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... by the Mayor. In short, not an hour of the day did Chichikov find himself forced to spend at home, and his return to the inn became necessary only fo... ...nch language, and then the playing of pianos—so diverse are the systems in force! None the less, I may remark that Madame Manilov— But let me confess ... ...e well-to-do serfs on the estate, and added the poorer ones to the list of forced payers of obrok, while himself leaving his bed at nine o’clock in th... ...lt until the splashings began to spurt into his face, and he found himself forced to draw the curtains (fitted with circular openings through which to... ...re’s a puppy for you!” cried Nozdrev, catching hold of it by the back, and lifting it up. The puppy uttered a piteous yelp. “I can see that you haven’... ...e long been wanting such a puppy. Porphyri, take him away again.” Porphyri lifted up the puppy, and bore it downstairs. “Look here, Chichikov,” resume... ...ere were “fish of such a size that it would take two men all their time to lift one of them out.” This piece of information was received with renewed ... ...ference of level—Manilov supported Chichikov with such energy as almost to lift him off his feet, while accompanying the service with a smiling im- pl... ...evening realised that matters had gone far enough, so begged to be given a lift home, and was accommodated with the Public Prosecutor’s drozhki. Lucki...

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...d you are next heir after this boy.’ Little Charlotte made a sort of jump, lifted her eyebrows, and stared at Amabel. Philip answered. ‘That is not wo... ...us,’ said Charles; at which Amabel laughed so uncontrollably, that she was forced to hide her head on her little sister’s shoulder. Charlotte laughed ... ...te to me on my father’s death. Those Redclyffe people certainly have great force of character.’ ‘And was it then he settled his property on my uncle?’... ...trained ‘thank you,’ was going to take it up rather as if he was putting a force upon himself, when Philip more quickly took the first volume, and eag... ...s. ‘Come, begin at the beginning.’ ‘I was standing watching the tremendous force of the stream, when I saw an unhappy old ram floating along, bleat- i... ...ce hidden in her hands, said her evening prayer, that she could venture to lift up her head and look into the dark corners of the room. ‘Another time!... ...id all that the others did, walked further than he had done for years, was lifted up steps without know- ing how, sat out the whole breakfast, talked ... ...ce smote him. He answered shortly, and was glad when the carriage came; he lifted Charles into it, and stood with folded arms as they drove away. ‘The... ...ome here that cheered him, as he swung himself from the roof of the coach, lifted Bustle down, and called out to the barmaid that he hoped Mrs. Lavers...

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... Jones, and gave him a thousand thanks for her deliverance. He pres ently lifted her up, and told her he was highly pleased with the extraordinary ac... ... guarding his face with his hands; nor did he cease roaring till Jones had forced him to look up, and to perceive that the battle was at an end. The... ... beef which he was then conveying into his plate, and harmless spent their force. The fair warrior perceived their miscar riage, and immediately from... ...from its corner a most penetrating glance; which, though great part of its force was spent before it reached our heroe, did not vent itself absolutely... ...is eyes, through which she intended to surprise his heart. And now, gently lifting up those two bright orbs which had already begun to make an impress... ...ur heroe received full in his eyes, and was immediately staggered with its force. He then began to see the designs of the enemy, and indeed to feel th... ... the landlord, who had hold of her horse, presently perceiving, offered to lift her in his arms from her saddle; and she too readily accepted the tend... ...ip the moment you came into the house: I said it was your honour, before I lifted you from your horse, and I shall carry the bruises I got in your 459... ...sea and rivers have committed to the care of the nymphs, the angry Naiades lift up their immortal voices, and the prophane wretch is struck deaf for h...

