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...ner. That’s why I dine early so as to get as much as I can of it. ’ ‘Quite true, Mr Harding,’ said the other; ‘but I fear I’ve reversed the order of t... ... ‘I have the greatest regard for you, Mr Harding, ’ contin- ued Bold; ‘the truest respect, the most sincere—’ ‘Thank ye, thank ye, Mr Bold, ’ interjac... ...e not satisfactory. Was John Hiram’s will fairly carried out? that was the true question: and if not, was it not his especial duty to see that this wa... ...abour; and above all, that treasure so inesti- mable in declining years, a true and kind friend to listen to their sorrows, watch over their sickness,... ...put his mark to the petition, as one of Handy’s earliest fol- lowers. ’Tis true he could not move from the bed where he lay; ’tis true he had no frien... ...with rickety legs, for all daily uses; a despatcher for the preparation of lobsters and coffee, and an apparatus for the cooking of toast and mutton c... ...sh which he saw in the window. There were barrels of oysters, hecatombs of lobsters, a few tremendous-looking crabs, and a tub full of pickled salmon;... ...ch in peace, endeavouring to distinguish the different scents arising from lobsters, oysters, and salmon. Unknowing as Mr Harding was in the ways of L... ...ands; then Dr Grantly 149 Anthony Trollope came in, with a basket full of lobsters, which he would not be induced to leave downstairs in the kitchen;...

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...this Narrative, in the reading, more than I believed it in the writing. So true are these avowals at the present day, that I can now only take the rea... ...ever changed, when my remembrance brings her back to life, thus only; and, truer to its loving youth than I have been, or man ever is, still holds fas... ...ery in confi- dence to Peggotty, she informed me that her brother dealt in lobsters, crabs, and crawfish; and I afterwards found that a heap of these ... ...inking 42 David Copperfield Vol. I his face had this in common with the lobsters, crabs, and crawfish, that it went into the hot water very black, ... .... He was but a poor man himself, said Peggotty, but as good as gold and as true as steel those were her similes. The only subject, she informed me, on... ...stress a long time, sir, answered Peggotty, I ought to know it. That s true, he answered. But I thought I heard you, as I came upstairs, address... ..., returned Mr. Mell, in the midst of a dead silence; what he has said is true. Be so good then as declare publicly, will you, said Mr. Creakle, p... ...tty. There was a silence. Mr. Peggotty, to relieve it, took two prodigious lobsters, and an enormous crab, and a large canvas bag of shrimps, out of h... ... my bedroom. I went into the out-house to look about me; and the very same lobsters, crabs, and crawfish possessed by the same de- sire to pinch the w...

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...bjections to his work. Still, the picture would not have been in the least true without some substi- tutes for most of the other personages. The great... ...ourself, Judge, that the buck fell at the last shot, which was sent from a truer and a younger hand than your’n or mine either; but, for my part, alth... ... Oneida outlet, and had to make shift with the buckshot; but the rifle was true, and didn’t scatter like your two-legged thing there, Judge, which don... ...e, but the influence, of this sect of religionists, had a tendency , it is true, to weaken his early im- pressions; still he retained them in some deg... ... extensive possessions at comparatively low prices. 28 The Pioneers It is true that Marmaduke, by thus purchasing estates that had been wrested by vi... ...leaders into the quarry , with a pair of eyes that stood out like those of lobsters. The German’s muscles were unmoved, but his quick sight scanned ea...

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...g about it, even if I fell off the top of the house!’ (Which was very likely true.) Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end! ‘I wonde... ...y replied, not feeling at all anxious to have the experiment tried. ‘V ery true,’ said the Duchess: ‘flamingoes and mustard both bite. And the moral... ...course,’ the Mock Turtle said: ‘advance twice, set to partners—’ ‘—change lobsters, and retire in same order,’ continued the Gryphon. ‘Then, you ... ...ryphon. ‘Then, you know,’ the Mock Turtle went on, ‘you throw the—’ ‘The lobsters!’ shouted the Gryphon, with a bound into the air. ‘—as far out... ... the first figure!’ said the Mock T urtle to the Gryphon. ‘We can do without lobsters, you know. Which shall sing?’ ‘Oh, you sing,’ said the Gryph... ... porpoise close behind us, and he’s treading on my tail. See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance! They are waiting on the shingle—wil... ...notion how delightful it will be When they take us up and throw us, with the lobsters, out to sea!” But the snail replied “Too far, too far!” and gave... ...t swim. He sent them word I had not gone (We know it to be true): If she should push the matter on, What would bec... ...ng, and he went on muttering over the verses to himself: ‘“ We know it to be true —” that’s the jury, of course— “ I gave her one, one, they gave him ...

