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...Mrs. Tibbs was, decidedly, the neatest in all Great Coram-street. The area and the area-steps, and the street-door and the street-door steps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker, and the fan-light, were all as clean and bright, as indefatigable white-washing, and hearth-stoning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them....

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...and the area-steps, and the street-door and the street-door steps, and the brass handle, and the door-plate, and the knocker, and the fan-light, were ... ...ning, and scrubbing and rubbing, could make them. The wonder was, that the brass door-plate, with the interesting in- scription ‘Mrs. Tibbs,’ had neve... ...t looked so knowing, with the front garden, and the green railings and the brass knocker, and all that—I really thought it was a cut above me. ’ ‘Don’... ..., Mr. Minns found himself opposite a yellow brick house with a green door, brass knocker, and door-plate, green window-frames and ditto railings, with... ...on stockings and high-lows, who, after hanging his hat on one of the dozen brass pegs which ornamented the pas- sage, denominated by courtesy ‘The Hal... ...ration. The overture, in fact, was not unlike a race between the different instruments; the piano came in first by several bars, and the violoncello n...

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...had gone to bed in it. It consisted of a brown body coat with a great many brass buttons up the front and only one behind, a bright check necker chie... ...at he called that com fort. The legal gentleman, whose melodious name was Brass, might have called it comfort also but for two draw backs: one was, ... ...ile, and nodded his acquiescence with the best grace he could assume. This Brass was an attorney of no very good repute, from Bevis Marks in the city ... ...ed a brief defiance of his master, and did as he was ordered. ‘Is it good, Brass, is it nice, is it fragrant, do you feel like the Grand Turk?” said Q... ... it nice, is it fragrant, do you feel like the Grand Turk?” said Quilp. Mr Brass thought that if he did, the Grand Turk’s feel ings were by no means ... ...f the caravan sat at one window in all the pride and poetry of the musical instruments, and little Nell and her grandfather sat at the other in all th... ... places; the fiddlers looking carelessly up at them while they tuned their instruments, as if they didn’t want the play to begin, and knew it all befo... ...good thoughts these very graves—neglected as they look to us—are the chief instruments.’ ‘Tell me no more,’ said the child quickly. ‘Tell me no more. ...

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...displayed her own sabots in com- petition; and I wish you could have seen how gracefully and merrily she did it. The young woman’s milk-can, a great a... ...mong strong towns. The drum, at any rate, from its martial voice and notable physiological effect, nay, even from its cumbrous and comi- cal shape, st... ...refuse an invitation so po- litely introduced. The house of the Judge was close by; it was a well-ap- pointed bachelor’s establishment, with a curious... ...in front, the drummers’ tiger-skins, the pipers’ swinging plaids, the strange elastic rhythm of the whole regiment footing it in time – and the bang o...

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...nto the very heart of the town, past clean-faced houses, past thousands of brass knockers upon a thousand painted doors glimmering behind rows of tree... ...eather. The man, as a matter of fact, under no circumstances, ever cared a brass farthing for what I or anybody else in his ship thought. He had had j... ...nt of a lofty warehouse. An old man with a gray whisker under the chin and brass buttons on his pi- lot-cloth jacket, hurried up along the quay hailin... ...d to stone posts at the edge of a paved shore, and a berthing-master, with brass but- tons on his coat, walks about like a weather-beaten and ruddy ga... ...al cloak of benevolence and care. Here and there cargo cranes looking like instruments of torture for ships swing cruel hooks at the end of long chain... ...ships, whose rigging made a thick, enormous network against the sky, whose brasses flashed almost as far as the eye of the police- man at the gates co...

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...urtains of brocade hung from the window; a clock stood silent on the dresser; a lamp of brass was swinging from the roof; the table was set for dinner... ...village: a gray 81 Merry Men day, a piping wind, a crowd upon the street, the blare of brasses, the booming of drums, the nasal voice of a ballad sin... ...d, the colour of the light, and last, although not least, the arsenal of meteorological instruments in a louvre-boarded hutch upon the lawn. Ever sinc... ...cellent brightness – the window-glass polished and shining, the paint well scoured, the brasses radiant, the very prop all wreathed about with climbin...

