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...l these fiords, each has its own characteristics. The sea has every- where forced its way as through a breach, yet the rocks about each fissure are di... ...e that of a funnel washed out by the sea. The passage which the waves have forced present to the eye an image of the eternal struggle between old Ocea... ...hing violently in, the sea is driven back with equal violence by the inert force of the mountain to the opposite shore, gently curved by the spent for... ...enough to allow the sea, dashed back by the Falberg, to spend its expiring force in gentle murmurs upon the lower slope of these hills,—a shore border... ...rvests necessary for the food of the patient people. A few tall pine-trees lifted their black pyramids gar- landed with snow, and the form of their lo... ...ng, turned swiftly where he stood, caught his timid companion in his arms, lifted her in spite of the long boards on her feet, and placed her on a pro... ...t will rise to heights indeed.” “I will do all you tell me,” she answered, lifting her eyes to his with a timid movement. “I cannot be your companion,... ... humbly small, cringe like the hapless female of all species, that you may lift me up? and then, when I, helpless and broken, ask you for help, when I... ...ption father and mother lived a still more solitary life than in the past, lifting themselves up to heaven by Prayer. They hoped to see Swedenborg, an...

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...The contents were all admirably adjusted to keep a spirit in prison. Their force of sustained suggestion was tremendous. There would be dreadful intim... ...l of a steamer. It gave him a conscientious look. After dinner he a little forced himself upon me. At that time, though the shadow of my scandal was a... ...ed about and fol- lowed them, I flung away my cigarette ostentatiously and lifted my school cap and spoke to them. The girl answered shyly with her da... ...onal methods pursued, their aimless disconnectedness from the constructive forces in the community. I suppose if we are to view the public school as a... ...e all about me was London, a vast inexplicable being, a vortex of gigantic forces, that filled and overwhelmed me with impressions, that stirred my im... ...long leg. The difficulty was to bowl him before he got caught. He loved to lift a ball to leg. After one had clean bowled him at the practice nets one... ...ought that had arrested our flow. 3 3 3 3 3 I do not remember that we ever lifted our criticism to the dons and the organisation of the University. I ... ...t of each other, but my heart was beating like a steamer propeller when it lifts out of the water. “Do you get a view from your room?” she asked after... ...mped. “I’m hanged if I give up a single desire in me until I know why.” He lifted his chin and stared before him through his glasses at nothing. “Ther...

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...e brought forth a son who, when he came to man’s estate, should be able to lift up the stone and take away what he had left there, she should send him... ... only great strength of body, but equal bravery, and a quickness alike and force of understand- ing, his mother Aethra, conducting him to the stone, a... ... to sail to Athens. He without any difficulty set himself to the stone and lifted it up; but refused to take his journey by sea, though it was much th... ...being free from robbers and murderers. That age produced a sort of men, in force of hand, and swiftness of foot, and strength of body, excelling the o... ...ns, Minos, contrary to this decree, pursued him with his ships of war, was forced by a storm upon Sicily, and there ended his life. After his decease,... ...nd knowing his courage and resolution, chose rather to be per- suaded than forced into a compliance. He then dissolved all the distinct state-houses, ... ...ay for the bride not of herself to pass her husband’s threshold, but to be lifted over, in memory that the Sabine virgins were carried in by violence,... ...lace of execution, the officers loose the cords, and then the high-priest, lifting his hands to heaven, pronounces certain prayers to himself before t... ...ed Themistocles, “that are left behind are not crowned.” Again, Eurybiades lifting up his staff as if he were going to strike, Themistocles said, “Str...

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...all turn on the possible develop- ments in the future of some contemporary force or group of forces. The World Set Free was written under the immediat... ...n through the Neth- erlands, and the despatch of the British Expeditionary Force were all justified before the book had been published six months. And... ...rse and the ox, he borrowed the carrying strength of water and the driving force of the wind, he quick- ened his fire by blowing, and his simple tools... ... For a time they could not make instruments sound enough to stand this new force even for so rough a purpose as hurling a missile. Their first guns ha... ...n his seat with excitement. ‘Why not?’ he echoed, ‘why not?’ The professor lifted his forefinger. ‘Given that knowledge,’ he said, ‘mark what we shoul... ...hat I can only compare to the discovery of fire, that first discovery that lifted man above the brute. We stand to-day towards radio-activity as our a... ...er, I was far too hot and blown when I got up to the entrenchments even to lift my beastly rifle. It was those others would have begun the sticking…. ... ...eir automobiles upon this pavement and went through the lower shops to the lifts and stairs to the new ways for pedestrians, the Rows, that ran along ... ... The gaunt face hardened to grimness, and with both hands the bomb-thrower lifted the big atomic bomb from the box and steadied it against the side. I...

