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...ere were French-polished tables, chairs, bed- steads, wardrobes, eight-day clocks, and various other articles of domestic furniture (wonderfully made,... ...or a horse’s tramp, or the rattling of a chain. Or else, there is a turret-clock, which, at the midnight hour, strikes thirteen when the head of the f... ...ay-time, unless poorly; and which I usually leave in the morning at nine o’clock, on pretence of going to business. I take my breakfast—my roll and bu... ...es Dickens pens to be cold. I get through the day in this way until five o’clock, and then I dine: at a cost, on the average, of one and threepence. H... ...e my cup of tea, and perhaps my bit of toast. So, as the large hand of the clock makes its way round to the morning hour again, I make my way round to...

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... the umbrella-mender, and the man who trilled the little bell of the Dutch clock as he went 28 Dombey & Son along. It was soon gone again to return n... ...sion, he would have believed in a conspiracy against it on part of all the clocks and watches in the City, and even of the very Sun itself. Such as he... ...the state of the weather, it often blew great guns. It is half-past five o’clock, and an autumn afternoon, when the reader and Solomon Gills become ac... ...ter, and said, without any introductory remark: ‘I suppose he could make a clock if he tried?’ ‘I shouldn’t wonder, Captain Cuttle,’ returned the boy.... ...e, making a species of ser- pent in the air with his hook. ‘Lord, how that clock would go!’ For a moment or two he seemed quite lost in contemplat- in... ...eys to Banbury Cross and back, took sharp note of the furniture, the Dutch clock, the cupboard, the castle on the mantel-piece with red and green wind... ...City; also to wait at the street corner where she would be left, until the clock struck three. These directions Mrs Brown enforced with assurances tha... ...udible. Pointing out this gate- way , and informing Florence that when the clocks struck three she was to go to the left, Mrs Brown, after making a pa... ...n the street, and more and more bewildered by it; and in the meanwhile the clocks appeared to have made up their minds never to strike three any more....

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...ectric shock Dislinked with shrieks and laughter: round the lake A little clock-work steamer paddling plied And shook the lilies: perched about the ... ...garden and half house; But scarce could hear each other speak for noise Of clocks and chimes, like silver hammers falling On silver anvils, and the sp... ...e tendance in the all-weary noons, And watches in the dead, the dark, when clocks Throbbed thunder through the palace floors, or called On flying Time...

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...as a hazy sky, a few stars Which I followed as best I could. It was nine o’clock, I was trying to get home. But somehow I was lost, Though really keep... ... or greater: For as a boy I made balloons And wondrous kites and toys with clocks And little engines with tracks to run on And telephones of cans and ... ...ss a part of the question Of what the drama means. Zilpha Marsh AT four o’clock in late October I sat alone in the country school-house Back from the... ...dy voters, and the cries of chieftains Who manned the battle. But at ten o’clock The liberals bellowed fraud, and at the polls The rival candidates gr... ...d something— 93 At first you will know not what they mean, 114 At four o’clock in late October 117 B Back and forth, back and forth, to and from th...

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... I was born (as I have been informed and believe) on a Friday, at twelve o clock at night. It was remarked that the clock began to strike, and I began... ... the other side, and carried her eyes on, like a Saracen s Head in a Dutch clock, un- til they reached my mother. Then she made a frown and a gesture ... ... This was in part confirmed by his aunt, who saw him at half past twelve o clock, soon after his release, and affirmed that he was then as red as I wa... ...ully clean inside, and as tidy as possible. There was a table, and a Dutch clock, and a chest of drawers, and on the chest of draw- ers there was a te... ...third evening of our visit, and by Mrs. Gummidge s looking up at the Dutch clock, between eight and nine, and say- ing he was there, and that, what wa... ...th great bitterness. Accordingly, when Mr. Peggotty came home about nine o clock, this unfortunate Mrs. Gummidge was knitting in her corner, in a very... ...out upon himself with boiled beef. We had started from Yarmouth at three o clock in the afternoon, and we were due in London about eight next morning.... ... sleep. Mr. Barkis the carrier was to call for me in the morning at nine o clock. I got up at eight, a little 131 David Copperfield Vol. I giddy fr... ...vol- ume of my life, will never pass out of my memory. It was almost ten o clock before we heard the sound of wheels. We all got up then; and my mothe...

