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...as big as itself, and stood on its hind legs to aim at hitting an enormous ball, returned by a man in a fine embroidered coat. Drawing, color, and acc... ...s betrayed his impatience. He had just come, no doubt, from a wedding or a ball; for at this early hour he had in his hand a pair of white gloves, and... ... very great occasions, “the portress nun” allowed dancing, restricting the games of boston, whist, and back- gammon within the limits of her bedroom, ... ...s the most unhoped felicity, and made them happier than going to the great balls, to two or three of which Guillaume would take the girls at the time ... ...Racket commanded that they should be home by eleven o’clock, the hour when balls and fetes begin to be lively. Thus their pleasures, which seemed to c... ... appreciate, even by instinct. On the morning when, on his way home from a ball, Theodore de Sommervieux—for this was the name which fame had stamped ...

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...liceman’s shoulders at the bewildering beauties as they pass into Court or ball, they may seem beings of unearthly splendour and in the enjoyment of a... ...stormy excitement, and the third syllable is concluded. There was a little ballet, “Le Rossignol,” in which Montessu and Noblet used to be famous in t... ...ing his verse, of which he was a skilful writer, to the pretty airs of the ballet. It was dressed in old French costume, and little Lord Southdown now... ...orm of applause, and soared as high and joyful as her triumph. There was a ball after the dramatic entertainments, and every- body pressed round Becky... ...isted upon taking a turn with the charming creature, and twirled round the ball-room with her, scattering the diamonds out of his boot-tassels and hus... ...he officers or in- habitants of the town were not allowed to play at these games, but strangers, peasants, ladies were admitted, and any one who chose...

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...he’s a mighty fine man, and reminds me of me cousin, Dan Malony (Malony of Ballymalony, my dear, you know who mar’ied Ophalia Scully, of Oystherstown,... ...rt comboined, for the horrud old Colonel, with a head as bald as a cannon- ball, was making sheep’s eyes at a half-caste girl there. Mrs. Magenis, tho... ...ut kenal boats; my dear! Y e should see the kenal boats between Dublin and Ballinasloe. It’s there the rapid travelling is; and the beautiful cattle. ... ...gy O’Dowd, whom it con- cerned as well as another, went on prattling about Ballinafad, and the horses in the stables at Glenmalony, and the clar’t dru... ...n full view of the jealous opera-glass opposite. And when the time for the ballet came (in which there was no dancer that went through her grimaces or... ..., and pleasure! What tremendous hazards of loss or gain! What were all the games of chance he had ever played compared to this one? Into all contests ... ... estab- lishment. Now, our friend the Colonel had a great aptitude for all games of chance: and exercising himself, as he continually did, with the ca... ...st a man of such sudden resources and brilliant and overpowering skill. At games of cards he was equally skilful; for though he would constantly lose ...

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...d, she naturally became every- thing to Lady Bertram during the night of a ball or a party. She talked to her, listened to her, read to her; and the t... ...cousins’ gaieties, she loved to hear an account of them, especially of the balls, and whom Edmund had danced with; but thought too lowly of her own si... ...eserve and attach her. After dancing with each other at a proper number of balls, the young people justified these opinions, and an engagement, with a... ...ever prosper. But now I must be satisfied about Miss Price. Does she go to balls? Does she dine out every where, as well as at my sister’s?” “No,” rep... ...my sister’s?” “No,” replied Edmund; “I do not think she has ever been to a ball. My mother seldom goes into company herself, and dines nowhere but wit... ...er in vain. Neither Hamlet, nor Macbeth, nor Othello, nor Douglas, nor The Gamester, presented anything that could satisfy even the tragedians; and Th... ...he critical situa- tion of being applied to for her own choice between the games, and being required either to draw a card for whist or not. She hesit... ...rits or time to attempt. Every afternoon brought a return of their riotous games all over the house; and she very early learned to sigh at the approac...

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...etween the foundation stones of this erection, which is topped by a spiked ball (what an idea!), hang flowering plants, blue or yellow according to th... ...iend Vermichel, the miller of Soulanges, to village weddings and the grand balls given at the Tivoli of Soulanges. Vermichel’s name was Michel Vert, b... ...hat scoundrel Rigou is ruining, I’d have long ago paid his bill with other balls than the poor fellow gives him.” “Right enough, too,” replied Fourcho... ... “Look here!” said Mam Tonsard to Vermichel, “when are the notices for the ball at Soulanges coming out? Here it is the eighth of August.” “I took the... ...ughtn’t to have feelings which belong only to rich folks. If you go to the ball of Soulanges at Tivoli and dance with her, you’ll dance higher than yo... ... might have envied the trick; O Muse of the Loves and the Laughs and the Games, Come down and assist me, for, true to your aims, I have ruled of... ...t the end of the garden, where he kept various contrivances for the public games, such as weighing-machines, merry-go-rounds, see-saws, all in readine...

