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...eems to pause and purr with curious satisfaction. But in a few minutes—the clock on the turret of the Co-operative Whole- sale Society’s Shops gives t... ... Annie herself. The time for soft romance is in the morning, between ten o’clock and one, when things are rather slack: that is, except market-day and... .... ‘Why, no,’ said Mrs. Wernham, peering into the distance at the tall, dim clock. ‘No, Madam—we can give it another quarter or twenty minutes yet, goo... ...sented this much ef- fort. The evening passed slowly. Isabel looked at the clock. ‘I say,’ she said. ‘It’s nearly ten o’clock. Where can Maurice be? I... ...ve than might be imagined. Suddenly, on Saturday afternoon, at about two o’clock, Joe received a bolt from the blue—a telegram: ‘Meet me Belbury Stati... ...k the train into town. They would have to walk home. They had tea at six o’clock, and lounged about till half past seven. The circus was in a meadow n... ... he knew, fatally, that she had. When they came out it was nearly eleven o’clock; a lovely night, with a moon and tall, dark, noble trees: a magnifice... ...o escape. In the faint glow of the half-clear light that came about four o’clock in the afternoon, I was roused to see a motion in the snow away below... ...s was done, and preparations were going on for the arrival, when, at ten o’clock in the morning the young man suddenly turned up, quite unexpectedly. ...

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...et to herself. North Dormer is at all times an empty place, and at three o’clock on a June afternoon its few able-bodied men are off in the fields or ... ...what time wasn’t I there yesterday, I’d like to know?” “Round about four o’clock.” Charity was silent. She had been so steeped in the dreamy remembran... ... deserted her post as soon as he had left the library. “Who came at four o’clock?” “Miss Hatchard did.” 20 Summer “Miss Hatchard? Why, she ain’t ever... ...break her heart if she missed it. He consulted a time-table, found a ten o’clock train and reassured her. “The moon rises so late that it will be dark... ...oat, laden to the taffrail, was puffing away on her last trip. XI AT TWO O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING the freckled boy from Creston stopped his sleepy horse... ...3 Edith Wharton flies buzzed stiflingly against the bluish panes. At one o’clock V erena hobbled up to see if she were not coming down to dinner; but ... ...e paused a minute to say that if it suited her they would take the three o’clock train back to North Dormer; then he took his hat and coat from the ra...

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...ieth, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-five. London Time by the great clock of Saint Paul’s, ten at night. All the lesser London churches strain ... ...nding sweep with his gigantic scythe in flying over the city. What is this clock lower than most of the rest, and nearer to the ear, that lags so far ... ... so far behind to-night as to strike into the vibration alone? This is the clock of the Hospital for Foundling Children. Time was, when the Foundlings... ...ober, one thousand eight hundred and forty-seven. London Time by the great clock of Saint Paul’s, half-past one in the afternoon. The clock of the Hos... ...tion was beginning to wander at the very outset of the interview. “Eight o’clock is my breakfast-hour,” he resumed. “It is one of my virtues to be nev... ...f a substantial house, whose ground story was devoted to the sale of Swiss clocks—he passed at once into domestic Switzerland. A white-tiled stove for... ...lowery carpet by the sofa, and the velvet chimney-board with its capacious clock and vases of artificial flowers, contended with that tone, as if, in ... ... to domestic purposes. Mimic water was dropping off a mill-wheel under the clock. The visitor had not stood before it, following it with his eyes, a m... ...ish, peeped out of the fanciful bodice she wore, and lurked in the curious clocked red stocking, and in its little silver-buckled shoe. As to the elde...

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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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...cross swell had set in from the direction of Formosa Chan- nel about ten o’clock, without disturbing these passengers much, because the Nan-Shan, with... ...s trip, and desired Mr. Rout to have steam up to-morrow afternoon at one o’clock sharp. He pushed back his hat to wipe his forehead, observing at the ... ..., flickered exceedingly and seemed to hang very near the earth. At eight o’clock Jukes went into the chart-room to write up the ship’s log. He copies ... ...corners of his lips twitched. Captain MacWhirr looked up at the wheelhouse clock. Screwed to the bulk-head, it had a white face on which the black han... ...upidly at his elbow, and the dial of the engine-room telegraph resembled a clock of large di- ameter, bearing on its face curt words instead of figure... ...ing a pious wish. Mrs. MacWhirr’s mind was set at ease, and a black marble clock, priced by the local jeweller at 3£ 18s. 6d., had a dis- creet stealt...