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...d at times a tussle, And for their AEneids, Iliads, and Odysseys, Were forced to make an odd sort! of apology, For Donna Inez dreaded the Myth... ... In Spain, you know, this is a sort of sin); When proud Granada fell, and, forced to fly, Boabdil wept, of Donna Julia’s kin Some went to Afri... ...tern post, also shatter’d the Whole of her stern frame, and, ere she could lift Herself from out her present jeopardy, The rudder tore away: ‘... ...from thence, Without their will, they carried them away; For they were forced with steering to dispense, And never had as yet a quiet day ... ...ch shock the Muse Having no paper, for the want of better, They took by force from Juan Julia’s letter. The lots were made, and mark’d, and mix... ...ess each throb that drew A sigh from his heaved bosom—and hers, too. And lifting him with care into the cave, The gentle girl and her attendan... ...applause, Of which the first ne’er knows the second cause. But now being lifted into high society, And having pick’d up several odds and ends ... ...gainst the light their orbs of vision; While gentle writers also love to lift Their voices ‘gainst each other, which is natural, The numbers a... ...ranscendent and more fleeting flight. Chill, and chain’d to cold earth, we lift on high Our eyes in search of either lovely light; A thousand ...

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...ar; next washed they their hands and took up the barley meal. Then Chryses lifted up his hands and prayed aloud for them: “Hearken to me, god of the s... ..., even warriors that wield the spear, are therein, and they hinder me per force, and for all my will suffer me not to waste the populous citadel of I... ...sgression do violence to the oath of Zeus; for young men’s hearts are ever lifted up. But wheresoever an old man entereth in, he looketh both before a... ...and not stay to vex us and our children after us.” So said they, and Priam lifted up his voice and called to Helen: “Come hither, dear child, and sit ... ...ong the chief of the Trojans and Achaians. Then in their midst Atreus’ son lifted up his hands and prayed aloud: “Father Zeus, that rulest from Ida, m... ...the twain should first cast his spear of bronze. And the people prayed and lifted up their hands to the gods; and thus would say many an one of Achaia... ...de me; not in my blood is it to fight a skulk ing fight or cower down; my force is steadfast still. I have no mind to mount the chariot, nay, even as... ...her, openly if ye will, for we have no fear of any man soever. For none by force shall chase me, he willing me unwilling, neither by skill; seeing I h... ...wn—a smaller host, yet for all that were they eager to fight in battle, of forceful need, for their children’s sake and their wives’. And the gates we...

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...hese words were spoken, I came here, Down from my blessed seat, trusting the force Of thy pure eloquence, which thee, and all Who well have mark’d it,... ...er in my brain a crash Of heavy thunder, that I shook myself, As one by main force rous’d. Risen upright, My rested eyes I mov’d around, and search’d ... ...m that troop, where Dido ranks, They through the ill air speeding; with such force My cry prevail’d by strong affection urg’d. “O gracious creatu... ...t this must fall, within Three solar circles; and the other rise By borrow’d force of one, who under shore Now rests. It shall a long space hold aloof... ...here gushes from the forest’s bound A little brook, whose crimson’d wave yet lifts My hair with horror. As the rill, that runs From Bulicame, to be po... ...sound Of the true words I utter’d. In both arms He caught, and to his bosom lifting me Upward retrac’d the way of his descent. Nor weary of his ... ...oiling lake both fell. The heat Was umpire soon between them, but in vain To lift themselves they strove, so fast were glued Their pennons. Barbaricci... ... Computes his labour’s issue, that he seems Still to foresee the’ effect, so lifting me Up to the summit of one peak, he fix’d His eye upon another. “... ...or a sign my guide Should stand attentive, plac’d against my lips The finger lifted. If, O reader! now Thou be not apt to credit what I tell, No marve...

