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...r threat of a blockade, proper apologies and a sum of money due to certain British merchants; and once during an insurrection in San Domingo, for the ... ... escape. The position was invidious; on one side were the tradition of the British flag and the state of public sentiment at home; on the other, the c... ...e evening; plenty of hard work by day; regular visits to meet- ings of the British Association, from one of which I find him characteristically writin... ... bas-reliefs, where he at last found clearness; after an hour or so at the British Museum, he was able to master ‘the chiton, sleeves and all’; and be... ...iefs, where he at last found clearness; after an hour or so at the British Museum, he was able to master ‘the chiton, sleeves and all’; and before the... ...said rightly; jubilant in victory, delighted by defeat: a Greek sophist, a British schoolboy. Among the legends of what was once a very pleasant spot,...

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...ne into the creation of any human artifact. All you need to do is to go to a museum. Humans are fascinated by any dead object that was once made b... ...e is jealously guarded and goes to the grave with them. To be later put into museums. And centuries later…marveled at… as examples of lost artisans... ...National Trophy that is so steeped in history and sacred, that it is kept in a museum most of the time is not a sure-fire way to outrage and energize... ... dead things are stored as evidence. Moldering away for decades. A morgue, a museum of dead useless evidence. Evidence that is more important than... ...he voice of his master. Just as Queen Victoria was listened to by the entire British Empire. Class racism. Class brainwashing. The brainwashing ... ...: two Christian nations stopped the killing to observe the birth of a child. British and German soldiers came out of their bunkers and exchanged gi... ...ey get used to the European presence on their land, and then the might of the British navy and army can roll in after the vermin have established th... ... sent over by England. As a gift. To commemorate America breaking free of a British Empire that no longer had any bad feelings about the U.S. being... ...ropean invading colonists in North America burned to the ground? Because the British Parliament…. which was rotten to the core with corruption did n...

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... a brush and dust-pan. She used in the old days to sing hymn tunes, or the British national song for the time being, to these instruments, but latterl... ...e milliner’s mother, the milliner, and William had made a party to the Art Museum at South Kensington, I think. Anyhow, Jane had calmly but firmly acc... ...cked. I went afterwards to see the ones they have at the Natural His- tory Museum in London; all of them were cracked and just stuck together like a m... ...ifting steadily out to sea. I tell you I damned Dawson’s and Jamrach’s and Museums and all the rest of it just to rights. I bawled to this nigger to c... ...e green things… “I sold the bones to a man named Winslow—a dealer near the British Museum, and he says he sold them to old Havers. It seems Havers did... ...things… “I sold the bones to a man named Winslow—a dealer near the British Museum, and he says he sold them to old Havers. It seems Havers didn’t unde... ...e little map fluttered and the voices sank. A fine story for two, stranded British wastrels to hear! Evans’ dream shifted to the moment when he had Ch... ...ther, an eminent authority on postage stamps. She read a great deal in the British Museum. (A perfect pairing ground for liter- ary people, that Briti... ... remember rightly, I went off to see Wembly, and afterwards lunched at the British Museum with Delia. We actually spoke about our prospects, in the li...

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...mentary flare out of the candle, as that the ba- bies—Hindoo, African, and British—the ‘human warious’, the French gentleman, the green glass-eyed cat... ...ursued Mr Podsnap, with dignity , ‘Many Evidences that Strike Y ou, of our British Constitution in the Streets Of The World’s Metropolis, London, Lond... ... Mr Podsnap explained, as if he were teaching in an infant school.’ We Say British, But You Say Britannique, You Know’ (forgivingly, as if that were n... ...Honourable Boards! What is it that we call it in our gran- diose speeches? British independence, rather perverted? Is that, or something like it, the ... ...stairs, rushes into his Hansom, and directs the driver to be up and at the British Public, and to charge into the City. Meanwhile T wemlow, in an incr... ...n. ‘The natural curiosity which forms the sole ornament of my professional museum,’ he resumes, ‘hereupon desires his Secretary—an individual of the h... ...nd any Animal in him, blindfold, Mr Boffin.’ ‘And here’s Kirby’s Wonderful Museum,’ said Mr Boffin, ‘and Caulfield’s Characters, and Wilson’s. Such Ch... ...nd forgot,’ said Mr Boffin. ‘Why the bookseller that sold me the Wonderful Museum—where’ s the Wonder- ful Museum?’ He was on his knees on the floor i... ..., sir!’ ‘—And looking for a nice pair of rattlesnakes, to articulate for a Museum—when I was doomed to fall in with her and deal with her. It was just...

