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...s beauty, Dr. Grant. I wager you will now have more malingerers than ever before, when the ship’s unofficial telegraph announces the appointment of ... ...ounded Highlander, who Helen was treating in the hospital. By evening, the sepoys came with white flags to collect their dead and wounded and the Br...

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...her he had waited ten or twenty minutes, whether he had been officially or unofficially informed by Wilson 46 A Footnote to History that Sewall was o... ...laim, he set up the emblem of his country; and the beach twinkled with the flags of nations. All this, it will be observed, was going forward in that ... ...anage to be over- heard when he wanted; and by this, or some other equally unofficial means, he spread the rumour that on the morrow he was to bombard... ...as ministered by the EBER to T amasese, in the shape of uncountable German flags. The full history of this epidemic of bunting falls to be told in the... ...ter. But the fact has to be chronicled here, for I believe it was to these flags that we owe the visit of the Adams, and my next and best authentic gl... ...dred yards or so the Ger- man flag was flying. The numbers of the guns and flags I give as I received them, though they test my faith. At the house of... ...iness which might have earned for the whole episode the name of the war of flags. British 92 A Footnote to History and American flags had been plante...

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... a sprin- kling of Americans and a German or two—who had all hoisted their flags at eight o’clock as if in honour of our arrival. It would have been a... ...f war-scarred three-deckers, and shredded out in mere sport the bunting of flags hallowed in the traditions of honour and glory. He is a good friend a... ... of traders, adventurers, fisher- men, slave-dealers, pirates—all sorts of unofficial men connected with the sea in a more or less repu- table way. He... ...n the decks of small coasters, and made sore by miles of tramping upon the flagstones of the dock side, had hurried up in time to avert a ridicu- lous... ...gnal-mast with yard and gaff, flying a couple of dingy blue, red, or white flags. This New South Dock (it was its official name), round which my earli... ... after his unsatisfactory day 105 Joseph Conrad slumbers, hauled down the flags and fastened a lighted lantern at the break of the gangway. The night...

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...rand, another than that of Jacob, is on all the Eighty- three departmental flags of France; which wave or flap, with such thankfulness as needs. Towar... ...tter still more questionably: Chateau-Vieux, far from marching, ‘waves red flags out of two carriages, ’ in a passionate manner, along the streets; an... ... and with the boast that it is Seventy thousand: most strange to see; with flags flying, bayonets fixed; with Proclamation, and d’Artois Commission of... ...his Jacobin Amphitheatre,—had His- 215 Thomas Carlyle tory time for them. Flags of the ‘Three free Peoples of the Universe, ’ trinal brotherly flags ... ...must belong to Paris, and be suspended from the dome there, along with the Flags of the Three Free Peoples! Such a goose is man; and cackles over plus... ... distracted haste; and the many-whispering voices of Rumour. Theroigne and unofficial Patriots flit, dim-vis- ible, exploratory, far and wide; like Ni...

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...wo members of the Kent con- stabulary watched the affair from a cart in an unofficial spirit, and a grocer calling round the Marsh for orders and two ... ... the enclosure, the sheds and workshops, the Venetian masts and fluttering flags that Banghurst had considered essential, black and limp in the breeze... ... the promenaders put their feet down and walked their ways, the papers and flags began flapping, smiles passed into words, the winker finished his win... ...would be a matter of bright uniforms and shouting charges and triumphs and flags and bands—in a time when half the world drew its food supply from reg...

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... as far as possible, according to rule, do find this state of matters most unofficial unsatisfactory,—is not to be 10 The French Revolution - V olume... ...rom Legislative, from the individual Patriot, flame monitory on all walls. Flags of Danger to Fatherland wave at the Hotel-de-Ville; on the Pont Neuf—... ...there is to be business. ’ And Megaera women perambulate the streets, with flags, with lamentable alleleu. (Meillan, Memoires, p. 195; Buzot, pp. 69, ... ...e’s New Calendar getting ready? On all house- tops flicker little tricolor Flags, their flagstaff a Pike and Liberty-Cap. On all house-walls, for no P... ...king. Strong are ye, Tyrants of the Sea; yet we also, are we weak? Lo! all flags, streamers, jacks, every rag of tricolor that will yet run on rope, f...

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.... The slaves were hurried out of sight into the forest and jungle, and the flags were run up to tall poles in the Rajah’s compound in expectation of a... ...ll-pox. This unengaging individual often strolled into Almayer’s garden in unofficial cos- tume, composed of a piece of pink calico round his waist. T... ... and clung lazily about the burnt-up grass. As Babalatchi looked up at the flagstaff over-topping a group of low trees in the middle of the courtyard,...

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...e. Captain Mitchell had himself steered the cargo lighter, all draped with flags, which, in tow of the Juno’s steam launch, took the Excellentissimo f... ..., 37 Joseph Conrad full of notabilities, sitting under the flutter of gay flags, in the place of honour by the side of Captain Mitchell, who steered,... ...urs of domestic life are marked by the shifting of light and shadow on the flagstones. Señor Avellanos was in the habit of crossing the patio at five ... ...n the slant of sunshine. Then the old porter would hobble in, sweeping the flagstones, and the house was ready for the day. All the lofty rooms on thr... ...was not forgotten during his brief day of authority? But all the same, the unofficial agent of the San Tome mine, working for a good cause, had his mo... ...a vague vision of long ears of mules, of fluttering little green and white flags stuck upon each cart; of raised arms in a mob of sombreros with the w... ...t opportunities and of largest salaries; for the San Tome mine had its own unofficial pay list, whose items and amounts, fixed in consultation by Char... ...“Hope of honest men” was to come that way, a year and a half later, it was unofficially, over the mountain tracks, fleeing after a defeat on a lame mu... ...h altar, surrounded by the civil and military heads of his Government. The unofficial world of Sta. Marta would crowd into the cathedral, for it was n...

