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... so much more overwhelmed that this mere dawn of alarm was a comparatively human chill. The most singular part of it, in fact—singular as the rest had... ..., of which the very breath has remained with me as that of the sweetest of human charities. What was settled between us, accordingly, that night, was ... ...ng very hard. We were on the edge of the lake, and, as we had lately begun geography, the lake was the Sea of Azof. Suddenly, in these circumstances, ... ...him to reckon with; and dur- ing the minute, accordingly, the thing was as human and hideous as a real interview: hideous just because it was human, a... ...man and hideous as a real interview: hideous just because it was human, as human as to have met alone, in the small hours, in a sleeping house, some e... ...g, after all, for a fair front, only another turn of the screw of ordinary human virtue. No attempt, nonethe- 100 The Turn of the Screw less, could w...

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...and are much visited in London; speech is all that is wanting to make them human. During his brief interview with Mr. Fogg, Passepartout had been care... ...er. Articles no less passionate than logical appeared on the question, for geography is one of the pet subjects of the En- glish; and the columns devo... ...ealing the cards, and between two rubbers—and questioned himself whether a human heart really beat be- neath this cold exterior, and whether Phileas F... ... murmur soon became more distinct; it now seemed like a distant concert of human voices accompanied by brass instruments. Passepartout was all eyes an... ...peared, asked: “What is a suttee?” “A suttee,” returned the general, “is a human sacrifice, but a voluntary one. The woman you have just seen will be ... ...not when, at break of day, the victim was led to her funeral pyre. Then no human intervention could save her. As soon as night fell, about six o’clock...

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...uld not be confounded: appearance should not be mistaken for truth; narrow human doctrines, that only tend to elate and magnify a few, should not be s... ...er from cold and darkness in my crib. T o this crib I always took my doll; human beings must love some- thing, and, in the dearth of worthier objects ... ...bles, summoned the first class round her, and commenced giving a lesson on geography; the lower classes were called by the teachers: repetitions in hi... ...higher than man—perhaps to pass through gradations of glory, from the pale human soul to brighten to the seraph! Surely it will never, on the contrary... ...dash its hoof at my chest—” “Hush, Jane! you think too much of the love of human beings; you are too impulsive, too vehement; the sovereign hand that ... ... portraying effigies of strange flowers, and stranger birds, and strangest human beings,—all which would have looked strange, indeed, by the pallid gl... ...lready read, write, and sew; and to them I taught the elements of grammar, geography, his- tory, and the finer kinds of needlework. I found estimable ...

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...hort- story writing may not be due to that. Every sort of artist de- mands human responses, and few men can contrive to write merely for a publisher’s... ... the plain of Italy from Monte Mottarone. It does not matter whether it is human or inhuman, or whether it leaves you thinking deeply or radiantly but... ...ating gas whooped out and burned round him in a swift breath of flame. His human likeness departed from him. When the mo- mentary red had passed, Horr... .... I’d hatched him, educated him. A great gawky, out-of-date bird! And me a human being—heir of the ages and all that. “I thought after a time he’ d be... ...gging into the coral rock I’d have buried him. I felt exactly as if he was human. As it was, I couldn’t think of eating him, so I put him in the lagoo... ...duties of Modern Languages Master, but also taught chemistry, com- mercial geography, bookkeeping, shorthand, drawing, and any other additional subjec...

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...ey were stirred by his enthusiasm for poetry or by the contortions which a human being was going through for their benefit, it would be hard to say. A... ... and had reached that kind of gay tolerance and general friendliness which human beings in England only attain after sitting together for three hours ... ...lar, but very restful, for it seemed to ignore completely all accidents of human life, and to span very deep abysses with a few simple words. On this ... ...nd with vehemence so that the stars of Heaven might hear, for there was no human being at hand, these sentiments sounded satisfactorily irrefutable. R... ...re into their separate places in the great and eternally moving pattern of human life. But, instead of going straight back to the office to-day, Mary ... ...emarked. But it appeared that she had come once as a small child, when the geography of the place was entirely dif- ferent, and the fauna included cer...

