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...o give hostages to fortune. But this early scene of prosperity in love and business was on the point of closing. There hung in the house of this young... ...ffairs and pros- pering in them far beyond the average. He founded a solid business in lamps and oils, and was the sole proprietor of a concern called... ...u- ral that he should entertain the notion of another wife. Expeditious in business, he was no less so in his choice; and it was not later than June 1... ... design to make her son a minister, and she saw him daily more immersed in business and worldly ambition. One thing remained that she might do: she mi... ...Engineers mand till 1791; the roads in those outlandish quarters where his business lay were scarce passable when they existed, and the tower on the M... ... this afternoon, and made fast to her moorings, having brought letters and newspapers, with parcels of clean linen, etc., for the workmen, who were al...

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... the wherewithal to engineer the construction of their decks of cards into businesses and edifices. The poor might be emaciated subhuman creat... ... her lungs and heart were collapsing. There were nomadic street signs and business logos rushing around in her head, the eternal parade of the traffi... ...ough times I won’t buy any ice cream at all which would put the ice cream business out of business. Can’t you see that? The whole economy would suf... ...ying in cheap hotel rooms until the last of her money ran out, applying at businesses near various Catholic churches, hoping for God to grant her eco... ... you are a lady? You aren't. You're homeless trash, a bitch doing dirty business on the outside. Let me tell you something! When I fuck a bitch, ... ...thout saying anything to me, sticking it onto the bookshelf among all the newspapers, magazines and crap—only by chance did I find it at all. I ope...

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...ings. He was not wearing a monk's robe. Another man's fate was none of his business. This type of action just was not done; and yet, he was not the... ...ed himself marginally. In the dark sleeping room of the mokotang, where many businessmen got their only bit of relaxation from the week, he sat in a r... ...fool, since he had shown himself to be kind and easily taken advantage of in business (he would have continued to tolerate only getting two-thirds of ... ... them to flush dung down the toilet, and no amicable smiles that are part of business transactions. They were natural, ingenuous people who meditated... ... through society small doses of competitive cunning could be exuded in basic business competition and politics for the whole duration of one's long li... ...he pettiness of a personal life. Whenever she got bored with reading Mexican newspapers and memorizing new Spanish vocabulary she would go into San Di... ...ding dry clothes; putting wet ones in their carts, seated and bored; reading newspapers; watching the television that beamed over their heads or falli...

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...oken at the fireside and 20 The House of the Seven Gables now congeals in newspapers,—tradition is responsible for all contrary averments. In Colonel... ...ustom of the time, indeed, for merchants to store their goods and transact business in their own dwellings. But there was something pitifully small in... ...of a century gone by, has dwelt in strict seclusion, taking no part in the business of life, and just as little in its intercourse and pleasures. Not ... ...duced. Now, in that very house, to be the hucksteress of a cent-shop. This business of setting up a petty shop is almost the only resource of women, i... ...r,” remarked the other man. “These sour-tempered folks are mostly handy at business, 45 Hawthorne and know pretty well what they are about. But, as y... ...l what they are about. But, as you say, I don’t think she’ll do much. This business of keeping cent- shops is overdone, like all other kinds of trade,... ...a carrier-boy, who, as he passed the front doorstep, threw down one of his newspapers; for Hepzibah, of late, had regularly taken it in. After a while... ...orable Judge was begin- ning to be a stale subject before half the country newspapers had found time to put their columns in mourning, and pub- lish h...

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...eep- ing up their character), with a quizzing humor that outdoes the minor newspapers, sparing no one, not even themselves; clear-sighted, wary, keen ... ...pers, sparing no one, not even themselves; clear-sighted, wary, keen after business, grasping yet open handed, envious yet self-complacent, profound p... ...rently addressing Finot. “Point-blank.” “But did you threaten him with the newspapers?” asked Bixiou. “He began to laugh,” returned Finot. “Rastignac ... ...rom some- where; and nobody ever accused him of inventing a good stroke of business.” “Somebody left it to him,” said Finot. “Who?” asked Blondet. “So... ...does it go so far back? Then it is noble?” said Finot. “As a proprietor of newspapers and reviews of old stand- ing, you are not bound to know that,” ... ...y a question of appearances; and secondly, to know him well you must be in business yourself. With him banking is but a single department, and a very ... ...v- ince of the law, pushes on his cases, neglects no one, never runs after business, gives his clients his honest opinion, and makes them compromise o... ...y with a fixed determination to make money by it. He was right; he did his business very honestly. He found influence among men in public life by gett... ...nother. I had just brought my twenty-ninth per- sonage upon the scene (the newspapers have plagiarized with their ‘continued in our next’), when old M...