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... without remorse.’ ‘Your father died a clean strae death, as the folk say,’ said Mary. ‘True,’ I returned; ‘and a wreck is like a judgment. What was s... ...treamers, but a solid hood of vapour. There was a threat in the weather. The sea, it is true, was smooth like glass: even the Roost was but a seam on ... ...All that met my touch was cold and soft and gluey. The thicket was alive with crabs and lobsters, trun- dling to and fro lopsidedly, and I had to hard... ...ting with the eyes, whom the whole variegated world could not satisfy with aspects. The true life, the true bright sunshine, lay far out upon the plai... .... The poor parson was quite crestfallen. He tried to prove that this was no more than a true lovers’ tiff, which would pass off before night; and when... ...e- termination, now despising his timid and silly caution. The former was, perhaps, the true thought of his heart, and represented the regular tenor o...

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....” “And why should he not have this?” asked the owner; “he is young, it is true, but he seems to me a thorough seaman, and of full experi- ence.” A cl... ...iment with me when I was in garrison at Va- lence.’” “Pardieu, and that is true!” cried the owner, greatly delighted. “And that was Policar Morrel, my... ...first visit has been paid I have another which I am most anxious to pay.” “True, Dantes, I forgot that there was at the Catalans some one who expects ... ... hundred francs when I left, three months ago.” “Yes, yes, Edmond, that is true, but you forgot at that time a little debt to our neighbor, Caderousse... ...m me more than sisterly affection, for my heart is another’s.’ Is not this true, Fernand?” “Yes, that is very true, Mercedes,” replied the young man, ... ...hen they began to pass around the dusky, piquant, Arlesian sau- sages, and lobsters in their dazzling red cuirasses, prawns of large size and brillian...

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...erfectly understand my grandfather’s meaning at all times.” “That is quite true,” said Barrois; “and that is what I told the gentle- man as we walked ... ...f money which I have sustained — nothing worth mentioning, I assure you.” “True,” said Monte Cristo, “the loss of a sum of money becomes almost immate... ...ed, he cannot have the same cause of complaint against this dear Edward.” “True,” said Madame de Villefort, with an intonation of voice which it is im... ..., “we will not entertain you any longer with our family misfortunes. It is true that my patrimony will go to endow charitable institutions, and my fat... ...gue from the Barriers, — it is at Auteuil.” “At Auteuil?” said Villefort; “true, Madame de Villefort told me you lived at Auteuil, since it was to you... ...nti, who most likely in Lucca fed upon trout brought from Switzerland, and lobsters sent from England, by the same means used by the count to bring th...

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...say, should not all this be, except because Alan Fairford has not the same true sense of friendship as Darsie Latimer, and will not regard our purses ... ...t against the strong—to carry no tales out of school—to stand forth like a true man—obey the stern or- der of a Paned Manum, and endure my pawmies wit... ...mality, a fund of shrewd observation and practical good sense. ‘It is very true,’ he said; ‘Darsie was a pleasant companion- but over waggish, over wa... ...etely demolished that no vestiges of them remain. They are a sturdy set of true-blue Presbyteri- ans, these burghers of Dumfries; men after your fathe... ...e at a cairn. Plague on thee, thou art wandering again! It is indeed quite true that at this moment the horseman approached us, and my attention was a... ...oner on the other side than the land-sharks were on them, and some mounted lobsters from Carlisle; and so they were obliged to split and squander. The...

