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..., and did not relax in his exertions for a full half-hour by the Cathedral clock, eschewing the beer with a wry look made up of scorn and ruefulness, ... ...rget her lover’s condition; but her voice only did service like a piece of clock- work, and her mind was in the prison with Farina. She was long debat... ...lectress! she was—you must guess. So she called for her caudle at eleven o’clock at night. What do you think that was? Well, there was spirit in it: n...

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...kely the dinner is not half cooked, for it is not two yet. Saint Michael’s clock has only just struck half-past one.” “Then why has the master come ho... ...of his character, and I was prepar- ing for a violent outbreak, when two o’clock struck by the little timepiece over the fireplace. At that moment our... ...ng left in the house. Still I held out; I made it a point of honour. Two o’clock struck. This was becoming ridiculous; worse than that, unbearable. I ... ...enditure of vital power, he sank back exhausted into his armchair. “What o’clock is it?” he asked after a few moments of si- lence. “Three o’clock,” I... ...“Tomorrow morning at six precisely,” my uncle decreed “we start.” At ten o’clock I fell upon my bed, a dead lump of inert matter. All through the nigh... ...with a little bathing house, and moving about and grumbling, at last ten o’clock came. The heavy coils of smoke from the Ellenora’s funnel un- rolled ... ...venant that his wages should be counted out to him every Saturday at six o’clock in the evening, which, according to him, was one indispensable part o... ... seemed to pay very little attention to his energetic directions. At six o’clock our preparations were over. M. Fridrikssen shook hands with us. My un... ...into a ‘pingstaoer’ or parish called Ejulberg, from whose steeple twelve o’clock would have struck, if Icelandic churches were rich enough to possess ...

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... to my face, by means of the needle. The first stitch was made just as the clocks were striking the hour of five, on the morning of the fourteenth of ... ...April, 1831. The last was drawn that day two months, precisely as the same clocks struck twelve. For four hours Adrienne sat bending over her toil, de... ...true happiness is to be found in these little fortunes. Heigho! It’s ten o’clock, and we must go, if we mean to be there at all; for Mrs. Caverly once... ...d the father, looking a little surprised at seeing such a guest at three o’clock. “What, alone with my daughter’s fine pocket-handkerchief? Y ou must ...

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...ription. Benassis had made but two stipulations—he wished to dine at six o’clock, and that the household expenses should not exceed a certain fixed su... ...e. “Next year a druggist surely ought to come among us, and next we want a clockmaker, a furniture dealer, and a book- 48 The Country Doctor seller; ... ...rlands, be- tween the windows on opposite sides of the room, and had put a clock, in a case of tortoise shell, inlaid with copper, upon the mantel-she... ...m the industrial yoke of the foreigner by en- couraging the manufacture of clocks in different places, by helping to bring to perfection our iron and ... ...irs, a sideboard, some cupboards, a stove, and the late owner’s celebrated clock; there were white cur- tains in the window, and a white cloth on the ... ... where a thick carpet is laid down; there are hangings on the walls, and a clock and wax candles; and for you Jacquotte will do her best, she has no d... ...one whom he met, saying, ‘Good-bye, my friends,’ each time. Towards five o’clock he came back just as usual to have dinner with me. He was tired; Jacq... ..., I had never seen him laugh so much before. After dinner, towards seven o’clock, a man came with a message from Saint Laurent du Pont; it was a serio... ...ld as this. It is enough to kill a man!’ “For all that, he went. At nine o’clock the postman Goguelat, brought a letter for M. Benassis. Jacquotte was...

