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...ourse of our history I shall be under the necessity of imparting much occult information, was subject to fits of tragic shyness, during which she was u... ...oston at night (a kind of exposure she greatly disliked), but by reason of a theory she devotedly nursed, a theory which bade her put off invidious di... ...at was a branch of the question on which, it might be, the lead ers had not information enough; but they wanted to take in everything, and why should... ...e of woman, and, for a change, endeavoured to elicit from his companion some information about the gentlemen present. He had given her a chance, vainl... ...inability to earn a living and a kind of terror of his consistency (he had a theory that they lived delightfully), it happened, I say, that the only v... ...hich you should meet them, which made Verena wonder what se cret sources of information she possessed. Verena took life, as yet, very simply; she was... ...hrough her agency) into the miseries and mysteries of the People. It was her theory that Verena (in spite of the blood of the Greenstreets, and, after... ... a smile to spare for the frankness with which the girl herself adopted this theory. She was eager to explain that Mr. Burrage didn’t seem at all to w... ...one on purpose to draw Mrs. Luna out, he could not have elicited more of the information he desired. It was perfectly true that he had seen no referen...

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...s chair. “Come here, my dear, and tell me about her. I’m always thankful for information.” The girl hesitated again, smiling. “She’s really very benev... ...nt. But she had no wish to look out, for this would have interfered with her theory that there was a strange, unseen place on the other side—a place w... ... a great desire for knowledge, but she really preferred almost any source of information to the printed page; she had an im mense curiosity about lif... ...ism. His friends at present judged him more cheerful, and attributed it to a theory, over which they shook their heads knowingly, that he would recove... ...f no use, she had an unquenchable desire to think well of herself. She had a theory that it was only under this provision life was worth living; that ... ...oo impatient to live, too unacquainted with pain. She always returned to her theory that a young woman whom after all every one thought clever should ... ...hirty five years, and I don’t hesitate to say that I’ve acquired considerable information. It’s a very fine country on the whole—finer perhaps than what ... ...orfolk and, though married but the other day, had already five children. This information and much more Lord Warburton imparted to his young American l... ...med him that she had a favour to ask of him. It may be admitted that at this information the young man flinched; for we know that Miss Stackpole had st...

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...s difficult to name a subject or a person on which he could not at once furnish information. In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between t... ...ange twopence, a glass of half and half, two fills of shag tobacco, and as much information as I could desire about Miss Adler, to say nothing of half ... ... think that I am boasting when I say that I shall either confirm or destroy his theory by means which he is quite incapable of employing, or even of un... ...The Boscombe Valley Mystery 65 questioning glances at her. “Thank you for this information,” said he. “May I see your father if I call to morrow?” “I ... ... that we could bring him back to her? It seems that it was. She had the surest information that of late he had, when the fit was on him, made use of an... ... with the news that the boy was putting in the horse. “I want to test a little theory of mine,” said he, pulling on his boots. “I think, Watson, that ... ...00 pounds down in front of him, that man would not have given me such complete information as was drawn from him by the idea that he was doing me on a... ...n, did the gypsies do?” “I cannot imagine.” “I see many objections to any such theory.” “And so do I. It is precisely for that reason that we are goin... ...e massive masonry. “Hum!” said he, scratching his chin in some perplexity, “my theory certainly presents some difficulties. No one could pass these shu...

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... have had some erudite research, some ingenious project, or some well knit theory. Strangely Marner’s face and figure shrank and bent themselves into a... ... rising resolutely, and seizing Marner by the shoulder, “if you’ve got any information to lay, speak it out sensible, and show as you’re in your right... ...r it’ll look bad when Justice Malam hears as respectable men like us had a information laid before ’em and took no steps.” The landlord agreed with th... ... waver between the rational explanation founded on the tinder box, and the theory of an impenetrable mystery that mocked investiga tion. The advocate... ...ill of Providence.” It might seem singular that Nancy — with her religious theory pieced together out of narrow social traditions, fragments of church...

