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...the most—” “I have killed all the Portas,” replied the Corsican, in a deep voice, frowning heavily. The First Consul took two steps backward in surpri... ...lle Amelie Thirion, the leader of the aristocrats, began to speak in a low voice, and very earnestly, to her neighbor. A 12 Vendetta great silence fe... ...panions. “Good- morning, my little Laure,” she added, in a soft, caressing voice, approaching the young girl who was painting apart from the rest. “Th... ...ume of those feminine caresses which are given as much by the tones of the voice and by looks as by gestures. She presently reached Ginevra, under the... ...r could see the sketch, which she placed upon it, and said, in an agitated voice:— “Do you not think, as I do, that the light is very good? Had I not ... ...oom responded, and a few words mumbled by the mayor, and after signing the registers, with their witnesses, duly, Luigi and Ginevra were made one. The...

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...? What is it?” asked the Countess, still ad- vancing. A confused medley of voices replied, “The Lord of Whitburn’s little wench—Leonard Copeland—gunpo... ..., for such as seek to be monks and shavelings,” broke in the North Country voice sarcastically. “There are others—sons of gentlemen and esquires— lodg... ...could go stealing to your room—” “No, no,” broke out a weeping, frightened voice. “It was I, Lady Aunt. Y ou bade me never tell her how her poor face ... ...ck the babyish horror of anything black; but she felt soothed by the sweet voice and tender words, “Poor little one! she is fore spent. She shall lie ... ...ausing and broken by the full, sweet, if rather shrill response in women’s voices. Beneath that window was a little altar, with a crucifix and two can... ...that she should be guarded by God whatever befell. It was over. Signing of registers was not in those days, but there was some delay, for the darkness...

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...riend, and make the best of your speed out of my doors, for I hear my wife s voice, (which by the by, is pretty distinguish- able) and in that corner ... ... my utmost interest with the vestry, where it was carried at last but by two voices, that I am still alive. That stratagem failing, out comes a long s... ...pass, become useless as those go off. In consideration of which, Time, whose registers they are, gives them a lease in reversion, to continue their wo... ...in night- rails and petticoats; men shall squeak upon theatres with fe- male voices, and women corrupt virgins; lords shall knot and cut paper; and ev...

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...th lines like that of an old coquette, looked a dozen years older than the registers made him. There remained to him of all his successes in gallantry... ...stnut hair, gray eyes, and a skin full of freckles; gifted with a charming voice, a tranquil manner; making few gestures; thoughtful, saying little, a... ...n talk- ing with Thuillier before the arrival of Olivier Vinet, raised his voice eagerly, in a political discussion, and forced the young magistrate t... ...own.” “Setting aside the political question,” replied the young man, whose voice and accent were those of a native of Provence, “it is certainly true ... ... replied Metivier, shuffling the cards. “A lawyer,” added Barbet, in a low voice, “who occupies a small apartment on the third floor front. Oh! He doe... ...r key, vibrated on the ear like the sound of a gong. This falsetto was the voice of his nerves and his anger. His face, kept expressionless by an inwa...

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...rds “Are you my aunt Lucy?” I was, as it were, gathered up and kissed. The voice, somehow, carried a comfortable feeling in the kindness of its power ... ...olouring must have come from the Cumberland statesman, but people said his voice and expression had much of his father in them; and no one could think... ...ed mottled fists that looked very capable. “For shame, Dora!” said the low voice. “Harold did,” said she, looking up at me triumphantly; “he beat all ... ...we were checked by the backward rush of a frightened crowd, and breathless voices called out to Eustace, “Stop, sir; turn, for Heaven’s sake. The lion... ...gth in that thumb and finger to give her a sharp fierce shake, and the low voice that said “Dora” was like the lion’s growl. “It’s Meg’s ring, and I h... ...e’s heads. When the service was over, and we waited for the signing of the registers, most of the spectators, and he among them, went out by this west...

