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... I thought he needed, and he asked Blanche for a piece of pa- per and some string to make a parcel.” Stroeve stopped, gasping, and I thought he was go... ...cted him to tell me. “She was very pale, but she brought the paper and the string. He didn’t say anything. He made the parcel and he whistled a tune. ... ...he tears just run down her face.” It gave me a sudden wrench of the heart- strings. I could have killed Strickland then, and I knew that my voice was ... .... I know lust. That’s normal and healthy. Love is a disease. Women are the instruments of my pleasure; I have no patience with their claim to be helpm...

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...se herself, try to form some manly resolution; but she was kept in leading strings by the need for money. And so, slowly and in spite of the ambitious... ...trouble to put your hand out in this direction, you will find your case of instruments lying between us; we sent a messenger for them to your rooms, i... ...: I never saw finer limbs, but her body was writhing with pain like a harp-string thrown on the fire. The poor creature had made a sort of struts of h... ...on; for Madame de la Baudraye, on seeing the parcel, of which the form and string were obviously from the printers, exclaimed: “What, does literature ...

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...sing hymn tunes, or the British national song for the time being, to these instruments, but latterly she has been silent and even careful over her wor... ...to him quite friendly when they ain’t busy, about using up all the ends of string, and about his soul. He takes a lot of notice, do Mr. Maynard, 12 T... ...shing-lines together with stems of seaweed and things, and made a stoutish string, perhaps twelve yards in length or more, and I fastened two lumps of... ... and then let it go at him. The first time I missed, but the next time the string caught his legs beautifully, and wrapped round them again and again.... ...ressed only in a coarse flannel nightdress, that fell apart and showed the stringy neck, seen now as my own body, I cannot describe its desolate decre... ...ly that nothing supernatural could happen, and to pass the time I began to string some rhymes together, Ingoldsby fashion, of the original legend of t... ...ut the room were traces of numerous students: hand-bags, polished boxes of instruments, in one place a large drawing covered by newspaper, and in anot... ...oise of keys rattling on split rings as lockers were opened and dissecting instruments taken out. Hill was already standing by his table, and his box ...

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...able were dentelled squarely into something like steps, as low down as the string-course of the upper floor, where the rain from the roof fell to righ... ... black lines at their extremities. His shoes were not cleaned and the shoe-strings were missing. Of all that Flemish household, the master alone took ... ...o showed surprise at her ignorance, that her husband constantly im- ported instruments of physical science, valuable materials, books, machinery, etc.... ...the exorbitant price of certain rare chemicals, and finally by the cost of instruments made to order after the designs of Monsieur Claes himself. The ... ... Claes in a voice of thunder. The old man appeared. “Go up and destroy all—instruments, apparatus, every- thing! Be careful, but destroy all. I renoun... ...days before. She ran to the laboratory and found it filled with scientific instruments, the same as ever. Then she returned to her own appartement and...

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... of his Affections.” With eager speed the lady hastened to undo the silken string which surrounded the 54 Kenilworth little packet, and failing to un... ...he other. “Surely , lady,” said Janet, gazing with admiration at the neck- string of pearls, “the daughters of Tyre wore no fairer neck- jewels than t... ...arl is worth a freehold.” “Each word in this dear paper is worth the whole string, my girl. But come to my tiring-room, girl; we must be brave, my lor... ...k, supplied the place of chairs in this apartment, which contained musical instruments, embroidery frames, and other articles for ladies’ pastime. Bes... ..., a common child of me, and tell me of the risk of walking without leading-strings. But before you are a mile from these stones, you shall know by a s... ...is utter scorn for a nincompoop who stuck his head under his wife’s apron- string; and intimated that, saving for the sake of the horses, which requir... ... light-hearted mirth and tiptoe jollity. The mu- sicians preluded on their instruments—the minstrels hummed their songs—the licensed jester whooped be... ...in frames. Twentie-three cardes, [That is charts.] or maps of coun- tries. Instruments. (I shall give two specimens.) An instrument of organs, regall,...