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...ir base and broadening at the middle. The main building is sur- rounded by clock-towers and sundry modern turrets, with galleries and vases more or le... ...ge church, which is nothing more than a tumble-down building with a wooden clock- tower which appears to hold up a roof of broken tiles. One comfortab... ...rs; a Parisian is there- fore compelled to be alone from eight to eleven o’clock, the hour chosen in all country-houses for breakfast. Now, hav- ing g... ...ry nature, the gardens of Conches are seen, with the village roofs and the clock-tower and the outlying fields. There are the two paragraphs, but the ... ... court is up.’ If he had wanted to find the cows he’d have gone at seven o’clock in the morning. But that didn’t suit Michaud, and Brunet has had to b... ...et- tee, the high-backed chairs covered with tapestry, the con- soles, the clocks, the tall embroidery frames, the tables, the lustres, hidden away in... ...opy to which embroidered mus- lin curtains are fastened—stood an alabaster clock between 150 Sons of the Soil two candelabra covered with gauze and f... ...ket fastened to the wall opposite to the window was a common but excellent clock. The curtains, which squeaked upon their rods, were at least fifty ye... ...ural, the other whetted by his training in a cloister. It was about four o’clock when Vaudoyer left the tavern of the Grand-I-Vert to consult the form...

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... the high chair. ‘So you’ll begin to pick oakum to morrow morning at six o’clock,’ added the surly one in the white waistcoat. For the combination of ... ...the by path terminated; and once more gained the high road. It was eight o’clock now. Though he was nearly five miles away from the town, he ran, and ... ...jected to their entering London be fore nightfall, it was nearly eleven o’clock when they reached the turnpike at Islington. They crossed from the An... ...er dozed off again, soon after this; when he awoke, it was nearly twelve o’clock. The old lady tenderly bade him good night shortly afterwards, and le... ...e was alone with me at the time. Come up to me to morrow morning at ten o’clock, my dear.’ ‘Yes, sir,’ replied Oliver. He answered with some hesita ... ... turned their heads in the direction whence the sound proceeded. ‘Eight o’ clock, Bill,’ said Nancy, when the bell ceased. ‘What’s the good of telling... ...ry by, if it was you that was coming out to be hung, the next time eight o’clock struck, Bill. I’d walk round and round the place till I dropped, if t... ... shortly afterwards took himself off, to prepare for his journey. At six o’clock next morning, Mr. Bumble: having exchanged his cocked hat for a round... ... But, then, the thought darted across his mind that it was barely eleven o’clock; and that many people were still in the streets: of whom surely some ...

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... style:—”that’s,” he pursued, “that’s if you haven’t got to look up at the clock every two minutes, as if the devil was after you. But, sitting here, ... ...ndly feeling to let no one know the sum in his possession. “If it’s four o’clock, it is time to lock up,” said Anthony, “and bang to go the doors, and... ... had last been with her beloved. After a while, Mrs. Wicklow looked at the clock, and instantly be- came overclouded with an extreme gravity. “Eleven!... ...on held them due at a lamp-post outside Boyne’s Bank, at half-past three o’clock in the afternoon. “My love to Dahly,” he said. “She was always a head... ...it off, and was very sorry, but would you call again to-morrow at twelve o’clock? and punctually she would be here.” The maid smiled as one who had fa... ...ome to ask us in. There’s no more, then, to trouble her for.” “At twelve o’clock to-morrow?” Rhoda faltered. “Would you, if you please, call again at ... ...morrow?” Rhoda faltered. “Would you, if you please, call again at twelve o’clock to- morrow, and punctually she would be here,” said the maid. The far... ...omical? He waited from the hour of six till the hour of seven. He compared clocks in the hall and the room. He changed the posture of his legs fifty t... ...of W arbeach by drink- ing a match against a Yorkshire skipper till four o’clock in the morning, when it was a gallant sight, my boys, to see Hampshir...

