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...ted for the habitation of it, he shall lead them into it with a mighty and outstretched arm; and sit upon the throne of David, judging and seeking ju... ... own power that which God hath reserved for the stretching out of his own most glorious arm. But into this subject I enter no further at present. An... ...ols have cut a brick out of the wall, and said, Look at this, and believe in the divine architecture of the palace from which it came: they have tak... ...nd avenge his elect, and deliver his own people with a mighty hand and an out-stretched arm, and plant them in their own land, and rule the world in ... ...de, as it is written a hundred times in this prophet. “Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the Lord; awake, as in the ancient days, in the gener... ...gment than for us. But all ye, who have believed the report of the Gospel, and seen the arm of the Lord made bare against sin and Satan, in the deat...

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...Excerpt: Dombey sat in the corner of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bedstead, carefully disposed on a low settee immediately in front of the fire and close to it, as if his constitution were analogous to that of a muffin,...

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...DOMBEY AND SON D OMBEY SAT IN THE CORNER of the darkened room in the great arm-chair by the bedside, and Son lay tucked up warm in a little basket bed... ...r Dombey sat jingling and jingling his heavy gold watch-chain in the great arm-chair by the side of the bed, had had no issue. — T o speak of; none wo... ...ear him as she could without disturb- ing his rest; and stretching out one arm so that it timidly embraced his neck, and hiding her face on the other,... ...watch, and assuming his hat and gloves. ‘Take my sister, if you please: my arm today is Miss T ox’ s. Y ou had better go first with Master Paul, Richa... ...our bosoms. Miss Tox’s hand trembled as she slipped it through Mr Dombey’s arm, and felt herself escorted up the steps, pre- ceded by a cocked hat and... ...e in her slumber, building a great many airy castles of the most fantastic architecture; and looking, in the dim shade, and in the close vicinity of a...

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...Prince Polignac called, in its style, but extremely similar in its mode of architecture to what we know of Byzantine structures. But there has been no... ...en was to take up a novel; but on this morning she sat herself down in her arm-chair, and resting her head upon her hand and elbow, began to turn over... ...age had not yet been screwed to a point which admitted of his offering his arm to the widow. For in France, it must be remembered, that this means mor... ... fatigue in her face. “Will madame permit me the honour of offering her my arm?” said M. Lacordaire. “The road is so extraordinarily steep for madame ... ...ring her. She was near to him, and seeing his emo- tion gently touched his arm with her hand. This she did to reassure him, for she saw that he was as... ...society, and no one had seemed to care for her. Therefore, she touched his arm lightly with her fin- gers that she might encourage him. He paused for ...

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...e saw was the sweetest, calmest, most motherly of faces bent over her, one arm round her, the other giving her the spoon of some cordial. She looked u... ...oung notable-looking daughter-in-law with a swaddled baby tucked under her arm. They seated Grisell at the table, and implored her to eat. The wheaten... ...ched porter’s lodge, where various men-at-arms lounged, all adorned on the arm of their red jackets with the bear and ragged staff. They were courteou... ...ticed, his long limbs stretched out as he lay on his side, his head on his arm, as if he had fallen asleep from extreme fatigue in spite of himself. H... ...a dozen men. I came but to bear the tidings, and see whether you needed an arm to hold out the castle for young Bernard. Or I would be on my way to my... ... and gorgeous barges, and bringing out in full de- tail the glories of the architecture above, the tapestry-hung windows in the midst, the gaily-clad ...

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...ined, Showed their fierce zeal a worthier cause, And brought the freeman’s arm to aid the freeman’s laws. Hadst thou but lived, though stripped of ... ...Perchance, because such action graced 39 Sir Walter Scott Her fair-turned arm and slender waist. Light was each simple bosom there, Save two, who ill... ...rofound, The floor to pave, the arch to round, There never toiled a mortal arm - It all was wrought by word and charm; And I have heard my grandsire s... ...y liege would know His kingdom’s future weal or woe But yet, if strong his arm and heart, His courage may do more than art. XXII. “‘Of middle air the ... ... hear her streams repine. The towers in different ages rose; Their various architecture shows The builders’ various hands: A mighty mass, that coul... ...le reverence made: Nor head, nor body, bowed nor bent, But on the desk his arm he leant, And words like these he said, In a low voice—but never ton...

