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...r of Fashion, if we con- trast these, or either of them, with the splendid formality of an entertainment given Sixty Years since; and thus it will be ... ... Their intercourse, however, though thus renewed, contin- ued to be rather formal and civil, than partaking of brotherly cordiality; yet it was suffic... ...oth fami- lies, although their mutual intercourse was otherwise limited to formal messages, and more formal visits. The education of the youth was reg... ...ical scholar, but reasonably skilled in science, and master of most modern languages. He was, however, old and indulgent, and the recurring interregnu... ...rate impression of the Waverley coat-of-arms. It was addressed, with great formality, ‘T o Cosmo Comyne Bradwardine, Esq. of Bradwardine, at his princ... ...ve way before the genial blessings of this benign constella- tion, and the formal appellatives with which the three dignitar- ies had hitherto address... ...aught her French and Italian, and a few of the ordinary au- thors in those languages ornamented her shelves. He had en- deavoured also to be her prece... ...e said to be very ancient, and if they are ever translated into any of the languages of civilized Europe, cannot fail to produce a deep and general se... ...bly owed to her foreign educa- tion, and command of the French and Italian languages. When the bustle attending the conclusion of the dance per- mitte...

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...at our people call a Word—just one sentence, six or seven words. Something formal. If I might 100 When the Sleeper Wakes suggest—‘ I have awakened an... ...il fell. But some hours had to elapse before it was possible to effect the formal ca- pitulation, and so after he had spoken his “Word” he retired to ... ...earth. On the Continent, save as remote and curious survivals, three other languages alone held sway—German, which reached to Antioch and Genoa and jo... ...s and ruled openly, supreme in his name. Elections had become a cheer- ful formality, a septennial folly, an ancient unmeaning cus- tom; a social Parl... ...OINT OF VIE VIE VIE VIE VIEW W W W W GRAHAM FOUND OSTROG waiting to give a formal account of his day’s stewardship. On previous occasions he had passe...

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...s placed the inimitable B—y C—s, in company with a young fellow of no very formal, or indeed sober, appearance. One of the ladies, I remember, said to... ...y day of my departure, with a grand equipage, and, without delay, had made formal proposals to Mrs. Har- ris, offering to settle any part of his vast ... ... his side. After our leaving the lodgings he never made above two or three formal visits; indeed his time was soon after entirely taken up by an intri... ...hed Amelia, and coldly saluted her. After which she made me a very distant formal courtesy, and we all sat down. A short silence now ensued, which Mis... ...he door, and ushered in Mrs. James, most splen- didly drest, who put on as formal a countenance, and made as formal a courtesie to her old friend, as ... ...hundred times my superiors in knowledge. She then fell foul on the learned languages, declared they were totally useless, and concluded that she had r...

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..., to promote their innovation and upgrade. As a blank page in China, I am formally denominating the subject and introducing it to China. Is scien... ... point is that although the same truth can be illustrated in contradictory languages relative to the specifics of individual minds, we cannot say the... ...is out of human’s vikalpa [I understand it as splitting mind.] How can he formalize the phrase [my personal interpretation], “One more chasm, one mo... ...is it a religion?) There is a unity between the scientific and artistic languages, and this is not Neurath's physicism, but an accommodation of va... ...possible without the replacement of real communication by a code, through formalization. [...] For the rest, the code remains almighty. You are ”im... ...),” ”both true and false,” and ”neither true nor false.” J. M. Dunn (1976) formalized this in a four-valued Para consistent system as his First Degre... ...ove implies integrity, the second aspect. However, if they themselves are formalized into concepts as something new to pursue, one also loses the in...

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...s to be observed, that these ambassadors spoke to me, by an interpreter, the languages of both empires differing as much from each other as any two in... ...uilt, which was a sufficient argu ment to condemn you to death, without the formal proofs required by the strict letter of the law. “But his imperial... ...t his words were articulate enough. I answered as loud as I could in several languages, and he often laid his ear within two yards of me: but all in v... ...d for help in a loud voice, and in all the Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 126 languages I understood. I then fastened my handker chief to a stick I us... ...ture, asked me several questions, and I addressed my self to him in all the languages I had. When it was found I could neither understand nor be unde... ...ould have the honour entire, without a rival.” We next went to the school of languages, where three professors sat in consultation upon improving that... ...employed, another horse came up; who applying himself to the first in a very formal manner, they gently struck each other’s right hoof before, neighin... ...are enter tained with kindness; they give the country a new name; they take formal possession of it for their king; they set up a rotten plank, or a ... ...been seen many years ago upon a moun tain in Houyhnhnmland. But, as to the formality of taking possession in my sovereign’s name, it never came once...

