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...eat a man to face? Or whom oppose? who’s equal to the place? (As Aeschylus expresses it), I found none so fit as him that peopled the beautiful and fa... ...egara, however, in contradiction to the received report, and, as Simonides expresses it, “fighting with all antiquity,” contend that Sciron was neithe... ...to put his people in mind to follow husbandry; and from this coin came the expression so frequent among the Greeks, of a thing being worth ten or a hu... ...ly and dishonorably in slavery to insulting and cruel men; it is not to be expressed what an act of courage, magnanimity, or jus- tice to the public, ... ...ercely set against him as soon as they learnt his name, and giving him ill lan- guage. As he came forward towards the king, who was seated, the rest k... ...latterers eager to gratify their desires, and lent their ears to seditious lan- guage flung out against Camillus; as that, out of ambition and self-gl... ... and the upper line of columns; Xenocles of Cholargus roofed or arched the lan- tern on the top of the temple of Castor and Pollux; and the long wall,... ...hey should be. The source of this predominance was not barely his power of lan- guage, but, as Thucydides assures us, the reputation of his life, and ... ... made out against him, they relinquished this plea, and urged instead, his lan- guage in the senate against an abatement of the price of corn, and for...

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... her best to present the hero of her blood an agreeable change; and he too expressed a patriotic satisfaction on hearing that the faces most admired b... ... General.’ ‘I do. Who wouldn’t?’ said he frankly. ‘She crossed the Channel expressly to dance here tonight at the public Ball in honour of you.’ ‘Wher... .... She must choose at home for a perfect harmonious partner.’ Lady Dunstane expressed her opinion that her couple danced excellently together. ‘It’d be... ...ays! She was not long coming to the wailful exclamation upon them, both to express her personal sorrow at the disfigurement of our dear England, and l... ...y to inspect the happiest of men, the most genuine part of her letter, was expressed coldly. When she had finished the composition she perused it, and... ...is because prose is equal to melancholy stuff. Gladness requires the finer lan- guage. Otherwise we have it coarse—anything but a repro- duction. You ...

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... I—flutes: he has precision, as naughty Fredi said, when some one spoke of expression. In the course of the evening, Lady Grace, per- haps: you like h... ...abitants, although by acknowledgement it had, as Fredi funnily drawled, to express her sense of jus- 40 One of Our Conquerors tice in depreciation, ‘... ...lar nobles of the land. Colney spoke it effectively, and the Hon. Dudley’s expressive linea- ments showed print of the heaving word Alas, as when a ta... ...irect attention to the gobbets of meat Priscilla consumed, though he could express disapproval in general terms; but he entertained sentiments as warl... ...yebrows, the shoulders, the finger-tips, the twisting shape; a ballerina’s expressiveness; and her tongue dashed half sentences through and among thes... ...r manifest, that the deficiency affecting her character lay in her want of lan- guage. A tongue to speak and contend, would have helped her to carve a... ...f his principles; he is on a line of rails for a terminus; and he may cast lan- guishing eyes across waysides to right and left, he has doomed himself... ...that you might brag of them.’—Have they not endowed us with the richest of lan- guages? ‘The words of which are used by you, as old slippers, for puns...

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...c wallet. The simile must be accepted in its might, for no lesser one will express the scornfulness toward men displayed by this strikingly well-favou... ...essons in demeanour from Cornelia, and in horseman- ship from Wilfrid. She expressed no gratitude for kindnesses or wonder at the change in her fortun... ...gallant cornet’s critical appreciation of this impressive announcement was expressed in a spiral ebullition of smoke from his mouth. “He is such a pro... ...y. These ladies took a view of Mr. Barrett. His features wore an admirable expression of simple interest. “Well, sir; sup- pose you dine with us to-da... ...gs now passed at Brookfield, which were not at all disturbed by the wonder expressed from time to time by Mr. Pole, that he had not heard from Martha,... ...e to be where he, Wilfrid, was? An odd touch of curiosity, peculiar to the lan- guid emotions, made him ask her this: and to her soft “Yes,” he contin... ... fill the awkward pause. His sisters maintained the opera-stall posture of lan- guid attention, contesting his phrases simply with their eye- brows, a... ...e of inquisition at his daughters, to mark how they bore this unaccustomed lan- guage, and haply intercede between the unworthy woman and their judgem... ...nd, only that you may know in her our love. See! I am brought to talk this lan- guage. The woman is in me.” Merthyr said, as he read this, “I could wi...

