... each began to look out with some anxiety for the preconcerted signal, the rocket from Sir Hussey Vivian’s quar- ters, which was to announce the recom... ...i- ties. It came just as the moon rose in her silver splendor, and ere the rocket-stick fell quivering to the earth at the feet of General Picton and ... ...e?), and the gallant Potztausend, with his Hanoverian veterans. The second rocket flew up. “Forward, Onety-oneth!” cried I, in a voice of thunder. “Ki... ...avaliers might have been per- ceived by the naked eye threading one of the rocky and ro- mantic gorges that skirt the mountain-land between the Marne ... ...illages, sent up plaintive echoes 40 Thackeray which moaned through those rocky and lonely steeps; the stars began to glimmer in the purple heavens s... ...g his left leg on a level with his ear. He looked like Apollo, as he stood balancing himself there. He discharged his dart from the thrumming bowstrin...

...stones, laid down by brutal igno rance, and held together, like the solid rocks, by years of this most wicked axiom. Charles Dickens 26 Would we kno... ...t Mr. Albert Smith has confessed to me, Charles Dickens 58 that on fairly balancing his own merits as a speaker and a singer, he rather thinks he exc... ...n before you, preside over Speeches: Literary and Social 69 their births, rock their wretched cradles, nail down their little coffins, pile up the ea... ...earance—any one of these causes may often in a few hours wreck them upon a rock in the barren ocean; and then, happily, this society, with the swift a... ...moment’s untrustworthy enthusiasm, but it is the solid fact built upon the rock of experience that when I first made up my mind, after considerable de...

...found oc- 12 Bride of Lammermoor cupying, like ospreys’ nests, projecting rocks, or promonto- ries, in many parts of the eastern coast of Scotland, a... ...hem, and then gradually glided away from the prospect to lose itself among rocks and thickets, and guide to scenes of deeper seclusion. It was when pa... ...state of its inhabitant. The cottage was situated immediately under a tall rock, which in some measure beetled over it, as if threatening to drop some... ...in a light column, and curled upward along the white face of the incumbent rock, giving the scene a tint of exquisite soft- ness. In a small and rude ... ...on a projecting cliff that beetled on the German Ocean. On three sides the rock was precipitous; on the fourth, which was that towards the land, it ha... ...of his mansion, which manifested all the disarray of the late revel, as if balancing the distinction which he had attained with the expenses of the en...

...uarters of oranges; and finally , on the upper platform a green field with rocks set in lakes of jam, nutshell boats, and a small Cupid balancing hims... ...en field with rocks set in lakes of jam, nutshell boats, and a small Cupid balancing himself in a chocolate swing whose two uprights ended in real ros... ...ok it up in the wrapping that enveloped it and began singing softly as she rocked herself to and fro. Leon walked up and down the room; it seemed stra... ...f which were painted clowns in carriages, and tight-rope dances with their balancing-poles. Leon stopped, pointing with a gesture to his sleeping audi... ...ecognise you.” He thrust the catechism into his pocket, and stopped short, balancing the heavy vestry key between his two fingers. The light of the se... ...ame Homais, and the drug- gist, who was worrying about the danger of stray rockets, and every moment he left the company to go and give some ad- vice ... ... 132 Madame Bovary raising her chin, she watched the luminous rays of the rockets against the dark sky . Rodolphe gazed at her in the light of the bu... ...arm stretched out, she gave herself up to the cadence of the movement that rocked her in her saddle. At the bottom of the hill Rodolphe gave his horse... ...r!” “What is it?” And he recognised the beadle, holding under his arms and balancing against his stomach some twenty large sewn vol- umes. They were w...

