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...n to the lady of his first and strongest affections. Some months of homely courtship ensued, and then, the decent interval prescribed by the situation... ...ver seemed to undervalue himself in valuing her: a secret priceless in the courtship of young women that have heads; the lover doubles their sense of ... ... listened. She became an attentive listener. 44 The Egoist CHAPTER VI HIS COURTSHIP THE WORLD was the principal topic of dissension between these lov... ...rtly believed, that there was to be a change in Sir Willoughby’s manner of courtship. He had been so dif- ferent a wooer. She remembered with some hal... ...s?” he said, incitingly. “I read them.” “Circumstances have imposed a long courtship on us, my Clara; and I, perhaps lamenting the laws of decorum—I h... ...k as she spoke, lest he should immediately grant everything in the mood of courtship, and invade her respite; “I want to speak of that dear boy Crossj... ...aking affection for Miss Dale. It was the most amusing thing possible; his courtship!—the air of a dog with an uneasy conscience, trying to reconcile ... ... to that scheme, and a finer:—This, then: they read dramatic pieces during courtship, to stop the saying of things over again till the drum of the car... ...behaviour was past calculat- ing in its contemptible absurdity. And during courtship! And courtship of that girl! It was the way of a man ten years af...

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...oned and the two Em- perors were living with their suites, households, and courts only strengthened his desire to belong to that higher world. He knew... ...erful as of old. This amazed Nicholas and even made him regard Bolkonski’s courtship skep- tically. He could not believe that her fate was sealed, esp... ...Russian Note, hostile to Napoleon, which had been sent to all the European courts. “Bonaparte treats Europe as a pirate does a captured vessel,” said ... ...urders as in whole centuries are not recorded in the annals of all the law courts of the world, but which those who committed them did not at the time... ...n ready to fight in the streets. Do not be upset, broth- ers, that the law courts are closed; things have to be put in order, and we will deal with vi... ...S NOTHING in Pierre’s soul now at all like what had troubled it during his courtship of Helene. He did not repeat to himself with a sickening feeling ... ...o?” said Nicholas. “W ell, everything is going to ruin! Robbery in the law courts, in the army nothing but flogging, drilling, and Mili- tary Settleme...

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... 481 Torquato Tasso XCI The hold was won, slain were the men that fled, In courts, halls, chambers high; above, below, Old Raymond fast up to the lead...

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... 481 Torquato Tasso XCI The hold was won, slain were the men that fled, In courts, halls, chambers high; above, below, Old Raymond fast up to the lead...

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...ble in the mould!” ‘The lady groaned, and wrung her hands. ‘“The policy of courts,” he continued, turning to the two other sisters, “drew ye from your... ...father and mother were quite agreeable to her being married, and the whole courtship was in consequence as flat and com- mon-place an affair as it was... ... added a newly-married couple, who had visited Mr and Mrs Kenwigs in their courtship; and a sister of Mrs Kenwigs’ s, who was quite a beauty; besides ... ...s wealth at their uncles’ houses, and married them, after short but ardent courtships; and Kate, listening first in apathy , and afterwards in amuseme...

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...igh, And fetch from thence thy fair idea just, That in those sunny courts doth hidden lie, Clothed with such light as blinds the angel’s e...

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...ll in King Mark’s court rather than Arthur’s court, for the honour of both courts be not alike. As to that, said Sir Tristram, I know well; but that t...

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...ce more saw the impassive cha- teau, with the park, the gardens, the three courts, and all the windows of the facade. She remained lost in stupor, and...

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...ble in the mould!” ‘The lady groaned, and wrung her hands. ‘“The policy of courts,” he continued, turning to the two other sisters, “drew ye from your... ...father and mother were quite agreeable to her being married, and the whole courtship was in consequence as flat and com- mon-place an affair as it was... ... added a newly-married couple, who had visited Mr and Mrs Kenwigs in their courtship; and a sister of Mrs Kenwigs’ s, who was quite a beauty; besides ... ...s wealth at their uncles’ houses, and married them, after short but ardent courtships; and Kate, listening first in apathy , and afterwards in amuseme... ... struck their roots in the graves of men, sodden, while alive, in steaming courts and drunken hungry dens. And here, in truth, they lay, parted from t...

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...ld- ings on the east side in which Congress has its sessions, the national courts are held, the public offices are all located, the President resides,... ...of a South- ern man. Northern marshals became slave-catchers, and Northern courts had to contribute to the support and pro- tection of the institution...

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...o obstruct the course of justice or to hoodwink a jury. I have been in the courts of law, and know what is the work for which these gentlemen are hire... ...re of guilt and in- nocence had come from madness—from madness which these courts must recognise if they chose to find him inno- cent of the crime? In...

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...lse indolence, in short, her false leisure, her false pearls and palms and courts and fountains, she was a person for whom life was multitudinous deta...

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...ke had enjoyed it much; but the young people had seen something of foreign courts and much of foreign scenery, and had perhaps perfected their French.... ...t of women. And he recognized in her encouragement of this most pernicious courtship,—if she had encouraged it,—a repetition of that romantic folly by... ...ot to be a Duchess would she become the wife of a man who should begin his courtship by assuming a superiority. Now the chances of society had brought... ... courtesy. But she was sure that the Duke had heard noth- ing of his son’s courtship. And she was equally sure that the matter had not reached Lady Ma...

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.... The best light of the day was gone when I passed along the quiet echoing courts behind the High-street. The nooks of ruin where the old monks had on...

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... father’s occupation, did he shrink from his resolve. After a month’s hard courtship, he married her straight out of her father’s house. That he may h... ...alf- brother, and he came, I know, somewhere out of Drury Lane- one of the courts near the theatre—I don’t know much of London. However, old Mel would...

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...uld they then hasten our vengeance? But when it shall come down into their courts, an evil morning shall it be to those who have had their warning. T ...

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...n caused Dr. May to talk much to Margaret of old times, and the days of is courtship, when it had been his favourite project that his friend and fello... ...nfining all except the sixth form to their bounds, consisting of two large courts, and an extensive field bordered by the river and the road. On the o... ...ried Ethel, laughing, “Margaret, it strikes me that this is a Dumbiedikes’ courtship!” “Of yourself?” said Margaret slyly. “No, of Flora. You know, sh...