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...re both too small for such par- ties of our friends as I hope to see often collected here; and I have some thoughts of throwing the passage into one o... ...t Sir John’s satisfaction in society was much more real; he de- lighted in collecting about him more young people than his house would hold, and the n... ...s assistance cre- ated. But when this passed away, when her spirits became collected, when she saw that to the perfect good-breeding of the gentleman,... ...f it, at least—my loose cash would certainly be employed in improv- ing my collection of music and books.” “And the bulk of your fortune would be laid... ...of abode, for although scarcely settled in town, Sir John had contrived to collect around him, nearly twenty young people, and to amuse them with a ba... ...d for four- teen years—it is dangerous to handle it at all! I will be more collected—more concise. She left to my care her only child, a little girl, ... ...nspection, by remaining unconscious of it all; for she was as well able to collect her thoughts within herself, and be as ignorant of what was passing... ...short distance of London, where I might drive myself down at any time, and collect a few friends about me, and be happy. I advise every body who is go... ...x- actly.” Here Mrs. Jennings ceased, and as Elinor had had time enough to collect her thoughts, she was able to give such an answer, and make such ob...

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...ard dismounted to gather some roses and jessamine for the Princess, and to collect some of the curious fossil 107 Yo n g e echini, which he believed ... ...owry to make much speed,” quoth the merchant. “He will think it needful to collect all his gear to meet the offers of Master Lambert of Cripple-gate. ...

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...lled her favourite sitting-room with pretty furni- ture, and made a choice collection of plants and poul- try—was very much in want of some variety at... ...gnify. Whenever I do see it, you will tell me how it has been altered.” “I collect,” said Miss Crawford, “that Sotherton is an old place, and a place ... ...harge of all that is of the first importance to man- kind, individually or collectively considered, temporally and eternally, which has the guardiansh... ...me train of thought at hand. Her plants, her books—of which she had been a collector from the first hour of her commanding a shilling—her writing-desk... ...ts station between a cave in Italy and a moon- light lake in Cumberland, a collection of family profiles, thought unworthy of being anywhere else, ove... ...air by the others to have everybody run away.” Fanny was just beginning to collect herself, and to feel that if she staid longer behind it might seem ... ...d the lock in desperation, and the lights of the drawing-room, and all the collected fam- ily, were before her. As she entered, her own name caught he... ...good fortune in finding them all at home—coming unexpectedly as he did—all collected together exactly as he could have wished, but dared not depend on... ...enance to the kind invitation which her uncle was 196 Mansfield Park most collectedly dictating in reply. It was but the day before that Crawford had...

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... vanities, all is vanity!’ a few minutes were offered to the young Abbe to collect his thoughts, but he declined them, and he was led to a sort of a d... ... me. Had neither the grace nor the vivacity that would have enabled me to collect a society around me, and I seldom saw his brother officers except m... ...e, and at last had to force one from the governor by my importu- nities. I collected wine and cordials, and whatever could be of service, and after hi... ...nual fear either of the intendant of the king or of the Marquis, or of the collector of the dues of the Church. At harvest time, a bough was seen stic... ...iends, but I could not but be struck with the fine coun- tenance and grave collected air of the President Matthieu de Mole, who was making his how to ... ... Gaspard generally came back a much naughtier boy than he went, and with a collection of bad words that I had to pro- scribe. Before the Queen-Regent,... ... rule in his hand, while a lady, Madame Martineau, had beaten the drum and collected the throng to guard the gates and attack the Chancellor. There we... ...e off to join the troops which the Duke of Bouillon and Rochefoucauld were collecting to compel the deliverance of the Princes; but the whole time was... ...e at Bolsover, to obtain what she could for his maintenance abroad, and to collect together such remnants of the better times as she might, such as th...

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...ow, pied and striped and clouded, the living shells wear in every combination the livery of the dead reef—if the reef be dead—so that the eye is conti... ...ut the world half naked; but I never found him in this imperfect armour unless it was marked with the red spot. Some two hundred yards distant is the ... ...irth—the chief a while ago, as he loved to tell, of a district in Anaa of 800 souls. In an evil hour it occurred to the authorities in Papeete to char... ...ed into Mor- mons proper and so-called Israelites, I never could hear why. A few years since there came a visiting missionary of the name of Williams,... ...s-in-law, debating the affair, agreed that this was to conceal the in- roads of corruption. Now for the Samoan story. I owe it to the kindness of Dr. ... ... of ‘a perfect gentleman when sober,’ but I never saw him otherwise than drunk. The few shocking and savage traits of the Micronesian he has singled o... ... tickled his ap- petite, pleased him for its use, or puzzled him with its ap- parent inutility. And still his lust is unabated. He is pos- sessed by t... ...use. At the moment I daresay he supposed it was a deadly instrument that touched him. What had the man been after? I have found my music better qualif... ...tch and correct him on the point. We were able to assure him that he was beyond correction. His vocabulary is apt and ample to an extraordinary de- gr...