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...t; the cook to the household, whose waist was dimly indicated by her apron-string; and, to aid her outcries, the silently-protesting Master Gammon, an... ...w remained with him like a vision. Her voice was like the tinkling of harp-strings about his ears. The colour of her riding-habit this day, harmonious... ...at me again. She cuddles into me—slips her hand into my breast and tugs at strings there. I can’t help talking to you about her, now we’ve got over th... ...ahlia gathered her shawl close, and set an irresolute hand upon her bonnet strings, that moved as if it had forgotten its purpose. She could say no mo... ...g in her movements. She went to the glass a minute, as she tied her bonnet-strings under her chin, and pinned her shawl. A 301 George Meredith night’... ...here is a sort of hero, and a sort of villain, to this story: they are but instruments. Hero and villain are combined in the person of Edward, who was...

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...ic; a 129 Charles Dickens respectable performance (without variations) on stringed and wind instruments, sedately expressive of getting up at eight, ... ... Dickens respectable performance (without variations) on stringed and wind instruments, sedately expressive of getting up at eight, shaving close at a... ...cond heap was complete and the first gone, took from his pocket a piece of string and tied it together with a remarkably dexterous hand at a running c... ...dow of diamond panes, and a flounce hanging below the chim- ney-piece, and strings nailed from bottom to top outside the window on which scarlet-beans... ...tal arithmetic mechanically, sing at sight mechanically, blow various wind instruments mechanically, even play the great church organ mechanically . F... ...always rest upon his head.’ 235 Charles Dickens It chanced to be a subtle string to sound, in her who had so spoken to her brother within the hour. I... ...ed his hat. There were light boxes on shelves in the count- ing-house, and strings of mock beads hanging up. There were samples of cheap clocks, and s... ...k- ing-brush on the family’s boots, instead of performing on enormous wind instruments and double-basses, and that he conducted himself with cheerful ...

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...d himself. As if she had an innate knowledge of one jarring and discordant string within him, and her very breath could sound it. His feeling about th... ...ing round upon his stool behind the counter, Mr Gills looked out among the instruments in the window, to see if his nephew might be crossing the road.... ...hered from these remarks that Captain Cuttle’ s reverence for the stock of instruments was profound, and that his philosophy knew little or no distinc... ...k a little more of the chair, and smiled graciously. ‘Do untie your bonnet-strings, and make yourself at home, Miss Nipper, please,’ entreated Jemima.... ...cture; and looking, in the dim shade, and in the close vicinity of all the instruments, like a magician disguised in a Welsh wig and a suit of coffee ... ... old, crab-faced man, in a suit of battered oilskin, who had got tough and stringy from long pickling in salt water, and who smelt like a weedy sea-be... ...y accord with the shrill complainings of a cabinet piano, wasting away , a string a day , and faintly resounding to the noises of the street in its ja... ...52 Dombey & Son The Doctor was a portly gentleman in a suit of black, with strings at his knees, and stockings below them. He had a bald head, highly ... ...k; and a workman on a pair of steps had taken its face off, and was poking instruments into the works by the light of a candle! This was a great event...

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... urge, that it is a secret over ruling Decree that hurries us on to be the Instruments of our own Destruction, even tho’ it be before us, and that we ... ... Cape deVerd Islands also, lay not far off from the Coast. But as I had no Instruments to take an Observation to know what Latitude we were in, and di... ...r’s, and Carpenter’s keeping, three or four Com passes, some Mathematical Instruments, Dials, Perspectives, Charts, and Books of Navigation, all whic... ...oung Goat, and lam’d another so as that I catch’d it, and led it Home in a String; when I had it Home, I bound and splinter’d up its Leg which was bro... ...dge upon the Life and Death of a Man. At length I contriv’d a Wheel with a String, to turn it with my Foot, that I might have both my Hands at Liberty... ...t should be all spent. I made a Collar to this little Creature, and with a String which I made of some Rope Yarn, which I always carry’d about me, I l... ...hen I went to the three Kids, and taking them one by one, I tyed them with Strings together, and with some Difficulty brought them all home. It was a g... ...oasting a Piece of the Kid; this I did by hanging it before the Fire, in a String, as I had seen many People do in England, setting two Poles up, one ...

