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...A SERVANT HELENA PRIMUS FIRST ROBOT SECOND ROBOT THIRD ROBOT FOURTH ROBOT ACT I Central office of the factory of Rossum's Universal Robots. Entrance... ...sh forward, congratulating HELENA and DOMIN as the curtain falls. END OF ACT ONE R. U. R. I-31 ACT II Helena's drawing room. On the left a baize do... ... of a modern and purely feminine character. Ten years have elapsed since Act I. DOMIN, FABRY, HALLEMEIER, enter on tiptoe from the left, each carry... ...undred thousand citizens, evidently at the order of their commander. This act which runs counter to!–– " NANA (spelling out the words) "re-bell-ion i... ...lease. HELENA What did they do? DOMIN They got possession of all firearms, telegraphs, radio stations, railways, and ships. HALLEMEIER And don't forg... ...ning the room. The whistle is still blowing as the curtain falls. END OF ACT TWO INTERVAL R. U. R. II-63 ACT III Helena's drawing room as before. D...

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...r. Grant. I wager you will now have more malingerers than ever before, when the ship’s unofficial telegraph announces the appointment of your lovely... ...in the past, she would have been obliged to immolate herself on her husband’s funeral pyre in the act of Suttee, thus avoiding the stigma of widowho... ...elen remembered hearing how Moslem women were stoned to death and men executed when taken in the act of adultery; moral laws as old as Islam and Jud... ... do not know how many have survived the relentless barrage and pounding of the Residency walls.’ Telegraph lines, cut by the mutineers, were now bei... ...t,’ said Sir James. ‘Let us hope the reinforcements are here before that. The devils have cut our telegraph lines, so it is anyone’s guess when the ... ...as not on their side and if they were not relieved soon, their lives would be forfeit. Before the telegraph lines had been cut and despatches from C... ...f September, 1858, almost a year since the Mutiny had come to Mirapore, the rule of India was, by Act of Parliament, transferred from the Honourable... ...ubhadar Meaning Governor Word Sunyassi Meaning Wandering holy man Word Suttee Meaning The act of self immolation by a window on her husband’...

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... personal con- versation with me. A. LINCOLN. TO VICE-PRESIDENT HAMLIN. AN ACT TO REGULATE THE DUTIES OF THE CLERK OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES IN ... ...N, D.C., Oc- tober 29, 1863. HON. JAMES W. GRIMES. MY DEAR SIR :—The above act of Congress was passed, as I suppose, for the purpose of shutting out i... ... C., October 30, 1863. HON. F . F . LOWE, San Francisco, Cal.: Below is an act of Congress, passed last session, intended to exclude applicants not en... ...ase get with the Governor and one or two other discreet friends, study the act carefully, and make certificates m two or three forms, according to you... ...3. GENERAL SCHOFIELD, Saint Louis, Mo.: I believe the Secretary of War has telegraphed you about members of the legislation. At all events, allow tho... ...ssia, which, it is believed, will result in effecting a continuous line of telegraph through that Empire from our Pa- cific coast. 31 The Writings of... ... recommend to your favorable consideration the subject of an international telegraph across the Atlantic Ocean, and also of a telegraph between this c... ...ng on the ground, is the best man to be that master. Even now citizens are telegraphing me to postpone the elec- tion to a later day than either that ... ... plan, as to election day and all other matters I have already written and telegraphed this half a dozen times. A. LINCOLN. 72 The Writings of Abraha...

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...were sought to be preserved by the Ordi- nance of 1787, and the Compromise Act of 1820. They will oppose, in all its length and breadth, the modern De... ...oln: V ol Five A LEGAL OPINION BY ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The 11th Section of the Act of Congress, approved Feb. 11, 1805, prescribing rules for the subdivis... ...res you to do in executing the latter clause of the Seventh Section of “An Act in relation to the payment of the principal and interest of the State d... ...nnual interest; there is we suppose no difficulty in ascertaining, if this act stood alone, what ought to be the construction of the terms “coupon bon... ...icago? If you can, please name as early a day as you conveniently can, and telegraph me, unless there be sufficient time before the day named to commu... ...quickest. Tell him, when he starts, to put it through not to be writing or telegraphing back here, but put it through. Y ours truly, A. LINCOLN. HON. ... ...rnment, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State, and the copy of a telegraphic despatch by which it was accompanied. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. W ASHING... ...i- fied all the governors you designate to forward all available force. So telegraphed you. Have you received these messages? Answer immediately. A. L... ...ial service. I shall be glad if you, as governor of ______, will answer by telegraph if you consent. A. LINCOLN. 281 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln:...

