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...er the quarrel, Prince Stepan Arkadyevitch Oblonsky--Stiva, as he was called in the fashionable world--woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o?clock in the morning, not in his wife?s bedroom, but on the leather-covered sofa in his study. He turned over his stout, well-cared-for person on the springy sofa, as though he would sink into a long sleep again; he vigorousl...

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...lled in the fashionable world—woke up at his usual hour, that is, at eight o’clock in the morning, not in his wife’s bedroom, but on the leather cover... ... was Friday, and in the dining room the German watchmaker was winding up the clock. Stepan Arkadyevitch remembered his joke about this punctual, bald ... ...go.” And his eyes were laughing during the reading of the report. Till two o’clock there would go on without a break, and at two o’clock there would b... ...ad been told he might find Kitty. Part I — Chapter 9 27 Chapter 9 A T FOUR o’clock, conscious of his throbbing heart, Levin stepped out of a hired sle... ...ouched the pillow, fell into a sound sleep. Chapter 17 N EXT day at eleven o’clock in the morning Vronsky drove to the station of the Petersburg railw... ... is to be here from Petersburg today.” “I was looking out for you till two o’clock last night. Where did you go after the Shtcherbatskys’?” “Home,” an... ...ugh, having been forgiven, he had forgotten his offense. At half past nine o’clock a particularly joyful and pleasant family conversa tion over the t... ...w you by Seryozha,” she added, with a mother’s smile of pride. Towards ten o’clock, when she usually said good night to her son, and often before goin... ...him, and so understand him,” Levin resolved to himself, as, towards eleven o’clock, he reached the hotel of which he had the address. “At the top, 12 ...

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...sound came from the next room save the crackling of the fire. But when the clock struck eight, we heard voices and noisy footsteps; the waiters brough... ...y arrayed, agreeably to the laws that regulate a man’s clothes, at eight o’clock, at noon, four o’clock in the afternoon, and in the evening; to be we... ...t let her send word to him unless you have seen it first—’ “T owards two o’clock in the morning, Isaure was standing beside a diminutive Shepherdess o... ...ondet. I told them a long- 43 Balzac winded story that lasted from nine o’clock till midnight, one tale inside another. I had just brought my twenty-... ...it was as she had suspected. Then Rastignac actually stopped on till two o’clock in the morning. And yet there are those that call him selfish! Beaude... ..., heavy with sleep, has been drinking tea to keep himself awake till two o’clock in the morning, all for a chance of saying a solemn word of advice to... ...lady’! This fervent passion of a man that sets up housekeeping, choos- ing clocks, going to visit his betrothed with his pockets full of patterns of s... ...e temper has been tried.—’A quarrel?’ hazarded Godefroid.—’No.’ —At four o’clock the women took flight for the Bois de Boulogne; Rastignac stayed in t... ... little bomb- shell under the colonnades of the Bourse, and towards four o’clock in the afternoon it exploded.—’Here is something seri- ous; have you ...

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...hey too felt that in the hour of danger Napoleon meant France herself. The clock of the Tuileries struck the half-hour. In a mo- ment the hum of the c... ... sentence set her dreaming, and at last she suddenly burst into tears. The clocks were striking two. Her head, grown heavy as a dying woman’s, was bow... ... of all the lessons held in store for her by fate. Between two and three o’clock in the morning Julie sat up, sombre and moody, beside her sleeping hu... ...he soul. I found myself smiling as if their happiness had been my own. The clocks struck nine. The young man gave a tender embrace to his companion, a... ...arrator was in the very middle of his tale when M. de Vandenesse heard the clock strike nine. Then it became clear to him that his legal adviser was v... ...o join her children, and I shall have the honor of escorting her.” “Nine o’clock already! Time goes like a shadow in pleasant company,” said the man o... ...some twinges of conscience as they danced on after the hour of return. The clocks struck eleven, and still there was no sign of the servants. A deep s... ... and took him on her knee. “What!” exclaimed the General. “Half-past ten o’clock, and 123 Balzac not one of the servants has come back! The rascals!—... ... read that book only on the condition that you should put it away at ten o’clock. You ought to have shut up the book at the proper time and gone to be...

