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...t the same subject. They mutually exhorted each other to be of use in the event of the chances of war throwing either of the parties into the hands o... ... the follow- ing tale has undergone as little change, since the historical events alluded to had place, as almost any other district of equal ex- tent... ...inest sheet of water. W e relieve our conscience by the confession, at all events leaving it to exercise its authority as it may see fit. CHAPTER 1 “M... ...t throughout the wide extent of the inter- mediate frontiers can furnish a livelier picture of the cruelty and fierceness of the savage warfare of tho... ...place where the sun is hid at night, over great plains where the buffaloes live, until we reached the big river. There we fought the Alligewi, till th... ...his very enemies will own, has no cross in his blood, although he may have lived with the red skins long enough to be suspected! Ha! there goes someth... ...were seated, the scout, without regarding the element, directed Heyward to support one side of the frail vessel, and posting himself at the other, the... ...ered some chastened and respectable powers. Cora betrayed a disposition to support her sister, and the sacred song pro- ceeded, after the indispensabl... ...to keep the skin on the head.” Against this stern and unyielding morality, supported as it was by such visible policy, there was no appeal. From that ...

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... intimate friends for years, had slept to- gether, and played together and lived together. Now the friendship was coming to an end. ‘After all,’ said ... ...all,’ said Byrne, when the door was closed, ‘if you’re alive you’ve got to live.’ Helena burst into a titter of amusement at this sudden remark. ‘Wher... ...ire. ‘You are not dead with Siegmund,’ he persisted, ‘so you can’t say you live with him. You may live with his memory. But Siegmund is dead, and his ... ...He wanted to lie down again, to relieve himself of the sickening effort of supporting and controlling his body. If he could lie down again perfectly s... ...sped firmly, joyously, round his waist. Therein was his stability and warm support. Siegmund felt a keen flush of pitiful tenderness for her as she wa... ...emember that it was a long way—a long way. Siegmund’s arm was about her to support her; she rested herself upon it. They crossed a stile and recognize... ... all,’ he thought, I suppose it is the only way to get along, to judge the event and not the person. I have a disease of sympathy, a vice of exonerati... ...d have happened to him: I should have known.’ She was very certain that in event of Siegmund’s death, she would have received intelligence. She began ... ...ccusation of the dead Siegmund, with the sacred jury of memories. When the event summoned her to stand before the bench of her own soul’s understandin...

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...ela to Arabella. She wanted little invitation to exhibit her skill, at all events, for, at a word, the clear, bold, but finely nervous voice, was peal... ...“What am I to do?” she asked sadly. “Not now,” Mr. Pericles answered. “You live in London?— at where?” “Must I tell you?” “Certainly, you must tell me... ...goes my heart. The name of Italy is my nightin- gale: I feel that somebody lives that I love, and is ill-treated shamefully, crying out to me for help... ... it to learn from the best masters;—and I had to make my father and mother live on potatoes, and myself too, of course. If you buy pota- toes carefull... ...Erzhogs, as you call ‘em, over in Germany. Simple fare; sound wine! At all events, it won’t hurt you. You’ll come?” Mr. Barrett bowed, murmuring thank... ...George Meredith toning her, she may have something to thank us for, in the event of her ultimately making a name.” That event being of course necessar... ...siness. He named the amount of his donation. At this practical sign of his support, heaven heard the gratitude of the good fellows. The drum awoke fro... ... the idea that a great rivalry with Fash- ion, in minor matters (where the support of the satirist might be counted on), was the proper policy of Broo... ...e in her life plainly feeling so. “Up! little woman,” said Lady Charlotte, supporting her elbow. “Now, Sir Wilfrid, we part here; and don’t spoil her ...

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...tory, creek, and bay, And islands that, empurpled bright, Floated amid the livelier light, And mountains that like giants stand T o sentinel enchanted... ...best! thou little know’st The rank, the honors, thou hast lost! O. might I live to see thee grace, In Scotland’s court, thy birthright place, T o see ... ...al dread, ‘Fine battered earth returns their tread. Then prelude light, of livelier tone, Expressed their merry marching on, Ere peal of closing battl... ...ead extremity, The T aghairm called; by which, afar, Our sires foresaw the events of war. Duncraggan’s milk-white bull they slew,’— Malise. ‘Ah! well ... ...romantic dream as may be naturally expected to flow from the extraordinary events of the day. It might, per- haps, be quoted as one of Mr. Scott’s mos... ...rtion of the sanctity attached to its master’s character, announced future events by its spontaneous sound. ‘But labouring once in these mechanic arts... ...Out upon thee,’ said he, kicking the frozen bolster from the head which it supported, ‘art thou so effeminate as to need a pillow?’ The officer of eng... ...mail; i.e., tribute for forbearance and protection. As this invitation was supported by a band of thirty or forty stout fellows, only one gentleman, a... ...er use here, cf. F . Q. ii. 9. 25: “at evening and at prime.” 712. Stayed. Supported; not to be printed “staid,” as in some editions. 716. Within, etc...

