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...as a place which was peculiarly meet for the occasion. It was a pine wood, with so thick and soft a carpet of brown needles that one’s footfall made n... ...tween the duels, on the day whose history I have been writing, the swords were not always idle; every now and then we heard a succession of the keen h... ...r close, was naturally strong, but corps etiquette for- bade any demonstrations of this sort. However brilliant a contest or a victory might be, no s... ...back, and raised a rousing “Whoop- ee!” This was answered from out the far distances of the fog, and I immediately shouted: “One—two—three—fire!” Two ... ... and sang the Wedding Chorus. To my untutored ear that was music—almost divine music. While my seared soul was steeped in the healing balm of those gr... ...ey bore inscriptions telling who killed them and how many hundred years ago it was done. One room in the building was devoted to the preservation of a...

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...t his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. I don’t say this by ... ...houted with perseverance, with ardour, with conviction, these two by their sound alone have set whole nations in motion and upheaved the dry, hard gro... ...ling and giggles. These may seem selfish considerations; but you can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own in- tegrity. It is h... ...e trib- ute of affectionate familiarity at this distance of years—had very sound views as to the advancement of knowledge and status for the whole bod... ...en indeed the desolation of solitude became our lot. It was a complete and soundless stagnation; for as we had the ship ready for sea to the smallest ... ... not seem certain himself, but it could be found out, he suggested, in the archives of the Pilot-office. He had been pensioned off years before, but h...

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...is trust, not in the right argu- ment, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. I don’t say this by ... ...houted with perseverance, with ardour, with conviction, these two by their sound alone have set whole nations in motion and upheaved the dry, hard gro... ...ling and giggles. These may seem selfish considerations; but you can’t, in sound morals, condemn a man for taking care of his own integrity. It is his... ...the tribute of affectionate familiarity at this distance of years—had very sound views as to the advancement of knowledge and status for the whole bod... ... indeed the deso- lation of solitude became our lot. It was a complete and soundless stagnation; for, as we had the ship ready for sea to the smallest... ... not seem certain himself, but it could be found out, he suggested, in the archives of the Pilot-office. He had been pensioned off years before, but h...

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...s. To us it appeared, after repeated trial, that in Weissnichtwo, from the archives or memories of the best-informed classes, no Biography of Teufelsd... ...intest star, the remotest century, lies not even nearer the verge thereof: sounds and many-colored visions flit round our sense; but Him, the Unslumbe... ...homas Carlyle or woven, case of wool. In vain did the winds howl,— forests sounding and creaking, deep calling unto deep,— and the storms heap themsel... ...ow many, per- haps, may thy unparalleled confession (which we, even to the sounder British world, and goaded on by Critical and Biographical duty, gru... ...ong Thousands of Years. Deep-hidden is he under that strange Garment; amid Sounds and Colors and Forms, as it were, swathed in, and inextricably over-... ...mine Language; what, if you except some few primitive elements (of natural sound), what is it all but Metaphors, recognized as such, or no longer reco... ...is- pers that ere long he will himself give a sign. Otherwise, indeed, his archives must, one day, be opened by Author- ity; where much, perhaps the P...

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...one cover,’ said Gertrude. ‘Papa says they are to be laid up in the family archives, and labelled “The Infants’ Honeymoon.”’ ‘Papa is very happy with ... ...piteous to see him lying with his door open, listening. He is full of warm sound feeling, poor fellow. You would like to have heard the fervour with w... ...it was broad daylight. What o’clock it was she could not guess. Averil was sound asleep, breathing deeply and regularly, so that it was; a pleasure to... ...ndicated a chair, and laid himself on a sofa, where he was instantaneously sound asleep, before his startled daughter had quite taken everything in; b... ...he house was as still as ever; and through the window there only came such sounds as seem like audible silence—the twittering of birds, the humming of... ...ds, the humming of bees, the calls of boys in distant fields, the far-away sound of waggon-wheels—when there was a slight move, and Mary, in the tensi...

