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...oarse, uncombed hair that hung down over their faces and made them look like animals. They and the women, as a rule, wore a coarse tow linen robe that... ...an outcome of mental training, intellectual fortitude, reasoning; it is mere animal training; they are white Indians.” CHAPTER III. KNIGHTS OF THE TAB... ...rd names, meantime. But finally it occurred to me all of a sudden that these animals didn’t rea son; that they never put this and that together; tha... ...ir and on the floor, — the regular thing, you know. He was a celebrity from Asia — so he said, and that was enough. That sort of evidence was as good... ...ed utterly without loss, stands without ex ample in history. So long as the planets shall continue to move in their orbits, the Battle of the Sand b...

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...P . for Bath, had accom- plished two things, very hard to do on our little planet, the Earth, however cheap they may be held by eccentric people in co... ... eye between lamplight and the darkness upon solitary roads; 3dly, through animal beauty and power so often displayed in the class of horses selected ... .... 14 The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc brain, and lungs in a healthy animal organisation. But, fi- nally, that particular element in this whole ... ... act, and in the very experience of life. The vital experience of the glad animal sensibilities made doubts 25 Thomas De Quincey impossible on the qu... ...aided by Pallas? No: but then I needed not the shout that should alarm all Asia militant; such a shout would suffice as might carry terror into the he...

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...of the attain- ment of external power. Man is the tool-using, fire- making animal. From the outset of his terrestrial career we find him supplementing... ...wealth of Power that offered itself on every hand to him. He tamed certain animals, he developed his primordially haphazard agriculture into a ritual,... ...ose distrusts and fiercenesses, that self-concentra- tion and intensity of animalism, that tie his hands from tak- ing his inheritance. The ape in us ... ...tty inci- dent; and a huge migration of peoples between Europe and Western Asia and America was in Progress, and—nobody seems to have realised that so... ...the drifting millions of homeless people. In Canada, in South America, and Asiatic Russia there were vast accumulations of provision that was immovabl... ...erial—insanely. They had got through three-quarters of all the coal in the planet, they had used up most of the oil, they had swept away their forests... ...pon the earth that made us. But the air no longer imprisons us, this round planet is no longer chained to us like the ball of a galley slave…. ‘In a l...

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...man himself ran out of his stuffy, Philistinish lair in his absurd, hunted-animal manner, making for the garden door. To this day I don’t know what ma... ...forget in a hurry, for Captain Ellis would kick him out into the middle of Asia… .” “W ait a moment,” said Captain Giles, leaving me suddenly. I sat d... ... of the night. Not 55 Joseph Conrad a sound. My command might have been a planet flying vertigi- nously on its appointed path in a space of infinite ... ...hing big and alive. Not a dog—more like a sheep, rather. But there were no animals in the ship. How could an animal… . It was an added and fantastic h...

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... gnomes and fairies as realities. One afternoon I got lost in the woods about a mile from the hotel, and presently fell into a train of dreamy thought... ..., pull down your vest!” and that sort of thing, it hurts you and humiliates you, and there is no getting around it with fine reasoning and pretty argu... ...er, some ani- mals have only a limited education, and some use only simple words, and scarcely ever a comparison or a flowery figure; whereas, certain... ...y from my own. There was only one sofa; it was against the wall; there was only one chair where a body could get at it—I had been revolving around it ... ...s by the gloom of a couple sickly candles, but we could hardly button anything, our hands shook so. I thought of how many happy people there were in E... ... us like mediocrity, but we all reverence perfection. This girl’s music was perfection in its way; it was the worst music that had ever been achieved ...

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...adoration of Dulcinea. In the ro- mances of chivalry love is either a mere animalism or a fantastic idolatry. Only a coarse-minded man would care to m... ... to you when I have a mind is burying me alive. If luck would have it that animals spoke as they did in the days of Guisopete, it would not be so bad,... ... that truth in ques- tion? Remember, my friend, that woman is an imperfect animal, and that impediments are not to be placed in her way to make her tr... ...that I have seen a play where the first act began in Europe, the second in Asia, the third finished in Africa, and no doubt, had it been in four acts,... ...juez, and Montiel’s famous plain: On Rocinante oft a weary ride. Malignant planets, cruel destiny, Pursued them both, the fair Manchegan dame, And th... ...nd, judging by my inclination to arms, was born under the influence of the planet Mars. I am, therefore, in a measure constrained to follow that road,... ...ngs turned out, two days after this the bitch died of a surfeit, and señor planet-ruler had the credit all over the place of being a most profound ast... ...e thing as to untie,’ and yet did not fail to become lord paramount of all Asia, neither more nor less could happen now in Dulcinea’s disenchantment i...

