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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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...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 that the day’s papers could be expected on board somewhere about three o’clock in the afternoon. ‘ And then,’ said the Hon. Melville, nodding genera... ...in effecting, she ordered that the pint of Madeira should stand from six o’clock in the evening till seven—a small monument of confidence in him who w... ...hief again, feverishly. The world was severe with this old gentleman. ‘Ah! clock wrong now!’ He leaned back like a man who can no longer carry his bur... ... rying ahead like that? T ell me !’ Rather at a loss, Jonathan scanned the clock seriously, and observed that it was not quite a minute too fast. The ... ... too fast. The old gentleman pulled out his watch. He grunted that a lying clock was hateful to him; subsequently sinking into con- templation of his ... ..., gentlemen. I shall be in this house, and am to be found here, till ten o’clock to-mor- row morning. Sir,’ he addressed the chairman, ‘I must apolo- ... ...m some- what; for he remained in a state of composure eight minutes by the clock. And mark how little things hang together. Another word from the land... ...oxes to be packed and everything got ready to depart by half-past eleven o’clock, when the fly would call for them and convey them to Fallow field in ...

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... AN EPISODE UNDER THE TERROR ON THE 22ND OF JANUARY, 1793, towards eight o’clock in the evening, an old lady came down the steep street that comes to ... ... could still keep her in sight. He might have been her very shadow. Nine o’clock struck as the silent man and woman passed again by the Church of Sain...

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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 hands of the public executioner.) * * * TWO MINUTES BEFORE the clock struck noon, the savage baron was on the platform to inspect the prep... ...-room on the first floor, and a tabble-doat at eighteenpence peredd at 5 o’clock; and the landlord, who kem into Jools’s room smoaking a segar, told t... ...ust to be hup with the sunrice. I coodn’t sleep that night. By abowt six o’clock in the morning I was drest in my full uniform; and I didnt know how t... ...norable the Earl of Bareacres, was ordered on Friday afternoon at eleven o’clock to fetch a cabriolet from the stand in Davies Street. He se- lected t... ...onday Evening. “The mystery is at length solved. This afternoon, at four o’clock, the Hymeneal Blacksmith, of Gretna Green, celebrated the marriage be... ...upper, and he’s at Paddington by this time. Y es,’ says he, looking at the clock, ‘he’s been there these ten minutes.’ “But seeing my poor wife’s dist... ...to fail be- 137 Burlesques fore, and the circumstance occurred at seven o’clock.* I could continue, almost ad infinitum, an account of the wars which... ...tism; I simply mean that my advice to the General, at a quarter past two o’clock in the afternoon of that day, won this great triumph for the British ... ...I have the honor to inform you that I arrived before this place at eight o’clock P .M. with ten thousand cavalry under my orders. I have burned, since...

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...he ends of the mantelshelf, also glass-draped with lustres, and the ormolu clock under a glass-cover in 4 You Never Can Tell the middle between them,... ... the middle between them, its uselessness empha- sized by a cheap American clock disrespectfully placed beside it and now indicating 12 o’clock noon, ... .... Gloria is standing at the window, looking out in a tormented revery. The clock on the mantelpiece strikes five with a sickly clink, the bell being u... ...MAS (taking her hand and shaking it). Thank you, Mrs. Clandon. Will nine o’clock suit you? MRS. CLANDON. Perfectly. Phil: will you ring, please. (Phil... ...in the middle of the room staring after him.) Act IV The same room. Nine o’clock. Nobody present. The lamps are lighted; but the curtains are not draw... ...mother is not here to re- ceive you, Mr. Valentine. It is not quite nine o’clock; and the gentleman of whom Mr. McComas spoke, the lawyer, is not yet ...

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...ssed his feelings, and has since become famous. On returning home at two o’clock that night he sent for his secretary, Shishkov, and told him to write... ...unreasoning, merry, childlike laughter. CHAPTER XIV IT WA S NEARLY THREE O’CLOCK but no one was yet asleep, when the quartermaster appeared with an or... ...if nothing had been done, if there had not been those pills to give by the clock, the warm drinks, the chicken cutlets, and all the other details of l... ...Razumovskis’ private chapel as usual. It was a hot July day. Even at ten o’clock, when the Rostovs got out of their carriage at the chapel, the sultry...

