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... some globe-cataclysm; it rises up a straight wall from the base where the waves gnaw at the stone below high-water mark. Any assault is made impossib... ...ble by the dangerous reefs that stretch far out to sea, with the sparkling waves of the Mediterranean playing over them. So, only from the sea can you... ...-pan. Skill and knowledge and capital—these three points mark out a social triangle on which the scutcheon of power is blazoned; our modern aris- tocr... ...his stand, his eyes were drawn again and again to the Duchess by countless wavering reflections. He could not help admitting to himself that of all th... ...tinct. Fragile as these bridges were, they were always ready for use; high waves and the caprices of the sea could not throw them out of work- ing ord...

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...rn hedge, spying at the party. Now then for a wonder as they came out. Sam waved ev- erybody away—nay, waved is a small word for what he did— shouted,... ...al said it was just like the mast-head of a man- of-war—at least, when the waves didn’t dash right overhead, like the picture of the Eddystone Lightho... ...et the book, if you’ll stay out here.” “Therefore, if the two sides of two triangles be equal to one another, and the adjacent angles be equal each to...

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...plant the institution all over the nation, here and wherever else our flag waves, and we acquiesce in it, there will be peace. But let me ask Judge Do... ...ember that by a course of reasoning Euclid proves that all the angles in a triangle are equal to two right angles. Euclid has shown you how to work it...

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..., you know.” The old housekeeper, with a gracious severity of deport ment, waves her hand towards the great staircase. Mr. Guppy and his 90 Bleak Hou... ...ere in my thoughts.” “I hope I was not the trouble, guardian?” He slightly waved his hand and fell into his usual manner. The change was so remarkable... ...eft Mr. Jarndyce to give it him. It was delightful weather. The green corn waved so beau tifully, the larks sang so joyfully, the hedges were so full... ...his business?” “Mr. George,” says Grandfather Smallweed with a tremu lous wave of his shrivelled hand, “this is the gentleman, sir.” Mr. George salut... ... a few fiddles in the window, and some Pan’s pipes and a tambourine, and a triangle, and cer tain elongated scraps of music, Mr. George directs his m... ...ead light both beautiful and awful; and into it long sullen lines of cloud waved up like a sea stricken immovable as it was heaving. Towards London a ...

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...ht, sir. Bless you for hating me. And good night!’ So saying, Mr Pecksniff waved his right hand with much solem- nity, and once more inserting it in h... ...ell,’ rejoined Martin, throwing himself back in his chair, with a careless wave of both hands, as if the subject were quite settled, and nothing more ... ...le heaps of dust among the busiest stir of life, something to increase his wavering; but there he walked, awak- ening the echoes as he paced up and do... ... low. She stopped once more before they lost that corner; looked back; and waved her hand to Martin. He made a start towards them at the moment as if ... ... island, sleeping, a thousand miles away, so quietly in the midst of angry waves; and hither, to meet them, rush the blasts from unknown desert places... ...tor closed one eye, as he leaned back smilingly in his chair, and formed a triangle with his hands, of which his two thumbs composed the base—’where d...

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...ile the vessel lurched downward, at a terrific angle, into the hollow of a wave. It was extremely clever, and full of a 9 Henry James sort of tragi-c... ...he had been told that there was no wine in America. She cut him an immense triangle out of the cake, and again she thought of Mr. Brand. Felix sat the... ...ness descended; her American kinsfolk were stationed in the portico. Felix waved his hat to them, and a tall, lean gentleman, with a high forehead and... ...o motion to enter the boat that Felix had left at the mooring-place. Felix waved his hat to them; it was too far to call. They made no visible respons... ...out, modest young man. “Come in, sir,” said Mr. Wentworth, with an angular wave of his hand. “It is very proper that you should be present.” “I know w...

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...ching them climb into the shrouds or on the rails, while the ship went swinging through the waves; and I admired and envied the courage of their moth-... ... the ship, Mr. Jones and I paid it a late visit. Steerage No. 1 is shaped like an isosceles triangle, the sides opposite the equal angles bulging outw... ...e floor of glittering sand, these trees that go streaming up like mon- strous sea-weeds and waver in the moving winds like the weeds in submarine curr... ...nd then a long, bare ridge of tumbled boulders, with bright sand-breaks be- tween them, and wavering sandy roads among the bracken and brown heather. ... ...iefly, like the noise of a train; some- times with a long steady rush, like the breaking of waves. And sometimes, close at band, the branches move, a ... ...letter out of his pocket, where, as he said, it was rotting, a mere lump of paper rags, and waved it glo- riously in the air. ‘This comes from America...