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... rule for surveyors in establishing lines between them. That law, being in force at the time each became a purchaser, becomes a con- dition of the pur... ... portant light. Judge Douglas ought to remember, when he is endeavoring to force this policy upon the American people, that while he is put up in that... ...st Acts of Congress itself, under the new Constitution itself, was to give force to that Ordinance by put- ting power to carry it out in the hands of ... ...o drive it out. It is in some way to put it out of the Territory. It is to force it across the line, or change its character so that, as property, it ... ..., must have every prece- dence over him who labors under the inducement of force. He continued:] I have taken upon myself in the name of some of you t... ... time. It was that which gave promise that in due time the weight would be lifted from the shoulders of all men. This is the sentiment embodied in the... ...e of government whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men to lift artificial weights from all shoulders; to clear the paths of laudable ...

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...odern mind. While retaining in remark- able measure the rhythm and archaic force of the lines, he has tried not to sacrifice directness and simplicity... ...btle form in the heart of every living being as the vital energy, the life-force or cause of existence. Yama now tells Nachiketas how, by performing s... ... what is good from what is merely pleasant, and controls all his out-going forces from running after apparent mo- mentary pleasures, his senses obey a... ...er the control of our higher discriminative faculty; for only when all our forces work in unison can we hope to reach the goal—the abode of Absolute T... ...ome refined and sharpened. This keenness of vision comes only when all our forces have been made one-pointed through steadfast practice of concentrati... ...m one’s individual power must be limited and mortal and there- fore cannot lift one beyond death; but through the strength which Atma-gnana or Self-kn...

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...ard upon Lombardy. The curtain of an early autumnal morning was everywhere lifted around the Motterone, save for one milky strip of cloud that lay liz... ...ent’s languor, no reflex burning of a solitary lamp; but a quiet grappling force engaged the penetrating look. Gazing upon them, you were drawn in sud... ... both sides of the head there ran a pregnant ridge, such as will sometimes lift men a deplorable half inch above the earth we tread. If this man was a... ...e, he must approve; and when these qualities are displayed in a contest of forces, the 12 Vittoria wisdom of means employed, or of ultimate views ent... ...ted. “But, tell me, when did you learn it, my friend?” In answer, Agostino lifted his hand a little boy’s height from the earth. The old man then said... ...riend, the nursing of a single antipathy is a presumption that your motive force is personal—whether the thirst for vengeance or some internal union o... ...n who is reading iron matter. The Chief alone showed no sign beyond a half lifting of the hand, and a most luminous fixed observation of the fair youn... ...horns of the head.” “You are prepared to instruct me?” The fiery Bergamasc lifted his eyebrows. “Nay, nay!” said Agostino. “Between us two first;” and... ...e power to obey or to speak. Corte grasped him under the arm-pit. With the force of his huge fist he swung him round and stretched him out at arm’s le...

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...of such a nature that in several aspects he could docu- ment it. Its logic forced him to introspection and to the making of a record. An idea that can... ... con- troversialist. “Good Lord! I’ d like to see him,” said Benham with a forced loudness that could scarcely be ignored. The subsequent controversy ... ... and dwell upon the immense liberations that lie beyond for those who will force themselves through its remonstrances… . Benham confessed his liabilit... ...er him. It beat him down with two swift blows of its fore hoofs, one, two, lifted him up in its long yellow teeth and worried him as a terrier does a ... ...’s skin is infinitely more sensitive than anything inside… . Once you have forced yourself or have been forced through the outward fear into vivid act... ...d. Now! For a moment it seemed to him as though his feet were too heavy to lift and then, hands in pockets, khaki-clad, an al- most invisible figure, ... ...ilver, and then it plunged into obscu- 31 H G Wells rities. For a time it lifted, and then on one hand the bush fell away, and he saw across a vast m... ... the frozen quiet of his mind. He spoke hoarsely. “I am Man,” he said, and lifted a hand as he spoke. “The Thought of the world.” His heart leapt with... ...one something to take hold of.” She sat up stiffly on the garden-seat. She lifted her finger at him, very seriously. “I hope,” she said with all her h...