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... O Love that governest the heavens, Thou knowest, who with Thy light didst lift me. When the revolution which Thou, being desired, makest eternal, 13 ... ...bear it on. This bears the fire upward toward the moon; this is the motive force in mortal hearts; this binds together and unites the earth. Nor does ... ...uides me, and nine Muses point out to me the Bears. Ye other few, who have lifted tip your necks be. times to the bread of the Angels, oil which one h... ...he did not fulfil. 8 According to the old commentators, her brother Corso forced Piccarda by violence to leave the convent, in order to make a marria... ...nd times may wrest it. Wherefore if it bend much or little, it follows the force; and thus these did, hav- ing power to return to the holy place. If t... ...odness which imprints the world was content to proceed by all Its paths to lift you up again; nor between the last night and the first day has there b... ...ther; for God was more liberal in giving Himself to make man sufficient to lift himself up again, than if only of Himself He had pardoned him. And all... ... such order that he who contemplates it cannot be without taste of Him. 1 Lift then thy sight, Reader, with me to the lofty wheels, straight to that ... ...er the Aphorisms, 1 and one following the priesthood, and one to reign by force or by sophisms, and one to rob, and one to civic business; one, invol...

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...TO I O’er better waves to speed her rapid course The light bark of my genius lifts the sail, Well pleas’d to leave so cruel sea behind; And of that se... ...y radiance from mid heav’n Had chas’d the Capricorn, when that strange tribe Lifting their eyes towards us: If ye know, The Divine Comedy of Dante ... ... laziness Were sister to him.” Straight he turn’d to us, And, o’er the thigh lifting his face, observ’d, Then in these accents spake: “Up then, procee... ... Sorrowing with these I therefore go.” I thus: “From Campaldino’s field what force or chance Drew thee, that ne’er thy sepulture was known?” “Oh!... ...od. Between the grass and flowers, the evil snake Came on, reverting oft his lifted head; And, as a beast that smoothes its polish’d coat, Licking his... ...l strong, Harsh was the grating; nor so surlily Roar’d the Tarpeian, when by force bereft Of good Metellus, thenceforth from his loss To leanness doom... ...ly, that ye have power To stretch your wing, which e’en to your desire Shall lift you, as ye show us on which hand Toward the ladder leads the shortes... ... next Appear’d before me, down whose visage cours’d Those waters, that grief forces out from one By deep resentment stung, who seem’d to say: “If thou... ... Conquers at last, so it be cherish’d well, Triumphant over all. To mightier force, To better nature subject, ye abide Free, not constrain’d by that, ...

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...n only be compassed as part of the welfare of the world, too full of brute force not to grab vigorously at his own gain. Such dwarfs are quite common ... ... to his feet and buy himself a beau- tiful and refined wife. His choice is forced on him. He for- swears love as thousands of us forswear it every day... ...ness and sink from us as we rise to the cloud regions above. And now, what forces are there in the world to resist Alberic, our dwarf, in his new char... ...uction. The very wealth they create with their labor becomes an additional force to impoverish them; for as fast as they make it it slips from their h... ... to work against Alberic, the end of it would be utter destruction. Such a force there is, however; and it is called Godhead. The mysterious thing we ... ...by personifying the react- ing force only , any more than Archimedes could lift the world without a fulcrum for his lever. You must also personify the...

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...ir eagle. They all came rushing and leaping down, and thus they managed to force back the savages, and make their way to the shore. There was not much... ...n they had made their way there. Though they came again the next year, and forced their way a good deal farther into the country, they saw chiefly bar... ...d mighty chief named Rollo, had some time before, thus gone to France, and forced the King to give them a great piece of his country, just opposite to... ... Edward died soon after, and Harold said at once that his promise had been forced and cheated from him, so that he need not keep it, and he was crowne... ... it had not been right of him to come and take another people’s country by force; and the having done one wrong thing often makes people grow worse an... ... before, fighting with the French, and helping every country that tried to lift up its head against Bonaparte. Spain was one of these countries. Napol...