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...had grown so accustomed to the quiet, that I could hear the ticking of the clock inside as it slowly counted out the seconds; but whoever was in that ... ...r nothing of the time before he came to sea; only that his father had made clocks, and had a starling in the parlour, which could whistle “The North C... ... of the forecastle. CHAPTER VIII The Round-house ONE NIGHT, ABOUT eleven o’clock, a man of Mr. Riach’s watch (which was on deck) came below for his ja... ...e captain knuckles under ALAN AND I SAT down to breakfast about six of the clock. The floor was covered with broken glass and in a horrid mess of bloo... ... rest. Next day (the fourth of my travels) we were up before five upon the clock; but my rascal guide got to the bottle at once, and it was three hour... ... no means see how he directed himself. At last, about half-past ten of the clock, we came to the top of a brae, and saw lights below us. It seemed a h... ...scarce closed my eyes before I was shaken up to take the second. We had no clock to go by; and Alan stuck a sprig of heath in the ground to serve inst... ...oss of Edinburgh. Each had gone his proper errand; and when it came four o’clock, Torrance had been taking a glass and did not know his master, and I,... ...osomed to Rankeillor the next morning, walking to and fro about six of the clock before the house of Shaws, and with nothing in view but the fields an...

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...ispose of dull personal matter, that he had just landed. She looked at the clock. ‘Lukin is in town. You know the song: “Alas, I scarce can go or cree... ...or in weakness, and said abruptly: ‘Will you object to lunch- ing at one o’clock?’ ‘The sooner the better,’ said Redworth. She had sighed: her voice b... ...f tears on the eyelashes frightened him. She roused herself to look at the clock. ‘Provi- dence or accident, you are here,’ she said. ‘I could not hav... ...ntary twitch of the nerves. Her heart beat regu- larly, like a serviceable clock; none of her faculties abandoned her save songfulness, and none belie... ...d rag. East- ward, over Surrey, stood the full rose of morning. The Priory clock struck four. When the summons of the bell had gained him admittance, ... ...lk on the road. I like those men.’ Dacier read the hour by the mantelpiece clock. ‘If you must really go by the early train, I will drive you.’ ‘No, I... ... approved workmanship in the chronology of European upholstery, and marble clocks of cunning device to symbol Time, mantelpiece decorations, illustrat... ..., and refused.’ ‘But at my house-under our auspices!’ Diana glanced at the clock. ‘Nowhere.’ ‘Is it not—pardon me—a wife’s duty, Mrs. Warwick, at leas... ...- ing, and she wondered at the woman’s mingled mirth and stiffness. Five o’clock struck. Her letters were sent to the post. Her boxes were piled from ...

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...away a freshly lighted cigar, and travelling far beyond the strike of city clocks, through a drift ing snowstorm. There were four of us who rode toge... ...stant quarter of the farm—sat under a clump of maples, eating our eleven o’clock lunch, when we saw a stranger ap proaching along the edge of the fie... ...nes, like an army with its artillery rush ing to battle. Hour by hour the clocks in many steeples re sponded one to another. In some public hall, no... ...ive headache, awaited, on the morrow. By this time, it being past eleven o’clock, the two bar keep ers of the saloon were in pretty constant activity... ... full, was still large and oval, and having risen between eight and nine o’clock, now shone aslantwise over the river, throwing the high, op posite b...

