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Julius Caesar (Written about 1601) Friends, Romans, Countrymen, Lend Me Your Ears!

By: Dramatis Personae

...ain to keep him so. CINNA: O Caesar,— CAESAR: Hence! wilt thou lift up Olympus? DECIUS BRUTUS : Great Caesar,— CAESAR: Dot... ... Are full of rest, defense, and nimbleness. BRUTUS: Good reasons must, of force, give place to better. The people ‘twixt Philippi and this ground Do ... ...ce to better. The people ‘twixt Philippi and this ground Do stand but in a forced affection; For they have grudged us contribution: The enemy, marchin...

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Three Soldiers

By: John Dos Passos

...olumn marched under arc lights glaring through the afterglow, in- evitably forced his head to droop forward. The soles of boots and legs wrapped in pu... ... far out, and, throwing his arms around the girl’s pink gingham shoulders, lifted her off the ground and kissed her furiously on the lips. “Lemme go, ... ...e man with the red hair moved away sheepishly. Then 63 John Dos Passos he lifted his large dirty hands in the air. “Kamarad,” he said. Nobody laughed... ...hed. The cousin was looking from one to the other enviously, her upper lip lifted away from her teeth in a smile. The old woman munched her bread in a... ...in pattered hard on the roof. “Have him brought down to the guardhouse, by force if necessary,” snapped the lieutenant. He strode towards the door. “A... ...The kid’s dead,” said the other man. “Give me a hand.” The sergeant helped lift the body on the bed again. “Well, I’ll be goddamned,” said the sergean... ... he shouted, “d’you know where a fellow can get somethin’ to eat.” The man lifted his head slowly. Chrisfield turned cold all over when he saw the whi... ...ea- sons? No. He had no trade, he had not been driven into the army by the force of public opinion, he had not been carried away by any wave of blind ... ...ulse to go in there and start playing, by the brilliance of his playing to force these men, who thought of him as a coarse automaton, something betwee...

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The Second Book of Samuel

By: Anonymous

... self followed the bier. 32 And they buried Abner in Hebron: and the king lifted up his voice, and wept at the grave of Abner; and all the people wep... ...e lie with me, my sister. 12 And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this fo... ...Howbeit he would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and lay with her. 15 Then Amnon hated her exceedingly; so that ... ...rother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had forced his sister Tamar. 23 And it came to pass after two full years, that ... ... Second Samuel 13:19 – 13:32 29 hath been determined from the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 33 Now therefore let not my lord the king take the... ...n only is dead. 34 But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, there came much people by the ... ...as he had made an end of speaking, that, behold, the king’s sons came, and lifted up their voice and wept: and the king also and all his servants wept... ...s: and the watch man went up to the roof over the gate unto the wall, and lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold a man running alone. 25 And the ... ...nd said, Blessed be the LORD thy God, which hath delivered up the men that lifted up their hand against my lord the king. 29 And the king said, Is the...

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Pygmalion

By: George Bernard Shaw

...men are concerned? PICKERING. Yes: very frequently. HIGGINS [dogmatically, lifting himself on his hands to the level of the piano, and sitting on it w... ... up the slippers, and hurling them at him one after the other with all her force] There are your slippers. And there. Take your slippers; and may you ... ...tle, you need not suffer all this if you are really in earnest. Nobody can force you to accept this bequest. You can repudiate it. Isn’t that so, Colo... ...et and being trampled on and called names, when all the time I had only to lift up my finger to be as good as you, I could just kick myself. HIGGINS [... ... a few months’ time. It shook her so violently, that when Mr. H. G . Wells lifted her on the point of his puissant pen, and placed her at the angle of...

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The Children of the Night

By: Edwin Arlington Robinson

...es to cheer them Again with a larger sound. The curtain Of life just then is lifted a little To give to their sight new joys — new sorrows — Or nothin... ...y, to merit All grace that a God can give. — The fashion Of our belief is to lift all beings Born for a life that knows no struggle In sin’s tight sna... ...th nothing but himself in sight, Unsighted, he sails on. At last there is a lifting of the cloud Between the flood before him and the sky; And then ... ... And as for music, He paid with empty wonder for the pangs Of his infrequent forced endurance of it; And having had no pleasure, paid no more For need... ...hin him the rare seed Of learning. We could understand, But none of us could lift a hand. The man Flammonde appraised the youth, And told a few of us ... ... he says to me, “Ben, what’s `immortal’? 135 E.A. Robinson Think you by any force of ordination It may be nothing of a sort more noisy Than a small o... ...n Another Dark Lady Think not, because I wonder where you fled, That I would lift a pin to see you there; You may, for me, be prowling anywhere, So lo...

