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...hose Thug helpers, the alkaloids that stifle natural fatigue and kill rest—black coffee, cocaine—” “I see,” said Isbister. “I did my work,” said the s... ...ld reascend the steep and return towards Boscastle, alleging the view into Blackapit, he submitted quietly. Halfway up he began talking to him- self, ... ...d they stood for a space by the seat that looks into the dark mysteries of Blackapit, and then he sat down. Isbister had resumed his talk whenever the... ...steep. Several times Isbister heard him stumble as they came down, and his movements were slow and hesitating. “Come in with me,” said Isbister, “and ... ...saw such stiffness. Of course this”—he indicated the prostrate figure by a movement of his head—“is quite different. And, of course, the little doctor... ...sis of the uncon- scious to the subconscious, the sub-conscious to dawning consciousness, until at last we recognise ourselves again. And as it happen... ... He had an uncertain sense of whispers and footsteps hastily receding. The movement of his head involved a perception of ex- treme physical weakness. ...

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...ders. He was dressed in dark-blue serge, and had peculiarly thick, coarse, black hair. I heard the unseen dogs growl furiously , and forthwith he duck... ... from myself. He turned with animal swiftness. In some indefinable way the black face thus flashed upon me shocked me profoundly. It was a singularly ... ...d you!” said Montgomery. “Why the devil don’t you get out of the way?” The black-faced man started aside without a word. I went on up the companion, s... ...t have forgotten the precise occasion, passed my imagination. Montgomery’s movement to follow me released my atten- tion, and I turned and looked abou... ...ily into Montgomery’s face for a minute, “Blasted Sawbones!” With a sudden movement he shook his arm free, and after two ineffectual attempts stuck hi... ...stars. Except for an occasional sound in the yel- low-lit forecastle and a movement of the animals now and then, the night was very still. The puma la... ... think I no- ticed. Then as I handled the books on the shelf it came up in consciousness: Where had I heard the name of Moreau be- fore? I sat down be... ...us of some- thing familiar, an odour that had been in the background of my consciousness hitherto, suddenly came forward into the forefront of my thou...

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... an intense, spiritually rapt ex-pression, which was caused by a perpetual consciousness of unpleasant physical sensations in his internal economy. Fo... ...less punkah hanging over the centre table —I knocked at a door labelled in black letters: “Chief Steward.” The answer to my knock being a vexed and do... ...earthly goings on. Freed from the sea for a time, I preserved the sailor’s consciousness of complete independence from all land affairs. How could the... ...ene, his own handiwork, if I may ex- press it in that way. His smouldering black pipe was very no- ticeable in his big, paternal fist. So, too, was th... ... name, but his complexion was of a rich olive hue, his short beard was jet black, and his eyes, also black, had a languishing expression. He asked con... ...I have a distinct impression that, though uplifted by my aroused youth, my movements were deliberate enough. To that mixed white, brown, and yellow po... ...e next ten minutes might have been ten seconds or ten centuries for all my consciousness had to do with it. People might have been falling dead around... ...d. I remember the cooks we had here before his time! …” I must have made a movement of impatience, because he interrupted himself with an apology for ... ...a sort of nervous haste: “Oh! Good-night, Captain Giles, good- night.” His movements were always deliberate, but his back had receded some distance al...

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...train of his experience something that glossed over, something that salved and simplified, all the rest of consciousness. He circulated, talked, renew... ...ways caught the first effect of the steel point of his stick on the old marble of the hall pavement, large black-and-white squares that he remembered ... ...ving him always to remark, portentously, on his probably having formed a relation, his probably enjoying a consciousness, unique in the ex- perience o... ...same throb, the strang- est, the most joyous, possibly the next minute almost the proudest, duplication of consciousness. “He has been dodging, retrea... ...ause, better; it had allowed him to stop and draw breath, and the case increased with the sight of the old black-and-white slabs. But what he most fel... ...k, was the virtual screen of a figure which stood in it as still as some image erect in a niche or as some black-vizored sentinel guard- ing a treasur... ...e to you.” At this Brydon raised himself; he had to see her better. She helped him when she understood his movement, and he sat up, steadying himself ...

