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... was so beloved and already he felt a deep affection for this mysteri- ous spinner of tales. Forgetting that he had no hands, Theo reached out to com... ...dn’t write the world with a happy ending? He must be a bit of a sadist to spin a plot with war, illness and hunger,’ he sneered. As the crowd murmur... ... conversations. Fear returned to Theo like a cold breeze sweeping down his spine. The electronic clock at the front of the bus read 11 p.m. Rain patt... ... began to feel at ease. Almost. There was a tingling at the bottom of his spine that invaded his sense of wellbeing like an unwelcome visitor. It wa... ...efore you even start. You …hey! Look at this.’ The book had landed on its spine and had f opped open to reveal the inside cover. There, in the top r... ...plating the great mysteries of the Story. ‘I could kill for some pizza and ice cream,’ Bozo announced suddenly. ‘When do we go to New York?’ ‘Already... ...his head in a public fountain. It felt as though the water was turning to ice in his hair. The effects of the tear gas diminished a little, but now ... ...ing fell, city trucks were out spread- ing salt to prevent the build up of ice. Theo sat back and let his mind wan- der, feeling safe for the f rst ti...

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...ffords us meanes wherewith to jeast and make a scorne of force and injust ice, and to deride imprisonment, gives, or fetters. -- in manicis, et... ... seas so wide. Shift we or change we places never so often, ambition, avar ice, irresolution, feare, and concupiscences never leave us. Et post equi... ...e more healthfull and safe for them than some others? Why doth the Spider spin her artificiall web thicke in one place and thin in another? And now ... ...of the celestial bodies diapred in colours, according to Plato, about the spindle of necessity. Mundus domus est maximna rerum, Quam quinque altito... ...ires are new, and ould-age fresh and straight, While Lachesis hath yet to spin, while I my waight Beare on my feete, and stand, without staffe in my... ...nd France, reporteth to have noted that we commonly have more slender and spiny legges than the Italian Gentlemen; and, imputeth the cause unto our ... ...th continually beene noted to march to the warres on foote, to breake the ice with his bare feete, to weare one same garment in summer and winter, to...

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...horses, looked at the ragged hammer-head as it rose, and said quietly: “Ni-ice beast. Man-eater, if he gets the chance—see his eye. Kicker, too—see hi... ...sing, had lifted the big throbbing screw nearly to the surface, and it was spin- ning round in a kind of soda-water—half sea and half air— going much ... ... the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast. “Organised bubbles and spindrift! There has been a depression in the Gulf of Mexico. Excuse me!” H... ...ds that he had gathered from the engines—little things like nuts and valve-spindles, all carefully tallowed— and retired with them under the floor of ... ... in a bare room. T wo worn bul- lock trunks, a leather water-bottle, a tin ice-box, and his pet saddle sewed up in sacking were piled at the door, and... ...dee pedlars, escorting with all pomp Martyn’s uniform-case, water-bottles, ice-box, and bedding- roll. They saw Faiz Ullah’s lifted hand, and steered ... ...cott, lazily; “it’s too late to change your carriage; and we’ll divide the ice.” “What are you doing here?” said the police-man. “I’m lent to the Madr... ...nably—groomed hedgerow, spot- less road, decent greystone cottage, serried spinney, tasselled copse, apple-bellied hawthorn, and well-grown tree. A li... ...at-collar. Then light dawned on me. Beginning a little to the right of the spinal column, I cut a huge demilune out of his new spring overcoat, bringi...

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...subject. It all lies in the subject. If a subject’s given me, it’s easy to spin something round it. I often think that the celebrated talkers of the l... ...ehind the fog there was the flowing of water, the cracking and floating of ice, the swift rush of turbid, foaming torrents; and on the following Monda... ...the sun rose brilliant and quickly wore away 45 Tolstoy the thin layer of ice that covered the water, and all the warm air was quivering with the ste... ...ed the willow. Larks trilled unseen above the velvety green fields and the ice-covered stubble-land; peewits wailed over the low lands and marshes flo... ...flashed in the sunshine and dazzled his eyes, and tread- ing one minute on ice and the next into sticky mud. Spring is the time of plans and projects.... ...utterly impos- sible; the horse could only keep a foothold where there was ice, and in the thawing furrows he sank deep in at each step. The ploughlan...

