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...s arrowy to pursue, Colder she than sunless dew, She, that breath of upper air; 7 George Meredith Ay, but never lyrist sang, Draught of Bacchus never... ... she reign Worshipped? O to be with her there! She, that breath of nimble air, Lifts the breast to giant power. Maid and man, and man and maid, Who e... ... planetary; reddens to shore sea-shell Around such whiteness the enamoured air Of noon that clothes her, never there. Daughter of light, the joyful li... ...of juncture must be proof; Nor look for mercy from the incessant surge Her forces mixed of craft and passion urge For the one whelming wave to spring ... ...ratic but in heart’s excess; Being mortal and ill-matched for Love’s great force; Like green leaves caught with flames by his impress. And pray they u... ...e heart; yet hard the onward stress Unto more spacious, where move ordered ranks, And rise hushed temples built of shapely stone, The work of hands no... ... among his kind, He saw, and first of brotherhood had sight: Knew that his force to fly, his will to see, His heart enlarged beyond its ribbed domain,... ...id fingers forth, Confidently to cling. And when brown corn Swayed armied ranks with softened cricket song, With gold necks bent for any zephyr’s kis... ...ad they are, 36 A Reading of Life And such a picture as the piercing mind Ranks beneath vegetation. Not resigned Are my true pupils while the world ...

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...ered to remain in possession of the credit, and we cannot help feeling the force of the following observations:— “There are several incidental circums... ...dontiadæ, the chieftain of Thessaly, from his valour and the number of his forces, may have been the most im portant ally of the Peloponnesian sovere... ...e pre eminent value of the ancient poetry on the T rojan war may thus have forced the national feeling of the Athenians to yield to their taste. The s... ...; Instant he flew with hospitable haste, And the new friend with courteous air embraced. “Stranger, whoe’er thou art, securely rest, Affianced in my f... ...our soul be sunk in sad despair; He lives, he breathes this heavenly vital air, Among a savage race, whose shelfy bounds With ceaseless roar the foami... ... my train renew; And the rich pledge of plighted faith receive, Worthy the air of Ithaca to give.” “Defer the promised boon (the goddess cries, 37 Po... ...s to harden, and the fruits to grow. 111 Pope Here order’d vines in equal ranks appear, With all the united labours of the year; Some to unload the f... ... of no vulgar man. Me, Pallas gave to lead the martial storm, And the fair ranks of battle to deform; Me, Mars inspired to turn the foe to flight, And...

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...ered to remain in possession of the credit, and we cannot help feeling the force of the following observations— “There are several incidental circumst... ...dontiadæ, the chieftain of Thessaly, from his valour and the number of his forces, may have been the most im- portant ally of the Peloponnesian sovere... ...e pre-eminent value of the ancient poetry on the T rojan war may thus have forced the national feeling of the Athenians to yield to their taste. The s... ... In like manner it may be remarked of Statius’s he- 39 Pope roes, that an air of impetuosity runs through them all; the same horrid and savage courag... ...well as a bold and sordid one; which differ as much from each other as the air of a plain man from that of a sloven: it is one thing to be 49 Pope tr... ...nner consigned to mystery and religion. For a further preservation of this air of simplicity, a par- ticular care should be taken to express with all ... ...age the same; O’er fields of death they whirl the rapid car, And break the ranks, and thunder through the war. Ajax in arms the first renown acquired,... ...he Iliad of Homer Thus by their leaders’ care each martial band Moves into ranks, and stretches o’er the land. With shouts the T rojans, rushing from ... ... her course she bent, Who from Antenor traced his high descent. Amidst the ranks Lycaon’s son she found, The warlike Pandarus, for strength renown’d; ...