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...f the skyscrapers the wires of the Associated Press were closing down. The telegraph operators wearily raised their celluloid eye-shades after a night... ...to quit the whole game. And the office worry and detail just as bad. And I act cranky and—I don’t mean to, but I get—So darn tired!” CHAPTER III T o G... ... was quiet, shrewd, neat. Along the Third Street side were a Western Union Telegraph Office, the Blue Delft Candy Shop, Shotwell’s Stationery Shop, an... ...heir price. (This was Vision.) He had to bully Lyte into buying. His first act as agent for Lyte was to increase the rent of the battered store-buildi... ...ellows that would be glad to step in and enjoy your opportunities, and not act as if Thompson and I were his enemies and not do any work except for bo... ...t a person like Paul should have to ask your permission to go with me? You act like you were a combination of Queen Victoria and Cleopatra. You fool, ... ...ly: “Say, gosh, it’s been awful nice to sit around and loaf and gamble and act regular, with you along, you old horse-thief!” “Well, you know what it ...

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...ent looks, and Albinia, accustomed to a brother with whom to assent was to act, believed the matter was in train, and that pond and fever would be ann... ... from his knowledge of old Mr. Meadows, he believed him capable of such an act of domestic tyranny. Maria had always been looked upon as a mere child,... ...e matter beyond ourselves. Your brother and sister would, I have no doubt, act as sponsors. Nay, if Ferrars would officiate, we need hardly mention it... ...al, was an evidence not only of a powerful reasoning intellect bowed to an act of simple faith but of a victory over the false shame that had always b... ...antly moaning the name of her eldest and favourite granddaughter, and when telegraph and express train brought home the startled and trem- bling Lucy,... ...25th Lancers were cut to pieces. In spite of Algernon’s reit- eration that telegraphs were lies, all the household would have been glad to lose the se... .... Late that evening the maid came hurriedly in with a packet of papers. ‘A telegraph, ma’am, come express from Hadminster.’ It was to Mrs Kendal from ... ...e one of the family. Moreover, he was so much elevated at the receipt of a telegraph direct from the fountain-head, that he rode about the next day ov... ...uncle had become suddenly worse; but he had only reached Hadminster when a telegraph met him with the news of Mr. Goldsmith’s death, and orders to re-...

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...ay afternoon, to remonstrate upon her sud- den defection, found her in the act of tacking up a cur- tain across the pantry window. But Blix had the af... ... discovered a tiny striped snake, hardly bigger than a lead pencil, in the act of swallowing a little green frog, and they passed a rapt ten minutes i... .... But why don’t he do something, that captain?” mourned Blix. “Why will he act like such a ninny?” “He’s waiting for us to go,” said Condy; “I’m sure ... ... later, just as he, Sargeant, and the other men of their “set” were in the act of going upstairs to the card-rooms, a hall-boy gave Condy a note, at t... ...“Well!” “Well!” “We’re in for it now.” “But we must see it through, Condy; act just as natu- ral as you can, and we’re all right.” “But supposing she ... ...s when he gets to Mazatlan is to communicate his arrival to Senora Estrada—telegraphs, you know; and, by the way, have him use a cipher.” “What kind o... ...g of the great, steel wheat ships; now climbing the ladder-like streets of Telegraph Hill, or revisiting the Plaza, Chinatown, and the restaurant; or ...

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...senger to say that he was about to enter the house. Her punishment for the act of sinfulness was a week of severe silence; and the farmer would have k... ... of poor Dahly. She was always the pretty one, and when they know it, they act up to it: she was her mother’s favourite.” 24 Rhoda Fleming “Ah! poor ... ... shall be snares and traps unto you;” a line from Joshua. She received the act as a polite pawing civility; but when she was coming out of church, Rob... ...cupied Wrexby pew. She was a beauty, and therefore powerful; otherwise her act of nonconformity would have produced bad blood between her and the squi... ...l—”do you know that Edward’s father would be worse than yours over such an act of folly? He would call it an offence against common sense, and have no... ...y gout’s beginning to settle in the leg again, and shoots like an electric telegraph from purgatory.” He wheezed and lowered himself into his arm-chai... .... He then commu- nicated with Edward, in the brief Caesarian tongue of the telegraph: “All right. Stay. Ceremony arranged.” After which, he hailed a s... ...dwelling-place, noted the house, and sped to the Temple. There, he found a telegraphic message from Edward, that had been awaiting him since the morni...

