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..., disagreeable, that a wretched mortal can possibly occupy; with seldom an alternative of good on ei ther hand, although what presents itself to him ... ..., with thine own hand.” 58 The Scarlet Letter Hester repelled the offered medicine, at the same time gaz ing with strongly marked apprehension into ... ...ngly. “What should ail me to harm this misbegotten and miserable babe? The medicine is potent for good, and were it my child—yea, mine own, as well as... ...at could I do better for my object than to let thee live—than to give thee medicines against all harm and peril of life—so that this burning shame may... ...in itself. At all events, the health of the good town of Boston, so far as medicine had aught to do with it, had hitherto lain in the guardian ship o... ...ve herbs and roots; nor did he conceal from his patients that these simple medicines, Nature’s boon to the untutored savage, had quite as large a shar... ...d made her choice, and had cho sen, as it now appeared, the more wretched alternative of the two. She determined to redeem her error so far as it mig... ...ady told Roger Chillingworth, would have been infinitely preferable to the alternative which she had taken upon herself to choose. And now, rather tha... ...ter and concealment than the wilds of New England or all America, with its alternatives of an Indian wigwam, or the few settlements of Europeans scatt...

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...rom without. He saw himself obliged to one of two distasteful and perilous alternatives; either to shut the door altogether and set his portmanteau ou... ...ed him the Doc- tor, for he was supposed to have some special knowledge of medicine, and had been known, upon a pinch, to set a fracture or reduce a d... ... the following foul and unnatural events. In his young days Fettes studied medicine in the schools of Edinburgh. He had talent of a kind, the talent t... ...communicate with him in private?’ ‘Believe me,’ returned the editor, ‘that alternative was not open to me. Mr. Naseby told me in a note that he had se...

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...ed to an opera-singer or a spirit. The ladies of Brookfield, declining the alternative, perceived that this was a surprise furnished for their amuseme... ...’s frontispiece has not been attempted. Some one does it at last. When the alternative came: “No nose to the hero, no moral to the tale;” could there ... ...him. “There!” went Mr. Pole: “‘pon my honour, it does me good:—better than medicine! But you mustn’t give that dose to everybody, my dear. Y ou don’ t... ...d time he held out the glass, and remarked that this stuff was better than medicine. “You women!” he sneered, as at a reminiscence of their faith in d... ...r bodily system. Emilia listened to the lecturer, and promised to take his medicine, trusting to be perfectly quieted by the nauseous draught; but whe... ...s your feet.” Why, isn’t cheer- ful society and champagne the vary best of medicines, if onnly the blood ‘ll go of itself a little? The fault’s in his... ...4 Sandra Belloni marks on them, and which he preferred; his fight with his medicine, and declaration that he was as sound as any man on shore; the hea...

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...talian doctor, who treated him on the starva- tion system, administered no medicines, and would take no fee. The next day Coley was in condition to go... ...ions of clean water, dry clothes, and drink 137 Yo n g e not tasting like medicine; but that he most of all missed the perfect unconstrained ease of ... ...ses. If when with W—— I had studied the practical—bled, drawn teeth, mixed medicines, rolled legs perpetually, it would have been worth something. Sur... ... pared at Auckland to be taken out, and a stock of wine, pro- visions, and medicines laid in. The Rev. B. Y. Ashwell, a New Zealand clergyman, joined ... ...Melanesia. All that our experience has taught us we try to remember: food, medicine, articles of trade and barter. ‘But what may be the result? Who ca... ... disappointed; I was at first, but I had the com- fort of having really no alternative. I had, indeed, a great desire to make a thorough visitation of...

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...to her brother, and found that he likewise thought a tutor would be a safe alternative; but then he must be a perfect man in a perfect climate, and Mr... ...l and Kendal, and the survi- vor was unconsciously suspended between these alternatives, while the doubt served as a convenient protection to his fa- ... ...iment.’ She hesitated, afraid both of him and of Maurice, but there was no alternative. ‘Poor Gilbert!’ she said. ‘It was a cry or call from his broth... ...se in- termitting attacks to be agueish, and prescribing quinine. T o take medicines is an effectual way of gaining an old lady’s love. Ulick was soon... ...ed to his own son. No sooner did Mr. Goldsmith hear that his nephew had an alternative, than he promised to be lenient, and finally dispatched a lette... ... glad to avoid the connexion as you could be, but I do not think I had any alternative, when Mr. Dusautoy pressed me so warmly, and only asked that he...

