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...king from yon fen the reed, And watch it floating down the T weed; Or idly list the shrilling lay With which the milkmaid cheers her way, Marking its ... ...ng, And led his sumpter-mules along, And ambling palfrey, when at need Him listed ease his battle-steed. The last and trustiest of the four, On high h... ...h the crest and helm of gold! Full well we know the trophies won In the lists at Cottiswold: There, vainly Ralph de Wilton strove ‘Gainst Marmio... ...m he lost his lady-love, And to the king his land. Ourselves beheld the listed field, A sight both sad and fair; We saw Lord Marmion pierce his ... ...himself he’s muttering, And shrinks as at some unseen thing. Last night we listened at his cell; Strange sounds we heard, and, sooth to tell, He murmu... ...tood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like k...

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...n and Cambridge, how the King rode down whenever he could to see the boys, listen to them at their tasks in the cloisters, watch them at their sports ... ...w I shall never be wedded to her daughter—let the wench live or die as she lists!” That was not by any means the opinion of the Lady of Whitburn, and ... ...harge, who had never heard the song, and did not know what was coming, but listened with increasing eagerness as she heard of King Arthur, and of the ... ...in went towards the scarred visage, but Grisell was heedless of them, only listening how Sir Gawaine, Arthur’s nephew, felt that his uncle’s oath must... ...chantment was broken, and Sir Gawaine’s bride was fair to see. Grisell had listened intently, absorbed in the narrative, so losing personal thought an... ...e! It went on—those betrothal vows, dictated while the two cold hands were linked, his with a kind of limp passiveness, hers, quaking, especially as, ...

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...A moment gazed adown the dale, A moment snuffed the tainted gale, A moment listened to the cry, That thickened as the chase drew nigh; Then, as the he... ...nt, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVII... ...ccents of the mountain tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear! XIX. A chieftain’s daughter seemed the ma... ... At length, with Ellen in a grove He seemed to walk and speak of love; She listened with a blush and sigh, His suit was warm, his hopes were high. He ... ...obeyed, And when a distant bugle rung, In the mid-path aside she sprung:— ‘List, Allan-bane! From mainland cast I hear my father’s signal blast. Be ou... ...forth the signal! Norman, speed!’ And must he change so soon the hand Just linked to his by holy band, For the fell Cross of blood and brand? And must...

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...oping over hedges and ditches to swell Napoleon’s ranks in distress. Matey listened to him there; he became grave; he nodded like a man saying, “I sup... ... what he was fit for, Matey gave no offence by choosing, half-way down the list, his little French friend, whom he stationed beside himself, rather of... ...sed merely among male friends, tradesmen, servants: no great harm in that. Listen further. Here is an unknown girl: why should he marry her? A girl co... ... himself together for the communication of a secret; and she made ready to listen hard, with ears, eyebrows, shut month, and a gleam at the back of he... ...d from the tales of his prowess. Weyburn had a glance back at Cuper’s boys listening to the tales. The soldier-lord’s manner was courteously military—... ... Farrells and the Solers, both old families; on your father’s side you are linked with the oldest nobility in Europe. It flushes one to think of it! Y...

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...lf, for the laws against mendicancy were stringent, and the penalties heavy; so he put in a good deal of his time listening to good Father Andrew’s ch... ... came I here to cast away my life?” 22 Mark Twain He walked up and down the floor, filled with name- less fears, listening, starting at every triflin... ...plendid official came marching by these groups, making solemn proclama- tion— “ ! Let none list to this false and foolish matte... ...d to cozen me, the good King thy father, who loveth thee, and kindly useth thee, with a sorry jest?” Poor Tom was listening, as well as his dazed facu... ...rned toward the company: his gentle manner changed, and baleful lightnings began to play from his eyes. He said— “List ye all! This my son is mad; but... ...its food markets, its manu- facturing industries, and even its church. It looked upon the two neighbours which it linked together—London and Southwark...