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... affair of business,’ replied Crowl, ‘and will not be home before twelve o’clock. He was very unwilling to go, I can tell you, but there was no help f... ...e had left Smike. Newman had not been home. He wouldn’ t be, till twelve o’clock; 6 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY there was no chance ... ...ogress did not seem the more rapid from the monotonous ticking of a French clock, or the shrill sound of its little bell which told the quarters. But ... ...d some pain on first awak- ening next morning, he sprung out of bed as the clock struck seven, with very little difficulty , and was soon as much on t... ...I’ve opened the safe every morning all that time (Sundays excepted) as the clock struck nine, and gone over the house every night at half-past ten (ex... ...W MRS KENWIGS WA S AS WELL AS COULD BE EXPECTED IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN seven o’clock in the evening, and it was grow- ing dark in the narrow streets near ... ... which he maintained to be the best time-keeper in Lon- don next after the clock of some old, hidden, unknown church hard by, (for Tim held the fabled... ...hung against the wall—all had their accustomed inches of space. Except the clock, there was not such an accurate and unimpeachable instrument in exist... ...id brother Charles, ‘that we dine at half-past five today instead of two o’clock; we always depart from our usual custom on this anniversary, as you v...

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...ilmot. “At Oxford; he was to be there to-day, was he not, Norman?” “What o’clock is it? Is the post gone—seven—no; it is all safe,” said Mr. Ward. Poo... ... They sat together in Ethel’s room till somewhere between eight and nine o’clock, when good old nurse, having put her younger ones to bed, came in sea... ...linds for Richard’s coming. There was a simultaneous shout when, at four o’clock, they caught sight of him, and though, at Ethel’s exclamation of wond... ...ng something else for you,” said Ethel; “I heard him carpentering at six o’clock this morning, but I suppose it is to be a secret.” “And don’t you adm... ... as the talk often was, it was truly a comfort to him. It ended when ten o’clock struck, and he went down—Margaret hearing the bell, the sounds of the... ...ollower. He has been your shadow ever since he could walk. But there’s the clock, I must not keep you any longer; good-bye, Norman.” Harry gave his br... ...case, he did not expect to be at home till the mail-train came in at one o’clock at night. Richard begged to go with him, and he consented, unwillingl... ...orman scarcely let his father count for a moment, before he asked, “What o’clock is it?” “A little after twelve.” “What does make you stay up so late,... ...biter of Margaret’s fate. He only came in time for a 145 Yo n g e seven o’clock dinner, and Margaret did not see him that night, but heard enough fro...

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...e. There was a great run of custom, setting steadily in, from about ten o’ clock until towards noon,— relaxing, somewhat, at dinner-time, but recommen... ...the carpenter passed beneath it, he looked up and noted the hour. “Three o’clock!” said he to himself. “My father told me that dial was put up only an... ...l-plate,—but we know that the faithful hands have met; for one of the city clocks tells midnight. 230 The House of the Seven Gables A man of sturdy u... ...n of sturdy understanding, like Judge Pyncheon, cares no more for twelve o’clock at night than for the correspond- ing hour of noon. However just the ... ... the Judge’s forgetful fingers neglected to wind it up, as usual, at ten o’clock, being half an hour or so before his ordinary bedtime,—and it has run... ...nd it has run down, for the first time in five years. But the great world- clock of Time still keeps its beat. The dreary night—for, oh, how dreary se...

