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...et gratefully, but saw nothing to alter. His efforts at exact courtesy and formal tenderness had no defect for her. She filled up all blanks with unman... ... suit you, Dorothea; for the cottages are like a row of alms houses—little gardens, gilly flowers, that sort of thing.” “Yes, please,” said Dorothea, l... ...an, I see. The poor folks here might have a fowl in their pot, as the good French king used to wish for all his people. The French eat a good many fow... ...ke another Alexander, left a realm large enough for many heirs. That great Frenchman first carried out the conception that living bodies, fundamentally... ...ow the luxury of giving! Mrs. Farebrother welcomed the guest with a lively formality and precision. She presently informed him that they were not ofte... ...t has become of Trawley? I have quite lost sight of him. He was hot on the French social systems, and talked of going to the Backwoods to found a sort... ... had spread had been a farm house, but was now surrounded with the private gardens of the townsmen. We get the fonder of our houses if they have a phy... ... and throwing off her bonnet and gloves, with an instinctive discarding of formality where a great question of destiny was concerned. “What you say no... ...cular morning a chill wind was blowing the blossoms from the sur rounding gardens on to the green mounds of Lowick churchyard. Swiftly moving clouds ...

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...oreign courts and much of foreign scenery, and had perhaps perfected their French. The Duke had gone to work at his travels with a full determination ... ...hemselves with the earth, had the people of London risen in rebellion with French ideas of equality, had the Queen persistently de- clined to comply w... ...e Duchess found that he cold talk without any shyness, that he could speak French fluently, and that after a month in Italy could chatter Italian, at ... ...ich I cannot bear to think I should be accused.’ Then she took a somewhat formal though still an affectionate farewell to the girl. ‘I want to see pa... ... joined himself to these two ladies he must make with them the tour of the gardens. All this made him cross. ‘These kind of things are a great bore, ’... ...except that you are very ill- natured. ’ Then he got up and, after making formal adieux to both the ladies, left the house. As soon as he was gone La... ...e was now passing a desolate fortnight in company with Miss Cassewary. The gardens were let,—and being let of course were not kept in fur- ther order ... ...king with Mrs Finn, saw them pass through a little gate which led from the gardens into the Priory ruins. ‘It all means nothing, ’ Mabel said with a l... ...he par- son from Croppingham seconded the proposition, and Major Tifto was formally deposed. 424 The Duke’s Children CHAPTER 59 No One Can Tell What ...

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...nd came across the Wilcoxes as we were eating our sandwiches in the public gardens. They too, poor things, had been taken in—they were actually stop- ... ...pen windows, some had whitened the roses and gooseberries of the way- side gardens, while a certain proportion had entered the lungs of the villagers.... ...means pleased by everything. There was a thing—some- thing about a faun in French—which Helen went into ecstasies over, but I thought it most tinkling... ... lady’s lap-dog Leonard did not excel. He was not an Italian, still less a Frenchman, in whose blood there runs the very spirit of persiflage and of g... ... cried: “And that’s the man who beat the Austrians, and the Danes, and the French, and who beat the Ger- mans that were inside himself. And we’re like... ...such a notion! Charles dead, all people dead, nothing alive but houses and gardens. The obvious dead, the intan- gible alive, and no connection at all... ... Margaret claimed a few words with him. It was always best to approach him formally. She asked for the interview, because he was going on to shoot gro... ...and they would have to give up the mo- tor. Margaret sympathised, but in a formal fashion, 256 Howards End and Dolly little imagined that the stepmot...

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...c marriage, marriage of divorced persons, Scotch marriage, Irish marriage, French, German, Turkish, or South Dakotan marriage. In Sweden, one of the m... ...y else did), and by being good judges of hats, ties, dogs, pipes, cricket, gardens, flowers, and the like. They were ca- pable of discussing each othe... ...ahead of us, would be needed to make marriage disappear altogether, not by formal abolition, but by simple disuse. The private con- tract stage of thi... ..., pray, when she is no longer liked, as you call it? SOAMES [with sardonic formality] It is proposed that the term of the agreement be twenty years fr... ...ghtened by my wedding ring; but I’m looking out for a friend and not for a French marquis; so youre not coming home with me. HOTCHKISS [inexorably] Ye...

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... and in both, the architecture of the buildings and the disposition of the gardens have a kindred and entirely 120 Robert Louis Stevenson English air... ...accorded happily. When he forgot her, she took the blame upon herself. His formal politeness was so exquisite that this essential brutality stood excu... ...t consecration on her now articulate love. Into the wine-shop there came a French gentleman, ar- rayed in the last refinement of the fashion, though a... ... by his passage in the wind. It was to be judged he had come from the same formal gathering at which the oth- ers had preceded him; and perhaps that h... ...lantrae with unceremonious eagerness. ‘At last, here you are!’ he cried in French. ‘I thought I was to miss you altogether.’ The Scotsmen rose, and Ba... ...nguage, and these names of grandees in his talk, were each an element. The Frenchman stayed not long, but it was plain he left behind him matter of mu...

