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...aneurysm. Skeletons in the closet, Kelly told himself, smirking. The front bell sounded and he jumped, momentarily startled before he got up and went ... ... baby moving around in there. His baby to fill her perfect twenty-year-old belly. He glances up to take in her beautiful face. She is his ideal foil—h... .... Kelly shook her head. "No. I like it..." "Oh Dianne! This is me!" Jordan bellowed. Kelly, Amire and everyone in the salon, within earshot broke out ... ...g for Amire." "And who's this?" Tyler gritted his teeth at the other guy's belligerent tone. He took a deep breath to start again. "Actually, I might ... ... circle, and as soon as she had entered and joined them at their makeshift altar, they closed the gate, placing candles on the ground at the cardinal ...

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...d the ruins of our happiness or our integrity: touch us with fire from the altar, that we may be up and doing to rebuild our city: in the name and by ... ... us the sense of joy. A Lowden Sabbath Morn I The clinkum-clank o’ Sabbath bells Noo to the hoastin’ rookery swells, Noo faintin’ laigh in shady dells... ...re, The thicker thrang the gate, an’ caw The stour in air. X But hark! the bells frae nearer clang T o rowst the slaw, their sides they bang An’ see! ... ... ear. 15 Robert Louis Stevenson XV Thus, on the day o’ solemn things, The bell that in the steeple swings T o fauld a scaittered faim’ly rings Its wa... ...ed; An’ just a wee thing nearer brings The quick an’ deid. XVI But noo the bell is ringin’ in; T o tak their places, folk begin; The minister himsel’ ...

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...latest vestige of night’s sanctity with the jingle-jangle of its dissonant bells. A milkman was distributing the con- tents of his cans from door to d... ...ly startled by the tinkling alarum— high, sharp, and irregular—of a little bell. The maiden lady arose upon her feet, as pale as a ghost at cock-crow;... ...ved spirit, and this the talisman to which she owed obedience. This little bell,—to speak in plainer terms, —being fastened over the shop-door, was so... ...eshold, nor a hand so much as try the door! But, at this instant, the shop-bell, right over her head, tinkled as if it were bewitched. The old gentlew... ...presen- tative of the renowned Jim Crow at the window, when again the shop-bell tinkled clamorously, and again the door being thrust open, with its ch... ...cakes were the sweetest offering of all,—in their hue befitting the rustic altars of the innocent and golden age,—or, so brightly yellow were they, re...

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... the crowd emphasized their silence. Now and again the jingling of Chinese bells, or a chance blow to a big drum, woke the reverberating echoes of the... ...he south hover about the en- chanting spot. The breeze brings the scent of bell flowers and golden broom, the air is soft, all about you lies a sunny ... ...become of the servants is more than I know,” he remarked. “I have rung the bell for Charles, and he has 64 A Woman of Thirty not answered it. And you... ...lay any possible suspicion on her husband’s part she pretended to ring the bell. The whole history of that night has never been known, but no doubt it... ...t, madame; consecrated by his own tears previously shed at the foot of the altar.” Silence prevailed for a little. The Marquise and the cure looked ou... ...ond, again, on the very last plane of all, see the smoke- dimmed slopes of Belleville covered with houses and wind- mills, which blend their freaks of...

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...es pied. —Milton. ETHEL’S NAVIGATION lesson was interrupted by the dinner- bell. That long table was a goodly sight. Few ever looked happier than Dr. ... ...m. It ended when ten o’clock struck, and he went down—Margaret hearing the bell, the sounds of the assembling servants, the shutting of the door, the ... ... as the gig came to the door, Dr. May dismissed his last patient, rang the bell in haste, and as soon as prayers were over, declared he had an appoint... ...st as anx- iously as Ethel. It was ten, when there was a sharp pull at the bell, and down flew the sisters; but old James was beforehand, and Harry wa... ...man even began to hope to allure him into jumping on the seat: but a great bell rang, and Rollo immediately turned round, and dashed off, at full spee... ...but the Christmas evergreens still adorned aisle and chancel, and over the altar stood the motto that Meta herself had woven of holly, on that Christm... ...n Margaret Agatha May, on her husband’s arm, turned for a last look at the altar of her own church, “Fear not,” in evergreen letters, was the greeting...