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... though too ostentatiously levelled to his particular knowledge, or to his animal condition of taste. But easily I slipped off into another key. At La... ... Miss W atson used to surrender themselves without restraint to their glad animal impulses of girlish gayety, like the fawns of antelopes when suddenl... ...thes, that might possibly not be earthly , but presents from some superior planet. Nothing survives, except the humanities of the collection; and amon... ...eigh- teenth century, the very noblest specimens of man consid- ered as an animal, were beyond a doubt the mounted rob- bers who cultivated their prof... ...erished probably beyond recall, even in the case of Greek, in spite of the Asiatic and the Insular Greeks—what we de- manded in vain was any pronuncia... ...r the motions of his mind were slow, solemn, sequacious, like those of the planets; not agile and assimilative; not attracting all things within its o... ...some other province would demand a circuit of six hundred. For example, in Asia Minor, all the way from the sea coast to the Euphrates, towns were sca... ...suggested by the relative conditions of land and agriculture in Thrace and Asia Mi- nor, by comparison with decaying Italy; but a paramount motive, we...

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... Homer delights, our composure, our devotion to superior power. Of all the animals on earth we least know what is good for us. My opinion is, that wha... ... on earth, to look down on his race, to see the nations from the fields of Asia to the forests of Hercynia, performing pilgrimages to the fountain whi... ...l taste, which the history of every other people in Europe, and of many in Asia, has almost ascertained to be a law of the human mind; it is in a stat... ...“skin,” which, according to Herod. 5, 58, was the material employed by the Asiatic Greeks for that purpose, that this poem was another offspring of At... ...e, And not a cloud o’ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber’d gild the glowing pole, O’er the dark tre... ...s waste the plain; Thick on his hide the hollow blows resound, The patient animal maintains his ground, Scarce from the field with all their efforts c... ...sion, and the offering their hair to the dead. Achilles sacrifices several animals, and lastly twelve T rojan captives, at the pile; then sets fire to... ...me no more. ’T was when, emerging through the shades of night. The morning planet told the approach of light; And, fast behind, Aurora’s warmer ray O’...

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...the history say he considered this chapter apocryphal. “Don’t you see, you animal,” continued Sancho, “that it will be well for me to drop into some p... ...nd, judging by my inclination to arms, was born under the influence of the planet Mars. I am, therefore, in a measure constrained to follow that road,... ...y! halt! ye merry, jovial crew! I want to teach you how to treat asses and animals that serve the squires of knights-errant for steeds.” So loud were ... ...mankind, how firm the friendship must have been between these two peaceful animals, shaming men, who preserve friendships with one another so badly. T... ...ngs turned out, two days after this the bitch died of a surfeit, and senor planet-ruler had the credit all over the place of being a most profound ast... ...t all over the place of being a most profound astrologer, as most of these planet-rulers have.” “Still,” said Sancho, “I would be glad if your worship... ...e thing as to untie,’ and yet did not fail to become lord paramount of all Asia, neither more nor less could happen now in Dulcinea’s disenchantment i...

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... nearly frantic insurgence of my rage. I stood up with the cry of an angry animal, and smote my fist with all my strength against the panel of wood be... ...er came a low heavy booing, “Boo! boo—oo!” a note stu- pidly expressive of animal savagery. “Toot, toot!” said Lord Redcar’s automobile in ridiculous ... ...gnificent spectacle, no doubt, for those who were on the right side of our planet to see, but beyond that nothing. It was doubtful whether we were on ... ...ad been lying at my feet. One conclusion stared out at me. This was no new planet, no glorious hereafter such as I had 132 In the Days of the Comet s... ...t, the faint smudge, the slender whirl of me- teor, drawing nearer to this planet,—this planet like a ball, like a shaded rounded ball, floating in th... ...ankind was that lunatic; and not only in the old coun- tries of Europe and Asia, where this system had arisen out of the rational delegation of local ... ...ves, adrift on a wash of instincts, passions, instinctive prejudices, half animal stupidi- ties… . Here we are like people clinging to something—like ...

