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...n her self away so privately, but that some whisper and suspicion, and by degrees a full understanding of the fact, would even tually be blown abroa... ...prudent. Accordingly the tender passion was very rife among us, in various degrees of mildness or virulence, but mostly passing away with the state of... ...as bright as the very day that was blazing down upon us, only not, by many degrees, so well advanced towards her noon. I was convinced that this prett... ...ivid coloring of her character had left a brilliant stain upon the air. By degrees, however, the impression grew less distinct. I flung myself upon th... ...had something to do with these inactive years of meridian manhood, with my bachelorship, with the unsatis fied retrospect that I fling back on life, ...

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..., and took them afterwards to the theatre. He played the part of those old bachelors on whom married women draw at sight for their amusements,—a count... ...otteau, she said, would be the most upright of cashiers,—if there could be degrees of integrity among honest men. “The King has just appointed the Com... ...al meeting would undoubtedly show the poor man that they respected him. By degrees, as Birotteau’s courage came back to him, Pillerault, like a wise d... ...rinciple which actuated poor Cesar is so rare in Paris that his conduct by degrees attracted admiration. Joseph Lebas, Popinot the judge, Camusot, the... ...ected events on the worn mind of his nephew, had schemed to prepare him by degrees for the joys of this festal day. Just as Cesar finished dressing, a...

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... her lover’s manner—something which at first she could not define—which by degrees seemed to grate against her feelings. He was sufficiently affection...

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...er husband made himself, as it were, her purveyor. He explained to her, by degrees, and with great art, the things of life; he initiated her slowly in...

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...s hardly able to make out the daily dole for his twelve dependents. But by degrees things mended; the patches were drained, and cottages began to rise... ...ld had taken, and that which he presumed he was about to take; and then by degrees, without further question, he pre- sumed on the fact of Eleanor’s l... ...at the noble roof, and guarding against the coming fatigues of the day. By degrees two or three people entered; the very same damp old woman who had n... ...me up here, Moody, here is a chair for you; come, Jonathan Crumple’—and by degrees he got the men to be seated. It was not surprising that they should...

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...d mentions that the slope of the inclosing sandhills was “about forty-five degrees.” Jukes was a civil engineer, and Condy held that it was a capital ... ...he devil;—and she caught on to that ‘point’ about the slope of forty- five degrees.” 43 Frank Norris Chapter V CONDY BEGAN his week’s work for the su... ...er the dusk they sat listening to the vague clamor of the city, lapsing by degrees, till it settled into a measured, soothing mur- mur, like the breat...

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...as he sat, with bleeding feet and covered with dust, upon a door step. By degrees, the shutters were opened; the window blinds were drawn up; and peo... ...ould die at once, than be reserved for crimes, so fearful and appaling. By degrees, he grew more calm, and besought, in a low and broken voice, that h... ... The public houses, with gas lights burning inside, were already open. By degrees, other shops began to be unclosed, and a few scattered people were ... ...smoke, that at first it was scarcely possible to discern anything more. By degrees, however, as some of it cleared away through the open door, an asse... ...m for many weeks, and reduced him sadly. But, at length, he began, by slow degrees, to get better, and to be able to say sometimes, in a few tearful w...

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...ip before he went back to Angouleme for the long vacation after taking his degrees as bachelor of arts and bachelor of law. The illusions of childhood... ...boisterous conversation, the expressions on the faces that bespoke various degrees of want of feeling, gluttony, or indifference, everything about the...

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... a soldier and a man. Other Irish gentlemen, animated by the same swelling degrees, were awaking to the intimation that they might be wanted. Some wor... ...ceived formal information of Lady Dunstane’s progress to convalescence. By degrees the simply official tone of Diana’s letters combined with the ceasi... ... trusted. Why not? We must accept the world as it is, try to improve it by degrees.— Not so: humanity will not wait for you, the victims are shriek- i... ...g. We poor authors are worried now and then. But you?’ His face rippled by degrees brightly, to excite a reflection in hers. ‘Shall I tune you with go... ...life, cheerless as well as useless, forced her humiliated consciousness by degrees, in spite of pride, to the knowledge that she was engaged in a stru...

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...les Tynedale and Seacombe for my education; but as I grew up, and heard by degrees of the persevering hostility, the hatred till death evinced by them... ...or, or ignominious ex- pulsion. This system answered, and my influence, by degrees, became established on a firm basis. “The boy is father to the man,... ...of education; had you known something of history and grammar you might, by degrees, have relinquished your lace-mending drudgery, and risen in the wor... ...England was mentioned, and Frances proceeded to ask questions. Animated by degrees, she began to change, just as a grave night-sky changes at the appr... ...iligence. Our school became one of the most popular in Brussels, and as by degrees we raised our terms and elevated our system of education, our choic...

