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...d society—so called—is no higher than the peasants. They believe in the evil eye, and in witchcraft and omens, while we. . . ” “Oh, then you don’t bel... ...hink you take much rest as it is. It cheers us up to work under the master’s eye. . . ” “So they’re sowing clover behind the Birch Dale? I’ll go and h... ...you crumble up the clods,” said Levin, going towards his horse, “and keep an eye on Mishka. And if there’s a good crop you shall have half a rouble fo... ...went towards her, she drew in a deep breath, and, turning back her prominent eye till the white looked bloodshot, she started at the ap proaching figu... ...ition, all the difficulty there was for them, conspicuous as they were in the eye of all the world, in concealing their love, in lying and deceiving; a... ...ght in front of her. Frou Frou was still trembling as though in a fever. Her eye, full of fire, glanced sideways at Vronsky. Vronsky 186 Anna Karenina... ...at last for the fourth time he shouted “Away!” and the racers started. Every eye, every opera glass, was turned on the brightly colored group of rider... ...y, nonchalant greetings with his equals, now assiduously trying to catch the eye of some great one of this world, and taking off his big round hat tha... ... satisfaction. “To do good, probably,” said the prince with a twinkle in his eye. “That is not for us to judge,” said Madame Stahl, perceiving the sha...

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...acting as pall-bearers, all keeping step in a pouring shower without a dry eye visible, and a concourse only inferior to Royalty, his pantry and lodgi... ...e answered with a careless air, “Somebody’s Luggage.” Regarding her with a eye not free from severity, I says, “Whose Luggage?” *Its name and address ... ...particulars, all editorially struck out. 10 Somebody’s Luggage Evading my eye, she replied, “Lor! How should I know!” —Being, it may be right to men... ...topher, I am going to make you a handsome offer.” (If this should meet her eye,—a lovely blue,—may she not take it ill my mentioning that if I had bee... ... open Somebody’s Luggage all alone in the Secret Chamber, and not a female eye catches sight of the contents!” Whether I thought proper to have the fi... ...to have the firmness to keep to this, don’t signify, or whether any female eye, and if any, how many, was really present when the opening of the Lugga... ...ole round world. “These chaps,” said Mr. The Englishman to himself, as his eye rolled over the Place, sprinkled with military here and there, “are no ... ...as all you would have found. What a swarm! From the Great Place under the eye of Mr. The Englishman, where a few awkward squads from the last conscri... ...ing of its greatest men. He might have put it plainer if he had thrown his eye in my direction. He might have put it, that while the world knows some...

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...posite bank the fair rich meadows of Touraine stretched away as far as the eye could see; the low hills of the Cher, the only limits to the view, lay ... ... he leaned. In the circle of semi-opaque darkness, dimly lit by the bull’s-eye lantern, he looked like the shadowy figure of some dead 131 Balzac kni... ... and passengers hand and foot and seized the booty. In the twinkling of an eye, provisions and barrels full of piastres were transferred to the Othell...

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...dren. They were half believed to inherit mysterious attributes; the family eye was said to possess strange power. Among other good-for-noth- ing prope... ...ows, and on the slopes of the roof nor must we fail to direct the reader’s eye to a crop, not of weeds, but 29 Hawthorne flower-shrubs, which were gr... ...as the little old shop any longer empty of mer- chantable goods. A curious eye, privileged to take an account of stock and investigate behind the coun... ...portment of the maiden lady while setting her shop in order for the public eye. She stole on tiptoe to the window, as cautiously as if she conceived s... ...She says little, to be sure; but if you could only see the mischief in her eye!” On the whole, therefore, her new experience led our de- cayed gentlew... ...brow was too heavy, his temples too bare, his remaining hair too gray, his eye too cold, his lips too closely compressed, to bear any relation to mere... ...both the frown and the smile passed successively over his countenance. His eye rested on the shop-window, and putting up a pair of gold-bowed spectacl... ...e physical outline and substance were darken- ing away from the beholder’s eye, the bold, hard, and, at the same time, indirect character of the man s... ...bed off by time. While gazing at the portrait, Hepzibah trembled under its eye. Her hereditary reverence made her afraid to judge the character of the...

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...on he should have withheld. Of many facts in the career of a man so in the eye of the world 28 The Alter of the Dead there was of course a common kno...