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...very rude of John, but she saw no reason why a girl of Bessie’s age should act so childish a part. “He’s been teasing me, and so has Anne, all this ti... ... two, she could not live. If she should be worse, he would either write or telegraph, and Susan and Sam must be ready to set out at once on the receip... ...id Hal. “Yes, we shall,” returned Sam. “Oh don’t,” cried Susan. “Suppose a telegraph should come!” “Well, then you can send for me,” said Sam. “Come, ... ...won’t be any carriages, you know. I say, Sam, if you go to church, and the telegraph comes, I shall set off.” “You’ll do no such thing,” said Sam. “Yo... ...o alone remained to listen to him, “that one of us should stay in case the telegraph comes in, and there are any orders to give. I can catch the pony,... ...so savage, we’ll go and look out at the gate, and then we shall see if the telegraph comes.” Johnnie had no clear idea what a telegraph was, and was c... ... old as that!” “I am not going to argue with you, Henry; but after such an act of disobedience, I cannot allow you to sit down to dinner with us. Go u... ...y, Sam?” said his father, really imagining that this preference to Hal was act- ing on him so as to make him mention some concealed misdemeanour; “if ... ...illingly yielding to his father’s wishes; which would have been a mistaken act, as the Cap- tain thought no one ought to be a sailor unless with a ver...

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... lose much,” she said. “The air of the over- ture is repeated in the first act—I’ve heard it once be- fore.” “If we even see the first act,” mourned L... ... know—I don’t know,” murmured Mrs. Wessels vaguely. No one seemed ready to act upon Laura’s sugges- tion, and again the minutes passed. “I’m going,” d... ...ed the others down the side-aisle to the box. “Too bad, this is the second act already; you’ve missed the whole first act—and this song. She’ll sing i... ...ulls—” “—fifty thousand dollars—” Then all at once the lights went up. The act was over. Laura seemed only to come to herself some five minutes later.... ...sh and melted snow was freezing, and the north side of every lamp post and telegraph pole was 53 Frank Norris sheeted with ice. To add to their disco... ... metal clamps, walked up and down. Screwed to the black-board itself was a telegraph instrument, and from time to time, as this buzzed and ticked, the... ...only noises were the low hum of conversa- tions, the unsteady click of the telegraph key, and the tapping of the chalk in the marker’s fingers. But no... ...one of the chairs that were ranged in files upon the floor in front of the telegraph enclosure. He scru- tinised again the despatches and orders that ... ...s beginning to fill up. Over in the railed-in space, where the hundreds of telegraph in- struments were in place, the operators were arriving in twos ...

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...t of the flight of the lads when they were hailed, and resolved it into an act of rebel- lion on the part of his son. At dinner he drank the young hei... ... baronet’s possession of his son’s secret flattered him. It allowed him to act, and in a measure to feel, like Provi- dence; enabled him to observe an... ...n a ploughman out of employ, and a rick burnt. The burning of a rick is an act of vengeance, and a ploughman out of employ is a vengeful animal. The r... ...onducted and deserving. Consider the fate of this poor fellow, and what an act of vengeance brings him to! Do you know his name?” “How should I know h... ... and men, and have the habit of saying his prayers.” “Then you leave me to act alone?” said Austin, rising. “Without a single curb!” Adrian gesticulat... ...were off. Then did a thought of such urgency illumine Mrs. Berry, that she telegraphed, hand in air; awak- ening Ripton’s lungs, for the coachman to s... ...rs. Doria herself to experience that change. In the middle of the dinner a telegraphic message from her son-in-law, worthy John Todhunter, reached the... ...hem. Clare was little talked of. Adrian attributed the employ- ment of the telegraph to John T odhunter’s uxorious distress at a toothache, or possibl...

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...ness. It was remarkable what bright pros- pects were just then in the very act of opening before each of that little company of youths, and what pious... ...isit to a dive with a month’s wages in his 20 Tales & Fantasies pocket—an act of such transcendent virtue, or even wis- dom, as to seem to merit the ... ...revents young men—not otherwise beasts—from the performance of this simple act of piety—months and years had gone by, and John had never written. The ... ...h none were found, there still prevailed a general impression of loss. The telegraph was set in motion; and the correspondent of the bank in Edinburgh... ...innocent man, perhaps all the ug- lier; for if some judicial error were in act against him, who should set a limit to its grossness or to how far it m... ... have been out all night?’ ‘All night, as you say, sir. I have been to the telegraph and the police office, and Mr. Macewen’s. Oh, I had my hands full... ...ay to Parliament; and the great man’s still greater London doctor had been telegraphed to his bedside. It was the first time that such a thing had hap... ... no boundary but the horizon. Two lines of rails, a waggon shed, and a few telegraph posts, alone diversified the outlook. As for sounds, the silence ... ... outlook. As for sounds, the silence was unbroken save by the chant of the telegraph wires and the crying of the plovers on the waste. With the approa...

