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...who sees the woman he loves stolen from under his nose and takes on like a big baby. Yet this Catalan has eyes that glisten like those of the vengeful... ...e vengeful Span- iards, Sicilians, and Calabrians, and the other has fists big enough to crush an ox at one blow. Unquestionably, Edmond’s star is in ... ...ith the clanking of swords and military accoutrements; then came a hum and buzz as of many voices, so as to deaden even the noisy mirth of the bridal ... ...ugh his brain were enclosed in crystal so clear as to display its minutest operations. “I have already told you,” answered the abbe, “that I loathe th... ...im a priest.” A shout of laughter followed this brutal jest. Meanwhile the operation of putting the body in the sack was going on. “This evening,” sai... ...imself of them. The Leghorn barber said nothing and went to work. When the operation was concluded, and Edmond felt that his chin was completely smoot... ...ead, round, vulture-shaped head, and sharp-hooked nose, like the beak of a buzzard? Ali,” cried he, striking at the same time on the brazen gong. Ali ... ...nd where is she, then? If you know, why don’t you tell?” “She is under the big chestnut-tree,” replied the spoiled brat, as he gave, in spite of his m... ...hile nothing is heard but the noise of opening and shutting doors, and the buzz of conversation. “Surely,” said Albert, as the door of a box on the fi...

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...ok a kind, affectionate leave of the old lady , who again looked fondly in big face, and rejoiced in his having recovered his looks. As they arrived a... ...tions all the time. She proposed tak- ing a jug of the kitchen-tea then in operation, and Mr. Dusautoy caught at the idea, so that poor Lucy beheld th... ...ce he could not be persuaded to keep the peace by being held up to watch a buzzing fly, as much out of sight of her as pos- sible, wrinkling up his no... ...an audible gasp in the surrounding homely world, a few little cries, and a big boy clutched tight hold of her arm, saying, ‘I be afeard.’ She was expl... ... he said, with a long breath, ‘I’ll never get on Bamfylde again till I’m a big boy.’ As he spoke, Mr. Kendal pushed open the half-closed door, and Alb... ...ght to go to bed quickly, but after the ladies were in their rooms, a long buzz- ing murmur was heard in the passage, and judicious peeping revealed t... ...y, she may be a remarkably handsome woman!’ The tea-drinking was in lively operation, when after a thun- dering knock, Mr. Cavendish Dusautoy was ushe... ... very cruel that he was not permitted to touch the patient, which bore the operation with affecting fortitude and grati- tude, and was then consigned ... ...soned house-dog for the nightingale, which he disdain- fully imitated with buzz, zizz, and guggle, assuring her she had had no loss; but he looked rat...

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...aadut Alee Beg Bimbukchee—”it’s joking you are;”—and there was a universal buzz through the room at the announcement of this bouncer. 44 Major Gahaga... ...hastened, I say,—although delayed would have been the better word, for the operation of bleaching lasted at least two hours. “How is the prisoner, Gho... ...n fellow of the Irregulars, whom I had summoned to dress me, performed the operation to my satisfaction, invested me with the elegant uniform of my co... ...ingots, sacks of bright tomauns, kopeks and rupees, strings of diamonds as big as ducks’ eggs, rubies as red as the lips of my Belinda, countless stri...

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...ain. He ceased, red al- most to blackness, and knotted his arms, that were big as the cable of a vessel. Not a murmur followed his speech. The word wa... ...ing, do you, see, would run of itself, but you give us these impedimenting big stones to help us over it, while we profess to understand you by implic... ...ad was flat as an owl’s; the chest of immense breadth; the bulgy knees and big hands were those of a dwarf athlete. Strong colour, lying full on him f... ...t social gentleman very pleasantly, and with fascinated eyes he hummed and buzzed about her like a moth at a lamp. Suddenly his head dived: ‘Nothing, ... ...edith the corners of his mouth, he touched the uplifted digits one by one, buzzing over them: flashing his white eyes, and shrug- ging in a way suffic... ...he could thank her only after he had seen Vittoria, and then had heard the buzz of whispers at Violetta’s name. Countess d’Isorella proved her friends... ...that Charles Albert had here made his worst move by leaving Vicenza to the operations of the enemy, that he might become master of a point worth- less... ...: a stout wind blew. The ordinary reckoning is based on calms. Without the operation of disturbing elements, the spider-thread would have gently detai...