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...was curious to observe in what a strange procession they passed before the eye. Emporiums of splendid dresses, the materials brought from every quarte... ...y handle, and with it laid open one side of his antagonist’s face from the eye to the lip. He saw the gash; knew that the mare had darted off at a wil... ...ntrance of a third party—the individual in question— who, bringing his one eye (for he had but one) to bear on Ralph Nickleby , made a great many sham... ...ndow , an old gentle- man happened to stop too; and Nicholas, carrying his eye along the window-panes from left to right in search of some 43 Charles... ...at principally attracted the attention of Nicholas was the old gentleman’s eye,—never was such a clear, twinkling, hon- est, merry, happy eye, as that... ...f minutes in passing. As the stranger was moving away, Nicholas caught his eye again, and, in the awkwardness of the moment, stammered out an apology.... ...gether: each with a tear of regard for old Tim Linkinwater standing in his eye. ‘But hear this first—hear this first, brother Ned,’ said the old man, ... ...recoils a step or two, and gazes out before him with eager wildness in his eye. Is it a 63 Charles Dickens job, or a boy at marbles? Does he see a gh... ...ned, under pain of divers horrible penalties, the full extent of which the eye of man could not foresee, to deliver the same with all possible speed, ...

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...enson FOR SELF-BLAME Lord, enlighten us to see the beam that is in our own eye, and blind us to the mote that is in our brother’s. Let us feel our off... ...good, and help us to be better. Look down upon thy servants with a patient eye, even as Thou sendest sun and rain; look down, call upon the dry bones,... ... AUTHOR’S NOTE It may be guessed by some that I had a certain parish in my eye, and this makes it proper I should add a word of disclamation. In my ti...

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....” Nor did Ethel know that that caricature had been the cause of the black eye that Harry had brought home last summer. Harry returned, to protest tha... ...tch her cradle by, No blight is on her slumbers found, No touch of harmful eye. —Lyra Innocentium SUCH a strange sad Sunday! No going to ... ...papa,” she could hardly answer, and a large drop gath- ered slowly in each eye, long in coming, as if the heart ached too much for them to flow freely... ...ER CHAPTER V V V V V Through lawless camp, through ocean wild, Her prophet eye pursues her child; Scans mournfully her poet’s strain, Fears for her me... ...irst mo- ment, for now she felt what it was to have no one to tame her, no eye over her; she found herself going a tort et a travers all the morning, ... ...it all,” said Ethel, as her father drew out her words, apparently with his eye; “and then came up to my room so faint that he was obliged to lie on th... ...othed him! He wondered, but he could not have said so to any one, only his eye brightened, and, as his sisters remarked, he never seemed half so uncom... ... with its gaiety of well-assorted colour, was positively refreshing to his eye, so long accustomed to the deep mourn- ing of his sisters. A little Ita... ...of his—it is the sort of picture that does one good to carry away in one’s eye. Whay! Stop. There’s an old woman in here. It is too late for Fordholm,...

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...be more natural than his foot-fall, or the quiet glance of his cheery gray eye. He walked up to the captain, who held the helm, and lightly raised his... ...nch of wall was covered, so that none of the glaring whitewash wounded the eye. In the four corners of the patio were four large orange-trees, covered... ...boat, still bearing gewgaws on his back, stepped up on to the platform. My eye in- stantly perceived that the one pendule was still missing from his j...

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...ndau with a skill never yet at fault in London or Paris. He had a lizard’s eye, as sharp as my own, and he could mount a horse like the elder Franconi... ...ear. He has a name, a manner, and a certain position in the world; keep an eye on them; be careful to gain Isaure’s confidence; and if they philander,...

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... there was nothing tender in the tone of his voice or in the glance of his eye. Though he was very positive in what he said, yet he was shy and shamef... ...ay to become a wife and a mother. And the father, when that delight of his eye ceases to assure him that he is her nearest and dearest, though he aban... ... used to do, and as he cared no longer for the light that lies in a lady’s eye, there was not much left to him but cards and racing. Nevertheless he w... ...is would,—would,—break his heart. ’ Then came a tear into the young man’s eye,—and there was something al- most like a tear in the eye of the old man... ...tion would be allowed to go unanswered. He saw, however, from his father’s eye that that was impos- sible. And then he did remember it all. ‘I suppose... ...f sympathy, of satire, the assurance which she gave by every glance of her eye, every elevation of her brow, every curl of her lip, that she was alive... ...d over their work too long to think of their toilet. As it was they had an eye to business. The stables at one corner and the kennels at the other wer... ...en. ’ ‘She plays uncommonly well. ’ ‘And so do you. ’ ‘Ah, she has such an eye for distances. ’ ‘And you,—what have you an eye for? Will you answer me... ... least. It is wilder than this, and there are not so many trees; but to my eye it is very beautiful. I wish you had seen it. ’ 295 Anthony Trollope ‘...

