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...not in Greece; Arcadia is at Les Aigues and nowhere else. A river, made by scores of brooklets, crosses the park at its lower level with a serpentine ... ...t rope can be borrowed. But the principal revenue of Pere Fourchon and his satellite Mouche, the natural son of one of his natural daughters, came fro... ...dency of Soulanges, like Les Aigues, Ronquerolles, Cerneux, Conches, and a score of other par- ishes. The Soulanges have remained counts, whereas the ... ...ace of field- keeper to the district of Blangy, as a way of paying off his score of gratitude by devotion to the new mayor’s interests. The appointmen... ...eighboring districts, whither Brunet be- took himself duly attended by his satellites, Vermichel and Fourchon, to serve the writs. Later he transmitte... ...otected by the halo of white hair and honor which a spotless life of three-score years and ten had laid upon his brow. The vision of bloody scenes ter... ...es he plotted with Langlume. This dangerous usurer, who proposed to live a score of years longer, had established fixed rules to work upon. He lent no... ... and returned from Paris in the month of January with one of the shrewdest satellites of the chief of the detective police, who was brought down osten...

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...- denly attempted to shift it to the man who had been a gar- dener, on the score that coal was soil, being dug, and there- fore could not possibly fal... ...I saw one of my chimney pots hit the ground within six yards of me, leap a score of feet, and so hurry in great strides to- wards the focus of the dis... ... that even then I should have made him let me out. But I hesitated on that score, and hesitated, and grew fretful and angry, and the time passed. Ther... ... insects, that we decided it ill became men to hide shamefully upon a mere satellite, that we equipped our- selves with huge armfuls of the fungus—whe... ...wnwards for very nearly a hundred miles towards the central portion of our satellite. These shafts communicate by transverse tunnels, they throw out a... ...e moon. They know now pretty certainly that moon and earth are not so much satellite and primary as smaller and greater sisters, made out of one mass,... ...res sleeping un- der an opiate until the moon had need of them. There were scores of them of all sorts, and we were able to turn over some of them, an... ...in human conditions as man- kind has scarcely imagined heretofore. In that satellite of ours there are new elements, new appliances, traditions, an ov...

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... 16 A Distinguished Provincial at Paris Marais, could be ruled out on the score of age; and hard upon the discovery of a distinction between morning ... ...n to the Palais Royal, where his future elegance lay scattered over half a score of shops. The first tailor whose door he entered tried as many coats ... ...mbi- tious great lady, and told herself that she could gain her end as the satellite of this star, so she had been outspoken in her admiration. The Ma... ... the cousins; he did not know that the “all Paris,” which consists in some score of salons, was well aware already of the relationship between the la-... ...chel Chrestien; “we shall chalk that up over the chimney, and when we have scored ten we will—” “We have all of us found a bit of extra work,” said Bi... ... on all these ob- jects. There were short curtains in the windows. About a score of new books lay on the writing-table, deposited there apparently dur...

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... logic. ‘There will be dancing enough after supper,’ she said. ‘If I could score one dance with her, I’d go home supperless and feasted,’ said he. ‘An... ...ock of sturdy gazers began to melt. The General had dispersed his group of satellites by a movement with the Mayoress on his arm, construed as the sig... ...complaining only of her turn for unfeminine topics. He pardoned her on the score of the petty difference rankling between them in reference to his aba... ...low us. They will not see the England we have seen. It will be patched and scored, disfig- ured … a sort of barbarous Maori visage—England in a New Ze... ... to-night.’ Diana felt the edge of the dart. ‘And meditating railways, you scored our poor land of herds and flocks; and night fell, and the moon spra... ... and shot their epigrams profusely, applauding the keener that appeared to score the giant bulk of their intolerant enemy, who holds the day, but not ... ... majesty, and it rose to the clear heights, with her mental attributes for satellites. His tendency to despise women was wholesomely checked by the ex... ...ilar: ‘I am a sinner, and in good society.’ Sir Abraham Hartiston, a minor satellite of the Regent, diversified this: ‘I am a sinner, and go to good s...

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...kulpit saw how right he had been in signing the petition, and said so many scores of times; and Spriggs leered fearfully with his one eye; and Moody, ... ...ed very well. ‘Oh, my poor brother, ’ said he, ‘slaughtered par- tridges a score of brace to each gun, and poets gauging ale-barrels, with sixty pound... ...lk upon stilts, as heroes and heroines, I fear, ever must, their attendant satellites are as natural as though one met them in the street: they walk a...

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...of the tax-collector,—an insignificant young person who played the part of satellite to Cecile,—and Ma- demoiselle Herbelot, sister of the second nota... ...r of commissions from the government and the munici- pality, together with scores of flourishing articles in the news- papers, I don’t see how he can ... ... do not accept that theory. T o kill, without the necessity demonstrated a score of times of legitimate defence, to kill women, children, prisoners, u... ...ciously, for he’s a man who must not be pushed too far; there are some old scores in life one can’t wipe out.” The minister, by making no reply to thi...