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...trousers, uniforms of very goot clos, fifteen of Thalers, ant one sil- ver clock which my Vater hat given me, Ze Frans Soldaten took from me everysing... ..., fumigate the pipe, ant says nosing. Ven the night watchman shoutet ten o’clock I taket my hat, paid ze money, and go home. At ze middle of ze night ... ...ling not because he wanted to, but because he knew it annoyed me. At two o’clock, he and Woloda departed downstairs, and Nicola brought me up some lun... ...t the window, and watched for him with greater impatience than ever. Two o’clock, and yet no Woloda. “Here they come, Papa! Here they come!” suddenly ...

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...e of tobacco, and a certain other proportion in looking at the sky, or the clock, or try- ing to recall an air, or in meditation on his own past adven... ...rounded Sir James Turner’s lodging. Though it was between eight and nine o’clock, that worthy, being unwell, was still in bed, but rose at once and we... ... the evening of Monday the 26th, the wearied army stopped. But at twelve o’clock the cry, which served them for a trumpet, of ‘Horse! horse!’ and ‘Mou... ... was, all was darkness and silence, save the dry monotonous ticking of the clock that came cease- lessly up to my ear. The final crown of it all, howe... ...s and some whispered con- versation, in the howling river of the wind; the clock had not yet ticked a score of times since Paradou’s appearance; and n... ...for respectability. She pursued the pair of them for twenty minutes on the clock with wonder- ful animation and detail, something of the pulpit manner...

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... of dinner forsooth, and remains locked up for a couple of hours. At two o’clock afternoon (I was over a tan- kard), out comes the little she-devil, h... ...e ebon countenance of the latter; and the air grew colder; and about two o’clock the moon appeared, a dismal pale-faced rake, walking solitary through... ...of his nose, a vile plot was laid against him; and when about seven of the clock he woke, he found, on sitting up in his bed, three gentlemen on each ... ...as garnished with a tremendous number of oaths); and he was, about eight o’clock, carried up to the house of Squire Ballance, the neighbouring justice... ... way, and the rope stretches tight, the poor wretch before St. Sepulchre’s clock dies. Only with us, clear-sighted mortals as we are, we can’t see the... ...ndship and table: all returned, smiling and rosy, at about half-past ten o’clock, from a walk which they had taken to Bayswater. Many thousands of peo... ...y, and just cutting off Holofernes’s head, stood an enormous ominous black clock, the spoil of some other usurious transaction. Some chairs, and a dis... ...t the bed of the feverish sleeper. It was just upon six, and presently the clock began to utter those dismal grinding sounds, which issue from clocks ... ...no danger for him to apprehend. He entered the house about dusk, at five o’clock. Mrs. Hayes was absent with Mr. Billings; only Mr. W ood was smoking,...

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...ange hubbub, con- sidering it was in so narrow a passage, till Bishopsgate clock struck eleven, and then the ghost would seem to start, and, as if he ... ... take the key with him; and the watchman by day to attend until ten of the clock at night, and the watch- man by night until six in the morning. 37 D... ...e into any tavern, ale-house, or coffee-house to drink af- ter nine of the clock in the evening, according to the ancient law and custom of this city,... ... of which by itself. As I went along Houndsditch one morning about eight o’clock there was a great noise. It is true, indeed, there was not much crowd... ...‘What is that to you? Stop the dead-cart.’ This, it seems, was about one o’clock. Soon after, as the fellow said, he stopped the dead-cart, and then k... ... avern, resolving to inquire what became of him. It was by this time one o’clock in the morning, and yet the poor gentleman was there. The truth was, ... ...y , and that these were generally women. It was one morning about eleven O’clock, I had walked out to my brother’s house in Coleman Street parish, as ... ...but an ignorant, weak, poor man, and usually walked his rounds about ten o’clock at night and went piping along from door to door, and the people usua...

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...sin Pons by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage TOWARDS THREE O’CLOCK in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty ... ... the Paris cab- horse; rising every morning, summer and winter, at seven o’clock, and setting out after breakfast to give music lessons in the boardin... ...mbitious effort. Pons, as a rule, only went to his theatre towards eight o’clock, when the piece in favor came on, and overtures and accompaniments ne... ...levard du Temple; how he had come thither he could not tell. It was five o’clock, and, strange to say, he had com- pletely lost his appetite. 40 Cous... ...ry, was amazed beyond ex- pression to see Pons, good man, return at five o’clock in the evening. Such a thing had never happened before; and not only ... ...hat Schmucke had always thought fit to call on these great ladies at ten o’clock in the morning!)—still, his pension was paid quarterly through the me... ...even times since the friends had lived together, Pons had exchanged a good clock for a better one, till at last he possessed a time- piece in Boule’s ... ... Schmucke never could see the slightest difference between the magnificent clock in Boule’s first manner and its six predecessors; but, for Pons’ sake... ...hed the London doctor who is said to have invented it. It was nearly ten o’clock before they rose from table. The amount of wine, German and French, c...

