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... it?s enough to be so sure that if I should ring the bell there would be no such luck for me as that Brooksmith should open the door. Mr. Offord, the most agreeable, the most attaching of bachelors, was a retired diplomatist, living on his pension and on something of his own over and above; a good deal confined, by his infirmities, to his fireside and delighted to be found...

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... such luck for me as that Brooksmith should open the door. Mr. Offord, the most agreeable, the most attaching of bachelors, was a retired diplomatist,... ...tors as Brooksmith allowed to come up. Brooksmith was his but- ler and his most intimate friend, to whom we all stood, or I should say sat, in the sam... ...elf to the prime minister. By having been for years, in foreign lands, the most delightful Englishman any one had ever known, Mr. Offord had in my opi... ...s largely owing to his super- vision. Many persons have heard much, though most have doubtless seen little, of the famous institution of the salon, an... ...ef the fact that there was no Mrs. Offord. The dear man had indeed, at the most, been capable of one of those sacrifices to which women are deemed pec... ...ince their arrival. “I’m all in a soak; there was a mess of people in the ‘bus. I wish you lived near a stytion,” said Miss Churm. I requested her to ...

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...t shut them soon enough; and of two cities which take their names from the most agree- able odoriferous plants, Ios and Smyrna, the one from a vio- le... ... died in the other. And so to these instances let us further add, that the most warlike commanders, and most remarkable for exploits of skillful strat... ...eyes, or having been fully informed by persons upon the place of all their most important concerns, he returned to Marius, from whose hands he receive... ...their friends and fellow- citizens come home from a successful expedition. Most of them were thus slain by the Romans at their own gates, and the rest... ...aving lost not less than ten thousand men, left the city, and gaining over most part of the troops who were dispersed about and remained still in many... ...king the spoil and plunder of the field, they met with several targets and bus- kins of the Amazons; but no woman’s body was found among the dead. The...

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...rapery at the top of the curtains, that went wandering about the wall in a most extraordinary manner. I asked for a smaller room, and they told me the... ...at secret, the real bashfulness of my charac- ter, is to be observed. Like most bashful men, I judge of other people as if they were bashful too. Besi... ... miles, when, at length coming up with it, he discovered it to be the last bus- tard in Great Britain, degenerated into a wingless state, and running ... ...than any of the rest, because the Inn was the richest house, and burnt the most fuel. It began to be noticed, while they were look- 15 Charles Dicken... ...nd what had he been? Bless you, he had been everything you could mention a’most! Seen a good deal? Why , of course he had. I should say so, he could a... ...d to see you! I understood you was here!” And Cobbs says, “Y es, sir. Your most obedient, sir.” I may be surprised to hear Boots say it, perhaps; but ...

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...er, I was a Corp’ril wanst. ‘Well, this Sweethearts’ business wint on like most amshure theatricals, an’ barrin’ fwhat I suspicioned, ’twasn’t till th... ... paid Learoyd three rupees, and we were all very thirsty. A dog-fight is a most heating enter- tainment, quite apart from the shouting, because Rampur... ...Londoner, took back his pipe, filled it, and his eyes twinkled. He has the most eloquent eyes of any one that I know. 36 Soldiers Three ‘Did I iver t... ...are, wid all the women in the Married Quarters laughin’, I was pershuaded— most bhoys are I’m thinkin’—that no woman born av woman cud stand against m... ...k of a stifling June night, and the place was the main gate of Fort Amara, most desolate and least desirable of all fortresses in India. What I was do... ...ll go to sleep. They return and M. compounds a four-finger peg. CAPT. G. O bus! bus! It’ll make me as drunk as an owl. CAPT . M. Curious thing, ‘twon’...

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...ear old lungs felt like lead weights as Chris plonked herself down on the bus stop bench and stretched out her legs in an unladylike manner. Taking ... ...manner. Taking a deep breath, Chris stood to watch the rickety old school bus draw near, packed with boisterous kids screaming obscenities from the ... ...posture reflected her intensions, as did the angry glint in her eyes. The bus off-loaded a dozen or more students, who moved back in an un-orderly f... ... did not share the same ideals in regards to femininity. Stepping off the bus, without so much as a hello, Kelly continued down the footpath rolling ... ...him like a stubborn child. All sorts of things went through her mind, but most of all, she wanted a name presuming she knew the man in question. “I ... ... the woman out at his Ute, Rick muffled his laughter, thinking her defeat most sweet. When he thought his amusement would not get the better of him,... ...g her as she scooped earth. He thought she looked rather cute when at her most hostile. She stopped for a moment to take off the old flannelette shi... ...y convincing, which Sandy herself also knew to be true. “What hurt me the most,” Chris continued with animosity towards the minister. “John actually... ...hat she wasn’t likeable, but they lived so far out of town that she spent most of her time after school, weekends and holidays on the farm. Paul boa...

