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...rea where I could cut back and save. I remember once being with a client, Franklyn Ajaye, who also did not wear socks, when Richard Pryor com~ ment... ...English language. Do yourself a favor, eliminate "but" from your vocabu, lary. You will achieve a lot more. 5. The fifth square shows the bulb dark... ...ea of the light bulb was ludicrous. How many times do you think Benjamin Franklin was told, "Franklin there's absolutely no connection between ligh... ... in giving to which I had never given the slightest consideration. Quite frankly, as many of us do, I had always looked at my place of employment a... ...ek. Dan decided there had to be an easier way. Since he and his brother, Frank, owned a cannery, they pro, ceeded to find the solution. By the end ... ...t 5 p. m. A routine day, except for the fact that I had a severe case of laryngitis when I woke up. I could barely whisper. Since I was writing th... ...Perhaps God thought I would be more effective as a speaker that day with laryngitis. All I know is I did give two very effective talks that touched...

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... October 1985 Political parties and leaders: Flemish Social Christian (CVP), Frank Swaelen, president; Walloon Social Christian (PSC), Gerard Deprez, ... ...responsibility of the United Kingdom Military manpower: St. Helena Constabu- lary Sec rt|lonil map III Geography Total area: 620 km 2 ; land area: 610... ...the Senate, every two years Political parties and leaders: Republican Party, Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., national chairman, Maureen Reagan, cochairman; ...

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...e difference between straight speaking and crooked; the difference between frankness and shuffling. Y.M. Explain. O.M. The others offer your a hundred... ... believe it was thought. O.M. I will give you another instance of thought. Franklin had a cup of sugar on a table in his room. The ants got at it. He ... ...n a memory for form and feature approaching that? Y.M. Certainly not. O.M. Franklin’s ants and Lubbuck’s ants show fine ca pacities of putting this a... ...k T wain 129 but the people warned him off. He appealed to the king of the Franks, who made him a present of the whole region, people and all. He buil... ...ral. By and by a hearty and healthy German American got in and opened up a frank and interesting and sympathetic conversation with him, and asked him ... ... suggests them, but legal phrases flow from his pen as part of his vocabu lary and parcel of his thought. Take the word ‘purchase’ for instance, whic...

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...ited nothing whatever that was to make life easy. He was passive, pliable, frank, extremely slow at his books, and inordinately fond of trout-fishing.... ...kably handsome. The features were admirably chiseled and fin- ished, and a frank smile played over them as gracefully as a breeze among flowers. The f... ... He gave Rowland a clear, penetrating glance, and then, with a wonderfully frank, appealing smile: “You really meant,” he asked, “what you said a whil... ...owland was in some way accountable for it. She looked at him with a sharp, frank mistrust, and turned away through the open door. Rowland looked after... ... off to Rome. Rome is an evil word, in my mother’s vocabu- 31 Henry James lary, to be said in a whisper, as you ‘d say ‘damnation.’ Northampton is in... ...t it was on Roderick’s conscience that this air belied him, and he was too frank by nature, moreover, for permanent reticence on any point. “I must te...

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... the school book footnotes say, compare to-day’s newspaper. In- stead of a frank and honourable gathering of leading men, Englishman meeting German an... ...t the tricks and possibilities of the new conditions. He states this quite frankly. Never was a man more free from sham heroics. S S S S Section 6 ect... ...ncied refuge of violence. For a time the whole world had been shocked into frank- ness; nearly all the clever people who had hitherto sustained the an... ...World Republic the New English Dictionary had swelled to include a vocabu- lary of 250,000 words, and a man of 1900 would have found considerable diff... ...oping opposition, and then it recognised it with an entirely devas- tating frankness. Never, of course, had there been so provisional a govern- ment. ... ...t had not been guilty of them within the previous two centuries. The free, frank, kindly, gentle life of the prosperous classes in any European countr...

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...please you as much, I promise you, General.’ ‘I do. Who wouldn’t?’ said he frankly. ‘She crossed the Channel expressly to dance here tonight at the pu... ...ong the best ever writ- ten—or ever published: the raciest English I know. Frank, straight out: capital descriptions. The best English letter- 30 Dia... ...leap; none heard him or knew of him; nor did he ever view the day. Diana’s frank: ‘Ah, Mr. Redworth, how glad I am to see you!’ was met by the calm- e... ...ision. I am sure to be enlivened. ‘So I have written to you fully, simply, frankly. Have per- fect faith in your T ony, who would, she vows to heaven;... ...ially taking. What it meant was past a guess, though comparing it with the frank directness of Redworth’s eyes, she saw the difference between a look ... ...reenland style of writing,’ she had said of an unhappy gentleman’s episto- lary compositions resembling it; and now the same official baldness was to ...