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...d by the spirit of gain rather than by prin- ciples of honor. ABOUT FIVE O’CLOCK, on a dull autumn afternoon, the cash- ier of one of the largest bank... ..., gave the place the 6 Melmoth Reconciled look of a bath-house. At four o’clock the stolid porter had proclaimed, according to his orders, “The bank ... ...ng into the porter’s room, “what made you let anybody come up after four o’clock?” “I have been smoking a pipe here in the doorway ever since four o’c... ...re you quite sure?” “Y es, upon my word and honor. Stay, though, at four o’clock M. Werbrust’s friend came, a young fellow from Messrs. du Tillet & Co... ...lly found himself more and more in debt. One expense entailed another. The clock called for candle sconces. Fires must be lighted in the ornamental 1... ...ed to say in Jenny’s ear, “Go to Leon, and tell him not to come till one o’clock. If you do not find him, and he comes here during the leave-taking, k... ...e Rue des Recollets, which was kept by his old quartermaster. It was two o’clock in the morning, the most perfect stillness prevailed, no one was ther... ...by the current clings to the branch that snaps in his hand. Towards four o’clock that afternoon Castanier appeared among the little knots of men who w... ...laparon, the Bank wants a hundred thousand francs of you, and it is four o’clock; the thing is known, and it is too late to arrange your little failur...

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...iod of life he had long since reached, when, after separations, the marked clock-face of the friend we meet announces the hour we have tried to for- g... ...exquis- ite mildness that as from Acton Hague any injury was credible. The clock ticked in the stillness—Hague had probably given it to her—and while ...

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...ap with his war-sword girded on him? Was there not Emile, billeted at the Clock- maker’s, perpetually turning to of an evening, with his coat off, wi... ...become at last, that Beds Nos. 26, 27, 28, and 31, having took their six o’clock dinners, and dozed over their respective pints, had drove away in the...

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... her with him. He arrived at his own house in Carlton Terrace about five o’clock in the afternoon, and immediately went to his study, intending to din... ...ways exceeded his means, he would have been fairly comfortable. At eight o’clock Lord Silverbridge and his friend met in the dining-room of the Bearga... ...arrange your politics with Miss Cass. ’ So it was settled, and at eight o’clock Lord Silverbridge reappeared in Belgrave Square with Frank Tregear. E... ...h his head on his hand, looking the picture of woe. It was now only nine o’clock, and there would be no more whist at the Beaufort till eleven. There ... ...thony Trollope CHAPTER 19 ‘No; My Lord. I Do Not.’ Between two and three o’clock Lord Silverbridge, in spite of his sorrow, found himself able to eat ... ...rican ways perfectly, and when a young man called between three and four o’clock, asking for Mrs Boncassen, said that Miss Boncassen was at home. The ... ...hich might own their origin to this proposed drive from Richmond. At six o’clock on the Sunday evening Silverbridge called for Lord Popplecourt. ‘Upon... ...ple of armchairs. Here the Major and the Captain were seated about eight o’clock one evening, with convivial good things within their reach. The good ... ...that I went on too long. ’ ‘I hope you are now none the worse. ’ ‘At six o’clock this morning I thought I should never use my legs again. ’ ‘Were you ...

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...d tags to all the button-holes. His stockings were of the finest silk, and clocked with gold from the knee to the ankle. 8 John Bull of the Guadalqui... ...el down while I persuaded him to hold up his legs that I might look to the clocking. The fellow was thorough good- natured, and why should I not indul... ...e Giralda. On that morning we met together in the patio, soon after five o’clock, and started for the cathedral. She looked beautiful, with her black ...