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...raditional right to change, she might at least have advised him of hers by telegraphing directly to his rooms. But in spite of their exchange of lette... ...emed cheered at the prospect of his company, and sustained by his offer to telegraph to Charing Cross for the missing trunk; and he left her to wait i... ...ng trunk; and he left her to wait in the fly while he hastened back to the telegraph office. The enquiry despatched, he was turning away from the desk... ... holding up his watch to the lamp. She nodded dreamily. “It’s all right. I telegraphed Mrs. Farlow that they mustn’t think of coming to the station; b... ... jumped up with one of her subversive movements and declared that she must telegraph at once. Darrow called for writing materials 30 The Reef and roo... ... stage drew an anxious line between her brows. 33 Wharton After the first act she remained for a few minutes rapt and motionless; then she turned to ... ... the theatre than he had ever supposed himself to possess. With the second act she began to give more attention to the development of the play, though... ... rather to reflect on her past associates than on herself. When the second act was over, Darrow suggested their tak- ing a turn in the foyer; and seat... ...e to make its chords vibrate for his own amusement. At the end of the next act she discovered with dismay that in their transit to the cafe she had lo...

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...hood, of whose charges another old woman had complained to him. He got the Act of Parliament relating to the trust, found that his protegee had been w... ...Bold,’ said the other, stopping, and speaking with some solemnity, ‘if you act justly, say nothing in this matter but the truth, and use no unfair wea... ... certainly.’ ‘Nonsense, warden; I tell you something must be done— we must act; just let me ring the bell, and send the men word that I’ll speak to th... ...t the duty of righting these poor men would belong to nobody. If we are to act on that principle, the weak are never to be protected, injustice is nev... ... for the church to which we belong; and what a grievous blow would such an act of apostacy give her! You owe it to the church of which you are a membe... ...teps the archdeacon might take for his apprehension: a message by electric telegraph might desire the landlord of the hotel to set a watch upon him; s...

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...lish he could not have said any more plainly that he did say in raven, “Well, what do you want here?” I felt as foolish as if I had been caught in som... ...ur or five times, and then placed me in his own arm-chair. As soon as I had got well again, we began business at once. I said I supposed he would wish... ...irst and the lightning followed after. The behavior of the audience was perfect. There were no rustlings, or whisperings, or other little disturbances... ...o doubt, whereas there was nothing in the present case which was an advan- tage over being skinned. There was a wait of half an hour at the end of the... ... of wayside crucifixes and saints and Virgins. These crucifixes, etc., are set up in memory of departed friends, by survivors, and are almost as frequ... ...Governor of Queensland, Twins First Son.” Being, however, subsequently informed that Sir Arthur Kennedy was unmarried and that there must be some mist... ... and that there must be some mistake, a telegraphic repetition was at once demanded. It has been received today (11th inst.) and shows that the words ... ...were “Governor Queensland turns first sod,” alluding to the Maryborough-Gympic Railway in course of construction. The words in italics were mutilated ... ...n be handled in such a way as to make a person low-spirited. As I have said, the average German daily is made up solely of correspondences—a trifle of...

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...gazine; and for a time it quite upset their social policy, causing them to act like simple young ladies who feel things and resent them. The ladies of... ...cal advantages can scarcely be expected to rank; but the knowledge that an act, depending upon us for execution, is capable of benefiting both sides, ... ... to meet, mix, and revolve: the Celebrities to shine; the Metropolitans to act as satellites; the County ig- noramuses to feel flattered in knowing th... ...p. My mother cried: but she helped to pack my things. If she disobeys me I act my father, and tower over her, and frown, and make her mild. She was su... ...ed at his watch and spread the fingers of one hand open thrice—an act that telegraphed fifteen minutes. In fifteen minutes an opera troupe, with three... ...ting a watch over Mr. Pericles, the which, in connection with the electric telegraph, was to enable him to join that gentleman speedily, whithersoever... ...nent by that route. He waited, and met them at last on the Espla- nade. He telegraphed to Miss Ford and a Signor Marini (we were wrong in not adding i... ...Devon bay. At last the thought struck her that she would send for Braintop—telegraphing that expenses would be paid, and that he must come with a good... ...rifice of his return ticket by facing Mrs. Chump in the train. Merthyr had telegraphed to Marini to meet Emilia at the station in London, and instruct...