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...that in his pipe—like the flavour—damned ras cals.’ And with a lengthened string of similar broken sen tences, delivered with extraordinary volubili... ...n a huge cloak to escape observation, and Mr. Snodgrass bore under his the instruments of destruction. ‘Have you got everything?’ said Mr. Winkle, in ... ... such a ramming down of the contents of enormous guns on the battery, with instruments like magnified mops; such a preparation before they were let of... ...n inside, and Mr. Winkle on the box, were each furnished with those useful instruments. ‘Plates, Joe, plates.’ A similar process employed in the dis ... ...cast a still more anxious look at the packet; and his visitor, untying the string that bound it, disclosed a quantity of promissory notes, with copies... ...d nightcap, se cured it firmly on his head, by tying beneath his chin the strings which he always had attached to that article of dress. It was at th... ... said Mr. Pickwick to himself, smiling till he almost cracked the nightcap strings—’it is the best idea, my losing myself in this place, and wandering... ...his nightcap to a lady overpow ered him, but he had tied those confounded strings in a knot, and, do what he would, he couldn’t get it off. The Char...

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...by the lamp on the wall; the players in the corner were putting down their instruments to take up their glasses. And the dancers sat round the wall, c... ...urious, offering movement. The guitars and mandolines strike the vibrating strings. But the vague Northern reserve has come over the Englishwomen. The... ...and salt. They laughed at my pretending to cut the slabs of polenta with a string: that rejoiced them all: it took them back to the Italian mezzo-gior...

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...They had carried off Eustace’s beloved books, to burn them in the court as instruments of sorcery, and a few garments it had likewise contained lay sc... ...e depths of the tower, “when another Borgne shall make his appearance, and string you up as a traitor to King Charles, your liege lord.” “Le Borgne Ba... ...t the battle of Crecy—” “I know all that—how the men of Genoa had wet bow- strings, and ours dry ones,” said Henry; “but they were peas- ants, after a...

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...munion, and their days there had been like some musical prelude, where the instruments, breathing low, seem to hold back the waves of sound that press... ...?...As if the gods were there all the while, just behind them, pulling the strings?” Her hands were pressed against the railing, her face shining and ... ... felt with intensity: to the actual, the immediate, she spread vibrat- ing strings. When the play was over, and they came out once more into the sunli... ... “I want our life to be like a house with all the windows lit: I’d like to string lanterns from the roof and chimneys!” She ended with an inward tremo... ...why shouldn’t you? Is it anything to be proud of, to know so little of the strings that pull us? If you knew a little more, I could tell you how such ...

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...tal arithmetic mechanically, sing at sight mechanically, blow various wind instruments mechanically, even play the great church organ mechanically . F... ...rced upon you, shall always rest upon his head.’ It chanced to be a subtle string to sound, in her who had so spoken to her brother within the hour. I... ...ed his hat. There were light boxes on shelves in the count- ing-house, and strings of mock beads hanging up. There were samples of cheap clocks, and s... ...ying near, and a common basket of common fruit, and another basket full of strings of beads and tinsel scraps. A few boxes of humble flow- ers and eve... ...the pre- cious waistcoat pocket, and then tied her dimples into her bonnet-strings in a very knowing way , and took him back to London. Arrived at Mr ...

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...ord he said), he chose between the purple scarf and a tapestry effect with string- less brown harps among blown palms, and into it he thrust a snake-h... ...rful woman, beat the dinner-gong. The roast of beef, roasted potatoes, and string beans were excellent this evening and, after an adequate sketch of t... ..., the men waving their cigars, the women conscious of their new frocks and strings of beads, all singing to the tune of Auld Lang Syne the official Ci... ...on’t mention it, Jerry. And remember whenever you get to Zenith, the latch-string is always out.” “And don’t forget, old boy. if you ever come to Nott... ...med to have but half as much hair as Babbitt remembered, and that half was stringy. She sat in a rocker amid a debris of candy-boxes and cheap magazin... ...ey drove up to St. Mary’s Hospital, with the nurses already laying out the instruments for an operation to save her life, it was she who consoled him ...

