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... boy called Theo to accompany him. Traveling the planet in search of a Cure, they seek the counsel of the Awakened Ones and are pursued by a terrible force they only know as the Enemy. All hope for the Storyteller lies in their hands. And if he should die then our world might just disappear along with him... www.bozoandthestoryteller.com...

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...se days. Instead, they had captured tiny creatures called Eleckytrons and forced them to make light. The antics of the Hoomans who lived in the Story... ...clasped deep in his hands. ‘Master!’ Bozo cried. The Storyteller wearily lifted his head to meet Bozo’s gaze. ‘Yes, Bozo?’ he responded, in his lon... ...ly as she approached and laid a pile of letters on the bedside table. She lifted his head carefully and slid out the pillow so that she could give i... ...cautiously. Then tiny cracks of light streamed into his head as the dream lifted up his eyelid to make its getaway. But Theo swung his attention aro... ...r the moon and stars. But the Hoomans trapped them inside glass cages and forced them to dance each time they threw a switch, when the sides of the ... ...cloth. An explosion of blinding white light f lled the room and they were forced to shield their eyes. Gradually, the intensity of the light faded a... ...ts of fear, anger and cruelty. ‘As the Hoomans began to embody these dark forces, the seed of evil in the Storyteller’s mind grew in strength until ... ...ll, we can make some pretty good guesses and prepare as best we can.’ She lifted an old, dusty carpet that was rolled up in the corner, and pulled b... ... the side of the road and everyone jumped out to see what was wrong. They lifted the bonnet to clouds of dense smoke. The three Bedouin shook their ...

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...ary Anne Evans] A PENN S TAT E ELECTRONIC CLASSICS SERIES PUBLICATION The Lifted Veil by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] is a publication of the Penns... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Lifted Veil by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans], the Pennsylvania State Unive... ...a State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 George Eliot THE LIFTED VEIL by George Eliot [Mary Anne Evans] CHAPTER I T HE TIME OF MY END... ...: I am content. Agony of pain and suffocation—and all the while the 4 The Lifted V eil earth, the fields, the pebbly brook at the bottom of the rook-... ...tention to educate me on a different plan from the prescriptive one 6 The Lifted V eil with which he had complied in the case of my elder brother, al... ...motions of some uninteresting acquaintance—Mrs. Filmore, for example—would force themselves on my consciousness like an importunate, ill-played musica... ...ss of feeling by a vision that made me shudder, had still no more than the force of an idea, compared with the force of present emotion—of my love for... ...t my weaknesses would put me in her power, and she found them unmanageable forces. Our positions were reversed. Before marriage she had completely mas... ... was too completely swayed by the sense that I was in the grasp of unknown forces, to believe in my power of self- release. Towards my own destiny I h...

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...iron was so big or so badly placed that Peroo could not devise a tackle to lift it—a loose-ended, sag- ging arrangement, rigged with a scandalous amou... ...onderful lingua franca, half Portuguese and half Malay, ran out and he was forced to take string and show the knots that he would recommend. He contro... ... first down-stream plunge there came no more walls of water, but the river lifted herself bodily, as a snake when she drinks in midsummer, plucking an... ...r back upon the bridge. Once thou wast strong in Lanka, Hanuman. Stoop and lift my bed.” “Who gives life can take life.” The Ape scratched in the mud ... ...ve sons rely on themselves an’ their native sires. Y es, sir.” Then Tweezy lifted up his wise and polite old head. His affliction makes him bashful as... ...span here.” Rod, the off-horse of the pair, had been standing with one hip lifted, like a tired cow; and you could only tell by the quick flutter of t... ...ly the sides of the ravine were crowned with the heads of Bukta’s people—a force that could have blown the ribs out of the beast had Chinn’s shot fail... ... Colonel. “I don’t know yet whether we’re a piece of a brigade or a police force. However, I think we’ll call ourselves a police force. How did you ma... ... teeth under the knife. The forward cylinder was depending on that unknown force men call the pertinacity of materials, which now and then balances th...

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...t we might communicate speedier at great distances. Even in hotels we have lifts to spare us a climb of some hundred steps. Now, we know that life is ... ...n of rather doubtful reputation. Dr. Noel, for that was his name, had been forced to leave Lon- don, where he enjoyed a large and increasing practice;... ... whole into the empty box. With an effort on the part of both, the lid was forced down upon this unusual baggage, and the trunk was locked and corded ... ...peaker pronounced the last words with an intona- tion which added to their force; and his face wore a singu- lar expression, full of gravity and signi... ...t but to accede to the ruffian’s proposal, and trust to find the house and force him to dis- gorge, under more favourable circumstances, and when he h... ... undetermined what to do or whether to do anything, he turned his head and lifted his eyes. No sooner had he done so than he uttered a cry of disappoi... ...d. “Let me tell you that I under- stand your threats; and you have only to lift your hand to bring upon yourself sudden and irremediable ruin.” The Di... ... chest; and while we were thus for the mo- ment incapacitated from action, lifting his arms above his head like one about to dive, he ran straight for... ...tevenson believed. What could be more natural than to mount the staircase, lift the curtain, and confront his difficulty at once? At least he would be...