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...h - Kabbalah Education and Research Institute, which operates the largest and most extensive internet site on the subject of Kabbalah, www.kabbalah.... ...table for hu- man habitation and inadequate for food production. Additionally, most of the world’s economies have be- come less self-sufficient. This ... ... modern times, the prevailing consciousness was one of belonging, of oneness. Most traditional cultures do not agree that people have nothing in com... ...today; they couldn’t avoid its hardships as we do in our “manmade” world. And most important, the fear of Nature, and at the same time, the closene... ...raham became the first Kabbalist to start a dynasty of Kabbalah teachers: The most worthy students became the next generation of teachers, who then ... ...ural for Kli) not only detect the outer reality, they create it! Thus, Colum- bus’ armada existed only in the minds, the inner Kelim of the Indians ...

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...imple narrative on which Guy Mannering was originally founded; but to which, in the progress of the work, the production ceased to bear any, even the most distant resemblance....

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..., in the progress of the work, the production ceased to bear any, even the most distant resemblance. The tale was origi- nally told me by an old serva... ...observations in- duced him to send for the father, and conjure him, in the most solemn manner, to cause the assistants to retard the birth, if practic... ... deepest attention to your behests; but can you not aid me further in this most important concern? Believe me, I will not be ungrateful.” “I require a... ...d been predicted by the Astrologer; and thus his confi- dence, which, like most people of the period, he had freely given to the science, was riveted ... ...superin- tend the youth’s education; he was surrounded by domestics of the most established character, and closely watched and looked after by the anx... ...tensible manager of the whole examination, looked down upon the table, and bus- ied himself with reading and, arranging the papers respect- ing the bu...

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...facts relating to this apparition (entered in various log-books) agreed in most respects as to the shape of the object or creature in question, the un... ... as, in an inter- val of three days, the Governor Higginson and the Colum- bus had observed it at two different points of the chart, separated by a di... ... hurried to the after-part of the vessel. They exam- ined the sea with the most careful attention. They saw nothing but a strong eddy about three cabl... ...his slender fly had stopped a telegram on its pas- sage and was making the most of it. So when the frigate had been armed for a long campaign, and pro... ... as easily as a nutshell. Here there was matter for reflection even to the most impassive man in the world. What would Conseil say? “Conseil,” I calle... ...ea But the weather was good. The voyage was being ac- complished under the most favourable auspices. It was then the bad season in Australia, the July...

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...as- sion; stood up and leaned over his table, boxing his papers about in a most indecorous manner, very sad to behold in an elderly man like him. Neve... ... behold in an elderly man like him. Nevertheless, as he was in many ways a most valuable person to me, and all the time before twelve o’clock, merid- ... ...y gently , however, because, though the civilest, nay , the bland- est and most reverential of men in the morning, yet, in the afternoon he was dispos... ...with a highly respectable-looking coat of my own — a padded gray coat of a most comfortable warmth, and which buttoned straight up from the knee to th... ...the employments of Ginger Nut, as well as one which he discharged with the most alacrity, was his duty as cake and apple purveyor for T urkey and Nipp... ..., ran up Wall Street to- wards Broadway, and, jumping into the first omni- bus, was soon removed from pursuit. As soon as tranquillity returned, I dis...

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... quilt, covering a very thin mattress, spread like a surgical plaster on a most inaccessible shelf. But that this was the state room concerning which ... ...ld contain at least one little sofa, and which his lady, with a modest yet most magnificent sense of its limited dimensions, had from the first opined... ...ed a pretty smart shock before com ing below, which, but that we were the most sanguine people living, might have prepared us for the worst. The imag... ... all by common consent agreed that this state room was the pleasantest and most facetious and capital contrivance possible; and that to have had it on... ...relish mulled claret will have down here!’ which appeared to strike us all most forcibly; as though there were some thing spicy and high flavoured in... ...unless perhaps in attempting to go up to the top of St. Paul’s in an omni bus. Never, never once, that day, was the coach in any position, attitude, ...

