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... are only sociologists upon a mean and petty scale. The art of being human lifts to be a better level than that of gossip; it leaves mere chatter behi... ... everything else, render you infinitely uneasy, as if there were in them a force abnormal and which rocked toward an upset of the mind; but from the m... ...arge world and a round world, and men grow human by seeing all its play of force and folly. VI Let no one suppose that efficiency is lost by such brea... ...n have made history for us. Poise, balance, a nice and equable exercise of force, are not, it is true, the things the world ordinarily seeks for or mo... ...chsafe him our full sympathy only when he is dead. We know that the genial forces of nature which work daily, equably, and without violence are infini... ...l suspi- cion of spite, and is like the gleam of light upon running water, lifting sullen shadows, suggesting clear depths. Surely it is this soundnes... ...ays reckon upon finding in every man who has studied to perfect his native force. This new day in which we live cries a challenge to us. Steam and ele...

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... remained still in many parts of Italy, they in a short time mustered up a force against Octavius sufficient to give him battle again, and Marius, als... ...st left no room for debate. Thus Marius being sent for by Cinna, and their forces being divided into three parts, under Cinna, Marius, and Sertorius, ... ...y, the natives fell upon them and slew a great number. This new misfortune forced him to sail back again into Spain, whence he was also repulsed, and,... ...f Europe and Africa, dissipated in the vast open space, utterly lose their force before they reach the islands. The soft western and southerly winds w... ...ed him. The old men and the women marched out as far as the river Eurotas, lifting up their hands, and thanking the gods, that Sparta was now cleared ... ... the accusation, appealing to the gods to witness his innocence, sometimes lifting up his hands to heaven, and 190 V olume Two then throwing himself ... ...to the other divi- sion of the tent, where his friends and courtiers were, lifted up his hands to heaven, and uttered this prayer, “Ye gods,” said he,... ..., upon which he shifted his javelin into his left hand, and with his right lifted up towards heaven, besought the gods, as Callisthenes tells us, that... ...occasion; Tiberius, knowing that they could not hear him at that distance, lifted his hand to his head, wishing to intimate the great danger which he ...

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...ession of everything— the pearly white fog. Once or twice when it tried to lift, we saw a glimpse of the oily sea, the flitting vision of a junk’s sai... ...ed as good as goold. Orth’ris allus hed as mich conceit on himsen as would lift a balloon, an’ he wor so pleeased wi’ his sham Rip he wor for tekking ... ...de av his work, axed us to let him coom along wi’ us, an’ he couldn’t help liftin’ t’ lid an’ showin’ t’ cur as he lay coiled oop. ‘Oh!’ says t’ awd l... ...ngtungpen nakid.” ‘“Faith,” thinks I, “that’s Honour an’ Glory”; for ’twas Lift’nint Brazenose did that job. “I’m wid ye, Sorr,” sez I, “if I’m av use... ...nt you down wid the draf ’. Savin’ your presince, Sorr,” I sez, “’tis only Lift’nint Hackerston in the Ould Rig’mint can manage a Home draf ’.” ‘“I’ve... ...ingers at the harmonium were held down by the awnings, and came to us with force. ‘Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee, For those in peril ... ...ladies in. One of ‘em was the Captain’s wife. She had to be put in by main force. You’ve no notion how women can struggle. The other woman was the wif... ...r sent you—isolation that weighs upon the waking eyelids and drives you by force headlong into the labours of the day. There is no post, there is no o... ... were black upon the left side of the bridge, but the smaller of them were forced through the lattice-work and whirled down-stream. Thereafter the sta...

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...nt, we shall continue to live at intellectual cross purposes and waste the forces of our species needlessly and abundantly. This persuasion is a very ... ...the fundamental nature of oneself and one’s mind and its processes, one is forced into autobiography. I begin by asking how the conscious mind with wh... ...of mental activity—regrettable conditions rather than essential facts. The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps and crush the truth a little in tak... ...nd solid is in that world a freely moving system of interlacing centres of force, what we call colour and sound is there no more than this length of v... ... synthesis, if you go down for example from matter to atoms and centres of force and up to men and states and countries—if you will imagine the ideas ... ... these are prosti- tutes of mind and soul if not of body, with no right to lift an eyebrow at the painted disasters of the streets. 3.8. SOCIAL P 3.8....