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...g forward. His monkey was almost as wonderful as his bear, only he was too big for it, and was obliged to aim at reality in his representation of this... ...er walking away with Shylock’s descendant and not since returning to me. A big book was fetched out of his library, in which he read my grandfather’s ... ...ince, and his lamb Daisy, grown a sheep, and the ploughboy, Dick, with the big boots.’ Much more sweet talk of the same current that made my face clou... ...unt of my boarding and schooling. The intelligence filled my head like the buzz of a fly, occupying my meditations without leading them anywhere. I sp... ...her took my arm, Captain DeWitt a stick, and we walked into the throng and buzz. ‘Whenever you are, to quote our advocate, the theme of tea-tables, Ri... ... the working of coal-mines, and hire an overseer and workmen to com- mence operations on the Sarkeld property. It would be obliga- tory to entertain h... ...n honour of him. The wives and daughters of the notables present kept up a buzz of comment on his personal advan- tages, in which, I heard it said, yo...

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...when I discovered his value, sir, was just the bos’n of an Italian ship, a big Genoese ship, one of the few European ships that ever came to Sulaco wi... ...and ministers. When sometimes a frying-pan caught fire during a deli- cate operation with some shredded onions, and the old man was seen backing out o... ...opping Sulaco and the coast range away there towards Esmeralda had been as big as half the world. Signora Teresa, after an impressive pause, remon- st... ...afternoon the Garibaldino could be seen at one or another of them with his big bush of white hair, his arms folded, his legs crossed, leaning back his... ...uards of national honour. He sat down. During the respectful, appreciative buzz of voices that followed the speech, General Montero raised a pair of h... ...drone of his voice lost itself in the stillness of the house like the deep buzzing of some ponderous insect. Charles Gould had turned round to listen ... ...en the packed steps of the cathedral with a feeble clear ring, thin as the buzzing of a mosquito. But the orator struck his breast; he seemed to pranc...

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...end that evil befall him and that mare in the course of the year.” And the buzz of voices concurred in telling of the recusant pigs who had never deve... ...n disclosed traits that made his present pupils long to give battle to the big shaggy youths who used to send out the lesser lads to beg and steal for... ...ush not into needless danger! There is Koppel almost up with them with his big axe—Heinz’s broad shoulders near. Heaven strike with them! Visit not th... ... it was said from over free use of melons in the fever conse- quent on the operation. His death was not likely to make much change in the government, ... ...her own with some pebbles from the brook, and some mortar filched from the operations above, to the great detriment of her soft pinky fingers. The pil...

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...ed radiance of the sun, The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By all the operation of the orbs From whom we do exist, and cease to be; Here I discla... ... let him keep At point a hundred knights: yes, that, on every dream, Each buzz, each fancy, each complaint, dislike, He may enguard his dotage with t... ...To amplify too much, would make much more, And top extremity. Whilst I was big in clamor came there in a man, Who, having seen me in my worst estate, ...

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... before there could be any swearing, were to be all blessed. A most proper operation; since surely without Heaven’s blessing bestowed, say even, audib... ...allery. (Deux Amis, vii. 146-66.) Thou canst look, O Philippe: it is a War big with issues, for thee and for all men. Cimmerian Obscurantism and this ... ...onfusion, Irresolution, and the Clack of Tongues. Swift scouts fly; Rumour buzzes, of black Courtiers, red Swiss, of Mandat and his Squadrons that sha...

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... person whom he wronged. In the experience of my informant, almost no tapu had been put in use, except the two described: he had thus no opportunity t... ...ef will give a handful of money to each of his friends, a dress to a woman, pass an evening in one of the taverns of Tai-o-hae, during which he treats... ...rs and their meat; he clapped his hands, and gave me a stave of one of the old, ill-omened choruses. Centuries might have come and gone since this sli... ... from, and what was his business. These he must needs answer, as he must needs draw at the unwelcome pipe, his heart the while drying in his bosom. An... ...al persons singing hymns,’ said he. ‘Y es,’ she returned, ‘but listen again! Do you not hear something supernatural?’ His attention thus directed, he ... ...at family worship.’ It did not appear the thing was visible, and like other spirits raised nearer home in these degenerate days, it was rudely ignoran... ...All at once the appearance passed above them: a form of light; the head round and greenish; the body long, red, and with a focus of yet redder brillia... ... nearness of the feast, the tapu was early that morning re-enforced; not a day too soon, from the manner the boats began to arrive thickly, and the to...

