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...n sodden swarthiness of complexion, a filmy dimness of eye, and pallor and compression of lip. There were two other traits, moreover, by which I could... ...t I could not help observing that (owing, no doubt, to the introduction of images entirely modern, and, of course, en- tirely novel to the stranger) t... ...nes have been justly admired for their delicacy of expression. Some of the images are very effective. Nothing can be better than — —the bards sublime,... ...flowers; And lovely passions, changing oft, So fill her, she appears The image of themselves by turns, — The idol of past years! Of her bright fac... ...shake their dusty heads in the breeze.’ And this this gorgeous, yet simple imagery, where all is alive and panting with immortality- this, William Wor... ...m only so far as this object is attained; ro- mance presenting perceptible images with definite, poetry with indefinite sensations, to which end music...

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...ially the very impersonation of pedantry. No thought however beautiful, no image however magnificent, could conciliate his praise as long as it was cl... ...ooked upon human life with an eye of strict at- tention, that the abstract image of womanhood, in. its love- liness, its delicacy, and its modesty, no... ...tedium the long succession to the very person of James I., by the symbolic image of the two crowns united on one head. About the beginning of the cent... ...e unaffected. NO NO NO NO NOTE 7. TE 7. TE 7. TE 7. TE 7. The necessity of compression obliges us to omit many argu- ments and references by which we ... ...’s comfort, that, well knowing how she lived upon his pres- ence or by his image, he denied himself for many years all excursions which could not be f... ...ance such an expression of tranquillity,” that “it would afford the finest image of a saint expired that ever painting drew. Adieu, may you die as hap... ... inscription upon his grave, lines ill constructed in point of diction and compression, but otherwise speaking from the depths of his heart. 162 Biog...

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...rom reviving, from calling up again into fierce and insufferable light the images and features of a long-buried happiness? That would be a natural shr... ...n to open be- fore me, this child deepened my love to him by recalling the image of his mother; and what other image was there that I so much wished t... ... of the eye under this nervous apprehensiveness, I continued to shape into images of Agnes forms without end, that upon nearer approach presented the ... ...qually divided in opinion. In this state of public feeling came the trial. Image to yourself, oh reader, whosoever you are, the intensity of the excit... ...h by that time had arisen in all people to be spectators of the scene—then image to yourself the effect of all this, a perfect consciousness that in h... ...no sentence derived from any foreign one, has the great advantage of close compression; my own pages, after equating the size, being as 1 to 3 of the ... ... that should naturally make it paler and more dilute than ever: and yet by compression, by deeper cen- tralization, this effect shall be defeated; by ... ...in it shall gleam out brighter when at 2x than when at x. At this point of compression, let the great moulding power a second time push it back; and a... ...e it will grow faint. But once more let this world be tortured into closer compression, again let the screw be put upon it, and once again it shall sh...

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...hey took to writing, that to be profitable to us the Book needs a powerful compression. Who, says the notable humourist, in allusion to this Book, who... ...pony, with crossed legs, and long flaxen curls over his shoulders, was the image of her soul’s most present angel; and, as a man, he had—she did not s... ...urer recollection of Miss Middleton grew poetic, or he described her in an image to suit a poetic end: “She gives you an idea of the Mountain Echo. Do... ...d to keep the tapers alight, and a stranger comes, and they, who have your image before them, will suddenly blow out the vestal flames and treat you a... ...e that destroyed—I shud- der! You are, he says, and he has often said, his image of the constant woman.” Laetitia’s hearing took in no more. She repea... ...Laetitia’s hearing took in no more. She repeated to herself for days: “His image of the constant woman!” Now, when he was a second time forsaking her,... ...mation. It was done that her father might not be detained. Her astute self-compression sharpened Willoughby as much as it mortified and terrified him....

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... peak; and under this, trying to adapt it to his rogue’s head, the tricksy image of Death 17 George Meredith extinguished himself. All was very silen... ...y surveyed his person. The pains of an impostor seized him. The deplorable image of the Don making confession became present to his mind. It was a cle... ...She had to enliven his stunned senses, and calm her own. And with mournful images of her father in her brain, the female Spartan had to turn to Rose, ... ... of the holiness there is in death, from which came a conflict between the imaged phantoms of his father and of Rose, and he sided against his love wi... ...er at him. By a singular caprice of fancy, Evan had no sooner grasped this image, than it was suggested that he might as well inspect his purse, and s... ..., having yielded, did it with grace. In a moment, and with a power of self-compression equal to that of the adept Countess, he threw off his moodiness...

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... went on, “to come across some vague idea of one’s own in a book, some dim image that comes back to you from afar, and as the com- pletest expression ... ...Leon, and sought solitude that she might with the more ease delight in his image. The sight of his form troubled the vo- luptuousness of this mediatio... ...nd was inwardly afflicted at it. Fearing the possible consequences of such compression to the intellectual organs. He even went so far as to say to he... ...as an ac- tress at Rouen, whom he kept; and when he had pondered over this image, with which, even in remembrance, he was satiated— “ Ah! Madame Bovar... ...ing attractions; she threw her whole soul into it, borne away towards this image with a fresh enthusiasm; and Charles seemed to her as much removed fr... ...r languishing look in the worst possible taste. Then, from looking at this image and recalling the memory of its origi- nal, Emma’s features little by...