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...of ‘‘sail ho,’’ and who by their dress and features appeared to be Swiss and French emigrants. She hailed us at first in French, but receiving no ans... ... and got the word from him; and then, by signs, and the help of my Latin and French, contrived to get along. This was a good exercise for me, and no ... ...ith his own dignity. The boy was to act as cook; while myself, a giant of a Frenchman named Nicholas, and four Sandwich Islanders, were to cure the ... ...and showed a knowledge of the customs of society, and particularly of the formalities of the various English courts of law, and of Parliament, whi... ...essarily be little qualified to judge of their operation. Without any formal dedication of my narrative to that body of men, of whose common ... ...card of a man whom I had last known, some fifteen years ago, as a strict and formal deacon of a Congregational Society in New England. He was a deaco... ... All has gone to decay. The buildings are unused and ruinous, and the large gardens show now only wild cactuses, willows, and a few olive trees. A fa...

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...parrow to chirrup in its branches. People sometimes call these dark yards ‘gardens’; it is not supposed that they were ever planted, but rather that t... ...ted,’ sobbed Mrs Nickleby. ‘T ell your uncle, my dear, how far you went in French and extras.’ The poor girl was about to murmur something, when her u... ...talini, survey- ing Kate from head to foot, and back again. ‘Can you speak French, child?’ ‘Yes, ma’am,’ replied Kate, not daring to look up; for she ... ... brain. ‘How you talk!’ ‘T alk, miss! It’ s enough to make a T om cat talk French gram- mar, only to see how she tosses her head,’ replied the handmai... ...; ‘you hear the unimpeachable testimony of my friend Pyke—that reminds me,—formalities, formalities, must not be neglected in civilised society. Pyke—... ... his heart, and bowed low. ‘Whether I shall introduce myself with the same formality ,’ 340 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY said Mr Pluc... ...—in the background. T o these good people Nicholas was presented with much formality. The introduction being completed, Miss Snevellicci’ s papa (who ... ... was informed that Miss Nickleby was then taking her morning’s walk in the gardens before the house. On the question being propounded whether he could... ...kissed his hand and bowed again—’waft mellifluousness over the neighbours’ gardens, and force the fruit and vegetables into premature existence. That ...

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...but hold her cheap on finding that she had but two sashes, and had never learnt French; and when they perceived her to be little struck with the duet t... ... which, properly directed, must be an education in itself. Miss Lee taught her French, and heard her read the daily portion of History; but he recom ... ...it, though you quit the house. You will have as free a command of the park and gardens as ever. Even your constant little heart need not take fright a... ...dispose of. If you can persuade Henry to marry, you must have the address of a Frenchwoman. All that English abilities can do, has been tried already.... ...have every thing as complete as possible in the country, shrubberies and flower gardens, and rustic seats innumerable; but it must be all done without ... ...hoose their own time and manner of devotion. The obligation of attendance, the formality, the restraint, the length of time — altogether it is a formi... ...culous by bad acting. It must be very difficult to keep Anhalt from appearing a formal, solemn lecturer; and the man who chooses the profession itself,... ... compute — and, in the intervals of business, to walk into his stables and his gardens, and nearest plantations; but active and methodical, he had not... ...be Mr. Bertram again. There is something in the sound of Mr. Edmund Bertram so formal, so pitiful, so younger brother like, that I detest it.” “How di...

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...cture; but the rooms, though not lofty, were warm and comfortable, and the gardens were trim and neat beyond all others in the county. Indeed, it was ... ...were trim and neat beyond all others in the county. Indeed, it was for its gardens only that Framley Court was celebrated. Vil- lage there was none, p... ...tlemen demand, or which themselves demand im- moderate means. And then the gardens and paddocks were exactly suited to it; and everything was in good ... ...ur- ing the Crimean War, that the Russians might be beaten— but not by the French, to the exclusion of the English, as had seemed to her to be too muc... ... Mr Supplehouse; and he points away to the East, where our dear allies the French are supposed to live, and where our head of affairs is supposed to h... ...e teeth. They were white and regular and lofty as a new row of houses in a French city. But then when she laughed she was all teeth; as she was all ne... ...ucy!’ ‘Well, I may say that I am sure. ’ ‘A gentleman would not make you a formal proposal and leave you in doubt as to what he meant. ’ ‘Oh dear, no.... ...at all if you have the spirit to carry it on. ’ ‘I can only say that I got formal notice this morning from the duke’s lawyer, saying that he meant to ... ...t possibly bring about the desired re- sults, without the necessity of any formal suggestion on her part; but now she was so brought to book that she ...

