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...by her merchants and, with the flourish of her famous signature and the stamp of the Royal Seal, granted a Charter to the Honourable East India Comp... ...ewhat to Helen’s embarrassment, now referred to this work and addressing the ship’s doctor, James Grant, said with a toss of her head, ‘Did you know... ...e gentleness and post-surgery compassion for her patient than a lot of you male doctors.’ Doctor Grant, a taciturn Welshman, who was seated opposite... ...no slouch where her professional skills were concerned. ‘Thank you for your kind invitation, Dr. Grant. I shall be along tomorrow to see what help ... ...opposite, who winked at her and laughingly commented, ‘The lass has brains as well as beauty, Dr. Grant. I wager you will now have more malingerers ... ...r’s concern for their welfare. Helen found a note on her dressing table propped against a crystal bud vase containing a single red rose and she smil...

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...is a very nice amiable girl—just your own age, and admirably brought up.’ ‘Granted,’ said Theodora. ‘I cannot see that Emma Brandon wants anything but... ...e was delighted, declaring Arthur would think it beautiful, admiring every bud and leaf, and full of radiant girlish smiles. It would exactly suit her... ...s. It has made me what I am.’ Violet was rather surprised, but took it for granted that this was something admirable. ‘Your dear little boy, no doubt,... ... star-like prim- rose drenched in dew, The happiest of spring’s happy fra- grant birth, To gentlest touches, sweetest tones reply; So humbleness, with... ...sistant; till she grew quite fright- ened at what she had let him take for granted, and treated him with a fresh fit of coldness and indifference, soo... ... and at the expense of his own small fingers, Johnnie had pulled the first bud of sweet-brier. Lady Martindale had felt a soft touch, and heard a litt... ...towards her was raised a face delicate and glowing with pale pink like the bud itself. Grandchildren and flower were at once in her bosom. Warm, woman... ...alizing his situation; but therewith arose thankfulness for the space thus granted, and the power of praying that it might be blessed to him whether f...

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...s before; and assured that he was at the Catalans, they sat down under the bud- Alexandre Dumas 17 ding foliage of the planes and sycamores, in the b... ... like the sailors of old, they had run their boats ashore. The request was granted; and three months afterwards, around the twelve or fifteen small ve... ...ts of a compromising character be found upon him, will it not be taken for granted that all who uphold him are his accomplices?” With the rapid instin... ...ut, to have fresh air, books, and writing materials. His requests were not granted, but he went on asking all the same. He accustomed himself to speak... ...what I say in this my dying moment. The treasure of the Spadas exists. God grants me the boon of vision unrestricted by time or space. I see it in the... ...and they threatened to turn him out; he begged for another week, which was granted to him. I know this, because the landlord came into my apartment wh...

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...e held as his most precious utensil among the very few conveniences he had granted himself. It had been his companion for twelve years, always standin... ...een many circulations of the sap before we detect the smallest sign of the bud. The slight suspicion with which his hearers at first listened to him, ... ...y quieted even by much drinking. 84 Silas Marner CHAPTER XI SOME WOMEN, I GRANT, would not appear to advantage seated on a pillion, and attired in a ... ...help him to satisfy the wants of the searching roots, or to guard leaf and bud from invading harm. The disposition to hoard had been 125 George Eliot...

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...e-ship at least among the cleanli- est things of this tidy earth. But even granting the charge in question to be true; what disordered slippery decks ... ...rian coast, were the most conspicuous object in the cymballed procession.* Grant it, since you cite it; but, say what you will, there is no real digni... ...e devious zig-zag world- circle of the Pequod’s circumnavigating wake. But granting all this; yet, regarded discreetly and coolly, seems it not but a ... ...ath. And, indeed, the shock was so sudden and violent, that we took it for granted the ship had struck against a rock; but when the amazement was a li... ...l things, even in law. 386 Moby Dick CHAPTER 91 The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud “In vain it was to rake for Ambergriese in the paunch of this Leviathan... ...rds, in large gilt letters, he read “Bouton de Rose,”—Rose-button, or Rose-bud; and this was the roman- 388 Moby Dick tic name of this aromatic ship.... ...head put together, sufficiently explained the whole to him. “A wooden rose-bud, eh?” he cried with his hand to his nose, “that will do very well; but ... ...warks, who turned out to be the chief-mate. “Well, then, my Bouton-de-Rose-bud, have you seen the White Whale?” “What whale?” “The white Whale—a Sperm... ...e while you’re working at ‘em? But joking aside, though; do you know, Rose-bud, that it’s all non- sense trying to get any oil out of such whales? As ...