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...st attendant cost, and then those costly expedients to which gentlemen are forced to have recourse who have lived beyond their income and find it impo... ...sgrace. When Lady Arabella would not hear her, she went to Mr Gresham. She forced her uncle to move in the matter. She gained over to her side, one by... ...sed quintessence of that privilege in the world which men call rank, which forces the thousands and hun- dreds of thousands to bow down before the few... ..., again in that way, you will injure me, injure me so much that I shall be forced to leave Greshamsbury, in my own defence. I know you are too generou... ...nd also to do justice to the woman whom his brother had so wronged, he had forced himself to reveal so much as is stated above. And then he walked slo... ...ed block of stone has come out smooth from under that hand;’ and Sir Roger lifted up his great broad palm wide open. ‘So you did, Roger, and well we m... ..., Miss Dunstable, ’ and he put out his hand to take hold of hers. She then lifted up her own, and slapped him lightly on the knuck- les. ‘And what can... ...lows, he was in a continual tremor; and yet, as he boasted, he could still lift his glass steadily to his mouth. Such now was the hero of whom that re... ...e need not specially inquire; but the demon of pecuniary embarrassment has lifted his black wings from the demesne of Greshamsbury. And now we have bu...

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...ast-named few months had been under Lord Aber- deen, with whom he had been forced to retire. He was a younger son, and not possessed of any large fort... ...mind you, most solemnly, that I would have you back to dinner to-night,—by force if nec- essary. It was the only way I could make my peace with her; s... ... an eloquence that was charming to himself. ‘Civilization, ’ he exclaimed, lifting his eyes and his hands to the ceiling. ‘O Civilization—’ ‘There wil... ...a prisoner much longer, I shall find it my duty to come and release her by force of arms. ’ He had been there twice with the object of seeing her, but... ...hat she has been confining you illegally, and that we shall release you by force or stratagem. ’ ‘I-I-I have had a great sorrow lately. ’ ‘Yes, Miss R... ...Trollope examining the brute with a very knowing and unclerical manner. He lifted the animal’s four feet, one after an- other, handling the frogs, and... ... could hob-nob with my friend over the table as often as I was inclined to lift my glass to my lips, and make a long arm for the hot-potato whenever t... ... all to do the same thing. Now, would you believe it? I have used up three lifts of notepaper already in telling people that there is no vacancy for a... ...t breathless words, during a spas- modic pause in a waltz; and then as she lifted up her arm to receive the accustomed support at her back, she might ...

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...r him and for us too.” The old prince got up and stroked Kitty’s hair. She lifted her head and looked at them with a forced smile. It always seemed to... ...up and stroked Kitty’s hair. She lifted her head and looked at them with a forced smile. It always seemed to her that he understood her better than an... ...wn beside her. “I want to talk to you.” “What about?” Kitty asked swiftly, lifting her head in dismay. “What should it be, but your trouble?” “I have ... ...o tell you that this must end. I have never blushed before anyone, and you force me to feel to blame for something.” He looked at her and was struck b... ...” she said. “You don’t wish that?” he said. He saw she was saying what she forced herself to say, not what she wanted to say. “If you love me, as you ... ...not one of those men who submit to uneasiness and worry without having the force of char- acter to face them.” “I must think it over, come to a decisi... ...an ox with head bent, submis- sively he awaited the blow which he felt was lifted over him. Every time he began to think about it, he felt that he mus... ...s, and one hand, which will always be mine—the hand of my accomplice.” She lifted up that hand and kissed it. He sank on his knees and tried to see he... ...to ask whether she’s coming to the races. Of course, I’ll go,” he decided, lifting his head from the book. And as he vividly pic- tured the happiness ...