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...:9 21:19 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blem ish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21 No man that ha... ...hbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; 20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shal...

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...hands. The second escape I have been in the habit of hearing related by an eye-witness, my own father, from the earliest days of childhood. On a Septe... ...ds the inhabitants had certainly had their share of wrecked goods, for the eye is presented with these melancholy remains in almost every form. For ex... ...m, living cheek by jowl. The chil- dren quarrel; Jockie hits Jimsie in the eye, and the mothers make haste to mingle in the dissension. Perhaps there ... ...anscendental coefficient, everywhere bent to the impression of the trained eye and the feelings of the engineer. A sentiment of physical laws and of t... ...ng-master, who removed to the farther point of the rock, where he kept his eye steadily upon the progress of the vessel. While the artificers were at ...

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...Excerpt: The pages which follow have been extracted from a pile of manuscript which was apparently meant for the eye of one woman only. She seems to have been the writer?s childhood?s friend. They had parted as children, or very little more than children. Years passed. Then something recalled to the woman the companion of her young days...

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...een extracted from a pile of manuscript which was apparently meant for the eye of one woman only. She seems to have been the writer’s childhood’s frie... ...azy rushes while gusts of cold mistral swayed the gas lights as far as the eye could reach. There was a touch of bedlam in all this. Perhaps it was th... ...lry sabre—and all around him a landscape of savage mountains. He caught my eye on that spiritedly composed woodcut. (There were no inane snap- shot-re... ...se two faces from the same model. No doubt she was proud of her discerning eye. It was really clever of her. Allegre, however, looked on it as a colos... ... animal like a circus horse. Rita had spotted him out of the corner of her eye as he passed them, putting up his enormous paw in a still more enormous... ...ng dawn and the masted forms of ships were coming out dimly, as far as the eye could reach down the old harbour. “W ell,” Mills began again, “you may ... ... to him seriously.” There was something whimsical in the quick beat of her eye- lids and in the subtle quiver of her lips. “And behold! the same notio... ...istaken in you, that’s all.’ With that he pretends to dash a tear from his eye-crocodile!—and goes out, leaving me in my fur by the blazing fire, my t... ... Curious story to happen to a goatherd living all her days out under God’s eye, as my uncle the Cura might have said. My sister Therese was keeping ho...

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...essant worth, Or worn with anguish, that it views No light but for a mortal eye, No rest but of a mortal sleep, No God but in a prophet’s lie, No f... ...ced and they drank and their souls grew gay, Nor ever they knew of a ghoul’s eye spying Their splendor a flickering phantom to stray Where the bones ... ...er me, Whether I stay for little or for long, The wolves are coming. Have an eye for them, And a more careful ear for their confusion Than you need ha... ...To the slow tragedies of haunted men — Horrors, in fact, if you’ve a skilful eye To know them at their firesides, or out walking, —” “Horrors,” I said... ...nder How many would have blessed and envied him! Could he have had the usual eye for spots On others, and for none upon himself, I smile to ponder on ... ...s orphans after war. He could see stars, On a clear night, but he had not an eye To see beyond them. He could hear spoken words, But had no ear for si... ...hat it was good for me, As it was good for him, that I was quiet; For Time’s eye was on Ferguson, and the shaft Of its inquiring hesitancy had touched... ...ain whereby Their baleful zeal had come about, King Cole met many a wrathful eye So kindly that its wrath went out — Or partly out. Say what they woul... ...s, Quite as another lad might see some finches, If he looked hard and had an eye for nature. But this one had his eyes and their foretelling, And he h...