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...shin’-rod. ‘Pon my sainted Sam, but we look the complete Bug-hunters! Now, listen to your Uncle Stalky! We’re goin’ along the cliffs after butterflies... ...ed leisurely over the combes till they reached the line of notice-boards. “Listen a shake. Foxy’s up wind comin’ down hill like beans. When you hear h... ... time, up the staircase, with a dry whir of the gown. Aladdin and company, listen- ing, squeaked with excitement as the door crashed open. King stumbl... ... gown tore past like a thunder-storm, and in its wake, three abreast, arms linked, the Aladdin company rolled up the big corridor to prayers, singing ... ...id Beetle. Stalky jerked it open with a precautionary sniff. “Phew! Phew! Listen. ‘The house notices with pain and contempt the attitude of indiferen... ...oes not approve. Come into the smoking-room for a minute. It isn’t fair to listen to boys; but they should be now rubbing it into King’s house outside...

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...nd their way down to Oxney Colne Parsonage. It would be easy to add to the list of the things which she had not; and this list against herself she mad... ...lady, the strength of a healthy woman, and a will of her own. Such was the list as she made it out for herself, and I protest that I assert no more th... ...t any lover might rightfully regard as a token of love re- turned. She had listened to him as he spoke, and bade him keep such sayings for the drawing... ...und towards Helpholme, she 15 Anthony Trollope did not look back once, or listen for his coming step. She paid her visit, remaining upwards of an hou... ... be our misery—if such a thought should come to either of us after we have linked our lots together.” There was a solemnity about her as she thus spok...

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...n’t we try something in poetry? Honest, it’d have wonderful pulling-power. Listen: ‘Mid pleasures and palaces, Wherever you may roam, You just prov... ...man who desired to lease a store-building for a pool-room; he ran over the list of home-leases which were about to expire; he sent Thomas Bywaters, a ... ...ere d’ you think you’d be if it wasn’t for our capital behind you, and our lists of properties, and all the prospects we find for you? All you got to ... ...p our tips and close the deal. The hall-porter could sell Babbitt-Thompson listings! You say you’re engaged to a girl, but have to put in your evening... ...show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to. Just listen to these! I clipped out the ads of some swell courses.” He snatched ... ... I’m surprised you can act so doggone common, Zilla!” She brooded over her linked fingers. “Oh, I know. I do go and get mean sometimes, and I’m sorry ... ...s matter of Spiritual Saturation: “There are those—” Of “those” she made a linked sweetness long drawn out; a far-off delicate call in a twilight mino...

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...hat musi- cal-box—how pleased he wound it up after dinner—how hap- pily he listened to the little clinking tunes as they galloped, ding- dong, after e... ...t to think of that affection which watches and survives you? The Maker has linked together the whole race of man with this chain of love. I like to th... ...t, and grinning quite as eagerly as the black minstrel. As he sang and we listened, figures of women bear- ing pitchers went passing over the Roman b... ...of their good-natured black faces, and they let the cloth blow about as it lists, and grin unconfined. Wherever we went the negroes seemed happy. They... ...e of women was collected there when I looked in, squatted on the mats, and listening to a preacher, who was walking among them, and speaking with grea... ...ther Christian idlers lay near him, dozing, or sprawling, in the boats, or list- lessly munching water-melons. Along the coffee-houses of the quay sa...

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...ued so that at times he produced an effect of weird world-forgetfulness. I listened puzzled, and at that time not upderstanding many things that after... ...lume of its water decreased abruptly—I suppose the new drainage works that linked us up with Beckington, and made me first acquainted with the geologi... ...to do any fine writing,” said Shoesmith. “What you’ve got to do is just to list all the chaps and put a note to their play:—’Naylor minor must pass mo... ... ery inch of Redmayne’s floor space except the hearthrug- platform, and we listened to him and thought him over. He was the voice of wrongs that made ... ...rld! He lectured a little in conversa- tion then; he lectures more now and listens less, toilsomely disentangling what you already understand, giving ... ...woman, graciously at her best. I had a wide range of houses; Cambridge had linked me to one or two correlated sets of artistic and literary people, an... ...hey are dependent upon the stock behind for what goes into the window. She linked with that the fact that Bailey had a mind as orderly as a museum, an... ...ies and inferiorities; it is a catalogue of differences between two people linked in a relationship that constantly becomes more intolerant of differe... ...nd we perhaps had learnt some defensive devices. “But this thing has to be linked to some political party,” said Crupp, with his eye on me. “You can’t...