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...the prisoner as good as dead and gone. When the Attorney General ceased, a buzz arose in the court as if a cloud of great blue flies were swarming abo... .... He was a true Briton, and hoped there were many like him. The blue flies buzzed again, and Mr. Attorney General called Mr. Jarvis Lorry. “Mr. Jarvis... ...is breathing shook the lips from which the colour rushed to his heart. The buzz of the great flies was loud again. “Miss Manette, have you seen the pr... ... house gate. It was hard by the fountain, and the peasants suspended their operations to look at him. He looked at them, and saw in them, without know... ...e.” The prosperous patronage with which he said it, made him look twice as big as he was, and four times as offensive. “Now, let me recommend you,” pu... ...ou are well!” It was Stryver’s grand peculiarity that he always seemed too big for any place, or space. He was so much too big for Tellson’s, that old... ...the turn of the mender of roads to say it this time, after observing these operations. They again joined hands. “T o night?” said the mender of roads....

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...line which we have imported into England, and which has been in successful operation among us for some years past. America, as a new and not over popu... ...ly less blue and bright than the sky it seemed to meet. The city’s hum and buzz, the clinking of capstans, the ringing of bells, the barking of dogs, ... ...ung gentle men, with shirt collars reversed as usual, and armed with very big walking sticks; who planted two seats in the middle of the deck, at a d... ... it were to that he was ad dressing himself, ‘I expect we shall want the big coach.’ I could not help wondering within myself what the size of this... ...ig coach.’ I could not help wondering within myself what the size of this big coach might be, and how many persons it might be designed to hold; for ... ... the carriages themselves, to see the engine released, long after us, come buzzing down alone, like a great insect, its back of green and gold so shin... ...ide benevolence. There are three free schools already erected, and in full operation in this city. A fourth is building, and will soon be opened. Amer... ...who well deserves a halter; though it has not been without its retributive operation, for this smartness has done more in a few years to impair the pu...

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...rd; and though our hero was writhing with pain, would not pro- ceed to any operation which might assuage it until he had perambulated his couch three ... ...ch was by the bystanders unanimously ascribed to the spells with which the operation had been accompanied. Edward was given to understand, that not on... ... unwonted extent, Edward began to dress himself in all haste, during which operation the min- strelsy of Davie changed its tune more than once:— There... ...ect the person with whom he would most willingly hold communi- cation, the buzz around saved him in some degree the trouble of interrogatories. The na... ...ughts naturally reverted to the unprotected state of his daughter, and the big tear came to the veteran’s eye. ‘If I fall, Macwheeble; you have all my... ...ays our homely proverb, “is as good as a feast.” The plumed troops and the big war used to enchant me in poetry; but the night marches, vigils, couche...

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... one volume octavo, he also wrote another system, called Magna Moralia, or Big Ethics. Now, it is impossible that a man who composes any ethics at all... ...g Ethics. Now, it is impossible that a man who composes any ethics at all, big or little, should admire a thief per se, and, as to Mr. Howship, it is ... ...red, that executed this work. I know who it was. (Here there was a general buzz, which at length broke out into open applause; upon which the lecturer... ...hether many people could produce as strong a certificate. Mine would be as big as a table-cloth. There is indeed one member of the club, who pretends ... ...may say, though pitying his gray hairs and his an- gelic smile. During the operation the orchestra poured in their old chorus. The universal company s... ...ked an outsider might have been held to attaint the foot concerned in that operation; so that, perhaps, it would have required an act of parliament to... ...fore the sun looks into his portals, all his halls will be overflowing and buzzing with the matin susur- rus of courtiers—the “mane salutantes.” 4 it...

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... our human nature credible and acceptable. Fiction implores you to heave a big- ger breast and take her in with this heavenly preservative helpmate, h... ...o delightful and modest—my dream of a true soldier!—telling me of his last big battle, bit by bit, to my fishing.’ ‘Put off this person for a square d... ...t man of advertizing letters assured Sir Lukin that a public agape for the big and gaudy mouthful is in no milder way to be caught; as it is apparentl... ... the knot: Men, men calling themselves statesmen, declined to perform that operation, because, forsooth, other men objected to have it performed on th... ... shame of alluding to them had blocked her woman’s memory. For one curious operation of the charge of guiltiness upon the nearly guiltless is to make ... ...or higher station on its return to power. Many perplexities were therefore buzzing about his head; among them at present one sufficiently magnified an... ... the Continent; because poor Lady Dunstane was this very day to undergo an operation under the surgeons at Copsley, and she did not wish her mistress ... ... agreeable to his hearing. 249 George Meredith She had to sit down in the buzz of her self-reproaches and amazement at the behaviour of that reputabl... ...ct of its hav- ing one eye, or more, wide open. Debit and Credit, too, her buzzing familiars, insisted on an audience at each ear, and at the house-do...

