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...tcairn’s Criminal Trials, at large. – [R. L. S.] 6 Robert Louis Stevenson cheerless New Year’s present) his pension was expunged.* There need be no d... ...onnet of the same colour of cloth as the Boys’ Dress jackets, trimmed with blue satin ribbons; the hat or Bonnet, Mr. Spittal said, was a Parisian slo... ... her neck, corresponded in colour to her corpse-like complexion. Two light blue eyes that gleamed with a lustre like that of insan- ity, an utterance ... ...he Smeaton cleared the harbour, all on board united in giving three hearty cheers, which were returned by those on shore in such good earnest, that, i... ...e principal operations at the Bell Rock were ac- companied by three hearty cheers from all hands, and, on occasions like the present, the steward of t... ...ledge of the rock, to the great joy of all, under a salute of three hearty cheers. From an oversight on the part of the smith, who had neglected to br... ...s in a pe-jacket, cut after a particular fashion, and wears a large, flat, blue bonnet. A striking likeness of Spink in his pilot-dress, with the badg... ...ising the derrick, all hands on the rock sponta- neously gave three hearty cheers, as a favourable omen of our future exertions in pointing out more p...

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...of glass scratched with various names and initials. The walls were painted blue, the skirting almost a third of the height, and so wide at the top as ... ...en fires were made to give as little heat as possible, was ornamented with blue and white Dutch tiles bearing marvellous representations of Scripture ... ... and there came out a young man, slight, and delicate-looking, with bright blue eyes, and thickly-curling light hair. “Acting nurse?” he said, smiling... ...priety!” Then depositing her little charge with the nurse, and try- ing to cheer up a solemn-looking boy of three, who evidently considered his deposi... ...ow complexion, and tall figure, but was much improved by his mother’s fine blue eyes, and was a very pleasant-looking boy, though not hand- some; litt... ... “Oh, yes!” cried Ethel, flying into vehement activity; “only I’ve lost my blue-edged handkerchief—Flora, have you seen it?” “No; but here is your red... ...all—I am glad you are come,” he knew he was of use, and was encouraged and cheered. That his father had full confidence and reliance in him, and that ... ...moment or two with Norman, Ethel said in a tone of resolution, and of some cheerfulness, “Well, we have to begin afresh.” “Yes,” said Flora, “it is a ... ... that he did, he would not answer. “I wish—” said Ethel, disappointed, but cheering up the next minute. “I do believe it is having nothing to do. You ...

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...ved with great kindness of manner that she must really make an effort, and cheer up. ‘Oh I dare say, Miss La Creevy,’ returned Mrs Nickleby, with a pe... ...tulance not unnatural in her unhappy circumstances, ‘it’s very easy to say cheer up, but if you had as many occa- sions to cheer up as I have had—and ... ...ttle of a bell, every tinkle of which is enough to throw a strong man into blue convul- 21 Charles Dickens sions, upon my life and soul, oh demmit,’—... ...ture, but I know that.’ ‘You are a foolish, silly creature,’ said Nicholas cheerfully. ‘If that is what you mean, I grant you that. Why, here’s a dism... ...serve the same more closely. He was a sturdy old fellow in a broad-skirted blue coat, made pretty large, to fit easily, and with no particular waist; ... ... in the square, he led the way. The only inscription on the door-post was ‘Cheeryble, Brothers;’ but from a hasty glance at the directions of some pac... ...delivered himself as follows—rubbing the palms of his hands very hard on a blue cotton handker- chief as he did so: ‘We’re allowed to take a liberty o... ... Christian, instead of stick- ing it upon the very top of your head like a blue-coat boy. Y ou needn’ t think it an unmanly or quizzical thing to be p... ... there, under a mass of crumpled beaver, and surrounded by a semicircle of blue curl-papers, were the delicate features of Miss Fanny Squeers. ‘Oh, ‘T...

