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...up the hill. He took the same route; and arriving at a footpath across the fields: which he knew, after some distance, led out again into the road; st... .... He felt frightened at first, for the wind moaned dismally over the empty fields: and he was cold and hungry, and more alone than he had ever felt be... ...con ductor, catching him by the arm, pushed open the door of a house near Field Lane; and drawing him into the passage, closed it behind them. ‘Now, ... ...nd; 90 OLIVER TWIST for, having recently removed into the neighborhood of Field Lane from the remote but genteel suburb of Ratcliffe, she was not und... ...ther either. I’m an orphan; I live at Pentonville.’ ‘Only hear him, how he braves it out!’ cried the young woman. ‘Why, it’s Nancy!’ exclaimed Oliver;... ...written up in pretty large letters, ‘Hampton.’ They lingered about, in the fields, for some hours. At length they came back into the town; and, turnin...

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... fight there. When the present writer went to survey with eagle glance the field of Waterloo, we asked the conductor of the diligence, a portly warlik... ...re rich and prosperous than in that opening summer of 1815, when its green fields and quiet cities were enlivened by multi- plied red-coats: when its ... ... months, his wife had made him. All former delights of turf, mess, hunting-field, and gambling- table; all previous loves and courtships of milliners,... ... sir, we are three to one, sir, against any force Boney can bring into the field,” Mr. Sedley objected; “the Austrians and the Russians are on their m... ... quarter is to be given to the English, on account of their cruelty to our braves on board the infamous pontoons. Look here, here it is in black and w... ... had no head-quarters. Regulus found himself galloping many miles from the field of action, entirely alone; and whither should he fly for refuge so na...

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...and her soldiers, her generals too. Farther 19 George Meredith away, over field and bogland, the whiskies did their excellent ancient service of wate... ...right to perform, sir.’ For it seemed that there were two claimants in the field, an Irishman and an Englishman; and the former, having a livelier sen... ...llery, and it was a cavalry charge he thundered on them, riding across the field to give the word of command to the couple of regi- ments, riddled to ... ...ith this distinction, that the military hero aims at personal reward—’ ‘He braves wounds and death,’ interposed Diana. ‘Whereas the civilian hero—’ ‘P... ...ar from happiness in the bosom of Diana. She wanted external life, action, fields for energies, to vary the struggle. It fretted and rendered her ill ... ...d them: not in distrust of that dear persecuted soul, but because the very bravest of hearts is of its nature a shiv- ering defender, sensitive in the... ...ts! Oh, that general whisper!—it makes a coup de massue—a gale to sink the bravest vessel: and a woman must preserve her smoothest front; chat, smile—... ...tion—we have something of the hare in us when the hounds are full cry. Our bravest, our best, have an impulse to run. “By this, poor Wat far off upon ... ...her Hermione! I dream of him—seeing her with that eye of steady flame. The bravest and best of us at bay in the world need an eye like his, to read de...

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...divorce Her from her native, and her long-kept course, 30 And rores, and braves it, and in gallant scorne, in flattering eddies promising retorn... ...ely were to give th’Exchange disgrace; Of new-built Algate, and the More-field crosses, Of store of Bankerouts, and poore Merchants losses I u...

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...rites; wherof to runne a long-breathed careere, both so faire and large a field might envite mee, and my in-burning spirits would encite mee, if I w... ...den surprises, that a moneth before they could bring their Armie into the field, they would give them warning, by the continuall sound of their comm... ...der, they will here and there wildely scatter themselves through the vast field of imaginations. Sicut aquæ tremulum labris ubi lumnen ahenis http:... ...rarie sense. But the opposite of truth has many shapes, and an undefinite field. The Pythagoreans make good to be certaine and finite and evil to be... ...towne againe, which was more than three hundred paces distance towards the fields. The like happened, but not so successfully, unto Captaine Iulle hi... ...ocks doe regorge th' invective waves, And dissipate the billowes brawling braves, Which these gainst those still bellowe out. Those being big and s...