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...nkles about the eyes that vary in their expression from the set smile of a ballet-dancer to the dark, suspicious scowl of a discounter of bills; in sh... ... woman, as the toilette is her tin- sel. If the delightful excitement of a ball had made the pale face glow with color; if the delights of a luxurious... ... ing to see her father, came shortly afterwards in the evening. She wore a ball dress, and came in a carriage. “Four of them!” commented Mme. Vauquer ... ... letter to Mme. de Beauseant. The Vicomtesse replied by an invitation to a ball for the following evening. This was the position of affairs at the Mai... ...r at the end of November 1819. A few days later, after Mme. de Beauseant’s ball, Eugene came in at two o’clock in the morning. The persevering stu- de... ...all about him for a twelvemonth, and yet we could not manage to fathom his games. His capital and his cleverness are at the service of vice and crime;... ...used to say, and I would take them on my knees; we had all sorts of little games of play together, and they had such pretty coaxing ways. We always ha...

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...inally. If any gentleman be standing by the piano during the progress of the ballad, Mr. Mincin seizes him by the arm at one point of the melody, and ... ...ersuaded that he has got the better of the other. In society, at assemblies, balls, and playhouses, these po litical young gentlemen are perpetually ... ... had never beheld him in such excellent cue. When the round game and several games at blind man’s buff which followed it were all over, and we were go... ..., to qualify him to sustain his favourite characters. He looks upon Mr. Fitz Ball as the principal dramatic genius and poet of the day; but holds that... ...n floor; and the fine antique chairs and tables, and the noble old castle of Ballykillbabaloo, with its splendid prospect of hill and dale, and wood, ... ...at walking, running, rowing, swimming, and skating, he is unrivalled; at all games of chance or skill, at hunting, shoot Sketches of Young Gentlemen ... ... not happen to fall asleep after dinner entered upon a most vigorous game at ball, we slipped away alone into a thicker part of the wood, hoping to fa...

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...her, into pikes. The very coffins of the dead are raised; for melting into balls. All Church-bells must down into the furnace to make cannon; all Chur... ... we have ‘eight thousand Peasants at Chatillon-sur-Sevre,’ who will not be ballotted for soldiers; will not have their Curates molested. To whom Bonch... ...ridden thither against persuasion, into the dance and firing of the cannon-balls, with a scientific de- sire to understand what that same cannon-fever... ...rendered itself. The Lille trenches opened, on the 29th of the month; with balls and shells, and redhot balls; as if not trenches but Vesuvius and the... ...s-indispensables in Lille that would surrender for a King’s ransom. Redhot balls rain, day and night; ‘six-thousand, ’ or so, and bombs ‘filled intern... ... Just’s sonorous organ being now audible from the Tribune, and the game of games begun. Saint-Just is verily reading that Report of his; green Ven- ge...

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...ived the way in which the contrasted and hitherto incom- patible merits of balloon and heavy flying machine might be combined in one apparatus, which ... ...s of birds. He devised an arrangement of contractile and absolutely closed balloons which when expanded could lift the actual flying apparatus with ea... ...st completely into the frame; and he built the large framework which these balloons sustained, of hollow, rigid tubes, the air in which, by an ingenio... ...uired was the compact and powerful little appliance needed to contract the balloons. He perceived that such an apparatus as he had devised might rise ... ...at such an apparatus as he had devised might rise with frame exhausted and balloons expanded to a considerable height, might then contract its balloon... ...way we began our talking. He talked about various things and came round to games. And thence to my figure and complexion. “You ought to be a good cric... ...rew, and there in the hotter times the fairies bathed together. There were games being played and dancing and much elvish love-making, too, I think, a... ...l friend in the world, I think; he had never had a success. He had shirked games and failed examinations. ‘It’s like that with some people,’ he said; ... ... it wasn’t—and I was at it like a good ‘un. It was jest the night for such games—overcast—but a trifle too ‘ot, and all round the sky there was summer...

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...on the upper landing for what might happen, and never was gunpowder cannon-balls or shells or rock- ets more dreaded than that dreadful letter was by ... ...c- est of all his many skirmishes with a musical instrument representing a ball-room I do not know in what particular country and company waltzing in ... ... excellent recommendations and where it was and how many scholars and what games they played as I 30 Mrs. Lirriper’ s Lodgings had heard and what len...

