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...ompanion, it was but to make him roar his cheerful song the louder, and by consequence to make the fire burn the brighter, and the sparks to dance mor... ...‘Oh nothing!’ cried Spottletoe, still gasping. ‘Nothing at all! It’s of no consequence! Ask him! He’ll tell you!’ ‘I do not understand our friend,’ sa... ...part of the fair young creature led, on ordinary occasions, to such slight consequences as the co- pious dilution of Mr Pinch’s tea, or to his coming ... ... of oranges, some mummied sandwiches, various disrupted masses of the geo- logical cake, and several entire captain’s biscuits. That choice li- quor i... ...cting, you see; and his obstinacy makes him resolute in his exactions. The consequence is that he has always exacted a great deal from me in the way o... ...drawed breath—let me see the man as says she did!—what would be the likely consequence of us two being—’ ‘Oh nonsense!’ cried Mrs Lupin. ‘Don’t talk a... ...streets of any other country in the world; for that would only have been a logical assurance to him of the correct adaptation of his labours to the pr... ...fortunate fraternity is supposed to have misconducted himself, than to any logical, not to say Christian, system of conduct, known to the world in lat...

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...h could be shot, some- times one so shallow and full of stakes that we must with- draw the boats from the water and carry them round. But the chief so... ...ed the table, and his voice rolled abroad in changeful thunder. I never saw such a petard of a man; I think the devil was in him. He had two favourite... ...versy. Reasons are as plentiful as blackberries; and, like fisticuffs, they serve impartially with all sides. Doctrines do not stand or fall by their ... ...n interfered in praise of a peasant’s life; he thought Paris bad for men and women; ‘Centralisation,’ said he – But the landlord was at his throat in ... ...rt Louis Stevenson As for our friend’s martyrdom, he was a Communist, or perhaps only a Communard, which is a very different thing; and had lost one o... ...itchen. That common French dish, partridge and cabbages, became a new thing in my eyes at the Golden Sheep; and many subsequent din- ners have bitterl... ...ging ‘Ave Mary’ as they went. In this order they made the circuit of the cathedral, passing twice before me where I leaned against a pillar. The pries... ...e tale became in any way per- spicuous, it lost all merit in my eyes; only a single scene, or, as is the way with these Feuilletons, half a scene, wit...

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... as soon as he fell silent. I think the effect was purely physical, but in consequence whatever he said seemed inadequate and as if produced by a comm... ...sly painful hesitation, hastened out after the man with the white hair. In consequence of these movements I was left to myself and I began to be uncom... ..., having words in common, understanding each other. And yet! … Our psycho- logical sense is the crudest of all; we don’t know, we don’t perceive how s... ...very rare thing) finishing some phrase of protest with the words “ … Of no consequence.” I heard them as I would have heard any other words, for she h... ...his over. But it appeared that I had not reflected sufficiently on all the consequences of that step. First of all the sight of the Villa looking shab... ...most daring character (and I make no claim to it) often do shrink from the logical processes of thought. It is only the devil, they say, that loves lo... ...he house, for I had regained complete command of my thoughts. Working in a logical succession of images they showed me at last as clearly as a picture...

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...ed fusion Of one another’s minds, at last have grown To deem as a most logical conclusion, That Poesy has wreaths for you alone: There is ... ...ously on their provision, Instead of hoarding it with due precision. The consequence was easily foreseen They ate up all they had, and drank ... ...astor and his master. ‘T was better that he did not; for, in fact, The consequence was awful in the extreme; For they, who were most ravenous ... ...lease to shut The book which treats of this erroneous pair, Before the consequences grow too awful; ‘T is dangerous to read of loves unlawful.... ...n many risks, Yet he could not at times keep, by the way (Although the consequences of such frisks Are worse than the worst damages men pay ... ...and start. All this she told with some confusion and Dismay, the usual consequence of dreams Of the unpleasant kind, with none at hand To ...