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... version carefully, side by side with the original, will see that he was a sound Spanish scholar, incomparably a better one than Shelton, except perha... ...ht be begotten in a prison, where every misery is lodged and every doleful sound makes its dwelling? Tranquillity, a cheerful retreat, pleasant fields... ...tinued, “I am determined that Senor Don Quixote shall remain buried in the archives of his own La Mancha until Heaven provide some one to garnish him ... ...ession on me that, without attempt- ing to question them, I admitted their soundness, and out of them I determined to make this Preface; wherein, gent... ... he should take a new name, and that it should be a distinguished and full-sounding one, befitting the new order and calling he was about to follow. A... ...te, hoping that some dwarf would show himself upon the battlements, and by sound of trumpet give notice that a knight was approaching the castle. But ... ...d some must have been con- sumed that deserved preservation in everlasting archives, but their fate and the laziness of the examiner did not permit it... ...of La Mancha could have been so undiscerning as not to pre- serve in their archives or registries some documents referring to this famous knight; and ... ...e vast toil which it has cost him in examining and searching the Manchegan archives in order to bring it to light, save that they give him the same cr...

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...America—or to be on the verge of their depar ture thitherward, there is a sound of frequent feet passing briskly up and down the granite steps. Here,... ..., the discussion of business, and the casual talk of the office; all which sounds and circumstances seemed but indistinctly to impress his senses, and... ...their passage. The closer you penetrated to the substance of his mind, the sounder it appeared. When no longer called upon to speak or listen—either o... ...ic music, 20 The Scarlet Letter heard thirty years before—such scenes and sounds, perhaps, were all alive before his intellectual sense. Meanwhile, t... ... to the Revolution there is a dearth of records; the earlier documents and archives of the Custom House hav ing, probably, been carried off to Halifa... ... posed to relate to the business of the revenue. On the trans fer of the archives to Halifax, this package, proving to be of no public concern, was ... ...excla mations, that made her mother tremble, because they had so much the sound of a witch’s anathemas in some unknown tongue. The truth was, that th...

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...requent and bloody collision with our outlying settlements and emigrants. Sound policy and our imperative duty to these wards of the Government deman... ...t by which to separate the opposing elements, so as to build only from the sound; and that test is a sufficiently liberal one which accepts as sound w... ...uis shall be decided by the President of the United States?” Now, all this sounds very strangely; and, withal, a little as if you gentlemen making the... ...o the Department of State, where they will be deposited, and remain in the archives of the Government. The Secretary of State will keep a registry the... ... Tad and I have been to General Grant’s army. Returned yesterday safe and sound. A. LINCOLN. TELEGRAM TO GENERAL W. S. ROSECRANS. W ASHINGTON, June 2... ... been known to the world that this was a possibility. It shows, also, how sound and strong we still are. It shows that even among the candidates of ...

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... renders the elect of the people subject to re-election. When Simon Giguet sounded the old notary Grevin, the faithful friend of the Comte de Gondrevi... ... fail to leave him, felt no doubt of his election. Nevertheless, the first sound of the bell announc- ing the arrival of the most influential electors... ...oupart, though a most devoted adherent of the Cinq- Cygne family, had been sounded during the last day or two, by Colonel Giguet’s valet, with so much... ...ss, accompanied by the rhythmic snores of various electors which denoted a sound sleep. The malicious Achille Pigoult had urged all present to listen ... ...er above the bridges, and the rather scanty pastures of the left bank. The sound of the water as it runs through the courses above the dam, the music ... ...in the department of the Aube. I ought to add that the exhibition of these archives was accompanied by an infinite number of spoken details which seem... ...eproach to public functionaries? My name is Godivet; I am registrar of the archives, but I do not consider that a reason why I should incur the contem... ..., this sculptor, know anything about the intricate business of registering archives?’ And you would be right in condemning such royal caprice; for wha...

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...rew. You must have read in the newspapers how old Ali drubbed Chosrew, and soundly, too, faith! Well, if it hadn’t been for me, Ali Tebelen himself wo... ...ur told us, grow about there) in the pirate’s grog, just to make him sleep soundly and leave her free for a little walk with me, and the old duenna, u... ...s, he is eighteen, my good Monsieur Cardot; and after bringing him so far, sound and healthy in mind and body, neither bow-legged nor crooked, after s... ...e obligation under which we lie to renew and continue the register and the archives of installation of the clerks of this noble Practice, a glorious m... ...of our well-beloved prede- cessors, we have consigned to the Keeper of the Archives of the Palais for safe-keeping, with the registers of other ancien... ... have cruelly ravaged the land of France, now be- come a great Empire, the archives of the very celebrated Practice of Maitre Bordin should be preserv... ...k (the errand-boy and “gutter-jumper”) laid upon the new-comer’s desk the “Archives Architriclino-Basochiennes,” and the clerks enjoyed the sight of h... ...ation as second clerk. After the departure of Georges and Oscar, Godeschal sounded the new clerk to discover the joke which, as he thought, lay behind... ..., tired out, went to bed, oblivious to Oscar, who was still in the boudoir sound asleep. CHAPTER X ANOTHER CATASTROPHE ABOUT ELEVEN the next morning, ...