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...ropped upon the table as I write a modest pe- riodical called The Northern British Israel Review, illustrated with portraits of various clergymen of t... ...nts out that the absence of mist on the North Sea was of great help to the British in the autumn of 1914, and declares that it was the wet state of th... ...e cool atria of patrician mansions on the Palatine and the Pincian, in the Museum at Alexandria, and the schools which Omar Khayyam frequented, in the... ...band themselves the better to attain specific ends. T o borrow a term from British politics, there is no objection to ad hoc organisations. The object...

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... it. Having had some time at my disposal when in Lon don, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library r... ...ing had some time at my disposal when in Lon don, I had visited the British Museum, and made search among the books and maps in the library regarding... ... found was a great heap of gold in one corner, gold of all kinds, Roman, and British, and Austrian,and Hungarian,and Greek and Turkish money, covered ... ...s were already down, with that obedience to the etiquette of death which the British woman of the lower classes always rigidly observes. The room was,... ...nt at his weakest, and without a refuge to fly to. Van Helsing is off to the British Museum look ing up some authorities on ancient medicine. The old... ...s weakest, and without a refuge to fly to. Van Helsing is off to the British Museum look ing up some authorities on ancient medicine. The old physici...

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...ish readers should grow skittish, I ‘ve bribed my grandmother’s review—the British. I sent it in a letter to the Editor, Who thank’d me duly b... ...of those. As for the ladies, I have nought to say, A wanderer from the British world of fashion, Where I, like other ‘dogs, have had my day,’ ... ...ecruits with wives.’ ‘May it please your excellency,’ thus replied Our British friend, ‘these are the wives of others, And not our own. I am t... ...ill these great relics, when they see ‘em, Look like the monsters of a new museum? But I am apt to grow too metaphysical: ‘The time is out of ... ...en a kind of a discussion, A sort of treaty or negotiation Between the British cabinet and Russian, Maintain’d with all the due prevaricatio... ...f the sea (See Billingsgate) made even the tongue more free. And yet the British ‘Damme’ ‘s rather Attic: Your continental oaths are but incon...

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...goons. I have the honor to present to your High- ness this letter from the British ambassador, which will give you all necessary particulars. [He hand... ... too late for the petit lever. Come along. Damn it, man, I must oblige the British 19 GB Shaw ambassador, and the French ambassador, and old Fritz, a... ...ilosophers in France. What is our busi- ness for today? NARYSHKIN. The new museum, Little Mother. But the model will not be ready until tonight. CATHE... ...odel will not be ready until tonight. CATHERINE [rising eagerly]. Yes, the museum. An enlight- ened capital should have a museum. [She paces the chamb... ... museum. [She paces the chamber with a deep sense of the importance of the museum.] It shall be one of the wonders of the world. I must have specimens... ...n earth? NARYSHKIN [appearing at the door]. Majesty: the model for the new museum has arrived. CATHERINE [rising eagerly and making for the curtains].... ...rly and making for the curtains]. Let us go. I can think of nothing but my museum. [In the archway she stops and turns to Edstaston, who has hurried t...

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... domestic breeds, has not been exterminated even on several of the smaller British islets, or on the shores of the Mediterranean. Hence the supposed e... ...e under deep obligation for assistance of all kinds, has marked for me 182 British plants, which are generally consid- ered as varieties, but which ha... ... some zoolo- gists. Several most experienced ornithologists con- sider our British red grouse as only a strongly- marked race of a Norwegian species, ... .... Watson as doubt- ful species, but which are almost universally ranked by British botanists as good and true species. Finally, then, varieties have t... ...eties; what rank, for instance, the two or three hundred doubtful forms of British plants are entitled to hold, if the existence of any well-marked va... ..., and its hab- its have been attended to by Mr. F. Smith, of the Brit- ish Museum, to whom I am much indebted for in- formation on this and other subj... ...each other in the long roll of years! Now turn to our richest geologi- cal museums, and what a paltry display we behold! On the poorness of our Palaeo... ...tate; that the num- ber both of specimens and of species, preserved in our museums, is absolutely as nothing compared with the incalculable number of ... ...Darwin ciable by the human intellect. The number of speci- mens in all our museums is absolutely as nothing compared with the countless generations of...

