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... to make no simple statement it yet never lets go its scheme of clearness. Applications of this scheme are continuous and exemplary enough, though I s... ... not only no deformities but, I think, a posi- tively close and felicitous application of method, the pre- served consistencies of which, often illusi... ...ry, misery too beaten for blame and chalk-marked by fate like a “lot” at a common 21 Henry James auction, if not in these merciless signs of mere mea... ...le it mattered, how little any answer he might make would probably have in common with the truth. She failed in fact to notice his answer, truthful or... ...uture. The pros- pect put on a bareness that already gave her something in common with the Miss Condrips. Book Second Chapter 1 Merton Densher, who pa... ...d to play straight into an observer’s hands. He was young for the House of Commons, he was loose for the Army. He was refined, as might have been said... ...ght eventually govern them would not be the result of their having much in common—having any- thing in fact but their affection; and would really find... ...ll away—back this time in the great square alone—it was as if some instant application of them had opened out there before her. It was positively, tha... ...is present prop in doubt; that glossed his predicament over, for it was of application among the sensitive and the kind. He wasn’t inhuman, in fine, s...

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...e last days scoffers, saying, Where is the hope of his coming. From your brother in the common faith, and servant in the Ministry of the Gospel, a P... ...ed after perfection, and to have in it the seed of eternity, and the power of universal application, if not the promise of universal conquest; such u... ...ds of doctrine from the holy Scriptures, against all who should undertake to uphold the commonly received notion, that the present Gentile dispensat... ...d by the members of the Gallican church; amongst certain of whom, I am informed it is a common thing under the term of the “Apostate Gentility” to e... ...vant of the Lord who had brought us acquainted with his work to be written to. To which application, before we had received any answer, it pleased t... ...-sufficient argument for the orthodoxy of the ancient system, and the heterodoxy of the commonly received one, the more desirous did I become that it... ...ree introduction to the Church: and, perceiving that it bore hard against the stream of common opinion, I thought within myself, how I might best de... ... great antichristian trouble shall arrive, these numbers may be found to have a literal application without prejudice to that symbolical one which th... ... which will not suffer themselves to be read wrong. This is an observation of very wide application. Coming of Messiah Vol. 1 Irving: Preliminary D...

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...ected long before his pony-carriage was hired to conduct him, in fact ever since his retirement from active service, led General Ople across a famous common, with which he fell in love at once, to a lofty highway along the borders of a park, for which he promptly exchanged his heart, and so gradually within a stone?s-throw or so of the river-side, where he determined not s...

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...nce his retirement from active ser- vice, led General Ople across a famous common, with which he fell in love at once, to a lofty highway along the bo... ...arked, in addition, that the sacking of London would suffice to make every common soldier of the foreign army of occupation an independent gentleman f... ...t a wayside tree. Their speech con- cerning Lady Camper was an exchange of commonplaces over her loneliness: and this condition of hers was the more p... ...oard. I am earnest in protesting the similarity of the singular couples on common earth, because otherwise the General is in peril of the accusation t... ...es of the same Service, the General and Mr. Reginald Roller had a theme in common, and a passion. 8 The Case of General Ople and Lady Camper Elizabet... ... were seized with disgust of Lady Camper’s conduct, and stoutly advised an application to the Law Courts. He gave ear to them abstractedly, but after ...

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...here is a great deal of very unnecessary cant about the over dressing of the common people. There is not a manu facturer or tradesman in existence, w... ...ort cough — the effects of hard work and close Sunday Under Three Heads 10 application to a sedentary employment, upon a tender frame. They turn tow... ...f a most repulsive nature. Women with scarcely the articles of apparel which common decency requires, with forms bloated by disease, and faces rendere... ...unging in the public road, fighting, screaming, and swearing these are the common objects which present themselves in, these are the well known char... ...a period of rest does arrive, a sensation of lassitude which it requires the application of some stimulus to overcome. What stimu lus have they? Sun... ...BILLS WOULD MAKE IT T he provisions of the bill introduced into the House of Commons by Sir Andrew Agnew, and thrown out by that House on the motion f... ...such a mass of monstrous absurdity as this bill is composed of. The House of Commons threw the measure out certainly, and by so doing retrieved the di... ...e will be prepared to dispute; that the difference is such as to prevent the application of the same principle to both, no reasonable man, I think, wi...