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... only great strength of body, but equal bravery, and a quickness alike and force of understand- ing, his mother Aethra, conducting him to the stone, a... ...being free from robbers and murderers. That age produced a sort of men, in force of hand, and swiftness of foot, and strength of body, excelling the o... ...ns, Minos, contrary to this decree, pursued him with his ships of war, was forced by a storm upon Sicily, and there ended his life. After his decease,... ...egree, but was the first that divided the Commonwealth into three distinct ranks, the noblemen, the husbandmen, and artificers. T o the nobility he co... ...Stator (which may be translated the Stayer); there they rallied again into ranks, and repulsed the Sabines to the place called now Regia, and to the t... ...dden strange and unaccountable disorders and alterations took place in the air; the face of the sun was darkened, and the day turned into night, and t... ...amongst the other Greeks. The people then being thus assembled in the open air, it was not allowed to any one of their order to give his advice, but o... ...he might take away their over-great tenderness and fear of exposure to the air, and all acquired womanishness, he or- dered that the young women shoul... ...e them march on to the tune of their flutes, without any disorder in their ranks, any discomposure in their minds or change in their countenance, calm...

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... which shook the first fifteen years of the nineteenth century spent their force before they reached those cliffs at so short a distance from the coas... ... away in the 4 The Duchesse de Langeais loneliest valleys, hanging in mid-air on the steepest mountainsides, set down on the brink of precipices, in ... ...ts galleries and terraces whither the townsfolk come 5 Balzac to take the air among their flowers of an evening, above the houses and the tops of the... ...he metropolitan or the Pope would scarcely have permit- ted it! And as for force or strategem—might not any indis- cretion cost him his position, his ... ... single man regretted that he had come to the service. Even the men in the ranks were delighted, and the officers were in ecstasy. As for the General,... ... a certainty with the vague reminiscence of a sad, deli- cious melody, the air of Fleuve du T age. The woman he loved had played the prelude to the ba... ...t saying, “Peace in the Lord,” enters the least religious soul as a living force. The monk’s life is scarcely comprehensible. A man seems confessed a ... ... your eyes; there will be the patricians, the upper classes, and yet other ranks below them. Equality may be a right, but no power on earth can conver... ...ht have absorbed the energetic men among the bourgeoisie, and opened their ranks to the ambition which was undermining authority; they preferred inste...

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...d active, with such power in the grasp of his hand in particular, as could force the blood from beneath the nails of the persons who con- tended with ... ... such a critical time, effected a sort of reconciliation between them, and forced them to shake hands in his presence; when, it was said, that Ardvoir... ...it was the respect that was universally paid to this worthy veteran by all ranks in Gandercleugh which induced him to choose our village for his resid... ... before, the respectable old man met with deference and attention from all ranks of society; and when spring returned, he was so satisfied with his qu... ...th deep apprehension; and it was concluded, that should Charles triumph by force of arms against his insurgent subjects of England, he would not be lo... ...d to carry, and his rider occu- pied his demipique, or war-saddle, with an air that showed it was his familiar seat. He had a bright burnished head- p... ... himself corresponded well with his military equipage, to which he had the air of having 29 Sir Walter Scott been long inured. He was above the middl... ...abstrac- tion. His dark eyes, and wild and enthusiastic features, bore the air of one who, deeply impressed with his own subjects of meditation, pays ... ..., They dropped like the dry leaves in autumn, but you were not among their ranks; —scaffolds were prepared—blocks were arranged, saw-dust was spread—t...

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... the infinitely suggestive back- ground. Turgenev’s genius was of the same force in politics as in art; it was that of seeing aright. He saw his count... ... man before or since. If T olstoi is a purer native expression of Russia’s force, T urgenev is the personification of Russian aspiration working with ... ... Slav of to-day, yes- terday, and to-morrow. He is the Slav whose inherent force Europe is as ignorant of as he is himself. Though he speaks only twen... ...ts is their astounding seriousness. They run to and fro with such a solemn air, as though their life were something of such importance! A man the lord... ...m for many hours every day. The inactivity, the softness and purity of the air, the consciousness of having attained his object, the whimsical and car... ... her head to screen it from the sun, and smiling with a weary and listless air. III Anna Vassilyevna Stahov—her maiden name was Shubin— had been left,... ...ng again when our party shouted bis, and bravo?’ ‘Yes, why?’ came from the ranks of his comrades. Insarov was about to step forward, but Shubin stoppe... ...hat’s not much to ask.’ ‘Einen Kuss, that’s not much,’ came again from the ranks of his companions, ‘Ih! der Stakramenter!’ cried one tipsy German, bu...