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...er to start aside with a slight scream, as there stood beside her a stout, black-eyed, round-faced lad, his ruddy cheeks and loutish air showing more ... ...eam-jug—an inconsistent companion for the homely 10 Dynevor Terrace Vol 1 black teapot and willow-patterned plates, though the two cups of rare India... ...ne.’ ‘More than plausible,’ cried James, excitement sparkling in his vivid black eyes. ‘It happens that this is the very book that you would most rejo... ...d hardly slacken her eager step so as to keep pace with her niece’s feeble movements. She was disap- pointed; the carriage had returned without Lord F... ...tokens of con- sciousness, except a cry now and then extorted by a rougher movement. None of the household, scarcely even Mrs. Frost, seemed at first ... ... on as if he almost envied the re- lief of the outburst, but James’s first movement was to turn on him, as if he were neglecting his son, sharply dema... ...g-glass no less powerful. He had not been so happy since his marriage; the consciousness of his own cold manner made him grate- ful for any demonstrat... ...n the prospect held out of repairing the deficiencies of his learning. The consciousness of ignorance and awkwardness was very painful, and he longed ... ...‘So; he is at least a thorough gentleman. It may be conceit, or wrong self-consciousness, but from the moment the poor boy was spied in the shop, I ha...

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...so- ciation of Rosycrucians and Illuminati, with all their proper- ties of black cowls, caverns, daggers, electrical machines, trap- doors, and dark-l... ...e great book of Nature, the same through a thousand edi- tions, whether of black-letter, or wire-wove and hot-pressed, that I have venturously essayed... ...f this microcosm augured yet worse consequences to Richard Waverley from a movement which shortly fol- lowed his apostasy. This was no less than an ex... ...h Sir Everard encountered upon this occa- sion, although diminished by the consciousness of having acted virtuously and generously, had its effect upo... ...eir attention was attracted by a carriage drawn by six stately long-failed black horses, and with as much carving and gilding as would have done honou... ...nd remorse, as a modest, sensitive, and inexperienced youth feels from the consciousness of hav- ing neglected etiquette, or excited ridicule. Where w... ...he men executed with agility and pre- cision some of the ordinary military movements. They then practised individually at a mark, and showed extraordi... ...es, he had not any fixed political opinion to place in opposi- tion to the movements of indignation which he felt at his father’s supposed wrongs. Of ... ... know the severity of a Government ha- rassed by just apprehensions, and a consciousness of their own illegality and insecurity. I shall have to deliv...

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...ere my wife, I’d never part with that birthmark.” When Georgiana recovered consciousness she found her self breathing an atmosphere of penetrating fr... ...the flower than the whole plant suffered a blight, its leaves turning coal black as if by the agency of fire. “There was too powerful a stimulus,” sai... ...fixed upon as remarkable was his staff, which bore the likeness of a great black snake, so curiously wrought that it might almost be seen to twist and... ...rs. The blue sky was still visible, except directly over head, where this black mass of cloud was sweeping swiftly northward. Aloft in the air, as if... ...f the night, or in the less wholesome glow of moonshine. Giovanni’ s first movement, on starting from sleep, was to throw open the window and gaze dow... ... herself and sighed heavily as she bent over the dead insect. An impulsive movement of Giovanni drew her eyes to the window. There she beheld the beau... ...y believe.” A fervor glowed in her whole aspect and beamed upon Giovanni’s consciousness like the light of truth itself; but while she spoke there was... ... half ideas which throng the dim region beyond the daylight of our perfect consciousness. Thus did he spend the night, nor fell asleep until the dawn ... ...al motion.” “The perpetual motion? Nonsense!” replied Owen Warland, with a movement of disgust; for he was full of little petulances. “It can never be...

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...waiting for some one, but he hardly knew why the idea arrested him. There was nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she always roused speculation, that her simplest acts seemed the result of far-reaching intentions....

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...as nothing new about Lily Bart, yet he could never see her without a faint movement of interest: it was characteristic of her that she al- ways roused... ...ever so slightly brightened by art?—and the thick planting of her straight black lashes. Everything about her was at once vigorous and exquisite, at o... ...s she did so, he noted, with a purely impersonal enjoyment, how evenly the black lashes 10 House of Mirth were set in her smooth white lids, and how ... ...is acquaintances cared for Americana, or knew anything about them; and the consciousness of this igno- rance threw Mr. Gryce’s knowledge into agreeabl... ... house in Madison Avenue—an appalling house, all brown stone with- out and black walnut within, with the Gryce library in a fire- proof annex that loo... ... of wheels, and divined that more visitors were approach- ing. There was a movement behind her, a scattering of steps and voices: it was evident that ... ...n dinginess was evidence of stupidity; and there were moments when, in the consciousness of her own power to look and to be so exactly what the occasi... ...tell you he’s a chap it pays to be decent to.” Miss Bart made an impatient movement, but suppressed the words which seemed about to accompany it. Afte... ..., and would inevitably connect the allusion with her visit to himself. The consciousness increased her irritation against Rosedale, but also her feeli...

