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Vailima Letters

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...bright as day. The moon right over Vaea—near due west, the birds strangely silent, and the wood of the house tin- gling with cold; I believe it must h... ... I bear up, and rejoice when I find anything safe. 19TH. However, I worked five hours on the brute, and finished my Letter all the same, and couldn’t ... ... it came on to rain tropic style, and I came back from my outing drenched liked a drowned man—I was literally blinded as I came back among these sheet... ...r Faauma, the unchaste, the extruded Eve of our Paradise, knew only two hymns; but Helen seems to know the whole repertory, and the morning prayers go... ...I told him the heads of what I meant to say; and he not only consented, but said, if we got on well with the King, he would even proceed with me to Ma... ... sending you a wire by her hands as far as Sydney, that is to say either you or Cassell, about Falesa: I will not allow it to be called Uma in book fo...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

...that this ship be- came a standing example among the philosophers, for the logical question as to things that grow; one side holding that the ship rem... ...venging his murder. Some authors write, the city of Laurentum, fearing the consequence, de- livered up the murderers of Tatius; but Romulus dismissed ... ...nd what is more, Romulus, in his anger, committed an action of unfortunate consequence; but that of Theseus ended only in words, some evil speaking, a... ... the senate, which, having a power equal to the kings’ in matters of great consequence, and, as Plato expresses it, allaying and qualifying the fiery ... ...tess, gave an adjacent field to the public, and obtained great hon- ors in consequence, as, amongst the rest, that of all women her testimony alone sh... ... thy to command the Romans; whose vanity and presump- tion rose so high in consequence, that he insolently jested at Fabius’s encampments upon the mou...

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Beauchamp's Career

By: George Meredith

... ‘It strikes me that if she arrives at any determination she must take the consequences.’ ‘She does. She is brave enough for that. But she is a girl; ... ...resented himself as it were saddled to that hard-riding force known as the logical impe- tus, which spying its quarry over precipices, across oceans a... ...y, for the clever manoeuvre, to oust the T ory and sway the realm. See the consequences. For power, for no other consideration, those manufacturing ra... ...er guilt lay in the recognition that he had saved her. From what? From the consequences of delirium rather than from love—surely delirium, founded on ... ... should add, a very clever juggler was our com- mon chief. Now we have the consequences of hollow peace- making, in a suffrage that bids fair to exten... ... cowardice is even worse for nations than for indi- vidual men, though the consequences come on us more slowly.’ ‘You spoke of party sins,’ Miss Halke... ...t to be hated till you have to stand your ground.’ ‘Talk!’ ‘It seems to me logical.’ ‘That’s the French notion—c’est lodgique!’ Tuckham’s pronunciatio...

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The Lady of the Lake

By: William J. Rolfe

... before that which it illustrates,—an effective rhetorical, though not the logical, arrangement. 45. Beamed frontlet. Antlered forehead. 46. Adown. An... ... the worm issued from it. But Kormak did not rightly handle the weapon, in consequence whereof good fortune deserted it. As he unsheathed Skofnung, it... ... prophesied the ruin which it must bring upon their ancient clan. ... “The consequences of the battle of Glen Fruin were very ca- lamitous to the fami... ...sisted in the number and attach- ment of his followers, it was of the last consequence, in point of policy, to have in his gift subordinate offices, w... ...n, whom they found in the fields, merely to secure an advantage of so much consequence to their party” (Scott). 140. A spy. That is, Fitz-James. For h...

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The First Men in the Moon

By: H. G. Wells

...osophical simplicity. He was a water- drinker, a vegetarian, and all those logical disciplinary things. But the sight of his equipment settled many do... ...that second, at least, I was mad with fear and anger. I took no thought of consequences. I hit straight out at the face of the thing with the goad. Th... ... the moon and points upon the earth’s surface is constantly altering. As a consequence of this and of the necessary imperfections of our recording ins... ...ing of their limbs to that of insects. I have mentioned, too, the peculiar consequence of the smaller gravitation of the moon on their fragile slight-... ...lf by flashing his rays into my face and watching my pupils contract. As a consequence, I was dazzled and blinded for some little time. … “But in spit...