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...flections—mere shadows in the water—of places to which the imaginations of most people are attracted in a greater or less degree, on which mine had dw... ...who sat beside me in the person of a French Cou rier—best of servants and most beaming of men! Truth to say, he looked a great deal more patriarchal ... ...to take any pastoral poem, or picture, and imagine to yourself whatever is most exquisitely and widely unlike the descriptions therein contained. You ... ...hole, out of which another and a very ill looking pup pet made one of the most sudden plunges I ever saw accom plished: instantly flopping back agai... ...th only three or four other passengers for our companions: among whom, the most remarkable was a silly, old, meek faced, garlic eat ing, immeasurably... ...d walls, and water, pretty much as on a common place and matrimonial omni bus. He made the same sharp twists and turns, perhaps, over two rumbling dr...

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...tures heavier than air, propelled and kept up by heavy engines and for the most part smashing at the first descent. But, neglecting the fact that the ... ...apparatus. He seems to have directed the making of its parts and collected most of it in a room in Shoreditch, but its final putting together was done... ...together there were not twenty witnesses of this affair, and those for the most part uneducated men. The New Rom- ney doctor saw the ascent but not th... ... one of those writers who can throw a convincing air of unreality over the most credible events, and his half-facetious account of the affair appeared... ...t to Banghurst, the proprietor of the New Paper, and one of the ablest and most unscrupulous men in Lon- don journalism, and Banghurst instantly seize... ...op in a book, and it came down in the Fulham Road within three yards of a ‘bus horse. It stood for a second per- haps, astonishing and in its attitude... ... its attitude astonished, then it crumpled, shivered into pieces, and the ‘bus horse was inci- dentally killed. Filmer lost the end of the archiepisco... ...e, and glanced at something that went throbbing by the window, “as a motor-bus. As a matter of fact—” He paused and smiled at me deeply, and tapped sl...

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...entlemen tipped him a shilling now and then. Mr V erloc showed himself the most generous of lodgers. But al- together all that did not amount to much ... ...and a leather belt over his tight-fitting coat. Carriages went bowling by, mostly two-horse broughams, with here and there a victoria with the skin of... ...t of merriment, partly at his own astonishment, which he judged naive, but mostly at the expense of the universally re- gretted Baron Stott-Wartenheim... ...sternation. He confounded causes with effects more than was excusable; the most distinguished propagandists with impulsive bomb throwers; assumed orga... ...ceable arguments. The prac- tical application of my teaching interests you mostly. But from the moment I have undertaken to interview you I have also ... ...ter time, or else there would have been no one now to help him out of the ‘bus by the Green Park railings, where that spectre took its constitutional ... ...vie, you must look well after me at the crossings, and get first into the `bus, like a good brother.” This appeal to manly protection was received by ... ...d and threw out his chest. “Don’t be nervous, Winnie. Mustn’t be nervous! `Bus all right,” he answered in a brusque, slurring stammer partaking of the... ...p liking the boy. She cried out suddenly: “Quick, Stevie. Stop that green `bus.” And Stevie, tremulous and important with his sister Winnie on his arm...

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...ut flushing and at a cheroot without turning white, you sup- plied me with most of the material. Take it back again— would that I could have preserved... ...hese days. Anthony told me so. MACKESY. (Signing voucher for four drinks.) Most unfair punishment. I only thought of Curtiss as Actaeon being chivied ... ...itting up and yawning.) ‘Mornin’. This is awf ’ly good of you, old fellow. Most awf’ly good of you. ‘Don’t know what I should do without you. ‘Pon my ... ...rimly.) Not by a very long chalk, my son. You’re going through some of the most refined torture you’ve ever known. But be calm. I am with you. ‘Shun! ... ...ll go to sleep. They return and M. compounds a four-finger peg. CAPT. G. O bus! bus! It’ll make me as drunk as an owl. CAPT . M. ‘Curious thing, ‘twon... ...ld? I can’t see it. MRS. G. On the top of the little finger. There!—It’s a most ‘normous big burn! 62 Rudyard Kipling CAPT . G. (Kissing little fing...