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...s little book went to dine at the—Club, quite unconscious of the wonderful events which Fate had in store for him. Mr. William was there, giving a fa... ...e of that abominable whipped egg, revived us again; and so ended the great events on board the “Lady Mary Wood” steamer, on the 25th August, 1844. CHA... ...ed this mosaic exhibition; and I think I always feel relieved when such an event occurs. I feel I have done my duty in coming to see the enormous anim... ..., jingling along at a good pace; and it seemed to me to present a far more lively and cheerful, though not so regular, an appearance as the stately qu... ...ade noises so horrible, that even as blind beggars they could hardly get a livelihood in the musical way. 15 Thackeray HENCE WE WERE DRIVEN to the hu... ...er- tained with a legend of some respectable character who had made a good livelihood there for some time past lately, having a private key to this ve... ... eral times, had not the dragoman and the master of the bath 59 Thackeray supported me down the stairs and across the hall. Dressed in three large co... ...use them?And as we know that one fib leads to another, so I was obliged to support the first false- hood by another; and putting on a dignified air—”C... ...ttle attention. His Highness’s trea- sury must be filled, and his officers supported in their authority. However, there was one village, of which the ...

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...e book is on a high moun- tain. There are, indeed, many higher; there are many of a nobler outline. It is no place of pil- grimage for the summary glo... ...ed ships lay close along shore, waiting for their cargo. Soon these would be plunging round the Horn, soon the flour from the Star Flour Mills would b... ...rived at the next stage with only three. This I relate as I heard it, without guarantee. I only saw Foss once, though, strange as it may sound, I have... ...o pay a visit of ceremony, brushed up for the occasion, with his wife on his arm, and a clean clay pipe in his teeth. These visits, in our forest stat... ...d to hurry back to Calistoga and a cottage on the green. By that time we had begun to realize the difficulties of our position. We had found what an a... ...got them. But I place little reliance on either, my belief in history having been greatly shaken. For it chanced that I had come to dwell in Silverado... ...as I dreamed about the platform, following the progress of the shadows, where the madrona with its leaves, the azalea and calcanthus with their blosso...

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...the heart of the residence quarter, but occupied by small tradespeople who lived in the rooms above their shops. There were corner drug stores with hu... ...rident whirring of jostled glass windows. On week days the street was very lively. It woke to its work about seven o’clock, at the time when the newsb... ...s’ apprentices, the girls of the ribbon counters, the little families that lived on the second stories over their shops, the dressmakers, the small do... ...ng since confiscated by armies of in- surrectionists, or squandered in the support of revolution- ary governments? It was not impossible. Of Maria Mac... ...he station these were headed by an iron electric-light pole that, with its supports and outriggers, looked for all the world like an immense grass- ho... ...s- tory of the lottery; he told of the poor newsboy with a dying mother to support who had drawn a prize of fifteen thousand; of the man who was drive... ...They were strang- ers no longer; they were acquaintances, friends. What an event that evening had been in their lives! Late as it was, Miss Baker brew... ...ome form of brain trouble, a relic of the dementia of child- birth. At all events Maria did not remember; the idea of the gold plate had passed entire... ...r they entered upon the long retarded romance of their commonplace and un- eventful lives. 226 McTeague CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 18 CHAPTER 18 C...

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... brightness of an essential flame that is caught, meshed, contravened. She lived a good deal by herself, to herself, working, passing on from day to d... ...?’ said Ursula. ‘Because he has no real critical faculty—of people, at all events,’ said Gudrun. ‘I tell you, he treats any little fool as he treats m... ... brand and a curse across the life that had caused the accident? A man can live by accident, and die by accident. Or can he not? Is every man’s life s... ...he young people growing up today, really dead before they have a chance to live?’ ‘Not because they have too much mind, but too little,’ he said bruta... ...el the same.’ 205 Gerald thought for a few minutes. Then he said: ‘At all events, father won’t make her feel like a private ser- vant. He will be fus... ...ded, she would be free to go on with her work, she would await the turn of events with complete serenity. And she was really interested in Winifred, s... ...he wind, sliding and playing on the air, she played with senti- mentality, supported by rapturous attention. She was very happy, singing that song by ... ...wished the peaks were grey and unbeautiful, so that she should not get her support from them. Why did she betray the two of them so terribly, in embra...