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God the Invisible King

By: H. G. Wells

...further be suggested that the extreme aloof- ness and inhumanity, which is logically necessary in the idea of a Creator God, of an Infinite God, was t... ...dom of God on earth. Each believer as he grasps this natural and immediate consequence of the faith that has come into his life will form at the same ... ..., and sexual status of no account in the presence of God. It follows quite logically that God does not discriminate between man and woman in any essen... ...f’s “Nature of Man,” he will find there an interesting summary of the bio- logical facts that bear upon and destroy the delusion that there is such a ... ...e of every man to fall short at every point from perfection. From the bio- logical point of view we are as individuals a series of involun- tary “trie... ...irectly you cease to hide or deny or escape, and turn manfully towards the consequences and the setting of things right, you take hold again of the ha...

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The Country of the Blind and Other Stories

By: H. G. Wells

...scover I was peering into remote and mysterious worlds ruled by an or- der logical indeed but other than our common sanity. The ‘nineties was a good a... ...ud- den change in the field of force due to the lightning. He thinks, as a consequence of this, that it may be possible to live visually in one part o... ... die in the grip of the Great Dynamo he had been a little scared about the consequences of his act. Yet he felt strangely elated, and knew that the fa... ...the great feud between Hapley and Professor Pawkins, though certain of its consequences may be new to you. For those who have not, a word or two of ex... .... I was inclined to imagine there was still some hiatus in my memory, as a consequence of my draught of that strange liqueur; that I had come into my ... ...shed ashore near Torquay, and a few days later a boat from the Marine Bio- logical station, engaged in dredging off Plymouth, picked up a rotting spec... ...a proverbial expression! The evi- dence of his absolute disappearance as a consequence of that explosion is indubitable. It is not necessary to enlarg... ... equally be- tween his biological work at the College and social and theo- logical theorising, an employment which he took in deadly earnest. Of a nig... ...e acceptable haziness. And from that, following, as I must admit, no clear logical path, he came to the test of experiment. He pointed resolutely to h...

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The Village Rector

By: Honoré de Balzac

...timate of his fortune had lately increased throughout the depart- ment, in consequence of his outlay in having built, in a new quarter of the town cal... ...dame Graslin as a flower of true piety, a violet fragrant with virtues; in consequence of which, one of those strong reactions set in, unknown to Vero... ...ance. Those who have proceeded to de- molish the ancient edifice have been logical in dividing equally the family property, in diminishing the authori... ...olly) had distributed several hundred thousand francs among the people; in consequence of which Montegnac had considerably increased. Graslin had also... ...hich have constantly been afflicted 144 The Village Rector with fevers in consequence of stagnant water, never looked for the remedy; I myself, who l... ...oldier, twenty-two years of age, who had committed a theft and deserted in consequence of it. We were chained together for four years, and we were fri...

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Scenes from a Courtesans Life

By: Honoré de Balzac

...case of the Sieur de Rubempre, whom Rastignac is setting up as a person of consequence,” said du Chatelet to the Secretary-General. “My dear Count,” r... ...t best that the loungers should go where they are to be found? What is the consequence? The gayest parts of the Boulevards, that delightfulest of prom... ...de Bauvan; for Ma- dame de Serizy told them the danger in which I stood in consequence of their allowing the source of their informa- tion to be guess... ...punity. At the death of Louis XVIII., Peyrade had not only ceased to be of consequence, but had lost the profits of his position as spy-in-ordinary to... ...ce to face with the Prefet, make your complaint, but as a man of political consequence, who will sooner or later be one of the motor powers of the hug... ...philanthropical romances; but the thief acts. He is as clear as a fact, as logical as a blow; and then his style! Another thing worth noting: the worl...

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Catherine de Medici

By: Honoré de Balzac

... of the future as to the coup d’Etat of the Prince de Polignac himself? In consequence of a whim of Shakespeare—or perhaps it may have been a revenge,... ...al ex- ercises,—which were nearly all the education his brother and he, in consequence of their detention as hostages, had ever received. The prince h... ...ted in Eu- rope since that of Henry VIII. in England, which was the direct consequence of the invention of printing. Adversaries to the Reformation, t... ...e Nemours was obliged, after the death of Francois II., to leave France on consequence of suits brought against him by the Rohans; which suits the Gui... ...ether by reason of his obesity, or because of his thick, short neck, or in consequence of his vigils and his constant labors, Calvin’s head was sunk b... ...ore, I were forced to ad- mit the presence of God in matter, my voice must logically command the extinction of furnaces kept burning through- out the ... ..., with the forces which pro- duced it, when we cease to breathe.” “You are logical,” said the king, surprised. “But alchemy must therefore be an athei...

