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...open before him, and no pen ready to his hand. He was dressed of course in black. That, indeed, was usual with him, but now the tailor by his funeral ... ...th him, but now the tailor by his funeral art had added some deeper dye of blackness to his appearance. When he rose and turned to her she thought tha... ... terms, in which the younger lady had her way. It was as follows: ‘Dearest Frank, ‘I wish you to see Mrs Finn, who, as you know, was dear mamma’s most... ...m her eyes had once loved to dwell. He was dark, with hair that was almost black, but yet was not black; with clear brown eyes, a nose as regular as A... ...nd thus was able in his county to hold his head as high as richer men. But Frank Tregear was only his second son; and though Frank would hereafter inh... ...e man. Yet he was idle. The elder brother, who was considerably older than Frank, was an odd man, much addicted to quarreling with his family, and who... ...h his family, and who spent his time chiefly in traveling about the world. Frank’s mother, who was not the mother of the heir also, would sometimes su... ...other, who was not the mother of the heir also, would sometimes surmise in Frank’s hearing, that the entire property must ultimately come to him. That... ...ot a young woman, yet she was attractive. She was dark, and still wore her black hair in curls, such as now seldom seen with ladies. Perhaps the reduc...

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...as the chief part of his duty to wear silk stockings, and a bag wig like a black watch-pocket; and to think that it should come to this after all—oh, ... ... stood unmoved, with his back towards him, following up, with the worn and blackened stump of an old pen, some figures in an Interest-table which was ... ...at himself down in an armchair, with his hands on his knees, and his short black trousers drawn up so high in the legs by the exertion of seating hims... ...ing him up the street. ‘You’re—Eh?’ laying his finger on the sleeve of his black coat. ‘Who’s it for, eh?’ ‘My father,’ replied Nicholas. ‘ Ah!’ said ... ...oluntarily as he returned the compliment, evinced very great surprise. ‘Mr Frank Cheeryble!’ said Nicholas. ‘Surely not the nephew of Cheeryble Brothe... ...morrow!’ ‘I don’t usually call myself the nephew of the firm,’ returned Mr Frank, good-humouredly; ‘but of the two excellent indi- viduals who compose... ...w, that young woman below-stairs was the vainest and the plainest. This Mr Frank Cheeryble, although, to judge from what had recently taken place, a h... ... dream on in the same strain all night. For, having satisfied himself that Frank Cheeryble could have no knowledge of, or acquaintance with, the mys- ... ...menting ideas which answered his purpose even better than the vision of Mr Frank Cheeryble, and tantalised and worried him, waking and sleep- ing. Not...

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...the house was laid, and a rapid glimpse at its quaint exterior, as it grew black in the prevalent east wind,—pointing, too, here and there, at some sp... ... and he, the old bachelor, in possession of the ill-gotten spoil,—with the black stain of blood sunken deep into it, and still to be scented by consci... ...he sanctity or the spell of which, in spite of an exterior of suffi- cient frankness and good-fellowship, it was impossible for any man to step. It wa... ...o side of the street, overtopping the seven gables, and sweeping the whole black roof with its pendant foliage. It gave beauty to the old edi- fice, a... ...th she steps into the dusky, time-darkened passage; a tall figure, clad in black silk, with a long and shrunken waist, feeling her way towards the sta... ...dli- ness of his manner. “Let it go You are the better without it. I speak frankly, my dear Miss Pyncheon! for are we not friends? I look upon this as... ...ss of both. T o Hepzibah’s blunt observation, therefore, Phoebe replied as frankly, and more cheerfully. “Dear cousin, I cannot tell how it will be,” ... ...tion and confidence. A recluse, like Hepzibah, usually displays remarkable frankness, and at least temporary affability, on being absolutely cornered,... ...ll acted under a certain reserve, which was by no means cus- tomary to her frank and genial nature. The fantasy would not quit her, that the original ...

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...utward worship. This idea took possession of him while, at a distance, the black-robed lady continued prostrate; he was quietly thrilled with his conc... ...gs about which he had made up his mind was that she had no fortune. Always black-robed, she must have had a succession of sorrows. People weren’t poor... ...e; it was a dire mutilation of their lives. Our friend 31 Henry James was frank and monotonous, making no mystery of his remonstrance and no secret o... ...the life that all men saw? Why had one never heard of it if it had had the frankness of honourable things? Stransom knew enough of his other ties, of ... ... do for him. He had talked in the other days, and she had responded with a frankness qualified only by a courteous reluctance, a reluctance that touch...