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...ke rubies upon a fibre of tappa, or displayed in their ears a single white bud, the stem thrust backward through the aperture, and showing in front th... ...ey are cannibals!’ said T oby on one occasion when I eulogized the tribe. ‘Granted,’ I replied, ‘but a more hu- mane, gentlemanly and amiable set of e... ...rs in plait- ing grass-mats. The girls anointed themselves with their fra- grant oils, dressed their hair, or looked over their curious finery, and co... ... equity. There was no municipal police for the purpose of apprehending va- grants and disorderly characters. In short, there were no le- gal provision... ...xed and serious eye, but at length yielding to my importunity, reluctantly granted my request. Accompanied by some fifty of the natives, I now rapidly... ...as unsuccessful, and I immediately perceived what had in- duced Mow-Mow to grant my request, and why the other natives conducted themselves in so stra...

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...ken old mole- skin, stretched out, an invalid, on a bare plank in the emi- grants’ quarters, eagerly clinging to life and lucre, though the one was ga... ... not to afford handles to those unblessed with the true light. For, but to grant that there was so much as a mystery about such a case, might by those... ... wise; not in vain have you suffered. That little you ask, I think, can be granted. But remember, not in a day, nor a week, nor perhaps a month, but s... ... the facts how they may, your reflections are none the less unwarrantable. Grant, for the moment, that your experiences are as you give them; in which... ...r pain nor tickle.” “T o mere reason, your case looks something piteous, I grant. But never despond; many things—the choicest—yet remain. You breathe ... ...ow one—to use presently, when wanted— from the horticultural kingdom. Some bud, lily-bud, if you please. Now, such points as the new-born man-child ha... ... are, but, likewise—now our horticultural im- age comes into play—like the bud of the lily, he contains concealed rudiments of others; that is, points... ... the baggage-room; and inside, white and virgin as the hearts of lilies in bud.” “So it is, so it is,” said the old man sadly, his attention for the f...

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...imon were he at the ends of the earth. Or if not, that poor child would be granted to any needy kinsman or grasping baron that Edward wanted to portio... ...en be growing out of a mere toy. Or might not his services win him a fresh grant of the earldom, and could he not then prove his sincerity by laying i... ...d of Lancaster rather than Charles of Anjou had been able to make good the grant from the Pope. Splendid were the displays, and no slight toil did the... ... 102 The Prince and the Page a gesture of entreaty. “So please your Grace, grant me a few farther words. I sware, and truly, that I had heard nothing ... ...the Pope, said there was as little hope of pardon as that his staff should bud and blossom; and lo, in one night it bore bud and flower. I besought hi... ...that the pardon that takes away the sin of the world, will take away mine. Grant me Absolution.’ He was with us when, ere dawn, such of us as still li...

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...h upon the matter; and once I heard her whisper as she left the room, ‘God grant he be not disap- pointed! I know not how he would bear it.’ Disappoin... ...d; but I thought it my absolute duty to crush this vicious tendency in the bud: and 26 Agnes Grey so it was, if I could have done it; and had my powe... ...e a home too, if he pleases; and, doubtless, he will please some time. God grant the partner of that home may be wor- thy of his choice, and make it a... ... men if you don’t. You cannot be so cruel as to deny me a favour so easily granted and yet so highly prized!’ pleaded he as ardently as if his life de... ...ossible that God may hear my prayers, disperse these gloomy shad- ows, and grant me some beams of heaven’s sunshine yet? Will He entirely deny to me t... ... I, ‘now that he has a good master; I’m quite satisfied.’ ‘You take it for granted that I am a good one, then?’ The man and the dog departed, and I re...