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...Isaac knew the temperature of his frames to the twenti- eth part of a degree. He knew the strength of the current of air, and tempered it so as to ada... ...tholder had seated himself. William rose, casting a tranquil glance over the enthusi- astic crowd, and his keen eyes rested by turns on the three extr... ...the black tulip be- longs.” In pronouncing these words, the Prince, to judge of the effect they produced, surveyed with his eagle eye the three extrem...

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...ad been falling since early evening had changed to a lugubrious drizzle. A wave of consterna- tion invaded the vestibule for those who had not come in... ...th you, and be helping you, and all that sort of thing. Now, all this,” he waved a hand at the confusion of furniture, “all this to-day—I just feel,” ... ...ething insensate. In a way, it doesn’t seem human. It’s like a great tidal wave. It’s all very well for the individual just so long as he can keep afl... ...the number of those thus engaged, one, sud- denly catching sight of Laura, waved a muff in her direc- tion, then came quickly forward. It was Mrs. Cre... ...eath of the Pit moved upward through the degrees of its circle. It paused, wavered, stopped at length, and on the instant the hundreds of telegraph ke... ...billiard-room for a game of pool. But when Gretry had put the balls in the triangle, the two men did not begin to play at once. Jadwin had asked the q...

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...ent nor given a thought to the business since the year of grace 1871; you can imagine with what interest I sat down yesterday after- noon to reduce my... ...was very agreeable as usual, but refused wine, beer, water, lemonade, choco- late and at last a cigarette. Then my wife asked him, ‘So you refuse to b... ...have heard already) right at Lady Jersey’s shoulder. She started in fine style. —‘There,’ I said, ‘we have been giving you a chap- ter of Scott, but t... ...is three weeks past, I have only struggled from p. 58 to p. 82: twenty-four pages, et encore sure to be rewritten, in twenty-one days. This is no pr... ...ain from the westward, very unusual kind of weather; I was standing out on the little verandah in front of my room this morn- ing, and there went thro... ...de a hive of rebels up here, and was going to push for new hostilities. The Amanuensis has been ill, and after the above trial petered out. I must ret...

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...s voice. “That I’m better. I’m well enough to kick.” “What at?” “This!” He waved his hand round the one room. “I must have something to play with till... ... She set off afoot, for within the three main roads that bounded the blunt triangle of the estate (even by night one could scarcely hear the carts on ... ...ld wake him up. He discovered, too, that it was a good thing to lie in the wave of air under the punkah. Maybe Stanley had taught him all about this i... ...d-work. Any one knows that.” “We told her so! We told her so; but she only waved her feelers, and said we could all lay eggs like Queens if we chose. ... ...hunt-stops. The delicious flight-curves come away on the tape with never a waver. The Mark Boat’s ver- tical spindle of light lies down to eastward, s... ...” said the Governor. “I believe he has the makings of a James Pigg!” Farag waved his hand to his uncle, and led Royal on to the barge. The rest of the...

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...lent for a moment, and took a corner of her apron so as to turn it up in a triangle, it meant that a lengthy expostulation was about to be delivered f... ...tue made ridiculous produces its effect 173 Balzac on a young man, and he wavers; life in Paris soon rubs the bloom from conscience, the infernal wor... ...nce.’ “It was the only time I ever saw Napoleon show any emo- tion. With a wave of his hand to us he went in again. I watched him go on board the Engl...

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...us cursing, virile flannel shirts. He creaked to his feet, groaning at the waves of pain which passed behind his eyeballs. Though he waited for their ... ...elieved to be cynical) were candidly eager. But he was not over-gentle. He waved his hand at poor dumpy Verona and drawled: “Yes, I guess we’re pretty... ...mil- iar face, and a fellow Booster shouted, “H’ are you, George!” Babbitt waved in neighborly affection, and slid on with the traffic as the policema... ...on when friend and foe get together and lay down the battle-ax and let the waves of good-fellowship waft them up the flowery slopes of amity, it behoo... ...sh. A pat- tern of wild geese, flying low and unconcerned above the hills, wavered against the serene ashen evening. Howat Penny, standing in the comp... ... going to be a riot. He drove toward the start- ing-point of the parade, a triangle of limp and faded grass known as Moore Street Park, and halted his...

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...elligence, and means at command, such were the three sides of the terrible triangle which describes the general’s closest enemy, the spy ever watching... ...ts he takes up,—a perfect jumble, absolutely unintelligible,—lakes, stars, waves, billows! not a single philosophical image, not even a didactic effor...