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...t that carried his full frame so easily. He pulled up the blind and rang the bell loudly. It was at once answered by the appearance of an old friend, ... ....” Vronsky stood still and asked directly: “How so? Do you mean he made your belle sœur an offer yesterday?” “Maybe,” said Stepan Arkadyevitch. “I fan... ...slip just that minute when her visitor arrived, so that she did not hear the bell. Catching a sound of skirts and light steps at the door, she looked ... ...other, who had stood blocking up the entrance to the carriage till the third bell rang. She sat down on her lounge beside Annushka, and looked about h... ..., but it was all much less serious than we had supposed,” answered Anna. “My belle sœur is in general too hasty.” But Countess Lidia Ivanovna, though ... ...s creak ing jauntily over the flagstones of the empty church, he went to the altar. A mo 418 Anna Karenina ment later he peeped out thence and becko... ...rive it away. “It will come right somehow,” he thought, and went towards the altar rails. He went up the steps, and turning to the right saw the pries... ...th a scanty grizzled beard and weary, good natured eyes, was standing at the altar rails, turning over the pages of a missal. With a slight bow to Le... ...floor, and the rugs, and the banners above in the choir, and the steps of the altar, and the old blackened books, and the cassocks and surplices—all we...

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... its paintings; and the wondrous splendour of its metallic decoration, its altar-friezes, screens, rails, gates, and the like, render it, to my mind, ... ..., we heard a great noise of shouting, and a clattering of sticks among the bells. “It is the party of your countrymen who went up before us,” said she... ...And then she spoke in Spanish to the custodian 19 Anthony Trollope of the bells, who is usually to be found in a little cabin up there within the tow...

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...a cup of tea. There was no servant in the room, and he dreaded to ring the bell. ‘Is there anything you want?’ asked the Duke. There was a small dish ... ...scended to speak of our old friend Phineas who had made the onslaught as a bellicose Irishman. There was an over-true story as to our friend having on... ...dventure. Sir Timothy had been called to order, but the Speaker had ruled ‘bellicose Irishman’ was not beyond the latitude of parliamentary animadvers... ...s, and although it was now dinner-time Phineas Finn, who had been called a bellicose Irishman, was able to say 190 The Duke’s Children a word or two.... ...onal triumph. All the States would sing a paean of glory. Fancy a New York belle having compassed a Duke!’ ‘I don’t think it possible. It would be too... ...o see them marry after their own hearts. And yet, as he stood there on the altar-steps giving his daughter to that new son and looking first at his gi...

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...t the hap- piness is incomplete; that it is like the Madeleine without the altar; that a man must love and be loved, or love without return, or be lov... ...anish cannon cast in such an insane fashion that they melted down gold and bell-metal and church plate for it, and all the wreck of the Spanish domini... ...Palma would be enough. Werbrust arranged with Palma, and he rang the alarm bell. There was a panic next day on the Bourse. The Kellers, acting on Palm...

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...iority—Oh that look at him!—can never never conduct Henrietta P .S.—To the altar.” YIELDING TO THE EASINESS of my disposition, I went to bed for a wee... ..., oyster sauce, and the joint.” “Thank you, sir.” I rang the chambermaid’s bell; and Mrs. Pratchett marched in, according to custom, demurely carrying...

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...he monotonous ticking of a French clock, or the shrill sound of its little bell which told the quarters. But there he sat; and in his old seat on the ... ...—Nicholas would have thought for three hours at least, but that the little bell had only gone four times. Twice or thrice he looked angrily and impati... ...good-will; Sir Mulberry shrugged his shoulders, smiled slightly , rang the bell, and ordered the waiter to help him on with his greatcoat. The man did... ...EBY well-known creaking of his boots was heard on the stairs, and then the bell rung. ‘Has the post come in?’ ‘No.’ ‘ Any other letters?’ ‘One.’ Newma... ...me you have kept me ringing at this confounded old cracked tea-kettle of a bell, every tinkle of which is enough to throw a strong man into blue convu... ...little Lillyvick, our first and earliest boy , was named after at the very altar! Oh gracious!’ ‘W as it money that we cared for?’ said Mr Kenwigs. ‘W... ... reflect, before it is too late, on the mockery of plighting to him at the altar, faith in which your heart can have no share—of uttering solemn words...