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...losed yellow paper envelopes, very flimsy, and marked two-and-six in heavy black figures; a few num- bers of ancient French comic publications hung ac... ...ns hung across a string as if to dry; a dingy blue china bowl, a casket of black wood, bottles of marking ink, and rubber stamps; a few books, with ti... ...ie’s mother was a stout, wheezy woman, with a large brown face. She wore a black wig under a white cap. Her swollen legs rendered her inactive. She co... ...ld-fashioned bow necktie seemed to bristle with unspeak- able menaces. The movement was so swift and fierce that Mr V erloc, casting an oblique glance... ..., but they do not make it in their heads. The ideas that are born in their consciousness play an insignificant part in the march of events. History is... ...r was “capering all over the place downstairs” she swung out in one sudden movement on to the edge of the bed. Her bare feet, as if poked through the ... ... answered the other negligently, and took a pull at the dark beer. All his movements—the way he grasped the mug, the act of drinking, the way he set t... ... being aware of it within twenty-four hours; and he had spoken thus in his consciousness of being the great expert of his department. He had gone even... ...ect.” The echo of the words “Person unknown” repeating itself in his inner consciousness bothered the Chief Inspector consid- erably. He would have li...

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...rm for me. The gloom through American Notes – Dickens 13 which the great black mass holds its direct and certain course; the rushing water, plainly ... ...ng, pitching, throbbing, rolling, and rocking: and going through all these movements, some times by turns, and sometimes altogether: until one feels ... ...enses could ever have got into. I found myself stand ing, when a gleam of consciousness came upon me, hold ing on to something. I don’t know what. I... ...ound us, for the sea ran high, and the horizon encompassed us like a large black hoop. Viewed from the air, or some tall bluff on shore, it would have... ...us written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following ev ery movement of their fingers, as letter after letter con veys their meaning t... ...e necessary for two pantomimes to paint their thoughts and feelings by the movements of the body, and the expression of the countenance, how much Amer... ...ted, calmly, and quite as a matter of course, among a throng of mad women, black and white, were the physician’s wife and another lady, with a couple ... ...beneath the open sky by day, or lie me down upon my bed at night, with the consciousness that one human crea ture, for any length of time, no matter ... ...ind this cur tain, was perfectly audible before it, we had still a lively consciousness of their society. The politeness of the person in authority h...

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...o a power, of which, hitherto, they had never enjoyed a fraction. It was a movement per saltum, beyond all that history has recorded. At cock-crow the... ...w developing her strength, no longer the safe and docile arena for popular movements which once she was, with a people that were scattered and habits ... ...it become more important to hang weights and retarding forces upon popular movements amongst the laboring classes. This being so, we have never been a... ...ed No? Was the affirmative and negative shared between them as between the black chessmen and the white? Not so; and 32 Theological Essays and Other ... ...X SCENES EXHIBITED IN SIX SCENES 1828 1828 1828 1828 1828 TO THE EDITOR OF BLACKWOOD’S MAGAZINE. SIR,—Some years ago you published a translation of Bo... ...ld, with the indications here given, (especially if you could persuade Mr. Blackwood to adopt one or two of Mr. Hartmann’s seven outlines,) en- able a... ...ce come to hate her rancorously, and finding his ha- tred envenomed by the consciousness that Lady Mary had long ceased to care two straws for all the...

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...hman in a three-cornered hat and wig, at the rate of four miles an hour. A black servant, who 5 Thackeray reposed on the box beside the fat coachman,... ...g-room. “It is Mrs. Sedley’s coach, sister,” said Miss Jemima. “Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coach- man has a new red wai... .... “Why, do you think Miss Pinkerton will come out and order me back to the black-hole?” said Rebecca, laughing. “No: but—” “I hate the whole house,” c... ...s; their attitudes and their elbows and their starch, with her humble soft movements and modest graces. Poor Swartz was seated in a place where Emmy h... ...ted to treat the coachman to drink when- ever they met, old Miss Crawley’s movements were pretty well known by our young couple; and Rebecca luckily b... ... humble protestants, unheard in the uproar of the triumph! After the first movement of terror in Amelia’s mind —when Rebecca’s green eyes lighted upon... ..., and laid upstairs in a lumber-room in the garret; and though there was a consciousness of him, and father and daughter often instinctively knew that... ...moment. After this incident, the mother’s dislike increased to hatred; the consciousness that the child was in the house was a re- proach and a pain t... ...ce was in- duced to desist. And the worthy civilian being haunted by a dim consciousness that the lad thought him an ass, and was inclined to turn him...