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... wrote of. I must have spent days and days read ing in the library of the British Museum. The style is lush and turgid, not at all the sort of style ... ...f. I must have spent days and days read ing in the library of the British Museum. The style is lush and turgid, not at all the sort of style I approv... ...elf into the arrogant attitude of Velasquez’s portrait of Del Borro in the Museum of Berlin; and his countenance bore of set purpose the same contemp ... ...h throngs the picture galleries on holidays, they went to that part of the museum where an cient sculpture is kept. It was comparatively empty, and t... ...lle,’ answered the old woman. ‘I heard her tell the coachman to go to the British Consulate.’ The last doubt was leaving Susie. She went to the dress... ...edical men of those huge tumours which are preserved in spirit in hospital museums. Susie looked at it with an incomprehensible disgust. Sud denly sh...

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...e pangs which Nature calls upon mothers to endure. As was the necessity of British opposition to American independence, so was the necessity of Northe... ...ration gave violent offense to the North, and has been taken as indicating British sympathy with the cause of the seceders. I am not going to explain—... ...should be defined. Reticence in the matter was not within the power of the British government. It behooved the Foreign Secretary of State to declare o... ...Hall, but would, I should think, make a very good House of Commons for the British nation. Fancy the feelings of a lady when she walks into such a roo... ...olonial House of Assembly may wish, but in accordance with the will of the British Commons. Both the houses in Canada—that, namely, of the Representa-... ...e word there is to say of Sir William Logan, the creator of the Geological Museum there, and the head of all matters geological throughout the prov- i... ... The university is not well off for funds by which to increase it. The new museum in the college is also a handsome building. The edifices used for th... ...ave been erected for such a purpose. These, together with the library, the museum, and the chapel, stand on a large green, which might be made pretty ... ...ral philosopher Professor Agassiz. M. Agassiz has collected at Cambridge a museum of such things as natural philosophers delight to show, which I am t...

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... Simpson, Mr. Levett, Captain Garrick, father of the great ornament of the British stage; but above all, Mr. Gilbert Walmsley, Register of the Preroga... ... who had practised his own precepts of oeconomy for sev- eral years in the British capital. He assured Johnson, who, I suppose, was then meditating to... ... and disputed very warmly with Johnson against the well-known maxim of the British constitution, ‘the King can do no wrong;’ affirming, that ‘what was... ...revented from passing his life as he pleases?’ Sir Adam. ‘But, Sir, in the British constitution it is surely of importance to keep up a spirit in the ... ...Saturday, May 9, Mr. Dempster and I had agreed to dine by ourselves at the British Cof- fee-house. Johnson, on whom I happened to call in the morning,... ...e that his prejudice was not virulent; and I have deposited in the British Museum, amongst other pieces of his writing, the following note in answer t... ...hnson and Garrick. But I found he was averse to it. We went and viewed the museum of Mr. Rich- ard Green, apothecary here, who told me he was proud of... ...lding a man 339 Boswell’s Life of Johnson of war, as of collecting such a museum.’ Mr. Green’s obliging alacrity in shewing it was very pleasing. We ... ...that wealth can give. ‘An eminent foreigner, when he was shewn the British Museum, was very troublesome with many absurd inquiries. “Now there, Sir, (...

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...ver, both the Capitol and Execu tive Mansion would be burned by an invading British gar rison, and the city thrown into a panic. ABOUT TO ADD THE... ...d death on maimed and defenseless captives. And, what was never before seen, British commanders have extorted victory over the unconquerable valor of ... ...ar to an honorable issue. Our nation is in number more than half that of the British Isles. It is composed of a brave, a free, a virtuous, and an inte... ...ore rapid devel opment, and, draining or diverting the precious metals from British circulation and British vaults, have poured them into those of th... ...n coun try, which find a market through those streams. By a treaty with the British Government, bearing date on the 20th of October, 1818, the conven... ... Corps band. The ball was held at the Smithsonian Institution’s new National Museum (now the Arts and Industries Building). FELLOW C ITIZENS: We stand...

