... up the woollen muffler round his throat with both hands. “At past three o’clock of a tempestuous morning! So!” He spoke to himself. There was no one ... ... to what quarter I turn my face.” Thus, at Mugby Junction, at past three o’clock of a tempestuous morning, the traveller went where the weather drove ... ...ot drink which he had stood upon the chimney-piece, when he heard the town clocks striking, and, referring to his watch, found the evening to have so ...

... 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....

...Castle rock, An’ beaten drums wi’ dowie shock, Wauken, at cauld-rife sax o’clock, My chitterin’ frame, I mind me on the kintry cock, The kintry hame. ... ...th wad return him the service again, An’ the mune was shinin’ clearly! The clocks were chappin’ in house an’ ha’, Eleeven, twal an’ ane an’ twa; An’ t...

...e, that the old lady always produced at dinner, and with the tray at ten o’clock, and which I dared not refuse; though upon my word and honour it made... ...urself what you please with it.” With this the old lady bade me adieu. The clock was striking twelve as I walked down the village, for the story of Mu... ... quick that, if the thing had been possible, I should have overtaken ten o’clock that had passed by me two hours ago, when I was listening to Mrs. H.’... ...r’s. And if any of you gents like a glass of punch this evening at eight o’clock, Bob Swinney’s your man, and nothing to pay. If Mr. Brough would do m... ... One day Gus Hoskins and I asked leave from Roundhand to be off at three o’clock, as we had particular business at the West End. He knew it was about ... ... her carriage, and asked me if I would accept it; and positively, at two o’clock in the morning, there was I, after setting the ladies and my Lord dow... ...the best sermon. On week-days Mrs. Titmarsh would take a walk about five o’clock in the evening on the left-hand side of Lamb’s Conduit Street (as you... ...ng that worthy gent,—he was drinking warm brandy-and- water, Sam, at two o’clock in the day, or at least the room smelt very strongly of that beverage... ... man, it is to think that his children and widow will receive, at eleven o’clock next Saturday, 5,000£. from my friend Mr. Titmarsh, who is now head c...

...longer compelled to foot it on the masculine side of the figure. The church clock struck, when suddenly the student said that he must leave — he had be... ...ss; a street laid out before inches of land had value, and when one handed clocks sufficiently subdivided the day. IV R olliver’s inn, the single aleho... ... I shall be all right in an hour or two,’ said Durbeyfield. It was eleven o’clock before the family were all in bed, and two o’clock next morning was t... ...eir bundles and baskets were gathered up, and half an hour later, when the clock chime sounded a quarter past eleven, they were straggling along the l... ... the Trantridge track. She was inexpressibly weary. She had risen at five o’clock every morning of that week, had been on foot the whole of each day, a... ... quarrel, till, with the slow progress of their steed, it was nearly one o’clock. Only once, however, was she overcome by actual drowsiness. In that m... ..., though the other women often gaze around them. Her binding proceeds with clock like monotony. From the sheaf last finished she draws a handful of ear... ...t none the less surely. In her misery she rocked herself upon the bed. The clock struck the solemn hour of one, that hour when fancy stalks outside re... ...rrived, but the ordinary an nouncement of milking time — half past four o’clock, when the dairymen set about getting in the cows. The red and white h...

...was in the act of doing one cold day, when the last drowsy sound of Twelve o’clock, just struck, was humming like a melodious monster of a Bee, and no... ..., bring up your family on next to nothing, pay your rent as regularly as the clock strikes, be punctual in your dealings (I set you a good example; yo... ...lf with chains and weights, to retard his. He saw some putting the hands of clocks for ward, some putting the hands of clocks backward, some en dea... ..., some putting the hands of clocks backward, some en deavouring to stop the clock entirely. He saw them repre senting, here a marriage ceremony, the...

... of doing one cold day, when the last drowsy 6 THE CHIMES sound of Twelve o’clock, just struck, was humming like a melodious monster of a Bee, and no... ..., bring up your family on next to nothing, pay your rent as regularly as the clock strikes, be punctual in your dealings (I set you a good ex ample; ... ...elf with chains and weights, to retard his. He saw some putting the hands of clocks forward, some putting the hands of clocks backward, some endeavour... ...rd, some putting the hands of clocks backward, some endeavouring to stop the clock entirely. He saw them representing, here a marriage ceremony, there...