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...both,’ said Mr. Tupman. ‘Come on!’ said the cab driver, sparring away like clock work. ‘Come on—all four on you.’ ‘Here’s a lark!’ shouted half a doz... ...c and commer cial prosperity, it is truly gratifying.’ Punctual to five o’clock came the stranger, and shortly af terwards the dinner. He had divest... ...f complicated evolutions, and shortly afterwards sank into repose. Seven o’clock had hardly ceased striking on the following morning, when Mr. Pickwic... ...s at the Bull.’ ‘With great pleasure,’ said the little doctor; ‘will ten o’clock be too late to look in for half an hour?’ ‘Oh dear, no,’ said Mr. Win... ...harles Dickens 67 authority, for half a century at least. An old eight day clock, of solemn and sedate demeanour, ticked gravely in one cor ner; and ... ...should get the greatest number of runs.—Won the toss—first innings—seven o’clock A.m.—six natives to look out—went in; kept in—heat intense—natives al... ... to Mr. Tupman; merely adding that within some few minutes before twelve o’clock that night, the convocation of worthies of Dingley Dell and Muggleton... ...t object—possibly they were with the absent Snodgrass. Eleven—twelve—one o’clock had struck, and the gentlemen had not arrived. Consternation sat on e... ...ons of eternal friendship; Mr. Winkle, supporting himself by the eight day clock, was fee bly invoking destruction upon the head of any member of the...

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...ated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Dedication To Martinez de la Rosa. THE CLOCK of the little town of Menda had just struck mid- night. At that momen...

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...re diametri- cally opposite to those of society,—he went to bed at eight o’clock and got up very early in the morning; and he excused his dulness on t... ...nd diamonds, silk and steel, from nine at night till two and often three o’clock in the morning. She eats little, to attract remark to her slender wai... ...fter sacrificing a third of his vast fortune, had been an exile. At nine o’clock, after coffee had been served, Madame de Serizy kissed her niece on t... ...one of these crowded balls. On Shrove Tuesday, of the year 1838, at four o’clock in the morning, the countess, wrapped in a black domino and sitting o...

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...ou to go out and take a walk; at the end of an hour, that is, about nine o’clock, you are to come back in a great hurry; try to puff as if you were ou... ...stic life. This disciple of the golden calf went to bed at half-past ten o’clock and got up at five in the morning. More- over, being perfectly sure o... ...ng stones which are the wonder of architects and sculptors. It was eight o’clock. At that season twilight was still shed- ding its last gleams; there ... ... of pro- vincial life. The little company separated between nine and ten o’clock. Modeste put her mother to bed, and together they said their prayers,... ...ssing her mother for good-night, the girl went to her own room about ten o’clock. The next morning she prepared her mother for the day with the same c... ...e choice flowers which Dumay cultivated; the family customs, as regular as clock-work, the provincial decorum, the games at whist while the mother kni... ...me Latournelle. During the few moment’s of Modeste’s absence, about nine o’clock, to prepare for her mother’s bedtime, Madame Mignon and her friends s... ...e- tended great man; how far has it gone?” “Dear mamma, it is nearly ten o’clock,” said Modeste. Madame Mignon said good-night to her friends, and wen... ... here now, and I have asked him through Mongenod for an interview at two o’clock. Mongenod is to give him a hint, just a word, that it concerns the ha...

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... evil, allowed herself to be engrossed by O’Brien. And then, about three o’clock, we returned to the ham- per. Luncheon under such circumstances alway...

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...nt Ada dis- 9 Beechcroft At Rockstone tracted, with coo-roo-roo at four o’clock in the morning, just as she goes off to sleep.’ ‘The Rigdums make no ... ...ne, who quietly took her own way, seldom came down- stairs before eleven o’clock, went out and came in, made vis- 29 Beechcroft At Rockstone its or r... ...range matters as to be ready to go with him to the marble works at three o’clock. Valetta could not go, as she had her music lesson at that time, and ... ...r, and he was quite certain some horrible cad would detain her till four o’clock, and then going would be of no use. Never- theless he was miserable t... ...ively tableau of a couple of leopards in a cage. However, precisely as the clock struck three, Aunt Jane walked up to the iron gate. She had secured a... ...to repent of having insisted on not returning to Rockstone till the four o’clock train, feeling her solitary liberty oppressive; and finally she found... ...d it was on a wild stormy evening that the two sisters appeared at seven o’clock at Beechcroft Cottage. While hats and wa- terproofs were being taken ... ...‘No,’ said Miss Mohun emphatically; ‘but I could leave her there at five o’clock, and go to Tideshole to take old 104 Charlotte M. Young Jemmy Burnet... ...ould only insist on air and exercise, and permit no work after the seven-o’clock tea. She was endeavouring to chase cobwebs from the brains of the stu...

