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...n declared himself a court of justice, no longer a medical board, and made formal inquiry into the late robberies. “We are the thieves of Mahadeo,” sa... ...s of their apprenticeship they had come by that road from Bombay. Then the languages in which the names of the sta- tions were written changed, and th...

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...ing written in obsolete, and as they are generally thought, unintelligible languages, such as Plutarch, Nepos, and others which I heard of in my youth... ...was an excellent scholar. He was a per- fect master of the Greek and Latin languages; to which he added a great share of knowledge in the Oriental ton... ...ing the least symp- toms in his countenance. The doctor now began a second formal speech, in which he declaimed against all levity of conversation, an...

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... asks you to alight, it is not cus- tomary even to get off your horse: the formal answer of the owner is, “sin pecado concebida” — that is, 51 Charle... ...le little hovel inhabited by the poorest people. The extreme though rather formal courtesy of our host and hostess, con- sidering their grade of life,... ...metimes sullen expression, and very quick in learning anything, especially languages. This she showed in picking up some Portuguese and Span- ish, whe... ...onnexion of the different American tribes, who nevertheless speak distinct languages. This party could muster but little Spanish, and talked to each o... ...de Bachapins. Where civiliza- tion has arrived at a certain point, complex formali- ties soon arise between the different grades of soci- ety: thus at...

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...me in going about from one house to another, and listening to all manner of languages. The Spanish was the common ground upon which we all met; for e... ...f the Rosa’s house was an Austrian by birth, but spoke, read, and wrote four languages with ease and correctness. German was his native tongue, but b... ...and showed a knowledge of the customs of society, and particularly of the formalities of the various English courts of law, and of Parliament, whi... ...essarily be little qualified to judge of their operation. Without any formal dedication of my narrative to that body of men, of whose common ... ...card of a man whom I had last known, some fifteen years ago, as a strict and formal deacon of a Congregational Society in New England. He was a deaco...

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... piano for him. Played it, I understand, like one o’clock—beautiful! As to languages—speaks anything. 67 Little Dorrit We’ve had a Frenchman here in ... ... as his natural enemy, ‘to memorialise the Circumlocution Department. Such formalities as are required to be observed in so doing, may be known on app... ...,’ returned Mr Barnacle, ringing the bell, ‘to the Department itself for a formal answer to that inquiry.’ ‘Excuse my mentioning—’ ‘The Department is ... ... seemed to shut out sound and motion. The furniture 145 Little Dorrit was formal, grave, and quaker-like, but well-kept; and had as prepossessing an ... ...o one could dispute, Arthur—Mr Clennam—that it’s quite right you should be formally friendly to me under the altered circumstances and indeed you coul... ...t mean that, very proper expression mutual friend—than become through mere formali- ties not you but me like the Spartan boy with the fox biting him, ... ...get ready. W e have lost our pleasant interpreter (she spoke three foreign languages beautifully, Arthur; you have heard her many a time), and you mus... ... used to be. I have begun to speak and understand, almost easily, the hard languages I told you about. I did not remember, at the moment when I wrote ... ...’s nothing to me to go and find him. I’m an old traveller, and all foreign languages and customs are alike to me—I never understand anything about any...

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...wling brows, wrapping his numbed and bony legs in the fleecy rug. “Apart from formal divorce, one might still do like Karibanov, Paskudin, and that goo... ...ound table, covered with recent numbers of reviews and journals in different languages, ranged like the rays of a star round the lamp. On the writing ... ...Alexey Alexandrovitch saw a possibility of 346 Anna Karenina overcoming the formal difficulties. Misfortunes never come singly, and the affairs of the... ...ether—here you have a fact. And if both are agreed about it, the details and formalities become a matter of no importance. And at the same time this i... ...fi cance of what he was doing nor to regard it with indifference as an empty formal ity, during the whole period of preparing for the sacrament he wa... ...re his brother, as before every one, Vronsky addressed Anna with a cer tain formality, treating her as he might a very intimate friend, but it was un...