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...hen knelt down and answered. The queen made her entry at half-past three o’clock in an open litter, having Madame Marguerite de France sitting opposit... ...o had long finished their suppers, “why don’t you go to bed? It is eight o’clock, and you have to be up at five; be- sides, you must carry home to-nig... ...ard, although the three storeys above the ground-floor rise as high as the clock-tower of the T uileries, the infinite delicacy of the architecture re... ... that lofty answer!” cried the fool. Two hours later, that is, about one o’clock in the after- noon, before the king’s dinner, the chancellor and Card... .... At the period of which we write the staircase of the Louvre occupied the clock tower. Catherine’s apartments were in the old buildings which still e... ...eption hall, hastened thither to witness the interview. It was about six o’clock in the evening; Coligny had just supped, and was using a toothpick as... ...imself about and even mount the stairs without his crutches. It was nine o’clock in the evening and the company were awaiting Ambroise Pare. The famil... ...THE SECRETS OF THE RUGGIERI I THE COURT UNDER CHARLES IX. BETWEEN ELEVEN O’CLOCK AND MIDNIGHT toward the end of October, 1573, two Italians, Florentin... ... the majority of the burghers and great lords supped at six, or at seven o’clock, but the more refined and elegant supped at eight or even nine. This ...

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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, ...

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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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...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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...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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...of the nursery. Daylight began to forsake the red-room; it was past four o’clock, and the beclouded afternoon was tending to drear twilight. I heard t... ...ank you, Bessie.” “Then I think I shall go to bed, for it is past twelve o’clock; but you may call me if you want anything in the night.” Wonderful ci... ... one else at Gateshead Hall. It was the fifteenth of January, about nine o’clock in the 29 Charlotte Brontë morning: Bessie was gone down to breakfas... ...ven for me life had its gleams of sunshine. 40 Jane Eyre CHAPTER V FIVE O’CLOCK had hardly struck on the morning of the 19th of January, when Bessie ... ...o great effort to cheek the general wrath; doubt- less she shared in it. A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and stand... ...o some of the elder girls. The duration of each lesson was measured by the clock, which at last struck twelve. The superintendent rose - “I have a wor... ...ned to the schoolroom: lessons recommenced, and were continued till five o’clock. The only marked event of the afternoon was, that I saw the girl with... ...oo, bewildered me; and I was glad when, about three 53 Charlotte Brontë o’clock in the afternoon, Miss Smith put into my hands a border of muslin two... ...day at Lowood: the bit of bread, the draught of coffee swallowed at five o’clock had revived vitality, if it had not satisfied hunger: the long restra...

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...issart had found his tyrant in Jenny. He was bringing her home at eleven o’clock from the Gymnase, whither he had taken her, in full dress, to a prosc... ...aritis remained silent in a corner and never stirred. But the moment ten o’clock began to strike on a clock which he kept shut up in a large oblong cl...

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... haste to spread the news of the new arrival through the town. At eleven o’clock on the evening of the same day, this is what was happening in Madame ... ...dim, the cricket chirped monotonously, as though it were weary, the little clock ticked away hurriedly on the wall, a mouse scratched stealthily and g... ...were what the future “man” was to be occupied with. He was waked at four o’clock in the morning, splashed at once with cold water and set to running r... ...p for him; he, the European, began to sit in steam-baths, to dine at two o’clock, to go to bed at nine, and to doze off to the sound of the chatter of... ...us. 56 Chapter XVII THE MORNING AFTER the day we have described, at ten o’clock, Lavretsky was mounting the steps of the Kalitins’ house. He was met ... ...ky accompanied Lemm to his lodging and stopped there with him till three o’clock in the morning. Lemm talked a great deal; his bent figure grew erect,... ...alarmed. “What are you after all? a pessimist?” cried Mihalevitch at one o’clock in the night. “Are pessimists usually like this?” replied Lavretsky. ... ...ve found out now what to call you,” cried the same Mihalevitch, at three o’clock in the morning. “You are not a sceptic, nor a pessimist, nor a Voltai... ...what a time, what a place for men to think of loafing!” he cried at four o’clock, in a voice, however, which showed signs of sleepiness; “among us! no...

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...rn- ing some ineffectual search was made for him; and on Tuesday, at one o’clock P.M., William and Henry started home without him. In a day or two Hen... ... from home in the early part of the day, and on his return, about eleven o’clock, found Fisher at his house in bed, and apparently very unwell; that h... ...gs of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One Third. Time: On Thursday evening at five o’clock, if you can get it so; but in no case to be at a greater distance of ... ... no case to be at a greater distance of time than Friday evening at five o’clock. Fourth. Place: Within three miles of Alton, on the oppo- site side o...

