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...e gratis of a comical scene with Monsieur Molineux as concerning cer- tain decorative repairs in his studio, was not surprised to see the dark greasy ... ...er, whose name must be known to you in spite of your indiffer- ence to the arts.” The old man saw his friend’s mischievous intent in sup- pressing the...

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...ages do not; nor the women of holy nunneries; nor the women lucky in their arts. It is a test of the civilized to see and hear, and add no yapping to ... ...h when discreetly tended, nature is unimpeachable, flower-eke, yet not too decoratively a flower; you must have her with the stem, the thorns, the roo... ... gallant independence: and some who dedicate their lives to a study of the arts of the Lord Of Reptiles, until they have worked the crisis for a displ... ...ded to the mute expression of the refusal. Wherever Mrs. Warwick went, her arts of charming were addressed to the women. Men may be counted on for fal... ...dialogue should make her com- prehensible to them. Nature taught her these arts, through which her wit became extolled entirely on the strength of her... ... beauty did her service by never tak- ing aim abroad. They are the woman’s arts of self-defence, as legitimately and honourably hers as the manful use... ...fancy himself sounded regarding Miss Asper: a piece of sculpture glacially decorative of the domestic mansion in person, to his thinking; and as to th... ...matter-of-fact, as she is wedded, with a ‘wilt thou,’ and ‘I will,’ and no decorative illusions. Downright, for the unpoetic creature, if you please! ...

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..., as he looked back on it, to bear no more relation to reality than a pale decorative design to the confused richness of a summer landscape. He no lon... ...e you please. Those two chaps over there are friends of mine, at the Beaux Arts; both of them rather good fellows— 36 The Reef and we’d be so glad—” ... ...three of the girls she had envied for their superior acquaintance with the arts of life had contracted, in the course of time, what were variously des... ...nd to marry Owen she had more than enough skill and tenacity to defeat any arts that poor Madame de Chantelle could oppose to her. Darrow himself was ... ...uld impel or restrain him at the crucial hour. She put no faith in her own arts: she was too sure of having none! And if some beneficent enchanter had... ...t that, in the company of a young compatriot who was studying at the Beaux Arts, he had planned to leave for Spain the following evening. “He hasn’t s...

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...ine model of the old school, gave substance and richness to the rather too decorative quality, as a painter might call it, of the rest of the room. On... ...ade 51 Balzac monotonous by happiness. This law of life is the law of all arts, which exist only by contrasts. A work done without this incentive is ...

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...the gray sports-suit she was now wearing. Ted—Theodore Roosevelt Babbitt—a decorative boy of seventeen. Tinka—Katherine—still a baby at ten, with radi... ...hing in the world except babies, cooking, and motors. He was a Bachelor of Arts of Blodgett College, and a Doctor of Philosophy in econom- ics of Yale... ...ted Ruler. He was a jolly man, given to oratory and to chumminess with the arts. He called on the famous actors and vaudeville artists when they came ... ...cs and religion this Sane Citizen is the canniest man on earth; and in the arts he invariably has a natural taste which makes him pick out the best, e... ...ls were as well rounded as they were practical. They neglected none of the arts. As to mu- sic the Sunday School Times advertised that C. Harold Lowde... ...wondered afterward if she was made up, but no man living knew less of such arts. She sat revolving her violet parasol. Her voice was ap- pealing witho...

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... the wars and processions, the castle building and cathedral building, the arts and loves, the small diplomacies and incurable feuds, the crusades and... ...danger, and the government was obliged to resort to such devices as simple decorative work in wood and stone, the manufacture of hand-woven textiles, ...

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...s cannot express themselves by vulgar applause. “Ah! music is the first of arts!” exclaimed the marquise. “Camille thinks youth and beauty the first o... ...ch begins a marriage is a pearl, a diamond, a jewel cut by the choicest of arts, a treasure to bury in the depths of the soul. Who can relate a honeym... ...me taste, and a certain composure of manner. Beatrix might now be called a decorative scenic effect, changed at will, and wonderfully manipulated. The... ... with an eye both powerful and calm, and from whom her greatest femi- nine arts and efforts could with difficulty obtain even a smile of approval. In ...

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...me by the grace and alertness of her action—by the deft, cleanly, and even decorative effect resulting from each touch of her slight and fine fingers;... ...pursued the trail of her old suitor, M. Pelet. She soon overtook him. What arts she employed to soothe and blind him I know not, but she succeeded bot...

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...now irrevocably cut short. He taught the boy boxing, and shooting, and the arts of fence, and superintended the direction of his animal vigour with a ... ...s Book,” she said. Her own copy was bound in purple velvet, gilt-edged, as decorative ladies like to have holier books, and she carried it about with ... ...ly give her 301 George Meredith time and opportunity.” By dwelling on the arts of women, she reconciled it to her conscience to do her best to divide... ...n Pemberton,” clearly pronounced. He stood with black brows dissecting the arts of the tailor and hairdresser on uncon- scious John. The back, and muc... ...and made the young man think he’ll go for to reform her. It’s one o’ their arts— that is; and he’s too innocent a young man to mean anythin’ else. But... ... old china is a bad man they are mending! Lord Mountfalcon had none of the arts of a libertine: his gold, his title, and his person had hitherto prese...