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... No wonder, therefore, that her faculties were be- wildered by the complex movements of the cotillion: and, in short, as the good lady daily contempla... ...isplayed, and suited to her powers. Her manners, instead of the artificial movements of prescribed rules, exhibited the chaste and deli- cate modesty ... ...ess of affection, described my person to him already. I wonder if he likes black eyes and fair complexion. Y ou can’t conceive what a bloom the countr... ...uncle, who would have robbed him of his large possessions, and left him in black despair, to have eaten the bread of penury. His courage and understan... ... in your next, and I may have it in my power to write you something of his movements. Oh! Anna, why will you dwell on the name of Antonio—I am sure I ... ...e truth. On the other hand, Julia spent her secret hours in the delightful consciousness of having now done some- thing that rendered her worthy of An... ...the driver. His stature was tall and athletic; his complexion dark to near blackness; his face was buried in whiskers; and his employer had spoken the... ...d already learnt, that it is not enough for our happiness that we have the consciousness of doing right, but it is necessary that others should think ... ...ield now laughed without any affectation— and exchanging a look of perfect consciousness of each other’s meaning, they separated, as the preparations ...

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...of white wood and a green paper on which were etchings by Whistler in neat black frames. The green curtains with their peacock design, hung in straigh... ...rd shrugged her shoulders. “She finds them amusing. She wants to be in the movement. I fancy she’s rather simple, poor dear , and she thinks we’re all... ...me to go,” I said to the Colonel, getting up. “I suppose you’ve heard that blackguard has deserted her,” he cried explosively . I hesitated. “ Y ou kn... ...on’t know who the woman is, you know , ” he said. “All we know is that the blackguard’s gone to Paris.” “I thought they got on so well.” “So they did.... ... pire in her pocket, which the wives of senior of- ficers acquire from the consciousness of belong- ing to a superior caste. Her manner was brisk, and... ...g. He dis- cussed the most intimate matters with a com- plete lack of self-consciousness. Sometimes he embarrassed his wife, and the only time I saw h... ...re.” She withdrew her hands quickly , I had never seen her make so rapid a movement; and her cheeks flushed. “Oh no.” “Oh, my dear one, don’t refuse. ... ...roubling thoughts they excited in her. He slept very qui- etly , without a movement, so that he might have been dead, and he was like some wild creatu... ...propriate to expression in another , and it may be that it was the obscure consciousness of this that excited Strickland’s sympathy . Perhaps both wer...

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...e’s Dock (an obstruction long since removed) a common sailor, so intensely black that he must needs have been a native African of the unadul- terate b... ... Human Race. At each spontaneous tribute rendered by the wayfarers to this black pagod of a fellow- the tribute of a pause and stare, and less frequen... ...ipped that young fellow, my fore- castle was a rat-pit of quarrels. It was black times, I tell you, aboard the Rights here. I was worried to that degr... ...ove all, something in the mobile expression, and every chance attitude and movement, something suggestive of a mother eminently favored by Love and th... ...lliter- ate nightingale was sometimes the composer of his own song.Of self-consciousness he seemed to have little or none, or about as much as we may ... ...on was effected. As one of that fleet the seventy-four participated in its movements, tho’ at times, on account of her superior sailing qualities, in ... ... or less at home in that neighbourhood. Presently he was stirred into semi-consciousness by some- body, who must have previously sounded the sleep of ... ...tely he (Claggart) had begun to suspect that on the gun decks some sort of movement prompted by the 51 Herman Melville sailor in question was covertl...

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...ll stalwartness Adam Bede was a Saxon, and justified his name; but the jet-black hair, made the more noticeable by its contrast with the light paper c... ...efore I came up the hill—a carpenter, a tall, broad-shouldered fellow with black hair and black eyes, marching along like a soldier. We want such fel-... ...in’ on, like.” The men were chiefly gath- ered in the neighbourhood of the blacksmith’s shop. But do not imagine them gathered in a knot. Villagers ne... ...t the feminine delicacy of her appearance, as at the total absence of self-consciousness in her demeanour. He had made up his mind to see her advance ... ... or calm majestic statues, or Beethoven symphonies all bring with them the consciousness that they are mere waves and ripples in an unfathomable ocean... ...lsion; and ties us by our heart-strings to the beings that jar us at every movement. We hear a voice with the very cadence of our own uttering the tho... ...o a stand in the middle of a bog. And they are the prettiest attitudes and movements into which a pretty girl is thrown in making up butter—tossing mo... ...a sideward inclination of the round white neck; little patting and rolling movements with the palm of the hand, and nice adaptations and finishings wh... ...ove for the still corpse, to which in all her thoughts she attributed some consciousness. Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them: ...