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... quicker into the past. They seem to be left astern as easily as the light air-bubbles in the swirls of the ship’s wake, and vanish into a great silen... ...urity which is so invaluable in a seaman. He had an extremely dis- turbing air of being everlastingly ready (even when seated at table at my right han... ...an who watches the growth of the cable—a sailor’s phrase which has all the force, precision, and imag- ery of technical language that, created by simp... ...f land or the end of a jetty under your admiring gaze, invests her with an air of lofty and silent majesty. At anchor a schooner looks better; she has... ...idual, temperamental achievement, but simply the skilled use of a captured force, merely another step forward upon the way of universal conquest. IX E... ...ame aware of the fact that hearing plays a perceptible part in gauging the force of the wind. It was at night. The ship was one of those iron wool-cli... ...nd meantime the outward-bound ships passed, running through our humiliated ranks under all the canvas they could show. It is my idea that the East- er... ...uld see one of the loaded ships with battened-down hatches drop out of the ranks and float in the clear space of the dock, held by lines dark and slen... ...cks and covered hatches, prepared to drop stern first out of the labouring ranks, displaying the true comeliness of form which only her proper sea-tri...

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...scendental; and must now seek its wild way through the New, Chaotic,—where Force is not yet distinguished into Bidden and Forbidden, but Crime and Vir... ...ara, when the winds waken, and lift and winnow the immensity of sand! The air itself (Travellers say) is a dim sand-air; and dim looming through it, ... ...es the other movement slacken; the rushing against foreign Despots. Strong forces shall meet in death-grip; drilled Europe against mad undrilled Franc... ...fields fallow, whitened with hu- man bones;—’eighty thousand, of all ages, ranks, sexes, fly- ing at once across the Loire,’ with wail borne far on th... ...r Princess de Lamballe, is not let go; but waits in the strong-rooms of La Force there, what will betide further. Among so many hundreds whom the laun... ...is; terror and rage, tears and frenzy: tocsin-miserere pealing through the air; fierce desperation rushing to battle; mothers, with streaming eyes and... ...nch Revolution - V olume Three employed in preserving the salubrity of the air in the Pris- ons, and persons ‘who presided over these dangerous op- er... ...ez’ second in command, with ‘eighteen pieces of cannon, ’ and deep-serried ranks, drawn up round that same silent Windmill, on his knoll of strength; ... ...e silent Windmill, on his knoll of strength; Brunswick, also, with serried ranks and cannon, glooming over to him from the height of La Lune; only the...

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... but must and will exalt the almost new name of Teufelsdrockh to the first ranks of Philosophy, in our Ger- man Temple of Honor.” Mindful of old frien... ...endered visible: in Bodies, that took shape and will lose it, melting into air? Their solid Pavement is a Picture of the Sense; they walk on the bosom... ...readed worse than the pestilence; nevertheless, to such length he had been forced to com- ply. Glad would he have been to sit here philosophizing fore... ...we can safely recommend the Work: nay, who knows but among the fashionable ranks too, if it be true, as Teufelsdrockh maintains, that “within the most... ...easand, and under the thickliest embroidered waistcoat beats a heart,”—the force of that rapt earnestness may be felt, and here and there an arrow of ... ...he matter; and there not only hits the nail on the head, but with crushing force smites it home, and buries it.—On the other hand, let us be free to a... ...ties of genius, or some echo of mere Insanity and Inanity, which doubtless ranks below the very lowest. Under a like difficulty, in spite even of our ... ...,—tears streaming down his cheeks, pipe held aloft, foot clutched into the air,—loud, long-continuing, uncontrollable; a laugh not of the face and dia... ...r-locked, snow-and- rosebloom Maiden, worthy to glide sylph-like almost on air, whom thou lovest, worshippest as a divine Presence, which, indeed, sym...