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...to which was clear before his eyes. Silence therefore on a matter which is common in the mouths of most men was less difficult to him than to another,... ...desk there was a little boy copying letters. These were Mr Sextus Parker,— commonly called Sexty Parker,—his clerk. Mr Parker was a gentleman very wel... ...inister ‘I don’t know why you should be surprised, as such things are very common. I happen to have taken a share in a loan a little beyond my immedia... ...ansaction all the same,’ he said as he leaned back in his chair. ‘It’s the commonest thing in the world,’ said Lopez pick- ing up the bill in a leisur... ... he added, ‘but my father certainly was not an Englishman. I never had the common happiness of knowing either of them. I was an orphan be- fore I unde... ...n innocent enough to think were always bestowed at any rate without direct application. He had measured himself rightly when he told the older Duke in... ...cted our Duke,—only in so far as he could get out of his mind that strange application from his own wife. ‘That she should have even dreamed of it!’ h... ...at the matter in this light, but harassed his brother from time to time by applications which were quite useless, and which by the acerbity of their l... ... He gave the cheque, but showed clearly by his manner that he resented the application. This did not tend to bind him more closely to the services of ...

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... incitement. Our old yeomanry farm- ers—returning to their beds over ferny commons under bright moonlight from a neighbour’s harvest-home, eased their... ...out of many, though we find it to be but the clever literary clothing of a common accusation: ‘Men may have rounded Seraglio Point: they have not yet ... ...on by saying rather neatly: ‘You have taught them it is English as well as common human nature to feel an interest in the dog that has bitten you.’ Th... ...h some showy phrases and occasionally proffered 12 Diana of the Crossways commonplaces in gilt, as she was much excited to do, her moods of reflectio... ...walls about them beaten down, they would understand that solitariness is a common human fate and the one chance of growth, like space for timber.’ As ... ..., as his patroness perceived; but she knew him to be smarting under recent applications of the swish of Mr. Sneer, and that he rushed to support her. ... ...oned angrily. Redworth showed a look of pleasure, hard to understand. ‘The application would be sufficient, I fancy,’ he said. ‘It should have been of... ...ded her: him too, by contact. Money she might have had to any extent: upon application for it, of course. How was he to imagine that she wanted money!... ...he tonic directness of his faculty of reason while she considered that the application of the phrase might be brought home to him so as to render ‘my ...

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...stice, they thought, all eq- uity and humanity, though naturally lauded by common people, either out of want of courage to commit injuries or fear to ... ...the libation cry out eleleu iou iou, the first of which confused sounds is commonly used by men in haste, or at a triumph, the other is proper to peop... ...ut all that was left of their provision to- gether, and, boiling it in one common pot, feasted them- selves with it, and ate it all up together. Hence... ...hey lived dispersed, and were not easy to assemble upon any affair for the common interest. Nay, differences and even wars often occurred be- tween th... ...dily embrac- ing such good advice, to those of greater power he promised a commonwealth without monarchy , a democracy, or people’s government in whic... ...uth to say, A mere disease of giving things away, would be in his mouth in application to Domitian. It is nei- ther piety, he would say, nor magnifice... ...terms were the only terms 385 Plutarch’s Lives of peace. When this solemn application proved ineffectual, the priests, too, returning unsuccessful, t... ...ut greatness of family, riches, profuse gifts, distributions, and personal application were what the city looked to; keeping a high hand, and, in a ma... ...who worked rather by fair means than force; of a persuasive address in all applications to others, and no less courteous, and open to all addresses of...