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...s abstract virtue only)—the ladies were scaling society by the help of the Arts. To this laudable end sacrifices were now made to Euterpe to assist th... ...ark, in a state of enthusiasm for Besworth, that threw some portion of its decorative light on the, donor of Besworth. When his carriage was heard on ... ...there is more grace in sadness!” Poetry, sculpture, and songs, and all the Arts, were brought forward in mournful array to demonstrate the truth of hi... ...ng up before her—he who had always prophesied that she would be famous for arts unknown to her, and not for song just when she was having a vision of ... ... won’t be here to-night.” By which she betrayed that she had divined those arts she was to shine in, according to T racy; and betrayed that she had a ...

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... mind. They were so distin- guished, so dignified, they took their various arts with so admirable a gravity that the soul of this young man recoiled f... ...was worth while, and they found a great amazement in the lavish beauty and decorative wealth of that vast church and its associated cloisters, set far...

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...eal of manure. The village has a primitive air; it is rustic, and has that decorative simplicity which we artists are forever seeking. In the far dist... ...onclu- sions of the first cantos of all these poems:— ’Tis thus that the arts and the sciences, too, Find wisdom in things that seemed silly to yo...

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...Excerpt: There is nothing more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechanism of any art. All our arts and occupations lie wholly on the surface; it is on the surface that we perceive their beauty, fitness, and significance; and to pry below is to be appalled by their emptiness and shocked by the coarseness of the strings...

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...enson CHAPTER I ON SOME TECHNICAL ELEMENTS OF STYLE IN LITERATURE* THERE IS NOTHING more disenchanting to man than to be shown the springs and mechani... ... hand, a strange freshness and immediacy of address to the public mind, which is ready prepared to understand it; but hence, on the other, a singular ... ...rt. Nor is this all; for since these blocks, or words, are the acknowledged currency of our daily affairs, there are here possible none of those suppr... ...hat point? 2. THE WEB. – Literature, although it stands apart by rea- son of the great destiny and general use of its medium in the affairs of men, is... ... sounds, of changing atti- tudes, geometrical figures, or imitative lines; but still a pat- tern. That is the plane on which these sisters meet; it is... ...some time it signified and expressed a more ample contemplation of the conditions of man’s life; but it has recently (at least in France) fallen into ...

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...e cartridge paper and cardboard and other things to help in our and of the decorative make of plasticine. Of course, it 6 Floor Games goes without sa... ...omes made of half Easter eggs and cardboard cones. These are surmounted by decorative work of a flamboyant character in plasticine, designed by G. P .... ... pass, and follow Carthage and Nineveh, the empire of Aztec and Roman, the arts of Etruria and the palaces of Crete, and the plannings and contrivings...

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...es one’s reflections upon the advantage, in even the least personaI of the arts, of hav- ing something to say, and upon the stupidity of a taste which... ...orticos,—a portico over which a monumental salamander indulges in the most decorative contortions. The sculptured vaults of stone which cover the wind... ...fice by Charles VIII., is embroidered over with the curious and remarkably decorative device of the ermine and festooned cord. The objects in themselv... ...ive monument. Within, it has lately been daubed over with the most hideous decorative painting that was ever inflicted upon passive pillars and indiff... ...lizing device, which—partly, perhaps, because it is tantalizing—is so very decorative, as they say in Lon- don. I know not whether she was acquainted ... ...ken, and it will never work again. Meanwhile the monuments are im- mensely decorative. I think the thing that pleased me best at Dijon was the little ...

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...linders inscribed with green let- tering on white that harmonized With the decorative scheme of the room, and in the centre of this side projected a l... ...e disloyal. They have little ammunition. And we are reviving the an- cient arts. We are casting guns.” “But—help. Is this city the world?” “Practicall... ...itated at the invited compliment, but his glance was expressive. “Have the arts grown with the rest of civilised things?” he said. “Who are your great... ...hundred feet, a frontage broken only by terraces here and there, a complex decorative facade. That gradual passage of town into country through an ex-...

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...ged upon his discipline and educational methods. At the end was a long and decorative schedule of his certificates and distinctions, beginning with a ... ...T o work, and think, and learn. T o hope and wait. T o de- spise the petty arts of womanliness, to trust to the sanity of man…. “T o awake like the fo...

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... to purchase a tortoiseshell comb which is a genuine article at any price that your humanity may put upon it and may the blessings of a ouseless famil... ...y its eagle— when the two paviours, whom I take to form the entire pav- ing population of the town, were ramming down the stones which had been pulled...

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...Dove susceptibilities. He gave you absurd feelings, he had inde- scribable arts, that quite turned the tables: this had been always how he came to see... ...striking in proportion as they triumphed over movement and change. She had arts and idiosyncrasies of which no great account could have been given, bu... ...Mrs. Stringham saw herself recruited for the removal of Kate’s delusion—by arts, however, in truth, that she as yet quite failed to compass. Or was it... ...ted for the party with the atten- dance of the others, always, as the most decorative, most sashed and starched, remained at the palace on the theory ...

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...der the especial patronage of his friend. He was taught the most ingenious arts of saying a lesson with- out learning it, and of showing up other peop... ...good taste, aiming only at what could be well done, and not attempting the decorative wardrobe of a great lady. Ethel was highly amused when the Misse...