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...scern a certain imaginary rectitude? Does not the com- pact brevity of its sound suggest a vague image of chaste nu- dity and the simplicity of Truth ... ...m. Father Haugoult, who participated in our torments of curiosity, did not sound the whistle he used to reduce our mutterings to silence and bring us ... ...s, which the college servants unlocked with remarkable expedi- tion, was a sound peculiar to that college. These little cells were our prison, and boy... ...ouis Lambert walked, I saw, I heard. Motion is inconceivable but in space, sound acts only at certain angles or on surfaces, color is caused only by l... ...e dark, with my eyes shut, I saw, in my- self, colored objects; if I heard sounds in the most perfect si- lence and without the conditions requisite f... ...ing and their hatred of all other nations. “These three Scriptures are the archives of an engulfed world. Therein lies the secret of the extraordinary...

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... had never thought of being overlooked, till the cessation of the trotting sound struck her; and looking round she saw that a horseman had halted at t... ...rascals need to learn not to interfere with our sport,’ all in that gentle sounding low voice of hers, enough to drive one mad.” “I thought Sir Jovian... ...of their seclusion, the whole party were conscious of a sort of breathless sound of surprise and admiration, a sweep of bows and curtsies, and the mea... ...ie!” “What means this, madam?” said Mrs. Aylward, stiffly, making the word sound much like “foolish child.” “The—the music!” she managed faintly to ut... ...amoor. He often plays to him half the night.” “Oh!” with another quivering sound of alarm; “is Mr. Belamour the gentleman in the dark?” “Even so, mada... ...had ever seen this precious prescription; but it was presumed to be in the archives of the family, and her ladyship sent word that if Miss Delavie wis...

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... no promotion; and since you assure me that the cargo — “ “Is all safe and sound, M. Morrel, take my word for it; and I advise you not to take 25,000 ... ...lushed, while Fernand, restless and uneasy, seemed to start at every fresh sound, and from time to time wiped away the Alexandre Dumas 35 large drops... ...as though seeking to avoid the hilarious mirth that rose in such deafening sounds, he continued, in utter silence, to pace the farther end of the salo... ... the open windows. At the same instant his ear caught a sort of indistinct sound on the stairs, followed by the measured tread of soldiery, with the c... ...lk, and almost instantaneously the most deathlike stillness prevailed. The sounds drew nearer. Three blows were struck upon the panel of the door. The... ...rs of all sorts, — titles, contracts, parch- ments, which were kept in the archives of the family, all descending from the poisoned cardinal, I in my ...

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... misunderstanding this is the only course to take. Throughout these papers sounds a note, a distinctive and personal note, a note that tends at times ... ...s inevitable, each word clearly distinguishable from ev- ery other word in sound as well as spelling. That, at any rate, is the sort of thing one hear... ...suredly Utopia will be temper- ate, not only drinking, but eating with the soundest discre- tion. Yet I do not think wine and good ale will be altoget... ...be as perfect as mortal laws can possibly be made. Caveat vendor will be a sound qualifi- cation of Caveat emptor in the beautifully codified Utopian ... ...hate each other and can’t get away from each other.” “I know,” I said. “It sounds absurd.” “It is.” “Why can’t they get away? What is there to keep th... ...d in the liber- ties of steel! There are no more pathetic documents in the archives of art than Leonardo’s memoranda. In these, one sees him again and...

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...nvict pris- ons, he would take up his little blue cap and vanish without a sound, in the certainty of being able to get to Saint-Thibault to see off a... ... were proclaimed as to the part women should play in soci- ety. Though the sound common sense which lies at the root of the French nature was not perv... ... Oth- ers torment a much-enduring piano, which, at the end of seven years, sounds like an old kettle, and ends its asthmatic 43 Balzac life at the Ch... ...No,” she said, “I think there is too much display in char- ity done to the sound of a trumpet.” “You are very indiscreet,” said Monsieur Gravier. “Can... ...ened for the noise it must make in striking the ground, and he heard not a sound. “The prisoner felt vaguely suspicious as to this state of af- fairs.... ...er, as you must allow, monsieur. This is a document in- dispensable to the archives of the age.—T o-day Lousteau flat- ters me, to-morrow he may ask f...