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...nd noticing a gleam of light peeping in beside one of the serge curtains, he cheerfully dropped his feet over the edge of the sofa, and felt about wit... ...ch said to himself, and getting up he put on a gray dressing gown lined with blue silk, tied the tassels in a know, and, drawing a deep breath of air ... ...“That means that she’s not slept again all night,” he thought. “Well, is she cheerful?” The little girl knew that there was a quarrel between her fath... ...as a quarrel between her father and mother, and that her mother could not be cheerful, and that her father must be aware of this, and that he was pret... ...h! what a happy time you are at,” pursued Anna. “I remember, and I know that blue haze like the mist on the mountains in Switzerland. That mist which ... ... mocking in her tone to her husband, while Stepan Arkadyevitch was happy and cheerful, but not so as to seem as though, having been forgiven, he had f... ...he really was. But even as he was, he was charming, with his fair curls, his blue eyes, and his plump, graceful little legs in tightly pulled up stock... ...and she fancied that his love gave him insight. When now her glance meet his blue kindly eyes looking intently at her, it seem to her that he saw righ... ...n saw noth ing but the bright flash of a match, followed by the red glow and blue smoke of a cigarette. “Tchk! tchk!” came the snapping sound of Stepa...

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...e of the Seven Gables, which—many such sunrises as it had witnessed—looked cheerfully at the present one. The reflected radiance served to show, prett... ..., and floor had all been scoured, and the latter was overstrewn with fresh blue sand. The brown scales, too, had evidently undergone rigid discipline,... ...e did, out of the morning light, he ap- peared to have brought some of its cheery influences into the shop along with him. It was a slender young man,... ..., more owing to his mother’s carelessness than his father’s poverty), in a blue apron, very wide and short trousers, shoes somewhat out at the toes, a... ... run on, how- ever, without many and serious interruptions of this mood of cheerful vigor. As a general rule, Providence seldom vouch- safes to mortal... ...ul better measure than if she had taken it. Shortly afterwards, a man in a blue cotton frock, much soiled, came in and bought a pipe, filling the whol... ...ch affection and sorrowful remembrance wrought together. Soft, mildly, and cheerfully contempla- tive, with full, red lips, just on the verge of a smi... ...d it. This patriarch now presented himself before Hepzibah, clad in an old blue coat, which had a fashionable air, and must have accrued to him from t... ...at yellow blossoms, he looked about him with a joyful sense of warmth, and blue sky, and green grass, and of God’s free air in the whole height from e...

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...ntelli- gence. She had also her mother’s eyes, large and round, and almost blue, full of life and full of courage, eyes which never seemed to quail, a... ..., good-looking for those who like such good looks. He was light-haired and blue- eyed, with regular and yet not inexpressive features. But his eyes we... ...iversity pundits. Tifto, with a cigar in his mouth, with a white hat and a blue veil, and a new light-coloured coat, was by no means the least happy o... ...im were to him fortifications of which he knew how to use every stone. The cheers and jeers of the House had been so measured by him that he knew the ... ...e was a handsome youth, all but six feet high, with light hair, with round blue eyes, and with all that aristocratic look, which had belonged so pecul... ... of conscience among the—perhaps not ten thousand, but say one thousand of bluest blood,—that everybody should know who everybody is. Our Duke, though... ...n’t be a better fellow than Frank Tregear, and I ask you all to give three cheers for the new member. ’ Ten times three cheers were given, and the Car... ...s was taken as a stroke of the keenest wit, and was received with infinite cheering. Silverbridge was in the pride of his youth, and Carbottle was six...

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...ply of water, and it was first on the spot. Bang went the pumps—the people cheered—the beadle perspired pro- fusely; but it was unfortunately discover... ...ms inclined to flatness, and who occasionally testify in gilt letters on a blue ground, in some conspicuous part of the church, to the important fact ... ...ou exert yourself by talking. If you call in the evening you will find her cheerful, but rather more serious than usual, with an open Bible on the tab... ...h Mr. Robinson had arrived in a cab ten minutes before, dressed in a light-blue coat and double-milled kersey pantaloons, white neckerchief, pumps, an... ...ottom; and once when we called, we saw a long white roller, with a kind of blue margin down each side, the probable use of which, we were at a loss to... ...his feelings. His opponent appeared in a cast- off coat of the captain’s—a blue coat with bright but- 24 Sketches by Boz tons; white trousers, and th... ...ind, he had never met with. A man with a larger family he had never known (cheers). The parish required a man who could be depended on (‘Hear!’ from t... ...ould be depended on (‘Hear!’ from the Spruggins side, answered by ironical cheers from the Bung party). Such a man he now proposed (‘No, ’ ‘Yes’). He ... ...le fellow to her bosom, and cried over him, till even old Fixem put on his blue spectacles to hide the two tears, that was a- trickling down, one on e...

