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... the drooping horse-car, when society applauded Christine Nilsson at the Academy of Music and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on the walls of the National Academy of Design, an inconspicuous shop with a single show window was intimately and favourably known to the feminine population of the quarter bordering on Stuyvesant Square....

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...ademy of Music and basked in the sunsets of the Hudson River School on the walls of the National Acad- emy of Design, an inconspicuous shop with a sin... ...eum, the window revealed a background of orderly counters and white-washed walls in pleasant con- trast to the adjoining dinginess. The Bunner sisters... ...o reach out her hand for Evelina. In the new silence surround- ing her the walls and furniture found voice, frightening her at dusk and midnight with ...

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..."There were no great walls that could stop a free thinking minds path". One just has to simply do the math, create a plan and then just actually commit, and then do whatever the task". "If one was to study the magic of Mathematics or the phys...

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...The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible. Told largely in the form of a first-person memoir, it concerns the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem by Nehemiah, a Jew who is a high official at the Persian court, and the dedication of the city and its people to God's laws (torah). The events take place in the second half of the 5th century BCE, and toge...

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...Teaching and learning can—and does—go on in strange places. For so long, parents and teachers delegated learning to a formal setting with four walls, books, and a teacher teaching. Yet, those same parents and teachers taught children many unplanned—and often unintended—attitudes, language, and knowledge outside those walls. We learn from everything we do and the k...

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...e of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wide deep window seat, upon which the rain might beat, without reaching the interior of the room. And even i...

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...upported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set... ...oom. And even if it had come in, there was nothing for it to hurt, for the walls were of rough stone, and the floor of tiles. There was a fire at each... ...ly rode towards the Cathedral. It was then very unlike what it is now; the walls were very thick, the windows small and al- most buried in heavy carve... ... to this?” “ And see! see, Osmond! they have put hangings up all round the walls, just like our Lady’s church on a great feast-day. They treat us just... ...es in the King’s absence, but I tell you that if you are found without the walls again, it shall be at your peril; ay, and his! I’ll have those haught... ... was, as has been shown, a close prisoner, in all but the name, within the walls of the Castle. The pilgrim had, however, the 69 Yo n g e opportunity... ... turned on his straw-filled crib, and looked up. It was not the tapestried walls of his chamber at Laon that met his opening eyes, but the rugged ston... ...ty. Never, even in the summer days, was he allowed to go beyond the Castle walls; and his guardians would fain have had it supposed that the Castle di... ...d, slyly. “I was a little boy then,” said Richard, proudly. “Why, the very walls must remind him of his oath, and how Count Bernard said, as he dealt ...

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...g process, a preservation plan is needed for a site identified as a heiau (temple), that is situated on the property. In addition to the heiau, stone walls, habitation features, agricultural mounds, terraces, enclosures, and modified outcrops were also identified, as a part of an archaeological survey conducted by Haun and Associates (Haun et al., 2000 & 2004). The cultura...

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...eir taro patches. At cock-crow all work must stop for that was menehune law, and a job must be finished in a single night. Men still point to certain walls left unfinished when morning came too quickly....

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...om An Ames room is a distorted room constructed so that from the front it appears to be an ordinary cubic-shaped room, with a back wall and two side walls parallel to each other and perpendicular to the horizontally level floor and ceiling. As a result of the optical illusion, a person standing in one corner appears to the observer to be a giant, while a person standing i...

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...d, as the trachea, With the last of the air drawing in, begins to fold its walls; and he could imagine it Like he could imagine, from unexact memories... ...s not want me here" While its flesh of Jim beats the plastic urinal On the walls barricading a pillowed head. The joke is on him this time... All over... ...ou For no longer destroying the land. The noon hour whistle Vibrates the walls Of the hollow heavens To the cab; the thermos-well Of soup, sitting o... ...your right a nine of swords card of a man pierced in the Back gleams as it walls the card of your future lovers., And the redness of Doctrines and Cov... ... rows Of flowered Wallpaper a pale gray In the dark efficiency-- The three walls still absent To her consciousness As a shadow of silver lightning Fad... ...would Knive through the condom And spray-paint the man's name On the dull walls of the vagina. They had that freedom--those inalienable rights-- Her ... ...sofa As the furnace blows The Soviet flag on the wall before his feet. His walls may have many flags, And his mind thoughts of glasnost and communism ...