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...season, under Gravener’s auspices, I met Miss Anvoy at tea at the House of Commons. The member for Clockborough had gathered a group of pretty ladies,... ...e. “Alone? Gravener has permitted that?” “What will you have? The House of Commons!” I’m afraid I cursed the House of Commons: I was so much intereste... ...d no step. In this case doubtless Gravener would, in spite of the House of Commons, have found means to rejoin her. It afterwards made me uncomfortabl... ...e last resort to make up one’s mind for one’s self. It was the idea of the application to the particular case, such a splendid one at last, that troub... ...of going straight to the station, fidget a little about that many-coloured Common which gives Wimbledon horizons. There was a worry for me to work off... ...told you I was discouraging.” “Discouraging?” “On the subject of a present application of The Coxon Fund.” “To the case of Mr. Saltram? My dear fellow...

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...sat in the leathern armchair, on 4 the left-hand side of the fire, in the common room of the Wallace Inn, winter and summer, for every evening in my ... ...t rather to have conjured me, by all the tender ties of our friendship and common pursuits, to have care- fully revised, altered, and augmented, at my... ...ars. He expressed disgust at the idea, of his remains being mixed with the common rubbish, as he called it, of the churchyard, and selected with his u... ...last repose. He changed his mind, however, and was finally interred in the common burial-ground of Manor parish. The author has invested Wise Elshie w... ... appear, in the eyes of the vulgar, a man possessed of supernatural power. Common fame paid David Ritchie a similar compliment, for some of the poor a... ...e an answer; but whether 33 in assent of the proposition, or rebuking the application of it, could not easily be discovered; and it seems probable th... ...sturbed. They insisted, though in a different sense from the philosopher’s application of the phrase, that he was never less alone than when alone; an...

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... upon the crowd, Who rend the heavens with their acclaims,— ‘Long live the Commons’ King, King James!’ Behind the King thronged peer and knight, And n... ... pour The rabble with disordered roar With grief the noble Douglas saw The Commons rise against the law, And to the leading soldier said: ‘Sir John of... ...d his train. ‘O Lennox, who would wish to rule This changeling crowd, this common fool? Hear’st thou,’ he said, ‘the loud acclaim With which they shou... ...otes T urbervile here: “The hounds which we call Saint Hubert’s hounds are commonly all blacke, yet neuertheless, the race is so mingled at these days... ... couched. That is, as he lay close couched, or hid- den. Such ellipses are common in poetry. 150. Amain. With main, or full force. We still say “with ... ... cetris.” 161. Rears. Raises. The word was formerly less restricted in its application than at present. Cf. Shakespeare’s “rear my hand” (T emp. ii. 1...

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...ing, and to which I will assign no fictitious name, there is one anciently common to most towns, great or small: to wit, a workhouse; and in this work... ... married people, in consequence of the great expense of a suit in Doctors’ Commons; and, in stead of compelling a man to support his family, as they ... ...nd him; the gruel was served out; and a long grace was said over the short commons. The gruel disappeared; the boys whispered each other, and winked a... ...ng cold, and caused a tingling sensation to pervade his frame, by repeated applications of the cane. As for society, he was carried every other day in... ...bar; both pastimes being, as is pretty generally known, very favourite and common recre ations among gentleman of that class. The more the case pre ... ... ‘The jury brought it in, “Died from exposure to the cold, and want of the common necessaries of life,” didn’t they?’ Mr. Bumble nodded. ‘And they mad... ...ything about them, then, only a woman who lodges in the same house made an application to the porochial committee for them to send the porochial surge... ...tisfied even Mrs. Sowerberry herself, and rendered Mr. Bumble’s subsequent application of the parochial cane, rather unnecessary. For the rest of the ... ...lying with some other neatly turned witticism of a similar kind, the happy application of which, excited considerable admiration in the mind of Mr. Ch...

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...tty, when I tell you over and over again, you cruel thing, that beyond the commonest civilities nothing has passed! You talk of admiration. What am I ... ...d a teapot that were grouped around the book. On the walls there were some common coloured pictures, framed and glazed, of scripture sub- jects; such ... ...couldn t help thinking 42 David Copperfield Vol. I his face had this in common with the lobsters, crabs, and crawfish, that it went into the hot wa... ...e him a bow and felt very much over- awed. I was so ashamed to allude to a common- place thing like my box, to a scholar and a mas- ter at Salem House... ...me work, amidst an uproar that might have made the Speaker of the House of Commons giddy. Boys started in and out of their places, playing at puss in ... ...ear to see you so, sir: I m a mother myself. I did not quite perceive the application of this fact to myself, but I smiled on Mrs. Crupp, as benignly...