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...r to press her slight person more closely under his umbrella; and as, thus linked, they beat their way back to the platform, pulled together and apart... ...r she who...” He winced, but hid his disapproval. It made the time pass to listen to her. “And what, if one may ask, was your conclusion?” “W ell, Mrs... ...dinner invi- tations, and straightening out accounts, and copying visiting lists, and finishing golf-stockings, and matching ribbons, and seeing that ... ...ome kind of an opening?” She made no reply for a moment; then she turned a listless glance to the rain-beaten window. “Oughtn’t we be starting?” she a... ...or detail, about the theatrical life of Paris. He was struck afresh, as he listened, by the way in which her naturalness eased the situation of constr... ...t isn’t likely that a poor old fossil like Mme. Dolle could get anybody to listen to her now, even if she really thought I had talent. But she might i...

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...for-leather posses. As she climbed along the banks of the dark river Carol listened to its fables about the wide land of yellow wa- ters and bleached ... ... parting, and we’ll never see some of the bunch again!” “Carol, you got to listen to me! You always duck when I try to talk seriously to you, but you ... ...to me! You always duck when I try 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 the best people on earth. And keen. I bet Luke Dawson—” Carol but half listened to the names. She could not fancy their ever becoming important to... ...nd classes in wiggling the ears!” The Dawsons smiled their appreciation of listening to a savant. Carol waited till Kennicott should rescue her. The ... ...re a part of vast af- fairs, not confined to Main Street and a kitchen but linked with Paris, Bangkok, Madrid. She perceived that she could do office ...

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... off 4 Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland her knowledge, as there was no one to listen to her, still it was good practice to say it over) ‘—yes, that’s... ...ads downward! The Antipathies, I think—’ (she was rather glad there was no one listening, this time, as it didn’t sound at all the right word) ‘—but I... ...to be a person of authority among them, called out, ‘Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I’ll soon make you dry enough!’ They all sat down at once... ... altogether; but after a few minutes she heard a voice outside, and stopped to listen. ‘Mary Ann! Mary Ann!’ said the voice. ‘Fetch me my gloves this ... ...at is enough, ’ Said his father; ‘don’t give yourself airs! Do you think I can listen all day to such stuff? Be off, or I’ll kick you down stairs!’ 1 ... ...d away, even in the middle of her favourite word ‘moral,’ and the arm that was linked into hers began to tremble. Alice looked up, and there stood the...

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...t Shelley read during several years. During the years of 1814 and 1815 the list is extensive. It includes, in Greek, Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, the hi... .... 5. 5. 5. 5. While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, _50 And starlight wood, with fearf... ... was an eventful year, and less time was given to study than usual. In the list of his reading I find, in Greek, Theocritus, the Prometheus of Aeschyl... ...fter as one of the most delightful and instructive books in the world. The list is scanty in English works: Locke’s Essay, Political Justice, and Cole... ...s wild, my breath comes quick— _25 The blood is listening in my frame, And thronging shadows, fast and thick, Fall on my ov... ...ve ceases too. I thought, but not as now I do, Keen thoughts and bright of linked lore, _5 Of all that men had thought bef... ...me prison-homes, whose dwellers rave For bread, and gold, and blood: Pain, linked to Guilt, Agitates the light flame of their hours, Until its vital o...

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...ed the Southerner, with a bound that almost broke the arm which Bixiou had linked in his. “You shall see the man,” said Leon. “You need a hat and you ... ...- sumed by thought. It is easy to see by the way his wife looks at him and listens to him that she believes in the genius and glory of her husband. Vi... ...u believe in something; you have enthusiasm for your work.” Vital scarcely listened; he grew pale with pleasure. “Rise, my wife! Monsieur is a man of ... ...much better to obtain some security; and you save your bile.’ She wouldn’t listen, but go she would, and asked me to support her; so I went. ‘Madame i... ..., skin dull and moist, like that of the prior of a convent, always wearing list shoes, a blue coat, and grayish trousers, made his appearance. “What i... ...ney, the cold man who won’t give a penny, the hot man who snuffs a profit; listen to him attentively!” All three went up to the second floor of a fine...