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...ercising the minds of some observers, who saw in certain of them Druidical altars, with channels for the flow of the blood, while others dis- 5 Ch... ...quare on the side next the nave, but on the other side slender shafts with bell-shaped capitals, carved with bold round mouldings and deep hollows. Tw... ...des his household of atten- dants, the bishop entered a village, where the bells were rung, priest, knight, franklins, and peasants came out with all ... ...let in blue with gold lettering erected in their stead on each side of the altar. The east win- dow had either then or previously been deprived of all... ...ain glass with only a little remains of a cusp at the top of the arch. The bells were in one of the true Hampshire weather-boarded square towers, of w... ... only one Sunday service, alter- nately matins or evensong, and the church bell was rung as soon as the clergyman could be espied riding down the lane... ...; also an exceedingly handsome piece of carving, which was then adapted as altar-rail—evidently Flemish—with scrolls containing corn and grapes, presi... ...was much exceeded, and there were many offerings from private friends. The altar of cedar-wood was the gift of Robert Williams, Esq.; the altar plate ... ..., Solomon with the Model of the Temple. The Medal- lion under Moses is the Altar of Incense, and some of the Holy things. The whole of that window mea...

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...tairs to her father’s room. It was Rupert’s confused and strangely muffled bellowing that jolted her to her feet. And it was the sound of the s... ...ket for courage, and she willed herself to do carry out her mission. The bell sounded loud and intrusive. What if Daniel were sleeping and she wo... ...ment of peace since the fire and she disrupted it? Before the echoes of the bell died away, she had turned and placed her foot on the first step hea... ... and hers. Take her at your leisure. If you desire refreshments, ring that bell, and Falkner will serve you.” “Wait. We have not discussed— “ Ca... ...nterior with flaming oil. “God, help her! She’ll be burned alive!” Falkner bellowed. “No, stay put. He must be the one to do it,” Camilla answere... ...away to get me thinking those thoughts.” “Will you let him drag you to the altar this time then, Louise?” A smile crinkled her round face. “By th... ... the Peace’s office, so much more than a few words by the priest before the altar. It truly was, in the eyes of God and the Church, a blessed union... ... Daniel could just make out the hulking shadow of a man lurking at the side altar. “Falkner?” “No need for introductions I see,” Plunkett chuckl...

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...of Amalek from under Exodus 17:1 17:14 33 heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi: 16 For he said, Because the ... ...ith me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold. 24 An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy bu... ...will come unto thee, and I will bless thee. 25 And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up... ... it, thou hast polluted it. 26 Neither shalt thou go up by steps unto mine altar, that thy nakedness be not discovered thereon. Exodus 20:9 20:26 ... ...upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die. 15 And he that smiteth his father, or his mother, s... ... of blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, round about the hem thereof; and bells of gold between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate,... ...old between them round about: 34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, upon the hem of the robe round about. 35 And it sh... ...ates of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 25 And they made bells of pure gold, and put the bells be tween the pomegranates upon the ... ...ates upon the hem of the robe, round about between the pomegranates; 26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell and a pomegranate, round about the hem of th...

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... tain-ash berries, or Running W ater, or Cold Iron, or the sound of Church Bells. But I’m Puck!’ He brushed the crumbs carefully from his doublet and ... ...ys. But most of the others insisted on being Gods, and having temples, and altars, and priests, and sacrifices of their own.’ ‘People burned in wicker... ... how he was going to rule England, and how I should smell the smoke of his altars from Lincolnshire to the Isle of Wight. I didn’t care! I’d seen too ... ...nto one of his temples near Andover to see how he prospered. There was his altar, and there was his image, and there were his priests, and there were ... ... been. When the service began a priest rushed out, dragged a man up to the altar, pretended to hit him on the head with a little gilt axe, and the man... ..., and the priest cut some hair from its mane and tail and burned it on the altar, shouting, “A sacrifice!” That counted the same as if a man and a hor... ...et,” said he, hopping abroad, foot in stirrup, and poking his horse in the belly with his toe. “Not yet, but I think thou hast a good teacher. Farewel... ..., here. See! From the Upper Ford, Weland’s Ford, to the Lower Ford, by the Belle Allee, west and east it ran half a league. From the Beacon of Brunanb... ... stole up to me—he was one of the three I had not hanged a year ago—and he bellowed—which is the Saxon for whispering—that the Lady Aelueva would spea...