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Jane Eyre

By: Charlotte Brontë

... which nobody feels but yourself, than to commit a hasty action whose evil consequences will extend to all connected with you; and besides, the Bible ... ...y: I could not then distinctly say it to myself; yet I had a reason, and a logical, natural reason too. However, when I had brushed my hair very smoot... ...n’t thoroughly understand him, in short—at least, I don’t: but it is of no consequence, he is a very good master.” This was all the account I got from... ...yet he was anxious that Mr. Edward should have wealth, too, to keep up the consequence of the name; and, soon after he was of age, some steps were tak... ...about appearances; that tastes mostly differ; and that beauty is of little consequence, or something of that sort.” “You ought to have replied no such... ... of that sort.” “You ought to have replied no such thing. Beauty of little consequence, indeed! And so, under pretence of softening the previous outra...

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

By: George Meredith

...and hit two or three of the men hard. My father had to shield him from the consequences. He said he liked that boy; and he pleaded for him so winningl... ...ow I write to him no more; let him know it, my darling,’ she said, and the consequence of Heriot’s ungrateful obstinacy was that we all beheld her, at... ... never could imagine her so delicious as when she smiled at my father. The consequence of the enlistment of the whole school in Heriot’s interests was... ...h of trust to my father; so I refused steadily to answer, and suffered the consequences now on my dear father’s behalf. Heriot’s aunt brought me a cak... ...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 for concealm... .... Then he talked of the littleness of Europe and the greatness of Germany; logical postulates fell in collapse before him. America to America, North a... ...were the great sticklers for freedom! His conclusion was, that we were not logical. We would have a Throne, which we would not allow the liberty to do...

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Life on the Mississippi

By: Mark Twain

...t company, and felt subdued, not to say torpid. I was not even of sufficient consequence to assist at the wheel when it was necessary to put the tille... ...f boat reports, none but chance and unsatisfactory ways of getting news. The consequence was that a man sometimes had to run five hundred miles of riv... ...hen the dead low water came it was destruc tive. Now came another perfectly logical result. The outsiders began to ground steamboats, sink them, and ... ... horse or a cow—anyway, it was a little matter; the money in it wasn’t of no consequence— none in the world—both families was rich. The thing could ha... ...d just been assassinated by an agent of the Governor of Missouri, and was in consequence occupying a good deal of space in the newspapers. Cheap histo... ...eems to have sampled all the different vari eties of human experience; as a consequence, you can’t men tion an outside matter of any sort but it wil... ...n the midst of a time when the hap penings of life were not the natural and logical results of great general laws, but of special orders, and were fr...

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Cousin Betty

By: Honoré de Balzac

...arneffe had just said concerning Lisbeth Fischer they had come to know, in consequence, partly, of the loneliness of the neighborhood, and of the alli... ...itious married courtesans who from the first accept depravity with all its consequences, and determine to make a fortune while taking their pleasure, ... ...rything for my sake?” asked the Brazilian. This South American born, being logical, as men are who 164 Cousin Betty have lived the life of nature, at... ...uld leave me alone on condition of being head- clerk. It is abominable—but logical.” “Valerie, do you love me?” “In the state in which I am, my dear, ... ...t them at twenty-five, and they will go up to 229 Balzac three hundred in consequence of the amalgamation of the two lines, which is a secret told to... ...he unsatisfactory state of the Algerian ex- chequer, which has come out in consequence of the death and disappearance of two employes, has had some sh... ...hing. That is not all. I shall be committed to prison within a few days in consequence of the bills held by Vauvinet. So I must keep out of the way un...

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Essays of Michel de Montaigne

By: William Carew Hazilitt

.... The consideration of his health was constantly before him, and it was in consequence of this that, while at Venice, which disappointed him, he took ... ...ckness he conversed as fully with me as with any one, and also because, in consequence of the singular and brotherly friendship which we had enter- ta... ...ults, and torment them for wanton tricks, that have neither impression nor consequence; whereas, in my opinion, lying only, and, which is of something... ...excuse his 91 Montaigne master to his Majesty about a thing of very great consequence, which was this: the King, still to maintain some intelligence ... ...rary is quickened by another), or say, when we come to vir- tue, that like consequences and difficulties overwhelm and render it austere and inaccessi... ...b- sidiary and suffragan, and that, peradventure, grammatical, rhetorical, logical examples may elsewhere be more suitably chosen, as also the materia...