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...ant everybody to know—I want you to let me announce it this evening at the ball.” Miss Welland’s face grew rosy as the dawn, and she looked at him wit... ...happened in the same way. Mrs. Julius Beaufort, on the night of her annual ball, never failed to appear at the Opera; indeed, she always gave her ball... ...nce. The Beauforts’ house was one of the few in New Y ork that possessed a ball-room (it antedated even Mrs. Manson Mingott’s and the Headly Chiverses... ...he drawing-room floor and move the furniture upstairs, the possession of a ball-room that was used for no other purpose, and left for three-hundred-an... ...rs, and disappeared, New Y ork knew that meant that half an hour later the ball would begin. The Beaufort house was one that New Y orkers were proud t... ...his betrothed, in her health, her horsemanship, her grace and quickness at games, and the shy interest in books and ideas that she was beginning to de...

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...ickson Quartus, commonly known as Dick Four, was Aladdin, stage-man- ager, ballet-master, half the orchestra, and largely librettist, for the “book” h... ...pany could be easily assembled. The floor shook to the stamp-and-go of the ballet, while Aladdin, in pink cotton tights, a blue and tinsel jacket, and... ...wiggez-vous?” “Nous twiggons. Good enough. What’s the chorus for the final ballet? It’s four kicks and a turn,” said Dick Four. “Oh! Er! John Short... ...s, and the other one was one about him in hell, tellin’ the Devil he was a Balliol man. I swear both of ‘em rhymed all right. By gum! P’raps Manders m... ...ace!” he cried to Beetle. “Well,” began Beetle, doubtfully, “he comes from Balliol, but I’m going to give the beast a chance. You see I can always mak... ...m, King and Macrea, fellow house-masters, had borne it in upon him that by games, and games alone, was salvation wrought. Boys neglected were boys los... ...or the school had no tradition of deference to prefects outside compulsory games—told them succinctly to go about their business. They would not give ... ...d behind the closed doors of Flint’s study, and Flint was then Head of the Games:— “Oh, I say, Flint. King has sent me to you for playin’ marbles in t... ...ing found. “Am I to understand it is your intention to allow board- school games under your study windows, Flint? If so, I can only say—” He said much...

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...elighted to find an opponent worth playing with, and henceforth there were games almost every morning or evening, though Sir Guy seemed not to care mu... ... soberly behind him, now capered, nibbled his pock- ets, and drew him into games of play which Charles and Amabel were charmed to overlook from the dr... ...I don’t play.’ ‘Not play—eh?’ Well, we will teach you in the spinning of a ball, and I’ll have my little Amy to help me against you and Philip.’ ‘No, ... ...hall have you al- ways, every rainy day. Come and have a real good game at ball on the stairs.’ She already had hold of his hand, and would have dragg... ...eing obliged to refuse, as she lis- tened to the merry sounds and bouncing balls, sighing more than once at having turned into a grown-up young lady; ... ... who never ask anything but if one has been to the races, and if one likes balls.’ ‘And how did Mrs. Brownlow behave?’ said Charles. ‘She is a wonderf... ...se hanging at her chatelaine, and always took one to re- fresh her after a ball.’ Guy was interrupted by the announcement of his horse, and rode off a... ...een promised to be quite well, and to teach the children all manner of new games, though she greatly despised the dullness of English children, and ha... ...a thirty pound cheque of his, in your name, was paid by you to a notorious gamester.’ Guy did not shrink, as he simply answered—’It is true.’ ‘Yet you...

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...speak of the share he had had in their moon- light walks and merry evening games; and dwelt a good deal upon his being so very good-humoured and oblig... ...ourite he was wherever he went, and how full the Master of the Ceremonies’ ball had been; and she went through it very well, with all the interest and... ...d soci- ety enough?—There were several very pretty houses in and about it.—Balls—had they balls?—Was it a musical society?” But when satisfied on all ... ...ry of the large room visibly added; it had been built many years ago for a ball-room, and while the neighbourhood had been in a par- ticularly populou... ...entlemen of the place. He was immediately inter- ested. Its character as a ball-room caught him; and instead of passing on, he stopt for several minut... ...some enough. It would hold the very number for comfort. They ought to have balls there at least every fortnight through the winter. Why had not Miss W...

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... folks and fashions. Here flourish in great preservation many of the holiday games and customs of yore. The inhabitants most religiously eat pancakes ... ...we played at All fours, Pope Joan, Tome come tickle me, and other choice old games; and where we sometimes had a good old English coun try dance to t... ...onor of being a lady in attendance on the Lady Mayoress, at her grand annual ball, on which occasion she wore three tower ing ostrich feathers on her... ...ra, and the “Edinburgh Review.” What was still worse, the Lambs gave a grand ball, to which they neglected to invite any of their old neighbors; but t... ...nto fashionable factions, under the banners of these two fami lies. The old games of Pope Joan and Tom come tickle me are entirely discarded; there i...