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...h, Camilla.” “True, but hokum serves its purpose now and then.” The hall clock chimed the hour. “Ah, our guest should be here shortly. Conceal ... ...oked well this morning,” he checked his reflection in the glass of the hall clock and chuckled at the bleary-eyed stranger who blinked back. “Though... ...loves he wore to hide his burns would protect against that as well. As the clock ticked away the minutes, Daniel summoned the words of his letter an... ... more fitting when I finish with the basting.” ***** Morgan heard the clock in the foyer toll eight times before Gertie gave a peremptory tug o... ... be satisfied with far less in the letters her mother sent her. The mantle clock chimed nine, three hours until she could see him again. Not long,... ... trouble you much?” “Not anymore. It looks far worse than it feels.” The clock on the wall ticked away, filling the uncomfortable silence. “How ... ...cations of rehearsals. After all, her monthly flow continued to appear like clockwork, though briefer and sparser than it had ever been. It was ... ...n suffer the mercy of Michael Flynn? But hope ebbed with every tick of the clock. Morgan’s spine hardened into a rigid pillar as she sat in the ha...

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...e twenties are attained. Many diagrams also display the mental scar of the clock face, the early count- ing is overmuch associated with a dial. One mi...

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...d withdraw the veil from her face. The lady was placed in a common English clock-case, having the usual glass face; but a veil of white velvet obscure... ...hite velvet obscured from all profane eyes the silent features behind. The clock I had myself seen, when a child, and had gazed upon it with inexpress... ...s my fear that the perfidious question would have arisen amongst us—what o’clock it was? and all pos- sible ante-rooms would have given way to the jus... ...ch bilious fevers of curiosity, was not seen by us; nor even the miserable clock-case. The mummy, therefore, was not seen; but the skeleton was. Who w... ... party of amateurs—that X, our superb-looking skeleton, did, about three o’clock on a rainy Wednesday morn- ing, in the dead of winter, ride silently ... ...ion of an Oxford college—the gates of which open to no egress after nine o’clock at night, nor after eleven 106 Memorials, and Other Papers to any in... ...art, exacted a promise from him that he would leave his station at three o’clock in the morning. Meantime, as on the one hand she felt touched by this... ...general movement of the camp. Snow had fallen in the night. Towards four o’clock in the morning, amongst those who held that watch there had been a st... ...of those whom she looked up to as the most competent judges. Before nine o’clock the van of the party was in motion; then, with a short interval, came...

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... on that point. All was quiet at General McClellan’s headquarters at two o’clock to-day. A. LINCOLN. TREA TY WITH MEXICO MESSAGE TO THE SENA TE. W ASH... ...on. Fourth. Mr. Fulton says that on Friday night, between twelve and one o’clock, General McClellan telegraphed Commo- dore Goldsborough that the resu... ...tember 27th.] 144 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Six At about 11 o’clock A.M., September27, 1862, Major Key and Major Turner appeared before m... ...st to the United States require that the Senate should be convened at 12 o’clock on the 4th of March next to receive and act upon such communications ... ... Capitol, in the city of Washington, on the 4th day of March next, at 12 o’clock at noon on that day, of which all who shall at that time be entitled ... ...E, Commanding Department of Ohio, Cincinnati, O. Y our despatch of three o’clock this afternoon to the Secretary of War has been received and shown to... ...nd Monday. We have frequent despatches from Gen- eral Meade and up to 10 o’clock last night nothing had hap- pened giving either side any marked advan...

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... even to my inexperienced eyes must have cost much. Cairn Street at nine o’clock levels all distinctions of rank as impartially as the grave. Again an...