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Resurrection

By: Mrs. Louis Maude

...dants hurried, out of breath, dragging their feet along the ground without lifting them, backwards and forwards, with all sorts of messages and papers... ...ctment in this case. In the corridor the secretary met Breve, who, with up lifted shoulders, a portfolio under one arm, the other swing- ing with the ... ...d put your fingers together, thus,” he said, with his tremulous old voice, lifting his fat, dimpled hand, and putting the thumb 30 Resurrection and t... ..., without looking round, felt her presence with his whole being and had to force himself not to look at her. 62 Resurrection After dinner he at once ... ...nd expecting to hear her steps. The animal man inside him had now not only lifted its head, but had succeeded in trampling under foot the spiritual ma... ...she was observed, would do. For a minute or two she did not move; then she lifted her eyes, smiled and shook her head as if chiding herself, then chan... ...oundrel, who ought to be ashamed to look people in the face, yet, by sheer force of habit, he stepped on to the platform in his usual self-possessed m... ...till she took out a cigarette, lit it at the lamp, took a puff, and almost forced it into Maslova’s hand. Maslova, still crying, began greedily to inh... ...send him to prison, where idleness, or most unwholesome, useless labour is forced on him, in company of others weakened and ensnared by the lives they...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...e—the character is SO like him. “While the Author cannot but feel the full force of the com- pliment thus conveyed to him, he ventures to suggest that... ...f little or no ex- perience; and I saw no reason why such a hero should be lifted out of nature. 8 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY CHAPT... ...n Nicholas during the whole journey, thronged into his mind with redoubled force when he was left alone. His great distance from home and the impossib... ...’ replied the youth, pressing his hands together, as though to control, by force, the nervous wandering of his fingers. ‘Is there—’ ‘Well!’ said Squee... ...ame from home; he said they smiled, and talked to him; and he died at last lifting his head to kiss them. Do you hear?’ ‘Yes, yes,’ rejoined Nicholas.... ...nging out eyes with all one’s power, and keeping down noses with all one’s force, and adding to heads, and taking away teeth alto- gether, you have no... ...er seen to wear, he might have been doubtful, even then, of his identity. ‘Lift him out,’ said Squeers, after he had literally feasted his eyes, in si... ...ning’ s proceedings Mr Squeers transmitted to his most affectionate uncle. Lifting up his eyes, as he arrived at the conclusion that there was no reme... ...owever, they kept on, with unabated perseverance, and the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at ...

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The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices : No Thoroughfare ; The Perils of Certain English Prisoners

By: Charles Dickens

...d. Well cultivated gardens attached to the cottages, with plenty of produce forced out of their hard soil. Lonely nooks, and wild; but people can be ... ...flections to his companions, when the mist suddenly brightened, and begun to lift straight ahead. In another minute, the landlord, who was in advance,... ...oor by which they had approached the base of Carrock that morning. The happy lifting of the mist, and the still happier discovery that the travellers ... ... to Mr. Idle—the rattle of wheels was heard, and the crippled Apprentice was lifted into the seat. As the dog cart was driven back to the inn, the lan... ...e more looking out into the black darkness. Still the dead man! The darkness forced his mind back upon itself, and set his memory at work, reviving, w... ...imbs from the dastardly attack that had been made on both, to leave the full force of the deadly missile to strike his wicket instead of his leg; and ... ...arrister and to know noth ing whatever about the law, and lured him, by the force of their own evil example, into a conveyancer’s cham bers, to make... ...littering among it in little points, as he stood looking down at her—when he lifted her and laid her on her bed. ‘She was soon laid in the ground. And... ...his legs I should not have known them from my own, so deliberately were they lifted up, so gently were they put down, so slowly did they get over the ...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...e—the character is SO like him. “While the Author cannot but feel the full force of the com- pliment thus conveyed to him, he ventures to suggest that... ...f little or no ex- perience; and I saw no reason why such a hero should be lifted out of nature. 8 THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF NICHOLAS NICKLEBY CHAPT... ...n Nicholas during the whole journey, thronged into his mind with redoubled force when he was left alone. His great distance from home and the impossib... ...’ replied the youth, pressing his hands together, as though to control, by force, the nervous wandering of his fingers. ‘Is there—’ ‘Well!’ said Squee... ...ame from home; he said they smiled, and talked to him; and he died at last lifting his head to kiss them. Do you hear?’ ‘Yes, yes,’ rejoined Nicholas.... ...nging out eyes with all one’s power, and keeping down noses with all one’s force, and adding to heads, and taking away teeth alto- gether, you have no... ...er seen to wear, he might have been doubtful, even then, of his identity. ‘Lift him out,’ said Squeers, after he had literally feasted his eyes, in si... ...ning’ s proceedings Mr Squeers transmitted to his most affectionate uncle. Lifting up his eyes, as he arrived at the conclusion that there was no reme... ...owever, they kept on, with unabated perseverance, and the hill has not yet lifted its face to heaven that perseverance will not gain the summit of at ...