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...ly nothing about him. Completely involved in the round of her life, like a satellite in the orbit of a planet, Troubert was to her a sort of intermedi... ...support as he can give you. You’ll understand each other perfectly on that score. As for you, sailor, carry your deep-sea line about you.” “Poor Birot...

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...t, mix, and revolve: the Celebrities to shine; the Metropolitans to act as satellites; the County ig- noramuses to feel flattered in knowing that all ... ...ed it dreadfully, and for a lesson or two for me now and then, and a music-score, and perhaps a good violin for my father, and new strings for him and... ...give me five pounds out of the gentleman’s purse. I took my harp and music-scores. I did not know where I was going, but only that I could not stop. M... ...fingers as you can with your fists, can you?” 56 Sandra Belloni Up went a score of fists. “We’ve the fists: we’ve the fists,” was shouted. Cornelia, ... ...o. Sandra never forgets Italy, and reads the papers. She has a copy of the score of an un- known opera by our Andronizetti, and studies it, and anatom... ...hat happy morning. She watched the boy piping as if he were reading from a score, and her sense of humour was touched. “You foolish boy!” she said to ...

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... Ursula, pointing her finger at him. ‘There you are—a star in its orbit! A satellite—a satellite of Mars—that’s what she is to be! There—there—you’ve ... ...at’s what she is to be! There—there—you’ve given yourself away! You want a satellite, Mars and his satellite! You’ve said it—you’ve said it—you’ve dis... ... to speak.’ ‘No, no!’ she cried. ‘I won’t let you speak. You’ve said it, a satellite, you’re not going to wriggle out of it. You’ve said it.’ ‘Y ou’ll... ...’t said it,’ he answered. ‘I neither implied nor indicated nor mentioned a satellite, nor intended a satellite, never.’ ‘You prevaricator!’ she cried,... ...y sat facing each other across the tea table. ‘I did not say, nor imply, a satellite. I meant two single equal stars balanced in conjunction—’ ‘You ga... ...r a parson because I preach?’ Gerald laughed. He was always uneasy on this score. He did not want to claim social superiority, yet he would not claim ... ...ssness and the bes- tial stupidity of this struggle, her wrists were badly scored by the claws of the beast, a heavy cruelty welled up in her. Gerald ... ...nister vision. ‘Mine is nothing.’ She lifted her arm and showed a deep red score down the silken white flesh. ‘What a devil!’ he exclaimed. But it was...

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...om Sonoma on the west, and from Yolo on the east – rough as they were in outline, dug out by winter streams, crowned by cliffy bluffs and nodding pine... ...ed, like Ireland, with an entire im- munity from poisonous reptiles; but, with the perfect inconsequence of the natural man, they were no sooner found...

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...ntained, compared to the Germans. They hug and kiss and cry and shout and dance and sing; and where we use one loving, petting ex- pressions they pour... ...Look at Mont Blanc!” and “we were at once made aware of the very great height we had attained by actually seeing the mon- arch of the Alps and his att... ...oing—one—” “Six hundred!” Sensation. The crowd raised a cheer, and some one cried out, “Go it, Green-patch!” This tickled the audience and a Mark Twa...

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...he betrayer of his cause. But in due time, with the sun declining, and the score still low, Tom May came forward, as the last hope of ‘All England,’ l... ...rrounded by her attendant gentlemen, and with her aunt and Ella Ward, like satellites, a little way from her. ‘Here is a coign of vantage,’ said Ethel... ...ffering wrongfully.’ And after the first interview, no more doubts on that score were expressed; but the vicar’s tone of pitying reverence in speaking... ...urch was all she could reasonably hope for, and her mind was clear on that score, when Henry came to take her out walking for the sake of being able t... ...ll all be for the Cheviots’ private delectation.’ ‘I shall begin on my own score,’ said Ethel. ‘You know if you answer this letter, you must not menti... ...eful ways of making the worst of himself; but there was a large ‘Private,’ scored in almost menacing letters on the top of the first sheet, and so muc...

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...will re- ceive the reverence due to the Homer of music. From among all the scores that we owe to his great genius, the nun seemed to have chosen Moses... ...r manner and their wit on hers. They had been cleverly chosen. None of her satellites belonged to the in- most Court circle, nor to the highest level ... ...e single reflection, Armand de Montriveau wiped out his whole past life. A score of times he asked himself, like a boy, “Shall I go, or shall I not?” ... ...w am I to tell this wild thing that I love her?” He had told her already a score of times; or rather, the Duchess had a score of times read his secret... ...he added as he came closer. “You will permit me to add to the number of my satellites; to receive even more visitors in the morning than heretofore; I... ...y might be much better employed elsewhere. I could have told you of half a score of women in the financial world, any one of them a thousand times bet...