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... plainly dressed Napoleon shone conspicuous. The of- ficer rode a splendid black horse. His handsome sky-blue uniform marked him out amid the variegat... ...yebrows and long lashes, looked like white ovals bordered by an outline of black. His nose had the delicate curve of an eagle’s beak; the sinuous line... ...the delicate curve of an eagle’s beak; the sinuous lines of the inevitable black moustache enhanced the crimson of the lips. The brown and tawny shade... ...e rose- color which once gave it so rich a glow. A few straggling locks of black hair, straightened out by the damp night air, enhanced its dead white... ...each to each. In the picture which her memory traced of the past, Arthur’s frank face stood out daily nobler and purer; it was but a flash, for upon t... ...as her speech. You will never read her at that age, nor discover if she is frank or false, nor how far she is serious in her admis- sions or merely la... ...s no restraint upon feeling; and talk and play and glances are bright with frankness and affection. The General sat, or more properly speaking, lay bu... ...le had been paid for by hardship and toil. An inexpressible kindliness and frankness shone out of the strong, resolute face which reflected his childr... ..., the sign-manual of courage; but the enchanting roundness of contour, the frankly innocent expression of her other features, the trans- parence of th...

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...is offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankin cense thereon: 2 And he shall bring it to Aaron’s sons the priest... ...out his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil thereof, with all the frank incense thereof; and the priest shall burn the memorial of it upon t... ... corn beaten out of full ears. 15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frank incense thereon: it is a meat offering. 16 And the priest shall burn... ...part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD. Chapter... ... for a sin offering; he shall put no oil upon it, neither shall he put any frankincense thereon: for it is a sin offering. 12 Then shall he bring it t... ...and, behold, it be not in sight deeper than the skin, and that there is no black hair in it; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague of... ... unclean. 37 But if the scall be in his sight at a stay, and that there is black hair grown up therein; the scall is healed, he is clean: and the prie...

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... knelt in a niche in the chancel wall, scarlet- cloaked, white-ruffed, and black doubletted, a desk bearing an open Bible before him, and a twisted pi... ...r Mary to call out, “Why, Norman, non- sense! Mr. Ernescliffe rode the new black kicking horse till he made it quite steady.” “Made it steady! No, Mar... ...rew it.” 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 prote... ...reen space on the banks of the river, speckled over with a flock of little black dots in rapid motion. “Here you are!” exclaimed Flora. “I told them i... ...sight of the confused contrition of the culprit, coupled with his father’s frank and kindly tone of avowal, that it had been a foolish improper frolic... ...self guilty of a lesser one. “Miss Bracy,” said Dr. May, entering with his frank, sweet look, “I am concerned that I vexed you by taking the chil- dre... ... been pretty quiet, ex- cept for an uproar about the mistress beating that Franklin’s girl—and what do you think I did, Flora? I made bold to say the ... ...and so I am going off. Only, one parting piece of advice, Miss Bracy—read ‘Frank Fairlegh’, and put everybody out of your head.” And, thinking she had... ...ain and shared his amusement in seeing Harry talking to them with the same frank unembarrassed ease as when he had that morning shaken hands with thei...

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...ith one’s governess. But what a governess!” (He vividly recalled the roguish black eyes of Mlle. Roland and her smile.) “But after all, while she was ... ...ionable honesty. In him, in his handsome, radiant figure, his sparkling eyes, black hair and eyebrows, and the white and red of his face, there was som... ...is kept up here that you are the best of skaters,” she said, with her little black gloved hand brushing a grain of Part I — Chapter 9 29 hoarfrost of... ...ings are in a bad way with me, very bad. And it’s all through women. Tell me frankly now,” he pursued, picking up a cigar and keeping one hand on his ... ... Nordston. She was a thin, sallow, sickly, and nervous woman, with brilliant black eyes. She was fond of Kitty, and her affection for her showed itsel... ...nd, still more exasperated, would have answered, but Vronsky with his bright frank smile rushed to the support of the conversation, which was threaten... ... Moscow colonel, smart and jaunty in his European coat, bought ready made at Frankfort. They were walking on one side of the arcade, trying to avoid L... ... it necessary to conceal it. “Well, I on the contrary expected less—I’ll own frankly. But I’m glad, very glad. I’m ambitious; that’s my weakness, and ... ...nsically such a pitiful, worthless creature—that proves nothing; I feel sure Franklin felt just as worthless, and he too had no faith in himself, thin...

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...on a visit to a notable landowner of those marches, the Squire Adister, whose family-seat was where the hills begin to lift and spy into the heart of black mountains. Examining his ticket with an apparent curiosity, the son of a greener island debated whether it would not be better for him to follow his inclinations, now that he had gone so far as to pay for the journey, a...