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... the illusory provisions of the new law to declare that he would equip and arm at once all recruits, and he announced that he held at their disposal t... ...can keep that money without any scruple,” said the young man, touching the arm which the lady had put be- hind her. “Here is a letter for you which I ... ...llow them, after examining the coach, when the postilion caught him by the arm. “Attention, citizen Brutus,” he said; “there’s an escort of the Blues ... ...The Chouans officers trained in that nursery was insurmountable. “T o what arm do you belong?” “I am in the navy.” “Ha!” cried Hulot, smiling vindicti... ... it. Marie suddenly struck her foot against a stone and stumbled. “Take my arm,” said her companion. “It seems I must,” she replied; “you would be too... ...f the doors, the coarseness of the decorations, the want of harmony in the architecture, were all characteristic of the feudal manors of which Brittan...

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...Electoral Palace, they went about admiring the grandiose effects of German architecture, and finding everywhere new treasures both modern and antique.... ...“I commended myself mechanically to God.” At the moment when he raised his arm collecting all his strength, he heard a voice as it were within him; he... ... felt a remorse which crushed him. He had, beyond all question, raised his arm to kill that man. He judged himself; and he felt that his heart was not... ...the rest.” We rose from table. My neighbor in accepting Monsieur Hermann’s arm, said to him— “I suppose he was shot, was he not?” “Yes. I was present ...

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...young man in red plush doublet and grey silk tights. His chin advanced, an arm 19 Frank Norris extended, one hand pressed to his breast, he apostroph... ...ped her in his arms and sang a half-dozen bars, then holding her hand, one arm still about her waist, withdrew from her gradually, till she occupied t... ...e, her chin upon her breast, her eyes looking out from under her brows, an arm stretched out over the footlights. The baritone entered, striding to th... ...it to him, and then, as she descended, Landry had the assurance to put his arm around her waist as if to steady her. He was surprised at his own audac... ...as surprised at his own audacity, for he had premeditated nothing, and his arm was about her be- fore he was well aware. He yet found time to experien... ... the matter of that, it had been built for just that purpose. Its style of architecture was distantly ecclesias- tic, with a suggestion of Gothic to s... ...to my notion, is the most intimate. At the other end of the scale you have architecture, which is an expression of and an appeal to the common multitu...

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... for the march to the diningroom, Darrow had felt a slight pressure of the arm on his, a pressure faintly but unmis- takably emphasizing the exclamati... ...urned inside out and soared up, kite-wise, at the end of a helpless female arm. Darrow caught the umbrella, lowered its inverted ribs, and looked up a... ...find your trunk.” He picked up his companion’s bundles, and offered her an arm which enabled her to press her slight person more closely under his umb... ...cais, remote and temple-like in the paling lights, he felt a clutch on his arm, and heard the cry: “There are things there that I want so desperately ... ...struck him as having a kind of conscious in- telligence. Every line of the architecture, every arch of the bridges, the very sweep of the strong brigh... ...! We mustn’t miss it!” Instantly forgetful of the Farlows, she slipped her arm through 35 Wharton his and turned to push her way back to the theatre....

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...hite shepherd’s maud as his own, and in a russet gown with a basket on her arm, his lady came forth and joined him. His first thought was how would sh... ...on, think so now, sir. One blow to do my heart good, and show you have the arm of your forebears.’ Thus incited, with Hob calling out to him to take h... ...ther! Forgive! Down, Watch!’ cried Hal, falling down at his feet, with one arm holding down W atch, who tried to lick his face and the King’s hand by ... ...ldren to the third and fourth generation, no marvel that my brain and mine arm could but sink under the weight. Would that I had yielded at once, and ... ...r further tidings of the Prioress. It was a grand building in fine pointed architecture, for the Clares, though once poor, in imitation of St. Clara a...

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...im, Madame de Bourke lying back in the corner in a transport of grief, one arm round her daughter, and her little son lying across her lap, both sobbi... ...machus Cathedral except Arthur. The time was not come for heed- ing church architecture or primitive history; and he only wandered about the narrow cr... ...ars. The next moment Madame de Bourke was on deck, hold- ing by the Abbe’s arm, and Estelle, her hair on her shoulders, clinging to her. She looked ve... ...alled them up to her, and the 44 A Modern Telemachus Abbe gripped Lanty’s arm as if he would never let him go again. The poor Italians seemed to feel... ...f some of the swimmers, and he now flung her to them. One caught her by an arm, another by a leg, and she was safely taken to the shore, where at once... ...adiant eyes and a smile on her lips. It absolutely daunted the fellow: his arm dropped, and he gazed at her like some supernatural creature; and the s... ...ab dress. The Paris-like block of houses ill replaces the graceful Moorish architecture, undisturbed when the Calypso sailed into the harbour, and the... ...lasped his hand as his protector. The human figures were as strange as the architecture; the glittering of Janissaries in the outer court, which seeme...