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...red, and they opened and shut. So far, and waiving their use to himself, a clockmaker could have made a better pair. He had a hook nose, hand- some af... ...d looked round the prison-room, as if for certain information. ‘Y ou are a clock. How is it that you always know?’ ‘How can I say? I always know what ... ...ich the tract had found him galloping. There was the large, hard- featured clock on the sideboard, which he used to see bend- ing its figured brows up... ...‘No more of busi- ness on this day,’ and then added, ‘Affery, it is nine o’clock.’ 40 Charles Dickens Upon this, the old woman cleared the little tab... ... had a short nap.’ ‘I have had a short nap,’ said Double. ‘Half-past two o’clock in the morning,’ muttered Jeremiah. ‘Where’s your hat? Where’s your c... ...winch thanked him and crept into bed. CHAPTER 5 Family Affairs AS THE CITY CLOCKS struck nine on Monday morning, Mrs Clennam was wheeled by Jeremiah F... ...tential manner on a shrunken cloth at an end of the dining-table, at two o’clock, when he dined with Mr Flintwinch, the new partner. Mr Flintwinch inf... ...house once to try a new piano for him. Played it, I understand, like one o’clock—beautiful! As to languages—speaks anything. 67 Little Dorrit – Book ... ...before he left to a few select friends among the collegians, that at six o’clock on a certain fine morning, a minuet de la cour came off in the yard—t...

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...red, and they opened and shut. So far, and waiving their use to himself, a clockmaker could have made a better pair. He had a hook nose, hand- some af... ...d looked round the prison-room, as if for certain information. ‘Y ou are a clock. How is it that you always know?’ ‘How can I say? I always know what ... ...ich the tract had found him galloping. There was the large, hard- featured clock on the sideboard, which he used to see bend- ing its figured brows up... ...‘No more of busi- ness on this day,’ and then added, ‘Affery, it is nine o’clock.’ 40 Charles Dickens Upon this, the old woman cleared the little tab... ... had a short nap.’ ‘I have had a short nap,’ said Double. ‘Half-past two o’clock in the morning,’ muttered Jeremiah. ‘Where’s your hat? Where’s your c... ...winch thanked him and crept into bed. CHAPTER 5 Family Affairs AS THE CITY CLOCKS struck nine on Monday morning, Mrs Clennam was wheeled by Jeremiah F... ...tential manner on a shrunken cloth at an end of the dining-table, at two o’clock, when he dined with Mr Flintwinch, the new partner. Mr Flintwinch inf... ...house once to try a new piano for him. Played it, I understand, like one o’clock—beautiful! As to languages—speaks anything. 67 Little Dorrit We’ve h... ...before he left to a few select friends among the collegians, that at six o’clock on a certain fine morning, a minuet de la cour came off in the yard—t...

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...ht, when all was lost, and said to me: ‘I came near being killed at four o’clock. I was aimed at by one of the insurgents, when a young man, with a lo... ...latonic discourses, d’Arthez grew bolder, and arrived every day at three o’clock. He retired at six, and returned at nine, to remain until midnight, o... ...ofound observer of hu- man nature. “How ought I to treat her?” Until two o’clock in the morning they spent their time in saying to each other the sill... ...e of trying to get Daniel away from here I’ll send him to her.” At three o’clock, or a few moments after, d’Arthez arrived. In the midst of some inter...

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...ve us here alone, and we get so bored that we have to go to bed at eight o’clock. It is a scandal, and no decent way of living. Why can you go driving... ...ld like it! Does she think it a joke to leave us sitting here since five o’clock without even offering us a crust to eat? What a house! What manage- m... ...in the ball-room. Enter LVOFF , looking at his watch. LVOFF . It is five o’clock. The ceremony must have begun. First the priest will bless them, and ...

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...’s house, sir? ESCALUS: To my house. Fare you well. [Exit ELBOW .] What’s o’clock, think you? Justice: Eleven, sir. ESCALUS: I pray you home to din... ...ess. Provost: You, sirrah, provide your block and your axe to morrow four o’clock. ABHORSON: Come on, bawd; I will instruct thee in my trade; follow... ...soever you may hear to the contrary, let Claudio be executed by four of the clock; and in the afternoon Barnardine: for my better satisfaction, let m...

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...re setting forth for Elysium, and they were seen no more, even when five o’clock tea was spread, and Anna mak- ing it for her Uncle Lance and his wife... ... house that Lance had come to inspect. As it was nearly half-past twelve o’clock, the party went round by the school, where, in the rear of the other ... ... to meet her nieces by and by at tea. Gillian would call for her at four o’clock, and show her the way that it was hoped might soon be quite natural t... ...on this Saturday there would be an unusually low tide, soon after twelve o’clock, and Fergus had set his heart on investigating the buried forest that... ... she will be better.” “Oh no, no; please, I’m temp—” and a sob. The five o’clock tea was still standing on a little table, and Gerald poured out a cup... ...ult good-humouredly but seriously, and she was nearly in tears by eleven o’clock, when the procession was to take place. She was quite surprised when ... ...ose who had begun the sale, and the performance was to commence at three o’clock, so that the final preparations had to be hurried through. Geraldine ... ...red sheets about the grand performance to take place that night at eight o’clock, of the Sepoy’s Death Song and the Bleeding Bride. Miss Vincent had a... ...eturned to Miss Vincent’s lodgings. Her lecture was to be given at three o’clock, but she knew that she should have to be shown the school and class-r...