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...se family-seat was where the hills begin to lift and spy into the heart of black mountains. Examining his ticket with an apparent curiosity, the son o... ...e this witch, snake, deception. Earlsfont was the title and summary of her black story: the reverberation of the word shook up all the chap- ters to p... ...nd the very worst! I thought her fickle, I thought her heartless, rather a black fairy, perched above us, not quite among the stars of heaven. I had m... ... left him blind of her, she left him with no lessened bigness of heart. He frankly be- lieved in her revelation of a greater world and a livelier eart... ... do you say to such a nest of assassins, and one of them, an out- cast and blackleg, asking an English gentleman to acknowl- edge him as a member of h... ...from the portrait of Adiante; and now she sank into obscu- rity behind the blackest of brushes, representing her incred- ible husband; and now by forc... ... mer flushed in all its leaves. The corners of his face had ev- erywhere a frank ambush, or child’s hiding-place, for lan- guages and laughter. He cou... ... see is the mirror held up to him by his bards of the Press and his jester Frank Guffaw. There, begirt by laughing ocean-waves, manifestly blest, he g...

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... no immediate consanguinity between them, and one were white and the other black, or one enfranchised and the other dis- enfranchised, or one ranked a... ... see any harm in stealing a few cin- ders when they are worrited. Into the blackest depths of this violation of children’s souls one can hardly bear t... ... cruelty. The injury to the child would be far less if the voluptuary said frankly “I beat you because I like beating you; and I shall do it when- eve... ...re sympathetic. In many families it is still the custom to treat childhood frankly as a state of sin, and im- pudently proclaim the monstrous principl... ... as obscene jokes, hopelessness, evasion, derision, cowardice, and all the blackguard’s shifts by which the coward intimi- dates other cowards. And if... ...unate man was probably goaded beyond endurance, smote the schoolmaster and blackened his eye. The school- master appealed to the law; and my friend fo... ...we proceed on hu- man assumptions and not on academic ones. If adults will frankly give up their claim to know better than children what the purposes ... ...he variations in family sentiment. Sometimes the family organization is as frankly political as the organization of an army or an industry: fathers be... ...ce, is in effect bro- ken up by school life, by out-of-door habits, and by frank neighborly intercourse through dances and concerts and the- atricals ...

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... a large, woolly ram that just happens to be bogged up to his eyeballs in blackberries? This is truly a test for an unqualified hard-headed farmer wh... ...land crap had my brain swirling in green. I glance out the window at a wet black night. The man, who has my hormones jumping, obviously had the right... ... only to find I have a spring fed dam with a gravity line. Now this thick, black plastic pipe runs fifty acres to the top of the hill. Smack bang in... ...e runs fifty acres to the top of the hill. Smack bang in the middle of a blackberry forest is a swamp crawling with every hideous creature God coul... ...dinner. This is the only way I can describe these so-called gentlemen and frankly, it pisses me right off. Why is it that a man has to consume his we... ...my turn to say it again. “Yes, Basset Hound.” “It’s all under control Sis. Frank told me about it yesterday.” “Frank!” It just blurts out and by my to... ...nd in a pile of wet dags. “What?” Michael questioned. “The dog, its name’s Frank. Not that I particularly like the name myself, but he won’t answer t... ...tention, as though Michael 67 can hear him, not! “I’ll talk to you about Frank later.” He nudges me. “And the dog’s a bitch by the name of Floppsy.... ...ds.” “By the way,” I just had a recollection of the horrible kind. “Who’s Frank?” “Come on Sis, I’ll introduce you.” “She’s not going to like it Stev...

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...se material from the following: Joseph Epes Brown (ed.), The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux, University of O... ...Details in Cyril Aldred, Thames and Hudson, London, 1968; Henri Frank- fort, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1948; ... ... Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1961. 1 Details in Henri Frankfort, Book II, University of Chicago Press, Chi... ...Details in Cyril Aldred, Akhenaten, Thames and Hudson, London, 1968; Henri Frankfort, Ancient Egyptian Religion, Harper Torchbooks, New York, 1948; A.... ... the Pharaohs, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1961. 12. Details in Henri Frankfort, Kingship and the Gods, Book II, University of Chicago Press, Chi... ...e found in Martin Werner, The Formation of Christian Dogma, Adam & Charles Black, London, 1953. See especially pp. 100ff. BUDDHISM 47 ZEN In this cha... ...incips” in vol. 13 of Sigmund Freud, Gesamme;lte Werke, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 18 vols. 50. Sigmund Freud, The Ego and the Id (German o... ...s systems. 76. Albert Schweitzer, The Mysticism of Paul the Apostle, A & C Black, London, 1931. MYSTICISM 121 Christian: For granting that the soul c... ...the goal is near. This is followed by plunging into a dark valley of total blackness and despair where all hope seems to be lost, “the dark 120. See D...