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...ed by Caesar, and never been ruled by the wisdom of Gaius or Papinian. By 8 In The South Seas the same step I had journeyed forth out of that comfort... ...our intimates, and one, at least, was to mourn sincerely our departure. CHAPTER II—MAKING FRIENDS THE IMPEDIMENT OF TONGUES was one that I particularl... ...population could be isolated, and this mispronunciation should become the rule, it might prove the first stage of transition from T to K, which is the... ... stands apart, annoying and attractive, wild, shy, and re- fined. If you make him a present he affects to forget it, and it must be offered him again ... ...t our company of greenhorns should not blunder into offences. Hoka, on one of his vis- its, fell suddenly in a brooding silence, and presently after l... ...rs.’ Meanwhile no other convict was to be seen— ‘Eh bien,’ said the Resident, ‘Ou sont vos prisonniers?’ ‘Monsieur le Resident,’ replied the jailer, s... ... our gift is rather a mark of our own status than a measure of our love to the recipients. So in a great measure and with the common run of the Polyne... ...ekehu as a grandson; Miss Fisher, of Hatiheu, as a daughter. From that day, Monseigneur never addressed the young lady except as his mother, and close...

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...life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him; there had been no formality, no stiffness; he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and... ...a thorough knowledge of music, singing, drawing, dancing, and the mod- ern languages, to deserve the word; and besides all this, she must possess a ce... ...ive-and-twenty. His air was grave and stately, and his man- ners were very formal. He had not been long seated before he complimented Mrs. Bennet on h... ...by eating a family dinner with them at any time, without the ceremony of a formal invitation. Bingley was all grateful plea- sure, and he readily enga... ...han to decline them.” “I am not now to learn,” replied Mr. Collins, with a formal wave of the hand, “that it is usual with young ladies to reject 88 ... ...me, it was very evident that she had no pleasure in it; she made a slight, formal apology, for not calling before, said not a word of wishing to see m...

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...ng with another! Remember what you are— what you have been!” “A teacher of languages in neither case! Much more for- merly and much less to-day! And i... ... given, and he emerged from dialogues in foreign tongues, of which he had, formally, not understood a word, in full possession of the particular fact ... ...really tried, now? She can express dis- pleasure, volubly, in two or three languages; that’s what it is to be intellectual. It gives her the start of ... ...ring the next three weeks Newman saw Bellegarde several times, and without formally swearing an eternal friendship the two men established a sort of c... ...stice. One of these occurred when Newman related to her that he had made a formal proposal to Madame de Cintre. He repeated in a few words what he had... ...rairie. But her mother’s white, intense, respectable countenance, with its formal gaze, and its circumscribed smile, suggested a document signed and s... ...ing to shake hands. And then, like a good American, he introduced Valentin formally: “Allow me to make you acquainted with the Comte Valentin de Belle...

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...ently that King’s School would remain true to its old traditions. The dead languages were taught with such thoroughness that an old boy seldom thought... ...nd his reli- gious exercises, still very punctually performed, grew merely formal. At first he blamed himself for this falling away , and the fear of ... ... not made up my mind. But whatever I am, it’ll be useful to know for- eign languages. I shall get far more out of a year in Germany than by staying on... ...oned education so use- ful nowadays as it had been in the past, and modern languages were gaining an importance which they had not had in his own yout... ... flutter, and when Fraulein Hedwig said she was to go home at once for the formal engagement to take place, the Frau Professor , regardless of expense... ...he liked; but he was morbidly afraid of being in the way , so waited for a formal invita- tion. Naturally enough it never came, for with numbers of fr... ...gh with satchels under their arms, youths strangely dressed. The scene was formal and dainty; nature was ar- ranged and ordered, but so exquisitely , ... ... hands at what was so typical of France; but they were fright- ened of its formal beauty, and set themselves deliberately to avoid it. Miss Chalice, w...