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...ticle of comprehension of a father’s feelings. Y ou are earthy; you are an animal.’ The squire saw that he was about to lift the boy, and said, ‘Stop,... ...ig for it, and was obliged to aim at reality in his representation of this animal by means of a number of breakages; a defect that brought our landlad... ...taff bellow! But it was mournful to hear how sorry Great Will was over the animal he had slain. He spoke like music. I found it pathetic in spite of m... ...sky like an arrow, bringing round his neck a letter warm from him I loved. Planet communicating with planet would be not more wonderful to men than wo... ...and darken. Meeting her you swore she was the personification of wandering Asia. There was no question of beauty and grace, for these have laws. The c... ...red of us what our des- tination was. Down the Danube to the Black Sea and Asia Minor, Greece, Egypt, the Nile, the Desert, India, possibly, and the H... ...yourself. He is a deep scholar, broad over tongues and dialects, European, Asiatic- a lion to me, poor little mouse! I am speaking of Herr Pro- fessor...

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... fiscal, mili- tary and naval policy, to keep the peace in the Balkans and Asia, to establish a relationship with China, and organise joint and severa... ...anguage is present in the towns and another in the surrounding country, or Asia Minor, where no definite national boundaries, no religious, linguistic... ...ably the Central Powers will draw upon the re- sources of their Balkan and Asiatic allies, but the extent to which they can do that may very easily be... ... rise in prices. So far as it fails to do so the load is on the usual pack animal, the poor man. The rest of the loss falls chiefly upon the creditor ... ...y beginning on modern lines. There is only one other such country upon the planet, and that curiously enough is paral- lel in climate, size, and posit...

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...itself to be drained of inhabitants, to sup port the British arms in either Asia, Africa, or Europe. Besides what have we to do with setting the worl... ...sland. In no instance hath nature made the satellite larger than its primary planet, and as England and America, with respect to each other, reverses ... ...ians of his image in our hearts. They distinguish us from the herd of common animals. The social compact would dis solve, and justice be extirpated t... ...orld is overrun with oppression. Free dom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her—Europe regards her like a strang... ...nly given up the proper dignity of man, but sunk himself beneath the rank of animals, and con temptibly crawl through the world like a worm. However,...

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...round Jakko. Never had I felt so well, so overladen with vitality and mere animal spirits, as I did on the afternoon of the 30th of April. Kitty was d... ...tten the other word, I suppose. While he was cutting up the dead bodies of animals, I settled myself down, after exploring the dak-bungalow. There wer... ...therwise I should have preferred to have kept awake. Not for everything in Asia would I have dropped the door-bar and peered into the dark of the next... ...nd horses from the North load and unload. All the nationalities of Central Asia may be found there, and most of the folk of India proper. Balkh and Bo... ...kly, at the end of an hour. “I don’t understand his nonsense about the Red Planet Mars and the King, and the rest of it. Chuck me the Longfellow again...

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...wadays, in mixed society at least, so infrequent a discussion. It was like animals breaking down a fence about some sa- cred spot. Within a couple of ... ...nor. “Instead of propounding plainly and without the acereted mythology of Asia Minor, Greece and Rome, the pure Gospel of Christ…. they present it ov... ...ideas that may have been quite alive, quite significant, quite adequate in Asia Minor or Egypt, among men essentially orientals, fifteen hundred years... ...g of the God that comes down to the human scale, who has been born on your planet and arisen out of Man, who is Man and God, your leader? He’s more th... ...t was leading him. It came as an illuminat- ing discovery. He was a social animal. He had an instinctive disposition to act according to the expectati... ... darkling day, trying to understand his infinitesimal functions on a minor planet. Within the compass of terrestrial living God showed himself in its ...