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...ng to the good lead of the head boy, Matey Weyburn, a lad with a heart for games to bring renown, and no thought about girls. His emulation, the fello... ...e than common favour, topping a pitch of rapture, for clean bowling, first ball, middle stump on the kick, the best bat of the other eleven in a match... ...ther of fire. All the same, he did his work: he was the good old fellow at games, consider- 17 George Meredith ate in school affairs, kind to the you... ...ner of speech, general opinions, professional doctrines; rolled him into a ball and bowled him, with a shrug for lamentation, over the decay of the go... ...and merely dropped him a word. Soon after, he was talking to Mr. Eglett of games at home and games abroad. Poor fun over there! We head the world in f... ... at home and games abroad. Poor fun over there! We head the world in field games, at all events. He drew a picture of a foreigner of his acquaintance ... ...k?’ He emphasized: ‘Have you forgotten? Something happened after that last ball at Challis’s Rooms. Their women as well as their men must be careful n... ...s mended, but not honourably mended in a way to stop corridor scandal. The ball at Challis’s Rooms had been one of her steps won: it had necessitated ... ...town to head it. Her ladyship laid trains of powder from dinner-par- ties, balls, routs, park-processions, into the Lord Chamberlain’s ear, and fired ...

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...chmond my having a mother alive who perpetually fanned her face and wore a ball-dress and a wreath; things that I remem- bered of my mother. The ladie... ...p away while the game was hot, and sur- round my father, flung the cricket-ball into the midst and hit two or three of the men hard. My father had to ... ...unwilling to recommence their play, so he alighted and delivered the first ball, and then walked away with my hand in his, saying: ‘Yes, my son, we wi... ...nent cure, even though she should drive him to unlimited expense. We had a Ball party and an Aladdin supper, and for a fortnight my father hired posti... ...ia’s garden, and force her to receive the letter. I went bound- ing like a ball. The usher, suspecting only that I hurried to speak to him, let me see... ... his put in its place. He grew pale and sad, but did his work, playing his games, and only letting his friends speak to him of lessons and play. His c... ...Meredith on them for performances. And that same man afterwards fought the gamest fight in the chronicles o’ the Ring! I knew he had it in him. But th...

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...ear Sylvia!” exclaimed Mary in amazement; for Sylvia, like an India-rubber ball, had bounded sheer over the little 8 Countess Kate arm-chair by which... ... day long but try on flounced gowns, and count their jewels, and go out to balls and operas and they will want me to do the same and play at cards all... ...d round the gardens in Berkeley Square, was not so entertaining as morning games in the garden with Sylvia; and these were times of feeling very like ... ... be- come tolerably intimate friends. They had informed each other of what games were their favourites; Kate had told him the Wardour names and ages; ... ...d” to do rude and careless things, and her wild rhodomontade about romping games with the boys, had persuaded her aunts that they were very improper p... ...felt her heart leap with such fulness of enjoyment since she had made snow-balls last winter at home. She ran down to the waves, and watched them swee... ...Lord Chancellor be after her if she did? Her heart quite yearned for those games, or even to be able to talk to one of those little damsels; and one d... ...lways tumbles down: think of something else.” “Alice and I used to play at ball; but there’s no ball here!” “Then I’ll stuff my pocket-handkerchief wi... ... Kate like a promise of certain rescue from all her troubles; and, elastic ball that her nature was, no sooner was his anxious face out of sight, and ...

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... I passed it I heard in the hot stillness the click of a pair of billiard- balls. As “every one” was out of town perhaps the ser- vants, in the extrav... ...the poor lady exclaimed while I reflected that it was perhaps his billiard-balls I had heard ten minutes before. I was sure he was fond of billiards. ... ...to that of Mrs. Mavis—even in such weather!—in those of the South End) for games and exercises and music, to keep the poor unoccupied children out of ... ...,” the girl said, returning his observation. “I’ve danced with you at some ball—for some sufferers by something or other.” “I think it was an inundati...

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... and forms, all chipped, and notched, and inked; cricket-bats, stumps, and balls, left higher up, with the smell of trodden grass and the softened noi... ...at deal of it. But, they were not always learning; they had the merri- est games that ever were played. They rowed upon the river in summer, and skate... ...nter; they were active afoot, and active on horseback; at cricket, and all games at ball; at prisoner’s base, hare and hounds, follow my leader, and m... ...y were active afoot, and active on horseback; at cricket, and all games at ball; at prisoner’s base, hare and hounds, follow my leader, and more sport... ...iday, double and treble sets of all manners of things for all man- ners of games, donkeys, pony-chaises and drive your- self, dinner for all the maste...