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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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...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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...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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...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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...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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...ooth quiet Sea, I made such Sail that I believe by the next Day at Three a Clock in the Afternoon, when I first made the Land, I could not be less than... ...ours if it did not rain, then employ’d my self to work till about Eleven a Clock, then eat what I had to live on, and from Twelve to Two I lay down to... ...ndle; so that as soon as ever it was dark, which was generally by Seven a Clock, I was oblig’d to go to Bed: I remembred the Lump of Bees wax with wh... ...ep, and wak’d no more ’till by the Sun it must necessarily be near Three a Clock in the Afternoon the next Day; nay, to this Hour, I’m partly of the O... ...r the Island, tho’ not making such fresh Way as I did before. About four a Clock in the Evening, being then within about a League of the Island, I fou... ...said above, not to have made any Attempt till it was Dark: But about Two a Clock, being the Heat of the Day, I found that in short they were all gone ... ...ad to hear, having sat watching upon the Shore for it till near two of the Clock in the Morning. Having thus heard the Signal plainly, I laid me down;...

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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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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It was a little before eight o?clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely. For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving, ...

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...anslated by Constance Garnett CHAPTER I IT WAS A LITTLE BEFORE EIGHT O’CLOCK in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillo... ...meet Andrey Filippovitch, or even Krestyan Ivanovitch. At last, the town clock struck three. When Mr. Golyadkin finally took his seat in the carri... ...e! Off!” “Their dinner will not begin till after four, or perhaps five o’clock,” thought Mr. Golyadkin; “isn’t it early now? How ever, I can go a... ...er chance might take him. CHAPTER V IT WAS STRIKING MIDNIGHT from all the clock towers in Pe tersburg when Mr. Golyadkin, beside himself, ran out ... ... in fact, what is called a double in every respect…. CHAPTER VI AT EIGHT O’CLOCK NEXT MORNING Mr. Golyadkin woke up in his bed. At once all the ex... ...ble person in every way. Meanwhile, tea was brought in; it was nearly nine o’clock. Mr. Golyadkin felt in a very good humour, grew lively and skittish... ...ing into his servant’s domain; “you go to bed now and wake me up and eight o’clock. Do you understand Petrushka?” The Double – Dostoevsky 64 Mr.... ...?” Mr. Golyadkin went on. “You go to bed now and wake me tomorrow at eight o’clock; do you understand?” “Why, I know that; what’s the use of telli... ...ive gathering. CHAPTER VIII MR. G OLYADKIN WOKE UP next morning at eight o’clock as usual; as soon as he was awake he recalled all the adventures of...

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...tj. The Parade 1910 gathered in front of the opera house shortly after 7 o'clock, clad in night-shirts, and fortified with iioinan candles and colored... ...>eiileria WutcticH, Cloi-ki, Jewvlry, StHltoiienr, A Spff'iilty »i Wiitth, clock mill Jewelry llepafr- inR. All wt>rlt ilrictly llr»t-cliiini. sprintf... ...rchestral Concerts in Grill after Theatre and during Dinner 6.30 to B.30 o'clock Excelsior Printing Co. Harvard Medical School Boston, Mass. With the ... ...rchestral Concerts in Grill after Theatre and during Dinner 6.30 to 8.30 o'clock Table d'hote dinners served on Sund'ys H. J. Rockwell & Son The Auto ... ...ing moot ever hold at WilliRiiiH touk place in tliu f^yiiinnHiiiin iit H o'clock .Saturday evening. On aoi^ount of the aiiiall BJ/.o of the (loul room... ...York oily, were married at the Church of the Ascension in that city at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of Murch 20, Lewis Scjuires '01, brother of the brid... ...rchestral Concerts in Grill after Theatre and during Dinner 6.30 to 8.30 o'clock Table d'hote dinners served on Sund'ys H. J. Rockwell& Son The Auto S... ...rchestral Concerts in Grill after Theatre and during Dinner 6.30 to 8.30 o'clock Table d'hote dinners served on Surid'ys H. J. Rockwell & Son The Auto... ...fore an audience of medium proportions iu Harmony Hall last evening at 8 o'clock. Each of the three brunches of the combined clubs rendered its select...

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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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...o use them according to its desires, needs and policies. *****************< *****************< Chapter-2 Dr Jabran and Robot Sunny It‟s three o‟ clock in the morning. Dr. Jabran is sleeping in his bed room. The moment clock strikes three, a computer is switched on automatically. This is a talking robot computer named Sunny, and its digital voice says Bismillah (All...

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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...