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The Lesser Bourgeoisie (The Middle Classes)

By: Honoré de Balzac

...ing such energy in household work, endeavored to help her, and fell ill in consequence. Instantly, Brigitte was devoted to her, nursed her like a belo... ...arniol and Madame Phellion beneath the leafless lindens, and gave them (in consequence of the embarrassing circum- stances created by Phellion’s polit... ...norable in changing one’s determination about a choice which is of no real consequence to public welfare.” “No consequence, my son!” cried Phellion. “... ..., had a two-fold purpose: first, to test Thuillier; and next, to avert the consequences of a fatal blow which might be dealt to him any day in a secre... ... fund of sound sense joined to simplicity; and, what to mind is of greater consequence, her sincere and solid piety attracts me; I think a husband oug... ... be witty,” returned Thuillier; “but you can’t controvert what I say. I am logical, if I am not brilliant. It is very natural that I should console my...

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Bureaucracy

By: Honoré de Balzac

...had thought of doing as so many of the work- ing-women do; but the fear of consequences kept her from vice. She was floating undecidedly along, when M... ...ou, my dear fellow, if you will only, for once in your life, use your wits logically.” [He stopped as if to study the effect of his adverb in Bixiou’s... ...ially] “After all, so much the better. Du Bruel, just keep your eye on the consequences. Rabourdin would be a mean-spirited creature to stay under Bau... ...ed, has gone the rounds of the offices and is misinterpreted by hatred; in consequence, I find myself compelled to resign, under the tacit condemnatio... ...is musket.” Poiret [his eyes wide open]. “Monsieur, a government clerk is, logically speaking, a man who needs the salary to main- tain himself, and i... ...oms up in the sphere of higher salaries; and also this second and not less logical and important corollary: Directors-general may be statesmen. Perhap...

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The Trial or More Links of the Daisy Chain

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...sed his good-nature and got him to a tea-party—I began to be afraid of the consequences.’ ‘Pish!’ said the Doctor. ‘And really they kept her there to ... ...way from home to the care of a stranger. She apprehended all manner of ill consequences; and then nursing him, and regarding his progress as her own w... ...d to compensate to them for their sequestration from the drawing-room, the consequence of Averil not hav- ing established her authority enough to keep... ...54 The Trial brother and sister had agreed to avail themselves of the geo- logical facilities of their position, the fascinations of Hugh Miller’s aut... ...ory of that explosion ever revealed in the May family, though it had grave consequences at Bankside. Rumour had long declared at Stoneborough that the... ...to her own room to dress, had she a moment to realize the catastrophe, its consequences, and the means of averting them. So appalled was she, that she...

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The Heir of Redclyffe

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

...en him a severity, an unwillingness to trust, which I believe is often the consequence of a great disappointment either in love or in friendship.’ ‘Th... ...‘Tell him his first bugle has so distracted me that I can’t answer for the consequences if I come to-night. ‘Mrs. Edmonstone came in, saying,— ‘Come, ... ...t it die away as fast as possible. It is only the rout about it that is of consequence.’ 141 Yo n g e ‘It is very odd,’ said Amy, ‘but I must dress,’... ...bastian had not surmounted his anger at this step when he learnt its fatal consequences. Ever since that time, noth- ing had prospered with him: he ha... ...s necessaries; but he had never been brought up to think self-indulgence a consequence of riches, he did not care what was said of him, he had no expe... ...was the great stone on which he had broken his best knife in a fit of geo- logical research; there was the pool where he used to skate; there the sudd...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

...hairs when I was in Washington, nineteen or twenty seats being va- cant in consequence of secession. In this house the Vice- President of the United S... ...ast thirty or forty days. I am told that the discourse is considered to be logical, and that it “reads” well. As regards the gist of it, or that resul... ...imself an aboli- tionist, was elected by the abolitionists; and when, as a consequence of that election, secession was threatened, no step which he co... ...s, or twenty pounds for the year; but this price was then extremely low in consequence of the war disturbances. The usual price had been about fifty o... ..., but such was my feeling on the matter. I myself happily escaped the evil consequences which his imprudence might have en- tailed on me. I again pass... ...would willingly have overturned into a drift of snow, so as to avoid worse consequences, had I only known how to do so. But Providence, even though wi...

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