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...he dreamed on earth, to look down on his race, to see the nations from the fields of Asia to the forests of Hercynia, performing pilgrimages to the fo... ... of a critical character, to bear upon the text. But Pope’s version was no field for such a display; and my pur- pose was to touch briefly on antiquar... ...nto actions agreeable to the nature of the things they shadowed! This is a field in which no succeeding poets could dispute with Homer, and whatever c... ...reeks their lawful prey should yield, The due reward of many a well-fought field? The spoils of cities razed and warriors slain, We share with justice... ...ent to save: Then rage in bitterness of soul to know This act has made the bravest Greek thy foe.” He spoke; and furious hurl’d against the ground His... ...e friends of T roy! That adverse gods commit to stern debate The best, the bravest, of the Grecian state. 64 The Iliad of Homer Young as ye are, this... ..., and the adulterous spouse, In peace enjoy the fruits of broken vows? And bravest chiefs, in Helen’s quarrel slain, Lie unrevenged on yon detested pl... ... train. 92 The Iliad of Homer Say next, O Muse! of all Achaia breeds, Who bravest fought, or rein’d the noblest steeds? Eumelus’ mares were foremost ... ...ently hung; T wo pointed spears he shook with gallant grace, And dared the bravest of the Grecian race. As thus, with glorious air and proud disdain, ...

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... shall rend your heart with rage for the hour when you offered insult to the bravest of the Achæans.” With this the son of Peleus dashed his gold bes... ...ak from heaven’s clouds to lash them; or as when the west wind sweeps over a field of corn and the ears bow beneath the blast, even so were they swaye... ...r the feet of men and horses. They stood as thick upon the flower bespangled field as leaves that bloom in summer. As countless swarms of flies buzz a... ...s sword, and he brandished two spears shod with bronze as a challenge to the bravest of the Achæans to meet him in single fight. Menelaus saw him thus... ...h rain from heaven, but in a moment it comes tearing onward, and lays many a field waste that many a strong man hand has reclaimed—even so were the de... ...On this the son of Lycaon shouted in triumph, “Knights Trojans, come on; the bravest of the Achæans is wounded, and he will not hold out much longer i... ... whole house from sleep, wailing for the loss of her wedded lord, Diomed the bravest of the Achæans.” So saying, she wiped the ichor from the wrist of... ...in their eagerness to help the Argives. When they came to the part where the bravest and most in number were gathered about mighty Diomed, fighting li... ... Argives gather in this place, for I know that Mars is now lording it in the field.” “Diomed, son of T ydeus,” replied Minerva, “man after my own hear...

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...45, made their memorable attack on Sir John Cope’s army, a battery of four field-pieces was stormed and carried by the Camerons and the Stewarts of Ap... ...ssed with the same device which his ancestor was said to have borne in the field of Hastings; three ermines passant, argent, in a field azure, with it... ...eelings, and whom the irresistible influence of Alma would have engaged in field sports from morning till night. But the character of Edward Waverley ... ...He tried to counterbal- ance these propensities, by engaging his nephew in field sports, which had been the chief pleasure of his own youthful days. B... ...dled into more majestic expression, as she told how Charles had, after the field of Worcester, found a day’s refuge at W averley-Honour; and how, when... ...y miserable; or he might lose his own;—no pleasant alternative even to the bravest, when it is debated coolly and in private. All this pressed on his ... ...aid, and stay a little while with us among the mists and the crows, in the bravest cause ever sword was drawn in?’ [A Highland rhyme on Glencairn’s Ex... ...nc, au nom de Dieu, parceque j’ai oublie le mot Anglois—mais vous etes des braves gens, et me comprenez tres bien.’ The Count next hastened to put the... ...e upon their terms, and be to you what he has been to me, the kindest,—the bravest,—the most devoted—’ The tears which his own fate could not draw for...