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...less disgust, the surrender, the hate.” He paused. “Mind,” he began again, lifting one arm from the elbow, the palm of the hand outwards, so that, wit... ...ng more, I suspect. They were conquerors, and for that you want only brute force—nothing to boast of, when you have it, since your strength is just an... ...Good-by. Adieu. In the tropics one must before everything keep calm.’ … He lifted a warning fore- finger… . ‘Du calme, du calme. Adieu.’ “One thing mo... ...vages. Behind this raw matter one of the reclaimed, the product of the new forces at work, strolled despondently, carrying a rifle by its middle. He h... ...rd against clerical errors in this climate.’ “One day he remarked, without lifting his head, “In the interior you will no doubt meet Mr. Kurtz.’ On my... ...led steamer, and saw them all cutting capers in the light, with their arms lifted high, when the stout man with mustaches came tearing down to the riv... ...slandered and hated each other only on that account,—but as to effectually lifting a little fin- ger—oh, no. By heavens! there is something after all ... ...d not in the least resemble a peace. It was the stillness of an implacable force brooding over an inscrutable inten- tion. It looked at you with a ven... ...ange how I accepted this unforeseen partnership, this choice of nightmares forced upon me in the tenebrous land invaded by these mean and greedy phant...

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...ca. Harris Coll. “Here they saw such huge troops of whales, that they were forced to proceed with a great deal of caution for fear they should run the... ...rched over me a dismal gloom, While all God’s sun-lit waves rolled by, And lift me deepening down to doom. “I saw the opening maw of hell, With endles... ...ther answer to a question not put by them, but the unsolicited an- swer is forced from Jonah by the hard hand of God that is upon him. “‘I am a Hebrew... ...self a castaway!” He dropped and fell away from himself for a moment; then lifting his face to them again, showed a deep joy in his eyes, as he cried ... ...an Roman. And when these things unite in a man of greatly superior natural force, with a globular brain and a ponderous heart; who has also by the sti... ...n Melville “Seven hundred and seventy-seventh,” again said Bildad, without lifting his eyes; and then went on mumbling—”for where your treasure is, th... ...st there!” And running up after me, she caught me as I was again trying to force open the door. “I don’t allow it; I won’t have my premises spoiled. G... ...in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.” “Peleg! Peleg!” said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, “thou thyself, as I myself, hast seen many a pe... ...hance the 119 Herman Melville most abased, among them all, shall at times lift himself to the exalted mounts; if I shall touch that workman’s arm wit...

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...ca. Harris Coll. “Here they saw such huge shoals of whales, that they were forced to proceed with a great deal of caution for fear they should run the... ...nother answer to a question not put by them, but the unsolicited answer is forced from Jonah by the hard hand of God that is upon him. “‘I am a Hebrew... ...self a castaway!” He drooped and fell away from himself for a moment; then lifting his face to them again, showed a deep joy in his eyes, as he cried ... ...an Roman. And when these things unite in a man of greatly superior natural force, with a globular brain and a ponderous heart; who has also by the sti... ...han that.” “Seven hundred and seventy seventh,” again said Bildad, without lifting his eyes; and then went on mumbling — “‘for where your treasure is,... ...st there!” And running up after me, she caught me as I was again trying to force open the door. “I won’t allow it; I won’t have my premises spoiled. G... ...in case he got stove and went to Davy Jones.” “Peleg! Peleg!” said Bildad, lifting his eyes and hands, “thou thyself, as I myself, hast seen many a pe... ...e most mournful, perchance the most abased, among them all, shall at times lift himself to the exalted mounts; if I shall touch that workman’s arm wit... ...ght I might as well fall to kicking the pyramid again. But I had only just lifted my foot for it, when he roared out, ‘Stop that kicking!’ ‘Halloa,’ s...