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...ame absence, he writes to his wife on a Sun- day: ‘It is now about eight o’clock with me, and I imagine you to be busy with the young folks, hearing t... ...ave breakfasted late, I shall afterwards take a walk, and dine about six o’clock. I do not know who is the clergy- man here, but I shall think of you ... ...st; and that she would even turn a half-penny if laid upon deck.’ By two o’clock on the morning of the 15th July this purgatorial vessel was moored by... ...ting twenty-four in number, em- barked on board of the Smeaton about ten o’clock p.m., and sailed from Arbroath with a gentle breeze at west. Our ship... ...reeably to an arranged plan of operations, all hands were called at five o’clock a.m., just as the highest part of the Bell Rock began to show its sab... ...curately of the state of the weather for the follow- ing day. About five o’clock, on coming upon deck, the sun’s upper limb or disc had just begun to ... ...rock barely made its appearance at this pe- riod of the tides till eight o’clock, yet, having now a full mile to row from the floating light to the ro... ...m different arrange- ments; breakfast was accordingly served up at seven o’clock this morning. From the excessive motion of the floating light, the wr... ... it became necessary to take this meal before leaving the ship. At eight o’clock all hands were assembled on the quarter-deck for prayers, a solemnity...

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... grave papas caught the infection. He got out of bed at half-past twelve o’clock one winter’s night, to half-baptise a washerwoman’s child in a slop- ... ...ion which is regu- larly commenced every other morning at half-past nine o’clock—and the little nicknacks are always arranged in precisely the same ma... ...ch had come out in the night. Another time he took to pieces the eight-day clock on the front landing, under pretence of cleaning the works, which he ... ...best, and so forth. At last, one fine morning, at a quarter before eight o’clock, A.M., two glass-coaches drove up to the Miss Willises’ door, at whic... ...t on; and servants might be seen running up the steps, about nine or ten o’clock every morning, with ‘Missis’s compliments, and wishes to know how Mrs... ... hearing a hackney- coach stop at Mrs. Robinson’s door, at half-past two o’clock in the morning, out of which there emerged a fat old woman, in a cloa... ...use, or anything to listen to, but the ticking, per- haps, of an old Dutch clock, the sobbing of the missis, now and then, the low talking of friends ... ...ayed a most extraordinary partial- ity for sitting up till three or four o’clock in the morn- ing, drinking whiskey-and-water, and smoking cigars; the... ...nd smoking cigars; then he invited friends home, who used to come at ten o’clock, and begin to get happy about the small hours, when they evinced thei...

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... grave papas caught the infection. He got out of bed at half-past twelve o’clock one winter’s night, to half-baptise a washerwoman’s child in a slop- ... ...ion which is regu- larly commenced every other morning at half-past nine o’clock—and the little nicknacks are always arranged in precisely the same ma... ...ch had come out in the night. Another time he took to pieces the eight-day clock on the front landing, under pretence of cleaning the works, which he ... ...best, and so forth. At last, one fine morning, at a quarter before eight o’clock, A.M., two glass-coaches drove up to the Miss Willises’ door, at whic... ...t on; and servants might be seen running up the steps, about nine or ten o’clock every morning, with ‘Missis’s compliments, and wishes to know how Mrs... ... hearing a hackney- coach stop at Mrs. Robinson’s door, at half-past two o’clock in the morning, out of which there emerged a fat old woman, in a cloa... ...use, or anything to listen to, but the ticking, per- haps, of an old Dutch clock, the sobbing of the missis, now and then, the low talking of friends ... ...ayed a most extraordinary partial- ity for sitting up till three or four o’clock in the morn- ing, drinking whiskey-and-water, and smoking cigars; the... ...nd smoking cigars; then he invited friends home, who used to come at ten o’clock, and begin to get happy about the small hours, when they evinced thei...

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... a very pretty little room—without any carpet, but with seven mirrors, two clocks, and five curtains. I was rather disappointed after I arrived to fin... ... the petit salon, with the curtains half-drawn, beginning at about three o’clock, when every one is a la promenade. She is admirable, this little one;...