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...n, for all future times and ages, removed from the noses of paupers by the express order of the board, in council assembled: solemnly given and pronou... ...s regarding the repulsive countenance of his future master, with a mingled expression of horror and fear, too pal pable to be mistaken, even by a hal... ...he other mag istrate: laying aside the paper, and leaning forward with an expression of interest. ‘Now, boy, tell us what’s the matter: don’t be afra... ...stle. Oliver had been too often subjected to the process to which the very expressive monosyllable just recorded bears refer ence, to entertain the s... ...my dear.’ ‘He need be, for he eats enough,’ observed the lady. ‘There’s an expression of melancholy in his face, my dear,’ resumed Mr. Sowerberry, ‘wh... ... boys and the Jew played, regularly, every morning. At length, he began to lan guish for fresh air, and took many occasions of earnestly entreating t... ...eaceful and serene; the nights brought with them neither fear nor care; no lan guishing in a wretched prison, or associating with wretched men; nothi...

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... camp. Procuring a Celtic dress, and acquainting himself with the ordinary expressions of their language req- uisite for common intercourse, he threw ... ...dignity, and of the highest quality in Rome, written with their own hands, expressly to call Sertorius into Italy, and to let him know what great numb... ...ned between him and Hephaestion concerning a gift, and a great deal of ill lan- guage passed between them, yet Eumenes still continued in 33 Plutarch... ...h upon their graves; insomuch that Antigonus, who came thither soon after, expressed his astonishment at his courage and firm resolution. Falling afte... ...ter than he was expected. Having persuaded them, he immediately dispatched expresses to all the officers to draw the men out of their winter quar- ter... ...on has not left us the name of this daughter of Agesilaus; and Dicaearchus expresses some indignation, be- cause we do not know, he says, the name of ... ...in it. His hair sat somewhat hollow or rising a little; and this, with the lan- guishing motion of his eyes, seemed to form a resemblance in his face,... ...e, whose father was a Lycian, and his mother a Persian, and who spoke both lan- guages, he was now led into the country, by a way some- 209 Plutarch’... ...es, Hebrews, Arabi- ans, Syrians, Medes, Parthians, and many others, whose lan- guage she had learnt; which was all the more surprising, be- cause mos...

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... I could understand the still ness in the house and the thoughtfulness it expressed on the part of all those who had always been so good to me. I cou... ...e turned by the same means!” Bleak House – Volume Two 8 I could not help expressing something of my wonder and regret that his benevolent, disintere... ...olume Two 9 “I know it well, Dame Durden, well.” He was so good, his touch expressed such endearing com passion and affection, and the tone of his vo... ...ou don’t go and occupy his whole house, he having already turned out of it expressly for that purpose, by heaven and by earth he’ll pull it down and n... ...hispered Miss Flite, making a variety of motions about her own forehead to express intellect in Char ley. “But ex ceedingly sagacious! And so dear! M...