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...tten stain there which bore some resem- blance to the outline of a muffled human form, coloured it as though with diluted blood. This caught the girl’... ... that if they could be pub- lished with their results it might benefit the human race. Hav- ing taken in provisions from all parts of the world, this ... ...ts to see him, but because of that subtle influence in nature which impels humanity to embrace the slightest opportunity of looking at anything, rathe... ...; down by Ratcliffe, and by Rotherhithe; down by where accumulated scum of humanity seemed to be washed from higher grounds, like so much moral sewage... ...’ said he, ‘what might have been is not what is!’ With which commentary on human life, indicating an ex- perience of it not exclusively his own, he ma... ... might be always ready to meet the demands of retail dealers history here, geography there, as- tronomy to the right, political economy to the left—na... ... by the pupils, Bradley Headstone even pervaded the school exercises. W as Geography in question? He would come triumphantly flying out of V esuvius a... ...ble hosts and riches about, with the greatest ease, beyond the confines of geography—one evening the usual time passed by , and no patron appeared. Af...

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...e, Mr. Beltham. I solicit humbly the holiest privilege sorrow can crave of humanity. My wife! my wife! Make way for me, sir.’ His figure was bent to a... ...ivers and the castles-they were little more to me than an animated book of geography, open- ing and shutting at random; and travelling from place to p... ...encouraged them to swear. Now, my experience of life pronounces it to be a human necessity to rap out an oath here and there. What do you say?’ Squire... ...ses preyed on by the flames, just as if a lion had his paws on a couple of human creatures, devouring them; we heard his jaws, the cracking of bones, ... ...a figure. I handed a sovereign to the three men, complimenting them on the humanity of their dispositions. They cheered us, and the crowd echoed the c... ...ord to the captain, who kept his back as broad to me as a school-slate for geography and Euclid’s propositions. ‘Cabin, cabin,’ the captain repeated. ... ...not to be wrecked, I must do it early.’ ‘Well, that’s neither learning nor human nature,’ said I. ‘It’s the knowledge o’ the right rules for human nat...

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...he waterside life, the wondrous lagoon spread before me, and the ceaseless human chatter of Venice came in at my windows, to which I seem to myself to... ...rse, one is far from con- tending that this enveloping air of the artist’s human- ity—which gives the last touch to the worth of the work— is not a wi... ...e apertures, of dissimilar shape and size, hang so, all together, over the human scene that we might have expected of them a greater sameness of repor... ...n, precisely, of this incalcu- lability of range. The spreading field, the human scene, is the “choice of subject”; the pierced aperture, either broad... ...t—”In these frail vessels is borne onward through the ages the treasure of human affection.” In Romeo and Juliet Juliet has to be important, just as, ... ...nted to know if they could go by the steamer. He seemed to have no idea of geography—had an impression that Baltimore was a Western city and was perpe...

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...e would permit the brig to gather way through the oily sea. The only other human being then visible on the brig’s deck was the person in charge: a whi... ... wa- ters a slight low mist began to rise; a mist thin, invis- ible to the human eye; yet strong enough to change the sun into a mere glowing red disc... ... seas as “The Shore of Refuge.” It has no specific name on the charts, and geography manuals don’t mention it at all; but the wreckage of many defeats... ...lence, the vast stillness all round, accentuated the loneliness of the two human beings who, urged by a sleepless hope, had risen thus, at break of da... ...suddenly it occurred to him that, somewhere below, the sea had spoken in a human voice. It had said, “Praise be to God—” and the voice sounded small, ... ...not expect much else from Mr. Travers, whose life and thought, ignorant of human passion, were devoted to extracting the greatest possible amount of p...

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...ountry she was going to travel through. ‘It’s some thing very like learning geography,’ thought Alice, as she stood on tiptoe in hopes of being able ... ...s. ‘I’m a Fawn!’ it cried out in a voice of delight, ‘and, dear me! you’re a human child!’ A sudden look of alarm came into its beautiful brown eyes, ... ...pty Dumpty However, the egg only got larger and larger, and more and more human: when she had come within a few yards of it, she saw that it had ey...

