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... tered trumpet tongued indeed by my Lady in her chamber to carry any faint vibration to Sir Leicester’s ears; and yet this cry is in the house, going ... ...ose chords of the human mind which—which need not be called into agonizing vibration on the present occasion—your friend is no fool. What’s that?” “It...
... as usual, a king for D’Artagnan and an ace for himself. “A king,” said D’Artagnan; “it’s a good omen, Master Groslow—look out for the king.” And in s... ...f a hundred cannon; the air burned, ignited by flaming embers, then the frightful lightning disappeared, the brands sank, one after another, into the ...
...They too, his thoughts and his ideas, were dark and invisible, as electric vibrations are invisible no matter how many words they may purport. If I, a...
...s and the books; she listened with extreme intentness to the prepa- ratory vibrations, and then established her identity. “Has Mr. Denham called?” “Ye...
... _220 Upon it pictured by the sunny beams Which, from the bright vibrations of the pool, Were thrown upon the rafters and the roof Of boughs...
...he subsequent amusements of the evening, jarred upon that nerve, the least vibration of which was agony. The courtiers were, for example, in the Great...
...ty, shiver ing at the street corners; church-towers humming with the faint vibration of their own tongues, but newly resting from the ghostly preachme...
...e light dying in all its many windows seemed to lie about me warmed by its vibration. As I was preparing to take my leave after a longish pause 67 Jo... ... a little on a low note. I don’t know about Mills, but the subdued shadowy vibration of it echoed in my breast which felt empty for a moment and like ... ...o one in the world to care what would happen to me?” There was a deep-down vibration in her tone for the first time. We had not a word to say. And she... ...se. He has broken away from his conventions. He is trying to put a special vibration and his own notion of colour into his life; and perhaps even to g... ... I bother my head about it? H’m—the Blunt atmosphere, the reinforced Blunt vibration stealing through the walls, through the thick walls and the almos... ... yet with every nerve in my body tingling in hostile response to the Blunt vibration, which seemed to have got into my very hair. “I am convinced of i...
... Without or tear or stain. ’Tis somewhat late—the city clocks T welve deep vibrations toll, As Gilbert at the portal knocks, Which is his journey’s go...
...s of the air, the brain, and the blood, to the soul, and that hearing is the vibration of this blow, which begins in the head and ends in the region o...
...head to the accompaniment of gurgling noises. An hour of this passed, when the vibrations of feet in contact with the ground foreran the one who appro...
...udissarts are brought in contact with whims past counting; they know every vibration of the cashmere chord in the heart of woman. No one, be she lady ...
... its outline was scarcely distinguishable through the mistiness of its rapid vibration. While the knight was delighting his eyes and ears with these p... ...rmly be tween his skin and his collar; the second rebounded with the hollow vibration of a drumstick from the shaven sconce of the abbot of Rubygill;...
...e sinking sun. Then suddenly out of the golden haze of the sunset came the vibration of guns, and a form of black shadows moving. Everyone struggled t... ...n- crease in number as time wore on. Presently a measured thud- ding and a vibration that made everything about us quiver and the vessels in the pantr... ...e dozed again, for when presently I looked round I was alone. The thudding vibration continued with wearisome persistence. I whispered for the curate ...
... journey on horseback from any turnpike, where it was never reached by the vibrations of the coach horn, or of public opinion. It was an important lo... ...s if a new fineness of ear for all spiritual voices had sent wonder working vibrations through the heavy mortal frame — as if “beauty born of murmuring...
...ude of humming-birds, whose delicate wings wreathed with the mist of their vibration the tops of flowering bushes. No, they were not princesses. Their...
...e horse, uttering itself in the maniac light of his eye, might be the last vibration of such a movement; the glory of Salamanca might be the first—but...
... so’s time. One still sees. The sense of vision is a question of length of vibration, and not of multitude of im- pacts; but there’s a kind of shock t... ...wn. The whole stagnation seemed to wake up as I did so, the disarticulated vibration of the band rushed together into a blast of music, the promenader...
...ghtning would not have surprised him more; for there had not been a single vibration of her voice to tell him of tears running: nay, the absence of th...
...t?” inquired Aramis, with a slight uneasiness. Fouquet collected himself a moment, and then, without the slightest emotion, said, “The evening has cos...
...oving. Ah! what an ever-active life the monster leads! Hardly has the last vibration of the last carriage com- 10 Ferragus ing from a ball ceased at ... ... beloved. T aking their source and their element from the soul itself, the vibrations of the air, charged with passion, put our hearts so powerfully i...