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... version carefully, side by side with the original, will see that he was a sound Spanish scholar, incomparably a better one than Shelton, except perha... ...ht be begotten in a prison, where every misery is lodged and every doleful sound makes its dwelling? Tranquillity, a cheerful retreat, pleasant fields... ...tinued, “I am determined that Señor Don Quixote shall remain buried in the archives of his own La Mancha until Heaven provide some one to garnish him ... ...ession on me that, without attempt- ing to question them, I admitted their soundness, and out of them I determined to make this Preface; wherein, gent... ... he should take a new name, and that it should be a distinguished and full-sounding one, befitting the new order and calling he was about to follow. A... ...te, hoping that some dwarf would show himself upon the battlements, and by sound of trumpet give notice that a knight was approaching the castle. But ... ...d some must have been con- sumed that deserved preservation in everlasting archives, but their fate and the laziness of the examiner did not permit it... ...of La Mancha could have been so undiscerning as not to pre- serve in their archives or registries some documents referring to this famous knight; and ... ...e vast toil which it has cost him in examining and searching the Manchegan archives in order to bring it to light, save that they give him the same cr...

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... nose, his organ of speech would have amazed you by its full and redundant sound. Without possessing the 7 Balzac volume of classical bass voices, th... ...tained for him in the mayor’s office, where he was placed in charge of the archives. From these indications it is easy to imagine Madame Granson in he... ...urned to Alencon or its neighborhood, no brave, honorable, and, above all, sound and healthy officer of suitable age could be found, whose character w... ...a young man brought up in those detestable lyceums should have ideas? Only sound morals and noble habits will ever pro- duce great ideas and a true lo... ... a woman. At dessert she heard, not without emotions of delight, cer- tain sounds in the antechamber and salon which denoted the arrival of her usual ... ...ll them to those who come to buy.” Stupid as it was, this reasoning seemed sound; for surely such a course would prevent the region from grasping the ...

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... his earliest years, charmingly narrates how they used to awake him by the sound of some agreeable music, and how he learned Latin, without suffering ... .... Gifted with an active and inquiring spirit, and, above all, possessing a sound and healthy tone of mind, Mademoiselle de Gournay had been carried fr... ...se I was enjoying? I beg of you to leave me.” And then, when he caught the sound of my voice, he continued: “And art thou, my brother, likewise unwill... ...s mind, his piety, his virtue, his justice, his vivacity, the solidity and soundness of his judgment, the loftiness of his ideas, raised so far above ... ...IX IX IX To the Jurats of Bordeaux.—[Published from the original among the archives of the town of Bordeaux, M. Gustave Bru- net in the Bulletin du Bi... ...and servant, Montaigne. X X X X X T o the same.—[The original is among the archives of T oulouse.] Gentlemen,—I have taken my fair share of the satisf... ...e. Amongst those laws that relate to the dead, I look upon that to be very sound by which the actions of princes are to be examined after their deceas...

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...be determined after having read this work. Whenever the last trumpet shall sound, I will present my- 10 The Confessions self before the sovereign jud... ...t a priest in his surplice, and never did I hear the bells of a procession sound without shuddering with horror; these sen- sations soon wore off in g... ...re alternately; all these were not necessary to fascinate a youth whom the sound of the most simple instrument, provided it was just, transported with... ...ve been useful to me through life, lessons of pure morality, and maxims of sound judgment. In the successive order of my inclinations and ideas, I had... ...st glance of Madam de Warrens banished all my fears—my heart leaped at the sound of her voice; I threw myself at her feet, and in transports of the mo... ...of Enguien, and the duchy has no other castle than an old tower, where the archives are kept, and to which the vas- sals come to do homage. But at Mon...

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... these frank revelations, confiscated them and placed them among the state archives. For sixty years they remained under lock and key, being seen by o... ...after opening the trenches, that is, the first of July, 1692, a parley was sounded by the Prince de Barbanqon, governor of the place,—a fortunate circ... ...at Paris, and that she had predicted he would be soon drowned. I rated him soundly for indulging a curi- osity so dangerous and so foolish. A few days... ...ot by the King. Harlay, son-in-law of our enemy, was sent to Maestricht to sound the Dutch. But in proportion as they saw peace desired were they less... ...of the knave who had thus calumniated me, in order that I might give him a sound thrashing. All day I sought to discover the scoundrel. My speech to t... ...o sent on only the envelopes! How- ever, the Prince de Conti passed up the Sound; and the King and Queen of Denmark watched them from the windows of t...