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...iddlesex, and tho’ I flatter myself with be- ing a tolerable proficient in Geography, I know not how it happened, but I found myself entering this bea... ...these amiable qualities been properly encouraged, have been an ornament to human Nature; but unfortunately her Father possessed not a soul suffi- cien... ...as she died without children, she would be succeeded by that dis- grace to humanity, that pest of society, Elizabeth. Many were the people who fell m... ...hers. From this subject she made a short digression to the instability of human pleasures and the uncertainty of their duration, which led her to obs...

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... might be always ready to meet the demands of retail dealers history here, geography there, as- tronomy to the right, political economy to the left—na... ...e house’s nose again, and pulled and pulled and continued to pull, until a human nose appeared in the dark doorway. ‘Now you sir!’ cried Fledgeby. ‘Th... ...terns. But the Temple, accustomed to tone down both the still life and the human life that has much to do with it, would soon get the better of all th... ...rd in my life? “Away with melancholy, Nor doleful changes ring On life and human folly, But merrily merrily sing Fal la!” Don’t let us sing Fal la, my... ...Do you think so, Mr Wegg? I bought you in open con- tract.’ ‘You can’t buy human flesh and blood in this country, sir; not alive, you can’ t,’ says W ... ...way money, valuables, maybe papers.’ ‘ As one that was ever an ornament to human life,’ says Mr Wegg, again holding out Mr V enus’ s palm as if he wer... ... by the pupils, Bradley Headstone even pervaded the school exercises. W as Geography in question? He would come triumphantly flying out of V esuvius a...

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...came uncertain and difficult. One might have thought he had never passed a human being before. Still nearer, ten yards now, nine, eight. Would she go ... ...eved among other things that he was always the same consistent intelligent human being, whereas under certain stimuli he became no longer reason- able... ...pening to abso- lute wretchedness and pain, which is the colour of so much human life in modern London. One vivid contrast hung in his mind symbolical... ...roximations. Lewisham had a strong persuasion, an instinct it may be, that human beings should not be happy while others near them were wretched, and ... ...ociety, the political movement, all 82 Love and Mr. Lewisham his work for Humanity…. Why not be resolute—even now?… Why not put the thing clearly and... ... subjects—There’s commercial geogra- phy, for instance. What is commercial geography?” “Barilla,” said the assistant, biting the end of his pen, and a...

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...instructions of your 33 Yo n g e clear mother, than whom a more excellent human being never existed. I pray God that this assistance may continue thr... ...In the autumn of 1849, he obtained a second class in the school of Literae humaniores, a place that fairly represented his abilities as compared with ... ...es the attention of every Saxon, and is looked upon as the consummation of human invention and physical science. A great pole, nearly 80 feet high, is... ...ent of cruelty and depravity overstepping almost the natural conditions of humanity. I always thought Iago about the most awful character in Shakspear... ...ant to be reading history as well, and that involves a good deal; physical geography , geology, &c., yet one things helps another very much. I don’t w... ...y. But remember this—this is the turning point in the boy’s life, and all, humanly speak- ing, depends on the example you set him. What an awful thing... ...rville, I think, somewhere describes the na- ture of them in her “Physical Geography.” The wind veered and hauled about a point or two, but blew from ... ...ting as you have, I dare say, in spite of music and French and history and geography and all the rest of it. But I do dearly love to write to you when...

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...lework, she will be found to have realized her friends’ fondest wishes. In geography there is still much to be desired; and a careful and undeviating ... ...ion; she had, besides, 23 Thackeray read the Arabian Nights and Guthrie’s Geography; and it is a fact that while she was dressing for dinner, and aft... ...ts of Hebrew; in mathematics and history; in Spanish, French, Italian, and geography; in music, vocal and instrumental; in dancing, without the aid of... ...women, and sets all their hysterical sympathies at work. As an observer of human nature, I regularly frequent St. George’s, Hanover Square, during the... ...that the Londoner looks enraptured: sometimes, on the contrary, a lover of human nature rather than of pros- pects of any kind, it is towards the bow ... ...f any kind, it is towards the bow windows that he turns, and that swarm of human life which they exhibit. From one issue the notes of a piano, which a... ..., which took place as usual on the day of Dobbin’s arrival. George was too humane or too much occupied with the tie of his neckcloth to convey at once... ... not. Provided there is no scene, why shouldn’t we meet? I don’t mind. But human patience has its limits; and mind, my dear, I respectfully decline to...

