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... third in the evening. The object of our morning diet, to which we assembled at eight o’clock precisely, as early as we could well see, was two-fold;... ...g up of the morning till the assembling of the mid-day diet, which was at eleven of the clock, in order that the brethren might each one try and pro... ...ren whom the Moderator might pitch upon. After dinner we again proceeded, about seven o’clock to the work of winding up and concluding the whole sub... ... subject, or to any other able to resolve it; and so we proceeded till towards eleven o’clock, when the whole duties of the day were concluded by th...
...e either to think of 39 themselves or to take care of themselves. Round the clock they are busy with work. The food they consume is the leftovers...
... Some live a thousand years, and others live only for a minute. Our ordinary clock shows only the “still” time, meaning the pace of progress of the ...
..._____ 28 THE ARGUMENT ___ 28 PARAPSYCHOLOGY 28 NAIL ON NAIL ______ 28 VIGILANCE ________ 28 ORDER ____________ 28 PATOMIME ________ 28 CUCKOO CLOCK (I) _ 29 CUCKOO CLOCK (II) 29 AMERICAN IMMIGRANTS ______________ 29 APHORISM _________ 29 DISGUST ___________ 29 CLASSIC ___________ 29 HEROISM __________ 29 BAGATELLE _______ 29 PRODUCER ________ 30 INTRODUCT...
...Wine o’clock – Best night ever again until it no longer was. Sod off James – the millstone around my neck – was the general consensus amongst mi mates and it didn’t take much coercing for me to adopt their way of thinking (well dei...
...o use them according to its desires, needs and policies. *****************< *****************< Chapter-2 Dr Jabran and Robot Sunny It‟s three o‟ clock in the morning. Dr. Jabran is sleeping in his bed room. The moment clock strikes three, a computer is switched on automatically. This is a talking robot computer named Sunny, and its digital voice says Bismillah (All...
... to Wet a Widow's Eye 10: For Shame Deny That Thou Bear'st Love to Any 11: As Fast As Thou Shalt Wane So Fast Thou Growest 12: When I Do Count the Clock That Tells the Time 13: O That You Were Yourself But Love You Are 14: Not from the Stars Do I My Judgment Pluck 15: When I Consider Every Thing That Grows 16: But Wherefore Do Not You a Mightier Way 17: Who Will Be...
...sin Pons by Honoré de Balzac T ranslated by Ellen Marriage TOWARDS THREE O’CLOCK in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty ... ... the Paris cab- horse; rising every morning, summer and winter, at seven o’clock, and setting out after breakfast to give music lessons in the boardin... ...mbitious effort. Pons, as a rule, only went to his theatre towards eight o’clock, when the piece in favor came on, and overtures and accompaniments ne... ...levard du Temple; how he had come thither he could not tell. It was five o’clock, and, strange to say, he had com- pletely lost his appetite. 40 Cous... ...ry, was amazed beyond ex- pression to see Pons, good man, return at five o’clock in the evening. Such a thing had never happened before; and not only ... ...hat Schmucke had always thought fit to call on these great ladies at ten o’clock in the morning!)—still, his pension was paid quarterly through the me... ...even times since the friends had lived together, Pons had exchanged a good clock for a better one, till at last he possessed a time- piece in Boule’s ... ... Schmucke never could see the slightest difference between the magnificent clock in Boule’s first manner and its six predecessors; but, for Pons’ sake... ...hed the London doctor who is said to have invented it. It was nearly ten o’clock before they rose from table. The amount of wine, German and French, c...
...Excerpt: Towards three o?clock in the afternoon of one October day in the year 1844, a man of sixty or thereabouts, whom anybody might have credited with more than his actual age, was walking along the Boulevard des Italians with his head bent down, ...
...s, forms, beings, things, space, time and destinations, that my will governed, and all in only one point. I was almighty! Time laid dead in a languid clock over an infinite horizon, populated with floating mountains. There was Lucrecia, radiant, waiting my resolution...
...e and delighted to be found there any after- noon in the year, from five o’clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up. Brooksmith was... ... and impayable, as improbable, as impossible, as delightful at the eight o’clock dinner—she appeared to keep these immense hours—as she had overwhelmi... ...d to keep these immense hours—as she had overwhelmingly been at the five o’clock tea. She was in the most natural way in the world one of the oddest a... ...eathing and visibly flushing, marking strange hours in the tall ma- hogany clocks that were never wound up and that yet audibly ticked on. All the ele... ... my asking you if you’ll kindly go now?” she went on after a glance at the clock. “I’m expecting a friend, whom I must see alone, on a matter of great... ... Work me in.” On her sharply presenting her back he stared a little at the clock. “If I come at seven may I stay to dinner?” It brought her round agai...
... own over and above; a good deal confined, by his infirmities, to his fireside and delighted to be found there any afternoon in the year, from five o?clock on, by such visitors as Brooksmith allowed to come up....