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...id and ineffi- cient, that he could not distinguish the hour upon the town-clock. Johnson, upon the first violent attack of this disorder, strove to o... ...d I should. A few days after- wards I met him near Temple-bar, about one o’clock in the morning, and asked if he would then go to the Mitre. ‘Sir, (sa... ...e; and when I asked him the reason, he said, ‘It might do very well upon a clock which a man keeps in his closet; but to have it upon his watch which ... ...ife, during my acquain- tance, seemed to be pretty uniform. About twelve o’clock I commonly visited him, and fre- quently found him in bed, or declaim... ...uld leave him; and when I looked at my watch, and told him it was twelve o’clock, he cried, What’s that to you and me?’ and ordered Frank to tell Mrs.... ...ere we had lain the preceding night, we arrived at Birmingham about nine o’clock, and, after breakfast, went to call on his old schoolfellow Mr. Hecto... ...on is quite monosyllabical: and when, at my last visit, I asked him what a clock it was? that signal of my depar- ture had so pleasing an effect on hi... ...lattery in a maid of honour in France, who being asked by the Queen what o’clock it was, answered, ‘What your Majesty pleases.’ He admitted that Mr. B... ...ou he has a great respect for you, and will call on you to-morrow at one o’clock, and com- municate all he knows about Pope.’—Here I paused, in full e...

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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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...uld be the effect were he to tell you to put all your fires out at eight o’clock?” “If he were so to order, we should do it; but we know that he will ... ...ia. There we sat, cheek by jowl with our new friends, till nearly twelve o’clock, talking politics and discussing the war. The general was a stanch Un... ...de- scription—except the luxury of comfort. Cotton-velvet sofas and ormolu clocks stand in the place of convenient furniture; and logs of wood, at a f...

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...d to anybody but himself and his little gray mare. It being nearly seven o’clock, he was as eager to hold a morning gos- sip as a city shopkeeper to r... ...Mr. Higginbotham, of Kimballton, was murdered in his or- chard, at eight o’clock last night, by an Irishman and a nigger. They strung him up to the br... ...istant in a straight line; the murder had been perpetrated only at eight o’clock the preceding night; yet Dominicus had heard of it at seven in the mo... ... no colored man! It was an Irishman that hanged him last night, at eight o’clock. I came away at seven! His folks can’t have looked for him in the orc... ... has excited this singular uproar. We passed through Kimballton at three o’clock this morning, and most certainly should have been informed of the mur... ...ich was delivered me from that gentleman himself. I find it dated at ten o’clock last evening.” So saying, the lawyer exhibited the date and signature... ...nd jogged on; for wher- ever he goes, he must always be at home by eight o’clock.” “So they tell me,” said Dominicus. “I never saw a man look so yello... ... of the wood-lot as if Old Nick were chasing behind. Just then the village clock tolled eight, and as each deep stroke fell, Dominicus gave a fresh bo... ...windows of which were rat- tling in the breeze; the regular vibration of a clock, the crack- ling of a fire, and the tinkling of the embers as they fe...

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... of death, the English either fire or candle in their houses after eight o’clock; whether was this to prevent their nocturnal meetings, or only to try... ...tion; a lord, powdered in the tip of the mode, who knows exactly at what o’clock the king rises and goes to bed, and who gives himself airs of gran- d... ... one another. We must, says he, make an experiment to see whether the same clock will go faster on the top of a mountain or at the bottom of a mine; w... ...res the soul to be virtuous, whatever substance it may be made of. It is a clock which is given us to regulate, but the artist has not told us of what...

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... or ten years are dragged from their squalid beds at two, three, or four o clock in the morning and compelled to work for a bare subsistence until ten... ... light-hearted gai- ety, but only of a kind of solemn jollification by the clock at the appropriate hours. The advice to “become as little chil- dren”...

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...s toe in his first walk across the room, smashes his too persistent alarum clock in a fit of nerves, and cuts his throat while shaving. All patriotic ... ...ied this once when he carried on the Pickwick Club into “Master Humphrey’s Clock.” That experiment was unsatisfactory, and he did not attempt anything...

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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....