...ten as the animal was irritated or surprised, its tail was shaken; and the vibrations were extremely rapid. Even as long as the body retained its irri... ...earance of the former Towns — The Sea Black and Boiling — Direction of the Vibrations — Stones twisted round — Great Wave —Permanent Elevation of the ... ...is shows how diffi- cult it sometimes is to perceive the directions of the vibrations. There was no difficulty in standing up- right, but the motion m... ...when the rains commenced far greater slips would happen. The effect of the vibration on the hard primary slate, which composes the founda- tion of the... ...o arrange itself in some particular position, with respect to the lines of vibration, — in a manner somewhat similar to pins on a sheet of paper when ...
... heard at the greatest possible distance produces one and the same effect, a vibration of the universal lyre, just as the intervening atmosphere makes... ... pond as I drifted in the gentle night breeze, now and then feeling a slight vibration along it, indicative of some life prowling about its extremity,...
...t. As he lost control, his jaws spasmodically wrenched apart, and deep throaty vibrations issued forth, too low in the register of sound for human ear... ...ch on so vast a mass! Yet did it quiver under the finger tip caress in rhythmic vibrations that became whisperings and rustlings and mutterings of soun...
...f vitality, has vitiated the whole system. Thence, by continuous fe- vered vibrations, the disorder has reached the brain by means of the nervous plex...
... Princess’s Place, making his timid little roots of daisies shudder in the vibration of every yell he gave, as though he had been an ogre, hawking lit... ...ing when another Devil would come by. A trembling of the ground, and quick vibration in his ears; a distant shriek; a dull light advancing, quickly ch...
...nother day. But I do not always do it.’ This was a fair exhibition of that vibration between pious resolutions and indolence, which many of us have to...
... on the edge of the town, and they heard footsteps coming, almost felt the vibration of the tread, and they heard what the passersby said—strange litt...
...wung heavily in the tower above her, and sent forth its deepest knell. The vibrations died away and returned with prolonged solem- 14 Twice Told Tale... ...a chamber, the windows of which were rat- tling in the breeze; the regular vibration of a clock, the crack- ling of a fire, and the tinkling of the em...
...rming falsities or drew our silly conclusions: or perhaps it came with the vibrations from a woman’s glance. Lydgate did not mean to be one of those f... ... bequeath” she could see all complexions changing subtly, as if some faint vibration were passing through them, save that of Mr. Rigg. He sat in unalt... ... not sure that certain fibres in Mr. Garth’s mind had not resumed their old vibration towards the very end which now revealed itself to Fred. For the e... ...ich were a language to his hopes and fears, just as we hear tones from the vibrations which shake our whole system. The deep humiliation with which he... ...: he was dangerously poised, and Rosamond’s voice now brought the decisive vibration. In flute like tones of sarcasm she said— “You can easily go after...
...- ing falsities or drew our silly conclusions: or perhaps it came with the vibrations from a woman’s glance. Lydgate did not mean to be one of those f... ...not sure that certain fibres in Mr. Garth’s mind had not resumed their old vibration towards the very end which now revealed itself to Fred. For the e... ...ich were a language to his hopes and fears, just as we hear tones from the vibrations which shake our whole system. The deep humiliation with which he... ...: he was dangerously poised, and Rosamond’s voice now brought the decisive vibration. In flute-like tones of sarcasm she said— “Y ou can easily go aft...
...little else than deal with the elements definitely presented to each in the vibration produced by the return of the church goers. Nothing allusive, not... ...r on a chord or a key and created, for the number of seconds, an arrest of vibration, a more muffled thump. The sight of him suggested indeed that Fann... ...s way; he only knew what he said, and what he said represented the limited vibration of which his confirmed old toughness had been capable. Still, none... ... him. It would be a question but of the most trivial act of surrender, the vibration of a nerve, the mere movement of a muscle; but the act grew impor... ...at consciousness too had taken its turn by the time she was ready; all the vibration, all the emotion of this present passage being precisely in the v... ...ooked over his head; the picture, in her vision, had suddenly swarmed. The vibration was that of one of the lurches of the mystic train in which, with... ...ham said. “And what in the world, my dear, did you mean by it?” That clear vibration of the touched spring rang out as the first effect of Fanny’s spee... ...nd principle with her own. He was “deep,” as Amerigo called it, so that no vibration of the still air should reach his daughter; just as she had earne...
...ely but the opening of his discoveries. He found out the secret to see the vibrations or fits of light which come and go incessantly, and which either...
...conspiracy of accidents has changed the whole problem; the bicycle and its vibrations developed the pneumatic tyre, the pneumatic tyre rendered a comf...
...hat accounted for the sadness in Lady Castlewood’s eyes, and the plaintive vibrations of her voice. Who does not know of eyes, lighted by love once, w...
...ure; one hears the multitudinous liturgical appeal; one gets the honorific vibration coming from every quar- ter. Compared with such a noble complexit...