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...e boy’s sharp, stormy gusts of passion, and his mother’s steady refusal to listen to his ‘I will be good’ until she saw that he was really sorry for t... ... his last examination for the Newcastle, in the spring of 1845. Before the list was given out he had written to his father that the Divinity papers we... ...er Fanny:— ‘I have just returned from University sermon, where I have been listening with great delight to Pusey’s sermon on the Keys for nearly two h... ...asm about music, painting, and art in general. He would flow on to willing listeners of Mendelssohn and other great composers, and when he found that ... ...average performance, I am satisfied, of a good English parish school. They listened attentively when Mr. Inglis spoke to them, and when at his request... ... a language—the prominent forms, affixes, &c., &c.; the way in which it is linked on to other dialects by peculiar terminations, the law by which the ...

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... A stranger to the tight little theological kingdom of Scotland might have listened and gathered lit- erally nothing. And Mr. Nicholson (who was not a... .... Another branched out into touching details about his family, and was not listened to. John, in the midst of this disorderly competition of poverty a... ... added, with a fatherly smile, ‘but what I would join ye mysel’.’ John had listened with a sick heart. ‘I’ll give you a dram when we’ve got through,’ ... ...o expose himself to capture on the very scene of the misdeed: conceive him linked to the mouldy cab and the familiar cabman. John cursed the cabman si... ...ces, he was now fallen in ill-blood with the beast to whom his poverty had linked him! In ill-blood, as he reflected dismally, with the witness who pe... ...gent in the presence of his masters. They soon picked him out as a lad who listened closely and remembered well; nay, strange as it seemed to me when ... ...ange in his voice, as though he attached importance to the inquiry: Esther listened, hop- ing she should hear wit or wisdom. Dick said it was. ‘You kn...

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...ooge and Marley’s, I believe,’ said one of the gentle men, referring to his list. ‘Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley?’ ‘M... ...et; wailings inexpressibly sorrowful and self accusatory. The spectre, after listening for a moment, joined in the mournful dirge; and floated out upo... ...chains like Marley’s Ghost; some few (they might be guilty governments) were linked together; none were free. Many had been personally known to Scroog... ...es, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters. So he listened for the hour. To his great astonishment the heavy bell went on f... ... so full of gratitude.’ ‘Small.’ echoed Scrooge. The Spirit signed to him to listen to the two apprentices, who were pouring out their hearts in prais... ...h it were the burial place of giants; and water spread itself wheresoever it listed, or would have done so, but for the frost that held it prisoner; a...

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...you talk of, on a summer’s day, and nursing your pinks and carnations, and listening to the nightingales, and Grandpapa and Grandmamma Langford, and U... ... it? Is it the reviving old recollections that is too much for her?” “Just listen what an effect last evening’s conversation had upon her. Last night,... ...st charms in the eyes of Henrietta and Frederick; for many a time had they listened to the descriptions given con amore by Beatrice Langford, to whom ... ... up stairs for the night, she stood long over the fire talking to her, and listening to certain parting cautions. “How I wish you could have come, mam... ... who could do it in this house. There, you may add your own affairs to the list, Henrietta, for he is going to the Pleasance to meet some man of brick... ...fe; and even with the fair peaceful image of her beloved mother, there was linked a painful memory of a long course of wilfulness and domi- neering on...

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...ed our tilt-yard at Bletso. Two knights could gallop at one another in the lists, as if they were out hunting. Oh! to hear the lances ring against the... ...wn from minstrel to minstrel, from nurse to nurse, and they sat entranced, listen- ing to the stories, more than even Hal knew she possessed, and hold... ...n even Hal knew she possessed, and holding one another by the hand as they listened. 15 Yo n g e Meantime the snow had ceased—it was but a scud of ea... ...es, and know them only as Hal and Hob.’ With a gesture of obedience, Simon listened to the further directions, and how he was to explain that these so... ...‘Blessed be He who has sent thee to me!’ The boy sat at the hermit’s feet, listening with the eager- ness of one whose soul and mind had alike been un... ... and wakened him, he looked on at the bright North- ern Cross and dreamily linked together the cross and crown. Easter Sunday morning came dawning, bu...