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...- gree what physiognomists call “repose in action,” a quality of those who act rather than talk. Calm and phlegmatic, with a clear eye, Mr. Fogg seeme... ... pounds, no robber?” “No.” “Perhaps he’s a manufacturer, then.” “The Daily Telegraph says that he is a gentleman.” It was Phileas Fogg, whose head now... ... was sitting in his office at nine o’clock one evening, when the following telegraphic dispatch was put into his hands: Suez to London. Rowan, Commiss... ...TIVE, BETRAYS A VERY NATURAL IMPATIENCE The circumstances under which this telegraphic dispatch about Phileas Fogg was sent were as follows: The steam... ...lf-past four she hauled up at the quays of Bombay. Phileas Fogg was in the act of finishing the thirty-third rubber of the voyage, and his partner and... ...pagoda. The cries of the fakirs were just ceasing; the Indians were in the act of plung- ing themselves into the drunkenness caused by liquid opium mi... ...stable. “And inasmuch,” continued the judge, “as it is not proved that the act was not done by the connivance of the master with the servant, and as t... ... was easy to do, since the steamer stopped at Singapore, whence there is a telegraphic wire to Hong Kong. He finally resolved, more- over, before acti... ...ne, and take root in the snow?” “Colonel,” replied the conductor, “we have telegraphed to Omaha for a train, but it is not likely that it will reach M...

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...d seized upon that narrow, steep, and winding thoroughfare, and was in the act of making it com- modious and interesting, according to the remarkable ... ... troops, as the re- ports and intelligence came drifting in to the various telegraphic bureaux in the adjacent rooms. In other smaller apartments ther... ...e, the key to his career. And this discovery was that nobody knew, that to act therefore was to blunder, that to talk was to confess; and that the man... ...ing paper. A second followed. Something tapped the machine. It was time to act. The broad avenues, the park, the pal- aces below rushed widening out n... ... direction, had at last altogether disappeared. He perceived he had now to act upon his own responsibility. ‘One’s sense was of a destruction so far-r... ...ity. Men appeared upon those upland slopes with the apparatus for wireless telegraphy; others followed with tents and provisions; a little cable was f... ...al effect I produced was that I wasn’t by any means displaying the Royal T act they had expected of me….’ He meditated for a time. ‘And yet, you know,... ...shford and paid off. On the way thither they saw four men hanging from the telegraph posts by the roadside, who had been hung for steal- ing swedes. T...

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...being a convict, whereas her father was a free settler, and furious at any act of kindness or re- spect to him from her husband. She must have had a s... ...d Eustace into the bargain. They meant to have a Staffordshire man down to act as foreman and put things on a better footing. “I’ll write to my brothe... ...nation that we all held by was, that the damage was caused by an officious act of the assistant, who, perceiv- ing that it was growing dark, fired a m... ...m the inkstand on the hall-table. “Joe’s here with the sleigh, and we must telegraph to George St. Glear.” Lord Erymanth repeated the name in some ama... ...ame in some amazement, for he was not particularly fond of his heir. “Hogg telegraphed to him this morning,” and as the uncle observed, “Somewhat prem... ... women?” “Of course they were. I thought you knew you were per- forming an act of heroic forgiveness.” Harold’s unfailing politeness towards me hinder... ...n his attaching himself to some of us, for Harold seemed to have passed an act of oblivion on the doings of that last unhappy meeting, and allowed him... ...omish priests had interfered. All the old story of course. In the midst, a telegraph paper was brought to her; she turned deadly white, and bade me op... ... station with me, gave me the kindest mes- sages for Dora, arranged for my telegraphing reports of her every day—took care of me as men will do when t...

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... be friends in stead of distrustful foes and that we might so far counter act the suit and prove too strong for it. But it was too much to expect. Ja... ...he court, I don’t yet ask her to renew our engagement. When she is free to act for herself, I shall be myself once more and we shall both be in very d... ...gth I have decided, in case you should at any time recall that purpose and act upon it in any way, to come to you and assure you that you are altogeth... ...ur, upon my life, upon my soul, Miss Summerson, as I am a living man, I’ll act according to your wish! I’ll never go another step in opposi tion to i... ... the darkness opposite with his hands behind him. “Gentleman so kind as to act as my solicitor,” says Grand father Smallweed. “I am not the sort of c... ...s in the confidence of the very bricks and mortar. The high chimney stacks telegraph family secrets to him. Yet there is not a voice in a mile of them...