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...een dismissed,” continued Caderousse. “Well, and what then?” said Fernand, lifting up his head, and look- ing at Caderousse like a man who looks for s... ...self to dash headlong upon his rival, when Mercedes, smiling and graceful, lifted up her lovely head, and looked at them with her clear and bright eye... ...” Fernand filled Caderousse’s glass, who, like the confirmed toper he was, lifted his hand from the paper and seized the glass. The Catalan watched hi... ...per’s reign; officers who had de- serted from the imperial army and joined forces with Conde; and younger members of families, brought up to hate and ... ...e among my acquaintances I prefer not to know it, because then I should be forced to hate them.” “You are wrong; you should always strive to see clear... ...the name of the person to whom it was ad- dressed,” said Villefort. “I was forced to read the address to know to whom to give it.” “Have you shown thi... ...mes. He had advanced at first, but stopped at the sight of this display of force. “Are you come to fetch me?” asked he. Alexandre Dumas 63 “Yes,” rep... ...gain,” replied Faria. “This arm is paralyzed; not for a time, but forever. Lift it, and judge if I am mistaken.” The young man raised the arm, which f... ...ten, you see that I do not recover, then pour the rest down my throat. Now lift me on my bed, for I can no longer support myself.” Edmond took the old...

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...so, I could not have observed Mr. Razumov or guessed at his reality by the force of insight, much less have imagined him as he was. Even to invent the... ... of human nature comes into play here. Putting aside Samuel Pepys, who has forced in this way the door of immortality, innumerable people, criminals, ... ...hey appeared to him rational and indestructible at that moment. They had a force of harmony—in contrast with the horrible discord of this man’s presen... ...ldin’s presence—the ap- palling presence of a great crime and the stunning force of a great fanaticism. On looking through the pages of Mr. Razumov’s ... ...me memory or some illusion. Now and then a fatal conjunction of events may lift the veil for an instant. For an instant only. No human being could bea... ... study, was told by his alarmed ser- vants that a mysterious young man had forced his way into the hall, refused to tell his name and the nature of hi...

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...s, until nearly all of the Nibelungs are killed, when Gunnar and Hogni are forced to yield to the power of numbers and are captured and bound. Gunnar ... ...e views are held, the one seeing in the story the personi- fication of the forces of nature, the other, scouting the possi- bility of a mythological i... ...s; the saga is thus not a mere allegory, but a personification of nature’s forces. The treasure may have entered the saga through the wide- spread ide... ...heo- ries, one seeing in the Siegfried saga a personification of natu- ral forces, the other tracing it back to a purely human story of murder through... ...riemhild, the fair, down to the ships. Then the fair-fashioned ladies were lifted from the palfreys. The king was come across and many a worthy guest.... ...eived great welcome. One bade now bring the guests to Siegmund’s hall, and lifted the fair young maids down from the palfreys. Many a knight gan serve... ...kings drew near each other. Emptied were many saddles, as fair ladies were lifted down by knightly hands upon the sward. How busy were those who gladl... ... No nearer she drew, but checked the palfrey with the bridle and bade them lift her quickly from the saddle. Men saw the bishop with Eckewart lead his... ...ly wise.” Those that had no sword reached down in front of the benches and lifted many a long footstool by its legs. The Burgundian squires would now ...

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...oduced.” It is only natural, therefore, that the biographers of Cervantes, forced to make brick without straw, should have recourse largely to conject... ...cclesiastic and a compa- triot, informed the Dey of the plot. Cervantes by force of character, by his self-devotion, by his untiring energy and his ex... ...e went at once and gave himself up to the Dey. As before, the Dey tried to force him to name his accomplices. Everything was made ready for his immedi... ...e perplexity of his master, upon whose perception the incongruity has just forced itself. This is Sancho’s mission throughout the book; he is an un- c... ..., with these words and others to the same purpose, dropping his buckler he lifted his lance with both hands and with it smote such a blow on the carri... ...r imploring aid from anyone, once more dropped his buck- ler and once more lifted his lance, and without actually breaking the second carrier’s head i... ...ions to your beauty, finds himself in this extreme peril.” To say this, to lift his sword, to shelter himself well behind his buckler, and to assail t... ...Sancho was turning him into ridi- cule, was so mortified and vexed that he lifted up his pike and smote him two such blows that if, instead of catchin... ... on, for we have had quite enough of this enter- tainment.” The commissary lifted his staff to strike Pasamonte in return for his threats, but Don Qui...