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... to keep up his belief, no declamations, no anger, no visions of blood-red flags waving, or metaphorical lurid suns of vengeance rising above the hori... ...squely out of the populous street into a narrow and dusky alley paved with flagstones. On one side the low brick houses had in their dusty windows the... ...d smoothly: “I need scarcely tell you that this conversation is altogether unofficial.” These words were far from pacifying the Chief Inspector. The i... ...r got out first, backwards, with a key in her hand. Winnie lingered on the flagstone path to pay the cabman. Stevie, after helping to carry inside a l... ...t any time.” He was intensely disgusted in the secrecy of his heart at the unofficial conduct of his immediate chief. But he was not quix- otic. He lo...

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...with banners and streamers; some with cloth-of- gold and arras embroidered with coats-of-arms; others with silken flags that had numberless little sil... ...ed gently, not with ill blood and uncharitable words. This is matter for the law’s consideration, not private and unofficial handling. Loose thy hold ...

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... Did ye see how he walked like a grand aristocrat? There was flags an’ banners wavin’ high, an’ dhress and shtyle were shown, But... ...’ ‘im now,’ said Ortheris; ‘’e’s a bloomin’ camel. Listen.’ I heard on the flags of the veranda opposite to the cells, which are close to the Guard-Ro... ...e man and his wife go elsewhere. The Buria Kol would have none of them. An unofficial message to Athon Daze that if a hair of their heads were touched... ...u must make things easy for me. All the Fort is at your disposal, from the flagstaff to the dry ditch, and I shall be happy to entertain you in any wa...

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...yrand, another than that of Jacob, is on all the Eighty-three departmental flags of France; which wave or flap, with such thankfulness as needs. Towar... ...er still more questionably: Cha- teau-Vieux, far from marching, ‘waves red flags out of two carriages,’ in a passionate manner, along the streets; and... ... and with the boast that it is Seventy thousand: most strange to see; with flags flying, bayonets fixed; with Proclamation, and d’Artois Commission of... ....) Scenes too are in this Jacobin Amphitheatre,—had History time for them. Flags of the ‘Three free Peoples of the Universe, ’ trinal brotherly flags ... ...must belong to Paris, and be suspended from the dome there, along with the Flags of the Three Free Peoples! Such a goose is man; and cackles over plus... ... as far as possible, according to rule, do find this state of matters most unofficial unsatisfactory,—is not to be denied. Complaints are made; attemp...

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...nt as sharp as a needle. Other men enter the arena on foot, armed with red flags and explosives about the size of a musket cartridge. To each of these... ...umbus garrison. They seemed to be very fond of coming up on steamers under flags of truce. On two or three occasions I went down in like manner. When ... ...nal troops in their front so that all fight- ing might be prevented. White flags were stuck at intervals along the line of rifle-pits, but none over t... ...ce, I found, had preceded me an hour or more. I presume that, seeing white flags ex- posed in his front, he rode up to see what they meant and, not be... ...is- couraging to the authorities in Richmond that Jefferson Davis wrote an unofficial letter to Johnston expressing his own anxi- ety and that of the ... ...16th of April Porter was ready to start on his perilous trip. The advance, flagship Benton, Porter command- ing, started at ten o’clock at night, foll...

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...I remarked to Mr. Blunt that coming out in the morning he could survey the flags of all nations al- most—except his own. (The U. S. consulate was on t... ... the side streets. The masks had gone home and our footsteps echoed on the flagstones with unequal sound as of men without purpose, without hope. 44 ... ...ter had given it up for the use of the Carlist cause and that some sort of unofficial Consul, a Carlist agent of some sort, either was going to live t...

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...hip, philosophy, and the like to the free personal initiatives of entirely unofficial people. This still leaves the problem of systematic knowledge an... ... action. It adores the flag but suspects the State. One sees more national flags and fewer national ser- vants in America than in any country in the w...

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...e bank. CHAPTER XIX ON THE PRA TZEN H EIGHTS, where he had fallen with the flagstaff in his hand, lay Prince Andrew Bolkonski bleed- ing profusely and... ... a few steps he stopped before Prince Andrew, who lay on his back with the flagstaff that had been dropped beside him. (The flag had al- ready been ta... ...he streets, with hugh monograms A and N. In the windows of the houses also flags and bunting were displayed. “Boris doesn’t want to help me and I don’... ...owed him. From all the windows of the streets through which he rode, rugs, flags, and his mono- gram were displayed, and the Polish ladies, welcoming ... ...erved up with sauce. They talk to us of the rules of war, of chivalry , of flags of truce, of mercy to the unfortunate and so on. It’s all rubbish! I ... ...ia could have been entrusted to such a man.” As long as this news remained unofficial it was pos- sible to doubt it, but the next day the following co...