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...ost beside her, shrank from Ormersfield like forbidden ground. Her lively, frank tone of playful com- mand had passed away; nay, she almost shrank fro... ...d 49 Yo n g e spoken of Lord Fitzjocelyn in the highest terms her vocabu- lary could furnish. They parted bravely. Spectators hindered all display of... ...her had much liked and esteemed, and there was some- thing cheering in his frank, hearty greeting, and satisfaction in seeing her. It was more like a ... ...e him unconscious; and there was something hateful to her in the plausible frankness and deferential familiarity of his manners, as, brushing up his s... ...y, and was by him introduced to Clara as belonging to James’s college. She frankly held out her hand, but was discomfited by his in- quiry for her bro... ..., and exalted into companions and friends, there has been much more happy, frank intercourse and real friendship than either the romantic or the sagac...

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...he Republic, aban- doned by young Bonaparte who had seemed to be its tute- lary genius, was no longer in a condition to resist its enemies from withou... ...he brigade could judge of the patience of its commander; the old soldier’s frankness of nature had made this knowledge so easy that the veriest little... ...to a hatred which lasted forever. The blue eye of the young soldier was as frank and honest as the green eye of the other man was false and malicious;... ...e, are you the sovereign or the slave of your Republican escort? Pardon my frankness, but your po- sition does not seem to me exactly natural—” “W e l... ... “What are you thinking of me?” he said after a moment’s silence. “Tell me frankly, without disguise.” “You wish to acquire the right to speak to me o... ...o a man crippled with debt like Rifoel, not to ‘chauffeurs,’ not to—” “Say frankly, monsieur, not to abbes who force contribu- tions on the highway to...

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...to have seen pitched battles. And one who hath wit- nessed the intaking of Frankfort, and Spanheim, and 32 Sir Walter Scott Nuremberg, and so forth, ... ...ices would be in most honourable request;—And, secondly, whilk is a corol- lary of the first, by whilk party they are likely to be most gratefully req... ... none better in the field. I once saw a brigade of Irish, at the taking of Frankfort upon the Oder, stand to it with sword and pike until they beat of... ... James Ramsay at the siege of Hannau, in the year of God 1636,) but I will frankly own, that if I like your pay as well as your provant and your compa... ...rne, his prisoner, whom be caused presently to be hanged in return for the frankness of his communication. The fine old Border castle of Naworth conta... ...ch is besides occupied with matters of more importance.” Upon hearing this frank declaration, which was made as they left the apartment with the wound...

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...hese changes) it would be Antonia. And the true reason for that—why not be frank about it?—the true reason is that I have mod- elled her on my first l... ...ling it requires,” he mused aloud, as if to himself. And when she wondered frankly that a man of character should devote his energies to plotting and ... ...arge mouth, whose mere parting seemed to breathe upon you the fragrance of frankness and generosity, had the fastidious soul of an experienced woman. ... ...achinery in that eleven-storey-high work- shop of great affairs, expressed frankly their private opinion that the great chief had done at last some- t... ... cage. The parrot, catch- ing the sound of a word belonging to his vocabu- lary, was moved to interfere. Parrots are very hu- man. “Viva Costaguana!” ... ... Post Office. There the en- velopes are opened, indiscriminately, with the frank- ness of a brazen and childish impudence character- istic of some Spa...

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...e important and influential persons in this large world of affairs were as frank in their private lives and as unembarrassed in their financial relati... ...imultaneously….” At that the autobiography stopped short, and the interca- lary note began. This intercalary note ran as follows: “I suppose a mind of... ...one. “Y our Anna,” he said, “is rather wonderful. At first, I tell you now frankly I did not like her very much, I thought she looked ‘used,’ she dran... ...ut facts, but she had never deceived me about herself. Her personal, stark frankness had been her essential strength. And it was gone. I came back to ... ...etween us there were momentary gleams as though presently we should be our frank former selves again. They were never more than momentary….” And that ... ...these intimacies of the train and hotel, will lead men at times to a stark frankness of state- ment they would never permit themselves with habitual f...