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...ing from the ground- floor to the entresol. The balustrade, of walnut with brass ornaments and dangerously slight, was pointed out to us as one of the... ...d straps; these magnificent draperies run on wooden curtain rods ending in brass lion’s-paws. Above one of the sideboards hangs a dial suspended by a ... ... staircase. She stopped to examine all its details: the painted walls, the brasses, the various ornamentations, the window fixtures. Then she went dow... ...he surgeon wore his dissecting apron; the assis- tant had opened a case of instruments and was handing him a knife. This scene was interrupted by the ...

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...e. 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil... ...2 34 33 Of Zebulun, such as went forth to battle, expert in war, with all instruments of war, fifty thousand, which could keep rank: they were not of... ...es, and the Gadites, and of the half tribe of Manasseh, with all manner of instruments of war for the battle, an hun dred and twenty thousand. 38 All... ...he chief of the Levites to ap point their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifti... ...ingers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were ap pointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, ... ... from Tibhath, and from Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought David very much brass, wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vess... ...wherewith Solomon made the brasen sea, and the pillars, and the vessels of brass. 9 Now when Tou king of Hamath heard how David had smitten all the ho... ...d war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass. 11 Them also king David dedicated unto the LORD, with the silver and... ...ndance for the nails for the doors of the gates, and for the joinings; and brass in abundance without weight; 4 Also cedar trees in abundance: for the...

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...ense silence of the world. His eyes closed, his head hung low over the hot brass of the binnacle top. Suddenly he stood up with a jerk and said sharpl... ...he said, ironically. “I am Sali, and my eyes are better than the bewitched brass thing that pulls out to a great length,” said the pertinacious helmsm... ...ger, but a paler and oval patch of light from the compass lamps lay on the brasses of the wheel and on the breast of the Malay standing by the helm. L... ...encircled the polished teakwood of the rudder-casing with a double belt of brass and steel. All the doors of the state-rooms had been taken off the hi... ... ar- rested by a circular shield hung slanting above the 31 Joseph Conrad brass hilts of the bayonets. On its red field, in relief and brightly gilt,... ...n for each speci- men—marked to suit your re-quirements. Sup- pose—musical instruments, this side up with care— how’s that for your taste? No, no! Cas...

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...Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and that can skil... ...d his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine li... ...the name of that on the left Boaz. Chapter 4 M oreover he made an altar of brass, twenty cubits the length thereof, and twenty cubits the breadth ther... ... great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass. 10 And he set the sea on the right side of the east end, over agains... ...r it. 16 The pots also, and the shovels, and the fleshhooks, and all their instruments, did Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the... ... Huram his father make to king Solomon for the house of the LORD of bright brass. 17 In the plain of Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground... ... David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God. 2 Then Solomon... ...RD; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for hi... ...e of God. 6 And the priests waited on their offices: the Levites also with instruments of musick of the LORD, which David the king had made to praise ...

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...ter of the bass viols, the liquid gurgling of the flageolets and wood-wind instruments, now and then pierced by the strident chirps and cries of the v... ...stra raised his baton, then brought it slowly down, and while from all the instruments at once issued a prolonged minor chord, emphasised by a muffled... ...where’s a screw-driver, and a step-ladder? Yes, and I’ll have to have some brass nails, and your hired man must let me have that hammer again.” He sen... ...om the furnace, shouted upstairs to Page to ask for the whereabouts of the brass nails, and delegated Laura to steady the step-ladder. “Now, Landry,” ... ...g. But he’ll go over here to some Archer Av- enue pawn shop, dig up an old brass stewpan, or coffee- pot that some greasy old Russian Jew has chucked ... ...nd looking into the fire. For a long time neither spoke. A little clock of brass and black marble began to chime, very prettily, the half hour of nine... ...lf-past nine. From the West- ern Union desks the clicking of the throng of instruments rose into the air in an incessant staccato stridulation. The me... ...f the call bells. In the Western Union booths the keys of the multitude of instruments raged incessantly. Bare- headed young men hurried up to one ano... ... room—a place of deep leather chairs, tall bookcases, etchings, and sombre brasses—and there, while Jadwin lay stretched out upon the broad sofa, smok...