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...ous dog by a string. It was a very imposing spectacle. Some- times there would be as many dogs around the pavilion as students; and of all breeds and ... ...e’s will and intent—yet this unconsciousness is not allowed. Again: if under the sudden anguish of a wound the receiver of it makes a grimace, he fall... ...he mean time? And I never could seem to glance on one of those chairs, but always struck it full and square with my head. My temper rose, by steady an... ...oor, and with three white marble steps leading down to it. This tub is full of water which is as 103 A Tramp Abroad clear as crystal, and is tempered... ...ing comfort to see how an Alpine sunrise was going to look by candlelight. By and by a delicate, spiritual sort of effulgence spread itself by imperce... ... for the brothers in a family to cast Mark Twain 252 lots to determine which of them should have the coveted privilege of marrying, and his brethren—... ...dred years ago the Swallow’s Nest and the larger castle between it and Neckarsteinach were owned and occupied by two old knights who were twin brother...

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...is to be cravingly mimetic; and they remembered, and crooned over, till by degrees they adopted the phrases and manner of speech of highly gram- matic... ...h in one part, but was the teaching to continue so after the Atonement? By degrees they came to reflect, and not in a mild spirit, that the kindest of... ...Spartan fare. Come, drink with me, my dearest. One sip.” She was coaxed by degrees to empty a glass. She had a gentle heart, and could not hold out lo... ...w I do now, and you’re the girl to keep me to it. I’ve learnt that much by degrees. With any other, I should have been playing the fool, and going my ... ...nd you’ll behave to me like a son,” she coaxed him. They talked as by slow degrees the stairs were ascended. “A crack o’ the head, mother—a crack o’ t...

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...spider out of an ink-pot over a sheet of paper.” “One gets to interpret by degrees, by observing their hab- its,” the tutor said, and vexed her with a... ...ul and mildly reflective, like one who walks across green meadows. Only by degrees, by glimpses, was she drawn to remember the trotting, cantering, ga... ...ked thunderpeal, to capitulate his worldly possessions, give the names and degrees of kinship of his relatives, the exact amount of the rent-roll of h... ...erial of the famous English infantry. They bend their knees five-and-forty degrees for every stride; and when you drill them out of that, they ‘re sti... ...erewith her vindication of her conduct. He lived at Olmer. She read him by degrees, as those who have be- come absolutely tongueless have to be read; ...

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...mpanions, with whom, moreover, he had a full understanding. All four being bachelors, and tolerably rich, they had formed, without premeditation, an a... ...call my grand l’Estorade air; under which, as you know, I mark twenty-five degrees below zero, and can freeze the words on the lips of any presuming p... ... not very ardently disposed, I foresee that this interview will be at some degrees below zero.” On going into the room where the Marquis awaited me, I... ...nd in truly English style; for the rest she had smiles, apportioned to the degrees of intimacy,—simple inclination of the head for unknown guests or t...

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...argely to conjecture, and that conjecture should in some instances come by degrees to take the place of established fact. All that I propose to do her... ...o rich that by their wealth and free-handed way of life they are coming by degrees to be considered gentlefolk by birth, and even by position; though ...

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...atitude, and ecstasy. They are all indescribable alike. It is enough that by degrees the children and their emo tions got out of the parlour, and by ...

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...of the na- ture of the business, nor of the part we had been play- ing in it, than the child unborn. That all the people we had met were the slaves of...

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...ly every other day, and passed two, and even three, hours in the chair. By degrees McT eague’s first awkwardness and suspicion vanished entirely. The ... ...ld in leash an instant. Little by little, by gradual, almost imperceptible degrees, the thought of Trina Sieppe occupied his mind from day to day, fro... ...ll the charm of secret appointments and stolen meetings under the moon. By degrees the operation progressed. One day, just after McTeague had put in t... ... than any one else in the flat. How do you manage, Mister Grannis? You old bachelors are just like old maids, just as neat as pins. You two are just a... ...d but little attention to what was said to him) his bestial fury lapsed by degrees. He turned away and let fall his arms, drawing long breaths, and lo... ...ments followed her, leaving the group as unnoticed as he had joined it. By degrees the flat quieted down again. Trina and McTeague returned to their r...

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...e could not tell where—a conversa- tion, kept up in low whispers, began by degrees to intrude itself upon her attention. Try as she would, she could n... ...as though driven by the tempest breath of the Pit moved upward through the degrees of its circle. It paused, wavered, stopped at length, and on the in... ...after this the activity of the Pit fell away. The trad- ing languished. By degrees the tension of the opening was relaxed. Landry, however, had refrai... ...Pit lest something should “turn up” the moment their backs were turned. By degrees the clamour died away, ceased, began again irregularly, then abrupt... ... gales, mellowed at length, turned to a softened azure blue, and lapsed by degrees to an unrumed calmness, incrusted with innumerable coruscations. In...