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... BAD PROSPECTS—FIRST TOUCH OF CAPE HORN—ICEBERGS—TEMPERANCE SHIPS—LYING UP—ICE—DIFFI CULTY ON . . . . . . 155 BOARD—CHANGE OF COURSE— STRAITS OF MA... .... . . . . . 155 BOARD—CHANGE OF COURSE— STRAITS OF MAGELLAN CHAPTER XXXII — ICE AGAIN—A BEAUTIFUL AFTERNOON—CAPE . . . . . . . . . . 167 HORN—’’LAN... ...with a ‘‘spun yarn winch’’; which is very simple, consisting of a wheel and spindle. This may be heard constantly going on deck in pleasant weather;... ...un in the midst of December, and, as I afterwards was, beating about among ice and snow on the Fourth of July. Thursday, Dec. 25th. This day wa... ...rge houses, built of rough boards, and looking like the great barns in which ice is stored on the borders of the large ponds near Boston; with piles o... ...e or two little puddles of fresh water were skimmed over with a thin coat of ice. In this state of the weather and before sunrise, in the grey of the ... ... ‘‘scholars,’’ and went over the other side of the forecastle, to work, and spin their yarns; but I carried the day, and had the cream of the crew fo... ...d not stop till I’m out of the sight of salt water!’’ ‘‘Oh! belay that! Spin that yarn where nobody knows your filling! If you get once moored, s...

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...of animation. When the heart Is as, a frozen sea the brain spins webs. ASTRAEA: ’Tis very singular! I un... ...wilful, violent, capricious, weak, Wound in a web of my own spinning-wheel, A star-gazer, a riband in the wind … ARDEN: ... ...ce! ’twas; once, was the heart alive, Leaping to break the ice. Oh! once, was aye That laughed at frosty May like spri...

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...and turned their prows southward. They plowed through the fields of floating ice, past the mouth of the Missouri; past the mouth of the Ohio, by and b... ... leather cushions and a back to the high bench where visiting pilots sit, to spin yarns and “look at the river”; bright, fanciful “cuspadores” instead... ...Snatch her! snatch her!” He seized the other side of the wheel and helped to spin it around until it was hard down, and then we held it so. The boat r... ... willing. I haven’t got another drop of perspiration left in me. I have been spin ning around and around the wheel like a squirrel. It is so dark I c... ...rted to port be fore I would see new dangers on that side, and away I would spin to the other; only to find perils accumulating to star board, and b... ...than usual emphasis; countless processions of freight barrels and boxes were spinning athwart the levee and flying aboard the stage planks, belated pa... ... stupefied by this frantic assault. “What you standing there for? T ake that ice pitcher down to the texas tender come, move along, and don’t you be a... ... naturally tributary to her. And like Vicksburg and New Orleans, she has her ice factory: she makes thirty tons of ice a day. In Vicksburg and Natche... ...y: she makes thirty tons of ice a day. In Vicksburg and Natchez, in my time, ice was jewelry; none but the rich could wear it. But anybody and everybo...

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...y leaping on to his seat, both feet tucked under him, with the action of a spinster who de- tects a mouse, as the draught struck at his ankles. Drawn ... ...u really dread most for your ship, Captain Richards?’ expecting him to say ice- bergs, or derelicts, or fog, or something of that sort. Not a bit of i... ...rcles—I don’t see them,” Hewet con- tinued. “I see a thing like a teetotum spinning in and out—knocking into things—dashing from side to side— collect... ...ld days.” “No young man likes to have it said that he resembles an elderly spinster,” said Mr. Thornbury. “On the contrary,” said Mr. Hewet, “I always... ... to ride in advance alone, for the path when it began to ascend one of the spines of the hill became narrow and scattered with stones. The cav- alcade... ... so surly as to prefer sedentary occu- pations on the night in question to spinning and watch- ing others spin, the drawing-room and billiard-room wer... ... the bath, Alice.” “In the stable-yard,” said Mrs. Flushing. “Covered with ice in winter. We had to get in; if we didn’t, we were whipped. The strong ... ...nd stood upright, holding on to the brass ball at the end of the bedstead. Ice-cold at first, it soon became as hot as the palm of her hand, and as th... ...d him in the same weary, unnatural, but determined voice to fetch her more ice, and to have the jug outside filled with fresh milk. When he had done t...

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...t the Council of Princes and determine the fate of empires—but like a nov- ice, who, stumbling upon a conjuration in his master’s book 129 Sir Walter... ...the insult and injury with which it seemed he had been visited by the mal- ice, or, at best, by the idle humour of Queen Berengaria (for he already co... ...nthusiasts, “dance, or we will scourge thee with our bow-strings till thou spin as never top did under schoolboy’s lash.” Thus shouted the reckless wa... ...stall. “I tell thee, man, that this flagon of Cyprus will set his brains a-spinning, just in the opposite direction that they went whirling in the dan... ...porcelain, and intermixed with large mazers of sherbet, cooled in snow and ice from the caverns of Mount Lebanon. A magnificent pile of cushions at th... ...ing with a smile, “The brave cavalier Ilderim knew not of the formation of ice, but the munificent Soldan cools his sherbet with snow.” “Wouldst thou ...