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...ed to pursue the quest amongst the watch below, returning in a minute with the information that there was none. The captain shrugged his shoulders. “T... ...what’ll be happenin’,” Louis went on, in response to my query for more definite information. “The man’s as contrary as air currents or water currents. ... ...ion that Johnson should thrash Wolf Larsen. Louis has also given me additional information about Death Larsen, which tallies with the captain’s brief ... ... their breasts, when their captain passed by at biscuit toss and hailed us for information. Thomas Mugridge, so strangely and pertinaciously clinging ... ...cusingly, as though I were guilty of the deed, or at least a party to it. “The information is quite correct,” I answered. “The two men were murdered.”... ...knew that the rookeries of Bering Sea were thus guarded; but Maud advanced the theory, — to prepare me for disappointment, I do believe, if disappoint...

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... great leviathan himself? In fact, the artist’s design seemed this: a final theory of my own, partly based upon the aggregated opinions of many aged pe... ...ologists, that the first pyramids were founded for astronomical purposes: a theory singularly supported by the peculiar stair like formation of all fo... ...ll color of atheism from which we shrink? And when we consider that other theory of the natural philosophers, that all other earthly hues — every sta... ...inutes, with any stranger captain, except he could contribute some of that information he so absorbingly sought. But all this might remain inadequatel... ...d ere proceed ing further I will tell ye what our Canallers are; for such information may throw side light upon my story. “For three hundred and sixt... ...operate as it may with the phrenologists, I would merely assume the spinal theory for a moment, in reference to the Sperm Whale’s hump. This august hu... ..., who, by those hieroglyphic marks, had written out on his body a complete theory of the heavens and the earth, and a mystical treatise on the art of ...

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...t hitherto little or nothing of a fundamental character, whether in the way of Philosophy or History, has been written on the subject of Clothes. Our Theory of Gravitation is as good as perfect: Lagrange, it is well known, has proved that the Planetary System, on this scheme, will endure forever; Laplace, still more cunningly, even guesses that it could not have been made ...

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...ay of Philosophy or History, has been written on the subject of Clothes. Our Theory of Gravitation is as good as perfect: Lagrange, it is well known, ... ...e, on the Migrations of the Herring? Then, have we not a Doctrine of Rent, a Theory of Value; Philoso phies of Language, of History, of Pottery, of A... ...on, symbolically, perhaps significantly enough, shadowing forth the same! Our theory begins to be that, in receiving as literally authentic what was bu... ...it takes scientific rank beside Cod ification, and Political Economy, and the Theory of the British Constitution; nay rather, from its prophetic height... ...h our present subject, is that of the Dandies; concerning which, what little information I have been able to procure may fitly stand here. “It is true,...

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...teresting and amusing act of re appropriation; shaking off all shackles of theory, unattended, as was speedily to appear, with hu miliating uncertain... ... hair and crimson and gold in her tea gown for the same reason: it was her theory that nature itself had overdressed her and that her only course was ... ...d and in her tone. She knew nothing of the ancestor, but she had taken his theory from him, gracefully enough, as one of the little presents that make... ...ot yet. It’s too soon. But she will. Meanwhile however I don’t require the information. Her marrying will prove the truth.” “And what truth?” “The tru... ...much as answer ing; so that while he smiled back at her in return for her information he felt his lips remain closed to the successive vaguenesses of... ...t visibly turned pale. Her extraordinarily fine eyes, as it was his present theory that he had always thought them, shone at him the more darkly out of... ...nd arrangement that made her personal scheme a success, the proved private theory that materials to work with had been all she required and that there... ...their little business by rendering her so unexpectedly the service of this information. His joy moreover was—as much as Amerigo would!—a matter of the...