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...since his comparative subjugation (on the whole, it seems complete) of the animal world. By-and-by the struggle is transferred to higher ground, and w... ...pro- ceeded to remind us that we had once been bull-dogs. Was there not an animal within us having a right to a turn now and then? And was it not (Fal... ...as quoted) for the benefit of our constitutions now and then to loosen the animal? Granting the necessity, of course. By dint of incessantly speaking ... ...cisions, were all beautiful, like silver- shifting waves, in this lustrous planet of her pure freedom; and if you will seize the divine conception of ... ...ight and Day,—both hung with gold; the bru- nette Etruscan, and the blonde Asiatic; and every Frenchman present was epigramizing up and down the rooms... ...his betray liking for one, subjec- tion to the other? Indeed, there was an Asiatic splendour of animal beauty about M. d’Henriel that would be serpent... ...o of Mr. Tuckham’s water-colour drawings in every clime; scenes of Europe, Asia, and the Americas; and he was to be excused for not caring to look thr... ...durable testification that our seasons come in the souls of men, yea, as a planet that we have set in motion, and faster and faster are we spinning it... ...bound to the round of this earth: you were for humanity. Ay, we sailed our planet among the icy spheres, and were at blood-heat for its destiny, you a...

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...is town. “Monsieur Charles Mignon sailed this morning on the ‘Modeste’ for Asia Minor, leaving full powers with the un- dersigned to sell his whole pr... ...emed to have put half the burden of his oath upon the Pyrenean hounds, two animals of uncom- mon sagacity. One slept inside the Chalet, the other was ... ... you. Among the crowd of beings flung by fate into the social life of this planet to make up a generation there are ex- ceptional souls. If your lette... ...ve no idea, in Europe, what these rich East India merchants are. I went to Asia Minor and purchased opium at low prices, and from thence to Canton whe... ...ully selected for the famous Sunday; but he now felt like the satellite of planet, and re- signed himself to the uncertainties of his situation. Canal... ...ed her head with the rapid, intelligent, half- coquettish motion of a wild animal, in whom instinct pro- duces such miracles of grace. “—and therefore... ... visible; but they controlled their dogs by the eye and voice. Those noble animals were far more faithful and submissive subjects than the human liege...

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...tting on his spectacles, reads: ‘“Mr V enus,’ ‘Yes. Go on.’ ‘“Preserver of Animals and Birds,”’ ‘Yes. Go on.’ ‘“ Articulator of human bones.”’ ‘That’s... ...ey dwelt. Miss Podsnap’ s life had been, from her first appearance on this planet, altogether of a shady or- der; for, Mr Podsnap’s young person was l... ...lourish, he put the rest of 134 Our Mutual Friend Europe and the whole of Asia, Africa, and America nowhere. The audience were much edified by this p... ...d at an old sodden fur cap, formless and mangey , that looked like a furry animal, dog or cat, puppy or kitten, drowned and decaying. ‘Now,’ said Mort... ...rough the window. It was fainter and duller. Perhaps fire, like the higher animal and vegetable life it helps to sustain, has its greatest tendency to...

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...tting on his spectacles, reads: ‘“Mr V enus,’ ‘Yes. Go on.’ ‘“Preserver of Animals and Birds,”’ ‘Yes. Go on.’ ‘“ Articulator of human bones.”’ ‘That’s... ...ey dwelt. Miss Podsnap’ s life had been, from her first appearance on this planet, altogether of a shady or- der; for, Mr Podsnap’s young person was l... ...e put the rest of 134 Our Mutual Friend – V ol. 1 Europe and the whole of Asia, Africa, and America nowhere. The audience were much edified by this p... ...d at an old sodden fur cap, formless and mangey , that looked like a furry animal, dog or cat, puppy or kitten, drowned and decaying. ‘Now,’ said Mort... ...rough the window. It was fainter and duller. Perhaps fire, like the higher animal and vegetable life it helps to sustain, has its greatest tendency to...

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...horse, even in the very sharpest run of the river. Better that than sit an animal on whose exer- 28 North America V ol. 2 tions he knew that he could... ...haps never been expressed in words, but which certainly exists, that these animals are not so honorable in their bearings as sheep and oxen. It is a p... ... honor was to “put through” a hog a minute. It must be understood that the animal enters upon the ceremony alive, and comes out in that cleanly, disem... ...the subject. But had we been arguing the question of the population of the planet Jupiter, or the final possibility of the transmutation of metals, th... ...posite doctrine to that be learned; till men in America—ay, and in Europe, Asia, and Africa—can learn that it specially behoves a man not to be smart,...