...stance, there was a glass pickle-jar, filled with frag- ments of Gibraltar rock; not, indeed, splinters of the veri- table stone foundation of the fam... ...- girl to herself.” He looks as if there were nothing softer in him than a rock, nor milder than the east wind! I meant no harm! Since he is really my... ...n the great enemy of souls, by sending a multitude of his adherents up the rocky pathway of Gallows Hill. Since those days, no doubt, it had grown to ... ...or this horrible crime of witchcraft. Their graves, in the crevices of the rocks, were supposed to be inca- pable of retaining the occupants who had b... ...Maule’s grave; which, by the bye, was but a very shallow nook, between two rocks, near the summit of Gallows Hill. Again, when the lawyers were making... ...hstanding what he had just said, and most sincerely, in regard to the self-balancing power with which Phoebe impressed him, it still seemed almost wic...

...sun shines out, the earth gives forth her increase; the deep bowels of the rocks render up their tribute. Forms which were dull and hid- eous become e... ...and, and look warily to his path, and walk cautiously among the thorns and rocks—cautiously, but yet boldly, with manly courage, but Christian meeknes... ...oom. She was sitting there with her foot on the board of a child’s cradle, rocking it, while an infant about three months old was lying in her lap. Fo... ...as the curate himself. Then they would walk to- gether for hours along the rock-bound shore, listening to the waves, discussing deep polemical mysteri... ...ion to Mrs Crawley, who was sitting with one baby in her lap while she was rocking another who lay in a cradle at her feet. Mr Crawley, in the mean- w... ...such a proposition? After the consideration of many pros and cons, and the balancing of very various arguments, Mrs Gresham thought that the arrangeme... ...pheasant. But yet something like remorse touched his heart as he sat there balancing himself on his chair in the private secretary’s room, and looking...

...t and poverty in the estate. To which purpose serveth the opening, and well balancing of trade; the cher ishing of manufactures; the banishing of id... ... in faction, lightly goeth away with it; for when matters have stuck long in balancing, the winning of some one man casteth them, and he getteth all t... ...For those orbs rule in men’s minds most. The true religion is built upon the rock; the rest are tossed, upon the waves of time. To speak, therefore, o...

... a tree — while the Gnat (for that was the insect she had been talking to) was balancing itself on a twig just over her head, and fanning her with its... ...her fin gers. ‘All right,’ said the Gnat: ‘half way up that bush, you’ll see a Rocking horse fly, if you look. It’s made entirely of wood, and gets ab... ...Sap and sawdust,’ said the Gnat. ‘Go on with the list.’ Alice looked up at the Rocking horse fly with great interest, and made up her mind that it must... ...The Walrus and the Carpenter Walked on a mile or so, And then they rested on a rock Conveniently low: And all the little Oysters stood And waited in a... ...w, With eyes, like cinders, all aglow, Who seemed distracted with his woe, Who rocked his body to and fro, And muttered mumblingly and low, As if his ...

...s, and temperate because they desire greater pleasures. But he disdains this balancing of pleasures and pains, which is the exchange of commerce and n... ...ppe and his children indi cates that the philosopher is not ‘made of oak or rock.’ Some 33 Plato other traits of his character may be noted; for exa...

... trod the dust, and finally leaped over, dashing herself to death upon the rocks below. Such is the train of incidents which malice has perverted into... ...is room? Has there been none here this fifteen years?’ Thus was she always balancing her bargains with the Maj- esty of heaven, posting up the entries... ...ation of her lover, Little Dorrit, with her hands to her averted face, and rocking herself where she stood as if she were in pain, murmured, ‘O father... ...vegetable growth save a poor brown scrubby moss, freezing in the chinks of rock. Blackened skel- eton arms of wood by the wayside pointed upward to th... ...ad been sobbing, kept them silent. At length, a light on the summit of the rocky staircase gleamed through the snow and mist. The guides called to the... ...rns were refreshing to drink at, again they came among the pine-trees, the rocky rivulets, the verdant heights and dales, the wooden chalets and rough... ...alcony looked so very bulky and heavy that it seemed on the point of over- balancing him and flattening the unknown below. ‘It’s one fellow,’ said Mr ...