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...Aberdeen as realities, and even by the Non-intrusionists were tolerated as formalities. But at this point commence other steps not so rigorously defin... ... having ‘received’ (in technical language) the presentee—that is, hav- ing formally recognised him in that character—next appoint a day on which he is... ...ntury; but in practice it is gener- ally admitted to have sunk into a mere formality throughout the eighteenth century; and the very position which it... ...ad authorized patronage: by the act of Queen Anne (10th chap.) it was even formally restored; and yet the patron in known instances was said to have w... ...onal Society, or Provincial Societies,) of translating the Scriptures into languages scarcely known by name to scholars, of converting Jews, of organi... ...onsecrated to the religious feelings of Egypt, by temples, sacrifices, and formal rites of worship. This mode of idolatry had at various periods infec...

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...In fair round belly, with good capon lined, With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, Full of wise saws, and modern instances: And so he plays his pa... ...Every door in the hamlet was chalked by the ground- officer, in token of a formal warning to remove at next term. Still, however, they showed no sympt... ...abour had silently made him acquainted with most modern as well as ancient languages. Of music she knew little or nothing, but her new friend undertoo... ... you—only that, being a good scholar in the modern, as well as the ancient languages, he has contrived to make Lucy Bertram mistress of the former, an... ...e steps, and took leave of him with more politeness (though still cold and formal) than he had paid during his visit. Glossin left the house half plea... ...rofessional shrewdness in his eye, and, generally speaking, a professional formality in his manners. But this, like his three-tailed wig and black coa... ...lean shoes and gold buckles and stock-buckle; a manner rather reserved and formal than intrusive, but, withal, showing only the formality of manner, b...

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...Ralph went on. Miss Stackpole gazed at him still. “Do you mean the foreign languages?” “The languages are nothing. I mean the spirit—the ge- nius.” “I... ... have enjoyed for instance in Albany. In the clear May mornings before the formal breakfast—this repast at Mrs. Touchett’s was served at twelve o’cloc... ...osed vistas and with the ranges of steps and ter- races and fountains of a formal Italian garden—allowing only for arid places freshened by the natura... ...f a Lady Warburton had moments of bewilderment. She had dis- couraged him, formally, as much as a woman could; what business had she then with such ar... ... he had had to consent to be deplorably ill, yet had somehow escaped being formally sick. Such had been the girl’s impression of her cousin; and when ... ...of conviction which virtually terminated the discussion, and she closed it formally by turning away and walking back to the house. Ralph walked beside...

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... for a moment to breathe and collect herself. She heard the typewriter and formal professional voices in- side, not belonging, she thought, to any one... ... and then Mary introduced him to Miss Hilbery, and he asked her, in a very formal manner, if she were interested “in our work.” 71 Virginia Woolf “An... ...nued. “You took a cab, I hope?” Here dinner was announced, and Mr. Hilbery formally led his wife downstairs on his arm. They were all dressed for dinn... ...urvives a closer knowledge of the person one loves?” He asked the question formally, to protect himself from the sort of personality which he dreaded.... ...was aware that he was listening with the greatest intentness, and that his formality was merely the cover for an extreme anxiety of some sort. There w... ... ‘amo’ is Greek?” Ralph asked. “Did I say Greek? Well, never mind. No dead languages at tea- time. My dear boy, don’t trouble to make me any toast—” “...

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... guilt regarding his recent behaviour, enough to hold him from complaining formally. He complained of a Lon- don without shops and lights, wondered ho... ...e, I should listen to his re- marks, because he ‘s a scholar: he knows the languages and knows what they contain.’ Captain Welsh replied, ‘If the Arch... ...inded Temple of a say- ing of the Emperor Charles V . as to a knowledge of languages. ‘Hem!’ he went critically; ‘it’s all very well for a German to t... ...ons ev- erywhere; we are like Continental people, and speak a vari- ety of languages, and I am almost a foreigner, we are so much abroad; but I do thi... ...introduced me to his lawyer, Mr. Burgin, who, closeted alone with me, said formally, ‘Mr. Harry Richmond, you are Squire Beltham’s grand- son, his sol... ...id! It is my Herr Professor’s word. But English is the choice gathering of languages, and honey is hybrid, unless you condemn the bee to suck at a sin... ...he ne- cessity of my being in Parliament before I could venture to propose formally for the hand of the princess, and under- took to bear the burden o... ... settling the evening papers,’ he said after greet- ing me, with a show of formality in his warmth; and imme- diately added, ‘That will do, Mr. Jopson... ...h me one second—counsel you to write to Prince Ernest instanter, proposing formally for his daughter, and, in your grandfather’s name, state her dowry...