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...e of progress may be compared more justly to the hand upon the dial of the clock, which continues to advance as it indicates, than to the stationary m... ...h a priest called Gilles and a woman of the name of Isabeau. It was nine o’clock, a mighty late hour for the period, and evi- dently a fine summer’s n... ...cion it was Dom Nicolas, the Picardy monk) hurried them away. It was ten o’clock when they mounted the ladder; it was about midnight before T abary be... ...my window, as I was writing of this very line, and cried, `Past one of the clock, and a cold, frosty, windy morn- ing.’” Such passages are not to be m... ...s,” says he, “I could not forbear carrying it in my hand and seeing what o’clock it was an hundred times.” T o go to Vauxhall, he says, and “to hear t...

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...ot calling with bad news, are you?” “’Fraid so.” “What’s wrong?” Her mind clocked back to the auction. They’d spoken of his estranged wife... ...**** After downing the rest of the bourbon, Hannah began. “I got home at three o’clock this afternoon. It was cold, Laura Kate, so cold, for Dec... ...efore the judge, who said, “Here’s what we’re going to do. We’ll recess until one o’clock. Opening statements then. Do you plan to make an opening... ...Fortunately, Ben was on his feet calling the next witness and Farnham glared at the clock. Gerrie Ferris 74 Chapter Fourteen Con... ...Brewster, “I’ll see them.” She reminded herself that Jack Rhodes was due at eight o’clock. In the drawing room, Johnelle looked annoyed th... ...ook pity on me.” “Sorry to keep you waiting,” she said. It was well past eight o’clock. She went to the drinks cart to pour Glenfiddich over ice...

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...of the North go forth as freemen into the humming, lamplit city. At five o’clock you may see the last of us hiving from the college gates, in the glar... ..., not alone with the deliberate series of the seasons, but with man-kind’s clocks and hour-long measurement of time. And thus there was no leisure for... ...es the process as well as the result, the works as well as the dial of the clock. Withal he has his hours of inspi- ration. Apt words come to him as i... ...d Bold Bob Bowsprit) with the red curtain, pipes, spittoons, and eight-day clock; and there again is that impressive dungeon with the chains, which wa... ...f somewhat swollen passion, cuts the knot by the derangement of the hero’s clock. Such personages and incidents belong to the novel of character; they...

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... with us After the tree is decorated we dress ourselves for mass. At ten o’clock we walk down the street to St. Michael’s church to attend mass. When ... ... was supposed to meet my dad at a store called Grandpa Tony’s, at twelve o’clock. I found someone sober enough to drive and talked him into driving me... ...and talked him into driving me to Grandpa Tony’s. I met my dad at twelve o’clock and he took me home. I’m not sure if he knew I was drunk because he d... ...orner near the golf course and take a look at the time. It is now twelve o’clock on the nose. I flick on the blinker, turn onto Greenfield Road and ha...

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... as soon as we got out of the creek, and arriv’d there about eight or nine o’clock on the Sunday morn ing, and landed at the Market street wharf. I h... ... breakfast and dinner, a pint at dinner, a pint in the afternoon about six o’clock, and another when he had done his day’s work. I thought it a detest... ...he whole street clean, and I would give her a shil ling; this was at nine o’clock; at 12 she came for the shil ling. From the slowness I saw at firs... ...ng; for, in walking thro’ the Strand and Fleet street one morning at seven o’clock, I observ’d there was not one shop open, tho’ it had been daylight ... ...ere near our port, but a thick fog hid the land from our sight. About nine o’clock the fog began to rise, and seem’d to be lifted up from the water li...

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...horsehair-covered chairs, a table cov- ered with a green cloth, a trumpery clock between a couple of candle sconces, growing tarnished under glass sha... ..., he has a fancy; and be- cause he is sixty-nine, he is as methodical as a clock face. Every day at five o’clock the old gentleman goes to dine with h... ...ne with her in the Rue de la Victoire. (I am sorry for her.) Then at six o’clock, he comes here, reads steadily at the papers for four hours, and goes... ... here, reads steadily at the papers for four hours, and goes back at ten o’clock. Daddy Croizeau says that he knows M. Denisart’s motives, and approve... ... am Mme. Croizeau, I shall have four hours to myself between six and ten o’clock.’ “Maxime looked through the directory, and found the fol- lowing rea... ...ssels carpets, a mediaeval bedstead worth three thou- sand francs, a Boule clock, candelabra in the four corners of the dining-room, silk curtains, on...