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...’ ‘I should as soon have thought of a man’s wearing the case of an eight day clock to save his linen, ’ said Twigger, casting a look of apprehension a... ...ouses, barns, hedges, trees, and barges had all taken the veil. The church clock struck one. A cracked trumpet from the front garden of Mudfog Hall ... ... count the people who went in for beer between the hours of twelve and one o’clock alone which, by the bye, was the time at which the great majority... ...sque interest, which pervade them throughout. ‘MUDFOG, MONDAY NIGHT, SEVEN O’CLOCK. ‘We are in a state of great excitement here. Nothing is spoken of,... ... ‘At an early hour this morning the bells of all the churches struck seven o’clock; the effect of which, in the present lively state of the town, was ... ...e anxiety with which we are all looking forward to the arrival of the four o’clock coach this afternoon. ‘Notwithstanding the excited state of the pop... ... will continue so.’ Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 21 ‘FIVE O’CLOCK. ‘It is now ascertained, beyond all doubt, that Professors Snore, D... ...rated for his statistical researches, ar rived this afternoon by the four o’clock stage. His complex ion is a dark purple, and he has a habit of sig... ...human race may derive from so very slight a concession on his part.’ ‘NINE O’CLOCK. ‘The dog’s tail and ears have been sent down stairs to be washed; ...

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... town in France where there is not a Leblanc or so to be found about two o’clock in its principal cafe. It’s just that he isn’t compli- cated or Super... ...ten fantasy of Leblanc as a fisherman under a green umbrella. About five o’clock in the morning of the seventeenth of July one of the outer sentinels ... ...nisters who con- stituted his cabinet. They had been summoned for twelve o’clock, but still at half-past twelve the king loitered in the balcony and s... ...e they caught his men, what should he do? Suppose they caught his men? The clocks in the light gold-capped belfries of the town below presently intima...

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...y defended by their regular custom- ers. The afternoon departure at four o’clock usually lagged on till half-past, while that of the morning, fixed fo... ...lly lagged on till half-past, while that of the morning, fixed for eight o’clock, was seldom known to take place before nine. In this respect, however... ...days the convoy started from the faubourg Saint- Denis at half-past four o’clock in the afternoon, and arrived gallantly at Isle-Adam by ten at night.... ...arted, plunging heavily after those of the T ouchards. It was past eight o’clock. Under the enormous porch or passage, above which could be read on a ... ...riage to be ready to go to Presles at seven this morning. But when seven o’clock came, Monsieur le comte counter- manded it. Augustin, his valet de ch... ...com- ing a life of incessant toil. The count rose at all seasons by four o’clock in the morning, and worked till mid-day, at- tended to his functions ... ...ident of the Council of State in the afternoons, and went to bed at nine o’clock. In recognition of such labor, the King had made him a knight of his ... ...ness to see the count that although she was sent away at 25 Balzac nine o’clock, he having then gone to bed, she was ushered into his study the next ... ...ation of the Paris rapin. 40 A Start in Life The pair disappeared. Nine o’clock was striking in the ho- tel kitchen. Georges thought it just and reas...

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...bable adven- tures of each new day. He escaped from reality till the alarm-clock rang, at seven-twenty. III It was the best of nationally advertised a... ...It was the best of nationally advertised and quantitatively produced alarm-clocks, with all modern attachments, in- cluding cathedral chime, intermitt... ...back to work. Oh well—” II He answered telephone calls, he read the four o’clock mail, he signed his morning’s letters, he talked to a tenant about re... ...that his bare feet would strike it when he arose in the morning. The alarm clock was wound. The hot-water bottle was filled and placed precisely two f... ...r.” It was three. For half an hour Babbitt sat looking at a calendar and a clock on a whitewashed wall. The chair was hard and mean and creaky. People... ...rebel, but he was irritable in the office and at the eleven 238 Babbitt o’clock drive of telephone calls and visitors he did some- thing he had often... ...just what he had been doing that he should not have joined them till ten o’clock, and apologizing for having gone to dinner with a business acquaintan... ...ley; he was cheerful in the familiar simplicities of his office. At four o’clock Vergil Gunch called on him. Babbitt was agitated, but Gunch began in ... ...e hid her shoulders and her charming wild hair under the pillow. By nine o’clock the assembly which was gathered about Ted and Eunice in the living-ro...