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... not be chronicled for wise. PROTEUS: Yet writers say, as in the sweetest bud The eating canker dwells, so eating love Inhabits in the finest wits of... ...n the finest wits of all. VALENTINE: And writers say, as the most forward bud Is eaten by the canker ere it blow, Even so by love the young and tende... ...en so by love the young and tender wit Is turn d to folly, blasting in the bud, Losing his verdure even in the prime And all the fair effects of futur... ...love amends. For me, by this pale queen of night I swear, I am so far from granting thy request That I despise thee for thy wrongful suit, And by and ... ...to chide myself Even for this time I spend in talking to thee. PROTEUS: I grant, sweet love, that I did love a lady; But she is dead. JULIA: [Aside]... ...e gift hath made me happy. I now beseech you, for your daughter s sake, To grant one boom that I shall ask of you. DUKE: I grant it, for thine own, w...

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...g a fine time of it for the rest of their days, thus cruelly nipped in the bud. Soon after, the canoe came alongside. In it were eight or ten natives,... ... of the fraternity, no member was allowed to ship on board a vessel unless granted permis- sion by the rest. In this way the gang controlled the port,... ...ter she was; not more than fourteen; with the most delightful shape—like a bud just blown; and large hazel eyes. They called her Loo; a name rather p... ...oon set; and with the early breath of the tropical morning, fresh and fra- grant from the hillsides, we slowly glided down the bay, and were swept thr...

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...ion, until, as the years wore on, the privileges of her lot were taken for granted, and certain drawbacks made themselves very manifest. Perhaps it is... ...es.” 61 Virginia Woolf “You’d be bored to death in a year’s time.” “Oh, I grant you I should be bored if I did nothing. But I should write plays.” “H... ...ry to come, I’m sure I don’t know. And the less talk there is the better.” Granting the assumption that gentlemen of sixty who are highly cultivated, ... ...he’s been going about all these years, pretending, letting one take it for granted, that he was single. And the poor deserted little wife—” “She is no... ...be content to remain silent for ever if a share of personal happiness were granted her. She read Mr. Clacton’s statement with a cu- rious division of ... ...he dead leaves, the withered bracken, the dry and discolored grass, but no bud would be broken, nor 342 Night and Day would the new stalks that showe...

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... admonition that it is not to her more sensitive and joyous favourites she grants the longest term of life. Still athwart their darker boughs, the sun... ...y would have been in almost as bad a plight as the unfortunate poorer emi- grants, who (seduced on board by solemn advertisement) had been living on t... ...n’t think it.”— ”I ast your pardon, ma’am,” says Mrs Harris, “and I humbly grant your grace; for if ever a woman lived as would see her feller creetur... ...se open to the barber, but to go distracted himself, or to take Bailey for granted; and he wisely chose the latter. Mr Bailey was good enough to conti... ... was quite in his peculiar vein of humour. ‘Then,’ said Tigg Montague, ‘we grant annuities on the very low- est and most advantageous terms known in t... ...ttainable, as he knew it had been poor Merry’s mission to crush him in the bud. He was very frail and tearful; for being aware that a shepherd’s missi...

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...enting the old man upon her charms. ‘Such a fresh, blooming, modest little bud, neighbour, ’ said Quilp, nursing his short leg, and making his eyes tw... ...ch he bore so con spicuous a part, and seemed to nip his prospects in the bud. Having only received from Frederick Trent, late on the previous night,... ...dy children, brown as berries. The re quest was no sooner preferred, than granted. The el dest boy ran out to fetch some milk, the second dragged tw... ...as I told him “these are common faults.” “But he’s a scoundrel,” said he. “Granting that,” said I (for the sake of argument of course), “a great many ... ... affront to church and state, and savoured of revolutionary principles, to grant a half holiday upon any lighter occasion than the birthday of the Mo... ...aring she had com mitted some grievous fault. ‘I beg your pardon.’ It was granted immediately, though the lady still ap peared much ruffled and disc... ...stroke of five, he reappeared, and the office, as if by magic, became fra grant with the smell of gin and water and lemon peel. ‘Mr Richard, ’ said B... ...eer less region, where not a blade of grass was seen to grow, where not a bud put forth its promise in the spring, where nothing green could live but...