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...letting them know by this that there was a ship not far off. About eight o’clock in the morning we discovered the ship’s boats by the help of our pers... ...ely by way of triumph, and so the fight ended; the same day, about three o’clock in the afternoon, they also marched to their canoes. And thus the Spa... ...n I lay down; after being about three hours awake, it be- ing about five o’clock in the morning, I found myself empty , and my stomach sickish, and la... ... the cover of the branches of the trees all night in the boat. About two o’clock in the morning we heard one of our men making a terrible noise on the... ... night we set out upon our expedition. We came to the place about eleven o’clock at night, and found that the people had not the least suspicion of da... ...hat, in short, it was rather lighter than we wished it to be; but by six o’clock the next morning we had got above thirty miles, having almost spoiled... ... the next morning, though not quite so hard as be- fore; and about seven o’clock we passed a little river, called Kirtza, and came to a good large tow...

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...y neat little bar, with the usual dis play of bottles and glasses; a sedate clock, right to the minute (it was half past five); everything in its pla...

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...at all events, a very curious circumstance. It was now a little past ten o’clock, when some of the com- pany , who had been standing in a balcony , de...

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...t now! No! — listen! I am here to be hanged; to be hanged to morrow At six o’clock, when the sun is rising. And why am I here? Not a soul can tell you... ...do For Ferguson, yet I could not have mourned In honesty for once around the clock The loss of him, for my sake or for his, T ry as I might; nor would...

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...roid had, on the afternoon when we found him on the quay, called at four o’clock on the grocer, who told him that Madame de la Chanterie was then dini... ... at her meals. The lady, he said, was visible in the evening after seven o’clock, or in the morning between ten and twelve. While speaking, Monsieur M... ... with their woodwork painted white, were covered with tapestry. A pal- try clock, between two copper-gilt candlesticks, decorated the mantel-shelf. Be... ...hanoinesse was like provincial life: the lodger must always be in by ten o’clock at night; they disliked noise; and could have no women or children to... ...of voice. “At what hour shall you be at home, madame?” he asked. “At two o’clock.” “I shall have time to sell my furniture,” he said, as he bowed to h... ... Anglais, and seen the two first pieces at the Varietes, he went, at ten o’clock, to sleep for the first time in the rue Chanoinesse, where Manon cond... ... second breakfast was served and the family were waiting for him. Twelve o’clock was striking. The new lodger went down at once, stirred by a wish to ... ...” asked Madame de la Chanterie. “So well that I did not wake up till ten o’clock,” replied Godefroid, bowing to the four men, who returned the bow wit... ...rs, 25 Balzac except the Abbe de V eze, who says the first mass, at six o’clock in summer and seven o’clock in winter, at Notre-Dame, where these gen...

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... anon; Then wilt thou tumble in confusion. [Exit. Hell disappears.—The clock strikes eleven .] FAUSTUS. O Faustus, Now hast thou but one bare ho... ...l! O lente, lente currite, noctis equi! The stars move still, time runs, the clock will strike, The devil will come, and Faustus must be damn’d. O, I’... ...ustus – Marlowe 73 But let my soul mount and ascend to heaven! [ The clock strikes the half hour. ] O, half the hour is past! ‘twill all be pa... ...elf, curse Lucifer That hath depriv’d thee of the joys of heaven. [The clock strikes twelve .] It strikes, it strikes! Now, body, turn to air, O...