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...bserver we have been supposing might, however, perfectly have measured its expressiveness, and yet have been at a loss to describe it. It had that typ... ...hich overhung his little meek, white, vacant face, and left it hardly more expressive than the unfeatured block upon which these articles are displaye... ...eerily. The old man drooped his head on one side and looked at him with an expression of pain, as if this were an unfeel- ing jest. “What does he say?... ...augh. “And yet, I suppose that the more a man knows the better.” “Monsieur expresses that very happily. Helas, oui!” “I suppose it would help me a gre... ...ddle and brushed outward at the sides, was not remarkable for intensity of expression, he looked like a person who would willingly shake hands with an... ...s well as English?” “Better!” said Mr. Tristram, roundly. “It’s a splendid lan- guage. You can say all sorts of bright things in it.” “But I suppose,”... ...“with the express under- standing that you should abstain from violence of lan- guage.” “I am not violent,” Newman answered, “it is you who are violen...

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...ng—“The War that will End War,” and “The Peace of the World.” Was the hope expressed in those phrases a dream? Is it already proven a dream? Or can we... ...nding credit, approaching something unprecedented, unknown, that we try to express to ourselves by the word exhaustion. Just how the people who use th... ...ght that has been liberated by the war. The new spirit is still but poorly expressed, but it will find expression. The war goes on, and we discuss thi... ...administer and succeed with a great system of collective functions, has to express its collective will in some better terms than “go as you please,” o... ...ters. The real case we British have against our lawyers, if I may adopt an expressive colloquialism, is not that they are law- yers, but that they are... ... lingua franca; next, the Western peoples need to know more of the Russian lan- guage and life than they do, and thirdly, the English lan- guage needs... ...s and English will be doing business in Russia after the war in the German lan- guage—or through a friendly German interpreter. That, I am afraid, is ... ...d books are essential. Now these may seem small details in the learning of lan- guages, mere schoolmasters’ gossip, but the consequences are on the co...

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...Ashburton. My Dear Lord, The writer of a book which copies the manners and lan- guage of Queen Anne’s time, must not omit the Dedication to the Patron... ... And Mr. Holt found that Harry could read and write, and possessed the two lan- guages of French and English very well; and when he asked Harry about ... ... upon him now. “’Tis well, ’tis well!” said Blaise, that night (in his own lan- guage) when they lay again at an inn. “W e are a little lord here; we ... ... any dependant of his, save when he was displeased, in which case he would express his mind in 69 Thackeray oaths very freely; and who, on the contra... ...he had received so many proofs of love and kindness inestimable), tried to express to his mis- tress his sense of gratitude to her, and his sorrow at ... ...- tion in French, in which my Lord Castlewood was no great proficient, and expressed her satisfaction at finding that Mr. Esmond could speak fluently ... ...n should who had a danger to face. Ever after this the father, loud in his expressions of remorse and humility for being a tipsy good-for-nothing, and... ...rry Esmond could not but gaze on him, and remarked in his patron’s face an expression of love, and grief, and care, which very much moved and touched ...

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... by Charles Dickens PREFACE THE LATE M R W ATERTON having, some time ago, expressed his opinion that ravens are gradually becoming extinct in England... ... thereabouts, much weatherbeaten and worn by time, and the naturally harsh expression of which was not improved by a dark handkerchief which was bound... ...heirs; but no man withdrew his eyes from the boiler, or altered the solemn expression of his countenance in the slightest degree. At length Joe return... ... to tell the truth, I didn’t like to be shut in there alone—and putting my lan tern on the stone seat in the little corner where the bell rope is, s... ...dirty finger marks upon his face give it any other than an odd and comical expression, through which its natural good humour shone with undiminished l... ...d, were equally at a loss; and at length, with a variety of muttered, half expressed condolences, and pieces of advice, rose to depart; being at the s...

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...acting rightly by yourself.’ And he gazed at her with a piteous, perplexed expression. ‘Let me call mamma,’ said Isabel. ‘As you will, my dear, but ca... ... and sympathized, and answered questions, she volunteered no opinions, ahe expressed no wishes, she would not come to see. Poor Louis was often mortif... ...r, his eyes wistfully bent on her, the more carefully did she restrain all expression of hope of seeing him to-morrow, lest she should be exacting and... ...beheld something of forgiveness. 30 Dynevor Terrace V olume II Isabel had expressed a wish that Mary should be one of her bridesmaids. A wedding was ... ...r the sense of his displeasure, but it seems to me that this is one of the express commands which could not be disobeyed with- out setting aside the l... ...rney. He was a great acquisition to his comfort, with his knowledge of the lan- guage and people, and his affectionate deference. At home, where all w...