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...himself had access to it by means of a secret staircase. There, matters of business were decided. It was the bolting- room where proposals were sifted... ...l appearance, and plied him with the coaxing caresses that are part of the business of such a life as hers, like 28 Melmoth Reconciled stage action f... ...ing to Aquilina, “with your permission, we will conclude a piece of urgent business.” He took Castanier’s hand, and Castanier rose, and the two men we... ...ood friend,” said the cashier, turning to the sergeant, “and go about your business.” He held out his hand; the other felt Castanier’s superior power,... ...nd three of his friends were arrested. The whole story may be found in the newspapers of that day. CASTANIER felt that he had undergone a mental as we... ...tanier appeared among the little knots of men who were transacting private business after ‘Change. He was personally known to some of the brokers; and...

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...er had had none at first: the time came when her manner of transacting her business suggested her having gradually guessed his call to be of the same ... ...permission he went as far as a house in the neighbourhood at which she had business: she let him know it was not where she lived. She lived, as she sa... ...in her place would have “looked up” the past—would even have consulted old newspapers. It remained remarkable indeed that in her long contact with the...

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...n—I am ex- tremely anxious to know.’ ‘Why , he has a troublesome affair of business,’ replied Crowl, ‘and will not be home before twelve o’clock. He w... ...ulberry merely paused in the act of drinking, and bade him either name his business or leave the table. Nicholas drew a card from his pocket, and thre... ...from his pocket, and threw it before him. ‘There, sir,’ said Nicholas; ‘my business you will guess.’ A momentary expression of astonishment, not unmix... ...t Mr Nickleby was unwilling to be disturbed, inquired whether the client’s business was of a pressing nature. ‘It is most demnebly particular,’ said M... ...E AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY continued Ralph. ‘I don’t want to do business just now, in fact I would rather not; but as you are a friend—how ... ...case in the day before yesterday’s paper, extracted from one of the French newspapers, about a journeyman shoemaker who was jealous of a young girl in... ...t her up in the Fleet prison for safety?—I have read of such things in the newspapers a hun- dred times. Or, if they are so very fond of her as Nichol...

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... favour of someone whose counte- nance would be a rock to him. He knew his business well, but yet there would be mistakes. Now, at this very moment, w... ...else doing just then. I don’t know how it may be about this electioneering business. I shall go and smoke upstairs. ’ At the Beargarden there were,—I ... ...ld never do. ’ ‘And why did you not tell me?’ ‘Well, sir; it was hardly my business, was it?’ ‘Not to guard the honour of your sister?’ ‘You see, sir;... ... afford it. I like a man to like pleasure. But I despise a man who makes a business of his pleasures. When I hear that this man is the best whist-play... ...and again even though she should scorn you. You can set yourself about the business you have taken in hand and can work hard at it. What can a girl do... ...two. At Crummie-Toddie they had to send nine miles for their let- ters and newspapers. At Killancodlem there was lawn-ten- nis and a billiard-room and... ...erbridge, in a mooncalf tone. ‘Shooting a great deal, if what I see in the newspapers be true about Mr Reginald Dobbes and his party. I pre- sume it i... ...hey him. Never had there been such concord as of late,—and men, clubs, and newspapers now protested that as a natural consequence there would soon be ... ...be comfortable. And now as to time. ’ Isabel’s wedding was declared by the newspapers to have been one of the most brilliant remembered in the me- tro...

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...ch moved the office papers close to him, rapidly looked through two pieces of business, made a few notes with a big pencil, and pushing away the papers... ...ng, of his fellow officials, subordinates, and superiors, and all who had had business with him. The principal qualities in Stepan Arkadyevitch which h... ...ht be; and thirdly—the most important point—his complete indifference to the business in which he was engaged, in consequence of which he was never ca... ...om, simplicity, and official stiffness necessary for the agreeable conduct of business. A secretary, with the good humored deference common to every on... ...ic of every secretary, of superiority to his chief in the knowledge of their business; he went up to Oblonsky with some papers, and began, under prete... ...stepped out at the wide entrance, and the stout porter, who used to read the newspapers in the mornings behind the glass door, to the edification of th... ...e, then go there and catch him.” Anna looked at the railway timetable in the newspapers. An evening train went at two minutes past eight. “Yes, I shal... ...from motives of self interest and self advertisement. He recognized that the newspapers published a great deal that was superfluous and exaggerated, wi... ...hat has overtaken them and is carrying them in one direction.” “Yes, all the newspapers do say the same thing,” said the prince. “That’s true. But so ...