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... the surface, where its labours cease. Here, the inequalities of the coral collect all floating bodies; forming, after a time, a soil, in which the se... ...ten in a large, round hand. The sailors, one and all, made a snatch at the collection, under the strange impression that some of the vials were season... ...ate after them, slashing his naked weapon to right and left. A crowd soon collected; and the “Karhowree toonee,” or crazy stranger, was quickly taken... ...was quite a number present, a calabash was passed round, and a pecuni- ary collection taken up for our benefit. One day a newcomer proposed that two o... ...Each is suffused with the peculiar animation of the Polynesians, when thus collected in large numbers. Every robe is rustling, every limb in motion, a... ...he island, and spy- ing out the wickedness thereof. Moreover, they are the collectors of fines—levied gener- ally in grass mats—for obstinate non-atte... ...r the tranquil Pacific; touching here and there, as caprice suggested, and collecting romantic ar- ticles of commerce;—beach-de-mer, the pearl-oyster,... ...ith a pleasant companion, he was forever stroll- ing inland, ostensibly to collect botanical specimens; while I, for the most part, kept near the sea;...

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...tails of the place, however striking, would seem trivial compared with its collective impressiveness; and I wanted only to sit there and be penetrated... ...to court, she “appeared weak and wandering,” and after being encouraged to collect herself and speak the truth, on her honour and the wounds of her Bl...

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...ion observable on their faces, and the amount of sound they were producing collectively, were very creditable to the hostess. It suddenly came into Ka... ...e wisdom of her venture. At the top she paused for a moment to breathe and collect herself. She heard the typewriter and formal professional voices in... ...ward’s passion for Jorrocks, and the enthusi- asm which led Christopher to collect moths and butter- flies though he was now twenty-two. Perhaps Eliza... ... In order to decide the question, she ran her mind rapidly over her little collection of significant sayings, looks, compliments, gestures, which had ... ... remarked. William showed such visible signs of floundering that Katharine collected herself and asked: “Where is the cottage you’ve taken?” In answer... ...er, the more persistently certain questions pressed upon her, as if from a collection of voices in the air. These invisible people wished to be inform... ...r. Only that morning a heavily insured proof-sheet had reached them from a collector in Australia, which recorded a change of the poet’s mind about a ... ...sure that all was safe she spread the contents on her knee. It was a queer collection, Denham thought, gazing with the deepest interest. Loose gold co... ...er umbrella, when a thousand little obser- vations seemed, in some way, to collect in one center. The center was one of intense and curious emotion. W...

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...ment to active conjecture, and she turned to Selden with a question. “Y ou collect, don’t you—you know about first editions and things?” “As much as a... ...d he saw that she was preoc- cupied with a new idea. “And Americana—do you collect Americana?” Selden stared and laughed. “No, that’s rather out of my... ...en stared and laughed. “No, that’s rather out of my line. I’m not really a collector, you see; I simply like to have good editions of the books I am f... ...ull, I suppose?” “I should fancy so—except to the historian. But your real collector values a thing for its rarity. I don’t suppose the buy- ers of Am... ...te collec- tions. It seems to be the mere rarity that attracts the average collector.” He had seated himself on an arm of the chair near which she was... ... to think of him as evolving any taste of his own. An uncle had left him a collection already noted among bibliophiles; the existence of the collectio... ...n as often as possible, he subscribed to all the reviews dealing with book-collecting in general, and American history in particular, and as allusions... ...hospi- tality as because she could not sustain life except in a crowd. The collective nature of her interests exempted her from the ordinary rivalries... ...ch, though it may be punished by private ven- geance, does not provoke the collective disapprobation of society. To Miss Bart, in short, no such oppor...