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...s in her eyes a charming man. If this exemplary youth had better known the human heart, he might without risk have allowed himself some flirtations am... ...ciples. Rosalie knew abso- lutely nothing. Is it knowledge to have learned geography from Guthrie, sacred history, ancient history, the history of Fra... ...ls delicious peace, supreme tranquillity. Certainty is the basis for which human feelings crave, for it is never lacking to reli- gious sentiment; man... ...alas! than the emotions of youth. T o believe in a woman, to make her your human religion, the fount of life, the secret luminary of all your least th... ...rds: “You are free. Farewell.” “Purely moral crimes, which give no hold to human jus- tice, are the most atrocious and detestable,” said the Abbe seve...

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...d not I have a deliberate opinion, as well as Hannah More, or Locke on the Human Understanding, or anyone else?’ ‘Because,’ rejoined Anne, ‘I think th... ...e world were of your deliberate opinion, there would soon be a lock on the human understanding.’ ‘I am sure I think there is at present,’ returned Eli... ...zabeth; ‘why, they used to be the only history I knew, and almost the only geography. Do not you remember Aunt Anne’s laughing at me for arguing that ... ...hiding-place, and said, ‘Pray, why, according to my theory, should not the human kind have once been frogs? leap-frog being only a return to our natur... ...rammar and arithmetic, and all the latitude and longitude puzzling part of geography than I do—a great deal more.’ ‘I am sorry to find there is some o...

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...me from the General’s heart; and a wonderful thing it is to think that the human heart is capable of generating such produce, and can throw out, as oc... ...1 Thackeray paid after the first six months for that supply of the milk of human kindness with which she had furnished the lusty and healthy little Ra... ...t, the insults which they undergo, are matters of wonder to those who take human or womankind for a study; and the pursuit of fashion under difficulti... ...the Three Per Cent. Consols”; for so it was that Becky felt the V anity of human affairs, and it was in those securities that she would have liked to ... ...ad sat up of nights conning lessons and spelling over crabbed grammars and geography books in order to teach them to Georgy. She had worked even at th... ...’s hand, and grinned, as this old cynic always did at any naive display of human weakness. Becky came down to him presently; whenever the dear girl ex... ...on of some little girls, whom she would instruct in English, in French, in Geography, in History, and in Music—address A. O., at Mr. Brown’s”; and she...

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...en it is hoarse it is a voice; but if it suggests a song, there is nothing human about it, it is more like a croak. Often you hear a sharp whistle, an... ...such love as that religion would have forgiven; it is no of- fence to laws human or divine, and would have led you into another road than that of your... ...d possession of Greece and Asia Minor. Esther came from that cradle of the human race; her mother was a Jewess. The Jews, though so often deteriorated... ... sand, the torrents of sunshine, and the burning cobalt of the sky? or, do human beings, like other creatures, derive something from the surroundings ... ...de, necessary to the poor soul, whom God would surely forgive for mingling human and sacred love? One had led to the other. Was there some trans- posi... ...w,” said Nucingen at once, as a man who is well acquainted with commercial geography. “But de English Gover’ment hafe taken up de opium trate as a mea...

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...e of circles as it were, slightly apart. If you have never observed on the human face the effect produced by these circumfer- ences placed one within ... ...another all the horrors and the delights of love. I know what baseness the human heart can contain, what infamy; yet I myself am an honest girl. No, I... ...h me to go. I will be the divin- ity of his hearth. That is my religion of humanity. But why should I not test and choose the man to whom I am to be l... ...f, “Onward!” because I have studied, more than you give me credit for, the geography of the great summits of hu- manity, which you tell me are so cold... ...seemed very original to the persons from whom the author of the “Comedy of Human Life” obtained them; but their interest in this duel, this crossing o... ...will justify my conduct; she will rejoice in our secret poem, so romantic, human and divine in one. You have the confession of the daughter; you must ...