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...nywhere mentioned. Aleck was a Christian from the cradle, and duty and the force of habit required her to go through the motions. She pulled The $30,... ...nded: “I’d feel I was lucky I hadn’t got caught with it in me.” Pride had forced him to say something, and as he could not think of any rational thin... ... si lent, the visitor long ago gone, they unaware. Then they stirred, and lifted their heads wearily, and gazed at each other wistfully, dreamily, da... ...g; then release came to both on the same day. T oward the end the darkness lifted from Sally’s ruined mind for a moment, and he said: “Vast wealth, ac... ...mother’s joy in the news, the pain in her conscience lost something of its force—a result which made her ashamed of the constructive deception which s... ...rong could prevail, and so be saved, but we are lost.” 61 Mark Twain They lifted their heads in supplication. The angel was gone. While they marveled... ...oh! haste, come thou to my relief. Ride on the wings of the wind! Turn thy force 77 Mark Twain loose like a tempest, and roll on thy army like a whir... ...ing reserved by the Great Spirit for some mighty mission, and he dared not lift his sacrile gious rifle against him again, the narrative seriously im... ...st “rake” the barber gave him with his razor it loosened his “hide” and lifted him out of the chair . This is unquestionably exaggerated. In Floren...

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...body, giving food and drink and rest and purification: aye, and for its sake forced to be subservient to this man and that. Are these not things indif... ...en the poor body of Socrates should have been dragged away and haled by main force to prision! That ever hemlock should have been given to the body of... ...grasp, ere it is too late, on Freedom, on Tranquility, on Greatness of soul! Lift up thy head, as one escaped from slavery; dare to look up to God, an... ...is commands. If thou choosest aught else, with sighs and groans thou wilt be forced to follow a Might greater than thine own, ever seeking Tranquillit... ...ult with his lot! Them that will take part in the Feast he needeth that will lift their voices with the restm that men may applaud the more, and exalt... ...here is no such thing as being shut out for me, but only for them that would force their way in. CLIII CLIII CLIII CLIII CLIII But what says Socrates?...

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...ns. We ourselves esteem not of that obedience, or love, or gift, which is of force: God there fore left him free, set before him a provoking object, ... ...as well as in arithmetic, and makes up the best harmony in a Church; not the forced and outward union of cold, and neutral, and inwardly divided minds... ...Refor mation: others as fast reading, trying all things, as senting to the force of reason and convincement. What could a man require more from a na... ...five months yet to harvest; there need not be five weeks; had we but eyes to lift up, the fields are white already. Where there is much desire to lear... ... the influence of heaven; this is that which hath enfranchised, enlarged and lifted up our apprehensions, degrees above themselves. Ye cannot make us ... ...forming stupidity, a stark and dead congealment of wood and hay and stubble, forced and frozen together, which is more to the sudden degenerating of a... ...his I hold firm: Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm ... ...on! Against the opposing will and arm of heaven May never this just sword be lifted up; But, for that damned magician, let him be girt 74 With all th...

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...olphus von Galgenstein, captain of horse and of the Holy Roman Empire” (he lifted here his hat with much gravity, and all the crowd, even to the parso... ...wd set up a loyal hurrah; and, with much gravity, the two little boys were lifted up into the saddles; and the Corporal leading one, entrusted the oth... ... induced to present Mrs. Catherine the toe of his boot, for the purpose of lifting her on to his horse. “Egad!” said he to the Corporal one day, when ... ...ld at such high price. He had, however, some ill-luck at play, or had been forced to pay some bills, or had some other satisfactory reason for being p... ...hould give it her,” said Mr. Brock as he pro- cured a glass of water; and, lifting her on to a sofa, sprinkled the same over her. “Hang it! how pretty... ... iron bar (indeed, he had the instrument for many days in his pocket), and forced the lock. The room was empty, the window was open: the pretty barmai... ...but caused a mighty stir throughout the kingdom at the time when it was in force. As one has seen or heard, after the march of a great army, a number ... ...are of the tall halberdier, who seemed to rank as second in command of the forces that marched under Corporal Brock. This gentleman was called indiffe... ...now have the shooprame bliss,” said Mr. Macshane, with much feeling, as he lifted Mrs. Hayes from the saddle— ”the shooprame bliss of intwining two ha...