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... beyond all description; but there had been a pause at night, and at two o’clock, poor Queen Marie Antoinette, spent with horror and fatigue, at last ... ...egan to pack up their clothes there, an operation that lasted till eight o’clock; while Helen’s friend stood there, talking and jesting with them, try... ...f and three hundred cho- sen boyards, and every morning at three or four o’clock he took his two sons into the belfry with him and proceeded to strike... ...ulance at receiving orders from the King through Lord Falkland. At eight o’clock, on the morning of the 23rd of October, King Charles was riding along... ...ole of his forces, about 11,000 in number, were not as- sembled till two o’clock in the afternoon, for the gentlemen who had become officers found it ... ...days after he had left it! Every sail was set for the south, and at four o’clock in the afternoon of the 1st of August a very different sight was seen... ...sired not to be carried below, but that he might die on deck. About nine o’clock the ship took fire, and blazed up with fearful brightness, lighting u... ...that were waiting at Boulogne for the dark night that never came. At six o’clock in the evening, Captain Salmon went to dine with the other officers i... ...he murders on the outside varied with drinking and dancing; and at three o’clock the murderers tried to break into Le Violon. There was a loft far ove...

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...uld make the most of all his goodness.’ ‘Heigh-ho!’ yawned Charles. What o’clock is it? I wonder when Guy is ever coming back from that Lascelles.’ ‘Y... ...ked her to dance, but each time she had been engaged. At last, just as the clock struck the hour at which the carriage had been ordered, he came up, a... ...not this ball famous?’ And their talk was of balls and reviews till nine o’clock, when they were summoned to tea. On the whole, Philip returned to Bro... ...Guy.’ ‘Indeed! I think not. Pray don’t order me, Mrs. Edmonstone.’ ‘What o’clock is it, Amy? Past ten! Papa will be in despair! What is to be done? Ho... ...tmost parts of the field, where she was the very centre of ‘winding up the clock,’ and sorely against her will, dragged her off the wet grass. About s... ... headache into staying another day. Guy was going by the train at twelve o’clock, and she was resolved that some- thing should be done; so, as soon as... ...orts of strange hours. Dr Henley actu- ally found one of them, at twelve o’clock at night, in a mis- erable lodging-house, filled with the worst descr... ...thing unfit to stand, so as to have to begin over again. At last, the town clock struck five; Philip started, declaring that if he was not at the stat... ...at he would throw it over the next hedge. He was at South Moor by eleven o’clock, in time for his morning’s business, and made up for the troubles of ...

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...g settled in the evening, they arose early the next morning, and at five o’clock departed from Worcester, it being then above two hours be fore day, ... ...o rise and walk their nightly round. —In plainer language, it was twelve o’clock, and all the family, as we have said, lay buried in drink and sleep, ... ...s if the hardness of down disquieted their repose. In simple phrase, the clock had no sooner struck seven, than the ladies were ready for their jour... ...e 496 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling by Henry Fielding; Vol. II o’clock in the morning.” They now arrived at an inn, or indeed an ale house... ...idge, he departed with the utmost expedition. It was almost eight of the clock before all matters could be got ready for his departure: for Partridg... ... to conceive much worthier sentiments of his friend’s understanding. The clock had just struck three when they arrived, and Jones immediately bespok... ...blazed in the neighbourhood; so that, after a successless inquiry till the clock had struck eleven, Jones at last yielded to the advice of Partridge, ... ...appeared to him to be one of the longest in the whole year. At length, the clock having struck five, he returned to Mrs. Fitzpatrick, who, though it w... ...very common and ordinary occurrences, and which lasted from two till six o’clock in the morning. It is sufficient to mention all of it that is anywise...

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...the terrace of the Palace at Whitehall, overlooking the Thames. The Palace clock chimes four quarters and strikes eleven. A Beefeater on guard. A Cloa... ...keth its laws; and the same may well be true of plays and interludes. [The clock chimes the first quarter. The warder returns on his round]. And now, ...