... a bit,” was his comment. “I suppose I may call myself that—since eleven o’clock,” I said. Hamilton had stopped eating at the sound of our voices. He ... ... well. Solemnly he lowered it down again and only then said: “Just three o’clock. Y ou will be in time—if you don’t lose any, that is.” “In time for w... ...est her captain officially to give me a passage and wait for me till ten o’clock. Then he rose from his office chair, and I got up, too. My head swam,... ...long, sir! We have been delayed three hours for you… . Our time is seven o’clock, you know!” I stepped on the deck. I said “No! I don’t know.” The spi... ...ded day-dreaming state? I would have been more disconcerted if, having the clock set in the top of the mirror- frame right in front of me, I had not n... ...o raise my voice it was with a pang of remorse and pity. Then about four o’clock in the morning a light would gleam forward in the galley. The unfaili... ...r murmur of any kind, and all our hearts would cease to beat like run-down clocks. It was impossible to shake off that sense of finality. The qui- etn...

...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...

...rouble enough to get you to it! Joe!” “Halloa!” the guard replied. “What o’clock do you make it, Joe?” “T en minutes, good, past eleven.” “My blood!” ... ...ng in Hang ing sword alley, Whitefriars: the time, half past seven of the clock on a windy March morning, Anno Domini seventeen hundred and eighty. (... ...rowling over it like any four footed inmate of a menagerie. Towards nine o’clock he smoothed his ruffled aspect, and, presenting as respectable and bu... ...at he rendered suit and service to Stryver in that humble capacity. “Ten o’clock, sir,” said the man at the tavern, whom he had charged to wake him “t... ..., sir,” said the man at the tavern, whom he had charged to wake him “ten o’clock, sir.” “What’s the matter?” “T en o’clock, sir.” “What do you mean? T... ..., sir.” “What’s the matter?” “T en o’clock, sir.” “What do you mean? Ten o’clock at night?” “Yes, sir. Your honour told me to call you.” A Tale of Two... ...nistered to the lion in the same manner, and was not disposed of until the clocks struck three in the morning. “And now we have done, Sydney, fill a b... ...e?” “Guess.” “Do I know her?” “Guess.” “I am not going to guess, at five o’clock in the morning, with my brains frying and sputtering in my head. if y... ...t for you.” Accordingly, when Mr. Lorry called that night as late as ten o’clock, Mr. Stryver, among a quantity of books and papers littered out for t...

...ance; which wave or flap, with such thankfulness as needs. Towards three o’clock, the sun beams out again: the remaining evolutions can be transacted ... ...rrects the proofs; ‘sets out on foot from Auxonne, every morning at four o’clock, for Dole: after looking over the proofs, he par- takes of an extreme... ...his hand, adaman- tine resolution clouding his brows: for two hours by the clocks of Metz. Moody-silent stands Salm, with occasional clangour; but doe... ... as promised, he rolls his drums, and again takes the road. Towards four o’clock, the terror-struck Towns- men may see him face to face. His cannons r... ..., in this point of Space where thou now standest, in this moment which thy clock measures. Or apart from all Transcendentalism, is it not a plain trut... ...ng, like ‘ignes fatui in foul weather, which lead no whither. About ‘ten o’clock at night,’ the Heredi- tary Representative, in partie quarree, with t... ...ocession of a league in length, under the level sun-rays, for it is five o’clock, moves and marches: with its sable plumes; itself in a religious sile... ...g at Saint- Cloud; the King’s Dinner not far from ready there. About one o’clock, the Royal Carriage, with its eight royal blacks, shoots stately into... ...V olume Two three-quarters; ‘seven quarters of an hour, ’ by the Tuileries Clock! Desperate Lafayette will open a passage, were it by the cannon’s mou...

