her feet to summon servants, who enter only when required, dis- turbing no interviews and over... ...il “Why not?” “That’s more than I know,” said Charles, with the stupid air servants assume to shield themselves when they wish not to answer their sup... ...st three years,—a trifling circumstance which neither the masters, nor the servants, nor the keepers of Les Aigues had as yet remarked upon. “Go round... ...nderstood), and allowed him to stay at Les Aigues, where he lived with her servants, who thought him one of the best fellows in Burgundy. Poor T onsar... ...ut- tony. In the first place, she managed to procure the good- will of the servants of the chateau, and Tonsard, in view of the results, made no compl... ...ablished the wine-shop of the Grand-I- Vert, her first customers being the servants of Les Aigues and the keepers and huntsmen. Gaubertin, formerly st... ...hat were really pretty, obtained, Heaven knows how! For one thing, the men-servants at Les Aigues sold to them, at prices that were easily paid, the c... ...and-I-Vert held subterraneous communica- tion with the chateau through the servants, and knew im- mediately everything that they knew. It is impossibl...

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... the whole blessed night, and no one to look after the house but those two servants that nobody knows any- thing about. As though there weren’t heaven... ...s and knees, who soaked themselves with cologne and made companions of the servants. They and the second girls were always squab- bling about their th... ...t had all been said before by generations of shop-girls, school-girls, and servants, in whose company the affront had ranged her. Landry was to be tol... ... arms wide—”I’m just going to live. Think of it, that beautiful house, and servants, and carriages, and paintings, and, oh, honey, how I will dress th... ...or. They all assembled in the parlor, every one talking at once, while the servants, bare-headed, carried the bag- gage down to the carriage. “Oh, wai... ...tem of telephones that con- nected the various parts of the house with the servants’ quarters. For months her chiefest concern in her wonder- ful surr... ...reat lady—and she acted it well. She assumed the existence of her numerous servants as she assumed the fact of the trees in the park; she gave herself... ...and manner.” She knew very well that if she relaxed this hauteur, that her servants would impose on her, would run over her, and in this matter she fo... ...her, and in this matter she found new cause for wonder in her husband. The servants, from the frigid butler to the under groom, adored Jadwin. A half-...

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...n at last he heard the alarm spring its rattle in the lower story, and the servants begin to be about, he instantly lost heart, and fled to his own ro... ...at’s disinterested, mind ye, for my stables are in the Glesgie Road.’ ‘The servants must hear,’ said John. ‘Hout!’ said the driver. ‘He keeps no serva... ...I was a thief, sir,’ returned Alexander. ‘I took all the money in case the servants should get hold of it; and here is the change, and a note of my ex... ...ten,’ said Mr. Nicholson. ‘But still I do not understand. Did you keep the servants up?’ ‘I propose to go into all that at length after breakfast,’ re... ...as at an end all four were talking even freely. Prayers followed, with the servants gaping at this new- comer whom no one had admitted; and after pray... ...of Jack-tar and the sooty pitman, and hurried to spread the news round the servants’ hall of Naseby House. Luncheon would be on the table in little be...

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... esti- mation the most important personage of Lynwood Keep, manager of the servants, adviser of the Lady, and instructor of the young gentleman in the... ...ion, accompanied by a youth of eighteen or nineteen, and at- tended by two servants. Sir Reginald and his brother imme- diately stepped forward to rec... ... where Squires and pages were waiting for the provisions brought in by the servants, which they were to carry to their Knights. Gaston was soon engage... ... grasped was black, and the hall completely hung with the same colour. The servants remained huddled in terror round the hearth, and the pause was fir... ..., as his eye met that of Father Cyril, who, summoned by the screams of the servants, had just entered the hall. “My son,” replied the good Father, sol... ... Ingram, just come in from attending to the horses, and Ralph hurrying the servants in setting out an ample meal for the travellers. “My good old frie... ...spotted, and a thin sharp-pointed snout. The Lord de Corasse called to his servants to set the dogs on the ill-favoured creature, and kill it; but, as...