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...- terious authority of beauty, a sureness in the carriage of the head, the movement of the eyes, which, without being in the least theatrical, struck ... ...her early vivacity had disappeared; because she was so quiet— quiet in her movements, her voice, and the tones of her low- pitched voice. New Y ork ha... ...eeling lonely.” She sat down near the fire, said: “Nastasia will bring the tea presently,” and signed to him to return to his armchair, adding: “I see... ... Luydens do nothing by halves.” “No: how kind they are! It was such a nice party. Every one seems to have such an esteem for them.” The terms were har... ...m.” The terms were hardly adequate; she might have spoken in that way of a tea-party at the dear old Miss Lannings’. “The van der Luydens,” said Arche... ...The terms were hardly adequate; she might have spoken in that way of a tea-party at the dear old Miss Lannings’. “The van der Luydens,” said Archer, f... ... and they collapsed. He laughed, and sacrificed them. Nastasia brought the tea, with handleless Japanese cups and little covered dishes, placing the t... ...t an old friend of mine to see you—Mrs. Struthers. She wasn’t asked to the party last night, and she wants to know you.” The Duke beamed on the group,... ...en overtaken?” 93 Edith Wharton She shrugged her shoulders, with a little movement like Nastasia’s, and rejoined in a lighter tone: “Shall we walk on...

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...view of Paris from the heights of Belleville to those of Belleville, from Montmartre to the triumphal Arc de l?Etoile, that one morning, refreshed by tea, amid the myriad suggestions that shoot up and die like rockets from your sparkling flow of talk, lavish of ideas, you tossed to my pen a figure worthy of Hoffmann,--that casket of unrecognized gems, that pilgrim seated a...

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...tmartre to the triumphal Arc de l’Etoile, that one morn- ing, refreshed by tea, amid the myriad suggestions that shoot up and die like rockets from yo... ...orary effect; they do not persistently contribute to the whole mass of the movement by their steady and regular progress. Beethoven assigns its part t... ...y from the first. Like the various companies which, by their disci- plined movements, contribute to winning a battle, the or- chestral parts of a symp... ...melody. It was needful to express the wonderful energy of this great human movement which created an architecture, a music, a poetry of its own, a cos... ...f keeping the tragedy and the parody side by side, and afterwards take the party to the first performance of Robert le Diable. He had seen it in rehea...

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... end of the centre table, and placed near the green-shaded sewing lamp two tea-cups, two plates, a sugar-bowl and a piece of pie. The rest of the room... ... Evelina toward the table, keeping a sideward eye on her sister’s listless movements, while her own hands were busy with the kettle. A moment later ca... ...ve got on well enough without.” “Evelina Bunner, just you sit down to your tea. I guess I know what I’d oughter and what I’d hadn’t oughter just as we... ...ister said with a laugh full of nervous pleasure. She poured out Evelina’s tea, adding some condensed milk from the jug, and cutting for her the large... ...contin- ued. “And we’ll invite Miss Mellins too—that’ll make a gosy little party.” That night when Evelina undressed she took a jonquil from the vase ... ...ual care, his broad hands encased in gloves of olive-green kid. The little party set out for the nearest street-car, and a flutter of mingled gratific... ...e-not bonnet and the clock-maker’s shiny coat- collar; but when the little party got out at their corner the crowd swept them together again, and they... ...gotten that? The hun- dred dollars in the bank.” Evelina made an impatient movement. “Of course I ain’t for- gotten it. On’y it ain’t enough. It would...

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...y—followed by me. I had come to the conclusion by this time that none of the party (except, for a few moments, the Lord Chancellor) was in the least a... ...ze pig) was their son. Sylvie and Bruno, with the Lord Chancellor, made up a party of seven. “And you actually got a plunge bath every morning?” said ... ...ing the alphabet, “As I was remarking, your Sub Excellency, this portentous movement—” Sylvie and Bruno Lewis Carroll 15 “You began too soon!” th... ...I was re marking,” chanted the obedient Lord Chancellor, “this por tentous movement has already assumed the dimensions of a Revolution!” “And what a... ...go after him.” And she led him out of the room, unnoticed by the rest of the party, who were wholly absorbed in watching the old Beggar. The Conspirat... ... propos of my having insisted on saving her the trouble of carrying a cup of tea across the room to the Earl, “if cups of tea had no weight at all! Th... ...f course though it might take some centuries to do it.” “And is five o’clock tea to be going on all the while?” said Lady Muriel. “That, and other thi... ...o the floor, and ourselves tied down to the furniture. Then the five o’clock tea could go on in peace.” “With one little drawback!’, Lady Muriel gaily...

