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...hat who owns no more than his barebodkin life, poor devil. Tall talk’s his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum. You ought to know bet- t... ...f our men get elanned, we shall see them refusing to come up to time. This new crossing and medalling is the devil’s own notion for upsetting a solid ... ...ed earthiest earth. He praised Re- publicanism for that. The spirit of the new and short-lived Republic wrought that change in Venice. ‘Oh, if they’re... ...o others in uttermost distances where the in- credible flickering gleam of new heights arose, that soared, or stretched their white uncertain curves i... ... the art of stripping his fellow-man and so posturing him as to make every movement of the comical wretch puppet-like, constrained, stiff, and foolish... ...demnation for eccentric behaviour and unmannerly; and this in spite of the jewel he brings, unless it be an exceedingly splendid one. The reason is, t... ..., of the Corn Law campaigns, Reform agitations, and all manifestly popular movements requiring the heaven-endowed man of speech, an interpreter of mul... ...Oratory will not work against the stream, or on languid tides. Driblets of movements that allowed the 109 George Meredith world to doubt whether they... ...hey’re not pearls of price,’ he said. ‘I do not wear them to fascinate the jewellers,’ rejoined Miss Halkett. ‘So you are a candidate at an Election. ...

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...rly twilight, and underfoot the earth was half frozen. It was Christmas Eve. Also the War was over, and there was a sense of relief that was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now into the general air. Also there had been another wrangle among the men on the pit-bank that evening....

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.... Also the War was over, and there was a sense of relief that was almost a new menace. A man felt the violence of the nightmare released now into the ... ...pers: but now it was a clean white shirt, and his best black trousers, and new pink and white braces. He sat under the gas-jet of the back kitchen, lo... ...utifully . He moved his head and his raised bare arms with slight, intense movements, as the delicate music poured out. It was sixteenth-century Chris... ...ut, closing both doors behind her to shut out the noise. The shrill, rapid movement of the piccolo music seemed to possess the air, it was useless to ... ...landlady’s preserve. “Oh, it’s you,” she said, bobbing down to look at the new- comer. None entered her bar-parlour unless invited. “Come in,” said th... ..., probably Jewish. She had chestnut-coloured eyes, quick, intelligent. Her movements were large and slow, her voice laconic. “I’m not so late, am I?” ... ...rk- ness he could see the red burn of New Brunswick bank, or the brilliant jewels of light clustered at Bestwood Colliery. Away in the dark hollow, ne... ...reat and lofty interior, which was all shadow, all shadow, hung round with jewel tablets of light. Particularly beautiful the great east bay, above th... ...e her. I won’t hate her.” So he went on, over the Ponte Vecchio, where the jeweller’s windows on the bridge were already blazing with light, on into t...

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...ver, after the white smoke rose from the chimney announcing the election of a new Pope, the word spread like wild fire through the mass of people, wh... ... it. Cardinal Berini was furious, and made it known to everyone, including the new Pope. When it was later discovered that Pope Francis was not on... ...ributed to his political opponent.” Alfredo shrugged his shoulders. “You know politicians, Holy 10 J.Cross/Artemis Father, who can be sure.” ... ...s office feeling like a great weight had been lifted from him. He felt like a new man; a man with a purpose. He knew what he had to do. As he dro... ..., Father Antonio looked out over the city of Rome, it's lights shimmered like jewels set into a royal crown of seven diadems against a black, velvet... ...ailed the gruesome scene at Enrico’s, gesturing wildly as he demonstrated the movements of the Angel of Death. When he finished, Antonio said, "Ang... ...nd looked out at a crescent moon that was framed above one of the seven crown jewels of Rome. His mind slipped back to another time – another war. ... ...as the plane descended into it's final approach. "It reminds me of Beirut, the jewel of the Mediterranean, before the bombings," Hakeem said. "One ... ...men remained motionless on the floor. Waiting. Neither could see nor hear any movement in the bedroom. No fire had been returned. “I can feel they a...

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...from the Houlton military road, and five miles beyond the last log-hut, I proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the Penobscot, either alone or with such company as I might pick up there. It is unusual to find a camp so far in the woods at that season, when lumbering o...

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... proposed to make excursions to Mount Ktaadn, the second highest mountain in New England, about thirty miles distant, and to some of the lakes of the ... ...n the sunlight, — think how it stands with it now, — sold, perchance, to the New England Friction Match Company! There were in 1837, as I read, two hu... ...s left of this tribe. The island seemed deserted to day, yet I observed some new houses among the weather stained ones, as if the tribe had still a de... ...road. At Passadumkeag we found anything but what the name implies, — earnest politicians, to wit, — white ones, I mean, — on the alert, to know how th... ...ers; and he could hardly trust his senses, as he stood over them, that these jewels should have swam away in that Aboljacknagesic water for so long, s... ...ne fringe on their edges, with here and there a blue mountain, like amethyst jewels set around some jewel of the first water, — so anterior, so superio... ... in a sort of Vermont gray, or homespun. Our Nimrod, owing to the retrograde movement, was now the farthest from the game; but being warned of its nei... ...ndations. There was considerable native grass; and even a few cattle — whose movements we heard, though we did not see them, mistaking them at first fo...