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...actures, and inventions of all the world; and withal to bring unto us books, instruments, and patterns in every kind: that the ships, after they had l... ...set forth unto you the end of our foundation. Secondly, the preparations and instruments we have for our works. Thirdly, the several employments and f... ...man empire, to the effecting of all things possible. “The preparations and instruments are these: We have large and deep caves of several depths; th... ...n of the natural sources and baths, as tincted upon vitriol, sulphur, steel, brass, lead, ni tre, and other minerals; and again, we have little wells... ...– Bacon 35 hays and herbs laid up moist, of lime unquenched, and such like. Instruments also which generate heat only by motion. And farther, places ... ...ny which you have not, of quarter sounds and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of music like The New Atlantis – Bacon 36 wise to you unkn... ... tor, and give him a liberal and honorable reward. These statues are some of brass, some of marble and touch stone, some of cedar and other special w...

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...any. He was hoping to get the T edeschi to try some new music and some new instruments. Isn’t it pitiable?” said Giardini, shrugging his shoulders. “S... ...etched man never earn a sou; he spends all his wife can 11 Balzac make on instruments which he carves, and lengthens, and shortens, and sets up and t... ...s not know his business. I have seen him, monsieur, filing and forging his instruments and eating black bread with an appetite that I envied him—I, wh... ...enters. Thus I learned every kind of musical effect, studying the tones of instruments and of the human voice, wherein they differed and how they harm... ...ws would 23 Balzac arm the composer with new powers by supplying him with instruments superior of those now in use, and perhaps with a potency of har... .... “Composers work with substances of which they know nothing. Why should a brass and a wooden instrument—a bassoon and horn—have so little identity of... ...s (still in the dominant). Here come some flourishes (in C major) from the brass, founded on the harmony, but strongly marked, and asserting themselve... ...o wage war against the gallant and valorous chivalry of Christendom. A few brass instruments awake in the orchestra, announcing the Prophet’s first tr... ...elve- eight time, accelerando). The tribes arrive in crowds; the horns and brass reappear in the orchestra. General rejoicings en- sue, all the voices...

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...ullets, and therewith blew the rest to flat splashes of lead by means of a brass can- non in the garden. I find this empire of the floor much more viv... ...ference, next perhaps to the swaggering painted stone monuments instead of brasses and the protestant severity of the communion-table in the parish ch... ... any thatch left in the High Street, but instead were houses with handsome brass-knockered front doors and several win- dows, and shops with shop-fron... ... from books, from theatres, from worldly conversation, from all the kindly instruments that mingle human sympathy. For only by isolating its flock can... ... The knife as I remember it was a particularly jolly one with all sorts of instruments in it, tweezers and a thing for getting a stone out of the hoof... ...ener and the coachman. Every bedroom contained a gas heater and a canopied brass bedstead, and had a little bathroom attached equipped with the porcel... ... appreciation of the fact that its solid Georgian proportions and its fine brass furnishings belonged to MY home; I would use my latchkey and discover...

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...re was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the sce... ...a faint light; and there were but peculiar sounds, and these from stringed instruments, which did not inspire him with horror. T o an anomalous specie... ..., with a floor of silver; and upon the wall there hung a shield of shining brass with this legend enwritten— ... ...und.” No sooner had these syllables passed my lips, than—as if a shield of brass had indeed, at the moment, fallen heavily upon a floor of silver—I be...

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...ER IS A NAME with rather a grand sound, sug- gesting on first acquaintance brasses in country churches, scrolls in stained-glass windows, and generall... ...for the nuptial journey to the Isle of Wight, and the outer air teems with brass bands and spectators. In full sight of whom, the malignant star of th... ... Dickens respectable performance (without variations) on stringed and wind instruments, sedately expressive of getting up at eight, shaving close at a...