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...her free of the silken rainbow that surrounded her. “I swear I’ll have him blackballed in every respectable house in the country. Opening night! H... ...ed to it as well. Defeated, he lay crumpled on his cot, a jumble of shabby black wool splashed with a velvet cape so frayed that the red satin lini... ... is lovely, Miss Browne. I admit I did not know exactly what to expect.” “Black shrouds and huggery-muggery perhaps? Darkness would not suit the wo... ...peddled jokes to the minstrel shows, and Peter handled the costumes and the blackface makeup. Daniel could almost have forgotten and laughed alon... ...ting the Box in its accustomed place. The portiers were pulled to meet its black lacquered sides, and the parlor draperies were closed, shrouding th... ... hate leaving you in the lurch like this, but I got my family to think of. Frank May’s Davy Crockett looks awful solid to me and I got a chance ther...

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...w lifestyle and with the thought, felt the tension easing in his body. If Black Ghost trusted these people then he could also; hopefully, his friend ... ...iend would help him through this time of adjustment. "So what happened to Black Ghost?" The Nomad looked for something to say, drawing on the man’s ... ...ge to him, it had been so long since he'd been called this. In his youth, Black Ghost himself had given him a Clan name; however, when they became N... ... a Clan name; however, when they became Nomads, his title became Junkman. Black Ghost told him never to use his birth name; a dead give away in the ... ...ainers on platforms, as did other smaller varieties such as raspberry and blackcurrants. Hydroponics encouraged a newcomer's genteel side to surface... ...at him with a solemn expression. "It doesn't matter, I forgive you. To be frank, I am concerned. Your unique ability to counteract and manipulate p...

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...r and more sombre tint; but everything that met Mr Nickleby’s gaze wore so black and gloomy a hue, that he would have been beyond description refreshe... ...he Monument by acci- dent, there came, one morning, by the general post, a black- bordered letter to inform him how his uncle, Mr Ralph Nickleby, was ... ...ns, and broken flower-pots, that are scattered mournfully about—a prey to ‘blacks’ and dirt. It was into a place of this kind that Mr Ralph Nickleby g... ... thousand shares of ten pounds each; which sums were duly set forth in fat black figures of considerable size. Mr Bonney elbowed his way briskly upsta... ... readily acceded to the proposal, and appeared to be pre- possessed by the frank good-nature of the individual from whom it emanated. This latter pers... ...h of the ash stick. ‘Y es,’ replied Nicholas, hesitating. ‘Come!’ he said, frankly, after a moment’s pause, ‘we parted on no very good terms the last ... ...ow faint as they enter its infected limits, and shabby figures in quest of franks, flit restlessly to and fro like the troubled ghosts of Complete Let... ...liment about independence and good sense); and to send the manuscript in a frank to the local paper, with perhaps half-a-dozen lines of leader, to the... ...oluntarily as he returned the compliment, evinced very great surprise. ‘Mr Frank Cheeryble!’ said Nicholas. ‘Surely not the nephew of Cheeryble Brothe...

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...r and more sombre tint; but everything that met Mr Nickleby’s gaze wore so black and gloomy a hue, that he would have been beyond description refreshe... ...he Monument by acci- dent, there came, one morning, by the general post, a black- bordered letter to inform him how his uncle, Mr Ralph Nickleby, was ... ...ns, and broken flower-pots, that are scattered mournfully about—a prey to ‘blacks’ and dirt. It was into a place of this kind that Mr Ralph Nickleby g... ... thousand shares of ten pounds each; which sums were duly set forth in fat black figures of considerable size. Mr Bonney elbowed his way briskly upsta... ...ewman, drawing a sealed letter slowly from his pocket. ‘Post-mark, Strand, black wax, black border, woman’s hand, C. N. in the corner.’ ‘Black wax?’ s... ... readily acceded to the proposal, and appeared to be pre- possessed by the frank good-nature of the individual from whom it emanated. This latter pers... ...h of the ash stick. ‘Y es,’ replied Nicholas, hesitating. ‘Come!’ he said, frankly, after a moment’s pause, ‘we parted on no very good terms the last ... ...ow faint as they enter its infected limits, and shabby figures in quest of franks, flit restlessly to and fro like the troubled ghosts of Complete Let... ...liment about independence and good sense); and to send the manuscript in a frank to the local paper, with perhaps half-a-dozen lines of leader, to the...