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... orchards and orna- mental weathercocks, standing close upon the road, and lifting more imposing fronts than the rectory, which peeped from among the ... ... audible breathing had ceased. The candle was burn- ing low, and he had to lift it to see the patient’s face distinctly. Examination convinced him tha... ...he stumbled against the step of the stile, and his brown pot, falling with force against the stones that overarched the ditch below him, was broken in... ...nd of the hook between the bricks, found that they were loose. In haste he lifted up two bricks, and saw what he had no doubt was the object of his se... ...quite put out, and his affections made desolate, he had clung with all the force of his nature to his work and his money; and like all objects to whic... ...e and more. At last he shook so violently that he let fall the candle, and lifted his hands to his head, trying to steady himself, that he might think... ...ties of Raveloe, and where he could most speedily make his loss public. He lifted the latch, and turned 42 Silas Marner into the bright bar or kitche... ...y of ghosts remained still an open 53 George Eliot question. The landlord forced Marner to take off his coat, and then to sit down on a chair aloof f... ...ur of his own heedlessness, till they pressed upon him with exasperat- ing force, and then he turned round with fierce severity and became unrelenting...

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...reign salve to do a goddess good: Being so enrag’d, desire doth lend her force Courageously to pluck him from his horse. Over one arm the lusty co... ...ty in his angry eyes; Rain added to a river that is rank Perforce will force it overflow the bank. Still she entreets, and prettily entreats, For ... ...ight, and will aspire. 8 "Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me; T wo strengthless doves wil... ...n his ears a heavy tale, As if they heard the woeful words she told; She lifts the coffer-lids that close his eyes, Where, lo! two lamps, burnt ou...

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...ing his army on foot in the most toilsome marches, and defeating a regular force in three battles—all these were circumstances fascinating to the imag... ...was resumed and again put into motion by the Jacobites of En- gland, whose force had never been broken, as they had pru- dently avoided bringing it in... ...er ought it to be imputed to George II that he suffered the laws to be en- forced against a person taken in the act of breaking them. When he lost his... ...live to the love of fame, and deaf to the apprehension of danger, until it forces itself suddenly upon thee. I own that, whether it is from my having ... ...mber of horsemen, who were actually employed in hunting salmon. Aye, Alan, lift up your hands and eyes as you will, I can give their mode of fishing n... ... air of Sancho’s doctor, Tirteafuera, but in a very calm and quiet manner, lifted it away and replaced it on the dish, observing only, ‘Thou didst ref... ...out some anxiety for the progress of his own journey, when suddenly, as he lifted his eyes, he discovered old Mr. T rumbull at the upper end of the ap... ... to the workhouse, where she got in with difficulty, but was easily enough lifted out, at the end of the month, as dead as her friends could desire. M... ...st terror. ‘“Only be prompt to execute my bidding,” said he; “it is but to lift a glove—Here, hold this in your hand—throw the train of your dress ove...

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...ple village maid, Beauty and truth, a violet in the shade. She takes their forced welcome and their wiles For her own truth, and lifts her head and sm... ...ade. She takes their forced welcome and their wiles For her own truth, and lifts her head and smiles. They shall not change that truth by any art, Oh!... ...one of the cleverest women on earth. She formed her niece, made the match, forced her forward into the very highest society—never were such delightful... ...rievances. The effects of that over-fatigue did not pass away, and she was forced to give up all evening engagements. He meant to be kind, but was too... ... sight of his grief, that the doctors insisted on removing him, and almost forced him away. There had been prayers offered for her, of which she knew ... ...re.’ And with her eyes and fingers she encouraged the poor child as he was lifted up to the box. ‘There, I’ve not stopped you long.’ ‘What shall you d... ...for mamma to see her, and to see Violet’s perfect look of happiness as she lifted her out and said, “Now, is not she worth seeing?” and then Sarah cam... ... and his books out,—desks, drawers, weights she would never have dreamt of lifting, were as noth- ing to her. Many times did her father meet her, excl... ...tried to rise, but tottered, and sank sense- less on the floor. Her father lifted her, so as to place her with her head on Violet’s lap. Violet remove...

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..., and so deeply that he brought small furrows into his fore head by sheer force of reverie. Where the issue of an interview is as likely to be a vast... ...e.’ ‘Never,’ said Mr Oak, so earnestly that he seemed to be coming, by the force of his words, straight through the bush and into her arms. ‘I shall d... ... the timid creatures through the hedge, across the upper field, and by main force of worrying had given them momentum enough to break down a portion of... ...versity had thrust upon him up to the slight female form in the saddle. He lifted his hat with respect, and not without galantry: stepping close to he... ...id in a hesitating voice, — ‘Do you happen to want a shepherd, ma’am?’ She lifted the wool veil tied round her face, and looked all astonishment. Gabr... ...he Sorcerer pattern, till he found a leathern strap, which he pulled. This lifted a wooden latch, and the door swung open. The room inside was lighted... ...generous in public, and Hen ery Fray, who had drawn up towards her chair, lifted his eyebrows and fingers to express amazement on a small scale. ‘How ... ...upid old Boldwood, and how he would wonder!’ said the irrepressible Liddy, lifting her eyebrows, and indulging in an awful mirth on the verge of fear ... ... years of age, had never before inspected a woman with the very centre and force of his glance; they had struck upon all his senses at wide angles. Wa...