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...’s-eye,’ said the Night-Inspector, taking up his keys. Which a deferential satellite produced. ‘Now, gentlemen.’ With one of his keys, he opened a coo... ...Good- night.’ Mr Inspector had not moved, and had given no order; but, the satellite slipped his back against the wicket, and laid his left arm along ... ...old the answer. Good-night.’ Again he turned towards the wicket, where the satellite, with his eye upon his chief, remained a dumb statue. ‘At least,’... ...tly, from the country?’ ‘Eh? Yes—from the country.’ ‘Good-night, sir.’ The satellite removed his arm and opened the wicket, and Mr Julius Handford wen... ...in that he is staying there, and find out anything you can about him.’ The satellite was gone; and Mr Inspector, becoming once again the quiet Abbot o... ...nted ‘prenticeship. Not so, murder. We were all of us up to that. Had seen scores of people come to identify , and never saw one person struck in that... ...ys to me, “Rogue Riderhood, you are a man in a dozen”—I think he said in a score, but of that I am not positive, so take the lowest figure, for precio... ...ppins look to it. Her life’s in danger.’ Mortimer rang the bell to pay the score, and Bob appeared to transact that business with him: whom Eugene, in...

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...on Murder, the English Mail-Coach, The Spanish Nun, The Cæsars, and half a score other things at the age of about fifteen or sixteen is, or ought to b... ...tion and arrangement of details, that De Quincey excels as a nar- rator; a score of minor excellences of his style, such as the fine Latin words or th... ...eo, who did certainly invent (or, which is the same thing,* discover) the satellites of Jupiter, those very next things extant to mail-coaches in the... ...s. This same word, in the same exact sense, I heard uniformly used by many scores of illustrious mail-coachmen to whose confidential friendship I had ...

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...at was fristed wasna forgiven. Sir John died before he was much over three-score; and it was just like of a moment’s illness. And for my gudesire, tho... ...d.’ 134 Redgauntlet ‘And wha is’t tou’s gotten, Wullie, lad?’ said half a score of voices, while all eyes were turned on your humble servant, who kep... ...yself, in order to put an end to the performance. But there were around me scores of old women, all of whom looked as if they might have some sovereig... ...nd commune forum est com- mune domicilium—Lass, fetch another glass of and score it— 156 Redgauntlet time to gae hame—by the practiques, I cannot fin... ...emed as if they would much rather not, and Mr. Justice Foxley was making a score of apologies, with at least a hundred cautionary hems and eh- ehs, wh... ... to throw some light upon the subject which agi- tated him. When that grim satellite rode up without ceremony close to Darsie’s side, the latter felt ... ...d and sit brooding upon his countenance. He held up his finger towards his satellite, Cristal Nixon, who replied to his signal with a prompt nod; and ...

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...thout his faults) that on his being attacked in the house of commons, on the score, that his measures were only of a temporary kind, replied “THEY WIL... ...to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and as England and America, wit... ...mination whatsoever. T o God, and not to man, are all men accountable on the score of religion. Wherefore, this epistle is not so properly addressed t...

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...rderly progress of the planets, and that the deflection of Neptune and its satellite was becoming now of an unprecedented kind. Few people without a t... ...r been in the memory of man, and the storms drove the waters in many cases scores of miles inland, drowning whole cities. And so great grew the heat d... ...ge and he thrust his way through it, and though the thorns of the brambles scored him deeply and tore threads from his wonderful suit, and though burs... ...ing forward towards the gas-lamp, I tried the thing on my watch-glass, and scored a white line across that with the greatest ease. I looked at my inte...

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... than the reward of birdslayers, as thus, in the register - Hairy Wills, 1 score sprows heds 2d. Jems Brown, 1 poulcat 6d. Jarge Bell, 2 howls 6d. It ... ...does not. V ery pos- sibly old Frith knows all about it. I should only get scored down as a meddlesome prig, worse hypocrite than they think me alread... ...fy her- self whether he ought to be getting up. There was no doubt on that score, for he was quite himself again, though he was, in looks and in weari... ... appearance, and people were too kind, for me to have much shyness on that score. Our small dinner parties were great enjoyment to me, and the two gir... ...was known at parties, at races, and at the theatre, as one of the numerous satellites who revolved about that gay and con- spicuous young fashionable ...

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.... Another part in this concert was sustained by the incessant yelping of a score of idle useless curs, which followed, snarling, barking, howling, and... ...t would seem, upon a hasty summons and was followed by 92 Waverley half a score of peasants from the village, who had no great difficulty in keeping ... ..., or something approaching to it.] while we are not allowed to keep half a score of muskets, whether for defence or rescue.’ Bailie Macwheeble entered... ...’ threescore men in the wood of Kailychat yonder; and if our boats, with a score or twa mair, were to come down the loch to Uaimh an Ri, headed by mys... ... he was able to walk about with a staff, when Fergus returned with about a score of his men. He seemed in the highest spirits, congratulated Waverley ... ...elivering up those of less value, which they collected from these inferior satellites. It followed, as a matter of course, that, as we have already hi...