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...he state, who had got in at some way station, pronounced it, with a doctoral air, “a fever and ague morning.” The Dutch widow was a person of some cha... ...e by nature, and, so powerfully moved to autobiographical talk, that she was forced, for want of a better, to take me into confidence and tell me the ... ...veracious in talk, but broidered as fancy prompted, and built castles in the air out of her past; yet she had that sort of candour, to keep me, in spi... ...bundle, though not so red as his cheeks; and he shook this menacingly in the air with one hand, while the other stole behind him to the region of the ... ...s then chosen for its proximity to Paris. And for the same cause, and by the force of tradition, the painter of to-day continues to inhabit and to pai... ...ishes in its native spot; for boys and their pastimes are swayed by periodic forces inscrutable to man; so that tops and marbles reappear in their due... ...ightness of poetry and lustre of existence, falls into the inconceivable and ranks with fairy tales. IV IN NOBLER BOOKS we are moved with something li... ...g poor beg from each other; never from the rich. To live in the frock-coated ranks of life, to hear canting scenes of gratitude rehearsed for twopence...

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...ric town, whence the view on every side is perfectly enchanting, where the air is deliciously pure, the vegetation splendid, and the residents, in har... ...Fontenelle preached as the religion of the invalid; and, above all, to the air of Sancerre and the influence of its fine eleva- tion, whence a panoram... ...on. The aris- tocracy has to be rehabilitated in the face of a very strong force of the third estate. The King’s idea—and France does him scant justic... ...he collectorship at Sancerre is vacant; a certain paymaster-general of the forces has a claim on it, but he has no chance of getting it; you have the ... ...f to further instalments, which compelled him to live for six years on the air as it came, to use his own expression, he was able to purchase the esta... ...plishment that had won him the high position of Pay- master-General of the forces. Having mixed himself up in certain important matters in Spain with ... ... I, who have seen many things, and strange things too, know that among the ranks of deceived husbands there are some whose atti- tude is not devoid of...

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...the banished T arquinius Superbus and his son Sextus, and gathered all his forces together, to advance upon the city of Rome. The great walls, of old ... ...6, saved his whole band by his sole exertions. He had been defeated by the forces of Edward I. at Methven, and had lost many of his friends. His littl... ...28 A Book of Golden Deeds grasp was so tight upon the plaid that Bruce was forced to unclasp the brooch that secured it, and leave both in the dead ma... ...rough the thick forests that clothed the hillside. In the stillness of the air, at daybreak, the Phocian guards of the path were startled by the crack... ... put on his armor, and commanded his helot to lead him to his place in the ranks; the other, called Aristodemus, was so overpow- ered with illness tha... ...n the distance, had not then become almost uninhabitable from pestilential air, but was rich and fertile, full of highly cultivated small farms, where... ...ns where these huge beasts might advance harmlessly; instead of which, the ranks were thrust and trampled down by the creatures’ bulk, and they suffer... ...me months after was seen by the traveler who told the story, whistling the air of Hai Luli at his former master’s wedding feast. He was even then scar... ....’ The story of that day was told by one of the burghers who fought in the ranks of Lucerne, a shoemaker, named Albert Tchudi, who was both a brave wa...

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...l these fiords, each has its own characteristics. The sea has every- where forced its way as through a breach, yet the rocks about each fissure are di... ...e that of a funnel washed out by the sea. The passage which the waves have forced present to the eye an image of the eternal struggle between old Ocea... ...hing violently in, the sea is driven back with equal violence by the inert force of the mountain to the opposite shore, gently curved by the spent for... ...se roofs supported by squared trunks of trees which give so patriarchal an air to Northern dwellings. From beneath them the eye could see the savage n... ... gathered in its chimney-corner, in houses carefully closed from the outer air, and well supplied with biscuit, melted butter, dried fish, and other p... ...t with balsamic es- sences as quickly as the breath itself had crossed the air. “Who art thou?” she said, with a feeling of gentle terror. “Ah, but I ... ... out rags to the eyes of the two Exiles. “What do you there, in motionless ranks?” cried Wilfrid. They answered not. “What do you there, motionless?” ... ...hands over them, crying in a loud voice, “What do you there, in motionless ranks?” All, with unanimous action, opened their garments and gave to sight...