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...end before the magis- trates at Silverbridge in Thursday next, at twelve o’clock. You will do that?’ ‘Do it! You mean, I suppose, to say that I must g... ...th Miss Prettyman, and was shown into the elder sister’s room, at eleven o’clock on the Tuesday morning. The elder Miss Prettyman never came into the ... ...high tone and the subsequent fall. On the Thursday morning, at about ten o’clock, a fly stopped at the gate at Hogglestock Parsonage, and out of it ca... ...news along the actual telegraph, and yet Mrs Proudie knew it before four o’clock. But she did not know it quite accurately. ‘Bishop,’ she said, standi... ... muddy, wa- tery, ugly, disordered brick-field. It was now just past six o’clock, and the men would be rising, as in midwinter they commenced their wo... ...on than you can to now? If I were you, I’d be at Allington before twelve o’clock tomorrow—I would indeed. What does it matter about the trumpery chequ... ...n this 143 Anthony Trollope occasion very angry. Why had not his twelve o’clock letters been sent up to him to the West End? Why not? Mr Eames knew a... ... DOWN AT ALLINGTON It was Christmas-time down at Allington, and at three o’clock on Christmas Eve, just as the darkness of the early winter evening wa... ... not quite impossible, Mr Robarts. I trust I shall get as far before two o’clock; but to do so I must be on my road.’ Then he showed signs of a desire...

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..., and swinging to and fro the largest fan he had ever beheld. It was ten o’clock. He had dined with his aunt, had been sitting with her since dinner, ... ... 22 Daisy Miller night in the public parlor. He wasn’t in bed at twelve o’clock: I know that.” “It was half-past twelve,” declared Mrs. Miller with m... ...d better find out what time it is,” interposed her mother. “It is eleven o’clock, madam,” said a voice, with a for- eign accent, out of the neighborin... ...enio,” said Daisy, “I am going out in a boat!” Eugenio bowed. “At eleven o’clock, mademoiselle?” “I am going with Mr. Winterbourne—this very minute.” ... ...ncing all the evening with the same partners; receiving visits at eleven o’clock at night. Her mother goes away when visitors come.” “But her brother,... ...omes, I shall not speak to her.” 45 Henry James Daisy came after eleven o’clock; but she was not, on such an occasion, a young lady to wait to be spo... ...ffuse and equalize it. When, on his return from the villa (it was eleven o’clock), Winterbourne approached the dusky circle of the Colos- seum, it rec...

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... with muffled sound of wheels, and enfolding a gigantic catarrh. At nine o’clock on such a morning, the place of business of Pubsey and Co. was not th... ...y named Wilcocks, who had stowed away gold and silver in a pickle-pot in a clock- case, a canister-full of treasure in a hole under her stairs, and a ... ...l sciences, by explaining that she had looked in at the door to see what o’clock it was. The counting-house was a wall-eyed ground floor by a dark gat... ...ewing the path with smiles, in the absence of flowers. It was almost ten o’clock when they stopped within view of Wilfer Castle; and then, the spot be... ...ion of the once popular sign of the Saracen’ s Head, with a piece of Dutch clock-work, and suggesting to an imaginative mind that from the composition... ... be engaged, is quite old enough to object to be stared at as if she was a Clock.’ ‘Audacious one!’ said Mrs Wilfer. ‘Your grandmamma, if so addressed... ...o highly salutary in connexion with the pleasures of the table. But, six o’clock in the evening finds the worthy little gentle- man getting better, an... ...ockings and pumps, for the wondering dinner at the Veneerings. And seven o’clock in the evening finds him trotting out into Duke Street, to trot to th...

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...or- dered that the Court do now adjourn until to-morrow morn- ing at ten o’clock. The Hon. Stephen T. Logan, the Hon. Norman H. Purple, the Hon. David... ...ipulate with the audi- ence to meet me here at half-past six or at seven o’clock. It is now several minutes past five, and Judge Douglas has spoken ov... ...ill take me as long as it has taken him. That will carry us beyond eight o’clock at night. Now, every one of you who can remain that long can just as ... ...dience signified their assent to the arrangement, and adjourned to seven o’clock P.M., at which time they reas- sembled, and Mr. Lincoln spoke substan...