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...ared himself for, the young naval politician’s crow, and he meant to admit frankly that he had been wrong in wishing to fight anybody without having f... ...ore dangerous than a battery of the arts of the sex. She had heard Nevil’s frank confession, and seen Renee twice, when she tried in his ser- 58 Beau... ...is own to claim. But that it meant no more than a hand he knew by the very frankness of her compliance, in the manner natural to her; and this was the... ...u started from, as you did on the canal without knowing it. In my opinion, frankly, she is best married. And I think so all the more after this mornin... ...m, entreating him to come to Steynham. Nevil Beauchamp replied to her both frankly and shrewdly: ‘I shall not pretend that I forgive my uncle Everard,... ...ich are the composition of men of an imposing vocabu- 107 George Meredith lary, she would have recognized and as good as read one in Cecil’s gestures...

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...hop of Barchester, I presume?’ said Bertie Stanhope, putting out his hand, frankly; ‘I am delighted to make your acquaintance. We are in rather close ... ...licentious life. I care nothing for what the world can say. Will you be as frank? Will you take me to your home as your wife? Will you call me Mrs Slo... ...g wigs, and with him Mr Slope had contrived to establish a sort of episto- lary intimacy. He thought that he might safely apply to Sir Nicholas Fitzhi... ...went Frederick and Augustus Chadwick, and young Knowle of Knowle park, and Frank Foster of the Elms, and Mr Vellem Deeds the dashing at- torney of the... ... Miss Thorne?’ Miss Thorne had to explain the noble game she spoke of, and Frank Foster had to own that he never had ridden at the quintain. ‘Would yo... ... be plenty here without you, if you like it. ’ ‘Well, I don’t mind, ’ said Frank; ‘I suppose the ladies can come too.’ ‘Oh, yes, ’ said Miss Thorne; ‘...

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...gin with ourselves, the time has arrived, perhaps, when the fact should be frankly admit- ted. While writing this book, fully a quarter of a century s... ... God bless you in every fortune, noble—Cora— I may and must call you.” She frankly gave him her hand, though her lip quivered, and her cheeks graduall... ...m, dryly, and with a little hauteur; but instantly adding, with his former frank and easy air: “as all the nobler qualities are hereditary, I can easi... ...o crowded the place. There was no term of abuse known to the Huron vocabu- lary that the disappointed women did not lavishly expend on the successful ...

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...on no longer. Suddenly panic seized her; for Profes- sor Erlin with brutal frankness had suggested the possible consequences of an intrigue which was ... ...hether he had not had any love affairs at Heidelberg. Without thinking, he frankly answered that he had not; but she refused to believe him. “How secr... ...ork, and nothing will induce me to go back to it.” Mr. and Mrs. Carey were frankly shocked at Philip’s idea of being an artist. He should not forget, ... ...sthetic delight in perform- ing dogs; while others exhausted their vocabu- lary to extol the distinction of conjurers and trick- cyclists. The crowd t... ...ere between the couple, and talked of the matter to Philip with the utmost frankness. “And you,” she said, with the tolerant smile of one who had fatt... ...orking here nearly two years now under you. I wanted to ask you to tell me frankly if you think it worth while for me to continue.” Philip’s voice was...

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...ed that he was happy to have done with women; the most angelic of them, he frankly said, was not worth what she cost, even if you got her for nothing.... ...ou than is possible, it will not be enough.” “Vell, vell, I vill act qvite frankly.” “Frankly—that is all I ask,” said Peyrade, “and frankness is the ... ...ess is the only thing at all new that you and I can offer to each other.” “Frankly,” echoed the Baron. “Vere shall I put you down.” “At the corner of ... ...refuse to back them.” Cerizet looked at the bills. “But he is no longer at Frankfort,” said he. “I know it,” replied Barker, “but he may still have be... ...me then as a father, or will you make me happy? “Forgive me for writing so frankly, but when I am with you I lose all courage; I feel too keenly that ... ...is arms; the market porter is trained to carry loads; the singer works his larynx; and the pianist hardens his wrist. A banker is practised in busines... ...n of my tale. So, first of all, a few words must be said as to the vocabu- lary of sharpers, pickpockets, thieves, and murderers, known as Argot, or t...

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...ates which at first attempted to establish a single House of Assembly, and Franklin himself was so far carried away by the necessary consequences of t... ...become an axiom in the political science of the present age. [See Benjamin Franklin] The Executive Power of the State Office of Governor in an America... ...udgets of thirteen of the counties of Pennsylvania, viz., Lebanon, Centre, Franklin, Fayette, Mont- gomery, Luzerne, Dauphin, Butler, Alleghany, Colum... ...en of the South is more given to act upon impulse; he is more clever, more frank, more generous, more intellectual, and more brilliant. The former, wi... ...en of the South is more given to act upon impulse; he is more clever, more frank, more generous, more intellectual, and more brilliant. The former, wi... ...ions. From time to time they resume forgotten expressions in their vocabu- lary, which they restore to use; or they borrow from some particular class ...