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...into which they now turn their remaining impulses, no longer restrained by force of will. Those who have not been nursing a fixed idea either travel o... ...the little woman said to her husband:— “I have aborigines enough whom I am forced to receive; these two will fairly kill me. With your permission, I s... ...oisie had warned him against them. The brother and sister were, therefore, forced to sit by the fire of the stove in the dining-room, talking over the... ...have seduced a rich girl in the neighborhood of Coulommiers, and thus have forced her parents to marry her to him. Madame Vinet was a Chargeboeuf, an ... ...m their influence. These Royalists disap- proved, on moral grounds, of his forced marriage; besides, he was named Vinet, and how could they be expecte... ...e glimpse was like the look an exile casts upon his country, or the martyr lifts to heaven, where his eyes, gifted with sec- ond-sight, can enter whil... ...o violent a struggle. The tall gray woman took her in her arms, as a nurse lifts a child, and went out, followed by Brigaut, without a word to Sylvie,... ...p against this strange reminder. His strength gave way; he was not able to lift the lead, and the plumber, seeing this, came with him, and offered to ...

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...ravely. The vicar had 8 The Gentleman of Fifty and the Damsel of Nineteen force enough to stay his wife’s descent; but Alice (she boasts of her muscl... ... stay his wife’s descent; but Alice (she boasts of her muscle) had not the force in the other direction—and no wonder. There are few young ladies who ... ...art. Alice could look at me as she rowed, without thinking it necessary to force a smile, or to speak, or to snigger and be foolish. I felt towards th... ...o his poll, and then, you can fancy a woman’s rage and anguish! the figure lifts its nose by the extremist tip. Oh! it’s degradation! What respect can... ...ed, and so penitent I might begin making a collection of beetles. I cannot lift up my head. Mr. Pollingray is such a different man from the one I had ...

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...t of making the attempt. These were powerful objections; nor did they lose force when they became the subject of anxious reflection, although they did... ...oo, which had plodded forward with the steady endurance of his master, now lifted his head, expanded his nostrils, and quickened his pace, as if he sn... ... light buckler betwixt the mace and his head; but the violence of the blow forced the buckler down on his turban, and though that defence also contrib... ... cautiously out of reach of that weapon of which he had so lately felt the force, while he showed his purpose of waging a distant warfare with missile... ...y the interval of repose. That of the Saracen, however, though he had been forced into much the more violent and extended sphere of motion, appeared t... ...possesses,” he at length said; “woe is me, that my eyes are unworthy to be lifted towards it! Alas! I am but the vile and despised sign, which points ... ...ar; “he were blind that had not seen this in their last deliberations. But lift yet thy mask an inch higher, and tell me thy real reason for pressing ... ...r trials; just as, in ascending a precipice, the surmounting one crag only lifts the climber to points yet more dangerous. It was midnight, and the mo... ...gh birth. But, Rich- ard, I tell thee that Providence hath preserved me to lift me on high as a light and beacon, whose ashes, when this earthly fuel ...

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...;” instantly a negro drayman, famous for his quick eye and prodigious voice, lifts up the cry, “S t e a m boat a comin’!” and the scene changes! The t... ... his hand; the pent steam is screaming through the gauge cocks, the captain lifts his hand, a bell rings, the wheels stop; then they turn back, churn... ... fainter and farther away the scowmen’s curses drifted, the higher Mr. Bixby lifted his voice and the weightier his ad jectives grew. When he closed ... ...e little gaps. But of course my complacency could hardly get start enough to lift my nose a trifle into the air, before Mr. Bixby would think of somet... ...ere Life on the Mississippi Mark T wain 55 scudding astern like rats—and lifted up these commands to me ever so gently— “Stop the starboard. Stop ... ...en faithfully standing up the middle of the river, fight ing the whole vast force of the Mississippi, and whistling the same placid tune. This thing ... ...ociation) that if any captain employed a non association pilot, he should be forced to discharge him, and also pay a fine of five hundred dollars. Sev... ...on. It is greatly restricted now. Next, boots began to appear. Not in strong force, how ever. Later—away down the Mississippi—they became the rule. T... ...o getting by it. It lay be tween the upper and lower divisions of the Union forces, and kept them separate, until a junction was finally effected acr...

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...ened to them new worlds, and every one of them glorious, so that they were lifted above the consideration of any worlds at all, especially those in wh... ...shots heralded their approach, and a few horsemen led, but the bulk of the force was naked humanity, mad with rage, and armed with the spear and the s... ...tand.’ No one has yet explained what actually happens when an irresistible force meets the immovable post, though many have thought deeply, even as Di... ... Maisie did not consider the last question worth an- swering, and Dick was forced to repeat it. ‘There were other men, of course. They always wor- rie... ...No, the Bhutia has a clopper bow. It’s the Barralong, to Australia. She’ll lift the Southern Cross in a week,—lucky old tub!—oh, lucky old tub!’ He st... ...fe. There was nothing in the review to fill him with a sense of virtue. He lifted the hem of the cloak to his lips. ‘Why,’ said Maisie, making as thou... ... horror of the lions!’ ‘You may as well explain,’ said Torpenhow, and Dick lifted his head from the paper. ‘The sea reminded me of it,’ he said slowly... ...’t you listen to her?’ said Torpenhow. Before Dick could reply the Nilghai lifted up his voice with a shout that shook the windows, in ‘The Men of the... ... his teeth; and even when it was there he weakly tried to puff against the force of the blast, and his cheeks blew up with a great explosion; and the ...