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...ispleased at being taken to Mayenne where military discipline was about to force upon them the uniformity of thought, cloth- ing, and gait which they ... ... Vendee, was attempting on the morning when this history begins, to make a forced march on Mayenne, where he was resolved to execute the law according... ... morning. As the soldiers turned to look back, an invisible hand seemed to lift from the landscape the last of these veils—a delicate vapor, like a di... ...rincipal weapon of the Gauls; “gaisde” meant armed; “gais” courage; “gas,” force. The word has an analogy with the Latin word “vir” man, the root of “... ... ous and fugitive expressions that a painter who has to de- scribe them is forced to appeal to the recollections of soldiers and to leave civilians to... ...vered only a small part of it; then he touched a spring; the iron back was lifted, and when their enemies returned to the kitchen the heavy door of th... ... ground would disappear before her if she made another step. A cool breeze lifting her hair, the murmur of the river, and her in- stinct all combined ... ... of the Alps. Then the vaporous atmosphere rolled like the waves of ocean, lifted impenetrable billows which softly swayed, undulated, and were violen... ...crease imperceptibly his impromptu passion. She was like a fisher- man who lifts his line from time to time to see if the fish is biting. The poor cou...

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... raven, and the raven eyed me. Nothing was said during some seconds. Then the bird stepped a little way along his limb to get a better point of observ... ...sponsible being, and reproved for it. However, I made no reply; I would not bandy words with a raven. The adversary waited a while, with his shoulders... ...e colored caps; there were white caps, green caps, blue caps, red caps, and bright-yellow ones; Mark Twain 20 so, all the five corps were present in ... ...e in the air; the rattling din of these blows as they struck steel or paddings was some- thing wonderfully stirring, and they were struck with such te... ...which is the German equivalent for chicken-hearted. CHAPTER VII How Bismark Fought IN ADDITION TO THE CORPS LAWS, there are some corps usages which ha... ...surpassed by statues. Then he said, in his deep bass tones: “Behold, I am calm, I am ready; reveal to me the distance.” “Thirty-five yards.” ... I cou... ... hammer; as the striking ceases, a life- sized figure of Time raises its hour-glass and turns it; two golden rams advance and butt each other; a gilde... ... lost, and had no sort of idea where I was. When I realized this, I was so angry that I had to sit down on the floor and take hold of something to kee... ...d upon his back. Everybody turned up their noses at him, and some openly jeered him. But he was calm. He simply inquired if the emperor’s offer was st...

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...o telleth a tale of unspeaking death? _25 Who lifteth the veil of what is to come? Who painteth the shadows that are bene... ... thou and France are in the dust, That Virtue owns a more eternal foe Than Force or Fraud: old Custom, legal Crime, And bloody Faith the foulest birth... ...ct: The statues gave a joyous scream, And on its wings the pale thin Dream Lifted the Lady from the stream. _140 2... ...terwards we lost at Rome, written under the idea that we might suddenly be forced to cross the sea, so to preserve him. This poem, as well as the one ... ... _230 Men must reap the things they sow, Force from force must ever flow, Or worse; but ’tis a bitter woe That love ... ... “Posthumous Poems”, 1824. Our text is that of the “Poetical Works”, 1839. Lift not the painted veil which those who live Call Life: though unreal sha... ... _5 Their shadows, o’er the chasm, sightless and drear. I knew one who had lifted it—he sought, For his lost heart was tender, things to love But foun... ... _10 That these stingless drones may spoil The forced produce of your toil? 4. 4. 4. 4. 4. Have ye leisure, comfort, calm,... ...Famine and Toil, giving sigh for sigh. And ye who attend her imperial car, Lift not your hands in the banded war, _20 Bu...

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... its stiff bound and its fixed heavenward stare was highly suggestive of a forced and tactful disregard of current unpleasantness. Nothing was said, h... ...aid the doctor. “No. And at times they are even costly. But they certainly lift a burthen from the nervous 23 H G Wells system…. And now I suppose we... ...anced quickly and questioningly at his companion’s profile. “Blind driving force,” said Sir Richmond, musing. “Isn’t that after all what we really are... ...ire. Jung speaks of it at times almost as if it were the universal driving force.” “No,” said Sir Richmond, in love with his new idea. “Not desire. De... ...Desire would have a definite direction, and that is just what this driving force hasn’t. It’s rage.” “Y ours the car in distress what sent this?” the ... ...he was the loveliest, most shapely thing I have ever seen—to this day. She lifted up her arms and thrust through the dazzling white and green breakers... ...try to get it done. And everybody says, difficult, diffi- cult, and nobody lifts a finger to try. And the only real diffi- culty is that everybody for... ... must be Old Sarum. The little ancient city that faded away when Salisbury lifted its spire into the world. We will stop here for a little while….” Th... ...recalled too the soft firmness of her profile and the delicate line of her lifted chin. He felt that this time at any rate he was not being deceived b...