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... evidence to indicate that they were expected. Suddenly, when they were within a few yards of the walls, the huge south gate creaked open to allow a... ...ay at present and I will have to comply to avoid further delay. You lads ride on. Follow the city walls to the North Gate, where I will meet you aft... ...ip to one of the high peaks towering above the city, on which stood the British fort. Its granite walls hewn out of the rocky massif, the fort domin... ...nsure that you are made comfortable.’ She led the way into the large vestibule, its panelled oak walls hung with the heads of hunting trophies and ... ... vast rectangular room - marble floors covered with Persian carpets, rich tapestries adorning the walls and crystal oil lamps set in burnished gold ... ...n china in the shape of a swan which was filled with exotic blooms. Audrey Blankenhagen 80 The walls were covered in oyster pink silk and hung wit... ...walking quite rapidly for his age alongside horse and rider, did not utter another word until the walls of the City of Mirapore came into sight. ‘F... ...pholstery and the Company crest emblazoned on its sides, was bound. The road wound down, past the walls of the mosque built by the Nawab’s grandfath... ... in the hollow of the valley, its narrow streets and wooden stalls spreading even beyond the city walls. Here all life seemed to be congregated and ...

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...ways be limited within this body. And I shall never agree to go beyond its walls. And if I conceive my I as being my soul only, I shall always be limi... ...e Whole, the “ all that is” , then what limits shall I see and where? What walls will stop me from knowing my Whole I, my True I - God? PASS OVER May... ..., for the sake of self-preservation, this I-centre begins building up such walls in our consciousness, starts creating such self-preservation noises i... ... but we are the “all that is” - God. And this is how these self-preserving walls and noises make God and Oneness with God non-existent. We become deaf... ... the self- preservation neuron centre starts to loosen its grip ; and the walls of imaginary I, one by one, begin to fade. And as a consequence, more... ... limitations. And on and on and on goes this vicious circle. Until all our walls are raised. And Bliss can enter no more. And now, this is how it all ... ...ing our limited I, our limited mind to real Bliss; by pulling down all our walls of “bliss”; by giving up all our self protective resistance to Bliss;... ... usually do this opening to God by praying. By prayer we just cast off the walls between me and my Lord. By prayer we ask God to open us to His absolu... ...nterlacing, weaving symmetric forms. And soon these forms began turning to walls and roofs, domes and towers, high narrow windows, gates bound with fi...

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...ve. Unfortunately, for him there will also come a time when he sees nothing but walls around him. “Hello,” I reply. “What’s your name?” 17 ... ...g to know that while my reality consisted of streets and faces, his was made of walls and a light bulb hanging from the ceiling, which moved slight... ...Art to the heart, vilifies and humiliates it with hypocrisy and chains it to the walls of fiction. No, my friend, Poetry’s worth nothing. It’s only ... ...ning unashamedly in his eyes, alone made him a man to be sculpted forever on the walls of my memory.” ... Captain, touching your heart you have...

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...o change things, to stand in the path of the maelstrom and see beyond the walls that the world has imposed: and translate it into pain, into fury, in... ...keep my tongue, knowing that there are those who are trapped inside these walls that they cannot even see, that people, every day, are dying of this,... ...een programmed, not ever knowing it's a prison because they don't see the walls. Put a scratch on the glass, though, and they'll have to pause: "Hey... ... this. Imagine that there's a prison. It's always been there... four stone walls, as impenetrable as they look, bars on the windows and the doors. It... ...clean air. Be free. Some of the prisoners, though, like being within these walls; they're comfortable with the routine. They like knowing what will h... ...e point. They'll just find another one, as they must. And even within its walls and its bars - as within its pods and programs - the System sustains... ...t's proverbially hiding in plain sight, or maybe because it's between the walls of reality. Surface tension--sometimes I think that the walls between... ...ields. It reminds me where I came from... and why I'm here. Outside these walls, is freedom. Inside... is simply another Matrix, can't you see it? I... ...heir daily lives just as you've programmed them to; they'll never see the walls. Put a SCRATCH on that glass, though - on the collective person's id...