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...ply of water, and it was first on the spot. Bang went the pumps—the people cheered—the beadle perspired pro- fusely; but it was unfortunately discover... ...ms inclined to flatness, and who occasionally testify in gilt letters on a blue ground, in some conspicuous part of the church, to the important fact ... ...ou exert yourself by talking. If you call in the evening you will find her cheerful, but rather more serious than usual, with an open Bible on the tab... ...h Mr. Robinson had arrived in a cab ten minutes before, dressed in a light-blue coat and double-milled kersey pantaloons, white neckerchief, pumps, an... ...ottom; and once when we called, we saw a long white roller, with a kind of blue margin down each side, the probable use of which, we were at a loss to... ...his feelings. His opponent appeared in a cast- off coat of the captain’s—a blue coat with bright but- 24 Sketches by Boz tons; white trousers, and th... ...ind, he had never met with. A man with a larger family he had never known (cheers). The parish required a man who could be depended on (‘Hear!’ from t... ...ould be depended on (‘Hear!’ from the Spruggins side, answered by ironical cheers from the Bung party). Such a man he now proposed (‘No, ’ ‘Yes’). He ... ...le fellow to her bosom, and cried over him, till even old Fixem put on his blue spectacles to hide the two tears, that was a- trickling down, one on e...

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...Through this life’s variegated scene In raging storms or calm serene Shall cheerful spend the hour. While steady Virtue guides his mind Heav’n-bor... ...esignation struggling with despair The Lord beholds with pitying eye; Sees cheerless Want unpitied pine, Disease on earth its head recline, And bi... ...sickly breath was spent; each gleam Of Hope had ceas’d the long long day to cheer; Or if delusive, in some flitting dream, It gave them to their fr... ... shall howling run) The tea-kettle is spoilt and Coleridge is undone! Your cheerful songs, ye unseen crickets, cease! Let songs of grief your alter... ...ight whirlwind die, He saw the sun-awaken’d Sky Resume its slowly-purpling Blue: And ah! he sigh’d — that I might find The cloudless Azure of the ... ...thóma: From the same 1793 How long will ye round me be swelling, O ye blue-tumbling waves of the sea? Not always in caves was my dwelling, No... ... With faery wand O bid the Maid arise, Chaste Joyance dancing in her bright-blue eyes; As erst when from the Muses’ calm abode I came, with Learnin... ... O dear Deceit! I see the Maiden rise, Chaste Joyance dancing in her bright-blue eyes! When first the lark high-soaring swells his throat, Mocks th... ...m Silver figures seem to swim, Like fleece-white clouds, that on the skiey Blue, Waked by no breeze, the self-same shapes retain; Or ocean-Nymphs ...

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..., and support, has been to me very pleasing—a path strewn with flowers and cheered with sunshine. I feel as if I stood amongst old friends, whom I had... ... humble desire, and shall do till I die, to increase the stock of harmless cheerful ness. I felt that the world was not utterly to be despised; that ... ...er assurance that I was right, or where could I have stronger assurance to cheer me on than in your kindness on this to me memorable night? I am anxio... ...clear as the bright sky; he has filled our minds with memories pure as the blue waves which roll Charles Dickens 10 over him. Let us hope that she wh... ...myself, I am certain that the recol lection of their beautiful faces will cheer your lonely vigils upon the ocean for a long time to come. In all tim... ... will not penetrate into the mysteries of that secret chamber in which the Bluebeard of Party keeps his strangled public questions, and with regard to... ...re I express not only your feeling, and my feeling, and the feeling of the Blue, but also the feeling of the whole people of England, when I cordially... ...e whole metropolis; and if the secret were not at present locked up in the blue chamber, they would be all deeply obliged to the gentleman who would i... ...the day when a Poet Laureate sang— “Trust me, Clara Vere de Vere, From yon blue heaven above us bent The gardener Adam and his wife Smile at the claim...