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...he overseas numbers clicked into place. He checked his watch it would be ten o’clock at night in Rome. Antonio hoped fervently that Pope Francis was ... ...f paper. "If you're interested, meet me tomorrow at this address, about two o'clock. We'll have lunch and see if we have common issues." Cardona got... ... a campaign to run. I'm having a meeting with your wife and Walter at three o'clock," Brand said, and left the table. Alex just said, "Hmm," to him... ... his uncle could handle the American Capos. He doubted it. At around 5:00 o'clock, the kitchen had turned into pandemonium. The servants hustled a... ...n a good Roman. The first of the American Capos began arriving about seven o'clock. By eight, they had all arrived. Marco had been greeting them, o... ...chopsticks, while Gallucci used a knife and fork on his steak. About nine o'clock, the phone rang. Gallucci answered it. "Si," and listened for a ... ...en told him where to get a hold of him, and hung up the phone. About seven o'clock, they heard a knock on the door. "Careful, Antonio," Gallucci wa... ...ust sat, staring up at the ceiling. Brand looked at his watch. "It's three o'clock. If I call Radcliff now, we just might be able to reach him." ... ...damantly. Just then, Gallucci heard a knock on the door. "It must be seven o'clock. So, open it, Antonio," he said, impatiently. Ky entered and b...

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...HE WORKS OF EDGAR ALLAN POE IN FIVE VOLUMES THE DEVIL IN THE BELFRY What o’clock is it? —Old Saying. EVERYBODY KNOWS, in a general way, that the fines... ...ng tolerable out of V ondervotteimittiss:” and— “That we will stick by our clocks and our cabbages.” Above the session-room of the Council is the stee... ...as existed time out of mind, the pride and wonder of the village—the great clock of the borough of V ondervotteimittiss. And this is the object to whi... ...gentlemen are turned who sit in the leather-bottomed arm-chairs. The great clock has seven faces—one in each of the seven sides of the steeple—so that... ...this duty is the most perfect of sinecures—for the 8 Poe in Five V olumes clock of V ondervotteimittis was never yet known to have any- thing the mat... ...by the big bell. And, indeed the case was just the same with all the other clocks and watches in the borough. Never was such a place for keeping the t... ...ping the true time. When the large clapper thought proper to say “Twelve o’clock!” all its obedient followers opened their throats simul- taneously, a... ...burghers were fond of their sauer-kraut, but then they were proud of their clocks. All people who hold sinecure offices are held in more or less respe... ...th a stare of dismay upon the phenomenon, still keeping the other upon the clock in the steeple. By the time that it wanted only three minutes to noon...

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...moulded shelves, tiny bits of mirror let into the panels, and a travelling clock in a leather case (the inevitable wedding present), and on the wall a... ...ng that must be settled between us. MORELL (with a whimsical glance at the clock). Now? MARCHBANKS (passionately). Now. Before you leave this room. (H...

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...own. Thither he always walked, starting punctually from the bank at four o’clock, and from thence he always walked in the morning, reaching the bank p...

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...Chris Serra Besto of Four IT WA S A HOT summer day in August, about six o’clock in the morning, and we were all sitting on the airplane ready to take...

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... her face. She moves round him in the opposite direction to the hands of a clock with a light dancing step. He finds it impossible to cover her with t...

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...had so transpired that during the very second class of the day, the lecturer (teacher), suspending the lesson, announced that it was going to be 11 o’clock in a while; therefore , the class will stand up and observe two-minute silence to pay homage to the Father of the Nation. By this time, the turn to the left for entering the bazaar had been reached, the Professor stopp...

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...had so transpired that during the very second class of the day, the lecturer (teacher), suspending the lesson, announced that it was going to be 11 o’clock in a while; therefore , the class will stand up and observe two-minute silence to pay homage to the Father of the Nation. By this time, the turn to the left for entering the bazaar had been reached, the Professor stopp...

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...d nothing that could be used as clothing for the eight-kilometre walk home. The bastards had taken everything, even his sandals! It was about nine o’clock, so as the only road home crossed the bridge in the centre of town he’d have to wait at least three hours for the streets to be quiet enough to risk it. A slow smile softened his face and he relaxed. It felt as if he’d ...

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...ay to the culture of the newsroom. During the 1990s, the rise of round-the-clock news shows and the Internet reinforced pressure on analysts to pass a... ...lians and city, state, and federal employees devoted themselves around the clock to putting New Y ork City back on its feet. 189 9.3 EMERGENCY RESPONS... ...ilities. NEADS files are time-stamped as accurate to the Naval Observatory clock.We also compared audio times to certified transcripts when available....