... ness when required. The father of one of the families was in the habit of balancing the father of another of the families on the top of a great pole;... ...noon, and found poor father just come home too, from the booth. And he sat rocking himself over the fire, as if he was in pain. And I said, “Have you ... ...an iron bound coast, might have warned all prudent mariners from that bold rock her Ro man nose and the dark and craggy region in its neighbourhood, ... ...m no comfort herein. She had suffered the wreck of her whole life upon the rock. ‘I will not say, Louisa, that if you had by any happy chance undeceiv... ...lies!—who next to worship the ground I walk on.’ He discharged this like a Rocket, at his father in law’s head. ‘Whereas your daughter,’ proceeded Bou... ...t has been done against him,’ said Rachael, throwing off all distrust as a rock throws of the sea, ‘and he will be here, at furthest, in two days.’ ‘N...

...se their professions. How little the fear of misfortune is then capable of balancing the hope of good luck, appears still more evidently in the readin... ...ows in several parts of Great Britain, particularly in Scotland, upon such rocks only as lie within the high-water mark, which are twice every day cov... ... The paving of the streets of London has enabled the owners of some barren rocks on the coast of Scotland to draw a rent from what never afforded any ... ...importance. The three capital improvements are, first, the exchange of the rock and spindle for the spinning-wheel, which, with the same quantity of l...

...going to answer at all. He was just beginning to speak again when the man, balancing thoughtfully on top of his ladder, drawled out: “Four o’clock.” “... ...d a few red roofs were etched faintly in the greyness. The men stood about balancing first on one foot and then on the other, stamping to get warm. On... ...d was the pandemo- nium of the guns ahead and behind. Every now and then a rocket would burst in front of them and its red and green lights would ming... ...urer.” “God, I wish it had made me into anything so interest- ing.” “Tie a rock on to your scruples and throw ‘em off the Pont Neuf and set out … . O ... ...ce all the time. It’s not as it is in Brittany … .” Marcel paused. He sat, rocking a little on the stool, holding on to the seat be- tween his legs. A... ...s a hell of a ways to- day, Skinny?” “We’re goin’ to Passy Wharf to unload rock,” said some- body in a grumbling voice. “No, it’s a cement … cement fo...

... to have guarded herself from a love so un- fortunate, or have avoided the rock on which her vessel had been shipwrecked? Then many bitter thoughts pa... ...’t the worst of it.’ ‘And what is the worst of it?’ ‘Newmarket;—that’s the rock he’s going to pieces on.’ ‘You don’t mean to say he takes the money ou... ... in Dobbs Broughton’s room in Hook Court, on the hind legs of which he was balancing himself comfortably; and he was communicating his experi- ence in... ... knew where a good thing is to be picked up. But I must be off. I’m on the Rocky Mountain Canal Company Directory. I’m not above taking my two guineas... ...art on the score of such levities as that! If there were M Ds, like sunken rocks, in his course, whose fault was it? He was ready enough to steer his ...

... being elected to Parliament. But, even from their own point of view, this balancing of evil by evil, instead of combining good with good, is a wretch... ...ion, and the dignity and prestige of French power—than to sulk on his own rocks, the half savage relic of past times, revolving in his own little men...

...so pleasant people; again, because of advantage people are friends, either balancing exactly their mutual profitableness or differing from one another... ...sion it is really the bridg- ing over of a chasm, not the steps cut in the rock on either side to enable us to walk down into and again out of it. It ...

... a circle of mutual benefits too appar ent ever to be overlooked. In justly balancing the powers of the Federal and State authorities difficulties ne... ... of the United States to that portion of our territory which lies beyond the Rocky Mountains. Our title to the coun try of the Oregon is “clear and u... ...ndition, the only means by which the power of the States on this side of the Rocky Mountains can reach them in sufficient time to “protect” them “agai... ... courts, and the orderly administration of justice must continue forever the rock of safety upon which our Government securely rests. One of the lesso... ...d. If we fail, the cause of free self govern ment throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ou... ...earthstone of American citizenship. We want the cradle of American childhood rocked under conditions so wholesome and so hopeful that no blight may to...

