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... twisted, naked, striking their minds with an indeterminate ghostliness of Indian, so strange they were in shape and colouring. These sharp points wer... ...d fabric upon his conception of Carinthia the woman, necessarily the woman—logically. Who but the woman could look the Gorgon! He tried to explain it ... ...s reluctantly inter- ested in their blows. 135 George Meredith Her infant logic stumbled on for a reason while she re- pressed the torture the scene ... ...oung men straining at thought, in the grip of their sensations, reach this logical conclusion. They will not begin by examining the ground they stand ... ...impressively, if absurdly. He will end a monk if he has the courage of his logic. A queer spectacle—an English noble- man a shaven monk! Fleetwood shu... ...e them sins, and the suffering is of neces- sity everlasting, his insomnia logic insisted. Whichever side he took, his wife was against him; not in sp...

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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... ...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... ...volume to shadow forth by comparisons and roundabout approaches. If verbal logic were sufficient, life would be as plain sailing as a piece of Euclid.... ...ngs us to a far more exact conclu- sion, than to read the works of all the logicians extant. If both, by a large allowance, may be said to end in cert... ...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 ... ...g his neck “to have the portrait full of shad- ows,” and draping him in an Indian gown hired expressly for the purpose, he was preoccupied about no me...

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...nsport to the cover of the tomb. Now Captain Con was by nature ruddy as an Indian sum- mer flushed in all its leaves. The corners of his face had ev- ... ...ndabout eye won’t find it! You’re wrong where there are dozens of corners. Logic like yours, my boy, would have you go on picking at the Gordian Knot ... ...arm we’ve taken to nurse my cousin Captain Philip O’Donnell invalided from Indian awful climate!—on my re- turn, when I hope to renew the acquaintance...

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...u my Natalie.” “Give me, give me?” said the young girl, waving a screen of Indian feathers, “what are you whispering about me?” “I was telling her,” r... ...she came back to the charge with one of those personal arguments which the logic of a child suggests:— “Dear mamma,” she said, “it is only a few days ...

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...ht shrouded itself Within its tabernacle, and left dark The Spaniard and the Indian, with the Jew. Such fables Florence in her pulpit hears, Bandied a... ... Lisbon a man of great genius and extraordinary acquirements, especially in logic and in medicine, as his books, written in the name of Peter of Spa...

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...e door of Herbert’s study: boys’ grubby feet should not go treading on her Indian square. It was she who always cleaned the picture-frames and washed ... ...u. It’s not your fault. You did all you could.” She thought this excellent logic, and was surprised that he looked so gloomy. “So he’s gone to the sea... ...He came to his worthier results rather by imagination and instinct than by logic. An argument confused him, and he could with difficulty follow it eve... ... would have a copy. For a book one may go anywhere. It would not have been logical to enter Dunwood House for the pur- pose of seeing Rickie, when Ric...

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... reason which is cultivated in any especial form other than the abstractly logical. I dispute, in particular, the reason educed by math- ematical stud... ...ics are the science of form and quantity; mathematical reasoning is merely logic applied to observation upon form and quantity. The great error lies i... ...the air. *He observed a flock of pigeons passing betwixt Frankfort and the Indian territory, one mile at least in breadth; it took up four hours in pa... ...ounted to conviction. With it my reason had nothing to do. All attempts at logical inquiry resulted, indeed, in leaving me more sceptical than before.... ...aced in my hands. I read it with profound attention. Throughout I found it logical, but the portions which were not merely logical were unhappily the ... ...will reduce my phantasm to the common-place—some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than my own, which will perceive, in the ci... ...heless, had been un- pleasantly warm. A smoky mist, resembling that of the Indian summer, enveloped all things, and of course, added to my un- certain...

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...e showers of adula- tion drenched him might be likened to the composure of Indian Gods undergoing worship, but unlike them he re- posed upon no seat o... ... had set going again when the ladies were weeded of us, in Lady Patterne’s Indian room, and could converse unhampered upon their own ethereal themes. ... ...medium of books, and would say: “But I don’t want to!” in a tone to make a logician thoughtful. Nature was very strong in him. 29 George Meredith He ... ...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... ...ore I come, say you are admiring the plumage of the Himalaya—the beautiful Indian bird; and if we’re found together, we run a race, and of course you ... ... ‘He was a wonderful administrator and great logician; he married an Anglo-Indian widow, and soon after published a pamphlet in favour of Suttee.’” “A... ... house, ladies,” said Mr. Dale, a spare, close-buttoned gentleman, with an Indian complexion deadened in the sick-chamber. “It is un- usual for me to ...

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...him ungrate- ful; he followed the Bourbons into exile at Ghent, a piece of logical loyalty which falsified the horoscope drawn for him by his late fat... ...shall live blamelessly, but let me live.” The Marquis was taken aback by a logic which women grasp with the clear insight of love, and overawed by a c... .... She caught up a handful of jewels and precious stones, folded them in an Indian shawl, and timidly held it out. “But what shall I say to them from y...

