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... When I look back at my college years I find that I admired her more than anyone else at school. And I never actually met her.‖ —―Yes Wreck,... ...dn‘t you tell me that winning a court case was more important than seeing justice served for most of your fellow attorneys?‖ —―True, Wreck.... ...ed both men and women to re-evaluate their gender roles. ―The traditional roles of men, to be dominant and controlling, are seen as vehicl... ...litics.‖ —―But Lee, those athletes divorced. So sometimes reality eclipses the lunar induced romantic love. But I have to agree that the ballad... ... playing, dancing, or swimming. Some of these are constructive activities, some are meaningless. Being overly aggressive in the use of a motor vehicl... ...r satisfying our needs and drives and our individual neurotic adjustments when our individual needs are not met. When we started on this trek Wreck ...

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...Why is this not happening? Put it this way: take a house and smash it with a wrecking ball into ten million pieces. Are you going to put one milli... ...t of the Namib-Bi-man Desert is called the Skeleton Coast: populated by ships wrecked by the fogs, treacherous currents, and westerly storms that ma... ...eplace other human factors in this energy-flow. Until money becomes the main vehicle for human confidence, self-esteem, fear, greed, panic, self-wo... ... 528 the accumulation of power and wealth away from warfare to the only other vehicle left which can accumulate things on a large-scale: Capitalism.... ...at is expensive as hell to fix? Or do you want a simple, reliable, practical vehicle that does not gouge your pocketbook; and gets you from point A.... ...y, inhuman, numb, brainwashed, boring, vapid, meaningless, pointless physical wrecks… refusing to die. Terrified of dying. Avoiding dying at all c... ... of romantic love is a fairly new invention… that it only arose from medieval ballads and books. They say this because they see very little mention ... ...n that people began to become literate. One reason historians think romantic ballads became popular in the middle ages is because that it was not ex...

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...Falkner followed her order, Camilla tugged the parlor door shut, hiding the wreck of her once beautiful room. Anthony Comstock filled the arched po... ...he man. The bulls ignored Comstock’s bleating, hustled him to their waiting vehicle, and departed. Now Connolly’s three-story, granite house sto... ...fore Ivor rolled to a halt, Morgan was slowly rising to her feet, making the vehicle sway as she craned forward to get a full view of the house from ... ...th opera, to give the pretense of culture. My audience prefers sentimental ballads and patriotic songs. And my talents are, or were more suited to ... ...ight?” Daniel asked. “Stop the carriage. Oooh, please, God.” Before the vehicle could roll to a halt, she lurched to her feet, clambered over Dan... ... Deep in his cups, the man was easily satisfied, brought to tears by hoary ballads of broken hearts and lost loves. But now and then, the echoes b...

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...on from the beginning of the chapter, that all cars be assumed to be getaway vehicles for the felonious filchers of vegeta- bles, and thus that they sh... ... new lyrics to existing melodies. “Benjamin Franklin used to write broadside ballads every time a disaster struck,” said Elijah Wald, a music historia... ...o market. Sharing methods might be used to generate cult movies such as Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, which was created using techniques borrowed fro... ...ng over an old library discovering a box full of printed squibs, satires and ballads of the time against the acts and those who were supposed to favor... ...d to a gentleman who played an active part on the opposition side.” “Exon,” “Ballads Against Inclosures,” Notes and Queries 9, 2nd series (February 18...

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... Chesnel—for he was now a notary—had contrived to save for them out of the wreck. Alas! was not the plundered and dismantled castle all too vast for a... ...present Marquis, and Chesnel had picked up the furni- ture at sales of the wreckage of old chateaux between 1793 and 1795; so that there were Louis Qu... ... He was not taking exercise alone, the Chevalier was with him, and the two wrecks of the eighteenth century were talking of Victurnien. The Chevalier ... ...iarly on the shoulder, “we should have some fun. But a plague of odes, and ballads, and driveling meditations, and novels with wide margins, pervades ... ...d never handled the reins before, locked his wheels in the wheels of other vehicles, collided with the curbstone in the Place Louis-Quinze, went he kn... ... just about to start; and by dint of fees to the postilions, the lumbering vehicle went as quickly as the coach. His two fellow-passengers on the jour...