...grouped in consequence; while a few personages or families that stood with rocky firmness amid all this fluctuation, were slowly presenting new aspect... ...n the kitchen to give his uncle company. Y oung Cranch was not exactly the balancing point between the wit and the idiot,—verging slightly towards the... ...enables a white soft living substance to make its way in spite of opposing rock. Papa was not a rock: he had no other fixity than that fixity of alter... ...e of wrong in a class, and the best wisdom that will work is the wisdom of balancing claims. That’s my text—which side is injured? I support the man w... ...ine scheme? And was he after all to become a mere stone of stumbling and a rock of offence? For who would understand the work within him? Who would no...

...ouped in con sequence; while a few personages or families that stood with rocky firmness amid all this fluctuation, were slowly presenting new aspects ... ...in the kitchen to give his uncle company. Young Cranch was not exactly the balancing point between the wit and the idiot,— verging slightly towards th... ...enables a white soft living substance to make its way in spite of opposing rock. Papa was not a rock: he had no other fixity than that fixity of alterna... ...e of wrong in a class, and the best wisdom that will work is the wisdom of balancing claims. That’s my text— which side is injured? I support the man ... ...ine scheme? And was he after all to become a mere stone of stumbling and a rock of offence? For who would understand the work within him? Who would no...

..., which (whilst we have any) are always soliciting, and ready at hand to give the will its next determination. The balancing, when there is any in the... ... and present ignorance, which misleads our judgments as much as 261 John Locke the other. Judging is, as it were, balancing an account, and determini... ..., and that which his scarlet would blush at, to have his au- thority of forty years, standing, wrought out of hard rock, Greek and Latin, with no smal...

... trod the dust, and finally leaped over, dashing herself to death upon the rocks below. Such is the train of incidents which malice has perverted into... ...is room? Has there been none here this fifteen years?’ Thus was she always balancing her bargains with the Maj- esty of heaven, posting up the entries... ...ation of her lover, Little Dorrit, with her hands to her averted face, and rocking herself where she stood as if she were in pain, murmured, ‘O father...

... of papers of various sorts. Sviazhsky took out the books, and sat down in a rocking chair. “What are you looking at there?” he said to Levin, who was... ...ent to it, took it from the wet nurse’s arms, and began walking up and down, rocking it. “You must ask the doctor to examine the wet nurse,” said Alex... ...as very nice indeed, papa,” said Seryozha, sitting sideways on his chair and rocking it, which was forbidden. “I saw Nadinka” (Nadinka was a niece of ... ...ld me you’d been given a new star. Are you glad, papa?” “First of all, don’t rock your chair, please,” said Alexey Alexandrovitch. “And secondly, it’s... ...ales of timber, wheat, and wool, the letting of lands, Vronsky was hard as a rock, and knew well how to keep up prices. In all operations on a large s... ...ng with a sympathetic glance to the expression of the countess, and mentally balancing the question with which of the two ministers she was most intim...

...aters of the confluence of the Enns and the Danube became visible, and the rocky left bank of the Danube covered with pine forests, with a mystic back... ...king into the nursery. Princess Mary was still standing by the cot, gently rock- ing the baby. “Ah yes, and what else did he say that’s unpleasant?” t... ...sandth time and lay down. But hardly had he done so before he felt the bed rocking backwards and for- wards beneath him as if it were breathing heavil... ...hich rose above the other sounds, did not cease for a moment. The mistress rocked and hushed her baby and when anyone came into the cellar asked in a ... ... loaded carts that were making their way from all sides out of Moscow, and balancing his bulky body so as not to slip out of the ramshackle old vehicl... ... again lazily smacked his lips. Cautiously withdrawing her breast, Natasha rocked him a little, handed him to the nurse, and went with rapid steps tow...