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...lled up in time. But not too hard. I have always been in favor of a little theory: we must have Thought; else we shall be landed back in the dark ages... ...ed a little, but felt that it would be indelicate just then to ask for any information which Mr. Casaubon did not proffer, and she turned to the windo... ...whose plodding application, rows of note books, and small taper of learned theory exploring the tossed ruins of the world, seemed to enforce a moral e... ... physicist and interpreter of hieroglyphs write detestable verses? Has the theory of the solar system been advanced by graceful manners and conversati... ...e her own, kept in abeyance for the time her usual eagerness for a binding theory which could bring her own life and doctrine into strict connection w... ... by forty years than it is at present. Travellers did not often carry full information on Christian art either in their heads or their pockets; and ev... ...ulstrode; and Mrs. Taft, who was always counting stitches and gathered her information in misleading fragments caught between the rows of her knitting... ...ly comfortable life for another fifteen years, or even more. I could add no information to this beyond anatomical or medical details, which would leave... ...nto a dialogue with Hiram Ford, a wagoner, in which he himself contributed information. He wished to know whether Hiram had seen fellows with staves a...

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...ight carriage, and of a young person seeking a situation; but these items of information did not give him, as usual, a quiet, ironical gratification. H... ...ad been introduced by Stepan Arkadyevitch. “We have succeeded in getting the information from the government depart ment of Penza. Here, would you ca... .... With her indeed he not infrequently fell into discussion upon physics, the theory of agriculture, and especially philosophy; philosophy was Agafea M... ... he reached the turning homewards he met the forest keeper, who confirmed his theory about the snipe. Part II — Chapter 14 151 Levin went home at a tr... ...hods in agriculture. Of course, I’m an ignorant outsider; but I should fancy theory and its application will have its influence on the laborer too.” “Y... ...d.” And Levin, to turn the conversation, explained to Darya Alexandrovna the theory of cow keeping, based on the principle that the cow is simply a ma... ...said the lawyer, not answering his question. “When can I reckon on receiving information from you?” he asked, moving towards the door, his eyes and hi... ...he young adjutant, an acquaintance of Vronsky, through whom she obtained her information, and who hoped through Countess Lidia Ivanovna to obtain a co... ...s he had never spoken to her before. But, to his surprise, Anna accepted the information with great composure, and merely asked when he would be back....

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...retary of the Province of New Netherland, writing in Dutch, in 1650, for the information of those who wished to take up land there, states more partic... ...st elevated and critical hour. If we refused, or rather used up, such paltry information as we get, the oracles would distinctly inform us how this mi... ...talality; who earnestly wish to be helped, and preface their appeal with the information that they are resolved, for one thing, never to help themselv... ...f of wind, mak ing haste over the fields and up the Wayland road, brought me information of the “trainers.” It seemed by the distant hum as if somebod... ...ntly to the last uttered or the forth coming jest. We made many a “bran new” theory of life over a thin dish of gruel, which combined the advantages o... ...me who might perhaps be its benefactor, and impart to its race some cheering information, I am reminded of the greater Benefactor and Intelligence tha...

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...themselves with by the hour together. At all events, if it involved any secret information in regard to old Roger Chillingworth, it was in a tongue un... ...her heart that it can never show itself more. The latter is perhaps the truest theory. She who has once been a woman, and ceased to be so, might at an... ...n these had overthrown and rearranged — not actually, but within the sphere of theory, which was their most real abode — the whole system of ancient p...

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...heir tight rolled sleeping furs, Prince fell back upon his comrade for further information. “Well, you know what the cowboy is,” Malemute Kid answered... ...y Stockard lifted his head with a quick start. This was startling geographical information. The Hudson Bay post at Fort Yukon had other notions concer... ..., and he wondered if Mercury felt as he felt when skimming over the earth. His theory of running until he reached camp and the boys had one flaw in it:... ...cross the lagoon and would not be back for three days. Mauki returned with the information. He climbed the steep stairway (the house stood on piles tw...