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... excepting the card of a Mrs. Baerens, who had audience of her at once. By express arrangement, the card of General Wilson Ople, as her nearest neighb... ... alongside presumed to enter into conversation, during which he managed to express re- grets at his aunt’s turn for solitariness. As they belonged to ... ...es, with a contraction of the brows, as if in pain. He perceived a similar expression whenever he spoke of his residence. Perhaps it recalled happier ... ...ssion.’ She laid such stress on her remark, that the General, who had just expressed a very modest estimate of his abilities, was unable to reject the... ...et it come to my ears that you have been using the phrase elsewhere. Don’t express astonishment. At present it is enough that I dislike it. But this o...

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...row that her flowers had never been so beautiful; she heard their symbolic lan- guage, she looked into the depths of the azure sky with a 17 Balzac f... ... Feeling within her the most violent “diffi- culty of existing,” to use an expression of Fontenelle’s, which was constantly increasing, she became ter... ...world. When Madame Graslin’s soul is moved by true enthusiasm, it sheds an expression upon her face which changes it completely. Her countenance is li... ...ss of pro- vincial life; where persons connected with the government could express themselves freely on politics without fear of having their words ta... ...change the whole interior life of this woman and to transform the splendid expression of her countenance into something far more interesting in the ey... ...The next day Veronique was much worse and kept her bed. When her physician expressed surprise at her condition she said, smiling:— “I told you that th...

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...launting weeds in a decent garden was indicative of a moral twist that the expressed resolution to supply her table with plentiful nourishment, no mat... ...his word. Anthony’s rejoinder was characterized by a marked humil- ity. He expressed contrition for the farmer’s misunderstand- ing of his motives. Hi... ...hments.” Anthony was shown at church, in spite of a feeble intima- tion he expressed, that it would be agreeable to him to walk about in the March sun... ...hese two close relatives there existed no stron- ger feeling than what was expressed by open contempt of a mind dedicated to business on the one side,... ... letter with a calmly perusing eye. He had winced triflingly at one or two expressions contained in it; forcible, perhaps, but not such as Mrs. Lovell... ...ed. 50 Rhoda Fleming “Oh, my sweet! my own beauty!” she cried in Dahlia’s lan- guage. Meeting Mrs. Sumfit, she called her “Mother Dump- ling,” as Dah... ...r me to smile. Sir, I pray that you will listen to me seriously, though my lan- guage is not of a kind to make you think me absolutely ear- nest in wh... ...ene, he had checked her sensitive developing emotion. She hung a moment in lan- guor, and that oriental warmth of colour ebbed away from her cheeks. “...

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...r light had begun to ebb, the air had grown mellow, the shadows were long upon the smooth, dense turf. They lengthened slowly, however, and the scene expressed that sense of leisure still to come which is perhaps the chief source of one?s enjoyment of such a scene at such an hour. From five o?clock to eight is on certain occasions a little eternity; but on such an occasion...

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... upon the smooth, dense turf. They lengthened slowly, however, and the scene expressed that sense of leisure still to come which is perhaps the chief ... ... He had a narrow, clean shaven face, with features evenly distributed and an expression of placid acuteness. It was evidently a face in which the rang... ...’ and in what sense is the term used?—that point’s not yet settled. Does the expression apply more particularly to the young lady my mother has adopte... ...es. It at least may be affirmed that he had travelled from New York to Albany expressly to see her; having learned in the former city, where he was spe... ...ill a place in his reduced sketch. He had only forbidden himself the riot of expression. However, he shouldn’t inspire his cousin with a passion, nor ...