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...rds “foolish, twaddling,” &c., and adding to them his own remark of “Quite true.” Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic ... ... this minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me... ...ter, and whose sister, Lady Emily, wrote those sweet tracts, “The Sailor’s True Binnacle,” and “The Applewoman of Finchley Common.” Miss Sharp’s accou... ...not dare to breathe such an idea regarding them. Miss Maria Osborne, it is true, was “attached” to Mr. Frederick Augustus Bullock, of the firm of Hulk... ... good society, that she ate and drank too much, and that a hot sup- per of lobsters profusely enjoyed at the Rectory was the rea- son of an indisposit... ...together and left them em- bracing each other with all their might, like a true woman, was of opinion that no power on earth would induce Mr. Sedley t...

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...is head. ‘The jade!’ said the same voice which had spoken before. ‘She’s a true Nickleby—a worthy imitator of her old uncle Ralph—she hangs back to be... ...hing with the old lady. She’ll believe anything I tell her.’ ‘Egad that’ s true,’ returned the other voice. ‘Ha, ha, ha! Poor deyvle!’ The laugh was t... ...hould be a day of reckon- ing between us, sooner or later. I’ll make him a true prophet, for it shall surely come.’ ‘Are you at home?’ asked Newman, s... ... with blushing, and called upon to explain, denied that the accusation was true; and further, that there would have been any harm in it if it had been... ...las aside, and gave him to understand, confiden- tially, that it was quite true about the uncommonly hand- some spinster, and that she was to the full... ...e. I am sure I don’t know, but I have heard that two or three dozen native lobsters give an appetite, though that comes to the same thing after all, f... ...for I suppose you must have an appetite before you can take ‘em. If I said lobsters, I meant oysters, but of course it’s all the same, though really h...

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...satisfaction he was just the man to stab two monks and sell his bit of the true cross, which were wrong. “Hulloa! friend,” said he to Philippe, callin... ... mortis? Wilt thou have my fortune—or better still, a bit of the veritable true Cross?—Wilt thou?” “This evening, all the wealth of heaven above and e... ...arrelled, because, being seneschal, people gave up to him instantly. It is true that he at that time beheld all his desires accomplished, the which wo... ... most profitable and pleasant to God to gain over this African soul to the true religion, and if the devil were lodged in this feminine body the faggo... ...e interferes with the affair, after, it is the men.” At this time it was a true thing that all the wisdom had gone to the clergy. Blanch made her vow,... ...” to an- other, “Drink to Madame”; to all of them, “Gentlemen, taste these lobsters; put this bottle to death! You do not know the flavour of this for...

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...thise!” yelled the Chancellor, the first moment there was silence. “But your true friend is the Sub Warden! Day and night he is brooding on your wrong... ...a whole new Species to English Literature!” “No doubt of it,” I echoed. “The true origin of all our medical books—and all our cookery books—” “No, no!... ...it to any one else. But I can trust you with a secret, old friend! Yes! It’s true of me, what I suppose you said in jest. “In the merest jest, believe... ... good and—” “—and sweet,” Arthur went on, “and pure, and self deny ing, and true hearted, and—” he broke off hastily, as if he could not trust himsel... ...mething about a great battle in which you had the command of the infantry—” “True,” said the Baron. “The enemy, as I was saying, far outnumbered us: b... ...on your arm!” cried my Lady, pinching the poor Baron’s arm worse than if ten lobsters had seized it at once. “That kind is poisonous,” she explained. ...

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... Mamma and my sisters made breakfast for me at four, and at five came the “True Blue” light six-inside post- coach to London, and I got up on the roof... ... so affected that he actually burst into tears, and I confess I saw in its true light the negligence of 43 Thackeray which I had been guilty. “Sir,” ... ...y honour too, I be- lieve it is. It has been set up only four years, it is true; but Mr. Brough had a great name when it was established, and a vast c... ...el!’ said he; ‘He my cousin! I suppose you take all old Drum’s stories for true? Why, man, it’s her mania: she never is introduced to a man but she fi... ...so in the archway of the coach-office that I do believe the wheels of the “True Blue” went over his toes, for I heard him roaring as we passed through... ...rown), removed by turbit and sammon with immense boles of lob- ster-sauce. Lobsters alone cost 15S. Turbit, three guineas. The hole sammon, weighing, ...