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...rt of Prince, the old little principality has vanished from the world. The commonweal is one man’s absolute es- tate and responsibility no more. In Ma... ... by those who write about toys. The praises of the toy theatre have been a common theme for essayists, the planning of the scenes, the painting and cu... ..., except that in the class in systematic botany he sometimes made us tease common flowers to pieces. He did not do experiments if he could possibly he... ... presently prevailed over the original Bromstead thatch, the huge space of Common to the south was extensively en- closed, and what had been an ill-de... ...tation and penny-wise economy inaugurated drainage works. Rates be- came a common topic, a fact of accumulating importance. Several chapels of zinc an... ...orth, and was a little puzzled at myself for not going on to some personal application, and in the second she seemed inacces- sible, I felt I must mak...

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...rt, and his ordinary course of life would be resumed. There are times when common men cannot bear the weight of just so much. Hippias Feverel, one of ... ...er!” shouts the noble enemy. “Well, look here,” said Richard, appealing to common 14 Ordeal of Richard Feverel sense, “I’m tired of knocking you down... ...m perfectly aware that Zoroaster is not dead. You have been listening to a common creed. Drink the Fire-worshippers, if you will.” “Here’s to Zoroaste... ...e catastrophe, in which the farmer’s breeches figured, and certain cooling applications to a part of the farmer’s person. Sir Austin perused it withou... ...e move- ments of creatures in the dark. He therefore treated the boy as he commonly did, and Richard saw no change in his fa- ther to make him think h... ... niece, to give his visitor time to recover his composure, and establish a common topic. His diversion only irritated and confused our shame-eaten you... ...empt to counteract the just working of the law was doing right. The direct application of an aphorism was unpopular at Raynham. “I am to understand th... ...—he had unmasked Ripton! Since Ripton’s expo- sure he winced at a personal application in the text his client preached from. Possibly this was the sec... ...showed that no one was comforting it, and failing to get any answer to her applications for admit- tance, she made bold to enter. There she saw Lucy, ...

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...m of her well, and discover one crumb of comfort or one grain of good in the common est and least regarded matter that passes through our crucible. S... ... united in his single person the dignities of wholesale fruiterer, alderman, common councilman, and member of the worshipful Company of Patten makers;... ...for gotten all this, as it was proper that a wholesale fruiterer, alderman, common councilman, member of the worship ful Company of Patten makers, p... ... of the Middle Temple, Barrister at Law,—he who had an uncle in the House of Commons, and an aunt almost but not quite in the House of Lords (for she ... ...e so many that when he walked along the streets alone at dusk, even the rude common people doffed their caps and mingled a rough air of sympathy with ... ...ICULARS OF MASTER HUMPHREY’S VISITOR BEING VERY FULL OF M R. P ICKWICK’S APPLICATION, and highly pleased with the compliment he had paid me, it wi...

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...ere perfectly gentlemanlike and respectful, and whose clothes, though of a common cotton stuff, were cut and worn with a military neatness and precisi... ...siness has a lawyer, who was in Pump Court this day three weeks, and whose common read- ing is law reports or the newspaper, to pretend to fall in lov... ... lived in it two thousand four hundred years ago?What have these people in common with Pericles, what have these ladies in common with Aspasia (O fie)... ...but two or three handsome women, and these had the great drawback which is common to the race— I mean, a sallow, greasy, coarse complexion, at which i... ...ed romance vanishes. It won’t bear the vulgar gaze; or rather the light of common day puts it out, and it is only in the dark that it shines at all. T... ...me for- ward very eagerly out of the crowd, to smear herself with it,— the application of criminals’ blood being considered a very favourable medicine... ...llah was pushed by his evil destiny, and thought he would make yet another application. So he took a short cut down one of the garden lanes, and as th...

