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...e protected from the least grain of dust; and met- als, from iron to gold, metals whose current value altogether disappeared in the presence of the re... ...ody of this earth must exist there in a state of incandescent gas; for the metals that most resist the action of heat, gold, and platinum, and the har... ...ble limit, instead of rising to such a point as to fuse the most infusible metals?” As my uncle was now taking his stand upon hypotheses, of course, t... ...heit measurement. (T r.) 33 Jules Verne was composed of a great number of metals, such as potas- sium and sodium, which have the peculiar property of... ...uliar property of ignit- ing at the mere contact with air and water; these metals kindled when the atmospheric vapours fell in rain upon the soil; and... ...nomena of central heat ruled in all their rigour and would reduce the most refractory rocks to the state of a molten liquid? I feared this, and said t...

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...fractories were picking oakum, in a small room giving on a yard. They sat in line on a form, with their backs to a window; before them, a table, and t... ..., and their work. The old- est Refractory was, say twenty; youngest Refractory, say six- teen. I have never yet ascertained in the course of my un- co... ... here!’ (This was in acknowledgment of a delicate intimation that Charles Dickens 24 the amount of work was likely to be increased. It certainly was ... ...tory had already done her day’s task—it was barely two o’clock—and was sitting be- hind it, with a head exactly matching it.) ‘A pretty Ouse this is, ... ... at the enemy’s forehead. ‘Don’t say that, matron, cos it’s lies!’ Oakum Head brought up the skirmishers again, skir- mished, and retired. ‘ And I war... ...bard-street, it gives one as good as a rich feeling to think of the broad counters with a rim along the edge, made for telling money out on, the scale...

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...overed and applied the simplest methods of ex- tracting ore and of working metals. In fact he studied no science without advancing it. In youth he lea... ...inds, and God sends forth an Exterminating Angel to change the face of the refractory earth, which in the immensity of this universe is to Him what an... ...ostles would have told you whence come those vast trains of gas and melted metals, at- tached to cores which revolve and solidify as they dart through...

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...ells, anything in short which the destruction of buildings afforded of old metals, persons in- terested in the relics of the old town noticed signs of... ...d as much as twenty thousand francs’ worth of lead, steel, iron, and other metals. Never were the former peddler and his wife known to speak of their ... ...f his family. So when the conscrip- tion caught him in 1811 he ran away,—a refractory, that’s what they called them. And then it was he went and joine... ...ver either did it myself, or took any of the money obtained by it. I was a refractory, I evaded the conscription, that was all. I helped my comrades, ...

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...y as any advantage. This language arose out of some recent expe- rience of refractory and turbulent conduct upon the part of various young men of rank... ...hose means which the law had placed at their disposal for dealing with the refractory and obstinate. CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER... ...ncluding labor, as distinguished from the power of commanding the precious metals.” X. Y ou think, for instance, that if the wages of a laborer should... ...ce,—the value of wages, incomes, or commodities, estimated in the precious metals, will be of little use to us alone. What we want further is some est... ...r be rejected as nothing, nor estimated as a constant quantity.” Now, this refractory element is at once, and in the simplest way possible, exterminat...

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...he Lord-only-knows- what machines; all of which announce the era when that refractory animal, the working or serving man, shall be a buried by-gone, a... ...ker I have always understood to be a worthy dealer in certain pa- pers and metals.” “He, he!” taking him now for some dry sort of joker, whose jokes, ...

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...er sullen silence, sprang from the sleigh of Marmaduke to the heads of the refractory leaders. The horses, which were yet suffering under the inju- di... ...n these hills: and I do believe that I have seen specimens of the precious metals that have been found here. It would occasion me no surprise to learn... ...closely as to his rea- sons for believing in the existence of the precious metals near that particular spot; but the fellow maintained an obstinate my... ...of the cave as a secret receptacle of guilt; and, as the rumor of ores and metals found its way into the confused medley of conjectures, counterfeitin...

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...n he followed the ladies to the library, and began searching every book on metals and minerals, till he had heaped up a pile of volumes, whence be ran... ...hich nothing marine might extend. Louis was by turns drawing, enticing his refractory sitter, exhorting her to bloom, and complimenting her delicate b...

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...h, talked with Unbelieving Chemists who had an eye on the transmutation of metals, at this won derful gathering accumulated by Monseigneur. Exquisite... ...and several voices remarking on the efficacy of cold immersion in bringing refractory members of the profession to reason, the protest was faint and b...

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..., that as soon as I should commence the grand work of the transmutation of metals, the explosion should transmute the vault and all in it into a heap ... ...ting Nature’s im- perfect concoctions in her attempts to form the precious metals, even as by art we can perfect those other operations of incubation,... ...ld me in St. Luke’s Hospital that I have the right look for overpowering a refractory patient. The keepers made me their compliments on’t; so I know h...

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...ma, and other fa- mous lawgivers, having the task of subduing perverse and refractory multitudes, and of introducing great innovations, themselves mad... ...was little reckoning made either of brass or iron, so abundant were better metals, and so common were silver and gold Passing over the river, they bec... ...ey are refuted by the fact that men who dig mines, either in sieges or for metals, meet with rivers, which are not collected by little and little (as ... ...er the battle they followed Lucullus not many days before they began to be refractory, first of all entreating and sending the tribunes to him, but pr...