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...r good man sleeps sound, And Mig and Sue and Joan and Prue Will hear the clock strike round, For Prue she has a patient man, As asks not when or w... ...r key’s in the lock, And you never see her chimney smoke Till past ten o’clock! She digs in her garden With a shovel and a spoon, She weeds her la...

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...d were endlessly repeated, and many a slow and pealing note of the church- clock had added fuel to his impatience, and spurred him to rush up to the d... ... look the other way, if you happen to be on the southern beach at eleven o’clock to-morrow morning. I suppose you were very head- long and peremptory ... ...Mary straight home, instead of stopping with her at Northwold, at eleven o’clock, to dis- turb Mrs. Frost. ‘You would have found us up,’ said Louis. ‘... ... and proceed the next morning by a train which would arrive at about two o’clock. On that eventful morning, Clara was the prey of Mrs. Beckett, Marian... ...ou a bed to-morrow night, Clara,’ he said. ‘We shall be at home by three o’clock.’ ‘Oh, Jem!’ said Clara, clasping her hands to keep them from trembli... ...ess, en- abled Louis to stand his ground, and to protract matters till the clock, striking eleven, relieved him, as much as it exas- perated James, by... ...by Robson’s delay in keeping his appointment. After allowing for differing clocks, for tropi- cal habits, and every other imaginable excuse for unpunc...

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...st-office was opening its doors, as was its custom between two and three o’clock on Sun- day afternoons. An acrid odor of ink rose upward to him. Occa... ...On week days the street was very lively. It woke to its work about seven o’clock, at the time when the newsboys made their appearance together with th... ...p smartness, always in a hurry, glancing apprehensively at the power-house clock. Their employers followed an hour or so later—on the cable cars for t... ...f their little thin legs, very anxious and pre- occupied. Towards eleven o’clock the ladies from the great av- enue a block above Polk Street made the... ...f feet, the rattle of wheels, the heavy trundling of cable cars. At four o’clock the school children once more swarmed the sidewalks, again disappeari... .... Then, little by little, Polk Street dropped back to soli- tude. Eleven o’clock struck from the power-house clock. Lights were extinguished. At one o... ...lock struck from the power-house clock. Lights were extinguished. At one o’clock the cable stopped, leaving an abrupt silence in the air. All at once ... ... full-bellied l’s and h’s. He saw that he had made an appointment at one o’clock for Miss Baker, the retired dressmaker, a little old maid who had a t... ...at were yet vibrant with it. Old Grannis came home from his work at four o’clock, and between that time and six Miss Baker would sit in her room, her ...

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...f a huge pendulum, such as we see on an The Pit and the Pendulum 9 tique clocks. There was something, however, in the appear ance of this machine w...

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...l flowers imprisoned under glass shades, on either side of a bluish marble clock in the very worst taste. The first room exhales an odor for which the... ...d frame, with a gilt beading round it; you know the sort of tortoise-shell clock-case, inlaid with brass; the green stove, the Argand lamps, covered w... ... is ready to drop to pieces. This apartment is in all its glory at seven o’clock in the morning, when Mme. Vauquer’s cat appears, announcing the near ... ... A few days later, after Mme. de Beauseant’s ball, Eugene came in at two o’clock in the morning. The persevering stu- dent meant to make up for the lo... ...ch weather, and ordi- nary mortals wake up at noon and fancy it is eight o’clock. On this morning it was half-past nine, and Mme. Vauquer still lay ab... ...Pooh! they are all gone out. Mme. Couture and the girl went out at eight o’clock to take the wafer at Saint-Etienne. Father Goriot started off somewhe... ...e with a parcel, and the student won’t be back from his lecture till ten o’clock. I saw them go while I was sweeping the stairs; Father Goriot knocked... ...vie went up to her mistress’ room. “Sylvie! How is this? It’s nearly ten o’clock, and you let me sleep like a dormouse! Such a thing has never happene... ...ell, madame, whichever you please. Anyhow, you can have breakfast at ten o’clock. La Michonnette and Poiret have neither of them stirred. There are on...