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................................................... 319 CHAPTER IV BEA TRIX’S NEW SUITOR.................................................................... ... in which her ladyship was represented as a huntress of Diana’s court. The new and fair lady of Castlewood found the sad, lonely, little occupant of t... ...the great and undeniable likeness between this por- trait and the lad, the new Viscountess, who had still hold of the boy’s hand as she looked at the ... ...hich rumor had very much exaggerated. Madame Isabel was said to have Royal jewels of great value; whereas poor Tom Esmond’s last coat but one was in p... ... as a queen,—now melting, now imperious, now sarcastic—there was no single movement of hers but was beautiful. As he thinks of her, he who writes feel... ...n, as hunger? gratitude, as desire? I have looked at royal diamonds in the jewel-rooms in Europe, and thought how wars have been made about ‘em; Mogul... ...last but for a score of years, when their sparkle is over. Where are those jewels now that beamed under Cleopatra’s forehead, or shone in the sockets ... ...n which the glorious battle of Ramillies had been fought, our army made no movement of importance, much to the disgust of very many of our officers re... ...by the Prince’s side the Colonel explained to the Prince of Wales what his movements had been; who the friends were that knew of the expedition; whom,...

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...he United States and the Suquamish Indians. A day that marks the beginning of a new relationship ... a new era between the Union and the Red Man. We... ...ng around it, he ex­ tracted it and stroked it with a soft cloth like a precious jewel. The ragged edges suggested it was part of a larger artifact. ... ...atched the stars poke through the top of the world forming a quilt of sparkling jewels. Once again, Richard traced imaginary lines that would reveal... ...inary lines that melded his mind and soul into a medi­ tation. The beauty of the jeweled night sky quieted his anxiety. He focused on the brightest o... ... open for Richard to enter. Inside, red and black shad­ ows danced in a rhythmic movement to a slow burning gold and red fire in the center of the te... ...heless, very instrumental in getting the mon­ ey that was desperately needed for new medical equipment at the reservation hospital. Has great contact... ...BIA luncheon, and just casually men­ tioned that the reservation hospital needed new medical equip­ ment. She was in my office within two hours. 1 exp... ... hit today. CNN said that you were go­ ing to be the darling ofthe environmental movement. So what's the problem?" River Song asked without any emoti... ... office. Alana had a pencil between her teeth, and her body was in full aerobic movement as she side­ stepped from one end of the long desk to the ot...

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...TER II: NEWPORT?RHODE ISLAND ................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA ................................................................................................

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...................................................... 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT.................................................... ................................................. 169 CHAPTER XII: BUFFALO TO NEW YORK ..................................................................... ............................................................ 201 CHAPTER XIV: NEW YORK...................................................................... ...North, and has been done most suc- cessfully. But what then? Of course the movement has been revolutionary and anti-constitutional. Nobody, no single ... ...halance be- cause their people have not chosen to keep them? Of course the movement is revolutionary; and why not? It is agreed now among all men and ... ...n which has been tucked around her. Then the waiter, ever attentive to her movements, draws back the chair on which she is seated, and the young lady ... ...wn at which, in ordinary times, the whole population is sup- ported by the jewelers’ trade. It is a place with a spe- cialty, upon which specialty it ... ...hat the trade was for the present at an end. What man could now-a-days buy jewels, or even what woman, seeing that everything would be required for th... ...d and will have much to do with such abstinence. In the mean time the poor jewelers of Attleborough have gone altogether to the wall. CHAPTER III MAIN...

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...makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great a... ... by one might, 7 Trollope perhaps, have done for the skeleton sketch of a new city. Less than half that would contain much more than the present popu... ...y the names of the respective States. At the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue, New Jersey Avenue, Delaware Avenue, and Maryland Av- enue converge. They co... ...sures have been taken to ascertain who is responsible for the disas- trous movement at Ball’s Bluff, but that it is not compat- ible with the public i... ...orrows of a civil war. The name of secession claimed by the South for this movement is a misnomer. If any part of a nationality or empire ever rebelle... ... so 58 North America V ol. 2 as to include the leaders among the Northern politicians. They never begrudged to these assistants a full share of the g... ...ts, does not militate against my ar- gument. The exact limits of any great movement will not be bounded by its purpose. The heated wax which you drop ... ... this there has undoubtedly been treachery as well as rebellion. Had these politicians been honest—though the political growth of Washington has hardl... ...ed declaring that hotel-keepers shall not be held responsible for money or jewels stolen out of rooms in their houses, provided that they are furnishe...