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...terrible fight, but Sir Arthur described it as though it had been a whist- party—I suppose because a lady was present.’ ‘Of course you were the lady. ... .... The wind had dropped, and in that funnel of ground every least noise and movement reached them like whispers up a water-Pipe. ‘That is clever,’ said... ...ut,’ said Mr Dudeney, as the flock scattered before them. ‘It’s making for tea-time now.’ ‘Look what I’ve found, said Dan, and held up a little blue f... ...d, but many thought stove-heat not in the Bible, and there was yet a third party which always brought hickory coal foot-warmers to service and wouldn’... ...e out to walk with me to the French quarter where I was due to fiddle at a party. Passing Drinker’s Alley again we saw a naked window with a light in ... ...octor of Medicine They were playing hide-and-seek with bicycle lamps after tea. Dan had hung his lamp on the apple tree at the end of the hellebore be...

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...en I was in the dock she show’ d her nerve: I saw beneath her shawl my old tea-can T rembling … she brought it To screw me for my work: she loath’d m... ...efore doubly kind I thought it. XIV I’ve never lost the taste of that same tea: That liquor on my logic floats like oil, When I state facts, and fello... ...e stout breakfast cheer, The drink of the three generations, the milk, the tea, and the beer (Alone in its generous reading of pints stood the Grandfa... ... like a sun On a mind blank as the white wife of Lot, Giving it warmth and movement! if this be Delusion, think of what thereby was won For men, and d... ...omes to light, Through conquest of the inner beast, Which Measure tames to movement sane, In harmony with what is fair. Never is Earth misread by brai... ...panies in choric rings, Whom but to see made ear alert. For music did each movement rouse, And motion was a minstrel’s rage T o have our spirits out o... ...r decay.— There will come an immediate decree In thy mind for the opposite party’s decease, If he bends not an instant knee. Expunge it: extinguishin...

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... -- Anna and Harland, 20 -- To the Evening Star, 21 -- Pain, 22 -- On a Lady Weeping: Imitation from the Latin of Nicolaus Archius, 23 -- Monody on a Tea-kettle, 24 -- Genevieve, 26 -- On Receiving an Account that his Only Sister?s Death was Inevitable, 27 -- On Seeing a Youth Affectionately Welcomed by a Sister, 28 -- A Mathematical Problem, 29 -- Honour, 32 -- On Imitati...

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...e Latin of Nicolaus Archius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Monody on a Tea-kettle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Genevieve . . . . . .... ...: Imitation from the Latin of Nicolaus Archius Coleridge: Poems Monody on a Tea-kettle 1790 O Muse who sangest late another’s pain, To griefs ... ... dirge complain, (Whilst Bats shall shriek and Dogs shall howling run) The tea-kettle is spoilt and Coleridge is undone! Your cheerful songs, ye un... ...his place the Author, during the summer months of the year 1793, conducted a party of young ladies; one of whom, of stature elegantly small, and of co... ... startle from their reedy bed. O beauteous birds! methinks ye measure Your movements to some heavenly tune! O beauteous birds! ’tis such a pleasure... ...ical; To his own conscience only hearty, ’Twas but by chance he serv’d the party; — The self-same things had said and writ, Had Pitt been Fox, and...

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...course, allowed to act on Midsummer Night itself, but they went down after tea on Midsummer Eve, when the shadows were growing, and they took their su... ...asn’t really dead?’ said Una. ‘Not a bit. All as much pretence as a dolls’ tea-party. Then they brought out a splendid white horse, and the priest cut... ...t really dead?’ said Una. ‘Not a bit. All as much pretence as a dolls’ tea-party. Then they brought out a splendid white horse, and the priest cut som... ...e had to satisfy himself was a horrid smell of burning hair. Just a dolls’ tea-party! ‘I judged it better not to say anything then (’twouldn’t have be... ...d to satisfy himself was a horrid smell of burning hair. Just a dolls’ tea-party! ‘I judged it better not to say anything then (’twouldn’t have been f... ...ng in his armour. ‘So!’ said he; and he moved slowly through the beautiful movements of the Roman Salute, that ends with a hollow clang of the shield ... ...’ The stranger pretended to look along a gun. Hobden answered with a quick movement of the hand as though he were pegging down a rabbit-wire. ‘No. Tha... ...ornfully in his beard. The shots across the valley stopped as the shooting party changed their ground for the last beat. 152 Puck of Pook’s Hill ‘So ...