... when I had been given such wonderful presents), I was awakened at seven o’clock in the morning by Karl Ivanitch slapping the wall close to my head wi... ...ed himself for an injury dealt him. By this time it was a quarter to one o’clock, but Karl Ivanitch never thought of releasing us, He merely set us a ... ...ollowing letter: “Petrovskoe, 12th April. “Only this moment (i.e. at ten o’clock in the evening) have I received your dear letter of the 3rd of April,... ...m-chair, and let my knitting slip from my hands. Sud- denly, towards one o’clock in the morning, I heard her say- ing something; whereupon I opened my... ...d awoke with my tears dried and my 90 Childhood nerves restored. At ten o’clock we were summoned to at- tend the pre-funeral requiem. The room was fu...
...nitch On the 12th of August, 18-- (just three days after my tenth birthday, when I had been given such wonderful presents), I was awakened at seven o?clock in the morning by Karl Ivanitch slapping the wall close to my head with a fly-flap made of sugar paper and a stick. He did this so roughly that he hit the image of my patron saint suspended to the oaken back of my bed, ...
...y changed, making the body susceptible to disease and death. Not many people lived beyond three thousand years; it was as if the body had an internal clock that stopped when it reached a certain age. The only organ that had to remain human was the brain, but this and whatever part of the original body remained always fell susceptible to disease, killing the host. Grai...
...had so transpired that during the very second class of the day, the lecturer (teacher), suspending the lesson, announced that it was going to be 11 o’clock in a while; therefore , the class will stand up and observe two-minute silence to pay homage to the Father of the Nation. By this time, the turn to the left for entering the bazaar had been reached, the Professor stopp...
...d nothing that could be used as clothing for the eight-kilometre walk home. The bastards had taken everything, even his sandals! It was about nine o’clock, so as the only road home crossed the bridge in the centre of town he’d have to wait at least three hours for the streets to be quiet enough to risk it. A slow smile softened his face and he relaxed. It felt as if he’d ...
...anslated by Constance Garnett CHAPTER I IT WAS A LITTLE BEFORE EIGHT O’CLOCK in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillo... ...meet Andrey Filippovitch, or even Krestyan Ivanovitch. At last, the town clock struck three. When Mr. Golyadkin finally took his seat in the carri... ...e! Off!” “Their dinner will not begin till after four, or perhaps five o’clock,” thought Mr. Golyadkin; “isn’t it early now? How ever, I can go a... ...er chance might take him. CHAPTER V IT WAS STRIKING MIDNIGHT from all the clock towers in Pe tersburg when Mr. Golyadkin, beside himself, ran out ... ... in fact, what is called a double in every respect…. CHAPTER VI AT EIGHT O’CLOCK NEXT MORNING Mr. Golyadkin woke up in his bed. At once all the ex... ...ble person in every way. Meanwhile, tea was brought in; it was nearly nine o’clock. Mr. Golyadkin felt in a very good humour, grew lively and skittish... ...ing into his servant’s domain; “you go to bed now and wake me up and eight o’clock. Do you understand Petrushka?” The Double – Dostoevsky 64 Mr.... ...?” Mr. Golyadkin went on. “You go to bed now and wake me tomorrow at eight o’clock; do you understand?” “Why, I know that; what’s the use of telli... ...ive gathering. CHAPTER VIII MR. G OLYADKIN WOKE UP next morning at eight o’clock as usual; as soon as he was awake he recalled all the adventures of...
...Excerpt: Chapter 1. It was a little before eight o?clock in the morning when Yakov Petrovitch Golyadkin, a titular councillor, woke up from a long sleep. He yawned, stretched, and at last opened his eyes completely. For two minutes, however, he lay in his bed without moving, ...
...ll That keep the Jungle Law! Night-Song in the Jungle I T WAS SEVEN O’CLOCK of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up ...
...Excerpt: It was seven o?clock of a very warm evening in the Seeonee hills when Father Wolf woke up from his day?s rest, scratched himself, yawned, and spread out his paws one after the other to get rid of the sleepy feeling in their tips. Mother Wol...
...Two ducks at dusk ..............26 The world is a buzzing fly .....27 Overlay ........................28 Contradiction ..................29 A clock always ticks ...........30 Whiteout .......................31 Crisp notes ....................32 The old man ....................33 His silent howl ................34 Tommy ..........................35 Born ...
In the first chapter of this book we discuss Einstein’s thought experiment with atomic clocks.
...Preface (Many Relativities ) In the first chapter of this book we discuss Einstein’s thought experiment with atomic clocks: A rocket travels at a constant speed v with respect to the earth. In the rocket, a light pulse is emitted by a source from A to a mirror B that reflects it back to A where it is detected. The rocket’s movement and the...
...C O N T E N T S Preface (Many Relativities): 7 Chapter 1. On Einstein’s Thought Experiment with the Light Clocks: 19 1.1. Einstein’s Thought Experiment with the Light Clocks: 20 1.2. Relativistic Addition of Velocities: 23 1.3. Counter-Intuitive Results of the Relativistic Addition of Velocities: 23 1.4. Contradictory Results...