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...ere were beautiful sketches of human facial expressions spread across the walls of her office. He stood behind her for few seconds until she felt h... ...had been watching that face on the screen for three weeks. On her office walls, there were many sketches of her. She looked so soft, with gorgeous... ...hown her drawings to others. She had a few of them hanging on her office walls, but she hadn’t signed them, to avoid criticism. “Tonight, Michael a... ...www.behappyinlife.com/books Mark Hayden sat on his sofa and stared at the walls. His wife’s presence was still there – the living room furniture sh...

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.... Inside the small room stood a wooden altar with low benches in front of it. The chamber walls were decorated with paintings of sacred scenes, cere... ... Alex protested. “There are indications of rainwater run-off on the Sphinx itself and the walls around it that in all likelihood happened in a time ... ... barring entrance to the Palace from the north. Affixed to the gate was a set of mas- sive walls and battlements, on top of which, Royal soldiers regu... ...ment and realized the sounds were coming from behind a row of bushes that lined the outer walls. Curiosity getting the best of her, she decided to p... ...d through the first chamber, which was stunningly designed with large columns and painted walls. The torchlight flickered on the walls, seem- ing to ... ...se with its sudden intensity. The storm had also battered the main temple, but its sturdy walls of stone had withstood the beating. The priests had ... ...ng.” “This is incredible,” Mitch said as he shone his flashlight around the chamber. The walls were painted with scenes of royal processions. The fi... ...to walk through the chamber, flashlights glowing. They gazed upon the beautifully painted walls that time had not damaged. “Mitch, look, past the ob... ... CHAPTER 54 THE SECRET CHAMBER ALEX continued to scan every inch of the chamber walls, running her fingers along the smooth stone. After l...

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...ey gave up. They couldn’t stand the torturing. Finally, after running out of ideas, the system confined me into these four walls in a mental in... ...ve me is medium sized, five meters long and four metres wide. It contains a bed attached to a wall, a basin, and a bathroom. Its walls are snow-whit... ...sary. The same colour her face wore after I choked the life out of her. Often times, I hear her strangled voice from these white walls begging for m... ...mans make when they are copulating I heard when I opened the front door of my house. Sometimes I also hear these cries from the walls in my room. Th...

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...effect that I would have called “spiritual” had I been so inclined. Between wailing walls and golden domes, this metropolis played host to King Davi... ...ign. In the corner, a swastika flag clings to its pole. A leather armchair. Padded walls. The smell of … “Cognac?” No, thanks, to both. “I... ...d civil servants complained about the shrieks and screams that penetrated the thick walls of this bastion day and night. I am not afraid to die. D... ... failed?” Chapter the Fifteenth The Infected Domestic Even through the thick walls of the underground cell I can hear the cars going to and f... ... concentration camp. The photographs of dead people and gory atrocities adorned the walls, interlaced with pipes and other metal structures. Nazi sy...

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...s of Bangkok winter that makes homeless dogs and cats shiver before temple walls when fortunate enough to wander into such an animal sanctuary. Learn... ... stringing it up against light fixtures and unused nails that stuck out of walls. Suthep and Jatupon became aware that their masculine images of thems... ...m threw darts, shot basketballs in moving hoops, and bounced balls against walls to knock over bottles for prizes. They continued doing this until th... ...h the violence of his beak as she scavenged for dew to appease the parched walls of her throat and berries that would provide her with fortitude again... ...rom one's solitary domain to brief moments of coupling, banging onto empty walls, the release of stress, and the intimacy of "love". And yet he again ... ... Suthep and smash his head while he was sleeping. He could spray paint the walls with air freshener and light a match. The whole room could be set ab... ...e spoke glibly. "Families are supposed to be shelter. They're really just walls cobbled up from dirt, you know. Mine doesn't even exist but in Kazem... ... it cringed. He felt like he was casting shadows onto the senator's grand walls like children using their hands to project shadows of rabbits and dog... ... plumes made these adonises erotic in a spinning room of gnarling metallic walls was a mystery. He wasn't sure if it was a dismembered part of a ...

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... and bind me in locks of love. 51 The Tenth Path Within myself beyond the walls of paradise flourish the sweet legacies of love. And there her name s...