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Confidence

By: Henry James

...door-ways—not that through which our 42 Confidence friends had passed—was lifted, and Gordon Wright stood there, holding it up, and looking at them. ... ...us!” Gordon exclaimed. “That would simplify the thing—that would give me a lift.” 62 Confidence And the next day, after some more talk, it seemed re-... ...inest brilliancy of Angela Vivian’s smile. “I shall not go away,” he said, lifting his voice a little. She made no answer; she only stood looking down... ...s annoyance that he had passed out of his own control—that he had obeyed a force which he was unable to measure at the time. He had been drunk and he ... ..., as the Ghost in “Hamlet” says, have “declined upon” a young lady who, in force of understanding, was so very much Miss Vivian’s inferior; and this k... ...in forbidding me your door. Don’t think that!” said Bernard, with rather a forced laugh. It was difficult to know what the girl thought; but she said,... ... walked away toward another door, which was masked with a curtain that she lifted. “I am glad to hear that, for it gives me courage to say that I am v... ... than her usual vivacity, rendering her companions the graceful service of lifting the burden of conversation from their shoulders. “I suppose you wer...

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The Witch and Other Stories

By: Anton Chekhov

... unceasing ma- lignant roar, someone was getting it very hot. A victorious force was in full chase over the fields, storming in the forest and on the ... ...ere getting ready to go. “Give us a hand,” the driver shouted to him as he lifted up a mail-bag. 13 The Witch and other stories The sexton ran out an... ...w herself up to get upon her feet, but then some invincible and implacable force seemed to push her whole body, and she sank down beside Savka again. ... ...her shop; the Juniors used to snatch her up and carry her off as though by force. Then old Tsybukin would drive out to show his new horse and take Var... ...ut of the young rye in the spring at the passers-by, stretching itself and lifting its head. The Hrymins were free in their behaviour to her, and it w... ...oly men.” “ Are you going far?” “T o Ukleevo.” “Get in, we will give you a lift as far as Kuzmenki, then you go straight on and we turn off to the lef... ...had not tasted food for a long time. Lipa waited at table, and the priest, lifting his fork on which there was a salted mushroom, said to her: “Don’t ... ...t does happen,” said Panteley . The young shepherd turned on his side and, lifting his black eyebrows, stared intently at the old man. “Did you hear t...

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Madame Bovary

By: Gustave Flaubert

...urgeon-major, compromised about 1812 in certain conscription scandals, and forced at this time to leave the service, had taken advantage of his fine f... ... too many difficulties about the dowry . Now, as old Rouault would soon be forced to sell twenty-two acres of “his property,” as he owed a good deal t... ...lock he was at the farm. Emma blushed as he entered, and she gave a little forced laugh to keep herself in countenance. Old Rouault embraced his fu- t... ...ks, raised heavy weights, performed feats with their fin- gers, then tried lifting carts on their shoulders, made broad jokes, kissed the women. At ni... ...peculiar brutality , the result of a command of half-easy things, in which force is exercised and vanity amused—the management of thorough- bred horse... ...shower of cuffs among them. Seizing them by the collars of their coats, he lifted them from the ground, and deposited them on their knees on the stone... ...tting her cheek, which began to bleed, against it. Madame Bovary sprang to lift her up, broke the bell-rope, called for the servant with all her might... ...e born one for the other.” His arms were folded across his knees, and thus lifting his face towards Emma, close by her, he looked fixedly at her. She ... ...ether; then a cap- tain suddenly came on, who evoked the spirit of evil by lift- ing both his arms to heaven. Another appeared; they went away, and th...

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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...d himself when he was sufficiently composed to stand before the party, and force the words from his parched and scorching throat. ‘Let me have a word ... ...tter, sir, if it hadn’ t been for all that I’ve been a-going through. Just lift that little boy off the tall stool in the back-office, and tell him to... ...will you, my man?’ said Squeers, ad- dressing himself to Newman. ‘Oh, he’s lifted his-self off. My son, sir, little Wackford. What do you think of him... ...morning. Here!—just chuck that little boy’s hat off that cor- ner peg, and lift him off the stool will you?’ Bawling these requests to Newman Noggs, M... ...hard, in his vehemence, at the flaxen tail of his second daughter, that he lifted her up on tiptoe, and kept her, for some seconds, in that attitude. ... ...n scratched his head with a shout of great disap- pointment, and once more lifting up the mug, applied him- self to the contents; smiling meanwhile, o... ...nd and bowed again—’waft mellifluousness over the neighbours’ gardens, and force the 127 Charles Dickens fruit and vegetables into premature existenc... ...he employment of his nephew in this commission applied with at least equal force and validity to himself, and a hundred times had he been upon the poi... ...ried the old gentleman, folding his hands, and squeez- ing them with great force against each other. ‘I see her now; I see her now! My love, my life, ...

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A Treatise on Good Works Together with the Letter of Dedication

By: Dr. Martin Luther

...h are used only in the schools, among the learned. Then, too, I have never forced or begged any one to hear me, or to read my sermons. I have freely ... ...d I have trusted in Thy truth”; Psalm iv: “The light of Thy countenance is lift up upon us (that is, the knowledge of Thy grace through faith), and th... ...ents; and the greater the men, the worse the deeds; and where we cannot by force prevent it and help the truth, we should at least confess it, and do ... ... which is perfectly accomplished only through natural death and burial, be lifted up into God, that God may live and work in us forever. Lo! these are... ...tection and liberty for all their knavery, although this oath is demanded, forced and taken contrary to God and the law, and by it the doors are locke...

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