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...ut prices, and should have no idea, if I were put to it, how to wheedle a man into ordering some- thing he doesn’t want. As a town traveller, I am nev... ... feet. O reader, haply turning this page by the fireside at Home, and hearing the night wind rumble in the chimney, that slight obstruction was the up... ...ue dress, dipped heavily over the side of the boat alongside the Lighter, and dropped to the bottom. On the shore by the water’s edge, was a rough ten... ...h was a part of the vessel’s cargo blew in with the salt foam and remained upon the land when the foam melted, they saw the ship’s life-boat put off f... ...We lost a great deal of companionship when the late public-houses turned their lamps out, and when the potmen thrust the last brawl- ing drunkards int... ...s own affairs. Mr. Testator took his coal-scuttle in one hand, his candle and key in the other, and descended to the dismallest underground dens of Ly... ...old- ing republican opinions, and deeming myself secure, I took a stall. My object was to hear and see the Mississippi Momuses in what the bills descr...

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... LXXIII I MANY times thought peace had come, When peace was far away; As wrecked men deem they sight the land At centre of the sea, And struggle sla... ...s were painted He, too, did fly away. Time brought me other robins,— Their ballads were the same,— Still for my missing troubadour I kept the “house a... ...The splendor of a Burmah, The meteor of birds, Departing like a pageant Of ballads and of bards. 89 I never thought that Jason sought For any golden ... ..., And then, as if the hands That held the dams had parted hold, The waters wrecked the sky, But overlooked my father’s house, Just quartering a tree. ... .... If town it have, beyond itself, ’T is that I cannot say; I only sigh,—no vehicle Bears me along that way. 117 LXII A DROP fell on the ... ....) CVIII A SLOOP of amber slips away Upon an ether sea, And wrecks in peace a purple tar, The son of ecstasy. 142 CIX O... ...knew no thill, Was innocent of wheel, Elijah’s horses as unique As was his vehicle. Elijah’s journey to portray, Expire with him the skill, Who justif...

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...re seated on the deck, which was strewed with musical instruments, and the wreck of furniture and other articles. ‘Here also Mr. Meriton, after having... ... hushed, except the roaring of the winds and the dashing of the waves; the wreck was buried in the deep, and not an atom of it was ever afterwards see... ...ingly associated with the remembrance of the missing ladies saved from the wrecked vessel, and who was often sought but never found, thoughts of anoth... ...s at a loss to recon cile the careless deportment of the drivers of these vehicles, with the terrific announcements they conducted through the city, ... ... refreshment, I could not refrain from mounting on the shaft of the second vehicle, and looking in at the portal. I then beheld, reclining on his back... ...cted, either by the smoke, or the rum and water. I was assisted out of the vehicle, in a state of mind which I have only experienced in two other plac... ...Here, were Little Warblers and Fairburn’s Comic Songsters. Here, too, were ballads on the old ballad paper and in the old confusion of types; with an ...

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...de a scene men do not soon forget; For they remember battles, fires, and wrecks, Or any other thing that brings regret, Or breaks their hope... ...ll ‘t is best to struggle to the last, ‘T is never too late to be wholly wreck’d: And though ‘t is true that man can only die once, ‘T is not ... ...d, Until the chains and leathers were worn through Of all our pumps:—a wreck complete she roll’d, At mercy of the waves, whose mercies are L... ...t sweet, He always is complaining of his lot, Forsooth, scarce fit for ballads in the street; In lovers’ parts his passion more to breathe, ... ...esaid occupied Their station: there were valets, secretaries, In other vehicles; but at his side Sat little Leila, who survived the parries ... ... ears, lest Italy should fail. In Babylon’s bravuras—as the home Heart ballads of Green Erin or Gray Highlands, That bring Lochaber back to ey...

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...rishing lumber of superstitions, folk lore dialect, and orally transmitted ballads, and the daughter, with her trained National teachings and Standard... ...and the girl led out the horse Prince, only a degree less rickety than the vehicle. The poor creature looked wonderingly round at the night, at the la... ...le in the middle of the road, though scratched and scraped over by passing vehicles. All that was left of Prince was now hoisted into the waggon he ha... ...y till they reached the beginning of the ascent, on the crest of which the vehicle from Trantridge was to receive her, this limit having been fixed to ... ...her thankfulness, and her hopes, rose higher and higher. She tried several ballads, but found them inadequate; till, recollecting the psalter that her... ...nable as she was under her reserve; in order that it might not agonize and wreck her? To encounter her daily in the accustomed manner would be to deve... ...imity brought home to Clare the sec ondary perception that he had utterly wrecked his career by this marriage, which had not been among his early tho... ...nce her sad mar riage, but she had preserved sufficient draperies from the wreck of her then full wardrobe to clothe her very charmingly as a simple c... ...harp, that she had inquired more curiously of him which were his favourite ballads among those the country girls sang. She indirectly inquired of Amby...