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...th martial splendour; a rare old city, with strange costumes and wonderful architecture, to delight the eyes of little Amelia, who had never before se... ...eorge said. “No, I will go to Amelia’s box. Dear, sweet girl! Give me your arm, Captain George”; and so saying, and with a nod to the General, she tri... ...tion better), she skipped back to her own box, leaning on Captain Dobbin’s arm this time. No, she would not have George’s: he must stay and talk to hi... ...s glass, clapped it on the table, and walked away speedily on his friend’s arm. “The enemy has passed the Sambre,” William said, “and our left is alre... ...sweet, pale face—the purple eyelids were fringed and closed, and one round arm, smooth and white, lay outside of the coverlet. Good God! how pure she ... ...hat is over,” George thought, bounding down the stair, his sword under his arm, as he ran swiftly to the alarm ground, where the regiment was mustered...

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...during the night the tracks made by day, and also by boats which cross the arm of the sea that makes the port of Croisic. This fascinating little town... ...eir duty.” Then, having kissed his wife and sister, he sat down in his old arm-chair and ordered supper to be brought for his son, for Gasselin, and f... ... reading to him the “Quotidienne.” His head rested against the back of the arm-chair which stood beside the fireplace on the garden side. Near this gn... ...ble sympathy, the tenderness of angels. At the other chimney-corner, in an arm-chair, the octogenar- ian sister, like in all points save clothes to he... ...he barn; and how many oats remained in the bin without plunging her sinewy arm into the depths of it. She carried at the end of a string fastened to t... ...fairly well built of a species of slaty stone with granite courses, has no architecture; it pre- sents to the eye a plain wall with windows at regular...

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...na and the youngest page, carrying a lantern, before him; then he gave his arm to his wife and told the other page to follow them. As he made his way ... ...behind them. The husband tried to pass out first, dragging the lady by the arm, but at that in- stant he was pulled vigorously into the street, and hi... ... God, father, I shall find some way to repay you.” He took his wife by the arm and, without allowing her to finish her curtsey to the canon, he signed... ...he strong leathern thong that bound the prisoner tightly twisted round his arm, a horrible uproar arose. Whether the populace merely wished to see thi... ... If Louis XI. had bestowed upon the build- ing of his castle the luxury of architecture which Francois I. displayed afterwards at Chambord, the dwelli... ... the bell of Plessis sounded the hour of the king’s dinner. Leaning on the arm of his daughter, Louis XI. appeared with contracted brows on the thresh...

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...n of camphor before Mr. Kendal came forth from his study, and gave her his arm. The front door opened on a narrow sweep, the river cut- ting it off fr... ...hollow, and he was quite trembling, as he lay back on pillows in the great arm-chair. Y ou can’t think what a shock it was to me to see him in such a ... ... manner. ‘I don’t want you to be,’ said Albinia, affectionately laying her arm on his shoulder. ‘And now for luncheon—I pitied you, poor fellow; I tho... ...d as if his instinct were drawing him study-wards, but Albinia hung on his arm, and made him come into the garden. Though devoid of Winifred’s garden-... ...ia’s inclination to laugh, and clasp- ing her two hands over her husband’s arm, she said, ‘Don’t, Edmund, it is only a misunderstanding of what really... ...t out with his sister to explore the neighbourhood for eatables and church architecture. They made an ineffectual attempt to rouse Mr. Kendal to go wi...

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... it; and here, the pipes and tobacco once cache’d in a convenient ledge an arm’s length down the cliff, their position was legally unassailable. For, ... ... study, King and Foxy supporting Prout, and Foxy had three canes under his arm. King leered triumphantly, for there were tears, undried tears of mirth... ...defiant attitude,” said King, with a loving look at the canes under Foxy’s arm. “There is no alternative.” Ten minutes later the news was over the who... ... They were met in the corridor by a fag—a common, Lower- Second fag—who at arm’s length handed them a carefully wrapped piece of soap “with the compli... ...I can shove my hand ever so far up between these boards.” Stalky thrust an arm to the elbow between the joists. “No good stayin’ here. I vote we go ba... ...al- lies. There is no part of the modern school curriculum that deals with architecture, and none of them had yet reflected whether floors and ceiling...