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...t effort for me; for if there is a man in the department of the Aube whose voice is all-powerful it is assuredly you. In 1815—” “In 1815,” said the li... ...ight yellow pumpkin), his solid back, and his broadly expanded chest. That voice, bass in volume, could soften to a baritone and utter, in the giggle ... ...l—forms—of the—electoral Chamber.” “Yes, yes!” cried the assembly with one voice. “Consequently,” continued Simon, “I have the honor to request, accor... ...ssion, a lump of salt in his throat. “Return thanks,” said Simon, in a low voice. “Messieurs—” Such total silence ensued that Phileas had a spasm of c... ...y. “Messieurs,” said the notary, “if there is a house in Arcis in which no voice should be raised against the influence of the Comte de Gondreville, i... ...the child was born at a period when chil- dren were inscribed on the civil registers under the fantastic names of the Republican calendar. In 1814, ho...

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...early forbid this, he went to T roezen, and com- municated to Pittheus the voice of the god, which was in this manner,— Loose not the wine-skin foot, ... ...his ceremony among their sacrifices, to have a youth lie down and with his voice and gesture repre- sent the pains of a woman in travail; and that the... ...t they were before, and having taught them farther to counterfeit the very voice and carriage and gait of virgins, so that there could not be the leas... ...and mired his horse here, and, endeavoring for awhile by whip and spur and voice to disen- tangle him, but finding it impossible, quitted him and save... ...tle, turned about to renew the battle, and, facing the fliers, with a loud voice encouraged them to stand and fight. But being overborne with numbers,... ...i- ness to take an estimate of what everyone was worth, and to put down in registers everybody’s birth and quality; besides many other prerogatives. A...

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...h which is acquired chiefly through “seeing life” and other countries. His voice, by dint of talking to his horses and shouting “Gare!” was rough; but... ...ime to time she would slip a twelve-sous piece into his hand, and then her voice was charming. Pierrotin had never seen Oscar, for the reason that the... ...know, to your uncle Cardot.” “Yes, mamma.” “Above all,” she said, in a low voice, “be sure never to speak about servants; keep thinking all the time t... ...heir chil- dren. “Listen, my Oscar,” she said, resuming at once her tender voice, “you have a propensity to talk, and to tell all you know, and all th... ...cuum.” “Have we time to get a cup of coffee?” said the artist, in a gentle voice, to Pierrotin. “Yes, but don’t be long,” answered the latter. “Good; ... ...ned to the Keeper of the Archives of the Palais for safe-keeping, with the registers of other ancient Practices; and we have ourselves gone, each and ...

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... view, Want nothing that the thought of hearts can mend: All toungs (the voice of soules) giue thee that end, Vttring bare truth, euen so as foes C... ...rne to our desire, Then thinke that we before haue heard them tould: Thy registers and thee I both defie, Not wondring at the present, nor the past...

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...he allowed to know in a land of slavery? As to looking at the argument through the medium of the Register, Willum Marigold come into the world before Registers come up much,--and went out of it too. They wouldn?t have been greatly in his line neither, if they had chanced to come up before him....

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...ugh the medium of the Register, Willum Marigold come into the world before Registers come up much,—and went out of it too. They wouldn’t have been gr... ...e the singers no doubt would have greatly excelled, But for want of taste, voices and ears,— now, here, my jolly companions, every one, is a working m... ... write his eye (at least I don’t know how to), nor yet can a man write his voice, nor the rate of his talk, nor the quickness of his action, nor his g... ...curls fell about her face. Then she opened her lips, and said in a pretty voice, “Grandfather!” “Ah, my God!” I cries out. “She can speak!” “Yes, de...

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... he said, that I had come ashore for a couple of days’ leave. He was a low-voiced man. I spoke a little louder, saying that: No—I had left the ship fo... ...e eleven o’clock,” I said. Hamilton had stopped eating at the sound of our voices. He laid down his knife and fork gently, got up, and muttering some-... ...ment seemed a fail- ure. He sat insensible. It was imparted to me in a low voice by Captain Giles that this was an officer of some Rajah’s yacht which... ...ly fallen into a tropical afternoon doze if it had not been for Hamilton’s voice raised in the dining room. He was finishing his tiffin there. The big... ...sideways over the table between us. “Oh! Y ou haven’t yet!” He dropped his voice mysteriously. “Well, then I think you ought to know that there’s some... ...s we must have been to him! Mere symbols to juggle with in books and heavy registers, without brains and muscles and perplexi- ties; something hardly ...

