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...NA: If fires be hot, knives sharp, or waters deep, Untied I still my virgin knot will keep. Diana, aid my purpose! Bawd: What have we to do with Dia...

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...hered in one or two groups— one a little crowd towards Woking, the other a knot of people in the direction of Chobham. Evidently they shared my 19 H ... ...Woking, seemed to grow, and I heard now a faint murmur from it. The little knot of people towards Chobham dispersed. There was scarcely an intimation ... ...f the pit, advancing from the direction of Horsell, I noted a little black knot of men, the foremost of whom was waving a white flag. This was the Dep... ...ple with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. As the green smo... ...s these folks came out by twos and threes upon the open, they found little knots of people talking excitedly and peer- ing at the spinning mirror over...

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...other’ s “What we did on the old Ohio!” Dan interrupted, brushing into the knot of men with a long board on legs. “Get out o’ here, Tom Platt, an’ lea... ... the cluttered decks of a seventy-ton schooner, while behind him, waving a knotted rope, walked, after the manner of an execu- tioner, a boy who yawne... ...Her old-style quarterdeck was some or five feet high, and her rigging flew knotted and tangled like weed at a wharf-end. She was running before the wi... ...when ut seemed right an’ reasonable, and sat down on the deck countin’ the knots, an’ gettin’ her snarled up hijjus. The Marilla she’d struck her gait...

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...ind and its four hundred horse power, it was going at the rate of thirteen knots. Had it not been for the superior strength of the hull of the Moravia... ...f in 15º 12' long. and 45º 37' lat. She was going at the speed of thirteen knots and a half. At seventeen minutes past four in the afternoon, whilst t... ...nder this the Abraham Lin- coln attained the mean speed of nearly eighteen knots and a third an hour—a considerable speed, but, neverthe- less, insuff... ...he waves. It made the round of the frigate, which was then making fourteen knots, and enveloped it with its electric rings like luminous dust. Then it... ...eau- tiful things. The course of the Nautilus was E.N.E., her speed twelve knots, the depth below the surface between twenty-five and thirty fathoms. ...

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... six years, and you expect fair- ness. Well, you are a dithering idiot.” A knot of King’s boys, also bound for the baths, hailed them, beseeching them... ...ed, stamped, shouted, and yelled. A desk was carried away in the tumult, a knot of warriors reeled into and split a door-panel, a window was broken, a... ...a house is thoroughly upset, however good its con- science, it breaks into knots and coteries—small gatherings in the twilight, box-room committees, a... ...(so he vowed) Von Lennaert pretending to soothe down His Excellency’s top- knot in dumb show in the background. Stalky didn’t dare to look up, or he’...

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...took a clean face, and absolutely shone in the friendly rays of the sun. Next the music was to be provided; drawers were emp- tied; the shop-keepers d... ...k, transported with joy at finding his camp still in the same place, will not prove too severe in his settlement with me.” Whilst thinking thus, the t... ...no suspicion as he walked, every day, between three and five o’clock, after his dinner, upon the Place Sainte-Catherine, in his gray coat, cut after t... ...s. Watch was impatiently kept from the different look-outs. Towards eleven o’clock in the morn- ing a ship, with sails full set, was signalled as in v...

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... his brown arms bare to between the elbow and the shoulder, with the loose knot of a looser kerchief lying low on his bare breast in a wilderness of b... ...d, but was formed of the flooring of the room above. This, being very old, knotted, seamed, and beamed, gave a lowering as- pect to the chamber; and r... ...rasts. She was much given to tying up her head in a pocket-handker- chief, knotted under the chin. This head-gear, in conjunction with a pair of glove... ... saying more, and tied the pocket- handkerchief over her head in a tighter knot under her chin. Bella, who was now seated on the rug to warm herself, ... ...tall, the stock, and the keeper, were all as dry as the Desert. Wegg was a knotty man, and a close-grained, with a face carved out of very hard materi...

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..., and you have played it with improvements of your own. The man from Honolulu – mis- erable, leering creature -communicated the tale to a rude 15 Rob...

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...“Bertha Millner” headed to southwest, bowling easily ahead of a good eight-knot breeze. Next came the order “All hands aft!” and Wilbur and his mates ... ...erb, in her wrath at their weakness, their cowardice. Her heavy brows were knotted over her flaming eyes, her hat was gone, and her thick bands of yel... ...e hooks and loops of the tackle than to unfas- ten the tackle itself. “The knots are jammed hard as steel,” declared Moran. “Hand up that cutting-in s... ...ot the beach-combers! There’s a bit of wind, thank God, and we can do four knots to their one, just let us get clear once.” Moran dragged the hammock ... ... aboard. “What now?” shouted Moran, coming forward to meet them, her scowl knotting her flashing eyes together. “Is this ship yours or mine? We’ve don...

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...n the pockets, collar, and skirts, silk stockings to match, as well as the knot of the tiny scabbard of the semblance of a sword at his side, shoes wi... ...he reaction of simplicity had set in; and Estelle had undone two desperate knots in the green and yellow silks before the preliminary compliments were... ... our witnesses—and by good luck, here’s a bit of gilt wire off my shoulder-knot that I’ve made into a couple of rings while I’ve been speaking.’ The s...

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... seventeen, tall and graceful. Her head was bare, her hair fas- tened in a knot behind, and in little curls round her face; she had an open bodice of ... ...s of disgust, especially when she fastened his long curled love-locks in a knot behind, tried to train little curls over the sides of his face, and dr...