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...im kinsman,’ writes my artless chronicler, ‘and alto- gether life was very cheery.’ At Stowting his three sons, John, Charles, and Thomas Frewen, and ... ...inest creatures breathing; loyalty, devotion, simple natural piety, boyish cheerfulness, tender and manly sentiment in the old sailor fashion, were in... ... discontentment with the present; and when he came to die, died with Stoic cheerfulness, announcing that he had had a comfortable time and was yet wel... ...e his father lived, and when evil days approached, he had proved himself a cheerful Stoic. It followed from John’s inertia, that the duty of winding u... ... and both mother and son thrilling with the first sight of snowy Alps, the blue Mediterranean, and the crowded port and the palaces of Genoa. Nor was ... ...irbairn’s works as an apprentice. From the palaces and Alps, the Mole, the blue Mediterranean, the humming lanes and the bright theatres of Genoa, he ... ...head won’t stand much writing yet, so I will run up and take a look at the blue night sky off the coast of Portugal. ‘May 26. ‘A NICE LAD of some two ... ...the long, moun- tain coastline and the sparkling sea show of an impossible blue through the openings of a white-washed rampart. I try a sea-egg, one o... ...re silent and shy of one another, and soon go out to watch while turbaned, blue-breeched, barelegged Arabs dig holes for the land telegraph posts on t...

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...who take an interest in this tale, will be glad to learn that the Brothers Cheeryble live; that their liberal charity , their singleness of heart, the... ...fit that I have been requested to forward to the originals of the Brothers Cheeryble (with whom I never interchanged any communi- cation in my life) w... ...took at once to his bed; apparently resolved to keep that, at all events. ‘Cheer up, sir!’ said the apothecary . ‘You mustn’t let yourself be cast dow... ...rning, ready dressed to walk abroad. He wore a bottle-green spencer over a blue coat; a white waistcoat, grey mixture pantaloons, and Wellington boots... ...emen with their hats off, all looking behind them, and uttering vociferous cheers; the cause whereof was sufficiently explained when Sir Matthew Pupke... ...great many heads of old ladies and gentlemen smirking at each other out of blue and brown skies, and an elegantly written card of terms with an emboss... ..., she held up an ivory counte- nance intersected with very perceptible sky-blue veins, and regarded it with so much complacency, that Nicholas quite e... ...n’orth of milk, is it, waiter?’ said Mr Squeers, looking down into a large blue mug, and slanting it gently , so as to get an accurate view of the qua... ...than was the blending of the rose and lily in her gentle face, or the deep blue of her eye. The vine, in all its elegant luxuriance, is not more grace...

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...who take an interest in this tale, will be glad to learn that the Brothers Cheeryble live; that their liberal charity , their singleness of heart, the... ...fit that I have been requested to forward to the originals of the Brothers Cheeryble (with whom I never interchanged any communi- cation in my life) w... ...took at once to his bed; apparently resolved to keep that, at all events. ‘Cheer up, sir!’ said the apothecary . ‘You mustn’t let yourself be cast dow... ...rning, ready dressed to walk abroad. He wore a bottle-green spencer over a blue coat; a white waistcoat, grey mixture pantaloons, and Wellington boots... ...emen with their hats off, all looking behind them, and uttering vociferous cheers; the cause whereof was sufficiently explained when Sir Matthew Pupke... ...great many heads of old ladies and gentlemen smirking at each other out of blue and brown skies, and an elegantly written card of terms with an emboss... ..., she held up an ivory counte- nance intersected with very perceptible sky-blue veins, and regarded it with so much complacency, that Nicholas quite e... ...n’orth of milk, is it, waiter?’ said Mr Squeers, looking down into a large blue mug, and slanting it gently , so as to get an accurate view of the qua... ...than was the blending of the rose and lily in her gentle face, or the deep blue of her eye. The vine, in all its elegant luxuriance, is not more grace...