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... renovated spirit singled out, Such hope was mine, for holy services. My own voice cheered me, and, far more, the mind’s 55 Internal echo of the imper... ...om his alder shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flowed along my dreams? For this, didst thou, 275 O Derwent! wi... ...m the shore. It was an act of stealth And troubled pleasure, nor without the voice Of mountain echoes did my boat move on; Leaving behind her still, o... ... and the hunted hare. So through the darkness and the cold we flew, And not a voice was idle; with the din 440 Smitten, the precipices rang aloud; The ... ...icher, or worthier of the ground they trod. I could record with no reluctant voice 485 The woods of autumn, and their hazel bowers With milk white clu... ...hout this narrative, Else sooner ended, I have borne in mind 260 For whom it registers the birth, and marks the growth, Of gentleness, simplicity, and...

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... window. Suddenly, he felt an arm thrown around his body, and a well-known voice behind him exclaimed, “Father — dear father!” The old man uttered a c... ... I shall die too.” “If he has forgotten you” — “Mercedes!” called a joyous voice from without, — “Mercedes!” “Ah,” exclaimed the young girl, blushing ... ... “Hallo, Catalan! Hallo, Fernand! where are you running to?” ex- claimed a voice. The young man stopped suddenly, looked around him, and per- ceived C... ...ured. “Do you know them, Fernand?” he said. “Yes,” was the reply, in a low voice. “It is Edmond and Mercedes!” The Count of Monte Cristo 24 “Ah, see ... ...he were absent at such a time.” Fernand opened his mouth to reply, but his voice died on his lips, and he could not utter a word. “To-day the prelimin... ...pened a large register, then went to a table, from the table turned to his registers, and then, turning to Morrel, — “Are you quite sure you are not m... ...nspector of prisons?” “I have been so these fourteen years.” “You keep the registers of entries and departures?” “I do.” “To these registers there are... ...ver they please.” “So be it,” said the Englishman. “But to return to these registers.” “True, this story has diverted our attention from them. Excuse ...

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...eloe was a village where many of the old echoes lingered, undrowned by new voices. Not that it was one of those barren parishes lying on the outskirts... ... when everyone rose to depart, he went towards William Dane and said, in a voice shaken by agitation— “The last time I remember using my knife, was wh... ...y. William said meekly, “I leave our brethren to judge whether this is the voice of Satan or not. I can do nothing but pray for you, Silas.” Poor Marn... ...wn figures entered with a subdued rustling, and where first one well-known voice and then an- other, pitched in a peculiar key of petition, uttered ph... ... the couplets of the hymn, as it was given out, and the recurrent swell of voices in song: these things had been the channel of divine influences to M... ...te of his passionate preoccupation with his loss. Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without us: the...

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...n’s terrible American adventures, and they bring back tones of my father’s voice. As an authority ‘papa’ was seldom invoked, except on very serious oc... ... was in a sort of mechanical obedi- ence to her husband’s gesture, and her voice was not perhaps meant to be so severe as it sounded when she said, ‘Y... ...g,’ he said hesitatingly. ‘Well,’ said Mr. Castleford, with the kindest of voices, ‘let us have it out. What is in your mind? Y ou know, I’m a sort of... ...rtained of hearing the sweet cot- tage bonnet reading a tract in a silvery voice through the hovel window, that he fairly teased and shamed Clarence o... ...l the remarkable shots at long words which he bawled out at the top of his voice, and I refrain from recording, lest they should haunt others as they ... ...something of the kind to other persons. We 88 Chantry House consulted the registers in hopes of confuting it, but did not satisfy ourselves. The last... ...ave broken upon him and Anne while they were copying out the Sunday School Registers, that what they had felt for each other all their lives was love—...

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..., ‘ I shouldn’t tell you that I am very sorry to have kept you waiting.’ Her voice was low and agreeable—a cultivated voice—and she extended a slender... ...15 only, in the course of his subsequent acquaintance with her, did it find a voice; and then the sound remained in Ransom’s ear as one of the stranges... ...n which social re forms are usually discussed. She talked continually, in a voice of which the spring seemed broken, like that of an over worked bell... ...e her appearance in re sponse to an invitation that Miss Birdseye’s relaxed voice had tinkled down to her from the hall over the banisters, with much... ... home women—moving in circles that are for the most part closed to every new voice, who are doing their best to help on the fight. I have several names... ...teen, by going the rounds of the hotels, to cull flowers from the big, greasy registers which lie on the marble counters; and he might flatter himself t...