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... than five-and-twenty minutes by the—’ Noggs was going to add public-house clock, but recollecting him- self, substituted ‘regular time.’ ‘My watch ha... ...at mortgage of Ruddle’ s. If it comes at all, it will be here by the two o’clock delivery . I shall leave the city about that time and walk to Charing... ...ring gigantic announcements that a Public Meeting would be holden at one o’clock precisely , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning P... ...tors went to the office to lunch, as they did every day at half-past one o’clock; and to remunerate them- selves for which trouble, (as the company wa... ...r Squeers, turning from the window, and looking sulkily at the coffee-room clock. ‘There will be nobody here today.’ 38 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NI... ...ook down ten boys; ten twenties is two hundred pound. I go back at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, and have got only three—three oughts is an ought—th... ...king man, and so was Doctor Johnson; all these bookworms are.’ ‘At eight o’clock tomorrow morning, Mr Nickleby,’ said Squeers, ‘the coach starts. You ... ...house. By the time he had found a man to carry his box it was only seven o’clock, so he walked slowly on, a little in advance of the porter, and very ... ...own and were gone. The day dragged on uncomfortably enough. At about six o’clock that night, he and Mr Squeers, and the little boys, and their united ...

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... than five-and-twenty minutes by the—’ Noggs was going to add public-house clock, but recollecting him- self, substituted ‘regular time.’ ‘My watch ha... ...at mortgage of Ruddle’ s. If it comes at all, it will be here by the two o’clock delivery . I shall leave the city about that time and walk to Charing... ...ring gigantic announcements that a Public Meeting would be holden at one o’clock precisely , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning P... ...tors went to the office to lunch, as they did every day at half-past one o’clock; and to remunerate them- selves for which trouble, (as the company wa... ...r Squeers, turning from the window, and looking sulkily at the coffee-room clock. ‘There will be nobody here today.’ 38 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NI... ...ook down ten boys; ten twenties is two hundred pound. I go back at eight o’clock tomorrow morning, and have got only three—three oughts is an ought—th... ...king man, and so was Doctor Johnson; all these bookworms are.’ ‘At eight o’clock tomorrow morning, Mr Nickleby,’ said Squeers, ‘the coach starts. You ... ...house. By the time he had found a man to carry his box it was only seven o’clock, so he walked slowly on, a little in advance of the porter, and very ... ...own and were gone. The day dragged on uncomfortably enough. At about six o’clock that night, he and Mr Squeers, and the little boys, and their united ...

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...ore all things in any generous sentiment. ‘February 23, 1848. ‘When at 7 o’clock to-day I went out, I met a large band going round the streets, callin... ...ulevards where they had been shot at, and at the Porte St. Denis. At ten o’clock, they resigned the house of the Minister of Foreign Affairs (where th... ...le to fight. They were very polite and behaved extremely well. ‘About 12 o’clock a servant came for a boy who lived near me, [and] Deluc thought it be... ...r. He himself ap- parently remained to watch over the linen; but at five o’clock on the Sunday morning, Aunt Anna, Fleeming, and his mother were rowed... ...rites Fleeming, ‘about three thousand banded round Fairbairn’s door at 6 o’clock: men, women, and children, factory boys and girls, the lowest of the ... ...te of the cable, leaving me with the prospect of beginning to lift at 12 o’clock. I was not ready by that time; but the experiments were not concluded... ...ll to-morrow. ‘June 10. ‘THANK HEAVEN for a most fortunate day. At three o’clock this morning in a damp, chill mist all hands were roused to work. Wit... ...t hours, that the fault in number three was within six miles; and at six o’clock in the evening, when all was ready for a start to 71 Robert Louis St... ...hey died at once, with their little bells and delicate bright tints. ’12 O’CLOCK. – Hurrah, victory! for the present anyhow. Whilst in our first dejec...

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...e day returns at last, Safe in my room beside the pier, I find my vessel fast. XXXII The Moon The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; She... ...8 The lamps now glitter down the street; 31 The lights from the parlour and kitchen shone out 16 The moon has a face like the clock in the hall; 21...

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...isitor with a stop- watch if we can, and if we cannot, we use a fair-sized clock with a second-hand: the player not moving says “Go,” and warns at the... ...t thirty seconds. But I think it would not be difficult to procure a cheap clock—because, of course, no one wants a very accu- rate agreement with Gre...