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... goaded beyond the normal round, suddenly flipping from the circumference, spinning off at a tangent, out into the void, where all things seemed possi... ... her; wouldn’t know her for the same little girl; and the beer had been on ice since morn- ing. Presley and Vanamee could not well refuse. They climbe... ...f the parlor. The two men were presented and the beer was had from off the ice. “Mother,” said Dyke, as he wiped the froth from his great blond beard,... ..., Buck. At- tention now! I’ll give you the key.” He “fanned” his revolver, spinning it about his index finger by the trigger-guard with incredible swi... ... and chicken. At the end the paper caps were brought on, together with the ice cream. All up and down the tables the pulled “crackers” snapped continu... ...the fierce outburst of wrath, the hasty organising of the League, all went spinning confusedly through his recollection. But he was exhausted. Time en... ...prolonged, even gallop that it would hold for the better part of the week, spinning out the miles as a cotton spinner spins thread. It was already dar... ... and time-table whenever there was a stop; twice he rose to get a drink of ice water, and between whiles was forever sitting up in the narrow berth, s... ... female figures against the multi-coloured, new wall-paper; the inadequate spindle chairs of white and gold; the sphere of tissue pa- per hanging from...

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... for bread, a large wooden dipper, a bucket and some earthen milk- pans, a spinning-wheel on the top of the bread-hutch, and a few wicker mats for dra... ...ning at harvest- time, and in winter we pick up firewood. Then at night we spin. Ah! we never want to see another winter like this last one, that is c... ... first who went down into the Beresina had his leg taken off by a block of ice, and the man himself was washed away; but you will better understand th... ...oked after the little gardens, made the soup, mended the clothes, they did spinning in the eve- nings, and gathered firewood in the daytime; while the... ...ife who will make good soup and take it out to him in the fields, who will spin and make his shirts and mend his clothes. Such a thing had not happene... ... do you feel, my little man?” “Quite comfortable, sir.” A table, with four spindle legs, stood in the room; the doc- tor drew it up to the bed, found ...

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...ing a guinea,’ said the stranger, ‘toss who shall pay for both—I call; you spin—first time— woman—woman—bewitching woman,’ and down came the sovereign... ...ll. ‘How dear Emily is flirting with the strange gentleman,’ whispered the spinster aunt, with true spinster aunt like envy, to her brother, Mr. Wardl... ...e interior of the pigeon pie, readily assented. ‘Emily, my dear,’ said the spinster aunt, with a patronising air, ‘don’t talk so loud, love.’ ‘Lor, au... ... Emily Wardle and Mr. Snodgrass did the same; and even Mr. T upman and the spinster aunt established a joint stock com pany of fish and flattery. Old... ...tened up, till at last she laughed louder than any of them, Then, when the spin ster aunt got ‘matrimony,’ the young ladies laughed afresh, and the S... ...reen fields, and sweet smelling flowers—when the recollection of snow, and ice, and bleak winds, has faded from our minds as completely as they have d...

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... down about it! That is, if he and Flapsy have not forgotten all about the ice and the forfeits at Warner’s Grange, as is devoutly to be hoped.” “Do y... ...voncester, and Paula was with her dear Sisters, so Will and I took a jolly spin along the cliff road; and it was such scream- ing fun. Only once we th... ...and governing! Don’t make Gillian regret that she is falling away from the spinsterhood.” “Come, Aunt Jane, Bessie never did make it the praise of spi... ...make it the praise of spinsters. I am sure married women can do as much as spin- sters, and have more weight,” said Gillian, facing round gal- lantly,... ...Draw your own conclusions,” responded Wilfred, mount- ing his machine, and spinning down the hill faster than they could follow on foot. “What is to b... ...le of movement except his hands. It may be 187 Yo n g e only jar upon the spine, and go off in another day or two; but we do not dare to send for a d...

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... the said lord of Valennes by a mere chance came into the hovel of the two spinners, and in order to dry himself sent for some fagots to Plessis, clos... ... enough?” “Ah! well I don’t say that it is not; but as true as I am a poor spinner I love my child too much to leave her; she is too young and weak at... ...Tours. Carandas—for so was named the manufacturer of machines to weave, to spin, to spool, and to wind the silk—was not sufficiently smitten to believ... ... and turns about, and you ex- pect a woman to remain still! Do you know if ice is really cold? No. Well then, neither do you know that cuckoldom is no...