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...d’s history, in any land, was there ever seen so remarkable, so abundant a collection of men of genius. There were so many, in fact, that even the les... ... which were furnished with the richest trea- sures of art the Medici could collect. The rowers, magnifi- cently apparelled, and the crew were under th... ...ght years of age, a rhymester of Cham- pagne named Jean Voute, published a collection of Latin 36 Catherine dé Medici verses in which were three epig... ...an’t buy that your lover wants; for he wants life, and you are dead.” This collection, printed by Simon de Colines, is dedicated to a bishop!—to Franc... ...roduced by sudden rains was arrested in its course by the filth and refuse collected about these railings, which the owners of the abutting houses som... ...son of the good Catho- 109 Balzac lic Lecamus, the court furrier, sent to collect payment for their wares. “Take him close to the door of the queen’s... ...f France, Vieilleville, and Saint-Andre, and the keeper of the seals, were collected in a group before the chancellor. The courtiers present were 166... ...nt-Honore, sweetest,” said the king, who seemed to have recovered himself. Collecting this thoughts, he be- gan to explain to his mistress what had ha...

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...rnament the 23 CHARLOTTE M YONGE drawing-room, the three sisters began to collect the green leaves and pieces of stalks remaining on the table, and a... ... fear I should do mischief.’ ‘Now, Helen,’ said Anne, who had by this time collected her ideas, which had been completely startled by her cousin’s avo... ...aid Elizabeth, leaning back, and turning round, ‘I am thinking of making a collection of the heroes who could not bear to be beaten at chess, beginnin...

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... the last speech, and laughed. Edgar Linton, after an inquisi- tive stare, collected sufficient wit to recognise her. They see us at church, you know,... ...There’s a mess! The down is flying about like snow.’ I went here and there collecting it. ‘I see in you, Nelly,’ she continued dreamily, ‘an aged woma... ...y the fondest words; but, vaguely regarding the flowers, she let the tears collect on her lashes and stream down her cheeks unheeding. We knew she was... ...nd then hastened to devour the porridge; while I groped from step to step, collecting the shattered earth- enware, and drying the spatters of milk fro... ...tently in her face. Then he drew his hand over his eyes, stood a moment to collect himself apparently, and turning anew to Catherine, said, with assum... ...my own features—mock me with a resemblance. The entire world is a dreadful collection of memoranda that she did exist, and that I have lost her! Well,...

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...r anything but the uncertainty you leave me in at this moment.” “You speak collectedly, and you ARE collected. That’s good!” (Though his manner was le... ...elled back some dozen miles or more, to a garrison and dockyard, and there collected information; a witness was called to identify him as having been ... ... throttle, and a fresh application to his head, and applied himself to the collection of a second meal; this was administered to the lion in the same ... ... at work upon the hill side, and the sun is again about to go to bed. I am collecting my tools to descend to my cottage down in the village below, whe... ... been a solitary prisoner to understand these perplexed distinctions.” His collected and calm manner could not prevent her blood from running cold, as... ...h to bring tears into anybody’s eyes. There’s not a fork or a spoon in the collection,” said Miss Pross, “that I didn’t cry over, last night after the... ...s the fact.” “Now, did you ever see him,” asked the Doctor, distinctly and collectedly, though in the same low voice, “engaged in that pursuit origina... ...othing in the wood, and nothing in the straw, Jacques?” “Nothing.” “Let us collect them together, in the middle of the cell. So! Light them, you!” The... ...at Monsieur A Tale of Two Cities – Dickens 213 Gabelle had to do with the collection of rent and taxes though it was but a small instalment of taxes,...

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...usions on this sub- ject, Mr. Bennet coolly observed: “From all that I can collect by your manner of talking, you must be two of the silliest girls in... ...offered to fetch her others— all that his library afforded. “And I wish my collection were larger for your benefit and my own credit; but I am an idle... ...stonished,” said Miss Bingley, “that my father should have left so small a collection of books. What a delightful library you have at Pemberley, Mr. D... ...he would continue, nominally engaged with one of the largest folios in the collection, but really talking to Mr. Bennet, with little cessation, of his... ...; but it would not do; in half a minute the letter was unfolded again, and collecting herself as well as she could, she again began the mortifying per... ...ltry of her eldest daugh- ter; Mrs. Bennet was doubly engaged, on one hand collecting an account of the present fashions from Jane, who sat some way b... ... that so much wickedness existed in the whole race of mankind, as was here collected in one individual. Nor was Darcy’s vindication, though grateful t... ...ll eat; and the beautiful pyramids of grapes, nectarines, and peaches soon collected them round the table. While thus engaged, Elizabeth had a fair op... ...me- thing to his lively concern for the welfare of his friend. Elizabeth’s collected behaviour, however, soon quieted his emotion; and as Miss Bingley...