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...He is so sorry for you!’ ‘It is more than I have the right to ask,’ I replied; ‘but among gentlefolk these generous sentiments are natural. If your br... ...e resin on the twine, appeared to contribute. I ran to my fallen adversary, kneeled by him, and could only sob his name. He bade me compose myself. ‘Y... ...f us lay Goguelat, and could not always withhold himself from groaning. We heard the round far off; heard it draw slowly nearer. Last of all, it turne... ...en it comes to dying, they seem physically unable to die without an heir. You can apply this principle for yourself. Viscount Alain, though he scarce ... ...hat,’ he said; ‘I think of nothing else. I think shame to be dangling here at home and going through with this foolery of education, while others, no ... ...m. He had another anecdote which he was very apt to give, by way of a rebuke, when the Major wearied us be- yond endurance with dispraises of the Engl... ... succession of the daughters of France, the fairest, the most ill-starred; and I had fought and conquered shoulder to shoulder with her sons. A soldie...

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...ances of the campaign than to the greatness of favour he might aspire to, if, by any luck, it should succeed. For the rest, he did very well in the fi... ...n. But it would be little that he read, and less that he *A kind of firework made with damp powder. 21 Robert Louis Stevenson understood; Culloden fi... ...rd Durrisdeer’s son, a young nobleman of the rarest gallantry and parts, and equally designed by nature to adorn a Court and to reap laurels in the fi... ... fear of the sea was constantly in my mind, battling with the fear of my companions. I need not cry myself up for courage; I have done well on many fi... ...deed, under whatever disguise, that is the true business of the In- dian trader, to keep a travelling public-house in the forest; and when once the br... ...taper, looking on the black panes of the window, where the storm appeared continually on the point of bursting in its entrance; and upon that empty fi... ...as come too late; and a difficult choice was thus presented to a man (upon the whole) not any more bold than prudent. His standing with the painted br...

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...ers, nailed to benches, clinched to desks. How then is this? Are the green fields gone? What do they here? 14 Moby Dick But look! here come more crow... ...rth a straw who aint pretty sharkish. There was young Nat Swaine, once the bravest boat-header out of all Nantucket and the Vineyard; he joined the me... ...e winds howled, and the cordage rang, his steady notes were heard,— “Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood, Stand dressed in living green. So to the ... ...f a whale- ship are comparable to the unspeakable carrion of those battle- fields from which so many soldiers return to drink in all ladies’ plaudits?... ...e wa- ters.” “Impenetrable veil covering our knowledge of the cetacea.” “A field strewn with thorns.” “All these incomplete indications but serve to t... ...ars; so brimming life is gulped and gone. Steward, refill! “Attend now, my braves. I have mustered ye all round this capstan; and ye mates, flank me w... ... by a madman! Insufferable sting, that sanity should ground arms on such a field! But he drilled deep down, and blasted all my reason out of me! I thi... ...his cool milkiness; in whatever aspect he presented himself, always to the bravest Indians he was the object of trembling reverence and awe. Nor can i...

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... Here and there, too, the tall straight trunk of the pine pierced the vast field, rising high above it, like some grand monument reared by art on a pl... ...orments belong only to the redskin natur’, in the way of bearing them like braves, white- skin natur’ may be, and often has been, agonized by them.” “... .... CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III CHAPTER III Before these fields were shorn and till’d, Full to the brim our rivers flow’d; The mel... ...nd have found but one scalp. There is a maiden among them, and some of our braves want wives.” Happily these words were lost on Mabel; but Jasper’s fr... ...ery direction, in short, over one entire half of the novel panorama, lay a field of rolling waters. The element was nei- ther of that glassy green whi... ...ails; the eye turning from the broad carpet of leaves to the still broader field of fluid, from the endless but gentle heavings of the lake to the hol... ...nd, in one sense certainly, she did credit to her teaching. The widow of a field-officer, who formerly belonged to the same regiment as her father, ha...