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... the bough, and waiting for you to crunch it. Love never goes to study the registers of birth and marriage; no one loves a woman be- cause she is hand... ...r monstrosity, the beak of a bird of prey, the clear, cold eye, the gentle voice—she is as polished as the steel of a machine, she touches everything ... ...tant street in Paris. There stood the Schools of the University, where the voices of Abelard and of Gerson were heard in the world of learning. It is ... ...rd, a walnut-wood writing-table, and an armchair. In the cupboard were his registers of dona- tions, his tickets for orders for bread, and his diary. ... ...atchful as a Jew money-lender, he never raised his eyes from his books and registers but to look into the very heart of the persons he was examining, ... ...g, some piled up open, one on another, others on the floor face downwards; registers of proceedings laid on the floor in rows, lengthwise, in front of... ...e, her person was no less available for it. She had a youthful figure. Her voice was, at will, soft and fresh, or clear and hard. She possessed in the... ... a thief, neither more nor less.” The common words were spoken in a common voice, bro- ken by the wheezing of asthma, and ending in a cough. “When I g... ...ech, of look and mien, which are hereditary in the Blamont-Chauvrys. Their voices, as clear as crystal, had an emotional quality, the softness which p...

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...ame too soon. The breakfast-room door opened. “Boh! Madam Mope!” cried the voice of John Reed; then he paused: he found the room apparently empty. “Wh... ...e to them.” “What we tell you is for your good,” added Bessie, in no harsh voice, “you should try to be useful and pleasant, then, perhaps, you would ... ...y sobs, fearful lest any sign of violent grief might waken a preternatural voice to comfort me, or elicit from the gloom some haloed face, bend- ing o... ...all here: I know her naughty tricks.” “What is all this?” demanded another voice peremptorily; and Mrs. Reed came along the corridor, her cap flying w... ...g before me a ter- rible red glare, crossed with thick black bars. I heard voices, too, speaking with a hollow sound, and as if muffled by a rush of w... ...ry i’ th’ owd days o’ th’ Henrys, as onybody might see by looking into th’ registers i’ Morton Church ves- try.” Still, she allowed, “the owd maister ...

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...d he cried out. Glaucus (for that was the name of the goat herd) heard his voice, ran up quickly, called off his dogs, and drove them away from Homer.... ... suspicion of the personal non existence of Homer ever arose. So far, the voice of antiquity seems to be in favour of our early ideas on the subject:... ...s, and conceived in conjunction with all those flexions and intonations of voice, pauses, and other oral artifices which were required for emphatic de... ...ire That from his realm retards his god like sire; Delivering early to the voice of fame The promise of a green immortal name.” She said: the sandals ... ...orded lyre, Whose hand reluctant touch’d the warbling wire; Phemius, whose voice divine could sweetest sing High strains responsive to the vocal strin... ...therea sought the bower of Jove (The God supreme, to whose eternal eye The registers of fate expanded lie; Wing’d Harpies snatch the unguarded charge ...

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...and thirty-five; faded complexion, handsome eyes, flat fig- ure, contralto voice worn out, much dressed, rather rouged, charming manners; in short, my... ...s: The First (wears a cap with bows, her face is wrinkled, her nose sharp, voice hard, carries a prayer-book in her hand): “What was that Madame Firmi... ...irmiani’s maiden name?”—The Second (small face red as a crab-apple, gentle voice): “She was a Cadignan, my dear, niece of the old Prince de Cadignan, ... ... which we pay though we never be- hold it. Madame has the finest contralto voice in Europe, so say judges; but she has never been heard to sing more t... ...st rivals. Have you ever, for your happiness, met a woman whose harmonious voice gives to her speech the same charm that emanates from her manners? a ... ...stolen, or have gone astray during the troubles in Greece,—a country where registers are not kept as they are in France, and where we have no consul. ...