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...read- ing the letter of the honourable Secretary of Marine, I felt that my true vocation, the sole end of my life, was to chase this disturbing monste... ...odes. “Conseil,” I called in an impatient voice. Conseil was my servant, a true, devoted Flemish boy, who had accompanied me in all my travels. I like... ...nd they were opened widely. Both eyes and glasses, a little dazzled, it is true, by the prospect of two thousand dollars, had not an instant’s repose.... ...ran- quillity. There, sir! that is the perfection of vessels! And if it is true that the engineer has more confidence in the vessel than the builder, ... ...er changed, and aroused an extraordinary emotion in me. “Also,” he added, “true existence is there; and I can imagine the foundations of nautical town... ...ness. They were the eyes of giant crustacea crouched in their holes; giant lobsters setting themselves up like halberdiers, and moving their claws wit... ... to the fauna, it might be counted by thousands of crustacea of all sorts, lobsters, crabs, spider-crabs, chameleon shrimps, and a large number of she...

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...any vices and crimes that awaken the general horror. What is substantially true of families in this respect, is true of a whole commonwealth. As we so... ...e enormous amount of bravery, wisdom, eloquence, virtue, gentle birth, and true nobility, that appears to have come into En- gland with the Norman Inv... ...wit, which is much to be coveted for the happiness it brings you.’ ‘That’s true enough,’ muttered the old man. ‘Apart from that consideration,’ said M... ...old man, ‘I think so! and in your telling me “I think so,” I recognize the true unworldly ring of your metal. I tell you, man,’ he added, with increas... ...mpany by whom my way has been attended. There are stories told—they may be true or false—of rich men who, in the garb of poverty, have found out virtu... ...onlight effect about their stock-in- trade, excepting always for the ruddy lobsters. Many a pleasant stroll among the waggon-loads of fragrant hay, be...

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...rds “foolish, twaddling,” &c., and adding to them his own remark of “Quite true.” Well, he is a lofty man of genius, and admires the great and heroic ... ... this minute the father of the family walked in, rattling his seals like a true British merchant. “What’s the matter, Emmy?” says he. “Joseph wants me... ...ter, and whose sister, Lady Emily, wrote those sweet tracts, “The Sailor’s True Binnacle,” and “The Applewoman of Finchley Common.” Miss Sharp’s accou... ...not dare to breathe such an idea regarding them. Miss Maria Osborne, it is true, was “attached” to Mr. Frederick Augustus Bullock, of the firm of Hulk... ... good society, that she ate and drank too much, and that a hot sup- per of lobsters profusely enjoyed at the Rectory was the rea- son of an indisposit... ...together and left them em- bracing each other with all their might, like a true woman, was of opinion that no power on earth would induce Mr. Sedley t...

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...what we call the world, which is so very credulous in what professes to be true, is most in- credulous in what professes to be imaginary; and that, wh... ...mong the crowd without discovering the face of a friend, but it is no less true. Mr Nickleby looked, and looked, till his eyes became sore as his hear... ...from the often-repeated tale the two great morals that riches are the only true source of happiness and power, and that it is lawful and just to com- ... ...f your brother! Would he be what he is, if he hadn’ t speculated?’ ‘That’s true,’ replied Mr Nickleby. ‘Very good, my dear. Yes. I will speculate, my ... ...ament,) with such a speech as only an Irish member can make, breathing the true soul and spirit of poetry , and poured forth with such fervour, that i... ...e. I am sure I don’t know, but I have heard that two or three dozen native lobsters give an appetite, though that comes to the same thing after all, f... ...for I suppose you must have an appetite before you can take ‘em. If I said lobsters, I meant oysters, but of course it’s all the same, though really h...

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... and my correspondent was puzzled to overhear his father speak of him as a true Macgregor, and amazed to find, in rummaging about that peaceful and pi... ...neyed houses of the islanders, and subsisting on a diet of nettle-soup and lobsters. The name of Soutar has twice escaped my pen, and I feel I owe him... ...tion commemorated by Southey in his ballad of ‘The Inchcape Bell.’ Whether true or not, it points to the fact that from the infancy of Scottish naviga... ... all with a reverent and faithful hand; and I offer here to the reader the true Monument of Robert Stevenson with a little of the moss removed from th... ...view to afford the least gleam of hope in the event of any accident. It is true that they now had the masonry of the lighthouse to resort to, which, n...