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...hing can never be doubtful, and that is that he had genius. To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that... ...a riddle which shares with the universe the merit of having no answer. The most insignificant of Strickland’s works suggests a personality which is st... ...on the lines which he laid down. The rise of this reputation is one of the most romantic incidents in the history of art. But I do not propose to deal... ...d’s work in a little book* which is a charming example of a style, for the most part, less happily cultivated in England than in France. Maurice Huret... ... upon the father’s admirers. It is due to no accident that when one of his most important works, The Woman of Samaria,* was sold at Christie’s shortly... ...to her own. I lived near Victoria Station, and I recall long excursions by bus to the hospitable houses of the literary . In my timidity I wandered up...

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...s who are absolutely compelled to go in come out again at once. One of the most amusing scenes is the crush at the doors produced as soon as the danci... ...e we live in, there is not much difference, physical or moral, between the most elegant and best bred son of a duke and peer and this attractive youth... ...ho, day after day, risks all to win all, by sacrificing to the god who has most votaries in this royal city, namely, Chance. At the 6 Scenes from a C... ...devote himself, like Finot, to acquiring the fortune an old man needs. The most difficult form of courage, perhaps, is that which Lucien needed at thi... ...l deep. At eigh- teen that girl had already known the greatest wealth, the most squalid misery—men of every degree. She bears about her a sort of magi...

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...st! Yah! Get on with you! “ The emphatic horse, cut short by the whip in a most de cided negative, made a decided scramble for it, and the three othe... ...air, that the best of players at leap frog might have declined him, as the most dangerous man in the world to go over. While he trotted back with the ... ...r. Lorry flattened his flaxen wig upon his head with both hands (which was most unnecessary, for nothing could be flatter than its shining surface was... ...d in some extraordinary tight fitting fash ion, and to have on her head a most wonderful bonnet like a Grenadier wooden measure, and good measure too... ...a dozen together. When the wine was gone, and the places where it had been most abundant were raked into a gridiron pattern by fingers, these demonstr...

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...aid Emma. “Go in and tell them I’m coming,” he said. He wished to make the most of his opportu- nity. Emma knocked at the door and walked in. He heard... ...churchwarden’s managing ways. He really seemed to look upon himself as the most important person in the par - ish. Mr. Carey constantly told his wife ... ...the shopping was done they often went down a side street of little houses, mostly of wood, in which fishermen dwelt (and here and there a fisherman sa... ... a very fine one, though many came, few stayed for commun- ion. There were most when it was dry enough to make the walk to church pleasant, but not so... ...r three times before he would come to his dinner. Insensibly he formed the most delightful habit in the world, the habit of reading: he did not know t... ...razzle.” Philip was too restless to work that afternoon, so he jumped on a bus and crossed the river to see whether there were any pictures on view at... ...her to the shop. He shaved quickly, scrambled into his clothes, and took a bus to the station. He was there by twenty to eight and watched the incomin... ...rds he jumped in a cab and followed her. He guessed that she would take a ‘bus to Victoria, so that they would arrive about the same time. He saw her ... ...hen the summer comes along,” he said, as they drove along on the top of a ‘bus to Soho—she had herself sug- gested that they should not be so extravag...

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...room door for that distinguished professional, and following him out, with most obsequious politeness. To record of Mr Dombey that he was not in his w... ...d Louisa: ‘I shall drink to the little Dombey . Good gracious me!—it’s the most astonishing thing I ever knew in all my days, he’s such a per- fect Do... ...rdi- nary compass into two or three, originated in her habit of making the most of everything. ‘I am sure,’ said Miss T ox, with a prodigious curtsey,... ..., staring with an alarmed expression about him. ‘It would have occurred to most men,’ said Mrs Chick, ‘that poor dear Fanny being no more,—those words... ...ho had gone to her own home, and who, she said, would in all likelihood be most satisfactory. The moment I heard this, and had it corrobo- rated by th...

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...r only. You’re cut out all the way round. I suppose you come of one of the most distin- guished families in England. There are the Warburtons and the ... ...darkened her hair; but physically there was not much to change in her. His most daring liberty was taken with her mind, which, for reasons of his own,... ... leg lamed by a cat, had been rescued under pro- test; but what his family most resented, he reflected, was his wish for privacy. To dine alone, or to... ... every weapon of underhand stealth or of open appeal. Which did he dislike most—deception or tears? But, at any rate, they could not rob him of his th... ...und in the mill every day of our lives until we drop and die, worn out, as most people do, when one comes to think of it.” Joan looked at him, opened ... ... questions. Would she mind, for example, if the wheels of that motor-omni- bus passed over her and crushed her to death? No, not in the least; or an a...