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... open for Richard to enter. Inside, red and black shad­ ows danced in a rhythmic movement to a slow burning gold and red fire in the center of the te... ...ith his performance. After the press conference, Alana had arranged for a small party for potential contributors and the I.E. entourage in one of th... ... hit today. CNN said that you were go­ ing to be the darling ofthe environmental movement. So what's the problem?" River Song asked without any emoti... ... office. Alana had a pencil between her teeth, and her body was in full aerobic movement as she side­ stepped from one end of the long desk to the ot... ..." Alex­ ander Frank said, diverting the assault once again. "Well, I won't be a party to any cover up, especially if there's a threat to the public.... ...atthew knew what most of the secret meet­ ings were about - the Senator loved to party with prostitutes and drugs. He was told that these parties wer... ... this morning. What did you think, Richard?" River Song asked sipping on an ice tea. "I think this Hearing is going to be explosive. Hacker is like ... ...akfast. "We're all ears," Hawk said, sipping on a special blend oftrib­ al herb tea. "Taranto's on the loose. We believe he's preparing an assault ...

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...l Property?, 1 2 Thomas Jefferson Writes a Letter, 17 3 The Second Enclosure Movement, 42 4 The Internet Threat, 54 5 The Farmers’ Tale: An Allegory, ... ...these issues. The work of Richard Stallman, the creator of the free software movement, remains an inspiration even though he pro- foundly disagrees wi... ...ers, and librarians have actually done much of the hard work of building the movement I describe at the end of this book. Jamie Love has touched, spar... ... society from scratch. Perhaps you fought a revolution, or perhaps you led a party of adventurers into some empty land, conveniently free of indigenou... ...e reverse of that which was produced by the East India Company’s monopoly of tea, or by Lord Essex’s monopoly of sweet wines. Thus, then, stands the c... ...owing me for several weeks into a surreal world of secondhand threats, third-party leaks, and a hilarious back-and-forth in the letters page). 10 Thin... ...Certainly if, as the Bridgeport court assumed, the recording industry is the party responsible for fine-tuning copy- right law, we are hardly likely to... ...olicies of taxation and legislation. How could a man who thought that taxing tea was tyranny, and that all men had an unalienable right to liberty, be...

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.... Shonts,” said Sophie, feeling his unrest as he drank the loathed British tea. Mrs. Shonts smiled, and took them in hand. She wrote widely and telegr... ...ns “Poor old thing!” They had been walking round the farms as usual before tea. “No wonder they loved it. Think of the sacrifices they made for it. Ja... ... Marconi’s. “No. I’m perfectly well,” Sophie protested. “You lay down till tea-time.” Mrs. Cloke patted her shoul- der. “They’ll be very pleased, thou... ...ly, half aloud, “we must try to make him feel that he isn’t a third in our party,” and turned the corner that looked over Friars Pardon, giddy, sick, ... ...o its tradition. At the ap- pointed time was born, not that third in their party to whom Sophie meant to be so kind, but a godling; in beauty, it was ... ...sts must go elsewhere to witness the”debates,” “resolutions,” and “popular movements” of 94 Actions and Reactions the old days. The only people to su... ...fifteen or twenty knots S. 4 E. Descending to the 500 ft. level, I found a party of Transylvanian tourists engaged in exploding scores of the largest ... ...aps to the kennels was at work all over the world. Forces, Activities, and Movements sprang into be- ing, agitated themselves, coalesced, and, in one ... ...ith him at the Governor’s table, his allocution to the Governor on the New Movement, and the sins of Imperialism, I purposely omit. At three in the af...

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...of the Empire they had been the loot of far off victories. The young man’s movements, however, betrayed no consistency of attention—not even, for that... ...r father’s the natural fowl running about the bassecour. His feathers, his movements, his sounds—those are the parts that, with me, are left out.” “Ah... ...after declaring himself grateful for finding her, and then, with his cup of tea, putting her in possession of the latest news—the documents signed an h... ...to face; after which, without comment, she asked him if he would have more tea. All she would give him, he promptly signi fied; and he developed, maki... ...promptly signi fied; and he developed, making her laugh, his idea that the tea of the English race was somehow their morality, “made,” with boiling wa... ...n her as pect and her character. Her character was attested by the second movement of her face, which convinced the be holder that her vision of the ... ...larger on the big London stage. Rome was in comparison a village, a family party, a little old world spinnet for the fingers of one hand. By the time t... ...nted for hospitality and who produced at first the impression of a birthday party, or some anniversary gregariously and re ligiously kept, though they... ... conditions she might. On such an evening as this, that of a great official party in the full flush of the London spring time, the conditions affected h...