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...h to go through with it, and my Father had better give me his Consent than force me to go without it; that I was now Eighteen Years old, which was too... ... to venture out in hopes of reaching thither; but having tried twice I was forced in again by contrary Winds, the Sea also going too high for my littl... ... Foot deep in its own Body; and I could feel my self carried with a mighty Force and Swiftness towards the Shore a very great Way; but I held my Breat... ...ury of the Sea, which came pouring in after me again, and twice more I was lifted up by the Waves, and carried forwards as before, the Shore being ver... ...nded me, or rather dash’d me against a Piece of a Rock, and that with such Force, as it left me senseless, and indeed helpless, as to Daniel Defoe 33... ...r sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first. I walk’d about on the Shore, lifting up my Hands, and my whole Being, as I may say, wrapt up in the Cont... ... swell as before: But that which surpris’d me most, was, that the Ship was lifted off in the Night from the Sand where she lay by the Swelling of the ... ...so on the Side of a Bank of hard Sand, or rather Earth, that her Stern lay lifted up upon the Bank, and her Head low almost to the Water; by this Mean... ...unded Habitation: The Piles or Stakes, which were as heavy as I could well lift, were a long time in cutting and preparing in the Woods, and more by f...

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... was very seriously re- flecting how the poor people were terrified by the force of their own imagination. However, she turned from me, called me prof... ...either can I acquit those ministers that in their sermons rather sank than lifted up the hearts of their hearers. Many of them no doubt did it for the... ... were set to watch the houses so shut up; also several people broke out by force in many places, as I shall observe by-and-by . But it was a public go... ...e- hensions of their being shut up, and their breaking out by stratagem or force, either before or after they were shut up, whose misery was not lesse... ...as, first of all, not effectual, but that the people broke out, whether by force or by stratagem, even almost as often as they pleased; and, second, t... ...rying and wringing their hands along the street; some would go praying and lifting up their hands to heaven, calling upon God for mercy. I cannot say,... ...ent every evening through the streets of Whitechappel, and, with his hands lifted up, repeated that part of the Liturgy of the Church continually, ‘Sp... ..., blessed be the Lord, I keep them from want’; and with that I observed he lifted up his eyes to heaven, with a countenance that presently told me I h... ...shed near a year in that condition, and died. Nor was he ever once seen to lift up his eyes or to look upon any particular object. I cannot undertake ...

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...e theatre and the opera house by making it a pretext for a propaganda of our own views of life. So you cannot plead ignorance of the character of the force you set in motion. Yon meant me to epater le bourgeois; and if he protests, I hereby refer him to you as the accountable party....

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...own views of life. So you cannot plead igno- rance of the character of the force you set in motion. Yon meant me to epater le bourgeois; and if he pro... ... conscience is much like a woman who discusses her modesty. The only moral force you condescend to pa- rade is the force of your wit: the only demand ... ...or Puritans I explained the predicament of our contemporary English drama, forced to deal almost exclusively with cases of sexual attraction, and yet ... ...uard and an arrant poltroon, nor did it enable Byron to become a religious force like Shelley. Let us, then, leave Byron’s Don Juan out of account. Mo... ... moral number is higher than a man’s, and that the purer nature of a woman lifts a man right out of himself, and makes him better than he was. OCTAVIU... ...I century. Don Juan, of course; but where? why? how? Besides, in the brief lifting of his face, now hidden by his hat brim, there was a curious sugges... ...omes in through the gate and sees him. MRS WHITEFIELD. [running to him and lifting his head] What’s the matter, Tavy? Are you ill? OCTAVIUS. No, nothi... ...er and chafes her band. T anner runs round to her other hand, and tries to lift her bead. Octavius goes to Violet’s assistance, but does not know what... ...traker, following them up, pauses for a moment to instruct T anner]. Don’t lift er ed, Mr T anner: let it go flat so’s the blood can run back into it....