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... If the public felt that their wills were in safe keeping, and took it for granted that the office was not to be made better, who was the worse for it... ...th wind blew Dora, and the wild flowers in the hedges were all Doras, to a bud. My com- fort is, Miss Mills understood me. Miss Mills alone could ente... ... condition. That condition was, that he should make a solemn resolution to grant no more loans of his name, or anything else, to Mr. Micawber. My dea... ...ry en- ergy, to improve it. I am sure I shall improve it in time. Will you grant me time any length of time? We are both so young, sir, You are rig... ... pretty little Dora s face would fall, and she would make her mouth into a bud again, as if she would very much prefer to shut mine with a kiss. Woul... ...case where both parties were willing to agree to anything, she took it for granted there would be no difficulty in set- tling this point. Mr. Micawber... ...ee years afterwards. Three years had elapsed since the sailing of the emi- grant ship; when, at that same hour of sunset, and in the same place, I sto...

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...t as a token that there may 30 Adam Bede be mercy in store for her.” “God grant it,” said Seth. “For I doubt Adam’s heart is so set on her, he’ll nev... ... and a sweet girl of seventeen trembles under our glance, as if she were a bud first opening her heart with wondering rapture to the morn- ing. Such y... ...e sin, the sorrow with which it was mingled, as the canker in a lily-white bud is more grievous to behold than in a common pot-herb. By the time Dinah... ...nd his younger brother. “My heart is knit to your aged mother since it was granted me to be near her in the day of trouble. Speak to her of me, and te... ...r brother—and yet not farewell. For those children of God whom it has been granted to see each other face to face, and to hold communion together, and... ...t possible. She never had a child. She can’t be guilty. Who says it?” “God grant she may be innocent, Adam. We can still hope she is.” “But who says s... ...unsel would have made if he had been allowed to speak for her—a favour not granted to criminals in those stern times. At last Adam lifted up his head,...

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...heartiness, from bounty, fertile bosom, And well become the agent; ‘t may, I grant; But to be paddling palms and pinching fingers, As now they are, an... ...be no more im portunate: ’tis a sickness denying thee any thing; a death to grant this. CAMILLO: It is fifteen years since I saw my country: though I... ...entler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race: this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rath... ...of such affections, Step forth mine advocate; at your request My father will grant precious things as trifles. LEONTES: Would he do so, I’ld beg your ...

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...my lord. She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i the bud, Feed on her damask cheek: she pined in thought, And with a green and ... ...Now, as thou lovest me, let me see his letter. Clown: Good Master Fabian, grant me another request. FABIAN: Any thing. Clown: Do not desire to see ... ...y tis not your seal, nor your invention: You can say none of this: well, grant it then And tell me, in the modesty of honor, Why you have given me s...

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...n its cheek and absolutely no warrant but its splendid im- pudence. Let us grant then that the impudence is always there—there, so to speak, for grace... ...t matter? Surely not; we leave her condition out; we take it, that is, for granted. I see it, 57 Henry James her condition, as behind and beneath you... ... they thus seemed cynically clustered. Accordingly, since they took it for granted, they took for granted all that was in connexion with it taken for ... ...ly to escape it; 125 Henry James Strether put on him, by what he took for granted, the burden of proof of the contrary. This tone was so far suc- ces... ...as struck with the tact, the taste of her vagueness, which simply took for granted in him a sense of beautiful things. He was conscious of how much it... ...nothing whatever in common with what was now in the air. As a child, as a “bud,” and then again as a flower of expansion, Mamie had bloomed for him, f...

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... a bruise, he made a sacrifice of his native pride to his intellectual, in granting that he must have been shaken, so childishly did he continue think... ...ctising by day a demureness that yells with the cat of the tiles at night. Granting all that, it being a transient novelist’s business to please the l... ...is thought and out he came.’ One has, reluc- tantly with Victor Radnor, to grant, that when a man’s top- most unspoken thought is hit, he must be shar... ...h a distaste for the singular air of superiority in composure which it was granted to ma- demoiselle to wear with an unassailable reserve when the rou... ...ould not be delaying; the interview, dramatized by the father of the young bud of womanhood, would be taking place, and the entry into Lakelands calcu... ...ve scored their victories on the road of that index: nor has duration been granted them to behold the minute measure of value left even tangible after... ... propriety on our sensations and inner dreams, by petrifying in the tender bud of them. Colonel Corfe is the man to hear on such a theme. He is a colo... ...ces away to forests and nests. This little woman had the rosy-peeping June bud’s plump- ness. What of the man who refused to kiss her once? Cold antec...