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...ll go with you, if you like?’ So, they all three went away together in the vehicle that had brought the boy; the two friends (once boys together at a ... ...mer, the unfolded clothes-horse displayed a choice collection of halfpenny ballads and became a screen, and the stool planted within it became his pos... ... s a pleasant place, this! And then to be shut in on each side, with these ballads, like so many book-leaf blinkers! Why, its delightful!’ ‘If I am no... ...and then to feel yourself in the mind to tip me and Mrs Boffin one of your ballads, why then we should drop into poetry.’ ‘I follow you, sir,’ said We... ...omestic, Mr and Mrs Boffin took their seats in the back compartment of the vehicle: which was suffi- ciently commodious, but had an undignified and al... ... a great tall custard-coloured phaeton, she showed above the apron of that vehicle like a dejected young person sitting up in bed to take a startled l... ...ng Precedent of keeping the light up. It would be exciting to look out for wrecks.’ ‘But otherwise,’ suggested Lightwood, ‘there might be a degree of ... ...he stimulants and nourishment he re- quired. The utter helplessness of the wreck of him that lay cast ashore there, now alarmed her, but he himself ap...

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...ll go with you, if you like?’ So, they all three went away together in the vehicle that had brought the boy; the two friends (once boys together at a ... ...mer, the unfolded clothes-horse displayed a choice collection of halfpenny ballads and became a screen, and the stool planted within it became his pos... ... s a pleasant place, this! And then to be shut in on each side, with these ballads, like so many book-leaf blinkers! Why, its delightful!’ ‘If I am no... ...and then to feel yourself in the mind to tip me and Mrs Boffin one of your ballads, why then we should drop into poetry.’ ‘I follow you, sir,’ said We... ...omestic, Mr and Mrs Boffin took their seats in the back compartment of the vehicle: which was suffi- ciently commodious, but had an undignified and al... ... a great tall custard-coloured phaeton, she showed above the apron of that vehicle like a dejected young person sitting up in bed to take a startled l... ...ng Precedent of keeping the light up. It would be exciting to look out for wrecks.’ ‘But otherwise,’ suggested Lightwood, ‘there might be a degree of ...

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...Royal Gardens in due time. As the majestic Jos stepped out of the creaking vehicle the crowd gave a cheer for the fat gentleman, who blushed and looke... ...ll in the midst of the gardens; the singers, both of comic and sentimental ballads, who charmed the ears there; the country dances, formed by bouncing... ...ch from a stand there. It is needless to particu- larize the number of the vehicle, or to state that the driver was stationed thus early in the neighb... ...me young buck, reeling homeward from the tavern, might need the aid of his vehicle, and pay him with the generosity of intoxication. It is likewise ne... ...was kind to everybody with whom he dealt, sent this little spar out of the wreck with their love to good Mrs. Sedley; and with respect to the piano, a...

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..., where wider streets Bring straggling breezes of suburban air. Here files of ballads dangle from dead walls; Advertisements, of giant size, from high ... ... villages, I first 545 Entered thy vast dominion? On the roof Of an itinerant vehicle I sate, With vulgar men about me, trivial forms Of houses, paveme... ...ostrate, or leaning towards their common rest In earth, the widely scattered wreck sublime 142 The Prelude of 1850 Of vanished nations, or more clear... ...ar from that still ruin all the plain Lay spotted with a variegated crowd Of vehicles and travellers, horse and foot, Wading beneath the conduct of th... ...eanimating influence lost Of memory, to virtue lost and hope, Though with the wreck of loftier years bestrewn. But indignation works where hope is not,...

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... to Barto left it one of the ironical, veiled Republican, semi-socialistic ballads of the time, which were sung about the streets for the sharpness an... ...ut the tradi- tions of a soldier’s experience of the sex have informed his ballads with strange touches of irony, that help him to his (so to say) phi... ..., where it remained within hearing of a whistle. One of the Milanese hired vehicles drove up to the maestro’s door shortly after, and Luigi cursed it.... ... he related to Mr. Powys the aberrations of the divinely-gifted voice, the wreck which Vittoria strove to become, and from which he alone was striving... ...the house, it was only too certain, that if he did so, La Scala would be a wrecked tenement in the eye of morning. But Agostino backed his entreaty to... ... he beheld illusion wantonly destroyed, and the opera reduced to be a mere vehicle for a fulmination of politics. But the general enthusiasm was too t... ...t fashioned a vow upon her lips that she would leave the world to toss its wrecks, and dedicate her life to God. 257 George Meredith For, O heaven! o... ...g my ‘young nonsense.’ I did, hold the truth, and that was felt, though my vehicle for delivering it was rubbish. “In two days Corte promises to sing ...