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...of the nest in place. Marais took some of these finch eggs and removed them from their environment and had them hatched by canaries. When the new fi... ...ing which there was no contact with their parents, with nests, or with nest building materials. After the fourth generation Marais allowed the new bi... ...y that they don‘t have control over their behavior, except in court then they are looking for excuses for their anti-social actions. ―New br... ...sive and dominant, and that women are, or should be, nurturing and submissive, has recently been challenged and often redefined. The feminist moveme... ...ch are quite different, is a cultural fabrication which can no longer be supported by the scientific evidence. ―Because of the feminist moveme... ... he is smart or nice without them having earned it is a lie and an ineffective method of reducing inferiority feelings. ―Then there was the moveme... ... they would do with her brother? ―More often it is the quantity of time that is lacking. Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote that ‗Rings and jewels... ...es the behavior. But if it doesn‘t, it at least breaks down the rationalization of denial. ―As opposed to the rationalizing alcoholic, politi... ...and to protect the child from any harm, deserved or undeserved. So don‘t blame the cheating child, blame the blameless teacher. Just as when politi...

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...???WHALES?SAN -- JUAN?ROMANCE OF HIDE-DROGHING?SAN DIEGO AGAIN, 67 -- CHAPTER XIX ? THE SANDWICH -- ISLANDERS?HIDE-CURING?WOOD-CUTTING? RATTLE-SNAKES?NEW-COMERS 74 -- CHAPTER XX ? LEISURE?NEWS FROM HOME???BURNING THE WATER??, 82 -- CHAPTER XXI ? CALIFORNIA AND ITS INHABITANTS, 87 -- CHAPTER XXII ? LIFE ON SHORE?THE ALERT, 90 -- CHAPTER XXIII ? NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES?MY WAT...

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...ER XIX — THE SANDWICH 74 ISLANDERS—HIDE CURING—WOOD CUTTING— RATTLE SNAKES—NEW COMERS . . 82 CHAPTER XX — LEISURE—NEWS FROM HOME—’’BURNING THE WATE... ... . . . 90 CHAPTER XXII — LIFE ON SHORE—THE ALERT . . . . 94 CHAPTER XXIII — NEW SHIP AND SHIPMATES—MY WATCHMATE CHAPTER XXIV — SAN DIEGO AGAIN—A DE... ...O AGAIN—A DESCENT—HURRIED DEPARTURE—A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 NEW SHIPMATE CHAPTER XXV — RUMORS OF WAR—A SPOUTER—SLIPPING FOR A . . .... ...oes and cottons from Lowell, crepes, silks; also shawls, scarfs, necklaces, jewelry, and combs for the ladies; furniture; and in fact, everything t... ...heir charge, and, for the most part, men of desperate fortunes—broken down politicians and soldiers—whose only object is to retrieve their conditio... ...r lands, forestalling their cattle, and already making an inroad upon their jewels, which were their last hope. Don Juan had with him a retainer... ...to set all right at once. On this subject there can be no call for any such movement; on the contrary, I fully believe that any public and strong act...

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...s the Swedes. — The Weimerian Cavalry go over to the Swedes. — Conquest of New Prague by Koenigsmark, and Termination of the Thirty Years’ War. Histor... ... Ref- ormation an attractive centre of interest, and began to be united by new political sympathies. And as through its influence new relations sprang... ...e- tween rulers and subjects, so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions. Thus, by a strange course of events, religious disp... ...d, and destructive, was the first 8 The History of the Thirty Y ears’ War movement in which this general political sym- pathy announced itself; a des... ... step taken by its opponent was an infraction of the peace, while of every movement of its own it was asserted that it was essential 26 The History o... ... peril, and the suggestions of the Je- suits, combined with the suspicious movements of the Union, moved the Duke of Bavaria, and all the princes of t... ...he timid mind of Louis with the most alarming fears. Not merely chimerical politicians, but many of the best informed Roman Catholics, fully believed ... ...e Emperor,” he admitted, “had, in Wallenstein, thrown away the most costly jewel in his crown: but unwillingly and compulsorily only had he taken this...

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...Excerpt: Preface By Way Of Criticism. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan?s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. To the Cornhill I owe a double debt of thanks; first, that I was received there in the very best society, and under the eye of the very best of editors...

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...M. These studies are collected from the monthly press. One appeared in the New Quarterly, one in MacMillan’s, and the rest in the Cornhill Magazine. T... ...en presented. It is only possible to write another study, and then, with a new “point of view,” would follow new perversions and per- haps a fresh car... ... was an ardent worker, soul and body, in that so much more than honourable movement, which, if atonement were possible for nations, should have gone f... ...arliament can redeem the ancient wrongs of Ireland. But here at least is a new light shed on the Walden episode. Second, it appears, and the point is ... ...o the stationary milestone, which is only the measure of what is past. The movement is not arrested. That significant some- thing by which the work of... ...een these two men marks a great enfranchise- ment. With Scott the Romantic movement, the movement of an extended curiosity and an enfranchised imagina... ...over of Queen Isabel, and the leading patron of art and one of the leading politicians in France. And the poet might have inherited yet higher vir- tu... ...er (for Valentina also was lavish), he had to sell or pledge a quantity of jewels; and yet he would not take advantage of a pretext, even legally vali...