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...mind, and to trace all the subtle ramifica- tions of its roots. In raising images of horror, also, he has strange success, conveying to us sometimes b... ...work was there; Conceit deceitful, so compact, so kind, That for Achilles’ image stood his spear Grasped in an armed hand; himself behind Was left uns... ...s imagination quickened his blood or drew it back frozen to his heart. His imagery was from the worlds which no mortals can see but with the vision of... ...e, why life could not be sustained even in a vacuum; for the expansion and compression of chest, commonly called breathing, is ac- tion purely muscula... ...mid the darkness of the night. Hell itself might have been found a fitting image. Even as it was, my hair stood on end, while I gazed afar down within... ...of the sanctuary; he will be here anon. In the meantime let us survey this image. What is it? Oh! it is the god Ashimah in proper person. You perceive...

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... despair. The music had fled. I could not exor- cise the brilliant mocking image of Foedora. Something morbid brooded over every thought, a vague long... ...ted to Euphrasia and Aquilina. “They are types of my own personal history, images of my life! I could scarcely reproach them; they stood before me lik... ...kly flushed, perspiring countenance loomed upon this pandemonium, like the image of a crime that knows no remorse (see L’Auberge Rouge). The picture w... ...ction of a rolling machine. Where could my eyes have been when I suggested compression!” “It was I that asked for it,” Raphael answered. The mathemati... ...gile as a periwinkle petal. He showed it to her. “Pauline!” he said, “fair image of my fair life, let us say good-bye?” “Good-bye?” she echoed, lookin...

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...e invisible touch of cir- cumstance would press the spring, and the little image would pop up, staring him in the face and grinning an interrogation. ... ...rated by judi- cious guardians, and had she been obliged to obliterate his image from her lightly-beating little heart? Bernard had felt sure at Baden... ... one had the defects of its species; but it was somehow concerned with the image of a young lady whom Bernard had formerly known, and who had beautifu... ...very tired— with his attention fastened, as I say, on the idea—on the very image—of departure. On waking up the next morning, rather late, he found, h... ...em and beneath them, with its ordered brilliancy and its mingled aspect of compression and expansion; and yet the huge Parisian murmur died away befor... ...n pretty equally with the distracted, the distorted, the almost ludicrous, image of his old friend. Angela wrote that Gordon had come back to see her ...

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...nows why I did not go away. I felt myself more and more sick and dreary. The images of the previous day began of themselves, apart from my will, flitt... ... continue staring at me persistently for some seconds, then, with a peculiar compression of his lips and a most significant air, deliberately turn rou...

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...cause he had been vigorously active during his walk. For neither clearness compression, nor beauty of language, come to any living creature till after... ...ars a particular resemblance. In common with Burns he has a certain rugged compression, a brutal vivacity of epi- thet, a homely vigour, a delight in ... ... a journey, to prepare the night’s lodging. This seems to be his favourite image; it reappears like the upas-tree in the early work of Coleridge: we m... ... hostile proclamation. It is curious, by the way, to note how favourite an image the trumpet was with the Reformer. He returns to it again and again; ...

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...ted brow, that expressed nothing but an almost mechanical attention, and a compression of the mouth, that might have been a guard against a scornful s... ...erhaps the old mirror was never yet made by human hands, which, if all the images it has in its time reflected could pass across its surface again, wo... ...aricious vein. Much improved in that respect, and with certain half-formed images which had little gold in their com- position, dancing before her bri...

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...finger the spout of a water cistern, while the stream, exasperated at this compression, escapes by a thousand uncalculated spurts, and wets him all ov... ...ad- ful bellow with which he accompanied his career; and it was always the image of the Master of Ravenswood, with his na- tive nobleness of countenan... ...ompanion. The first sight of Lucy Ashton had been less impressive than her image proved to be upon reflection. As the depth and violence of that reven... ... to with ceremonies little bet- ter than heathen—I sacrificed them to your image, ere I knew the worth which it represented. In the evening which suc-...

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...e cylindrical and without any fur- rows, it is as much as four inches. The compression from the surrounding loose sand, acting while the tube was stil... ...placed upright on the ground, and protected by an enclosure bearing wooden images of their gods, and the whole was painted bright red, so as to be con... ... that there is more in man than the mere breath of his body. In calling up images of the past, I find that the plains of Patagonia frequently cross be...

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...e all that had his allegiance appears shattered, overthrown, like a broken image, or at least unable to en- dure examination, then—” “Oh, Norman, is t... ...away for ever. It stilled the sounds of pain, and the restless motion; the compression of the hands became less tight, and he began to hope that the l...