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...re, there was one alteration which it was neces- sary to mention, because it ran through the whole book, and is of consequence to be rightly understoo... ...d to at first hearing, as that “one and two are equal to three,” that “green is not red,” &c., are received as the consequences of those more universa... ...ot but be known before? Or doth the proposing them print them clearer in the mind than nature did? If so, then the consequence will be, that a man kno... ...because it carries something more of positive in it than impenetrability; which is negative, and is perhaps more a consequence of solidity, than solid... ...o take notice, that this is one of the operations that the mind may reflect on and observe in itself It is of that consequence to its other knowledge,... ... mode of the organs of speech. 12. This art has perplexed religion and justice. Nor hath this mischief stopped in logical niceties, or curious empty ...

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...ion in which he did not consider her so very conspicuous, irritated him in consequence. T o flatter Sir Willoughby, it was the fashion to 40 The Egoi... ...t read for yourself, you hide and play tru- ant with Mr. Whitford, and the consequence is you are ig- norant of your country’s history.” Miss Middleto... ...rnon will inform us who takes April 1st.” “A few trifling errors are of no consequence when you are in the vein of satire,” said Vernon. “Be satisfied... ...be re- spected, managed with some degree of regard for me and attention to consequences. Those who have not done so have repented.” “You do not speak ... ...knell!” “I think so,” said Clara. “It will come to this, that marriages of consequence, and none but those, will be hailed with joyful peals.” “Do not... ...n’s fetters of her limbs and deliver her from the yawning mouth-abyss. His logical coolness of expostulation with her when she cast aside the silly mi... ...f chestnuts.” “Then it follows that I am a daughter of Spain.” “Clearly.” “Logically?” “By positive deduction.” “And do I behold Patrick?” “As one loo... ...y 192 The Egoist to be quite harmless. And besides (you are not to expect logical sequences) the showery refreshment in thinking of him lay in the so... ...d you have loved me. And you tell me you love me no more. You are not very logical, Laetitia Dale.” “Poetesses rarely are: if I am one, which I little...

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...ms very favourable to its success. There is, perhaps in every thing of any consequence, a secret history which it would be amusing to know, could we h... ...re, which it exhibited, like some of the reflections of Rochefaucault. The consequence was, that he went home with Reynolds, and supped with him. Sir ... ... in the Dic- tionary, to which his Lordship’s patronage might have been of consequence.’ He then told Dr. Adams, that Lord Chesterfield had shewn him ... ...o feel very sensibly the distinction which you have bestowed upon me. ‘Few consequences of my endeavours to please or to benefit mankind have delighte... ...cteristical anecdote of Johnson while at Plymouth. Having observed that in consequence of the Dock-yard a new town had arisen about two miles off as a... ...not be too often or too highly praised; of which Mr. Harris, in his Philo- logical Inquiries, justly and liberally observes: ‘Such is its merit, that ...

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...any various volumes, is bound, above all things, to make that condensation logical and striking. For the only justification of his writing at all is t... ...fault, as all of us do, and openly overtaken, as not all of us are, by its consequences, to gloss the matter over, with too polite biographers, is to ... ...lainly, what every one well knows, of Burns’s profligacy, and of the fatal consequences of his marriage. And for this there are perhaps two subsidiary... ...r represent an act that was vir- tuous in itself, as attended by any other consequences than a large family and fortune. To hint that Burns’s marriage... ...timidly made elsewhere, have in them been carried boldly out to their last consequences; much that was indefinite in literary tenden- cies has attaine... ...from another point of view – to reproduce a colour, a sound, an outline, a logical argument, a physical action. He can show his readers, behind and ar... ...e nature of tragedy. The gospel according to Whitman, even if it be not so logical, has this advantage over the gospel according to Pangloss, that it ... ... the price we have to pay for cochineal. And with that murder- ous parody, logical optimism and the praises of the best of possible words went irrevoc... ... afternoon, or at morning as he lay awake in bed. With our deeper and more logical sense of life, we can have no idea how large a space in the attenti...