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...orth as freedom, wisdom as to wit, Fearless — because no feeling dwells in ice, Its very courage stagnates to a vice. Where shall I turn me not ... ... therefore I shall open with a line (Although it cost me half an hour in spinning) Narrating somewhat of Don Juan’s father, And also of his mo... ...h men are unsuffocated gratis: What wondrous new machines have late been spinning! I said the small pox has gone out of late; Perhaps it may b... ... The greater part of these were ready spread With viands and sherbets in ice—and wine Kept for all comers at all hours to dine. Of all the dr... ...ghts are equal, but not so the days; The Parcae then cut short the further spinning Of seamen’s fates, and the loud tempests raise The waters,... ...ur snow less pure than our morality; The sun, which yearly melts the polar ice, Has quite the contrary effect on vice. Thus in the East they are... ... And dig, and sweat, and turn themselves about, And plant, and reap, and spin, and grind, and sow, Till all the arts at length are brought about... ...rch’s seat of honour; gay Damsels, and dances, revels, ready money, Made ice seem paradise, and winter sunny. The favour of the empress was agre... ...ive. Perhaps he long’d in bitter frosts for climes In which the Neva’s ice would cease to live Before May day: perhaps, despite his duty, In...

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.................................................................... 161 The Spinner....................................................................... ...comes again, Of that sweet dream I sing. My song sounds far and near, O’er ice it echoes clear, Then Winter blossoms bright; And when his blossoms fly... ... straight begins, When not engaged in trade; I know full well for what she spins,— ’Tis hope guides that dear maid. Her leg, while her small foot trea... ...anuary, 1809, whilst giving help on the occasion of the breaking up of the ice on the Rhine, and the bursting of the dam of Cleverham.] The dam breaks... ...Rhine, and the bursting of the dam of Cleverham.] The dam breaks down, the ice-plain growls, The floods arise, the water howls. “I’ll bear thee, mothe... ...m the wet; But take my goat too, my darling pet!” The dam breaks down, the ice-plain growls, The floods arise, the water howls. She places the mother ... ...g T o sound of magic lute and song. [Da Capo.] 1803.* The Spinner. As I calmly sat and span, T oiling with all zeal, Lo! a young and ... ... and span, T oiling with all zeal, Lo! a young and handsome man Pass’ d my spinning-wheel. And he praised,—what harm was there?— Sweet the things he s... ...ornice round, Unconscious of the beauties She plasters up. The caterpillar spins around the bough, T o make her brood a winter house; And thou dost pa...

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... man that spiritless fear holds aloof, nor any that gives place to coward ice, and shuns the cruel war, nay, but even thus, methinks, must it have se... ...te Hector on the breast, over the shield rim, near the neck, and made him spin like a top with the blow, that he reeled round and round. And even as ... ... in summer floweth forth like cold 275 The Iliad of Homer hail or snow or ice that water formeth. And there beside the springs are broad washing trou... ...t in the hall and make la ment afar off. Even thus did forceful Fate erst spin for Hector with her thread at his beginning when I bare him, even I, t...

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...k me, soon as from my face The slumber parted, turning deadly pale, Like one ice struck with dread. Solo at my side My comfort stood: and the bright ... ...lt celestial pierc’d Briareus: cumb’ring earth he lay through dint Of mortal ice stroke. The Thymbraean god With Mars, I saw, and Pallas, round their ... ...n the kingdom of the just He needs must share. But sithence she, whose wheel Spins day and night, for him not yet had drawn That yarn, which, on the f... ...the Riphaean mountains fly, Part towards the Lybic sands, these to avoid The ice, and those the sun; so hasteth off One crowd, advances th’ other; and... ...mpassion, more than could the words “Virgin, why so consum’st him?” then the ice, Congeal’d about my bosom, turn’d itself To spirit and water, and wit... ...ttle or no shadow; or, in other words, when the wind is south.” v. 98. The ice.] Milton has transferred this conceit, though scarcely worth the pai...

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... wait motionless. That is how the spider waits for the fly. But the spider spins her web. And if the fly, like my hero, shows a strength that promises... ...ea into his head. THE STATUE. Stuff! As an old soldier I admit the coward- ice: it’s as universal as sea sickness, and matters just as little. But tha... ...nd punishments, forced you to learn how to play half a dozen pieces on the spinet which she hated as much as you did— had she any other purpose than t... ...p after dinner? You married my friend Ottavio: well, did you ever open the spinet from the hour when the Church united him to you? ANA. You are a fool... ...fool, Juan. A young married woman has something else to do than sit at the spinet without any sup- port for her back; so she gets out of the habit of ...

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...ables us at last to get hold of what underlies the whole of them – of that spinal marrow of significance that unites the work of his life into somethi... ...nd even in Scott, stood out over everything else and formed as it were the spine of the story, figure here only as one set of interests 33 Familiar S... ...their system in an epigram. “These gentlemen,” said he, “remind me of some spinsters in my country who spin their thread so fine that it is neither fi... ...cription, I remember, of a gentleman engaged in sliding or walking on thin ice, which is a little miracle of incompetence. You see my memory fails me,... ... not the fault of his intention if he did not learn the harpsichord or the spinet. He learned to compose songs, and burned to give forth “a scheme and...