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...t us pursue the black and white lady—forward, march!” cried Philippe, with forced gaiety. At that instant the two huntsmen heard a cry that was someth... ...g with a silly expression at the two huntsmen, the sight of whom brought a forced and painful smile to her face. “Where are we? Whose house is this? W... ...f carriages, cais- sons, and articles of all kinds which the army had been forced to abandon when effecting its passage of the river on the 27th and 2... ...elf a place near a fire; repulsed repeatedly, they met again, to obtain by force the hospitality already refused to them. Deaf to the voice of some of... ...ender by holding twenty thousand Rus- sians under Wittgenstein at bay, was forced to open a passage by main force through this forest of men in order ... ...ed it in her face. “We will save her in spite of herself!” cried Philippe, lifting the countess and placing her in the carriage. He returned to implor... ...e carriage. He returned to implore the help of his friend. To- gether they lifted the old general, without knowing whether he were dead or alive, and ... ...ursed Russians.” “Forward! major, you’re a brave one! But you’ll give me a lift on your carriage?” said the grenadier. “Yes, if you don’t leave your s... ...sounded on all sides. The major looked with haggard eyes at Stephanie, who lifted hers to heaven with a feeling of sublime resignation. “To die with t...

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...sions. A las, said Gawaine, that ever this misadventure is befallen me. No force, said Uwaine, sith I shall die this death, of a much more worshipfull... ...o she shall lose her virgin- ity the which she shall never get again. Then lift he up his eyes and said weeping: Fair sweet Lord Jesu Christ, whose li... ...e mercy upon me though I defend my life against my brother: with that Bors lift up his hand and would have smitten his brother. 27 Le Morte Darthur –...

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...him give up the money; but he couldn’t, and then he swore he’d make the law force him. The judge and the widow went to law to get the court to take m... ...fifteen cents’ worth of meal or bacon or other stuff to eat; and sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn’t roosting comfortable, and took him along. P... ...ere one of the bullets went in. He made about a dozen long gasps, his breast lifting the Bible up when he drawed in his breath, and letting it down a... ...ied chickens was — and all that kind of rot, the way women always do for to force out compliments; and the people all knowed everything was tiptop, ... ... no, he come ca’m and important, like the ram. When he got a front of us he lifts his hat ever so gracious and dainty, like it was the lid of a box t... ...o the soap kettle and searched around, and fetched back the iron thing they lift the lid with; so he took it and prized out one of the staples. The c... ... with a ten foot chain, to the leg of his bed: why, all you got to do is to lift up the bedstead and slip off the chain. And Uncle Silas he trusts e...

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...mbrance of a similar scene at which I had been once present fell with full force upon my heart. I buried my face in my handkerchief, and hastened from... ... meet hers under the table! I draw back as if from a furnace; but a secret force impels me forward again, and my senses become disordered. Her innocen... ...s house from the flames, finds his physical strength redoubled, so that he lifts burdens with ease, which, in the absence of excitement, he could scar... ...when I either wander through the country, climb some precipitous cliff, or force a path through the trackless thicket, where I am lacerated and torn b... ...thy for me, have power still to extract tears from my withered brain. “One lifts up the curtain, and passes to the other side, — that is all! And why ... ...an to read. “Star of descending night! fair is thy light in the west! thou liftest thy unshorn head from thy cloud; thy steps are stately on thy hill.... ...Daura who calleth thee. Erath, the traitor, fled laughing to the land. She lifted up her voice— she called for her brother and her father. Arindal! Ar... ..., fallen my pride among women. When the storms aloft arise, when the north lifts the wave on high, I sit by the sounding shore, and look on the fatal ... ...ye shall seek me in the field around, but he shall not find me.” The whole force of these words fell upon the unfortunate Werther. Full of despair, he...