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... land Where God’s truth, cramped and fettered with a band Of iron creeds, he cheers with golden lore Of heroes and the men that long before Wrought th... ...by there nowadays And look at the rank weeds and the strange grass, The torn blue curtains and the broken glass, I seem to be afraid of the old place;... ...l men’s lives when it stops, I fancy, — Or seems to stop, — till it comes to cheer them Again with a larger sound. The curtain Of life just then is li... ...nd a faithful woman’s eyes. Come away! come away! there is nothing now to cheer us — Nothing now to comfort us, but love’s road home: — Over ... ...hat is, already. Only Fortune Gave me this afternoon the benefaction Of your blue back, which I for love pursued, And in pursuing may have saved your ... ...only to be tarred with evil — The most insufferable pair Of scamps that ever cheered the devil. 127 E.A. Robinson The world went on, their fame went ... ...’re done.” “By God, you sing that song as if you knew it!” Said I, by way of cheering him; “what ails ye?” 134 E.A. Robinson “I think I must have com... ...s her not, nor does he chide her, And she has nothing new to say; If he were Bluebeard he could hide her, But that’s not written in the play, And ther... ...d as much of you As had a reason to be seen, — As much as God made black and blue. He liked your hair and eyes, Eileen.” 150 E.A. Robinson Llewellyn ...

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...by no means full. It looked deserted, in fact, festal and overlighted, but cheerful. The wonderful street was distinctly cold (it was an evening of ca... ...ead apparently. Mills peered at me with his friendly but awfully searching blue eyes through the cloud of smoke he had wreathed about his big head. Th... ...nk water like that) but, well … and the haze of tobacco smoke was like the blue mist of great distances seen in dreams. Y es, that old sculptor was th... ...ion of the highest honour. I was inclined to laugh at him. He himself is a cheery and jovial person and he laughed with me quite readily—but I got the... ...s began again, “you may oversleep yourself.” This suggestion was made in a cheerful tone, just as we shook hands at the lower end of the Cannebiere. H... ...of actual life. She was wearing a wrapper, a sort of dressing-gown of pale blue silk embroidered with black and gold designs round the neck and down t... ...he instep. The white stairs, the deep crimson of the carpet, and the light blue of the dress made an effective combination of colour to set off the de... ... with her, to the other side of her plate. As openly the man’s round china-blue eyes followed them in an attempt to make out the handwriting of the ad... ...r. I don’t say this to boast.” “It must be very comforting.” “Y es, it has cheered me immensely. Then after a morning of delightful musings on one thi...

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...who wakes Half-blinded at the coming of a light. ‘But when he spake and cheered his Table Round With large, divine, and comfortable words, Beyond m... ...r I: Well, we will make amends. ’ With all good cheer He spake and laughed, then entered with his twain Camelot, a city of ... ... if some other told, How once the wandering forester at dawn, Far over the blue tarns and hazy seas, On Caer-Eryri’s highest found the King, A naked b... ...drop or with gem Like sparkles in the stone Avanturine. These armed him in blue arms, and gave a shield Blue also, and thereon the morning star. And G... ... some device, hast foully overthrown), “O morning star that smilest in the blue, O star, my morning dream hath proven true, Smile sweetly, thou! my lo... ...ong error through the wood— Sir Lancelot, having swum the river-loops— His blue shield-lions covered—softly drew Behind the twain, and when he saw the... ... goodly welcome, flesh and wine. And Enid brought sweet cakes to make them cheer, And in her veil enfolded, manchet bread. And then, because their hal... ... knew her sitting sad and solitary. Then cried Geraint for wine and goodly cheer To feed the sudden guest, and sumptuously According to his fashion, b... ...ting, loosed the fastenings of his arms, Nor let her true hand falter, nor blue eye Moisten, till she had lighted on his wound, And tearing off her ve...