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... right, my dear Louise, because after these words, ‘Monsieur Raoul,’ others may be put so significant and so incendiary as to cause Madame de Saint- R... ...to you,” said he; “and there is, besides, a lodging for you in the castle.” “Thanks, M. de Saint-Remy,” replied Raoul; “but you know how anxious I mus... ... Puritan, set off the whiteness of his youthful neck; a small dark-colored mus- tache scarcely covered his curled, disdainful lip. He spoke to people ... ...ter caused her death, ate very little more than the cardinal. For Monsieur, already puffed up with the great event which had taken place in his provin... ...tion: they have duties to ful- fill, and a position to make. An abode in a young and bril- liant court would dissipate them a little.” Louis, at this ... ...oes eat; for instance, such things as we have on the table now; this pasty that has not been touched, these crawfish from the River Marne, of which we...

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................................................................................................ 358 Chapter XXXII Of True and False Ideas ................. ..., introduced into the sciences, and there made an art of, to that degree that Philosophy, which is nothing but the true knowledge of things, was thoug... ...suade ei- ther those who speak or those who hear them, that they are but the covers of ignorance, and hindrance of true knowledge. To break in upon th... ... and nature of moral ideas, and enumerating the rules men make use of in moral relations, whether these rules were true or false: and pursuant thereto... ...those immediately preced- ing, which introduce them, and run thus: “Whereby even in the corruption of manners, the true boundaries of the law of natur... ...hes or glory (which yet some men place their happiness in) as you would to satisfy all men’s hunger with cheese or lobsters; which, though very agreea...

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... their own organs and limbs. They seem to care as little for mutilation as lobsters or lizards, which at least have the ex- cuse that they grow new cl... ...rinding pecuniary anxiety gives the rich doc- tor over the poor one. It is true that the temptation to pre- scribe a sham treatment because the real t... ...ce. It was plain from the first that if this had been even approxi- mately true, the whole human race would have been wiped out by the plague long ago... ... if the germ were identified, complete precautions would hardly pay. It is true that microbe farming is not ex- pensive. The cost of breeding and hous... ... tual, or would treat his dog cruelly or allow anyone else to do it. It is true that the doctor complies with the profes- sional fashion of defending ... ...outraging nature in tormenting and disgusting their un- fortunate patient. True, this was more than two centuries ago; but I have heard my own ninetee...

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... some ‘gainst sins of their own bosoms preach: He from wise choice did the true means prefer, In fool’s coat acting th’ philosopher. Thus hoary Aesop... ... labour? What doth he expect to reap thereby? Nothing but a little marrow. True it is, that this little is more savoury and deli- cious than the great... ...ough a certain gulligut friar (Frere Lubin croquelardon.) 39 Rabelais and true bacon-picker would have undertaken to prove it, if perhaps he had met ... ... all depraved affection, For it contains no badness, nor infec- tion: ’Tis true that it brings forth to you no birth Of any value, but in point of mir... ...two-thirds, of blue velvet, as before, all so di- agonally purled, that by true perspective issued thence an unnamed colour, like that you see in the ... ... the fire, whether by boiling, roasting, or otherwise, except the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, and crayfishes, which are cardinalized with boiling. By Go... ...s in ponds and rivers, fished in the air, and there used to catch decumane lobsters; hunted at the bottom of the herring-pond, and caught there ibexes... ...e-fish. Sharplings. Soles. Lamprels. T unnies. Mussels. Jegs. Silver eels. Lobsters. Pickerels. Chevins. Great prawns. Golden carps. Crayfish. Dace. B... ...l bepinked my poor hide, and drawn on it to the life I don’t know how many lobsters’ whiskers. With this he threw his boar-cat down. Go, go, said Pant...