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...s a contempt of what it holds and rules. Foreign governments, manners, and languages insinuate themselves into my esteem; and I am sensible that Latin... ...er deportment, her complexion, the plumpness of her cheeks under all those formal veils; ’tis there she talks plain French. There are few who do not m...

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...could parlay French real well. I want you to teach me. A guy’s got to know languages to get along in this country.” “But you must know some.” “Bedroom... ...ay music,” he said. She pulled her hand from him hurriedly, made a curious formal gesture of farewell, and crossed the road to the gate without lookin...

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... piano for him. Played it, I understand, like one o’clock—beautiful! As to languages—speaks anything. 67 Little Dorrit – Book One We’ve had a Frenchm... ... as his natural enemy, ‘to memorialise the Circumlocution Department. Such formalities as are required to be observed in so doing, may be known on app... ...,’ returned Mr Barnacle, ringing the bell, ‘to the Department itself for a formal answer to that inquiry.’ ‘Excuse my mentioning—’ ‘The Department is ... ...shut out sound and motion. The furniture 145 Little Dorrit – Book One was formal, grave, and quaker-like, but well-kept; and had as prepossessing an ... ...o one could dispute, Arthur—Mr Clennam—that it’s quite right you should be formally friendly to me under the altered circumstances and indeed you coul... ...t mean that, very proper expression mutual friend—than become through mere formali- ties not you but me like the Spartan boy with the fox biting him, ...

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...f intentionally contrasting the briskness of his man- ners with the strict formality of his house. At that mo- ment the great clock struck two and ano... ...accepted. He was told that it would not, and without waiting for the usual formalities he left the lodge and went home. CHAPTER VIII AGAIN PIERRE was ... ...readfully difficult and complicated; and he replied to his mother in cold, formal letters in French, beginning: “My dear Mamma,” and ending: “Y our ob... ... her up without reason, addressing her stiffly as “my dear,” and using the formal “you” instead of the intimate “thou” in speaking to her. The kindhea... ...h part of what she expressed by voice, smile, and glance. She wrote to him formal, monotonous, and dry letters, to which she attached no importance he... ...rs formed of him soon after his arrival at the shed. With his knowledge of languages, the re- spect shown him by the French, his simplicity, his readi...

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...nished with pocket-money, provided with all necessaries, instructed in all languages living and dead, mathematics, or- thography , geometry , astronom... ...; ‘you hear the unimpeachable testimony of my friend Pyke—that reminds me,—formalities, formalities, must not be neglected in civilised society. Pyke—... ... his heart, and bowed low. ‘Whether I shall introduce myself with the same formality ,’ 340 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY said Mr Pluc... ...—in the background. T o these good people Nicholas was presented with much formality. The introduction being completed, Miss Snevellicci’ s papa (who ... ...know, there is no language of vegetables, which converts a cucumber into a formal declara- tion of attachment.’ ‘My dear,’ replied Mrs Nickleby , toss... ...ntleman imitated him in this respect so well, that the usual stiffness and formality of a first meeting showed no signs of appearing, and Kate really ... ...shed with pocket- money , provided with all necessaries, instructed in all languages living and dead, mathematics, orthography, geometry, as- tronomy ...

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...rston, Waite and Co. appeared. Amid tremendous excitement, Lord Palmerston formally opened the company’s first mine at Spinney Park, on the edge of Sh... ...ggings, and his boots were covered with earth. He was rather small, rather formal, for a farmer. He glanced at Paul, nodded to him distantly, and said... ...my duck?” “Inter alia,” he said. “Oh, Lord! are you going to spout foreign languages? What does it mean, Miriam?” There was a fine sarcasm in the last...

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...know, there is no language of vegetables, which converts a cucumber into a formal declara- tion of attachment.’ ‘My dear,’ replied Mrs Nickleby , toss... ...ntleman imitated him in this respect so well, that the usual stiffness and formality of a first meeting showed no signs of appearing, and Kate really ... ...ency (as most punctilious people do), that she had not an atom of pride or formality about her, still she was a great stickler for dignity and ceremon... ...shed with pocket- money , provided with all necessaries, instructed in all languages living and dead, mathematics, orthography, geometry, as- tronomy ...