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.... “We two went down to the beach yesterday, and we saw a little boat—Peter Lary’s pretty little boat, you know, that is so light—and we got in to rock... ...ot on well with his uncle. No one could tell how it was, but the boy had a frank manner, with a sort of address in the manner of narration, that alway... ... questionable enough to be on the borders of vices, which might change the frank, sweet, merry face that now looked up to her into a countenance stain... ...een, Lah billah el billah, hurrah. The hills near and far the Frank’s way do bar, Lah billah el billah, hurrah.’ “It ought to be ‘... ... comes in, and then his war-cry goes instead— 283 Yonge “‘On, on, ye Franks, hew down their ranks, Up, merry men, for the Ermine! F... ...ith a clear brown cheek, dark hair and moustache, and the well- remembered frank hazel eyes, though their frolic and mis- chief were dimmed, and they ...

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...e sculptures on the capitals and the modillions of churches, and the crude frankness of certain painted windows of the fifteenth century. Queen Anne w... ...ver. I will bestow upon you, said he, this Friesland horse; I had him from Frankfort, yet will I give him you; for he is a pretty little nag, and will... ... set you at liberty, and every way make you 154 Gargantua & Pantagruel as frank and free as ever you were before. Moreover, at your going out of the ... ...reets. Good God! said I, and where? Whereunto they answered that it was in Larynx and Phar- ynx, which are two great cities such as Rouen and Nantes, ... ...ered with this Septembral juice. You shall have the rest of the history at Frankfort mart next coming, and there shall you see how Panurge was married... ...rove agreeable to the tastes of their worshipful worships, let them drink, frankly, freely, and boldly, without paying anything, and welcome. This is ... ...grant them any subventitious furtherance, auxiliary suffrage, or adminicu- lary assistance; that he should never hold them in any reck- oning, account... ...e blind gut, like a breastplate. The colon, like a bridle. The head of the larynx, like a vintage-basket. The arse-gut, like a monk’s leathern bottle....

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...rites gladly, because its criticism is poor, and it is wastefully harsh to frank unorthodoxy. But its heart is sound if its judgments fall short of ac... ...f class confi- dence. It is a time when class should speak with class very frankly. There is too much facile misrepresentation, too ready a dispositio... ...we seem doomed to a period of chronic social conflict and possibly even of frankly revolutionary outbreaks that may destroy us altogether or leave us ... ...irst person in Thackeray’s novels. It isn’t the real Thackeray; it isn’t a frank man who looks you in the eyes and bares his soul and demands your sym... ..., abso- lutely credible and conceivable as distinguished from human beings frankly endowed with the glamour, the wonder, the brightness, of a less exa... ...nt things— in polish, in manner, in superficialities of accent and vocabu- lary and social habit—and that their minds, in range and power, are very mu...

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...ll in and complete his design—notably in the fourth paper—he has had quite frankly to jerry-build here and there. Neverthe- less, he ventures to publi... ...iberate utterances as The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius. Throughout these frank and fundamental discourses one traces a predominant desire for 13 H ... ...equences of the disapproval of his more prosperous fellow-citizens. I will frankly confess that for my own part I prefer the wicked to the mean, and t... ... the use of an extensive sham vocabulary, a sort of deciduous milk vocabu- lary that will presently have to be shed again. Froebel and Preyer join han... ...y an an- gry eye) for tips, sociable shopmen, and shareholding fami- lies, frankly common, frankly intelligent, frankly hedonis- tic, or only with the... ...ongenial subject— the possible rationalization of English spelling. I will frankly confess I know English as much by sight as by sound, and that any e...

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...the shell, and seeing him with her sex’s eyes first of all men. She talked frankly of her cousins and friends, young males. She could have replied to ... ...ll be a novelty to our neighbourhood and an animation of the Hall.” “To be frank, rogue does not rightly match with me.” “Take her for a supplement.” ... ...pital. She was femi- nine indeed, but she wanted comradeship, a living and frank exchange of the best in both, with the deeper feelings un- troubled. ... ...-season. Constantia … can it he told? She had been, be it said, a fair and frank young merchant with him in that season; she was of a nature to be a m... ...rse. His experience of a section of the world had educated him—as gallant, frank, and manly a comrade as one could wish for—up to this point. But he s... ...resents, Willoughby, I would recommend your stationing some such constabu- lary to keep watch and ward.” said Dr. Middleton, as he filled his glass, t...