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...forehead and drinking new milk, and by- and-by hearing a roar of voices or vehicles, and seeing a dog that went alone through crowded streets without ... ...hem, and writhed its tail, paddling its broken big red wings in the pit of wreck and smoke, twisting and darkening-some- thing fine to conquer, I felt... ... ‘The knowledge and the love of virtue I must do for myself; and not to be wrecked, I must do it early.’ ‘Well, that’s neither learning nor human natu... ...truggling senses. We became immediately attached to her as a pair of ship- wrecked boats lacking provender of every sort are taken in tow by a well-st... ...ange leisurely pace down the hill through tall pinetrees to where a closed vehicle awaited us. Here were also a couple of lackeys, who deposited my fa... ... and twisting, behaving like a man spellbound, as madly as any hero of the ballads under a wizard’s charm. At last the squire relieved us. He fixed th... ...it were into the lion’s den-from a terrific entanglement of horseflesh and vehicles brawled over by a splendid collision of tongues. Secure on the pav...

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...region of life almost infinitely remote from his statecraft. They were the vehicle of children, but only Imperial Rome and the new world of to-day hav... ...ions, and assisted in nocturnal raids upon the slugs by lantern-light that wrecked my preparation work for school next day. My father dug up both lawn... ...teriously embittered. That lane with its occasional passers-by did much to wreck the intensive scheme, because my father always stopped work and went ... ...gs that would have amazed their ancestors. They began to construct wheeled vehicles much more easily and cheaply than they had ever done before, to ma... ... lain in those days through Latin, and afterwards Greek had come in as the vehicle of a flood of new and amazing ideas. Once these two languages had b... ...the Gods, and Britten conveyed the precious volume to me. That and the Bab Ballads were the inspiration of some of our earliest lucubrations. For an i... ...ttacks of helmeted men in khaki, the scarce visible smoke of the guns, the wrecked trains in great lonely places, the burnt isolated farms, and at las...

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...everal times faster than you’ll tell money; he utters them as he had eaten ballads, and all men’s ears grow to his tunes. —Winter’s T ale IT WAS A GLO... ...hocked Mrs. Bernard by inhu- man wishes that a ship would only come and be wrecked. How often had he watched, through sounds like these, for a minute ... ...aginary signal. Redclyffe Bay was a very dangerous one; a fine place for a wreck, with 298 The Heir of Redclyffe its precipitous crags, its single sa... ...rdinary track of vessels, and there were only a few traditions of terrible wrecks long before his time. It seemed as if he had worked up his fancy aga... ...sh epic about King Arthur, beginning with a storm at Tintagel, sundry half ballads, the verses he was suspected of, and never would show, that first s... ...of means of taking Charles out of doors; he sup- posed there might be some vehicle about the place; but he thought there was no horse. V ery unlike wa...

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...Royal Gardens in due time. As the majestic Jos stepped out of the creaking vehicle the crowd gave a cheer for the fat gentleman, who blushed and looke... ...ll in the midst of the gardens; the singers, both of comic and sentimental ballads, who charmed the ears there; the country dances, formed by bouncing... ...ch from a stand there. It is needless to particu- larize the number of the vehicle, or to state that the driver was stationed thus early in the neighb... ...me young buck, reeling homeward from the tavern, might need the aid of his vehicle, and pay him with the generosity of intoxication. It is likewise ne... ...was kind to everybody with whom he dealt, sent this little spar out of the wreck with their love to good Mrs. Sedley; and with respect to the piano, a... ... her on board the transport as they were coming home, and were very nearly wrecked, on their return from the W est Indies. After the regiment’s depart... ...s and feathers, scarfs and trinkets, a heap of tumbled vanities lying in a wreck. Her hair was falling over her shoulders; her gown was torn where Raw...

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...similar memorials, past all numbering, which every year accumulates as the wrecks from household remembrances of generations that are passing or passe... ... (1801), was re- published in the first two-volume edition of “The Lyrical Ballads.” Well I knew Lady Carbery’s constitutional inapti- 77 Thomas de Q... ...sides the expression of Christian humility, in thus nakedly exhibiting the wrecks and ruins made by sin, there is also a latent profession indi- cated... ...y, come forward to coun- tersign such hopes, many more would have been the wrecks of ambition, and even bloodier would have been the blood- polluted l... ...best chance of evading Holkerstein in the forest, their own un- pretending vehicle passed without other notice than a curse from the officer on duty; ...