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..., brown, broad-shouldered, pointy- eared person with a snub nose, slanting blue eyes, and a grin that ran right across his freckled face. He shaded hi... ...y part ought to be played.’ Still the children stared at him—from his dark-blue cap, like a big columbine flower, to his bare, hairy feet. At last he ... ...nvelope with the eggs. ‘By Oak, Ash and Thorn,’ cried Puck, taking off his blue cap, ‘I like you too. Sprinkle a plenty salt on the biscuit, Dan, and ... ... low Man, whose name was Kitai, had with him a brown box. In the box was a blue bowl with red marks upon the rim, and within the bowl, hanging from a ... ...r was foul, and great glittering flies tormented us. Morning and evening a blue mist covered the mud, which bred fevers. Four of our rowers sickened, ... ...alage!) And I’ve lost Britain, and I’ve lost Gaul,’ (the voice seemed very cheerful about it), ‘And I’ve lost Rome, and, worst of all, I’ve lost Lalag... ...“‘See what I shall write,” he answered, and he took pen and wrote a letter cheerful as the light of day, tender as a woman’s and full of jests. Even I... ...mes Allo sent in word that help was at hand. We did not believe it, but it cheered our men. ‘The end came not with shootings of joy, but, like the res... ...n was limewashing the kitchen-beams for Mother. He loved her like a son. “‘Cheer up, lad,” he says. “God’s where He was. Only you and I chance to be p...

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..., We can begin to feed. ” “But not on us!” the Oysters cried, Turning a little blue, “After such kindness, that would be A dismal thing to do!” “The n... ...d it’s foolish to cry about it.’ So she brushed away her tears, and went on as cheerfully as she could. ‘At any rate I’d better be getting out of the ... ...she got up, and held out her hand. ‘Good bye, till we meet again!’ she said as cheerfully as she could. Humpty Dumpty 67 ‘I shouldn’t know you again ... ...lice changed the subject hastily. ‘What a curious helmet you’ve got!’ she said cheerfully. ‘Is that your invention too?’ The Knight looked down proudl... ...dding to invent.’ ‘What did you mean it to be made of?’ Alice asked, hoping to cheer him up, for the poor Knight seemed quite low spirited about it. I... ... bring the whole scene back again, as if it had been only yesterday — the mild blue eyes and kindly smile of the Knight — the setting sun gleaming thr... ...etting a little fatter. I shook him well from side to side, Until his face was blue: “Come, tell me how you live, ” I cried, “And what it is you do!” ... ...elcome Queen Alice with thirty times three!’ Then followed a confused noise of cheering, and Alice thought to herself, ‘Thirty times three makes ninet...

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...ng on it gracefully though not in congruity with the thick winter dress of blue and black tartan, still looped up over the dark petticoat and hose, an... ...ill at the announcement of the carriage for Lady Temple, her gentle cousin cheered up, and feeling herself to blame for having grieved one who only me... ...an toil. Perhaps Ermine did not take into account the sunshiny content and cheerfulness that made herself a delightful companion and playfellow, able ... ...ation to unenforced authority; for her eye and voice in themselves brought cheerful discipline without constraint, and upheld by few punishments, for ... ...ever did I see such a fixed deathly face. But they said she found words to cheer and soothe him.” “And what became of him?” “We do not know. As long a... ...to her well-broken scholars was about as interest- ing as the humming of a blue-bottle fly; but it was poor Lovedy’s one enjoyment, though making such... ...ce. Can you tell me about his eyes?” “Dark,” I think. “They were very dark blue, almost black. Time and cli- mate must have left them alone. You may k... ... a washed-out appearance. The eyes, indeed, were of the same peculiar deep blue as the Colonel’s, but even these were little seen under their heavy sl... ...- wards the cottage; but, behold, after a wearily long interval, it was no blue jacket that appeared, but a round black sea- 154 The Clever Woman of ...

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...he consultations are more indif ferent, and the payments and tributes, more cheerful. A great and potent nobility, addeth majesty to a monarch, but d... ...dible, unto those that know not the principle, that the mind of man, is more cheered and refreshed by profiting in small things, than by standing at a... ...ich is good particularly, and fit for thine own body. To be free minded and cheerfully disposed, at hours of meat, and of sleep, and of exercise, is ... ...est part of England, whereof the one was given to scoff, but kept ever royal cheer in his house; the other would ask, of those that had been at the ot... ...roud riches, but such as 79 thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly. Yet have no abstract nor friarly con ... ...s; fir trees; rosemary; lavender; periwinkle, the white, the purple, and the blue; germander; flags; orangetrees; lemon trees; and myrtles, if they be... ... chamairis; fritellaria. For March, there come violets, specially the single blue, which are the earliest; the yellow daffodil; the daisy; 101 the al...