...y to talk seriously to you, but you got to listen to me. I’m going to be a big lawyer, maybe a judge, and I need you, and I’d protect you—” His arm sl... ... got something to say about run- ning Gopher Prairie, but you take it in a big city of two- three hundred thousand, and I’m just one flea on the dog’s... ...g a lot with lawns and gardening the past few years, and it’s so homey—the big trees and— And the best people on earth. And keen. I bet Luke Dawson—” ... ...le’s, and whose hair is not so much white as yellow like moldy linen, with bands of pink skull apparent between the tresses, anxiously lifts her bag, ... ...The bag is full of treasures and of memories: a leather buckle, an ancient band-concert program, scraps of ribbon, lace, satin. In the aisle beside he... ...Haydock: if he would read poetry, like Longfellow, or if he would join the band—I get so much pleasure out of playing the cornet, and our band-leader,... .... A booming semi- city with parks and clever architects, visited by famous pianists and unctuous lecturers, but irritable from a struggle between unio...

...ourteenth century; the style and the orthography of the inscription on the banderols beneath each figure prove their age, but being, 12 Balzac as the... ...reserved in those parts where light has scarcely penetrated, are framed in bands of oak now black as ebony. The ceiling has project- ing rafters enric... ...t was absolutely necessary to evacuate it he escaped into the woods with a band of Chouans, who continued armed until the second restoration of the Bo... ... that of La Bataille) a passion corresponding to that of the hunters after big game. Mademoiselle Zephirine, who went shares in the game with the baro... ...nons, the T roisvilles, and gave them a peerage for their son in that last big batch of peers made by Charles X., but revoked by the revolution of Jul... ...f as her father. To tell the truth, your wife will never go wrong; she’s a big boy who can take care of herself. Poor Calyste! is that the sort of wom... ...ge of foreign literatures. She could hold her own against all second-class pianists. And, remark this! she behaved about her talents like a well-bred ...

... a sticky pinafore, hugging a one-armed doll—of the male sex, I believe—as big as herself. Mr. Vernor is in what is called the Eastern trade, and has ... ...in a proper mood for Madame Blumenthal’s tea, we will go and listen to the band play Schubert under the lindens.” And we walked back through the woods... ...maraderie with scribblers and daubers, Hegelian philosophers and Hungarian pianists. But she has been admired also by a great many really clever men; ...

...ing, I would get up from the table with a sigh and begin walking about the big rooms of my deserted country-house. When I was tired of walking about I... ...which would render possible frequent consul- tations and free control on a big scale, would completely meet my views. But I imagined the lunches, the ... ...m them. Of my father’s household, of the household of my childhood, once a big and noisy family, no one remained but the governess Made- moiselle Mari... ...e the grace- ful, interesting talker who used in old days to make the hus- bands of the district jealous on account of their wives. “I am in great nee... ...hem again. What for? Between four and five she dined at home with her hus- band. His simplicity, good sense, and kind-heartedness touched her and move... ...men who showed a friendly dispo- 98 Anton Chekhov sition to you, but of a band of knaves who have nothing worthy about them. They are a horde of sava... ...ekker and the young ladies talk of fugues, of counterpoint, of singers and pianists, of Bach and Brahms, while my wife, afraid of their suspecting her...

...pensive person now costs in his own person (it is retinue that eats up the big income) without working too hard or too long for quite as much happines... ...possible sort of society) children are in much greater danger of acquiring bandy legs through being left to walk before they are strong enough than of... ...o the country, or into the sea, or into the National Gallery, or to hear a band if there was one, or to any library where there were no schoolbooks. I... ...as in a settlement of pioneer colonists every child, from the moment it is big enough to lend a hand to the family industry, is an investment in which... ...elf if he is allowed to wander in a well-stocked literary garden, and hear bands and see pictures and spend his pennies on cinematograph shows. His ch... ...n seasoned in youth to the en- chantments of art. Tenors and prima donnas, pianists and violinists, actors and actresses enjoy powers of seduction whi...

...orcelain, pate tendre, bought of Auvergnats, those satellites of the Black Band who sacked chateaux and carried off the marvels of Pompadour France in... ...f the credulous are to accept the conclusion. This pianist, like all other pianists, was a German. A Ger- man, like the eminent Liszt and the great Me... ...orm of nature-worship which prompts a German to plant his garden-beds with big glass globes for the sake of seeing miniature pictures of the view whic... ...eded miscellaneous musical in- struments which form no part of the regular band of a bou- levard theatre. For a very small addition to his stipend, Sc... ...ay, Daddy Monistrol?’—(for he always lets me look over his lots before the big buyers come)— and at that he began to tell me how Lienard, that did suc... ...at souls are knit together by friendship or by love. Pons brushed away two big tears, Schmucke himself wiped his eyes; and though nothing was said, th... ..., a peal like a blast of a horn used to resound through the old musician’s bandana handkerchief whenever he raised it to that lengthy and cavernous fe...

...er as a lover? The really delightful marriage must be that where your hus- band was a sort of father, and could teach you even Hebrew, if you wished i... ...ery lady ought to be a perfect horsewoman, that she may accompany her hus- band.” “Y ou see how widely we differ, Sir James. I have made up my mind th... ... and intellectually con- sequent: and with such a nature struggling in the bands of a narrow teaching, hemmed in by a social life which seemed nothing... ...t once play a provincial church-organ, and give music-lessons to stumbling pianists? Each of those Shining Ones had to walk on the earth among neighbo... ...on’s uneasiness. Doubtless some ancient Greek has observed that behind the big mask and the speaking-trumpet, there must always be our poor little eye... .... See and do that; and take out the topmost paper— Last Will and Testament—big printed.” “No, sir,” said Mary, in a firm voice, “I cannot do that.” “N... ...crowd waiting to see the funeral. The news had spread that it was to be a “big burying;” the old gentleman had left written directions about everythin...

...c, and intellectually consequent: and with such a nature struggling in the bands of a narrow teaching, hemmed in by a social life which seemed nothing... ...owever,” said Mrs. Cadwallader, first to herself and afterwards to her hus band, “I throw her over: there was a chance, if she had married Sir James, ... ...t once play a provincial church organ, and give music lessons to stumbling pianists? Each of those Shining Ones had to walk on the earth among neighbo... ...hat a difficult kind of shorthand!” said Dorothea, smiling towards her hus band. “It would require all your knowledge to be able to read it.” Mr. Casa... ...’s uneasi ness. Doubtless some ancient Greek has observed that behind the big mask and the speaking trumpet, there must always be our poor little eye... ...march 255 do that; and take out the topmost paper—Last Will and Testament— big printed.” “No, sir,” said Mary, in a firm voice, “I cannot do that.” “No... ...crowd waiting to see the funeral. The news had spread that it was to be a “big burying;” the old gentleman had left written directions about everythin...