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...of twelve to eighteen miles, the coucou came down to shorter trips, and so lived on for several years. At last, however, it succumbed to omnibuses, wh... ...cious narrative. Let it suffice you to know that the two coach proprietors lived under a good understanding, rivalled each other loyally , and obtaine... ...rgent,” stood the stablemen and porters of the coaching-lines watching the lively start of the vehicles which deceives so many travellers, making them... ...emper melius eris,”—a motto which, together with the two distaffs taken as supporters, proves the modesty of the burgher families in the days when the... ... a township just above Isle-Adam, on the right bank of the Oise. Political events prevented both the count and the neighboring country-people from bec... ... have been endurable without the thought of ven- geance which had, so far, supported them. The Moreaus, who were very friendly with Grindot the archit... ...their youth will not be surprised to learn that after a day so filled with events and emotions, Oscar, in spite of the enormity of his offences, slept... ...nursing the sick, or living as a housekeeper in some great family, I could support myself and Monsieur Clapart; but you, Oscar, what could you do? You... ...ike the profession, you might enter the office of my son the no- tary, and eventually succeed him. Therefore, work, patience, discretion, honesty,—tho...

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..., and sole mourner. And even Scrooge was not so dreadfully cut up by the sad event, but that he was an excellent man of business on the very day of th... ...come drooping down, obscuring everything, one might have thought that Nature lived hard by, and was brewing on a large scale. The door of Scrooge’s co... ..., uncle!’ said the nephew. ‘What else can I be,’ returned the uncle, ‘when I live in such a world of fools as this? Merry Christmas! Out upon merry Ch... ...myself at Christmas and I can’t afford to make idle people merry. I help to support the establishments I have mentioned — they cost enough; and those... ... guiled the rest of the evening with his banker’s book, went home to bed. He lived in chambers which had once be longed to his deceased partner. They... ...nt might find himself in a con dition to take a chair; and felt that in the event of its being impossible, it might involve the necessity of an embar... ...his shoulder. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame. ‘Why, where’s our Martha.’ cried Bob Cratchit... ... man’s death. The only emotion that the Ghost could show him, caused by the event, was one of pleasure. ‘Let me see some tenderness connected with a ...

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...- men of the kind of American as to whom one is not quite clear whether he lives in Europe in order to cultivate an art, or culti- vates an art as a p... ...id “Wait”, and again he obeyed and waited. On the fourth day an unexpected event threw out his calcu- lations. Summoned to town by the arrival in Engl... ...g from the station. Y es, he had given her chance enough to learn where he lived; and this minor proof of her indifference became, as he jammed his wa... ... in advance, have characterized as “awkward”, yet that was proving, in the event, as much outside such defini- tions as a sunrise stroll with a dryad ... ... elderly New England couple, with vague yearnings for enfranchisement, who lived in Paris as if it were a Massachusetts suburb, and dwelt hope- fully ... ... that I believe he’s too young and inex- perienced to give you the kind of support you need.” At his words her face changed again, freezing to a tragi... ...it she flung out a pale-lipped pleasantry. “But you see I’ve always had to support myself!” “He’s a boy,” Darrow pushed on, “a charming, wonderful boy... ...like wine in his veins. He had done what he could to deflect the course of events: now he could only stand aside and take his chance of safety. Undern... ...nd being, at any rate, too geographically remote to give her any practical support; and Anna wondered what chance had brought her to her sister’s side...