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...rth a straw who aint pretty sharkish. There was young Nat Swaine, once the bravest boat header out of all Nantucket and the Vineyard; he joined the me... ...ears; so brimming life is gulped and gone. Steward, refill! “Attend now, my braves. I have mustered ye all round this capstan; and ye mates, flank me wi... ...his cool milkiness; in whatever aspect he presented himself, always to the bravest Indians he was the object of trembling reverence and awe. Nor can i... ..., that over these sea pastures, wide rolling watery prairies and Potters’ Fields of all four continents, the waves should rise and fall, and ebb and ...

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... the lofty stall And to the water-troughs which ever run Through the fresh fields—and when with rushgrass tall, _130 Lotus and all sweet herbage, ever... ... 37. ‘Here are the footsteps of the horned herd T urned back towards their fields of asphodel;— But these are not the tracks of beast or bird, Gray wo... ... his like either in Heaven Or upon earth for knavery or craft:— Out of the field my cattle yester-even, _445 By the low s... ...le, O’er jagged-jawed lions, and the wild White-tusked boars, o’er all, by field or pool, Of cattle which the mighty Mother mild Nourishes in her boso... ...tinted round them grow and flourish. For them, endures the life-sustaining field Its load of harvest, and their cattle yield ... ... _260 A monument of fadeless ruin there; Yet peacefully and movelessly it braves The midnight conflict of the wintry storm, As in the sunlight’s calm... ...r the snow-clad rocks and frozen soil, Where scarce the hardiest herb that braves the frost Basks in the moonlight’s ineffectual glow, Shrank with the...

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... my heart: That tells me what to do.” “The Creatures see of flood and field, And those that travel on the wind! With them no strife can last;... ...EAP Y REAP Y REAP Y REAP Y REAP ER ER ER ER ER Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; St... ...g, The small birds twitter, The lake doth glitter, The green field sleeps in the sun; The oldest and youngest Are at work wi... ... When hailstones have been falling swarm on swarm, Or blasts the green field and the trees distress’d, Oft have I seen it muffled up from harm, ... ...ut for the Child, the sightless Boy, It is the triumph of his joy! The bravest T raveller in balloon, Mounting as if to reach the moon, Wa... ...eart is mine: Thy own dear Mother’s far away, At labour in the harvest field: 20 Thy little Sister is at ... ...huge Castle, standing here sublime, I love to see the look with which it braves, 50 Cased in the unfeeling armour of old time,...

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...pointing South, where, lo, The daintiest, fleetest-footed doe Led o’er the fields and thro’ the furze Beyond: her lively delicate ears Prickt up erec... ...s night of deep solemnity, And verdurous serenity, While over every fleecy field The dews descend and odours yield. This night of gleaming floods and ... ...ce. And silverly the river runs, And many a graceful wind he makes, 60 By fields where feed the happy flocks, And hedge-rows hushing pleasant lanes, ... ...f grass that bows Above the new-born violet bloom, And sings with wood and field. IV Lo, as a tree, whose wintry twigs Drink in the sun with fibrous j... ...minstrels, melodious With the invisible joy that wakes dawn o’er the green fields of England. Summer glows warm on the meadows; then come, let us roam... ... passing winds That blow toward the Asiatic coasts; For Crete has sent her bravest to the war, And multitudes pressed forward to that rank, Men with s... ...ightnings track your wit Starward, scorning them you quit: For be sure the bravest wing Preens it in our common spring, Thence along the vault to soar... ... by your beams, down mining caves The rock it blasts, the hoarded foulness braves. My sister sees no round beyond her mood; T o hawk this Age has dres...

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...hath return’d Bleeding to Rome, bearing his valiant sons In coffins from the field; And now at last, laden with horror’s spoils, Returns the good Andr... ...s strength successfully, And buried one and twenty valiant sons, Knighted in field, slain manfully in arms, In right and service of their noble countr... ... Demetrius, thou dost over ween in all; And so in this, to bear me down with braves. ’Tis not the difference of a year or two Makes me less gracious o... ...TIUS .} TITUS ANDRONICUS : The hunt is up, the morn is bright and grey, The fields are fragrant and the woods are green: Uncouple here and let us mak... ... her chastity, Upon her nuptial vow, her loyalty, And with that painted hope braves your mightiness: And shall she carry this unto her grave? CHIRON: ... ...physic, [Pointing to the nurse .] And you must needs bestow her funeral; The fields are near, and you are gallant grooms: This done, see that you take... ...ke stinging bees in hottest summer’s day Led by their master to the flowered fields, And be avenged on cursed Tamora. All the Goths : And as he saith...