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...on of the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: and he was filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to wor... ...as filled with wisdom, and understanding, and cunning to work all works in brass. And he came to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cas... ...e to king Solomon, and wrought all his work. 15 For he cast two pillars of brass, of eighteen cubits high apiece: and a line of twelve cubits did comp... ...s did compass either of them about. 16 And he made two chapiters of molten brass, to set upon the tops of the pillars: the height of the one chapiter ... ...rs of lilies: it contained two thousand baths. 27 And he made ten bases of brass; four cubits was the length of one base, and four cubits the breadth ... ...m, and took a yoke of oxen, and slew them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave unto the people, and they did eat. Then h...

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...Mayor said this, he unlocked a high closet, and disclosed a complete suit of brass armour, of gigantic di mensions. ‘I want you to wear this next Mon... ...ock to save his linen, ’ said Twigger, casting a look of apprehension at the brass suit. ‘It’s the easiest thing in the world,’ rejoined the Mayor. ‘I... ... demonstrated to be oc casioned by his not having a counteracting weight of brass on his legs. Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 10 ‘Now,... ...mble’s wife. Here was a sight for the common people of Mudfog! A live man in brass armour! Why, they would go wild with wonder! The day the Mond... ...ns: still less do we feel disposed to relate how the men who played the wind instruments, looking up into the sky (we mean the fog) with musical fervo... ... just to drink success to master in. So, down Ned Twigger sat himself in his brass livery on the top of the kitchen table; and in a mug of something s... ...one monkey to three organs. Owing, however, to an altered taste in mu sical instruments, and the substitution, in a great measure, of narrow boxes of...

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... eleven and nothing done! She watched her mother, now rummaging in a great brass- 97 Virginia Woolf bound box which stood by her table, but she did n... ...es in the neighborhood of London for the purpose of taking rubbings of the brasses became most important festivals, from the interest she took in them... ...ld point out to his guests on the first night of their arrival, taking his brass candle- stick, and bidding them mind the steps up and the steps down,... ...book in the bookcase, or 153 Virginia Woolf alter the position of the two brass crucifixes standing upon cairns of serpentine stone upon the mantelpi... ...ere the men hung their guns,” said Elizabeth, leading the way, with a tall brass candlestick in her hand, down a passage. “Show Mr. Denham the steps, ... ...the buzz of voices inside the drawing-room was like the tun- ing up of the instruments of the orchestra. It seemed to her that there were numbers of p...

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...ldren, gathered about the house at which we stopped, which had a tarnished brass plate on the door with the inscription Jellyby. “Don’t be frightened... ... her. Before I begin my harum scarum day— grinding away at those books and instruments and then galloping up hill and down dale, all the country round... ...d a subdued light that made the faces around me pale, and darkened the old brasses in the pavement and the time and damp worn monuments, and rendered ... ... to watch, and projecting from the chimney piece between them is a sort of brass gallows for roasting, which he also superin tends when it is in acti... ...Snagsby in the light of a deter mined enemy to virtue, with a forehead of brass and a heart of adamant, that unfortunate tradesman becomes yet more d... ...d. Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra. ...

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...ng chair, his dental engine, and the movable rack on which he laid out his instruments. Three chairs, a bargain at the second-hand store, ranged thems... ...e with Trina in the “Dental Parlors,” silent, only for the scraping of the instruments and the pouring of bud-burrs in the engine, in the foul atmosph... ...his huge stockinged feet. All at once she pounced upon a sheaf of old hand instruments in a coverless cigar-box, pluggers, hard bits, and excavators. ... ...gue’s “Parlor,” knowing it should 31 Frank Norris be somewhere about. The instruments were of the finest tempered steel and really valuable. “Say, Do... ...Teague bottles, cigar-box fiddles, strings of sleigh-bells, even graduated brass tubes, which they rubbed with resined fin- gers. McTeague was stupefi... ...,” and was bordered with a red plush mat and a frame of imita- tion beaten brass. A door hung with chenille portieres—a bargain at two dollars and a h... ...oles of his shoes, painfully new and unworn, the leather still yellow, the brass nail heads still glittering. Trina sank at his side very gracefully, ... ...h her to save money. In the bottom of her trunk, in the bedroom, she hid a brass match-safe that answered the purposes of a savings bank. Each time sh... ...ery, the splashing of a temporary fountain, and the rhythmic jangling of a brass band, while in the piano exhibit a hired performer was playing upon a...