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...urface for his deeper operations. Dombey , exulting in the long-looked-for event, jingled and jingled the heavy gold watch-chain that depended from be... ...hat Mrs Dombey must have been happy. That she couldn’t help it. Or, at all events, with one drawback. Yes. That he would have allowed. With only one; ... ...and, ‘knowing how much I have been interested in the anticipa- tion of the event of to-day, and how trembly and shaky I have been from head to foot in... ...ar it,’ said Miss T ox. ‘The other young woman is her unmarried sister who lives with them, and would take care of her children. Her name’s Jemima. Ho... ...ichards, as an obvious one. ‘So I’m able, I’m sure,’said Susan Nipper, ‘to live friendly, Mrs Richards, while Master Paul continues a permanency, if t... ... Polly, ‘unless—‘ ‘Yes?’ ‘I believe nothing is so good for making children lively and cheerful, Sir, as seeing other children playing about ‘em,’ ob- ... ...a Public Department is sometimes, when no individual Atlas can be found to support it The Commissioners were, of course, Mrs Chick and Miss T ox: who ... ... Captain, considering it incumbent on him, as a point of good breeding, to support Mr Dombey. ‘Well said! Go on, Wal’r.’ Captain Cuttle ought to have ... ...ragment of moist Dutch cheese, as the beginning of a stock of provision to support him on the voyage. Mrs Pipchin had kept watch and ward over little ...

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... of his democratic turn of mind was the bad Greek cooking, which upset his liver. “I wonder where our host has got to? “ he repeated. “He has been out... ...lgarity, stupidity, tittle-tattle, or some horrible in- justice. One can’t live here any longer!” “Is that why your advertisement in the papers says t... ...ed after him all right. Il lui a fait un sort. We make him an allowance to live on. He is not stupid. Had quite a good education, thanks to my father.... ...od him, and be- gan following the conversation again. Valentina Mihailovna supported her husband, and was, if anything, even more radi- cal in her exp... ...e kind enough to come, he, Sipiagin, had sent him his carriage, but in the event of his being un- able to do so on that day, would he be kind enough t... ...piness or vain delight; we want to enter the fight together, side by side, supporting each other. Our aim is clear to us, but we do not know the roads... ... Mariana, to begin this new life with you! You will be my guiding star, my support, my strength—” “Dear, darling Aliosha! But stop—we must wash and ti... ... on when the time for action comes. But, however, judging 195 Turgenev by events so far, the time is hardly likely ever to come! Vladimir, I am horri... ...nd promising to send a coroner. 251 Turgenev XXXVIII TWO DAYS AFTER THESE EVENTS, a cart drove up the courtyard of the worthy Father Zosim, containin...

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...by the nurse, and by some sage women in the neighbourhood who had taken a lively interest in me several months before there was any possibility of o... ...ed herself there as a single woman with one servant, and was understood to live secluded, ever afterwards, in an inflexible retirement. My father had ... ...of matters, on the after- noon of, what I may be excused for calling, that eventful and important Friday. I can make no claim therefore to have known,... ...id she was but a childish widow, and would be but a childish mother if she lived. In a short pause which ensued, she had a fancy that she felt Miss Be... ... the cowpock, said the waiter, I wouldn t take a six- pence. If I didn t support a aged pairint, and a 86 David Copperfield Vol. I lovely sister,... ...o annoy one whom he honoured with his coun- tenance. He couldn t or at all events he didn t defend me from Mr. Creakle, who was very se- vere with me... ... animals, baited by a thousand dogs. I recall him bending his aching head, supported on his bony hand, over the book on his desk, and wretchedly endea... ...e not that I was anybody that Mr. Mell had taken. There was only one other event in this half- year, out of the daily school-life, that made an impres... ...shillings, I know well; and I was out at the warehouse all day, and had to support myself on that money all the week. From Monday morning until Saturd...

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...hink double as many. The streets were very narrow, and crooked, and dirty, especially in the part where Tom Canty lived, which was not far from London... ... panes, and they opened outward, on hinges, like doors. 7 The Prince and the Pauper The house which Tom’s father lived in was up a foul little pocket... ...hts drifted away to far, romantic lands, and he fell asleep in the company of jewelled and gilded princelings who live in vast palaces, and had servan... ...and shall to the gallows! … Give me to drink—I burn: this sorrow sappeth my strength…. There, take away the cup…. Support me. There, that is well. Mad... ...irming of these honours, and that meantime, the late King not having granted, in writing, estates suitable to the support of these dignities, the Coun... ...nings of the two wounded people. During the ensuing week, the days and nights were of a monotonous sameness as to events; men whose faces Hendon remem... ...y from the presence of the shabby little claimant of the Crown. In a moment he stood all alone, without friend or supporter, a target upon which was c... ... officers of state. Bishop Rid- ley kneels before him with uplifted hands, as if suppli- cating a blessing on the event; whilst the Aldermen, etc., wi...