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...wife gives me no ground for jealousy, but my marriage is purely ornamental business; if you think that I am a married man, you are grossly mis- taken.... ... one life is enough, is it not? Would you believe it, dear; I read English newspapers simply to see his name in print. But he has not yet taken his se... ...uld be cut up and sold in little lots. There would be some good strokes of business to be made in that case, and it behooved everybody to count up his... ... foundations of his fortune; all the ins and outs of the whole disgraceful business were accurately put before them; and the narrator was in the very ... ...dviser was very emphatically an idiot who must be sent forthwith about his business. He stopped him resolutely with a gesture. “The tongs, my lord Mar... ...ces, spoke once more to his impatient client: “To sum up, my lord Marquis. Business before all things. To-morrow, then, we must subpoena your brother;... ... and by,” said the General, and catching a glimpse through an open door of newspapers on the table in the adjoining sitting-room, he went off. The Mar...

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...y or navy,’ said Patrick. ‘But Captain Con’s a bit of a politician: a poor business, when there’s nothing to be done.’ ‘A very poor business!’ Mr. Adi... ...ligion. But the key of the difficulty’s a sparkle of enthusiasm. It’s part business, and the greater part sentiment. We want a rousing in the heart of... ...ner! yes, his partner is at home, but I do not com- municate upon personal business with his partner; and by and by there will be, I suppose, a third ... ... to explore the country. I am detained here by a man who seems to think my business of less importance than his pleasures. And it is not my busi- ness... ...e reverse but I am compelled to un- dertake it as my own, when I abhor the business. It is hard for me to speak of it, much more to act a part in it.’... ... bearing a letter from Patrick. He means to be one of their writers on the newspapers. He studies ev- erything; he has written books. He called on us ...

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...ome- thing, and that we understand and believe that something. However, my business is not to make confusion worse con- founded, but to clear it up. O... ...orts to memorize words and phrases to escape flagellation. It is a ghastly business, quite beyond words, this schooling. And now I hear cries of prote... ...ools; but every adult who derives his knowledge of public affairs from the newspapers can take in, at the cost of an extra halfpenny, two papers of op... ...e far worse consequences than burnt fingers. And just as it is part of the business of adults to protect children, to feed them, clothe them, shelter ... ...e thrown into the waste paper basket and the committee proceed to the next business. The Demagogue’s Opportunity AND THE EMPLOYEE has in him the same ... ... that the so-called dunces are not exhausted before they begin the serious business of life. It is said that boys will be boys; and one can only add o...

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...n elementary school. His parents moved here from Japan to start a furniture business, and he didn't speak much English when he got here. Actually, he... ...se Asian people are insecure and fearful; they don't think they can get any business, unless it has an Asian theme like Chinatown, Koreatown, or Jap... ...ends and their children. My parents had to go out of town that weekend on a business trip so one of the parents whose name I've forgotten long ago a... ... use “ ” “ ” to be friends when they were kids, since their parents were in business together. I'm alright. You know Johnson, right? Gabriel asks. Oh... ...el, who told me once, when we were kids, that all he wanted to become was a businessman, since the sole reason for the existence of Japanese men is ... ...While he pours tea for us, I can't help but to notice the towering stack of newspapers and magazines on the coffee table, a miniature Leaning Tower ... ...ng Tower of Pisa, ready for a big fall. I glance over to see more stacks of newspapers and magazines, as well as a multitude of opened water bottles... ...rts. Her logic appears to make sense, but how the hell is a cr@pload of old newspapers going to help in an emergency? Better yet, how the hell is a ... ...reading. Upon entering, I see a multifarious selection of Korean magazines, newspapers, books both soft and — hardcover educational toys, and puzzle...

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...ust make sure you charge the new guy. Exercising horses for free is piss-poor business.” “If I show up for morning gallops there's a better chance t... ...ven be possible to wind the case up by week's end and return to his real race business. A stall door banged shut. “Come see his horses!” Sandra call... ...essed it was a bigger deal than she pretended. Obviously she didn't have much business which suited him perfectly. He’d already planned to use her f... ...vities so familiar, so benign, he had to remind himself he was here on police business. Nasty business. Kurt slowed before entering the barn, letti... ...Friday, you best climb on her today.” Otto’s voice thickened. “You’d get more business if you weren’t so stuck up. You oughta try being nicer to men... ...Coffee cups spotted the dashboard, and two heads poked out from behind raised newspapers. Obviously the surveillance team. He pulled out his cell...

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...tional Hell. Report by Shutenhog – Rank - demon first class: Assignment - business and residential. Many years ago, the stately mansion was converted... ...ily issues and then linger around the sports pages. Morris began a second business several years ago as the town’s taxi service, but the clientele m... ...reception is so poor, most have given it up. Adults rely on the radio and newspapers for outside information and most teenagers tune in to modern ci... ... all for the Lord. His old motto, ‘money talks’, was not exactly good for business, especially amongst Christians who had once shunned him. A few ye... ...drawer in a pub room, church on Sunday and the new label ‘Christian’, his business began to boom. His motto thereafter changed to, ‘the wealth of Go... ...ryone has problems, but let’s face it, Anne cooks, cleans and helps run a business, but at least the both of you can hold an intelligent conversatio...