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...he Homeric Hymns, and Homerica choragic monument of Lysicrates, now in the British Mu- seum (17). Very different in character is the “Hymn to Ares,” w... ...ris, Bibl. Nat. Suppl. Graec. (papyrus) 1099 (4th-5th cent.). B London, British Museam clix (4th cent.). R Vienna, Rainer Papyri L.P . 21-9 (4th... ...2772 (14th cent.). H Florence, Laur. xxxi 32 (15th cent.). I London, British Museaum Harleianus (14th cent.). K Rome, Bibl. Casanat. 356 (14t... ...Estense iii E 11. G Rome, Vatican, Regina 91 (16th cent.). H London, British Mus. Harley 1752. J Modena, Estense, ii B 14. K Florence, Lau... ... voyage when Zeus sank them with a thunderbolt, as Alcidamas states in his Museum. Eratosthenes, however, says in his Hesiod that Ctimenus and Antiphu...

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... after all he find himself in a workhouse, a laby rinth without a clue, a museum, an almshouse, a prison, or a splendid mausoleum instead. Consider f... ...n bury ing ground, a little on one side, near the unmarked graves of some British grenadiers who fell in the re treat from Concord where he is styl... ...nd mean. We think that we can change our clothes only. It is said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States ar... ...t believe that a tide rises and falls behind every man which can float the British Empire like a chip, if he should ever harbor it in his mind. Who kn...

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...ages, in the days of the public examination of late Di- rectors of a Royal British Bank. But, I submit myself to suffer judgment to go by default on a... ...aboo with that enlightened strictness, that the ugly South Sea gods in the British Museum might have supposed themselves at home again. Nothing to see... ...h that enlightened strictness, that the ugly South Sea gods in the British Museum might have supposed themselves at home again. Nothing to see but str... ...hing which neither he nor anybody else knew anything about. On these truly British occasions, the smugglers, if any, made a feint of walking into the ... ...ozen years of constant suit and service, he had been enrolled in the Great British Legion of Honour, the Legion of the Rebuffed of the Circumlocution ... ...buffed of the Circumlocution Office, and had been decorated with the Great British Order of Merit, the Order of the Disorder of the Barnacles and Stil...

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... the table, by his denuncia- tions of his conduct as the representative of British law and justice in that chair that day. Chapter 25 B ENTLEY DRUMMLE... ...ens of china and glass, various neat trifles made by the proprietor of the museum, and some tobacco- stoppers carved by the Aged. They were all displa...

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...bey, Mrs. Shonts,” said Sophie, feeling his unrest as he drank the loathed British tea. Mrs. Shonts smiled, and took them in hand. She wrote widely an... ...ild- ing pillars to keep ‘em out is purely a Cypriote trick, un- worthy of British bees. In the third, if you trust a Death’s Head, he will trust you.... ... crawling Oddities, strange to the sun. “Why, this isn’t a hive! This is a museum of curiosities,” said the Voice behind the Veil. It was only the Bee... ...nded, him both ways. You see, he had slaved and exposed slaves for sale in British territory. That meant the double fine if I could get it out of him.... ... What wouldn’t I give to have here” (he mentioned a name not unhonoured in British Art). “Am- bition plucking apples of Sodom!” (the monkey had pricke...

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...ssociation. From 1849 onward the greater part of his time was spent in the British Museum, accumulating, with German patience, the materi- als for his... ...on. From 1849 onward the greater part of his time was spent in the British Museum, accumulating, with German patience, the materi- als for his terrifi... ...eir brain ceased to think, their eyes to see. The thoroughly “respectable” British jurymen answered by a verdict that sent them to the next assizes on... ... uproot them. The Times (Oct. 13, 1910), which almost single-handed in the British Press has kept creditably abreast of Continental Syndicalism, thus ... ...the free road. The same spirit per- vades thousands of other institutions. Museums, free librar- ies, and free public schools; parks and pleasure grou... ...ing such valuable objects of art as would naturally be preserved in public museums. It may be contended that such forms of theft would be prevented by...

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...National, or any other of those patriotic Libraries, at present the glory of British Literature;” might work revolutions in Thought; and so forth;—in ... ... such title and vocation, it were perhaps uninteresting to say more. Let the British reader study and enjoy, in simplicity of heart, what is here pres... ...ded us to that joint stock vehicle of publication, “at present the glory of British Literature”? If so, the Library Editors are welcome to dig in it ... ...wooden Dibble fashioned by man, and those Liverpool Steam carriages, or the British House of Commons, we shall note what progress he has made. He dig... ...Able Editor, or Com bination of Able Editors, gains the world’s ear. Of the British Newspaper Press, perhaps the most important of all, and wonderful... ...ps see it our duty ultimately to deposit these Six Paper Bags in the British Museum, farther descrip tion, and all vituperation of them, may be spare... ...ts with care: when did we see any injected Prepa ration of the Dandy in our Museums; any specimen of him preserved in spirits! Lord Herringbone may d...