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... its farthest limit, when it failed to express his ideas or feel- ings, he forced it—the result was a new term, or a change in the ordinary meaning of... ...e English fleet. Joined to that of Holland it was very superior to the sea forces of France. Tourville, our admiral, so famous for his valour and skil... ...going on. She spoke to her son of the indignity of this marriage with that force in which she was never wanting, and drew from him a promise that he w... ...ts the coach of Madame de Bouillon, which the servants of the German woman forced to give way to their mistress’s. The Bouillons, piqued to excess, re... ... another; and how important it was to draw off detachments of the Imperial forces from Germany into Flanders, and how, by sending an army into Flander... ...he bundle to be taken away. Livry found it so heavy that he could scarcely lift it from the table, and gave it to an attendant who presented himself. ... ...rds were at their doors. Suddenly, Brissac ap- peared in the King’s place, lifted his baton, and cried aloud, “Guards of the King, withdraw, return to... ...d or to alight. The holy bishop (for such was his term as I well remarked) lifted his eyes to Heaven, let go the bridle, and abandoned himself to Prov...

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...ment, ‘on Frequent Execu tions’, made in 1777. ‘Under this act,’ the Shop lifting Act, ‘one Mary Jones was executed, whose case I shall just mention;... ... the truth of this story; but it seems, there had been a good deal of shop lifting about Ludgate; an example was thought necessary; and this woman was... ...n contradict me, for I won’t believe him,’ that John Willet was in amazing force to night, and fit to tackle a Chief Justice. The stranger suffered a... ...us cask, his body, until, with great foam and froth and splutter, it would force a vent, and carry all before it. It was his custom to remark, in refe... ... of him, and drove him back some paces, or, in defiance of all his energy, forced him to take shelter in an arch or doorway until the fury of the gust... ...nd as if it had had existence in a dream. More faintly imaged, and wanting force and purpose, as it were, because of his darkened intellect, there was... ...ture; and learn some wisdom even from the wit less, when their hearts are lifted up they know not why, by all the mirth and happiness it brings. The ... ... and must not be deserted.’ ‘It is a holy cause,’ exclaimed his lordship, lifting up his hat with great solemnity. ‘Amen.’ ‘John Grueby,’ said the lo... ...or, and watched with tiger eyes a bird cage in an opposite window. Gabriel lifted Toby to his mouth, and took a hearty draught. Then, as he stood upri...

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...hich had a certain amount of troubled yel- low light in it, ran with great force; bulky barges floated down swiftly escorted by tugs; police boats sho... ...assionately, as she helped to shift and carry. “It’s books,” sighed Helen, lifting an armful of sad vol- umes from the floor to the shelf. “Greek from... ...f about ten different branches of knowl- edge, but they would as soon have forced her to go through one piece of drudgery thoroughly as they would hav... ... of the world, how trains worked, or money was invested, what laws were in force, which people wanted what, and why they wanted it, the most elementar... ...how thin the partitions were between them, and how strangely they had been lifted off the earth to sit next each other in mid-ocean, and see every det... ...ld it?” said Helen. “But can you remem- ber if your wife takes sugar?” She lifted the tray and went off with it to Mrs. Dalloway. Richard twisted a mu... ...notice that she had left the Euphrosyne, and felt no sadness when the ship lifted up her voice and bellowed thrice like a cow separated from its calf.... ... large as ter- riers at home, and that if one put one’s foot down with any force one would come through the floor. As for hot wa- ter—at this point he... ...ject at luncheon if William had not shown him- self inscrutable and chill, lifting fragments of salad on the point of his fork, with the gesture of a ...

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... in May. On his arrival in France his restless and wandering dispo- sition forced him continually to change his residence, and acquired for him the ti... ...s immovable, and resolutely determined to suffer death rather than submit. Force, at length, was obliged to yield to the diabolical infatuation of a c... ...ef to breathe out our indigination, we sat up in the bed, and with all our force, repeated a hundred times, Carnifex! Carnifex! Carnifex! ex- ecutione... ... was too long and too powerfully remembered not to have added considerable force to it. This occurrence terminated my infantine serenity; from that mo... ... feel these remembrances revive and imprint themselves on my heart, with a force and charm that every day acquires fresh strength; as if, feeling life... ...ly move or step without danger of suffocation, stoop without vertigoes, or lift even the smallest weight, which reduced me to the most tormenting inac...