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...ompan- ion, she would have abandoned all thoughts of the expedi- tion, and formally petitioned for leave to see number one hundred and forty-seven, un... ... branches towards her; and had likewise the happy effect of leading to the formal recognition of Miss Nipper, who was not quite free from a misgiving ... ...e spectacles. She was dry and sandy with working in the graves of deceased languages. None of your live languages for Miss Blimber. They must be dead—... ...eyes. The grave old clock had more of personal interest in the tone of its formal inquiry; and the restless sea went rolling on all night, to the soun... ...ers held, and who never betrayed his own hand. The letters were in various languages, but Mr Carker the Manager read them all. If there had been anyth... ...ttach a weight to his legs; but not being clear as to the legality of such formalities, the Captain decided merely to hold him by the shoulder all the... ...h, when he had divined that morning that the great man who was too haughty formally to consult with, or confide in his prime minister, on such a matte... ...spectacles, still 580 Dombey & Son working like a sexton in the graves of languages. Here is the table upon which he sat forlorn and strange, the ‘ne...

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...g so shy be- fore company, as he could make noise enough at home. On every formal visit a child ought to be of the party, by way of provision for disc... ...rite story; and in his carrying her into the house with so little previous formality, there was a rapidity of thought which particularly recommended t... ...d he, “I never said any thing so irrational. Don’t palm all your abuses of languages upon me.” “There now; you see how droll he is. This is always the... ...oment, if Mrs. Ferrars had took a dislike to me. If she had only made me a formal courtesy, for instance, without saying a word, and never after had t... ...ence at once, and my confusion may be guessed. The purity of her life, the formality of her notions, her ignorance of the world—every thing was agains... ...d to forgive the past, if I would marry Eliza. That could not be—and I was formally dismissed from her favour and her house. The night following this ...

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...he same care, we should still lie under a further misfortune: they writ in languages that be- came universal and everlasting, while ours are extremely... ... 40 Still in constraint your suffering sex remains, Or bound in formal, or in real chains: Whole years neglected, for some months adored, T...

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...upon his deathbed, this question was put to him in a distinct, solemn, and formal way: ‘Toby Chuzzlewit, who was your grandfa- ther?’ To which he, wit... ...her?’ To which he, with his last breath, no less distinctly, solemnly, and formally replied: and his words were taken down at the time, and signed by ... ...hat pass that nearly the whole family sat down before the Blue Dragon, and formally invested it; and Martin Chuzzlewit was in a state of siege. But he... ...alling of names; such an upturning of noses and wrinkling of brows; such a formal interment of good feelings and violent resur- rection of ancient gri... ...gular pur- suit and having dissipated such means as he ever possessed, had formally established himself as a professor of Taste for a liveli- hood; an... ..., solely sustained by the Misses Noriss, presently began. They sang in all languages—except their own. German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, S... ...Swiss; but nothing native; nothing so low as native. For, in this respect, languages are like many other travellers—ordi- nary and commonplace enough ...

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...this early and friendly experience of another class. His education, in the formal sense, began at Jedburgh. Thence he went to the Edinburgh Academy, w... ...or twenty years the fibre ached. Nothing, again, was more notable than the formal chivalry of this unmannered man to the person on earth with whom he ... ...the physical darkness of despair upon my eyesight. Long after he made me a formal retracta- tion of the sermon and a formal apology for the pain he ha... ...els, and a great deal of it is both careless and clumsy.’ V. HE SPOKE FOUR LANGUAGES with freedom, not even English with any marked propriety. What he... ...a lovely happiness of temper. He had belonged all his life to the ancient, formal, speechmaking, compliment-presenting 128 Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin ...

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...ing written in obsolete, and as they are generally thought, unintelligible languages, such as Plutarch, Nepos, and others which I heard of in my youth... ...was an excellent scholar. He was a per- fect master of the Greek and Latin languages; to which he added a great share of knowledge in the Oriental ton... ...ing the least symp- toms in his countenance. The doctor now began a second formal speech, in which he declaimed against all levity of conversation, an...