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...or it gave an ironic edge to their tragedy that the very talents they were forced to prostitute made the prostitution not only effective, but even int... ... looting of shops by criminals under patriotic pretexts, it was the police force and not the Government that put its foot down. There was even one dep... ...he maltreatment of naval prisoners of war, and, to our great disgrace, was forced by the enemy to behave itself. And yet behind all this public blunde... ...vagery will recoil on the heads of the Allies so severely that we shall be forced by the sternest necessity to take up our share of healing the Europe... ...ung adventurers who were do- ing it for its own sake, and had not yet been forced by ad- vancing age and responsibilities to consider the commercial v... ...e a success of them. They’re what you call enthusiasts. But the first dead lift of the thing is too much for them; and they haven’t enough financial e... ...telling him that if he did not marry me he should never see you again [she lifts herself on her wrists and seats herself on the end of the table]. MRS... ...-night. [He hurries out]. HECTOR. Poor wretch! Oh women! women! women! [He lifts his fists in invocation to heaven]. Fall. Fall and crush. [He goes ou...

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...Pockwockomus Falls was exceedingly rough and rocky, the batteau having to be lifted directly from the water up four or five feet on to a rock, and laun... ...an upright one, I held the boat while one reset his pole, and then all three forced it upward against any rapid. This was “warping up.” When a part of... ...he home, this, of Necessity and Fate. There was there felt the presence of a force not bound to be kind to man. It was a place for heathenism and supe... ... about him, striking broad off with his paddle, and drawing the boat by main force into her course. The stern man faithfully follows the bow. We were ... ... not need to be excited, but worked with a subtle, deliberate, and conscious force, like a boa constrictor, and more effectively then than even in a w... ...e the soft, spreading second growth, of which I saw none, all spire upwards, lifting a dense spear head of cones to the light and air, at any rate, wh... ..., at any rate, while their branches straggle after as they may; as Indi ans lift the ball over the heads of the crowd in their desperate game. In thi... ...t a few rods before we saw very recent signs along the water’s edge, the mud lifted up by their feet being quite fresh, and Joe declared that they had... ...o few ever come to the woods to see how the pine lives and grows and spires, lifting its evergreen arms to the light, — to see its perfect success; bu...

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...ver Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different stocks, babbling so many different dialects, and offering in its extent such singular contrasts, from the busiest over-population to the unkindliest ...

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...es and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congru- ity and force to inhabitants of that United Kingdom, peopled from so many different... ...effect rendered with propriety, in which there was either some conspicuous force or some happy dis- tinction in the style, I must sit down at once and... ... tried in his time to imitate the other. Burns is the very type of a prime force in letters: he was of all men the most imitative. Shakespeare himself... ...Mr. Hardy wields the shepherd’s crook or Count T olstoi swings the scythe, lift romance into a near neighbourhood with epic. These aged things have on... ..., eye to eye, and wrestle a fall whether in love or enmity. It is still by force of body, or power of character or intellect, that we attain to worthy... ...quotation, historical instances, the whole flotsam and jetsam of two minds forced in and in upon the matter in hand from every point of the compass, a... ...ive. Now we are conscious of a great command over our destiny; anon we are lifted up by circumstance, as by a breaking wave, and dashed we know not ho...

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...ain false and specious glitter. By the necessity of the case, again, he is forced to view his subject throughout in a particular illumination, like a ... ... heightened, the shadows over- charged; the chosen expression, continually forced, may de- generate at length into a grimace; and we have at best some... ...dable at all, and hang together by their own ends, the peculiar convincing force of these brief representations. They take so little a while to read, ... ... introduced in the same light and with the same expression, that, by sheer force of repetition, that view is imposed upon the reader. The two English ... ...hat was merely ridiculous, as well as so much more that was unsurpassed in force and fitness, – seeing the true prophet doubled, as I thought, in plac... ...o more than a stalking-horse for the ambitious Gascon. Sometimes the smoke lifts, and you can see him for the twin- kling of an eye, a very pale figur...