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...enough of the true art of astrology, That the stars do only incline, and not force the actions or wills of men: And therefore, however I may proceed b... ...ng planet, be disposed or inclined to lust, rage, or avarice, and yet by the force of reason over- come that bad influence; and this was the case of S... ...that so nearly concern the Confederates, and consequently this Kingdom, I am forced to confine my- self, for several reasons very obvious to the reade... ...say, That it will be a glorious campaign for the allies, wherein the English forces, both by sea and land, will have their full share of honour: That ... ... if I had the twelve celestial monsters of the zodiac to shew within, or was forced for a livelihood to turn retailer to May and Bartholomew Fairs. Th... ... merely to find what he said against me; at every line they read, they would lift up their eyes, and cry out, betwixt rage and laugh- ter, They were ... ...the men would remember they are become retromingent, and not by inadvertency lift up against walls and posts. Petticoats will not be burdensome to the...

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...et is what men are for preserving: an observation of still reverber- ating force. Generally in her character of the feminine com- batant there is a tu... ...nk is rebuked by hid- eous revelations of the filthy foul; for nature will force her way, and if you try to stifle her by drowning, she comes up, not ... ...ble. 25 George Meredith Diana turned from her pursuer with a comic woeful lifting of the brows at her friend. Lady Dunstane motioned her fan, and Dia... ...I have and hold—you shall hunger and covet, until you are strong enough to force my hand:—that ‘s the speech of the wealthy. And they are Christians. ... ...- pulsion of eyes was unmistakeable, withering; as masterful as a superior force on his muscles.—What thing had he been taking her for?—She asked it w... ...urse to grind the contrary to that of the heart, was revealed in one short lift and gasp, a compres- sion of the tremendous change he underwent. ‘Why ... ...e, wherein ini- 67 George Meredith tials raised sewer-lamps, and Asmodeus lifted a roof, leering hideously. Thousands detested it, and fattened their... ... prized and was ready to defend gainst the world. By that time the fog had lifted; she saw the sky on the bor- ders of milky cloudfolds. Her invalid’s... ...her knight for battle. On the back of the mare he passed her window, after lifting his hat, and he thumped at his breast-pocket, to show her where the...

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...e sort electrical, which are produced by ter- rible explosions of the will forced out, or held under, by some mysterious mechanism. Thus during a peri... ...r nothing to steal. T owards the end of the first month this girl, who was forced to keep house of a Sunday, opened a conver- sation with Cesar. Ursul... ...name any sort of cosmetic the “Paste of Sultans” thus di- vining the magic force of such words in a land where every man hoped to be a sultan as much ... ...usillanimous, without education, without ideas, without knowledge, without force of character, and who might be expected not to succeed in the slipper... ... its supremacy over its glorious sisters. A radiant fairy springs forward, lifting high her wand. We hear the rustle of the violet silken curtains whi... ...magnifissence druly Aziatique, and whom der king has decoraded.” De Marsay lifted his eyeglass, and said, “Ah! true, I thought the face was not unknow... ...e of Anselme in the only living part of his memory,—as the note of a piano lifts the hammer which strikes its corresponding string. 214 Rise and Fall... ...aise him, but joined her voice to his when she saw him clasp his hands and lift his eyes, and recite, with resigned contrition, in the hearing of his ... ... who mingles, at His will, your joy with bitterness. Look not on life, but lift your eyes to heaven; there is comfort for the weak, there are riches f...

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...with a set of drawers under- neath. This amazing swimmer really needed the lift I gave him by seizing his leg. He tumbled in, rolled over on his back,... ... whiskers. I did not give him time to open his lips. “Square the yards by lifts and braces before the hands go to breakfast.” It was the first partic... ...oung fellow. His people had some interest with my owners. I was in a way forced to take him on. He looked very smart, very gentle- manly, and all th... ... could hear him pant slightly. It was all very simple. The same strung-up force which had given twenty-four men a chance, at least, for their lives, ...