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...fficer to read,—left her, according to Barto’s reading of her, open to the alternative charges of imbecility or of treachery. Her letter to the Englis... ...orcing sleep in this way, sleep came. Her healthy frame seized its natural medicine to rebuild her after the fever of recent days. She slept till the ... ...stility.” “You provoke it; you provoke it.” “My instinct, then, divines my medicine.” “Exactly, my dear; your personal instinct. That instigates you a... ... fully qualified herself to attend on a sol- dier-brother. She had studied medicine for that purpose, and she had served as nurse in a London hospital... ...rging hatred, or the nerveless despair, which she had supposed must be her alternatives. It is a mean image to say that the entry of the Austrians int...

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...ly, pleadingly: “For God’s sake, tell me what is in it!” But she checked this impulse— another was stronger. She pocketed the money—the cru- dity of t... ...ory that Ulick had wriggled out of an “affair” at Nice: there had once been a flurry at home, a regular panic, after which they all went to bed and to...

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...d see Blix, and we’ll read and make things to eat.” And no sooner had this alternative occurred to him than it appeared too fascinating to be resisted... ...eaven’s name?” he added—”and when? and what for?” “T o New Y ork, to study medicine.” There was a silence; then Condy exclaimed, waving his hands at h... ... go right on! Don’t mind me. Little thing like going to New Y ork—to study medicine. Of course, that happens every day, a mere detail. I presume you’l... ...uld make a home for me while I was there— if I should study—anything—study medicine.” “But why!” he exclaimed. “What do you want to study to be a doct... ...nk about that now. But one must have some occupation; and isn’t study- ing medicine, Condy, better than piano-playing, or French courses, or literary ... ... know it.” “The idea, Condy!” she protested. “No; I’m going there to study medicine. Oh, you don’t know how en- thusiastic I am over the idea! I’ve bo...

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... own ago- nized imagination. In sheer lassitude her mind turned from these alternatives of horror, and sank back into the blank fact that he was gone.... ...sfaction in the thought that she had swallowed her noxious last draught of medicine … and that she should never again hear the creaking of her husband... ...ity plunged them into the agreeable uncertainty of the lady who weighs the alternatives of a well-stocked ward- robe. If such subsidiary members as Mr...

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... hearts (for ex-voto offerings), rosaries, champagne, women’s hats, patent medicines, even a few dusty books in paper covers and mostly in the French ... ...nce of his attentive eyes, answered without hesi- tation— “Oh, there is no alternative.” He put an immense assurance into his tone. As to the words, t... ...on earth,” said the doctor, with his back to him, clicking the lock of the medicine case. 219 Joseph Conrad Nostromo slowly crossed the large kitchen...

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... on their diseases, or those of their cattle. He often furnished them with medicines also, and seemed pos- sessed, not only of such as were the produc... ...he the most cruel father that ever was recorded in romance, to fill up the alternative.” “And what if he threatened you with a catholic aunt, an abbes... ...nswered, abhorrently yet hastily, as if to reject the temptation which the alternative presented to her. “But is there no other hope—through flight—th...

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...ut to dinner; but his ‘prentice (which is a very clever lad) sent ‘em some medicine in a blacking bottle, off hand.’ ‘Ah, there’s promptness,’ said t... ... behaviour of these rebels, sir? Why, the husband sends back word that the medicine won’t suit his wife’s complaint, and so she shan’t take it— says s... ...ry burst into a flood of tears. This flood of tears left Mr. Sowerberry no alternative. If he had hesitated for one instant to punish Oliver most se ... ...it! There’s a little—a little something else in it.’ Mr. Bumble tasted the medicine with a doubtful look; smacked his lips; took another taste; and pu... ...y and solemnity, a consultation of great doctors on the knottiest point in medicine, would be mere child’s play. Meanwhile, the doctor walked up and d... ...he country on foot to vend hones, stops, razors, washballs, harness paste, medicine for dogs and horses, cheap perfumery, cosmetics, and such like war... ... two men looked at the old gentleman as if for instructions. ‘He knows the alternative,’ said Mr. Browlow. ‘If he hesi tates or moves a finger but as... ...d still. ‘You will be prompt,’ said Mr. Brownlow. ‘A word from me, and the alternative has gone for ever.’ Still the man hesitated. ‘I have not the in...