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...h manufacture, while from his three-cornered hat depended a long streaming knot of white and blue ribbons. Thus he came along, supporting himself on a... ...e weight of the bones,” said another, lifting the feet. “Have you tied the knot?” inquired the first speaker. “What would be the use of carrying so mu... ...hen we get there.” “Yes, you’re right,” replied the companion. “What’s the knot for?” thought Dantes. They deposited the supposed corpse on the bier. ... ... round his feet with sudden and painful violence. “Well, have you tied the knot?” inquired the grave-digger, who was looking on. “Yes, and pretty tigh... ...sail set, and every sail full with the breeze. They were making nearly ten knots an hour. The Island of Monte Cristo loomed large in the hori- zon. Ed...

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...bove the knee; large scarlet rosettes were in his white shoes, a scar- let knot adorned his little sword, and his velvet cap of the same colour bore a... ... all it led to was certain outer receptacles of fra- grant Spanish gloves, knots of ribbon, and kerchiefs strewn over with rose leaves and lavender. H... ...e could not help colouring till his cheeks rivaled the colour of his sword-knot. ‘I want just to know if she is here. I know not if she be called Mada... ...had caught her he would have his revenge, and win her rose- coloured break-knot. Another gentleman stood by, laugh- ing, and keeping guard in the walk... ...Here is my gage, Monsieur Sidney,’ she said, and held out a rose- coloured knot of ribbon; then, as he came near enough, she whispered imploringly thr...

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...y set with glittering teeth resembling ivory saws; others were tufted with knots of human hair; and one was sickle-shaped, with a vast handle sweeping... ...lecloth for a mattress, and it’s a plaguy rough board here”—feeling of the knots and notches. “But wait a bit, Skrimshander; I’ve got a carpenter’s pl... ... and left; till at last the plane-iron came bump against an indestructible knot. The landlord was near spraining his wrist, and I told him for heaven’... ...off from me on the floor in one corner, and then began working away at the knotted cords of the large bag I before spoke of as being in the room. I wa... ...as no hair on his head—none to speak of at least—nothing but a small scalp-knot twisted up on his forehead. His bald purplish head now looked for all ...

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...r be!’ Then the Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snake came down from the bank, and knotted him- self in a double-clove-hitch round the Elephant’s Child’s hind... ...indeed; but the Head Chief of the Tribe of Tegumai took Tegumai by the top-knot feathers and shook him severely. ‘Explain! Explain! Explain!’ cried al... ...Tribe of Tegumai. ‘Goodness’ sakes alive!’ said Tegumai. ‘Let go of my top-knot. Can’t a man break his carp- spear without the whole countryside desce...

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...membrance. HALF vex’d, half pleased, thy love will feel, Shouldst thou her knot or ribbon steal; T o thee they’re much—I won’t conceal; Such self-dece... ...ared for relieving the wants of those who were naked.’ Then I loosen’d the knots of the cord, and the dressing- gown gave her Which belong’ d to my fa... ...e whole of their lifetime Whose was the skilful hand by which the marriage knot tied was. All this now is chang’d, and with many an excellent custom H... ...eat you to help me out of this trouble 414 Goethe Quickly, and loosen the knot, whose unravelling I am so dreading; For I have not ventured to woo as...

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...d the glass for his lips. Two or three times, the matter in hand became so knotty, that the jackal found it imperative on him to get up, and steep his... ...r manner was one of passionate grief; by turns she clasped her veinous and knotted hands together with wild energy, and laid one of them on the carria... ...esented a man with his elbows bound fast at his hips, with cords that were knotted behind him. “I stand aside, messieurs, by my heap of stones, to see... ...ned out the con tents of the bowl of money for the second time, and began knotting them up in her handkerchief, in a chain of separate knots, for saf... ...oked out pipe. “You are fatigued,” said madame, raising her glance as she knotted the money. “There are only the usual odours.” “I am a little tired,...

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...nce a fortnight, and it became usual to hear a boy exclaim, either among a knot of fellows or to himself, ‘By jingo, she is a pretty girl!’ on her pas... ...the girl, where she was allowed to squat; and said he, ‘You and I’ll tie a knot, and be friends for life.’ I replied, ‘With pleasure.’ We nodded over ... ...aring. The river stretched to broad lengths; gulls were on the grey water, knots of sea- weed, and the sea-foam curled in advance of us. ‘By jingo!’ T... ...e captain was never after able to release his neck from the hangman’s slip knot. The consequence was that he wore a shirt-collar up to his eyebrows fo... ...Harry Richmond At a turning of the ascent she pointed her whip at the dark knots and lines of the multitude mounting by various paths to behold the ce...

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...nd there. In a speckless 30 Nostromo sky the sun hung clear and blinding. Knots of men ran headlong; others made a stand; and the irregu- lar rattle ... ...he blazing rock faces resembled a slender green cord, in which three lumpy knots of banana patches, palm-leaf roots, and shady trees marked the Villag... ...ll, out of the way of the San Tome silver escort going to the sea; a small knot of chilly leperos under the Stone Horse of the Alameda would mutter: “... ...ilitary music would be heard suddenly, and the remote sound of shouting. A knot of ragged negroes at the end of the wharf kept on loading and firing a... ...ges should “incommode the mules of the señora.” Then, turning to the small knot of silent Europeans looking on within earshot, he raised his voice pro...

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... he had fastened it with green ribbons, which, as there was no untying the knots, required to be cut. This, however, he would not by any means consent... ...a great strip off the tail of his shirt which hung down, and making eleven knots on it, one bigger than the rest, and this served him for a rosary all... ...Don Fernando said the same, and giving her the ring they stood linked by a knot that could never be loosed. The bridegroom then approached to embrace ... ...ily, an affair of such notoriety in the city that it was the talk of every knot of idlers in the street. He said that on the night of Don Fernando’s b... ...ened the door, entered, but found no Leonela; all he found was some sheets knotted to the window, a plain proof that she had let herself down from it ...