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...ing that circumstances were making him look won- derfully like one, Ripton lifted his head and retorted defi- 12 Ordeal of Richard Feverel antly, “I’... ... was really becoming discoloured. To upbraid him would be cruel. Ri- chard lifted his head, surveyed the position, and exclaiming “Here!” dropped down... ...nibbled; and dive into what depths he would he was sensible of a summoning force that compelled him perpetually to- wards the gasping surface, which h... ...an Iron Horse, Of Time and Space defiant; Exulting in a Giant’s Force, And trembling at the Giant. ‘An Age of Quaker hue and cut... ...t has been defeated. He allowed Austin to greet him and sit by him without lifting his head. Perhaps his eyes were not presentable. “Where’s your frie... ...e part, with diverse anticipations, the generals of the Blaize and Feverel forces, from opposing ranks, expected him to play . Giles, surnamed the Ban... ...ed, than Farmer Blaize jumped up from his chair, and made a fine effort to lift him out of the room from the point of his toe. He failed, and sank bac... ...ion in Blaize to meet his wishes. The lamp which ultimately was sure to be lifted up to illu- mine the acts of this secretive race began slowly to dis... ...now that it is the malleable mo- ment. Boys possessing any mental or moral force to give them a tendency, then predestinate their careers; or, if unde...

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...y to sink. The cry came from the further side, where a mountain stream had force enough to struggle through the swamp. There were stepping-stones acro... ...was a soft and delicate one, and the girl that those which had grasped and lifted her were 6 The Herd Boy and His Hermit rough with country labours. ... ...t, and ordered Hal out to see what was the matter, hin- dering the girl by force from running after him, for the snow was coming down in larger flakes... ...dded she, as the squire proceeded to take her from the pony. He would have lifted her down, but she only touched his hand lightly and sprang to the gr... ...or me! I shall be at thy hovel ere long’—as Anne waved to Hob when she was lifted to her seat. But Hob had already turned away, and Anne, as she held ... ...nes, only she was a maiden whom nothing but family difficulties could have forced into a monastic life—a lively, high-spirited, out- of-door creature,... ...nts came when she had to lean heavily on her companion, and he even had to lift her over brooks or pools; but happily the sun had not set when they ma... ... brother, and his father. Of him he had little recollection, only of being lifted in his arms, kissed and blessed, and see- ing him ride away with his... ...to order, making him sit and stand upright, as he had seen the young pages forced to do at the castle, learn how to handle a sword, and use the long s...

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...ock of Sarpedon, near the river Erginus, he wrapped her in dark clouds and forced her to his will. There they were making their dusky wings quiver upo... ...ks might be well com pacted by the bolts and might withstand the opposing force of the surge. And they quickly dug a trench as wide as the space the ... ...n himself with indignant cry restrained the contending chiefs; and Orpheus lifted his lyre in his left hand and made essay to sing. (ll. 496 511) He ... ...ons they were just then laying in eager haste. Zethus on his shoulders was lifting the peak of a steep moun tain, like a man toiling hard, and Amphio... ...t marvel to the neighbours to behold; for each one has six mighty hands to lift up, two from his sturdy shoul ders, and four below, fitting close to ... ...and wrenches a ship’s mast from its stays, wedges and all; so did Heracles lift the pine. And at the same time he took up his bow and arrows, his lion... ...hus he spake; and towards him the aged sire opened his sightless eyes, and lifted them up and replied with these words: (ll. 256 261) “Be silent, sto... ...pon the topmost sprays; but at night he rushed upon the sea with monstrous force, and with his shriek ing blasts uplifted the surge; and a dark mist ... ...fear of a horrible doom, were borne along by the waves helplessly. And the force of the wind had snatched away their sails and shattered in twain the ...

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...indeed, with the Night they were uttered in, are to be forever remembered. Lifting his huge tumbler 12 Sartor Resartus of Gukguk,* and for a moment l... ...readed worse than the pestilence; nevertheless, to such length he had been forced to com- ply. Glad would he have been to sit here philosophizing fore... ...easand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart,”—the force of that rapt earnestness may be felt, and here and there an arrow of ... ...he matter; and there not only hits the nail on the head, but with crushing force smites it home, and buries it.—On the other hand, let us be free to a... ...ling: what will the last do? Achieve the final undisputed pros- tration of Force under Thought, of Animal courage under Spiritual. A simple invention ... ...thousand-fold production and destruction, but the reflex of our own inward Force, the ‘phantasy of our Dream;’ or what the Earth-Spirit in Faust names... ... as- tonished couple, now with lit candle, hastily turned their attention. Lifting the green veil, to see what invaluable it hid, they descried there,... ..., if not arson itself? Nowise so does Teufelsdrockh deport him. He quietly lifts his Pilgerstab (Pilgrim-staff), “old business being soon wound up;” a... ...not to be accomplished on horseback. Arrived aloft, he finds himself again lifted into the evening 110 Sartor Resartus sunset light; and cannot but p...