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...rking visions! hail! I watch thy gliding, while with watery light Thy weak eye glimmers through a fleecy veil; And when thou lovest thy pale orb to... ...de the child of Woe no longer sigh, And Joy in tears o’erspread the widow’s eye. Th’ all-gracious Parent hears the wretch’s prayer; The meek tear s... ...igh; Wan Resignation struggling with despair The Lord beholds with pitying eye; Sees cheerless Want unpitied pine, Disease on earth its head recli... ...hee belong; And tho’ thy lays with conscious fear, Shrink from Judgement’s eye severe, Yet much I thank thee, Spirit of my song! For, lovely Muse!... ...p, Following in quick succession of delight, — Till all — at once — did my eye ravish’d sweep! May this (I cried) my course through Life portray! ... ...as my days advance! Till what time Death shall pour the undarken’d ray, My eye shall dart thro’ infinite expanse, And thought suspended lie in Rapt... ... paths of Vice the wretch must try, Where Conscience flashes horror on each eye, Where Hate — where Murder scowl — where starts Affright! Ah! close... ... sigh, And now a flash of Rage Darts through the tear, that glistens in my eye. Is this the land of liberal Hearts! Is this the land, where Genius... ...load of Woe; This ever can the generous Briton hear, And starts not in his eye th’ indignant Tear? Elate of Heart and confident of Fame, From vale...

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...hought All night long and every night, When my mama puts out the light, I see the people marching by, As plain as day before my eye. Armies and empero... ...he trunk with both my hands And looked abroad in foreign lands. I saw the next door garden lie, Adorned with flowers, before my eye, And many pleasant... ...ain, Up in the air and down! XXXIV Time to Rise A birdie with a yellow bill Hopped upon my window sill, Cocked his shining eye and said: “Ain’t y... ... horses and cattle: All of the sights of the hill and the plain Fly as thick as driving rain; And ever again, in the wink of an eye, Painted stations ... ... walk upon; Still we find the flowing brooks In the picture story-books. All the pretty things put by, Wait upon the children’s eye, Sheep and shepher...

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...divine, and comfortable words, Beyond my tongue to tell thee—I beheld From eye to eye through all their Order flash A momentary likeness of the King: ... ...d took it—rich With jewels, elfin Urim, on the hilt, Bewildering heart and eye—the blade so bright That men are blinded by it—on one side, Graven in t... ...an any goose can lay; For this an Eagle, a royal Eagle, laid Almost beyond eye-reach, on such a palm As glitters gilded in thy Book of Hours. And ther... ... vile, That evermore she longed to hide herself, Nor fronted man or woman, eye to eye— Yea—some she cleaved to, but they died of her. And one—they cal... ...y name to any—no, not the King. ’ Gareth awhile lingered. The mother’s eye Full of the wistful fear that he would go, And turning toward him where... ...m the woman weeping, ‘Nay, my lord, The field was pleasant in my husband’s eye. ’ And Arthur, ‘Have thy pleasant field again, And thrice the gold f... ...pring Like flame from ashes. ’ Here the King’s calm eye Fell on, and checked, and made him flush, and bow Lowly, to kiss his ha... ...llow slowly sink To westward—in the deeps whereof a mere, Round as the red eye of an Eagle-owl, Under the half-dead sunset glared; and shouts Ascended... ...crimsons and in purples and in gems. And Enid, but to please her husband’s eye, Who first had found and loved her in a state Of broken fortunes, daily...

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...n while the other took his likeness; and, although Mr. Squeers has but one eye, and he has two, and the published sketch does not resemble him (whoeve... ...so, for there was something in its very wrinkles, and in his cold restless eye, which seemed to tell of cunning that would announce itself in spite of... ...asion, and the communication of a fixed and rigid look to his unaf- fected eye, so as to make it uniform with the other, and to render it impossible f... ...side into a doorway to set his watch, and with his hand on the key and his eye on the cathedral dial, was intent upon so doing, when a man suddenly st... ...ding; that of the young one, open, handsome, and ingenuous. The old man’ s eye was keen with the twinklings of avarice and cunning; the young man’s br... ... Nicholas haughtily. ‘Then see here, sir,’ said his uncle. ‘This caught my eye this morning, and you may thank your stars for it.’ With this exordium,... ...is pockets. Mr Squeers’ s appearance was not prepossessing. He had but one eye, and the popular prejudice runs in favour of two. The eye he had, was u... ...ldren?’ ‘No,’ rejoined Snawley, meeting the gaze of the schoolmaster’s one eye. ‘They ain’t.’ ‘I thought they might be,’ said Squeers, coolly. ‘We hav... ...ence of living in a thoroughfare like the Strand. When I want a nose or an eye for any particular sitter, I have only to look out of window and wait t...