...ween each name; ‘and all the bileing. Ketches off their bon- nets or shorls, takes a run, and headers down here, they doos. Always a headerin’ down he... ...at Charles Dickens 24 the amount of work was likely to be increased. It certainly was not heavy then, for one Refractory had already done her day’s t... ...y felt a little impatient of it, as a figure of speech not justified by anything the eye could discover. The time appointed for the conclusion of the ... ...s was eight o’clock. The address having lasted until full that time, and it being the custom to conclude with a hymn, the preacher intimated in a few ... ...head police office (on the whole, he seemed rather complimented by the proceeding), and I had been on police parade, and the small The Uncommercial T... ...inglands looked in at a cold and floury baker’s shop, where utilitarian buns unrelieved by a currant, consorted with hard biscuits, a stone filter of ... ...r- land, looking forward and not backward, and so we parted company. Welcome again, the long, long spell of France, with the queer country inns, full ... ...excited; trotted to the foot-lights with his tongue out; and there sat down, panting, and amiably surveying the audi- ence, with his tail beating on t... ... on that direction. The north wall of Burlington House Gardens, between the Arcade and the Albany, offers a shy spot for appointments among blind men ...

...RN of old Sauviat Graslin paid his first evening visit at half-past nine o’clock. Veronique was expecting him, dressed in her blue silk gown and musli... ... blazed on the hearth. On the chimney- piece, at either side of an antique clock, the value of which was wholly unknown to the Sauviats, six wax candl... ...e chandeliers was calculated; the gilding of the walls, the figures on the clocks, all were discussed; the jardi- nieres, the caloriferes, the objects... ...rawn by Limousin horses chosen by Monsieur Grossetete, drew up at eleven o’clock before the shop of the iron-dealer, bringing, to the great excitement... ... (immense for Limousin) given by the Sauviats to their daughter. At nine o’clock the old iron-dealer returned home and went to bed, leaving his wife t... ...y day, and the two women remained for hours in consultation. It was nine o’clock, and the card tables were still without players, for every one was ta... ...le of March (the date of the murder) daylight dawns between five and six o’clock. To whatever distance the gold had been carried, Tascheron could not ... ...on Graslin, being detained in the court-room, did not come in till eight o’clock. She went into the dining-room as usual, and was present at a discuss... ...of the ceiling were of chestnut which had turned as black as ebony. A tall clock in a green case painted with flowers, a table with a faded green clot...

... 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....

...n the kitchen covered with strange brocade; curtains of brocade hung from the window; a clock stood silent on the dresser; a lamp of brass was swingin... ...ted to that rough sea-side farm. ‘She cam’ ashore Februar’ 10, about ten at nicht,’ he *Clock **Enjoy. 13 Merry Men went on to me. ‘There was nae win... ...in the chimney, wailing with flutelike softness round the house. It was perhaps eight o’clock when Rorie came in and pulled me mysteriously to the doo... ...ring which the dealer seemed to weigh this statement incredulously. The ticking of many clocks among the curious lumber of the shop, and the faint rus... ...from a cathedral turret, another ringing on its treble notes the prelude of a waltz-the clocks began to strike the hour of three in the afternoon. The... ...udly like a bell; and alarmed by the bigness of the ticking, he was tempted to stop the clocks. And then, again, with a swift transition of his terror... ...been ar- rested, as the horologist, with interjected finger, arrests the beating of the clock. So he reasoned in vain; he could rise to no more remors... ...unted by an incessant echoing, which filled the ear and mingled with the ticking of the clocks. And, as Markheim approached the door, he seemed to hea... ...les in the dining-room cupboard; and behold, when he rose again, as he did about four o’clock, the cupboard had been broken open, and the valuables in...

...d gentleman with a staff and silver spectacles. But Boom and its brickyards grew smokier and shabbier with every minute; until a great 7 The Inland V... ...ere no beds to be had in the neighbourhood. Nothing for it but to lay the sails aside and address ourselves to steady paddling in the rain. Beautiful ... ...s, on the impetuous stream of life. ‘The merchant bows unto the seaman’s star, The ploughman from the sun his season takes.’ And we must all set our p... ...perturbable demeanour comes from perfect patience. Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or fright- ened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own pr... ... rides for ever, on the front of the town-hall, the good king Louis XII., the father of his people. Over the king’s head, in the tall centre turret, a... .... There is something highly absurd in the exposition of such toys to the outrages of winter on a housetop. They would be more in keeping in a glass ca...