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...de me quiver, so full was it of gloomy thought. But suddenly his face grew lively; he picked up the cut-glass stopper and put it, with a mechanical mo... ...alked of their homes, their studies, and of the war. The conversation grew lively. 14 The Red Inn Prosper Magnan brought a few tears to the merchant’... ...th at least sixty thousand francs. Such fine fields! Ah! if I had them I’d live all my days at Lescheville, without other ambition! How my father used... ...!” cried the two soldiers who had him in charge, lending him their arms to support him. “There he is!—oh, the villain! the coward! Here he is! There h... ...hich I had organized in the vicinity of Andernach. A few days before these events I had fallen plump, during the night, into a French detach- ment of ... ...antly the young girl uttered a cry, ran to the door, and disappeared. This event produced a great sensation. The card-players paused. Every one questi...

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...e know nothing of the Meadows’ family?’ ‘Nothing but that old Mrs. Meadows lives in the town with one unmarried daughter. She speaks highly of the cle... ...l to me. Here is a man, sensible himself, but who has never had the hap to live with sensible women.’ ‘When their children grew too old for India, she... ...ed them as she blushed and nod- ded to her brother and sister, showed that liveliness was the natural expression of that engaging face. Say what they ... ...lady! born an exile, she had toiled, and struggled for a whole lifetime to support her mother; but though care had worn her down, there was still viva... ...autoy.’ ‘I know nothing about that. Mr. Dusautoy once called to ask for my support for a vestry meeting, but I make it a rule never to meddle with par... ...an by sending her as a message, John’s first exclamation on hearing of the event. ‘Then she will never be of any more use.’ In fact, she said, it was ... ... could abide breaking my back, pottering over a pink with a stem that wont support it, and a calyx that wont hold it.’ ‘And Lucy converted you when I ... ...made a virtue of necessity? and if so, who could it be? Albinia hailed the event as a fertile source of conjecture which might stave off dangerous sub... ...m he met on board the steamer. All this was now cast behind the seven most eventful years of Albinia’s life; and in the dignity of her matronhood, she...

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...s all this coil? Is the little wench dead?” “Nay, but I fear me she cannot live,” was the answer. “Will Dacre of Whitburn’s maid? That’s ill, poor chi... ...at rough courtesy, demanding as she sprang off her horse with little aid, “Lives my wench still?” “Yes, madam, she lives, and the leech trusts that sh... ...at least is that now I shall never be wedded to her daughter—let the wench live or die as she lists!” That was not by any means the opinion of the Lad... ...Thus, all the evening Lady Whitburn raged, and appealed to the Earl, whose support she thought cool and unfriendly, while Copeland stood sullen and si... ...could she carry such a patient to London, whither her lord was summoned to support his brother-in-law, the Duke of York, against the Duke of Somerset.... ...th of nave, and went beyond the choir to the lady chapel, with its slender supporting columns and exquisite arches, and there she, with Grisell by her... ...ighted in preparing new gowns, clean linen, and fresh hats for him. Public events passed while she still lived and worked in the Apothecary’s house at...

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...childhood. I had one brother a year younger than myself, and as long as he lived he was treated as the eldest son, and neither he nor I ever dreamed t... ...had been some confusion be- tween them during the first few hours of their lives, so that the question of seniority was never entirely clear, though A... ...responsible for all that was done in it, and it was very barely that their lives were spared. That was the comfort Miss Woolmer gave. No one else coul... ... with him, and carried her home. There was only just nourishment enough to support her, and he took none himself, so that when he laid her down beside... ...ed them, and never thawed nor unbent; and when she called in her brother’s support, Dermot’s nerves were driven frantic by the long harangues, and his... ... W W W W I DO NOT RECOLLECT anything happening for a good while. Our chief event was the perfect success of Mr. Yolland’s con- centrated fuel, which d... ...and like the people he met there. All this hardly seems worth telling, but events we little thought of sprang from those archery practices. For the pr... ... that made him blush while he uttered his emphatic “No, no!” and Baby Jack supported him by telling her she “would only make a prize-fighter of him.” ...

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...amish, and their store houses crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act es tablished against the... ... friends,’ quoth he, ‘That I receive the general food at first, Which you do live upon; and fit it is, Because I am the store house and the shop Act I... ...nd small inferior veins From me receive that natural competency Whereby they live: and though that all at once, You, my good friends, ’—this says the... ...’s a lamb indeed, that baes like a bear. MENENIUS: He’s a bear indeed, that lives like a lamb. You two are old men: tell me one thing that I shall a... ...y with us ears and eyes for the time, Act II, scene i 38 But hearts for the event. SICINIUS: Have with you. ...