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...here”..........................534 Small the Theme of My Chant...........534 True Conquerors...............................535 The United States to Ol... ...ivers empty, The separate countless free identities, like eyesight, The true realities, eidolons. Not this the world, Nor these the universe... ...ou with kindred eyes, and carry you with me the same as any. I will make the true poem of riches, To earn for the body and the mind whatever adheres a... ... Kanadian cheerily braving the winter, the snow and ice welcome to me, Yet a true son either of Maine or of the Granite State, or the Narragansett Bay... ...tand or sit passing faster than you. 33 Space and Time! now I see it is true, what I guess’d at, What I guess’d when I loaf’d on the grass, What ... ...nrise toward the buoys, I pull the wicker pots up slantingly, the dark green lobsters are desperate with their claws as I take them out, I insert wood... ... and then row back to the shore, There in a huge kettle of boiling water the lobsters shall be boil’d till their color becomes scarlet. Another time m...

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... day went off, taking with him all the money in his office. Heloise, it is true, still pos- sessed, besides a share in a boat valued at six thousand f... ...ld between its two gaping folds a small oval shaped roll. The red claws of lobsters hung over the dishes; rich fruit in open baskets was piled up on m... ...tle fatigued; one gets jolted so abominably in our ‘Hirondelle.’” “That is true,” replied Emma; “but moving about always amuses me. I like change of p... ...ems as if it were yourself palpitating be- neath their costumes.” “That is true! That is true?” she said. “Has it ever happened to you,” Leon went on,... ...the clerk, “these works, not touching the heart, miss, it seems to me, the true end of art. It is so sweet, amid all the disenchantments of life, to b... ... they all, without pity , had to wear wadded head- protectors. This, it is true, was a fancy of Madame Homais’; her husband was inwardly afflicted at ... ...ite basin, where; in the midst of wa- tercress and asparagus, three torpid lobsters stretched across to some quails that lay heaped up in a pile on th...

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...lush of joy, looking round, and up in his face, to see whether it could be true. “Not only for holidays—for work days,” he said, and his voice shook. ... ... or to lay the foundation for other men, whichever may be the best, with a true heart, heeding His glory, and acting as His servant to reveal His myst... ... of His children. “‘And above all, may He give us all to know and feel the true and only Magnum Bonum, the great good, which alone makes success or fa... ...suggest the application which that gentleman was no doubt withholding from true feeling, for he had been a favourite pupil of Joe Brownlow, and had be... ...ank of myself if I tried, and the boys would distrust me the more.” “Quite true. The only way is to be oneself, and one’s best self, and the rest will... ...ts while they returned a lu- dicrous stare from the points of thorns, like lobsters. In his final leap deeper into truth, he scratched them in again, ...

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... them; and such can never be capable of resurrection. And the same is also true of imperfect and abortive births. Some are of opinion that monsters ma... ...ER VI Of the happy state of matrimony, as it is appointed by God, the true felicity that rebounds thereby to either sex; and to what end it is or... ...the wise man called it harlot-smiles) cannot 24 The Works of Aristotle be true and sincere and therefore not pleasant, but rather a net laid to betra... ...nfold both the testes. The outer common coat, consists of the cuticula, or true skin, and is called the scro- tum, and hangs from the abdomen like a p... ...forted and preserved both in and out of the womb, and all allow that it is true that a child in the matrix is nour- ished by the blood. And it is true... ...that are fruitful being eaten, make them fruitful that eat them, as crabs, lobsters, prawns, pigeons, etc. The stones of a fox, dried and beaten to a ...

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...Ideal. My soul yearns for the Visionary. I stand behind the counter, it is true; but I ponder here upon the deeds of heroes, and muse over the thought... ...da to him who hath tasted of Poesy? The Ideal, lady, I often think, is the true Real, and the Actual, but a visionary hallucination. 8 Thackeray But ... ..., the owner of the shop, a surly curmudgeon with very little taste for the True and Beautiful, has retired from business to the pastoral village in Ca... ...m,” or other works of our author, in which Sen- timent and History, or the True and Beautiful, are united. CHAPTER XXIV BUTTON’S IN PALL MALL. THOSE W... ...t gallant hearts are not? The breach was to be stormed at sunset, and like true sol- diers we sat down to make the most of our time. The rogue of a Do... ...varous jints), and by the little fishmungur’s, where you remark the mouldy lobsters, the fly-blown picklesammon, the play- bills, and the gingybear bo...