...ome wards, but these interruptions were not frequent and soon ceased. The clocks struck one. Still I paced up and down, promising myself that every t... .... A cheerful fire was blaz ing on the hearth, the lamp burnt brightly, my clock received me with its old familiar welcome; everything was quiet, warm... ... without requiring the assistance of a candle. Nor did the striking of the clocks, hour after hour, appear to inspire him with any sense of drowsiness... ...anack, an inkstand with no ink, and the stump of one pen, and an eight day clock which hadn’t gone for eighteen years at least, and of which the minut... ...een so tormented, so worried, that it’s a mercy we were not here at four o’clock in the after noon. Alick has been in such a state of impatience to c... ...believe that he was dressed before dinner time and has been looking at the clock and teas ing me ever since. It’s all your fault, you naughty thing. ... ...tomed to sit. If he withdrew them for a moment, it was only to glance at a clock in some neighbouring shop, and then to strain his sight once more in ... ...e time went on, he mani fested some anxiety and surprise, glancing at the clock more frequently and at the window less hopefully than before. At leng... ...re frequently and at the window less hopefully than before. At length, the clock was hidden from his sight by some envious shutters, then the church s...

...l ves- sels he forced to luff and fall under his lee; until, about three o’clock of the afternoon, a great ship of three decks of ordnance took the wi... ...e. It is almost as if the millennium were arrived, when we shall throw our clocks and watches over the housetop, and remember time and seasons no more... ... end only when you are drowsy. I know a village where there are hardly any clocks, where no one knows more of the days of the week than by a sort of i... ...e out of London, Liverpool, Paris, and a variety of large towns, where the clocks lose their heads, and shake the hours out each one faster than the o... ...ery along with him, in a watch- pocket! It is to be noticed, there were no clocks and watches in the much-vaunted days before the flood. It follows, o... ... a phrase that may well perplex a poor modern, girt about on every side by clocks and chimes, and haunted, even at night, by flaming dial-plates. For ...

...kely the dinner is not half cooked, for it is not two yet. Saint Michael’s clock has only just struck half-past one.” “Then why has the master come ho... ...of his character, and I was prepar- ing for a violent outbreak, when two o’clock struck by the little timepiece over the fireplace. At that moment our... ...ng left in the house. Still I held out; I made it a point of honour. Two o’clock struck. This was becoming ridiculous; worse than that, unbearable. I ... ...enditure of vital power, he sank back exhausted into his armchair. “What o’clock is it?” he asked after a few moments of si- lence. “Three o’clock,” I... ...“Tomorrow morning at six precisely,” my uncle decreed “we start.” At ten o’clock I fell upon my bed, a dead lump of inert matter. All through the nigh... ...with a little bathing house, and moving about and grumbling, at last ten o’clock came. The heavy coils of smoke from the Ellenora’s funnel un- rolled ... ...venant that his wages should be counted out to him every Saturday at six o’clock in the evening, which, according to him, was one indispensable part o... ... seemed to pay very little attention to his energetic directions. At six o’clock our preparations were over. M. Fridrikssen shook hands with us. My un... ...into a ‘pingstaoer’ or parish called Ejulberg, from whose steeple twelve o’clock would have struck, if Icelandic churches were rich enough to possess ...

...lamp to gas-lamp in a night without end; and the drowsy ticking of the old clock on the landing became dis- tinctly audible in the bedroom. Mrs V erlo... ...to-night,” she murmured, after a pause which lasted for three ticks of the clock. Mr V erloc cared nothing for Stevie’s excitement, but he felt horrib... ... do you know?” “They have been yelling the news in the streets since two o’clock. I bought the paper, and just ran in here. Then I saw you sitting at ... ...untroubled as- surance. While he was speaking the hands on the face of the clock behind the great man’s back—a heavy, glistening affair of massive scr... ...well,” he said, and paused, as if in deliberate con- tempt of the official clock. “But what first put you in motion in this direction?” “I have been a... ...ook `ere, young feller. `Ow’d you like to sit behind this `oss up to two o’clock in the morning p’raps?” Stevie looked vacantly into the fierce little... ...was changing slowly into dread. “Y ou may well look! Till three and four o’clock in the morn- ing. Cold and `ungry. Looking for fares. Drunks.” His jo... ... erloc. All was so still without and within that the lonely ticking of the clock on the landing stole into the room as if for the sake of company. Mr ... ... woman here all day. I shall do very well with Stevie.” She let the lonely clock on the landing count off fifteen ticks into the abyss of eternity, an...