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...son rug. Wind whips flames as homeless flee devastation. Riverside business district laid waste. 300 killed; 90,000 homeless. Morga... ...entations. In her room at the top of the narrow brownstone, Morgan lay her newspapers carefully atop her trunk. She would go through them later an... ...ith your tears, please. Have a glass of wine. It will compose you for the business at hand.” Falkner flung the scoop into his ash bucket and sla... ...hy dealers on Ann and Nassau Streets? The man who harangued the police and newspapers for their laxity with the peddlers of sin? Anthony Comstock ... ...res. “You fool no one with your mock outrage, Miss Browne. Be assured the newspapers and the police will hear of your activities and the taint you... ...ore. To distract him, Daniel thrust the letter into his face. “None of my business, I see. For Morgan? You will deliver it?” He got no more th... ...from lilies. This was not what he had planned. The letter had suggested a business proposition only — a séance, an arrangement he would make worth ... ...ring charges for assault against—” “Mr. Comstock, we best leave. We’ve no business interferin’ in the affairs of a man and his betrothed.” “It’s...

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...tion of broad generalizations upon which divergent specialists may meet, a business for non- technical expression, and in which a man who knows a litt... ...teurishness a special qualification. And in addition, it is particularly a business for some irresponsible writer, out- side the complications of prac... ...al matters, in many doubtful issues of private conduct, and throughout the business of dealing with one’s fellow-men. No doubt there are many who do n... ...at great denial of life, that sings through all their struggle, it is this business of births as the central fact of life they still have most in mind... ... a chance kinking in the universal fabric of matter. It is not our present business to confute him. The fact remains this is the form the kinking has ... ... are in no better case than that unfortunate lady at Earlswood who esteems newspapers stitched with unravelled carpet and trimmed with orange peel, th... ...he behaviour 121 H G Wells of his inferiors; he found it in the books and newspapers he has read, he breathed it in with his native air. He regards i... ...ngland is often actively silly in America, and, as a consequence, American newspapers, American discussions, American social affairs are pervaded by a... ...s and emotions, the stage, books that do anything more than pass the time, newspapers, the Grove and the Agora. These all, in greater or lesser degree...

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...nd from a variety of ludicrous statements concerning himself in provincial newspapers, that more than one York- shire schoolmaster lays claim to being... ...d to reprint a few of these details of legal proceedings, from certain old newspapers. One other quotation from the same Preface may serve to 7 Charl... ...d ‘Office,’ it was clear that Mr Ralph Nickleby did, or pre- tended to do, business of some kind; and the fact, if it re- quired any further circumsta... ...ries. This would not seem a spot very well adapted to the transac- tion of business; but Mr Ralph Nickleby had lived there, not- withstanding, for man... ...llest effect, good or bad, upon anybody just then, and are consequently no business of ours just now. Mr Nickleby closed an account-book which lay on ... ...liberate manner was strongly opposed to the vivac- ity of the other man of business. ‘Pretty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was e... ... and then came here to borrow a pound, as in his better days I had—’ ‘Done business with him,’ said Mr Bonney with a meaning look. ‘Just so,’ replied ... ...is good master had asked a blessing on it. This was told her in the London newspapers—not by Mr Squeers, for he is too kind and too good to set anybod... ... arms over the elbows, ‘you are dissatisfied with my conduct, I see by the newspapers.’ ‘Yes, Mr Gregsbury , we are,’ said a plump old gentleman in a ...

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...nd from a variety of ludicrous statements concerning himself in provincial newspapers, that more than one York- shire schoolmaster lays claim to being... ...d to reprint a few of these details of legal proceedings, from certain old newspapers. One other quotation from the same Preface may serve to 7 Charl... ...d ‘Office,’ it was clear that Mr Ralph Nickleby did, or pre- tended to do, business of some kind; and the fact, if it re- quired any further circumsta... ...ries. This would not seem a spot very well adapted to the transac- tion of business; but Mr Ralph Nickleby had lived there, not- withstanding, for man... ...llest effect, good or bad, upon anybody just then, and are consequently no business of ours just now. Mr Nickleby closed an account-book which lay on ... ...liberate manner was strongly opposed to the vivac- ity of the other man of business. ‘Pretty well!’ echoed Mr Bonney. ‘It’s the finest idea that was e... ... and then came here to borrow a pound, as in his better days I had—’ ‘Done business with him,’ said Mr Bonney with a meaning look. ‘Just so,’ replied ... ...is good master had asked a blessing on it. This was told her in the London newspapers—not by Mr Squeers, for he is too kind and too good to set anybod... ... arms over the elbows, ‘you are dissatisfied with my conduct, I see by the newspapers.’ ‘Yes, Mr Gregsbury , we are,’ said a plump old gentleman in a ...