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... they have insinuated the term ‘analysis’ into application to algebra. The French are the originators of this particular deception; but if a term is o... ...he “Isitsoornot” for the means of correcting the error. “Le mieux,” says a French proverb, “est l’ennemi du bien,” and, in mentioning that Scheherazad... ... accomplishment involved a chance of detection. At length, in reading some French Memoirs, I found an account of a nearly fatal illness that occurred ... ...ion of the beautiful, may have been set in array by God the wide landscape-gardens of the hemispheres.” In the course of discussion, my friend quoted ... ...onet muslin: they were tolerably full, and hung decisively, perhaps rather formally in sharp, parallel plaits to the floor—just to the floor. The wall... ...bouring fields — and twice during Sunday, when we were paraded in the same formal manner to the morning and evening service in the one church of the v...

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...cided that it was a good thing, and did not refuse the general’s widow his formal consent to any proposition in regard to his children’s educa- tion. ... ...egacy , which had grown from one thousand to two, it was delayed, owing to formalities inevi- table in Russia, and the young man was in great straits ... ...g better than everlasting entreaties for copying and translations from the French. Having once got into touch with the editors Ivan Fyodorovitch alway... ...ourse, as a variety. The worst of it is it’s awfully Russian. There are no French women there. Of course, they could get them fast enough, they have p... ...ther. “Y es, yes, only the shadows of hooks. I know, I know . That’s how a Frenchman described hell: ‘J’ai vu l’ombre d’un cocher qui avec l’ombre d’u... ...iousness and stock phrases! Old phrases and old gestures. The old lies and formal prostra- tions. We know all about them. A kiss on the lips and a dag... ...ial notions. They passed through the “backway,” which led between the back gardens of the houses, with hurdles on ei- ther side. This way leads out on... ...turally—that Lizaveta, accustomed to clam- bering over hurdles to sleep in gardens, had somehow man- aged to climb this fence, in spite of her conditi... ... chologically interesting.) Then he hastens back to his ambush in the back gardens, and then learns that Smerdyakov is in a fit, that the other servan...

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...ct of breakfast; “for I an’ t,” said Mrs. Joe, “I an’ t a-going to have no formal cramming and busting and washing up now, with what I’ve got before m... ...st and fearfullest suit. I was then delivered over to Mr. Pumblechook, who formally received me as if he were the Sheriff, and who let off upon me the... ...alworth. It appeared to be a collection of back lanes, ditches, and little gardens, and to present the aspect of a rather dull retire- ment. Wemmick’s... ...Joe? Miss Havisham?” “Which I say, Sir,” replied Joe, with an air of legal formal- ity, as if he were making his will, “Miss A., or otherways Havisham... ...y , who went through – I will not say sustained – the role (if I may use a French expression) of Claudius King of Denmark. That is his employer, gentl... ...la and I played at cards, as of yore -only we were skilful now, and played French games – and so the evening wore away, and I went to bed. I lay in th... .... The nooks of ruin where the old monks had once had their refectories and gardens, and where the strong walls were now pressed into the service of hu... ...was on the third or fourth occasion of my going out walking in the T emple Gardens leaning on Joe’s arm, that I saw this change in him very plainly. W...

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... walls were orna- 7 Charles Dickens mented with the choicest specimens of French paper, enriched with a gilded cornice of elegant design. The floor w... ...heir progress did not seem the more rapid from the monotonous ticking of a French clock, or the shrill sound of its little bell which told the quarter... ... was informed that Miss Nickleby was then taking her morning’s walk in the gardens before the house. On the question being propounded whether he could... ... was a case in the day before yesterday’s paper, extracted from one of the French newspapers, about a journeyman shoemaker who was jealous of a young ... ...know, there is no language of vegetables, which converts a cucumber into a formal declara- tion of attachment.’ ‘My dear,’ replied Mrs Nickleby , toss... ...kissed his hand and bowed again—’waft mellifluousness over the neighbours’ gardens, and force the 127 Charles Dickens fruit and vegetables into prema... ...ntleman imitated him in this respect so well, that the usual stiffness and formality of a first meeting showed no signs of appearing, and Kate really ... ...ency (as most punctilious people do), that she had not an atom of pride or formality about her, still she was a great stickler for dignity and ceremon... ...t features—he at length arrived with a palpitating heart. There were small gardens in front which, being wholly neglected in all other respects, serve...