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...ompose it are listen- ing and acquiescent, not often hesitating, and never refractory to the chief. The fate which awaits a presumptuous critic, even ... ...ric age—the trade carried on being one of barter. In reference also to the metals, it deserves to be remarked, that the Homeric descriptions universal...

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...ciation of currency’, paper, bullion, rates of exchange, value of precious metals in the market, and so forth; but looking down at the little chair, a... ..., or on any recurrence of to-morrow. I will be exhibited to no one, as the refractory slave you purchased, such a time. If I kept my mar- riage day, I...

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... with him there rose Maupeou, the banisher of Parlements; who plants you a refractory President ‘at Croe in Combrailles on the top of steep rocks, ina... ...as spoken 60 The French Revolution of. On the 6th of August let the whole refractory Body roll out, in wheeled vehicles, as far as the King’s Chateau... ...re opened: Monsieur will please to put forth his head and bow; or even, if refractory, to alight altogether, and kneel: from Madame a wave of her plum... ...ional Assembly! They, then, are the Nation? Triumvirate of Princes, Queen, refractory Noblesse and Clergy, what, then, are you? A most deep question;—... ...e other; both, by contradiction , waxing fanatic. What endless jarring, of Refractory hated Priests, and Consti- tutional despised ones; of tender con... ...as we see in Luthers, Leibnitzes, Shakespeares, is preferable for smelting metals. How happy is our Europe that has both kinds!— But be this as it may...

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... background of the presentation is filled with the shimmer of the precious metals and of the more expensive varieties of precious stones. It is only i... ... the fact that many objects, as, for instance, the precious stones and the metals and some other materials used for adornment and decoration, owe thei... ...- acter similar to that now served by the mechanician, were not similarily refractory under the discipline of devoutness. The habitual activity of the...

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...seraph. Upon the middle finger of the same hand he had a ring made of four metals together, of the strangest fashion that ever was seen; so that the s... ... or any metaphor drawn from it. They went like- wise to see the drawing of metals, or the casting of great ordnance; how the lapidaries did work; as a... ...the affection which you bear me moveth you to harbour in your breast those refractory thoughts concerning me, with a suspicion of my adversity to come... ...vig- orous, and active in all things and everywhere, and never stubborn or refractory to my will or pleasure. I need no more but to let go the reins, ... ...408 Gargantua & Pantagruel Crumpled C. Demiss C. Adamitical C. Frumpled C. Refractory C. Ballockatso to the devil, my dear friend Panurge, seeing it i... ...ith gold, silver, amber, ivory, porphyry, and the mixture of most precious metals, would without it yield no delight or pleasure to the reposers in th... ...e of sperm of emerald. The sixth, a monk’s mumping bottle made of the four metals together. The seventh, an ebony funnel, all embossed and wrought wit... ...e of the chaos, where fire, air, sea, land, and all the elements were in a refractory confusion. Poor Panurge having with the full contents of the ins...

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...ification, by promot- ing the introduction and circulation of the precious metals, those darling objects of human avarice and enterprise, it serves to... ...t against the weaker members; and in most instances attempts to coerce the refractory and disobedient have been the signals of bloody wars, in which o... ...ion to the national government should arise from the disorderly conduct of refractory or seditious individuals, it could be overcome by the same means... ...s then maintained; they had a declared author- ity to use coercion against refractory cities, and were bound by oath to exert this authority on the ne... ...at of Massachusetts is to be transported an equal dis- tance to subdue the refractory haughtiness of the aristocratic Virginians. Do the persons who r...

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...ans which they levy upon us. The railway train of to-day, tearing over the metals, grinds away fine particles of dust, grains so minute that a travele... ...coat beneath. With something of a coxcomb’s manner, Fraisier fastened this refractory article of dress, tight- ening the girdle to define his reedy fi... ...k him. He would convert the ailment into mortal sickness; his stock of old metals supplied him with the means. One morning as he leaned against the do...

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...d, of full an inch and a half; and this in a mate- rial so extraordinarily refractory as quartz! The tubes, as I have already remarked, enter the sand... ...h they contain. The hardest rock is worn into impalpable mud, the ordinary metals 295 Charles Darwin oxidate, and both are removed; but gold, platina... ... braries of well-bound geological books; miners brought out for particular metals, as tin, which are 376 The V oyage of the Beagle not found in Chile... ... the large Chilian fortunes have been made by mines of the more pre- cious metals. A short time since an English physi- cian returned to England from ... ...gging amongst the ruins, bits of woollen articles, instruments of precious metals, and heads of Indian corn, are not unfrequently discov- ered: an arr...

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...that the child had been spoilt by learning, and in truth poor Lovedy was a refractory scholar; she was too lively to bear the confine- ment patiently;... ...to recall his attention from some new invention on the means of as- saying metals:— 343 Yo n g e “I am sorry you have stirred up Keith to the renewal...