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...vestryman. No doubt that literary knack of mine which happens to amuse the British public distracts attention from my character; but the character is ... ...nduct, whose power of attention and scope of interest, are measured by the British theatre as you know it to-day, can either handle this colossal task... ...ill not allow you or any man to treat me as if I were a mere member of the British public. I detest its prejudices; I scorn its narrowness; I demand t... ...m. On these points Hector is not quite convinced: he still thinks that the British are apt to make merits of their stupidities, and to represent their... ...s and hidden the day with cloud vast wings. Where are they now? Fossils in museums, and so few and imperfect at that, that a knuckle bone or a tooth o... ...e thoughtfully provided by Provi- dence expressly for the amusement of the British race, and treats him normally with the indulgence due to an inferio...

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...id seemed like a specimen from a mine, or the inscription on the door of a museum which might open on the treasures of past ages; and this trust in hi... ...rehand:—one must trust a little to Providence and be generous. It’s a good British feeling to try and raise your family a little: in my opinion, it’s ... ...en she parted with him at the entrance to the Library, went on through the Museum out of mere listlessness as to what was around her. She had not spir... ... Casaubon were in Rome, until this morning, when I saw you in the V atican Museum,” he said. “I knew you at once—but—I mean, that I concluded Mr. Casa... ... stay a long while there in spite of professional accom- plishment. In the British climate there is no incompatibility be- tween scientific insight an...

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...n Connecticut until old enough to do for himself, when he emigrated to the British West Indies. Not long after his settlement in Pennsylvania, my gran... ... offices are all located, the President resides, and much room is left for museums, re- ceptions, etc. This is the building generally designated as th... ...ination of the war, but also because foreign governments, particularly the British Government, were constantly threatening that unless ours could main...

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... geo- logic times is hard for our imagination—they seem too much like mere museum specimens. Yet there is no tooth in any one of those museum-skulls t... ...rs to have kept the organic connection in view. The guid- ing principle of British philosophy has in fact been that every difference must make a diffe...

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... having been during the course of his life pretty generally engaged in the British service, he had a tolerably fair claim to the majestic title of Bri... ...least, we will have nothing that shall be mistaken for virtues. And if the British public (after calling for three or four editions) shall give up, no... ...y with the Whigs; and this Enlistment Act, which, in order to maintain the British glories in Flanders, dealt most cruelly with the British people in ... ...atisfaction. It will be necessary to explain the reason of it. We gave the British public to understand that the landlady of the “Three Rooks,” at Wor... ...existence, by a disease which has exercised considerable ravages among the British youth. By consulting the authority above mentioned, we find that Ha... ...not the 126 Catherine: A Story Burney collection of music, at the British Museum, afford one an ample store of songs from which to choose? Are there ...

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...ectly) that the Saudis were sharing Tayyib’s information with the U.S. and British authorities. 86 At almost the same time, cell members learned that ... ...nt spoke to the congressional leadership from Air Force One, and he called British Prime Min- ister T ony Blair, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... ...l attaché in Lon- don had promptly forwarded it to his counterparts in the British government, hand-delivering the request on August 21. On August 24,... ...t 28, the CIA sent a request for information to a different service of the British government; this communication warned that Moussaoui might be expel... ... the end of August.The FBI office in London raised the matter briefly with British officials as an aside, after a meeting about a more urgent matter o... ...4). 142. NYPD interview 6, ESU (Feb. 19, 2004). 143. New Y ork City Police Museum interview of Kenneth Winkler,Apr. 17, 2003 (videotaped); NYPD inter-...

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...ise in a large way of practice over both England and Scotland, nor had any British engineer anything approaching their experience. It was about this n... ... life, and humours the caprices of the tyrant. But the potentate, like the British in India, pays small regard to the character of his willing client,... ..., like Stonehenge, are still afoot, the rest clean vanished. It may be the Museum numbers a full set; and Mr. Ionides perhaps, or else her gracious Ma... ...but it is an old, insu- lar, home-bred staginess; not French, domestically British; not of to-day, but smacking of O. Smith, Fitzball, and the great a...