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... in jelly, and suck with placidity, in the intervals of a curt exchange of French with the wife of the Hon. Melville, a ringleted English lady, or of ... ...- cately perceptible to the Comte, and not a soul saw it but that wretched Frenchman! He came to me: “Madame,” he said, “is a question permitted?” I r... .... The gift would be base that you did not embellish.” He lifted his hands, French- fashion: “Madame, it is that I have received the gift.”—”In- deed! ... ...apidly skimmed the introductory part. ‘Excuses himself for address- ing me formally—poor boy! Circumstances have altered his position towards the worl... ...hout wishing me good-bye.’ ‘I certainly should not do that, Miss Bonner.’ ‘Formal!’ she exclaimed, half to herself. ‘Miss Bonner thanks 267 George Me... ... a guest to whom they were so much indebted, was bound to spare them these formalities. ‘What am I to do?’ The Countess turned piteously to the diplom... ...the Countess alighted with the gentle- man, and walked beside him into the gardens. ‘Follow her,’ said Raikes, in agitation. ‘Do you see her? by yon l... .... His imagination surged deliriously. He fancied himself at the Zoological Gardens, exchanging pathetic glances with a mel- ancholy marmoset. Wonderfu...

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...t one of these Grace rang, and obtained admittance to a parlour with crazy French windows opening on a little strip of garden. In a large wheeled chai... ...nt polish of manner that the old Scottish nobility have inherited from the French of the old regime—a man- ner that, though Colin possessed all its es... ...on, his lordship would be incredulous to the day of his death. He paid his formal and gracious visits at Myrtlewood and the Homestead, and then suppos... ...ce—how much brandy and silk had there been landed in the time of the great French war, and how once, when hard pressed, a party of smugglers, taking a... ...they said if ever I told they would give me to the lions in the Zoological Gardens.” 242 The Clever Woman of the Family “Who said so?” “He, Mr. Maddo... ...s, he used to come and walk with us, and sit under the trees in Kensington Gardens with her. And sometimes he gave me lemon-drops, but they said if ev... ...t intimating her intention to her patronesses; and the conse- quence was a formal complaint of her ungrateful and violent language to Mrs. Rawlins on ... ...nce of the long drive, far less of the 304 The Clever Woman of the Family formality of a visit. Lady Temple was likewise asked to the Deanery, but Co...

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...ery much in love with me; and I wish I could return it as he deserves. The French say that one person turns the cheek and the other kisses it. It has ... ... hate anyone— even your husband. Y ou must let me take off these atrocious French boots. Your feet must be perfectly dead.” By this time her voice and... ...o,” said Lady Brandon emphatically. T refusis bowed as if he had just been formally introduced to the baronet, who, against his will, returned the sal... ...ithin, which is Gertrude. There are a thousand Miss Lindsays in the world, formal and false. 171 GB Shaw There is but one Gertrude.” “I am an unprote... ...which she had observed before in the kangaroos at the Zoological Society’s gardens. On the way to the train Sir Charles worried the horse in order to ...

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... ruin; There the wide forest scene, Rude in the uncultivated loveliness Of gardens long run wild, _195 Seem... ...allow that it is impossible to form any idea of Him: they exclaim with the French poet, Pour dire ce qu’il est, il faut etre lui-meme. Lord Bacon says... ...His readings were not always well chosen; among them were the works of the French philosophers: as far as metaphysical argument went, he temporarily b... ...he took on his way; He was mighty thick with every Saint, Though they were formal and he was gay. 5. 5. 5. 5. 5. The Devil was an agriculturist, And a...

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...his troubles would be lighter to him than was usual. Books in Latin and in French he read with as much ease as in English, and took delight in such as... ...ome for that;—and Edith would get lessons cheaply, and would learn to talk French fluently. He certainly would do it. He would go down to Allington, a... ...knighted in consequence of some benefit supposed to have been done to some French scion of royalty—when such scions in France were royal and not imper... ...n Lady Demolines, and had said that he would do so. ‘We live in Porchester Gardens,’ said Miss Demolines. ‘Upon my word, I believe that the farther Lo... ...ou, if you had been painting duchesses then, with a stu- dio in Kensington Gardens, would have said so, if you had happened to come across me. I can’t... ...of wearing out of doors when he did not intend to wander beyond Kensington Gardens, and the neighbourhood and which was supposed to become him well, y... ...ow, in these grander days, he thought about his boots and the mud, and the formal appearance of the thing. ‘ Ah dear,’ he said to him- self, as the na... ...allow him. The squire, who did not yet quite understand it all, bade him a formal adieu, and Lily led the way home down behind the churchyard wall and... ...hought he would be justified in taking his departure without bidding adieu formally to Mrs Proudie. He would say a word or two, explaining his haste, ...