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...ast asleep in the very comfortless chair in which he was seated. At four o’clock on the next morning we started on our journey. 11 Anthony Trollope “... ...healthiest and wealthiest and wisest of all men and women. Three or four o’clock seems to them quite a natural hour for commencing the day’s work. Why... ...encing the day’s work. Why we should have started from Chiavenna at four o’clock in order that we might be kept waiting for the boat an hour and a hal... ...my door, but I was luxuriating in a washing-tub, making up for that four-o’clock start from Chiavenna. I assured them, however, that the box was not t... ... me to lie in bed on the follow- ing morning. I did lie in bed till nine o’clock, and then found the Greenes at breakfast. “Let us go and look at the ... ...ring the walk, and when we reached the hotel at seven or half-past seven o’clock, I merely remarked that I would go in and wish her father and mother ...

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...e, And, looking on it with lack lustre eye, Says very wisely, ‘It is ten o’clock: Thus we may see,’ quoth he, ‘how the world wags: ’Tis but an hour ag... ...? ORLANDO: Very well: what would you? ROSALIND: I pray you, what is’t o’clock? ORLANDO: You should ask me what time o’ day: there’s no clock in th... ...te and groaning every hour would detect the lazy foot of Time as well as a clock. ORLANDO: And why not the swift foot of Time? had not that been as ... ...lack thee two hours. ORLANDO: I must attend the duke at dinner: by two o’clock I will be with thee again. ROSALIND: Ay, go your ways, go your ways;... ...ongue of yours won me: ’tis but one cast away, and so, come, death! Two o’clock is your hour? ORLANDO: Ay, sweet Rosalind. ROSALIND: By my troth, a... ...ter ROSALIND and CELIA.] ROSALIND: How say you now? Is it not past two o’clock? and here much Orlando! CELIA: I warrant you, with pure love and tr...

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...r. Consequently— BLAYNE. Consequently, we are sitting here till past one o’clock, talking scandal like a set of Station cats. Anthony, it’s all your f... ... a little calendar and put it in my card-case, and every time the twelve o’clock gun went off I scratched out a square and said: “That brings me neare... ...l—eight weeks! And—where’s your friend? (Smokes disconsolately till church clock strikes three.) CAPT. M. Up with you! Get into your kit. CAPT. C. Alr... ...And she grows red as a rose, who was so pale; And ‘Are you sure the church-clock goes?’ says she.” (Pettishly.) I knew I couldn’t take the last note. ...

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...that some change would take place in the atmosphere and weather. About two o’clock the mist cleared away, and we beheld, stretched out in every direct... ...y sleepless and aching eyes the church of Ingolstadt, its white steeple and clock, which indicated the sixth hour. The porter opened the gates of the... ...er 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 W e passed a few sad hours until eleven o’clock, when the trial was to commence. My father and the rest of the fami... ...nfused and unintelli gible answer. She returned to the house about eight o’clock, and when one inquired where she had passed the night, she replied ... ...age situated at about a league from Geneva. On her re turn, at about nine o’clock, she met a man who asked her if she had seen anything of the child... ...s particularly agreeable to me. The shutting of the gates regularly at ten o’clock and the impossibility of re maining on the lake after that hour h... ...ght before with his son and brother in law, Daniel Nugent, when, about ten o’clock, they observed a strong northerly blast rising, and they accordingl... ...ever. Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Chapter 23 I t was eight o’clock when we landed; we walked for a short time on the shore, enjoying t...

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...he sage was very frequently consulted, To the last moment, when the palace clock struck eight, Lady Bothwell earnestly watched her sister, in hopes th...

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...ow in everything, whether in rising, going to bed, or eating: seven of the clock in the morning is early for me, and where I rule, I never dine before...

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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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...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, ...

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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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... as will presently be seen, against the poor, patient inventor. By seven o’clock next morning, Boniface Cointet was tak- ing a walk by the mill stream... ...“as soon as the bill is returned to M. Metivier, we may be easy.” At two o’clock the next day, Victor-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon, bailiff, made protest... ...-Ange-Hermenegilde Doublon, bailiff, made protest for non-payment at two o’clock, a time when the Place du Murier is full of people; so that though Do... ...cien to Eve. “Paris, August 29th. “MY DEAR SISTER,—Two days ago, at five o’clock in the morning, one of God’s noblest creatures breathed her last in m... ... Eve went home in despair over her useless effort. That evening at seven o’clock, Doublon came with the notifica- tion of imprisonment for debt. The p... ...is sub- lime charity forgave him. Kolb and David reached Marsac at eight o’clock, and suddenly came in upon the old man as he was finishing his dinner... ..., and a trifle too green, I am afraid.” T wo hours later, towards eleven o’clock that night, David and Kolb took up their quarters in a little out-hou... ...ple of logs for mallets. The fire blazed up, the water boiled. About two o’clock in the morning, Kolb heard a sound which David was too busy to notice... ...urself the trouble of coming down again. Kolb will mount guard.” At four o’clock in the morning David came out of the dis- tillery; he had been carefu...

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...ter, a Page with a torch before him, met by LOVELL .] GARDINER: It’s one o’clock, boy, is’t not? Boy: It hath struck...

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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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...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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... 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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...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...