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...n, two-dozen-mouthed, Did Matey know her address at Douvres? His face grew stringy and his voice harder, and his eyes ready to burst from a smother of... ... been a refreshment. Yet he was unashamed of the cause invoking it. We are instruments to the touch of certain women, and made to play strange tunes. ... ... Englishmen; teaching them to be manageable as chess- pieces, ready as bow-strings to let fly. Weyburn rejoiced to find himself transcribing crisp sen... ... was a toned old Burgundy, happy in the year of its birth, the grandest of instruments to roll the gambol-march of the Dionysiaca through the blood of... ...’ ‘I could use a warmer word. He knew me when I was a girl.’ She wound the strings of his heart suddenly tense, and they sang to their quivering. ‘You... ...elped to the de- lay , was warrant of his sureness. And in an accident the stringy fellow, young Weyburn, could be trusted for giving his at- tention ... ...re the flaring rebel; there is no fixed order possible. Laws are necessary instruments of the majority; but when they grind the sane human being to du... ...nless … as a certain coldfish finale tone of the letter playing on the old string, the irrevocable, peculiar to women who are novices in situations of...

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...timentalism. Senti- mental people, in her phrase, ‘fiddle harmonics on the strings of sensualism,’ to the delight of a world gaping for marvels of mus... ... a Tartar modelled by a Greek: supple as the Scythian’s bow, braced as the string! He has the air of a born horseman, and valses perfectly. I won’t sa... ...y.’ The remainder, a full majority, had sounded eulogy with all their band-instruments, drum, trumpet, fife, trombone. Her foregoing work had raised h... ...icipat- ing something of the sort for some time. Dacier butted against the stringing wind, that kept him at a rocking incline to his left for a mile. ... ...ly as well as disagreeably. Any one can whip up the populace if he has the instruments; and Tonans frequently intruded on the Ministry’s prerogative t... ...rage to his prin- ciples, and in the dominion of Love a sultan of the bow- string and chopper period, sovereignly endowed to stretch a finger for the ... ...a devious filmy sentimentalist, likely to ‘fiddle harmonics on the sensual strings’ for him at a mad rate in the years to come. Such fiddling is indee...

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...s window in Regent-street; his whiskers meet- ing beneath his chin, seemed strings wherewith to tie it on, ere science had rendered them unnecessary b... ...he aforesaid cases, and a melodramatic expression of hor- ror at finding a string broken; and a vast deal of screw- ing and tightening, and winding, a... ...ration. The overture, in fact, was not unlike a race between the different instruments; the piano came in first by several bars, and the violoncello n... ...alling bump on his knees, and break- ing two brace-buttons and a waistcoat-string, in the act—’By allowing me to be your slave, your servant—in short,... ...alling bump on his knees, and break- ing two brace-buttons and a waistcoat-string, in the act—’By allowing me to be your slave, your servant—in short,...

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...f the same on his head; and a long old flapped waistcoat; with no braces, no strings, very few buttons — in short, with hardly any of those artificia... ...les, globes, books, telescopes, crocodiles, alligators, and other scientific instruments of every kind. In the centre of this room was a stove or furn...

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...e wore no hat in the heated cafe, her loose, simple jumper was strung on a string round her neck. But it was made of rich peach-coloured crepe-de-chin... ...rom Cromford. In front, it looked over a lawn, over a few trees, down to a string of fish-ponds in the hollow of the silent park. At the back were tre... ... one part. Away at the landing stage, tiniest points of coloured rays were string- ing themselves in the dusk. The launch was being illuminated. All r... ...was a scattered intrusion of lights. Far down the lake were fantastic pale strings of colour, like beads of wan fire, green and red and yellow. The mu... ...d and thrummed and washed with her faintly-splashing paddles, trailing her strings of coloured lights, and occasionally lighting up the whole scene lu... ...duce it to his will. And for this fight with matter, one must have perfect instruments in perfect organisation, a mechanism so subtle and harmonious i... ... terms were given: first the resistant Matter of the underground; then the instruments of its sub- jugation, instruments human and metallic; and final... ...n pure will, his own mind. It would need a marvellous adjustment of myriad instruments, human, animal, metal- lic, kinetic, dynamic, a marvellous cast... ... stream of unemotional acceptance. They were not important to him, save as instruments, nor he to them, save as a supreme instrument of control. As mi...