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...he remembered still how, stand- ing on the narrow ledge, he had passed his arm about her while their gaze flew to the long, tossed horizon-line of the... ... “And now the other way,” he had said, gently turning her about within his arm; and closely pressed to him, she had ab- sorbed, like some long, satisf... ...was just then, while they gazed and held each other, that she had felt his arm relax, and heard a sharp “Hullo!” that made her turn to glance at him. ... ...for it, my dear, in my mad deter- mination to spot it!” “Me—just now?” His arm dropped away, and he turned from her with a faint echo of her laugh. “R... ...Boyne had tossed the clipping down, and thrown himself comfortably into an arm-chair near the fire. “Do you want to hear the story? It’s not particula... ...to reveal the shortcomings of our street- cleaning and the excesses of our architecture. The streets looked bare and hideous; everything stared and gl...

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...flowing with laughter. ‘That’s done it!’ she said. She put her hand on the arm of her care-worn, sallow fa- ther, and frothing her light draperies, pr... ...t of it, this strange motion in the air. The bride was quite demure on the arm of the bridegroom, who stared up into the sky before him, shutting and ... ...angels restored, yet still subtly demonia- cal, now she held Birkin by the arm. And he was expression- less, neutralised, possessed by her as if it we... ... in a minute, and it’s a formal occasion, darling, isn’t it?’ She drew her arm through her mother’s, and they went away. Birkin immediately went to ta... ...girls watching him a way off, outside, and that pleased him. He lifted his arm from the water, in a sign to them. ‘He is waving,’ said Ursula. ‘Y es,’... ... he seemed to stiffen, shrugged his shoulders, and went on: ‘Sculpture and architecture must go together. The day for irrelevant statues, as for wall ...

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...he had fairly entered the door. Here all is literal, even to the sev- ered arm of W olfe, and the urn which held the ashes of Queen Dido.* The author ... ...me you please, Judge,” said the hunter, throwing his rifle across his left arm, and knocking up a brass lid in the breech, from which he took a small ... ...weep your Christmas ha’arths.” “Stop, stop,” cried the youth, catching the arm of the black as he prepared to urge his horses forward; “Natty—you need... ...n.” “ And, Natty,” said the youth eagerly , still holding the black by the arm. “I will just get the shot extracted, and bring you up to-night a quart... ..., cocking his rifle, threw one leg far behind him, and stretching his left arm to its ut- most extent along the barrel of his piece, he began slowly t... ...ing those of every description, chiefly built of wood, and which, in their architecture, bore no great marks of taste, but which also, by the unfinish... ...dering eastern mechanic, who, by exhibiting a few soiled plates of English architecture, and talking learnedly of friezes, entablatures, and particula... ...profession, being in the constant habit of listening to his trea- tises on architecture with a kind of indulgent smile; yet, ei- ther from an inabilit... ...only erected a dwelling for Marmaduke, but they had given a fashion to the architecture of the whole county. The composite order, Mr. Doolittle would ...

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...her before, enormous wheels. The churches I saw were of the florid periwig architecture— I mean of that pompous cauliflower kind of ornament which was... ...solute; and I have always fancied that the bloated artificial forms of the architecture partake of the social disorganisation of the 13 Thackeray tim... ... man, looking ruefully round him once more, put his square cap un- der his arm, tucked up his long black petticoats, so as to show his purple stocking... ...man Catholic cathedral, a hideous new Protestant church of the cigar-divan architecture, and a Court-house with a portico which is said to be an imita... ...as the rope quarter and the sweetmeat quarter, and the pipe bazaar and the arm bazaar, and the little turned-up shoe quar- ter, and the shops where re... ... he looked like an ogre, grinning in the most horrible way, and waving his arm, on which was a horsehair glove. He spoke, in his un- known nasal jargo... ...s place is very wide and picturesque:there is a pretty church of Byzantine architecture at the further end; and in the midst of the court a magnificen... ...Gibraltar and Malta, nothing can be less romantic than the modern military architecture; which sternly regards the fight- ing, without in the least he... ...’Orient;” and the little fellow looks round the church with a sweep of the arm, and protects it accordingly. It is bon ton for them to go in processio...