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...ions were cut with so strict an eye to business that they savored of short commons. In such small matters Paris does not show its best side to travele... ... done a foolish thing, suicidal for both our inter- ests, it would only be common sense to set matters right? We ought not to live together in Paris, ... ...ce a miller’s lad. Machiavelli wrote The Prince at night, and by day was a common working-man like any one else; and more than all, the great Cervante... ...reets lined with living attractions, and perhaps fell in with one of those commonplace adventures which loom so large in a young and timorous imaginat... ...awn to a worker whom he knew by indescribable tokens for a character of no common order. Both, as they came to know afterwards, were unso- phisticated... ...llar was hidden by a velvet stock. He was trying to renovate his hat by an application of the brush. “Let us go,” said Lucien. “Not yet. I am waiting ... ...gue uneasiness habitual to those who have money to spend and hear constant applications for it. Yet, to all appearance, he was plain-dealing and easy-... ...tick which every one 129 Balzac takes up to beat his neighbor and not for application to his own back. Come, now! who the devil are you angry with? I... ...d quarrels with you, till in the end her sins disappear like stains on the application of a little soap and water; black as ink you knew them to be; a...

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...e, as one little fellow reminded them on a day when Matey was in more than common favour, topping a pitch of rapture, for clean bowling, first ball, m... ...dson Leo during the winter holidays. He sug- 35 George Meredith gested an application to the clergyman of her parish. She was at feud with the Rev. S... ...l these parsons and judges and mobcaps insist upon conformity . A man with common manly courage comes before them, and he’s cast in penalties. Yet we ... ...eir gesticulatory devotee, and was besides ungrate- ful; she was more than commonly assured of his being, as she called him, “a sphinx.” His behaviour... ... Again, the Solers—” “We take the Solers for granted, aunty, good night.” “Commoners, if you like; but established since the Con- quest. That is, we t... ...had his breakfast alone, as Lady Charlotte had it at Olmer; a dislike of a common table in the morning was a family trait with both. At ten o’clock th... ...r taste. Mrs. Lawrence brought the final word from high quarters: that the application must be deferred until Lord Ormont returned to town. It was kno... ...angs on it. Spur, you dolt, or she’ll be out of sight.’ They cantered upon application of the spur. Captain Cumnock was an impecunious fearless rascal...

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...pictures, viz., the “Howling Wil- derness,” the “Washerwoman of Wandsworth Common,” and the “British Soldier’s best Bayonet,” which, bent upon awak- e... ...r women. But this vulgarity of being ashamed of one’s society is much more common among men than women (except very great ladies of fashion, who, to b... ...tch garners with nine helpers. We have an acre of hot-houses, and pines as common as pays in the sayson. Our greeps weighs six pounds every bunch of ‘... ... to be. The door of Jos’s bed- room opened into the sitting-room which was common to the family party, and opposite this door was that of Amelia’s cha... ...incerely: as for Lady Emily, the authoress of the “Washerwoman of Finchley Common,” her denuncia- tions of future punishment (at this period, for her ... ...of Lady Jane, who thought he was killing himself by late hours and intense application. And he made acquaintance with the ministers, and the chiefs of...

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...ption as a business man. I saw a parent company, and daughter com- panies, applications to right of us, applications to left, rings and trusts, privil... ...ries, settled so much that was in doubt; he had troubled no more about the application of the stuff he was going to turn 15 H. G . Wells out than if ... ... them ballooneys,” she said evidently under the impression that this was a common excursion enough. “I wouldn’t go up in one—not for ever so.” This st... ..., and craterlets, all passing at last from a blazing illumi- nation into a common mystery of black. Athwart this world we were flying scarcely a hundr... ...ion. Of course they are minds and we are minds; there must be something in common. Who knows how far we may not get to an understanding?” “The things ... ...d carried bowls. One elemental need at least our minds could understand in common. They were bowls of some metal that, like our fetters, looked dark i... ...more account of our passage through space than if we had made a journey of common occurrence in a railway train. And then he becomes increasingly unfa... ...ss, and to have begun repeating words to them and pointing to indicate the application. The procedure was probably always the same. Phi-oo would atten... ... lies in the exercise and display of his facility, his one interest in its application, his sole society with other specialists in his own line. His b...