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...ntierra, fly!’ howled the General. You know, señores, in our coun- try the bravest are not ashamed of the fear an earth- quake strikes into all the se... ... from her face. “’Que guape!’ shouted the General in his ear. ‘You are the bravest man living. You have saved my life. I am General Robles. Come to my... ...s. The Governor could not do much for him; but he sent in return two light field-pieces, a letter of compliments, with a colonel’s commission in the r... ...e reprisals were ex- ercised on both sides and no quarter was given in the field. Having won my promotion in the Peru cam- paign, I was a captain on t... ...lains. “It was long in coming, but at last it came. It was a seven-pounder field gun. Dismounted and lashed crosswise to two long poles, it had been c... ...flute, his constant companion with a con- soling voice. In the vicinity of field ambulances, af- ter twenty-four hours’ hard work, he had been known t... ... known to trouble with its sweet sounds the horrible still- ness of battle-fields, given over to silence and the dead. The solacing hour of his daily ... ...could manage to save General Feraud from the fate which threatened so many braves. Under the impulse of this almost morbid need to attend to the safet...

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...d and inward-turning eye; These shall show thee treasure hid, Thy familiar fields amid, At thy threshold, on thy hearth, Or about thy daily path; And ... ...was that from time to time, and in different places on the farm and in the fields and in the country about, they saw and talked to some rather interes... ...do it now,’ said Una. ‘Whip, or neglect children? Umm! Some folks and some fields never alter. But the People of the Hills didn’t work any changeling ... ...I wanted to get out from that crunch of swords and petticoats and sit in a field. One of the gentlemen said to me, “Is that a genuine cap 95 Rudyard ... ...and after I’d filled his pipe he’d begin— “In the old days, long ago, when braves were many and blankets were few, Big Hand said—” If Red Jacket agree... ...and danced. ‘We went on—forty, fifty miles a day, for days on end—we three braves. And how a great tall Indian a-horse- back can carry his war-bonnet ... ...take the first step you will take the last!) How far is St Helena from the field at Austerlitz? You couldn’t hear me if I told—so loud the cannons ro... ... all there was to it. We believed Big Hand and we went home again—we three braves. When we reached Lebanon we found T oby at the cottage with his wais...

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...d, now shorn of his splendour, had to lurk in barns, to roam over harrowed fields, panting for life; and to wait under eavesdrops, and 21 Thomas Carl... ...he Com- mune enrolling enrolls many; provides Tents for them in that Mars’-Field, that they may march with dawn on the morrow: praise to this part of ... ...s seen battle, has seen an effervescent Regiment du Roi in mutiny; but the bravest heart may quail at this. The Swiss Prisoners, remnants of the Tenth... ...ther that ‘Foot Regiment in red-facings with nankeen trousers’ could be in field-day order! In place of gasconading, a sort of desperation, and hydrop... ...egan to become greater; and Egalite Fils, Equality Junior, a light gallant Field-Officer, distinguished himself by intrepidity:—it is the same intrepi... ...ugh ineffectual, not profitless in it—then nor now!—The brave Dame Roland, bravest of all French women, begins to have misgivings: the figure of Danto... ...Low Countries. Young General Egalite, it would seem, shone brave among the bravest on this occasion. Doubtless a brave Egalite;— whom however does not... ...d.), i. 88.) Barnave’s appearance at the Revolutionary Tribunal was of the bravest; but it could not stead him. They have sent for him from Grenoble; ... ...th in every muscle, shovelling and digging: for life and saltpetre. Dig my braves; and right well speed ye. What of saltpetre is essential the Republi...