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...ng Wave Shall wash thee in the wild tempestuous Sea, And in some monster’s belly fix thy grave; Or (woful hap!) against some wave-worn rock Which ... ...y, wit, and grace: Small poets lov’d to sing her blooming face. Before her altars, lo! a numerous train Preferr’d their vows; yet all preferr’d in ... ...er darling Expectation dead! The scene is changed and Fortune’s gale Shall belly out each prosperous sail. Yet sudden wealth full well I know Did ... ...75 - The Death of the Starling Coleridge: Poems Moriens Superstiti The hour-bell sounds, and I must go; Death waits — again I hear him calling; — N... ...ebel’s noisy hate. In a cottag’d vale She dwells, Listening to the Sabbath bells! Still around her steps are seen Spotless Honour’s meeker mien, ... ...e hallow’d flame) A hireless Priest before the insulted shrine, And at her altar pour the stream divine Of unmatch’d eloquence. Therefore thy name ... ...ip’s mirror with a tetchy blow, Yet snatch what coals of fire on Pleasure’s altar glow! O thou that rearest with celestial aim The future Seraph in... ...efore the Lord Aye unprofaned, though Earth should league with Hell; God’s altar grasping with an eager hand Fear, the wild-visag’d, pale, eye-star... ...of eve, That flings the cool drops on a feverous cheek; And gay thy grassy altar piled with fruits. But boasts the shrine of Dæmon War one charm, ...

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...Fixem, my old master, ‘bout half arter eight in the morning; rang the area-bell; servant in livery opened the door: “Governor at home?”—“Yes, he is,” ... ...—Christian charity—blood and extermina- tion—mercy in hearts—arms in hands—altars and homes—household gods. He wiped his eyes, he blew his nose, and h... ...ext house to the one we lived in, some time ago, and the substitution of a bell. This was a calamity we had never anticipated. The bare idea of anybod... ...then just building. What was our astonishment and indignation to find that bells were fast becoming the rule, and knockers the excep- tion! Our theory... ...lf on the prospect before him. The little chandler’s shop with the cracked bell be- hind the door, whose melancholy tinkling has been regu- lated by t... ...ved thereon; shortly after- wards we observed a second brass plate, then a bell, and then another bell. When we paused in front of our old friend, and... ...th its unpainted benches and dingy front—the tottering little table at the altar, with the commandments on the wall above it, scarcely legible through...

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...Fixem, my old master, ‘bout half arter eight in the morning; rang the area-bell; servant in livery opened the door: “Governor at home?”—“Yes, he is,” ... ...—Christian charity—blood and extermina- tion—mercy in hearts—arms in hands—altars and homes—household gods. He wiped his eyes, he blew his nose, and h... ...ext house to the one we lived in, some time ago, and the substitution of a bell. This was a calamity we had never anticipated. The bare idea of anybod... ...then just building. What was our astonishment and indignation to find that bells were fast becoming the rule, and knockers the excep- tion! Our theory... ...lf on the prospect before him. The little chandler’s shop with the cracked bell be- hind the door, whose melancholy tinkling has been regu- lated by t... ...ved thereon; shortly after- wards we observed a second brass plate, then a bell, and then another bell. When we paused in front of our old friend, and... ...th its unpainted benches and dingy front—the tottering little table at the altar, with the commandments on the wall above it, scarcely legible through...

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.........................................................................30 The Altar ...................................................................... ...oughs In with them, and tore down the slaughter house. 31 E.A. Robinson The Altar Alone, remote, nor witting where I went, I found an altar builded i... ...er for the shame And emptiness of what our souls reveal In books that are as altars where we kneel To consecrate the flicker, not the flame. 33 E.A. ... ...our Dollar is your only Word, The wrath of it your only fear. “You build it altars tall enough To make you see, but you are blind; You cannot leave ... ...ell, I hope at last he’ll have his joy of it, And all his pigs and sheep and bellowing beeves, And frogs and owls and unicorns, moreover, Be less than... ...f sands behind Than many a child at forty would confess; And after, when the bells in Boris rang Their tumult at the Metropolitan, He rocked himself,... ...rivel to deny it; Though sometimes when old echoes ring too long, I wish the bells in Boris would be quiet. 140 E.A. Robinson The Unforgiven When he...

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...d of the passage, and always had a pen behind his ear when he answered the bell. Although a few members of the graver professions live about Golden Sq... ...with you.’ Noggs nodded; and as he nodded, there came a ring at the office bell. The master looked up from his papers, and the clerk calmly remained i... ...m his papers, and the clerk calmly remained in a stationary position. ‘The bell,’ said Noggs, as though in explanation. ‘ At home?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘T o anybod... ...es were in progress, when a loud shout attracted the attention even of the belligerents, and then there poured on to the platform, from a door at the ... ...ere existed a combination to keep up the price of muffins, and to give the bellmen a monopoly; he would prove it by bellmen at the bar of that House; ... ... for- ward to being married, and will jostle each other in the race to the altar, and will avail themselves of all opportunities of displaying their o...