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... of the day before. The journey had been particularly jolly: both Susy and Lan- sing had had too long a discipline in the art of smoothing things over... ... with talent, and are impressed by the most artless attempts at liter- ary expression; and though he affected to disdain their judg- ment, and his own... ...(so like Clarissa’s) resplendent with past pleasures and future plans. The expression of her confidence was unexpectedly distaste- ful to Susy Lansing... ... been it through,” Strefford remarked with a deep breath as the St. Moritz express rolled away. “Oh,” Susy sighed in mute complicity; then, as if to c... ...ely on her shoulder. “Poor child— don’t,” he said. Their eyes met, but his expression checked the smile break- ing through her tears. “Don’t you see,”... ...ng out by myself. The sooner the better-don’t you agree? So I’m taking the express to Milan presently. Y ou’ll get a proper letter in a day or two. I ... ...rd? I remember now— I saw Miss Hicks in V enice the day before yesterday,” Lan- sing continued, dazed at the thought that hardly forty-eight hours had... ...rton PART III XXV IN the persistent drizzle of a Paris winter morning Susy Lan- sing walked back alone from the school at which she had just deposited...

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...f Anne Genevieve de Bourbon, her blue eyes shining on me with the sweetest expression. ‘Madame,’ she said, ‘permit me to tell you how glad I am for yo... ...of my own age and like myself, and there were something so pathetic in her expression that I felt sorry for her. ‘You are good! You will keep good,’ s... ...arms, and feeling for the gold on his uniform. The count had much the same expression with which I have seen a lady regard me when I took a caterpilla... ...ightful, and means of transport were wanting. Then followed a mes- sage of express command from my husband that I was not to think of coming with the ... ...to my brother: ‘I must go and hear him.’ My brother was so glad to hear me express any wish, that I believe, if I had asked to go and dance on the vil... ... token of pardon. ‘It is understood, then,’ said she, in a gracious though lan- guid way, as if weary of the subject, ‘that your Majesty un- dertakes ... ...orce of his pas- sion, entreating with all the exaggeration of the current lan- guage; the Abbe arguing about the splendid position I should secure fo...

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...se called “sacred right of self-govern- ment,” which latter phrase, though expressive of the only rightful basis of any government, was so perverted i... ...the Silliman letter to indorse and strongly construe that decision, and to express his astonishment that any different view had ever been entertained!... ...freedom of the people to be just no freedom at all. Why was the amendment, expressly declaring the right of the people, voted down? Plainly enough now... ...e Dred Scott case, and the separate opinions of all the concurring Judges, expressly declare that the Constitution of the United States neither permit... ... for the extinction of slavery; that I am also in favor of inviting (as he expresses it) the South to a war upon the North for the purpose of national... ... Lincoln: V ol Three become consolidated and uniform. What is there in the lan- guage of that speech which expresses such purpose or bears such constr...

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..., was stirred by a feeling of sluggish anger, which he could not very well express, as though the vigour of his spirit were by no means equal to the s... ...se my wrists from their bonds?’ Gaspar Ruiz’s head asked me. “His features expressed no anxiety, no hope; his heavy eyelids blinked upon his eyes that... ...overb. All the merit of proverbs con- sists in the concise and picturesque expression. In the surprise of our minds is found their persuasive- ness. I... ... porch were less than the barking of a cur. Always I rode by preserving an expression of haughty indif- ference on my face. “It was no doubt very dign... ...ess be- hind my chief’s back, trying at the same time to give a reassuring expression to my face. None of us three uttered a sound. “We found ourselve... ...landing-pier, with one hand, and with the other she was swinging the heavy lan- tern to and fro. This is the agreed signal for the Ile Royale should a... ...r an instant, but she never faltered, pulling at the cord and swinging the lan- tern as regularly as a machine. She was a comely woman of thirty—no mo... ...eat every day; but I did not like the way they used to discuss me in their lan- guage. Perhaps they were deliberating about throw- ing me over-board i...