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...ole hundred weights!’ cried Dot, making a great demonstration of trying to lift it. ‘Whose is it, John? Where is it going?’ ‘Read the writing on the... ... and pitying amazement; screwing up her lips the while with all their little force (they were never made for screwing up; I am clear of that), and lo... ...om without; being a primitive sort of door, with a latch, that any one could lift if he chose — and a good many people did choose, for all kinds of ne... ...owboy to the Baby; ‘and did its hair grow brown and curly, when its caps was lifted off, and frighten it, a precious Pets, a sitting by the fires!’ W... ... tire me, Bertha? I was never tired. What does it mean?’ To give the greater force to his words, he checked himself in an involuntary imitation of two... ...le of John, if you think that was necessary. Before you could have seen him lift her from the ground, there she was in her place, fresh and rosy, say... ...an exactly opposite direction. That’s capital! I may trouble you for another lift perhaps, but I’ll engage not to fall so sound asleep again.” He was... ... and to prove beyond dispute that this was true. I hoped she might have been forced into it, against her own desire and recollection. It would be smal... ...ed over Tilly Slowboy and the Baby, everywhere. Tilly never came out in such force before. Her ubiquity was the theme of general admiration. She was a...

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... go up and see?” But his modesty came rushing upon him with uncontrollable force. His father was asleep: his hat was in the hall: there was a hackney-... ...on, where the rain be- gan to fall very heavily—will you believe it?—I was forced to come outside; for Sir Pitt is a proprietor of the coach, and as a... ...Baronet’s old Gothic pew there. Honest Sir Pitt, however, did not feel the force of these discourses, as he always took his nap during sermon-time. Mr... ...most invincible repugnance to paying anybody, and could only be brought by force to discharge his debts. Miss Sharp calculated (for she became, as we ... ...principles of the mother—who was repre- sented to me as a French Countess, forced to emigrate in the late revolutionary horrors; but who, as I have si... ...entle- man on an elephant. Who’ll bid for the gentleman on the el- ephant? Lift up the picture, Blowman, and let the company examine this lot.” A long... ...and I have heard Amelia say that the first day on which she saw her father lift up his head after the failure was on the receipt of the packet of fork...

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... commonplace topic were broached, or, to pursue the comparison, if anybody lifted him up, he would hammer away with surprising rapidity. He had the ti... ...who, as it was impor- tant to make an impression on Mr. Sparkins, had been forced into a white neckerchief and shoes, and touched up, and brushed, to ... ...r my visit serviceable to him, I am ready to accompany you. ’ The stranger lifted the glass of water to her mouth, without raising the veil; put it do... ...lked a few paces beyond the house, before he could prevail upon himself to lift the knocker, we say nothing that need raise a smile upon the face of t... ...nly-clad women contrasted as strangely with the gay sunlight, as did their forced merriment with the boisterous hilarity of the two young men, who, no... ... the desk, and bringing the three wandering legs back to the floor, with a force sufficient to drive them through it. ‘But come, don’t refuse. If it’s... ...med with white fur.—This was the baby. ‘Now, uncle, ’ said Mr. Kitterbell, lifting up that part of the mantle which covered the infant’s face, with an... ...ly done, ’ said one of the men to his com- panion, ‘thanks to the old man. Lift up the girl, Tom— come, come, it’s no use crying, young woman. It’s al...

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...and villany: Single you thither then this dainty doe, And strike her home by force, if not by words: This way, or not at all, stand you in hope. Come,... ...ill have his soul black like his face. [Exit.] TITUS ANDRONICUS : O, here I lift this one hand up to heaven, And bow this feeble ruin to the earth: I... ...e thy sorrow, till the heavens Reveal the damn’d contriver of this deed. Why lifts she up her arms in sequence thus? MARCUS ANDRONICUS : I think she ... ...ert thou thus surprised, sweet girl, Ravish’d and wrong’d, as Philomela was, Forced in the ruthless, vast, and gloomy woods? See, see! Ay, such a plac... ...th his staff, and guides it with feet and mouth .] Cursed be that heart that forced us to this shift! Write thou good niece; and here display, at last... ...ands or tongue, her spotless chastity, Inhuman traitors, you constrain’d and forced. What would you say, if I should let you speak? Villains, for sham...