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...y of the sign surmounting it (merely “Bunner Sisters” in blotchy gold on a black ground) it would have been difficult for the uninitiated to guess the... ...nt of obvious importance, she had put on her double-dyed and triple-turned black silk. Age, while be- stowing on this garment a patine worthy of a Ren... ...to emphasize the importance of the occasion. Seen thus, in her sacramental black silk, a wisp of lace turned over the collar and fastened by a mosaic ... ... Evelina toward the table, keeping a sideward eye on her sister’s listless movements, while her own hands were busy with the kettle. A moment later ca... ...he thought that he and her sister might constantly be meeting in total un- consciousness of the link between them. Whenever she reached this stage in ... ...stead of spending it all alone in that poky little place of his.” Her self-consciousness irritated Ann Eliza. “I guess he’s got plenty of friends of h... ... the first moment of constraint a renewed sense of satisfaction filled the consciousness of the three women. The Bunner sisters were not sorry to let ... ...gotten that? The hun- dred dollars in the bank.” Evelina made an impatient movement. “Of course I ain’t for- gotten it. On’y it ain’t enough. It would...

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...such a region. But what a fine old tower! Its tall front is like a page of black letter, taken from the history of the Italian republics.” “I know lit... ...latively good—was perhaps better appreciated in the memory than by present consciousness. One of its most ethereal charms lay in the transitory life o... ... and earth, flood, and sky, is what it was of old; but sin, care, and self-consciousness have set the hu- man portion of the world askew; and thus the... ...usion; but Kenyon fancied that he could distinguish the stealthy, cat-like movement of some small forest citizen, and that he could even see its doubt... ... was my own half-concealed presence, no doubt, and some involuntary little movement of mine, that scared away your forest friends.” “They are friends ... ...he same instant of time. Here lay the quiet sunshine; there fell the great black patches of ominous shadow from the clouds; and behind them, like a gi... ...lesh and broken bones! A quiver runs through the crushed mass; and no more movement af- ter that! No; not if you would give your soul to make him stir... ...y to him, above the roofs of distant Rome. Then rose tumultuously into his consciousness that strong love for Hilda, which it was his habit to confine... ... sorrow had partly ef- faced, came back elevated and spiritualized. In the black depths the Faun had found a soul, and was struggling with it towards ...

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...t conceal from you that I am skilful in understanding and interpreting the movements of those planetary bodies which exert their influences on the des... ... some account of this remarkable person, in one of the early num- bers of. Blackwood’s Magazine, to the following purpose :- “My father remembered old... ...least breach of hospitality. I believe Jean Gordon was at this festival”— (Blackwood’s Magazine, vol. i. p. 54.) Notwithstanding the failure of Jean’s... ...Dr. Johnson had a shadowy recollection of Queen Anne, as a stately lady in black, adorned with diamonds, so my memory is haunted by a solemn remembran... ...n the one hand, the striking remnants of ancient grandeur, with the secret consciousness of family pride which they inspire; on the other, enough of m... ... years?” Had Glossin been alone, he would probably have slunk off; but the consciousness that a stranger was present, be- sides the person who came wi... ...ion to be curbed in any of her humours, were there not some little lurking consciousness that it may be as prudent to avoid debate. “Now my story is t... ...and bending his back like an automaton, which continues to repeat the same movement until the motion is stopt by the artist. “My good friend, Mr. Samp... ... size of ordnance, but liable to be thrown into irreparable confusion by a movement to take them in flank.”—On the whole, however, the Dominie, though...

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...instant when a volley of grape- shot flew over his head and broke his long black plume. Tyeglev even promised to show me the very pebble which had sav... ...ter was expressed, so at least it seemed to me, in this uneasy and nervous movement. He, too, felt constricted in the world. We went back into the hut... ...sed eyelids in the whitish light of the night I could distinctly see every movement he made. He turned his face first to the window then to the door. ... ...uch exaggerated language, with such theatrical gestures, such melodramatic movements of her head and rolling of her eyes, that I thought to myself, “H... ...d—and were dingy with the dust of years. The inn had other advantages: the blacksmith’s was close by, the mill was just at hand; and, lastly, one coul... ...ad money; and he did not dress like a peasant but wore a long full coat of black cloth, high boots of calf leather and a kerchief on his neck. It is t... ... constitu- tion that Kuzma V assilyevitch had not died. He had returned to consciousness on July 22nd, that is, five weeks later. XXV KUZMA VASSILYEVI... ...red like a candle that has burnt out, and that until he had lost power and consciousness, he kept stroking his daughter’s head and saying something un...