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...ns- planted; he could act dog, tame rabbit, fox, pony, and a whole nursery collection alive, but he was sometimes absent for days, and I was not of a ... ... stantly eulogizing herself for this novel state of serenity. Cards, and a collection of tripping French books bound in yellow, danced the gavotte wit... ... the book you open to me, my good young man.’ ‘The book, Herr Professor?’ ‘Collect your wits. We will call it Shakespeare’s book; or Gothe’s, in the m... ... sort beset me when I saw them standing together again, and contrasted the collectedness and good-humour of my adversary’s repre- sentative with the v... ...ly checked; but when he 340 The Adventures of Harry Richmond seemed to be collecting to assert himself, the humour of her remark, ‘Now, no bravado, W... ...to ‘squeeze the acid out of her in one grip, and toss her to the Gods that collect ex- hausted lemons.’ She took extraordinary liberties with me. ‘Why... ...el in company, that they should previously live together in a house with a collection of undisciplined cham- bermaids, a musical footman, and a mad co... ...uppose you got it from some fool?’ ‘Oh! if you choose to indict Government collectively?’ ‘You pretend you got it from Government?’ ‘I am termed a Pre... ... how entirely inactive special Providence had been in my affairs, I had to collect myself before I could muster the conception of gratitude toward the...

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... upon the apparatus. He seems to have directed the making of its parts and collected most of it in a room in Shoreditch, but its final putting togethe... ...e three vivid dreams in a year.” “Ah!” he said, and seemed for a moment to collect his thoughts. “Your dreams don’t mix with your memories?” he asked ...

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...glewoodTales After holding a council, the captains ordered their troops to collect sticks, straws, dry weeds, and whatever combus tible stuff they co... ...ounding the monstrous head almost to pieces with a great stone, he at last collected as many teeth as might have filled a bushel or two. The next thin...

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...seeing them, and the health to the human race which he would have hoped to collect and distil from them. From this great, antique room they crossed th... ...f this quiet little village, clustered round the old church as a centre; a collection of houses, mostly thatched, though there were one or two, with r... ...ere some trea sures that he had discovered, and which seemed to have been collected at least a century ago. 184 Doctor Grimshawe s Secret “Generally... ...ep for years, or centuries, or till the last day was dawning, and then was collecting his thoughts in such slow fashion as would then be likely. Again... ...come. With this suggestive subject he interwove all imag inable learning, collected from his own library, rich in works that few others had read, and...

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...postle’s mildly exalted eyes. He closed them slowly for a moment, as if to collect his routed thoughts. A silence fell; but what with the two gas-jets... ...“The future is as certain as the past—slavery, feudalism, in- dividualism, collectivism. This is the statement of a law, not an empty prophecy.” The d... ...und. The great Republic has the root of the destructive matter in her. The collective tempera- ment is lawless. Excellent. They may shoot us down, but... ...lished social order cannot be effectually shattered except by some form of collective or individual violence was precise and correct. He was a moral a... ... grue- some detail of that heap of mixed things, which seemed to have been collected in shambles and rag shops. “Y ou used a shovel,” he remarked, obs... ...ter of course by the merest begin- ner. A few inquiries amongst the ticket collectors and the por- ters of the two small railway stations would give a... ...itional details as to the appearance of the two men; the inspection of the collected tickets would show at once where they came from that morning. It ... ...te had presented him with out of a heap of things that seemed to have been collected in shambles and rag shops, he offered it to Mrs V erloc for inspe... ... eyes fixed on his feet. She remained thus mysteriously still and suddenly collected till Mr V erloc was heard with an accent of marital authority, an...

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...ing, though his pursuits were diversified and his occupations numerous. He collected the rents of whole colonies of filthy streets and alleys by the w... ... ferry, and once exhibited by particular desire at a turn pike, where the collector, being drunk in his solitude, paid down a shilling to have it to ... ...is tail, after which he appeared full of thought but quite comfortable and collected. The old gentleman having exhausted his pow ers of persuasion, a... ...r sat; a few dog’s eared books upon a high shelf; and beside them a motley collection of The Old Curiosity Shop – Dickens 190 peg tops, balls, kites... ...ife, ’ and then another scroll, on which was written, ‘The only stupendous collection of real wax work in the world, ’ and then several smaller scroll... ...Now exhibiting within’—’The genuine and only Jarley’— ’Jarley’s unrivalled collection’—’Jarley is the delight of the Nobility and Gentry’—’The Royal ... ...ma’am.’ ‘Why, bless you, child, what are you thinking of? How could such a collection be here, where you see every thing except the inside of one lit... ...t to work without loss of time, and very busy they were. As the stupendous collection were yet The Old Curiosity Shop – Dickens 218 concealed by clo... ...; and Mrs Jarley served out the tin tacks from a linen pocket like a toll collector’s which she wore for the purpose, and encour aged her assistants...