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...e calico with red spots, costumes), but amongst them there was a girl in a black dress sewn over with gold half moons, very high in the neck and very ... ...one and idle, stared abstractedly. The girl costumed as Night wore a small black velvet mask, what is called in French a “loup.” What made her daintin... ...s so good that it was saved from the danger of banality only by the mobile black eyes of a keenness that one doesn’t meet every day in the south of Fr... ...ort of contemptuous affection. He generalized, he particularized about the blacks; he told anecdotes. I was 14 The Arrow of Gold interested, a little... ...and of the most seductive gentle- ness. She offered her hand to Mills very frankly as to an old friend. Within the extraordinarily wide sleeve, lined ... ...aid was removing the cups and the plates with brusque move- ments. I gazed frankly at Dona Rita’s profile, irregular, ani- mated, and fascinating in a... ..., 60 The Arrow of Gold and a friendly turn of the head. “I know you for a frank and loyal gentleman… Adventure— and books? Ah, the books! Haven’t I t... ...s is not in us. The fault is in life itself, I suppose. I have been always frank with you.” “And I obedient,” he said, bowing low over her hand. He tu... ... be marrying the heiress of Henry Allegre.” It was the first time that the frank word, the clear idea, came into the conversation and it made me feel ...

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...er. The vestry-clerk, as everybody knows, is a short, pudgy little man, in black, with a thick gold watch- chain of considerable length, terminating i... ...on is a change for the better. His income is small certainly, as the rusty black coat and threadbare velvet collar demonstrate: but then he lives free... ... his petty kingdom. He is a tall, thin, bony man; al- ways wears shoes and black cotton stockings with his surtout; and eyes you, as you pass his parl... ...h a perfect love—to be consumptive! It was too much. Anonymous presents of black-currant jam, and lozenges, elastic waistcoats, bosom friends, and war... ...rrespondent of an Irish newspaper, who has just procured his forty- second frank from a Member whom he never saw in his 156 Sketches by Boz life befo... ...rticular. He was on fa- miliar terms with two small Irish members, and got franks for everybody in the house. He felt convinced that his intrinsic mer... ...s Fanny—that’s Mrs. Parsons, you know— and this friend of hers, and I, and Frank Ross, were playing a rubber, I said, jokingly, that when I went to be... ...t possibly have behaved in a more dignified manner. What did you do?’ ‘Do?—Frank took dummy; and I won sixpence. ’ ‘But, didn’t you apologise for hurt... ...t?’ inquired Tottle, deeply interested. ‘Changed her ground, and said that Frank being a single man, its impropriety was obvious. ’ ‘Noble-minded crea...

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...o- claimed in her parish church, that whoever had done that deed and would frankly confess it, she did not only promise to forgive, but moreover to ma... ...only securing itself from trouble and disorder; as to its own weakness, it frankly acknowledges and confesses it. It thinks it gives a just inter- pre... ...en he condemns the action of the generous murderers of Caesar. Plutarch is frank throughout: Seneca abounds with brisk touches and sallies; Plutarch w... ... others, is honest Froissart, who has proceeded in his undertaking with so frank a plainness that, having com- 98 Book the Second mitted an error, he... ... have not, I cannot do it, nor openly defend their imperfec- tions. Nay, I frankly give my very enemies their due testi- mony of honour; my affection ... ...umina Gorgoneo saevius igne micant.” [“Their faces swell, their veins grow black with rage, and their eyes sparkle with Gorgonian fire.”—Ovid, De Art.... ... smoky fluid in foam overflows. Nor can the wave now contain it- self; the black steam flies all abroad.”—Æneid, vii. 462.] that he must of necessity ... ...o a ransom. I have seen one left stark naked for dead in a ditch, his neck black and swollen, with a halter yet about it with which they had dragged h... ...tells a story, that one who had bought a Morisco slave, believing that his black complexion had arrived by accident and the ill usage of his former ma...

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...t advisedly , for they made an even deeper impression upon me than a seedy black coat, a pair of threadbare trousers, a flabby cravat, or a crumpled s... ...Oh! that is impossible!” she cried, and a faint smile, noth- ing less than frank, broke over her face. Then all at once a kind of shudder ran through ... ..., had overpowered all human sensibilities. In that little space I had seen frank and undisguised human nature under two very different aspects, in suc...