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...id, in the pier-glass opposite. “There, Celia! you can wear that with your Indian muslin. But this cross you must wear with your dark dresses.” Celia ... ...o you do?” in the nick of time. In spite of her shabby bonnet and very old Indian shawl, it was plain that 46 Middlemarch the lodge-keeper regarded h... ...d upon him. It would have seemed beforehand like a ridiculous piece of bad logic that he, with his unmixed reso- lutions of independence and his selec... ... all: the result of the struggle is the same thing—pic- ture or no picture—logically.” Will could not resist this imperturbable temper, and the cloud ... ...arch CHAPTER LI Party is Nature too, and you shall see By force of Logic how they both agree: The Many in the One, the One in Many; Al... ...urse it is,” said Will, impatiently. “But if you are to wait till we get a logical Bill, you must put yourself forward as a revolutionist, and then Mi... ...t the fact. The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact....

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...id, in the pier glass opposite. “There, Celia! you can wear that with your Indian muslin. But this cross you must wear with your dark dresses.” Celia ... ...o you do?” in the nick of time. In spite of her shabby bonnet and very old Indian shawl, it was plain that the lodge keeper regarded her as an importa... ...d upon him. It would have seemed beforehand like a ridiculous piece of bad logic that he, with his unmixed resolutions of independence and his select ... ... all: the result of the struggle is the same thing— picture or no picture— logically.” Will could not resist this imperturbable temper, and the cloud ... ...resistance. Chapter LI. Party is Nature too, and you shall see By force of Logic how they both agree: The Many in the One, the One in Many; All is not... ...urse it is,” said Will, impatiently. “But if you are to wait till we get a logical Bill, you must put yourself forward as a revolutionist, and then Mi... ...t the fact. The very resolution to which he had wrought himself by dint of logic and honorable pride was beginning to relax under her torpedo contact....

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...f the long running Mississippi, and down to the Mexican sea, Chants of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota, Chants going forth from... ...e insignificant is as big to me as any, (What is less or more than a touch?) Logic and sermons never convince, The damp of the night drives deeper int... ...taracts, forests, volcanoes, groups, Malaysia, Polynesia, and the great West Indian islands. 3 What do you hear Walt Whitman? I hear the workman ... ... in Manhattan, Or with large steps crossing the prairies out of Illinois and Indiana, Rapidly crossing the West with springy gait and descending the A... ...owa, Minnesota, to sing their songs, (they are inimitable;) Then to Ohio and Indiana to sing theirs, to Missouri and Kansas and Arkansas to sing their... ... advancing, I saw, out of the land of prairies, land of Ohio’s waters and of Indiana, To the rescue the stalwart giant hurry his plenteous offspring, ...

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...ly from the manner of life. The scholas- tic, grammatical, rhetorical, and logical subtle ties in vogue were decidedly out of consonance with the time... ...ad and were not caught on the way. Ostap Bulba, although he began to study logic, and even theology, with much zeal, did not escape the merciless rod.... ...n face. Ivan Ivanovitch traversed the court- yard, in which were collected Indian doves, fed by Ivan Nikiforovitch’s own hand, melon-rinds, vegetables...

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...to him. It was a great step when his packages arrived, and his beau- tiful Indian curiosities were arranged, making his drawing- room as pretty a room... ...oing to put conceit in that lion head of yours, but you were as good as an Indian prince to my party. Do you know to whom you have been talking so coo... ...hey were savages,” said the vicar. “And yourself—you will tell them of the Indian missions.” 654 The Daisy Chain “With all my heart,” said Dr. Spence... ...-written book, so smooth and so fluent, and yet so earnest—his pictures of Indian life so beautiful, and his strong affection for the converts he desc... ...ore here’s a man that is not good? Ah, ha! Meta, you can see that is false logic, though I’ve forgot- ten mine. And pray, miss, what are we to say to ...

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...ings not appertaining to his daily life, and its difficulties. He could be logical with a vengeance—so logical as to cause infinite trouble to his wif... ... cause infinite trouble to his wife, who, with all her good sense, was not logical. And he had Greek at his fingers’ ends—as his daughter very well kn... ...ill in ascertaining the real truth as to the alleged theft. But he was not logical, and thus, meaning to be generous, he became unjust. He found that ... ...had caught him first.’ 271 Anthony Trollope CHAPTER XXIX MISS LILY DALE’S LOGIC Lady Julia De Guest always lunched at one exactly, and it was not muc... ...self from a breach of promise case?’ ‘I wonder whether he had any money in Indian securities?’ 443 Anthony Trollope ‘What makes you ask that?’ ‘Nothi... ...e conclusion that if Mr Shorter must have been the handsome gentleman with Indian securities, to whom ‘no’ had been said once too often. While sitting...