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...tates. Be not anxious nor afraid; The bladder will not fail so swim On the waves that compass him. Which oracle, they say, one of the sibyls long afte... ...igure formed by 112 V olume One the revolution of an isoceles rectangular triangle, all the lines from the circumference of which meeting in a center... ...rees reaching the level of the very tops of them, and all this without any waves or agi- tation. At first it was the wonder of shepherds and herds- me... ...er, seeing the whole state now threatened as it were by a tempest, and the waves ready to overwhelm them, they were forced, as we say in extreme peril... ...es at last engaged. Aemilius, like a wise pilot, foreseeing by the present waves and motion of the 449 Plutarch’s Lives armies, the greatness of the ... ...taly, there were seen at nights in the sky, flaming darts and shields, now waved about, and then again clashing against one another, all in accordance...

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...uld, no doubt,” says Mr. *“The vitals of the monarchy lay within that vast triangle circumscribed by the Danube, the Save, the Adriatic, Euxine, and E... ...lost its most efficient partisans, but, through their loss, determined the wavering against him, alienated the few who remained of his own faction, an... ...uttered, not a whisper; hardly a robe was heard to rustle, or a feather to wave. The twenty were rapidly reduced to twelve, these to six, the six to f... ...ial of his courage before the assembled rank of Klosterheim, the Landgrave waved off all who would have stepped forward officiously to his sup- port. ...

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...d daily do swallow, many a worse one. As might be this doctrine of a great triangle, so is the doctrine of Home Rule. Why is a gentleman of property t... ...re or less of general assent; free trade—.’ Here Sir Orlando gave a kindly wave of his hand, showing that on behalf of a companion he was willing to p...

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...at a beck, as falcon at his call. Thus go they over through the umber’d wave, And ever they on the opposing bank Be landed, on this side another ... ...ing pours itself down to a foss Sluic’d from its source. Far murkier was the wave Than sablest grain: and we in company Of the’ inky waters, journeyi... ...hat ran its way so nimbly through the air, As a small bark, that through the waves I spied Toward us coming, under the sole sway Of one that ferried i... ... my entrance seem’d The vessel freighted. Soon as both embark’d, Cutting the waves, goes on the ancient prow, More deeply than with others it is wont.... ...ose texture of the mystic strain! And now there came o’er the perturbed waves The Divine Comedy of Dante Hell 26 Loud crashing, terrible, a s... ... granted, that first motion is; or if Of the mid circle can, by art, be made Triangle with each corner, blunt or sharp. “Whence, noting that, whi... ... pitch, thou seest as clear, As earthly thought determines two obtuse In one triangle not contain’d, so clear Dost see contingencies, ere in themselve...

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...know so little that I didn’t even know their son’s name. It’s all so—” She waved her hand and laughed a little. “In that case it is far too sudden.” “... ...wed in from the invisible sea, and ebbed into a profound silence while the waves with- out were still beating. Though the promontory con- sisted of fl... ...ws a nice mind to ignore the piles of money that keep their feet above the waves. I stand each year upon six hundred pounds, and Helen upon the same, ... ...hese Wilcoxes for the sec- ond time. Paul and his mother, ripple and great wave, had flowed into her life and ebbed out of it for ever. The ripple had... ...fe and ebbed out of it for ever. The ripple had left no traces behind; the wave had strewn at her feet fragments torn from the unknown. A curious seek... ...he had touched his emotions. A woman and two men—they had formed the magic triangle of sex, and the male was thrilled to jealousy, in case the female ... ...r Leonard Bast was nothing to him now that she had given him her word; the triangle of sex was broken for ever. “Thanks to your hint, he’s clearing ou... ... and the sun shone gaily on the ornamental steps—black and white marble in triangles. Leonard lowered his eyes to them after ringing the bell. He felt...

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...ades – millers, maltsters, and doctors, playing the character parts in the Waverley Novels with propriety, if without distinction; and to an orphan lo... ...er streaming from his head and body to the floor. There it gathered into a wave which, sweeping forward, submerged my grandfather. Well, no matter how... ...he beginning. He is always the practical man. The rains, the winds and the waves, the complexity and the fitfulness of nature, are always before him. ... ... must foresee its influence: how it shall deflect the tide, exaggerate the waves, dam back the rain- water, or attract the thunderbolt. He visits a pi... ...coast and the depth of soundings outside, he must deduce what magnitude of waves is to be looked for. He visits a river, its summer water babbling on ... ...cond, these again a pair of shears for lifting the third, and the shears a triangle for raising the fourth. Having thus got four of the six prin- cipa...