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...lse telegram shakes, such as banks, speculations of the day — in fact, all operations under the influence of greater or less mischances, the whole bri... ...ions of flowers which attract inconstant butterflies, fam- ished bees, and buzzing drones. No one could deny that the rooms were splendidly illuminate... ...nt with a bird of paradise. At each moment, in the midst of the crowd, the buzzing, and the laughter, the door-keeper’s voice was heard announcing som... ...ct was read during a profound silence. But as soon as it was finished, the buzz was redoubled through all the drawing- rooms; the brilliant sums, the ... ...au- thorities, gendarmes, and commissaries of police; they therefore began operations as soon as the telegraphic despatch arrived, and the Bell and Bo... ... remaining strength, she forced herself to close her eyes; but this simple operation upon the most delicate organs of our frame, generally so easy to ... ... shameful? — must ‘a been jealous, to tear such clothes!” “He looks like a big-bug,” said another; “dresses in fine style. And, then, to be here so yo...

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...hip and jealousy, between two girls, here it might be anticipated in daily operation. But, left to themselves, the yearnings of the female heart tend ... ...that time, a matter of enthusiasm—almost of bigotry. I was a bigot against big- ots. Let us take the Greek oratory, for example:—What sec- tion of the... ...ody resistance, until the T urkish cavalry, finding an open- ing for their operations, made all further union impossible; upon which they all plunged ... ...e trepidation, in a very audible whisper, to Adorni and the Landgrave. The buzz of agitation attracted instant attention; the whisper was loud enough ... ...lest specimens of the human form which the martial as- sembly presented. A buzz of admiration arose, which in the following moment was suspended by th... ...lock struck eleven, the orchestra had suddenly be- come silent; and, as no buzz of conversation succeeded, the anxiety of expectation became more pain... ...duce into the dialogue: first, because it is gradual and insensible in its operation; secondly, because, if it were otherwise, it would not disturb an...

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...sleep for envy. The gigantic footmen who accompanied the vehicles were too big to be contained in Becky’s little hall, and were billeted off in the ne... ...took an early opportunity of pumping Miss Briggs. That was not a difficult operation. A very little encouragement would set that worthy woman to talk ... ...nscious pride, a fine silver dressing-case, wherewith he might perform the operation of shaving. Indeed Mr. Moss’s house, though somewhat dirty, was s... ...she deserves—she appears no more in our quarter of V anity Fair. Hearing a buzz and a stir below, and indignant at the impu- dence of those servants w... ...what point—the fertilizing stream of the Pump. In some places the river is big enough to support a ferry-boat, in others to turn a mill; in Pum- perni... ...nd garden are now in rather a faded condition, and not more than ten times big enough to accommodate the Court of the reigning Sovereign. The gardens ... ...ng-table officials, the songs and swagger of the students, and the general buzz and hum of the place had pleased and tickled the little woman, even wh...

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...nd contemptuous looks, merrily hailed the gudewife with her brown face and big sil- ver ear-rings, seated himself on the bench at the long wooden tabl... ...‘Come hither, gentlemen, let us hear your quarrel.’ The two gentlemen were big Y orkshiremen, heavy-browed, and their native shrewdness packed far awa... ...l’outrance,’ said Henry; but, as they were about to flounder back on their big farm- horses, he raised his voice to a thundering sound: ‘Solely on thi... ...er, Malcolm felt dou- bly wretched as he was ushered into the hall and the buzz of talk and the confusion made by the attendance of the wor- thy knigh... ...ly distasteful to the soldiery. How hard they laboured in the direct siege operations they cared not, but to be set to drain French fields seemed to t... ... rig- idly exacted during Prior Akefield’s time, and there was a continual buzz of conversation. Lent though it was, the fish was of the most esteemed...

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...hed fort on a floating isle. Merchants on ‘change seem the passengers that buzz on her decks, while, from quarters unseen, comes a murmur as 8 The Co... ...in a gray coat and white tie, what knows all about me; and a ge’mman wid a big book, too; and a yarb-doctor; and a ge’mman in a yaller west; and a ge’... ... moral poison. Even were there truth in Tacitus, such truth would have the operation of falsity, and so still be poison, moral poison. Too well I know... ...is little specially new in it, further than the magnifying of means now in operation.” “Magnifying and energizing. For one thing, missions I 41 Melvi... ...?” “Why, do you really believe that your world’s charity will ever go into operation?” “I have confidence that it will.” “But may you not be over-conf... ...e one whittled by an idiot out of a knot; flat, bony mouth, nipped between buzzard nose and chin; expression, flitting between hunks and imbe- cile—no...