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...t. One cannot always be magnificent, but sim- plicity is always a possible alternative. For the rest I laid in an eighteen-gallon cask of beer on cred... ...ship can dare to be without—more universally applicable even than a patent medicine. There isn’t a solitary aspect of it, not one of its ten thousand ... ...in spite of the inconveniences of the longer, more noisy, and more crowded alternative. “My alternative route takes me round by a huge, shadowy cavern...

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...olemn old chief smelling to the perfumes, swallowing the rouge as splendid medicine, and finally fingering a snuff-box, while half a dozen more crowde... ...o drift as ignorantly and unconsciously as Yusuf himself. And what was the alternative? Arthur himself never wa- vered, nor indeed actually felt that ... ...ing copies, either of the sacred books, or of the treatises on science and medicine which had descended from time al- most immemorial; all rehearsed a...

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...eized her hands and only jestingly scolded her for her con- tempt of sound medicine, declaring, in spite of her protesta- tions, that she was looking ... ...ncerned—but she wavered at the thought of forcing it upon Robert as trusty medicine, though it had a pleasant taste, and was really, as she conceived,... ...e- turned Anthony. “Indeed, I cannot say.” “Do you,” Anthony stretched out alternative fingers, “do you get money from him to make payments in gold, o... ... Depend upon it, there is nothing like work. Fix your teeth in it. Work is medicine. A truism! Truisms, whether they lie in the depths of thought, or ... ...your Bible. That’s what my young woman does; and by George! it’s just like medicine to her—that ’tis! I’ve read out to her till I could ha’ swallowed ... ...ess. The very sweetness becomes repugnant.” “As little boys requiring much medicine have anticipated 294 Rhoda Fleming you by noting in this world,” ...

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...ormer. When I think of the progress of physical and mechanical science, of medicine and sanitation during the last century, when I measure the increas... ...” and hand me a lump of that stiff crinkled paper that is used for packing medicine bottles. Or, “Dick, do you see the tiger loose near the Imperial R... ...e. Such science instruction as my father gave seemed indeed the uninviting alternative to the classical grind. It was certainly an altogether inferior... ...ficate of approval from Altiora,” said Thorns. “I admit the horrors of the alternative. There’d be a massacre in three years.” “One may go on trying p... ...if home politics fail. The effort at renascence is bound to come by either alternative. I believe I can do more in relation to that effort than in any... ... as moral inadaptability. The old code fails under the new needs. The only alternative to this profound reconstruction is a decay in human quality and... ... America. Whatever hope there may be in the attempt therefore, there is no alternative to the attempt. 6 6 6 6 6 I wanted political success now dearly...

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...and secure that friendly dispensation to smoke again which seemed the only alternative to a serious mental break- down. He would take his bag, stay th... ...eving cleric. He discovered a fine point. “If there was something else, an alternative, another reli- gion, another Church, to which one could go, the... ...le had given him a little phial—and was hold- ing up to the window a small medicine glass into which he was pouring very carefully twenty drops of the...

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... said King, with a loving look at the canes under Foxy’s arm. “There is no alternative.” Ten minutes later the news was over the whole school. Stalky ... ...e floor for her, same as they did in Number Nine when the rat croaked. Big medicine—heap big medicine! Phew! Oh, Lord, I wish I could stop laughin’,” ...

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...unnery had traditional works of its own, either in embroidery, cookery, or medicine. Some secrets there were not imparted beyond the professed nuns, a... ... to be forced on the poor youth instantly on his father’s death, and as an alternative to execu- tion, set all her maidenly feelings in revolt. Bernar...

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...m—thought and fact. His friends were learned naturalists, young doctors of medicine, political writers and artists, a number of ear- nest students ful... ...oney or a social cataclysm can open out the way to my goal; and of the two alternatives, I don’t know now that the revolution is not the easier. If I ... ...yraux has been telling us, recovery seems impossible,” answered Bianchon. “Medicine has no power over the change that is working in his brain.” “Yet t...