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...of the state, and worse in the belly. The idea of a sovereign pervades the air; the name we have; the thing we are not so sure of. And the process of ... ...gers-on of any island beach. And the sailors are sometimes in considerable force; but not the residents. He will think at times there are more signboa... ...te to History Archipelago. On the other hand, he will have encountered all ranks of natives, chiefs and pastors in their scrupulous white clothes; per... ...a much more than fairly intelligent. The whole would probably not fill the ranks of even an English half-battalion, yet there are a surprising number ... ...erate and questionable deeds. Upon this scale, commercial sharpness has an air of patriotism; and I can imagine the man, so far from haggling over the... ...the people increased. But Weber was not yet content. The law had to be en- forced; property, or at least the property of the firm, must be respected. ... ...rovince of Aana, usurped the style of king, and began to collect and arm a force. Weber, by the admission of Stuebel, was in the market supplying him ... ...pounds of lead and pounds sterling of money continued to be blown into the air without cessation and almost without result. Colonel de Coetlogon, an o... ...ose in Julius Caesar when “Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds In ranks and squadrons.” And doubtless such fabrications are, in simple societ...

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...perficial minds deny the heart’s existence. The crowd prefers the abnormal force which overflows to that which moves with steady persistence. The worl... ...d coping that roofed the arches of the windows. The precise and immaculate air of this facade, a little worn by perpetual rubbing, gave the house a to... ...e middle as to give the idea of an interior malformation; yet there was an air of indescribable delicacy about it, and the partition between the nostr... ...iving herself to a man in whose love she did not believe; finally, she was forced to admit that happiness, however short its duration might be, was to... ...education of a convent had one good result; it left her feel- ings in full force and her natural powers of mind uninjured. Stupid and plain as an heir... ... years’ time, if well-preserved, would return an enormous value. The upper ranks of society in Douai, which Monsieur Claes frequented, appreciated so ... ... when she did so on the occasion of his first absence, he answered with an air of surprise:— “Well, what of it? Can I not take a walk?” Passions never... ...e Pierquins and the Conyncks were present; and she also received the upper ranks of society one day in the week at a “cafe” which be- came celebrated....

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...nd treat you to sour looks thence-forward. So, in one way or another, life forces men apart and breaks up the goodly fellowships for ever. The very fl... ...adislaw marries above him with Dorothea, that this may be exemplified. The air of the fireside withers out all the fine wildings of the husband’s hear... ...ot fancy the man who saw this effect, and took it on the wing with so much force and spirit, was what you call commonplace in the last re- 10 Robert ... ... exceptions – earthquakes, eruptions of V esuvius, banjos floating in mid- air at a seance, and the like – a mind so fresh and unsophis- ticated is no... ... with his brush. And, again, painters may work out of doors; and the fresh air, the deliberate seasons, and the “tranquillising influence” of the gree... ...that we had bet- ter leave these great changes to what we call great blind forces: their blindness being so much more perspicacious than the little, p... ...at allegorical picture, are questions of little interest to the world. The ranks of life are full; and although a thousand fall, there are always some... ...e exploits of the Admirals are popular to the same degree, and tell in all ranks of society. Their say- ings and doings stir English blood like the so...

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... sum into his pocket. But when the Com- mander-in-Chief came home, and was forced, in spite of him- self, to appoint Lieutenant-General Webb to the co... ...tended he should be beat at Wynendael, and sent him purposely with a small force, hoping that he might be knocked on the head there. Esmond and Frank ... ...mineer, and they frighten us with kingdom come; and they wear a sanctified air in public, and expect us to go down on our knees and ask their blessing... ...aught you to dance, Cousin Beatrix?” says the Colonel. She laughed out the air of a minuet, and swept a low curtsy, coming up to the recover with the ... ...se of devotion than some people have of music, that cannot distinguish one air from another. Esmond saw this fault in her, as he saw many others—a bad... ... from the commander’s own lips the story a hundred times over. Mr. Esmond, forced to be quiet, betook himself to literature for a relaxation, and comp... ... sure to come and roder about her mother’s house, willing to be put on the ranks of suitors, though he knew he might be cast off the next week. If he ... ... Castlewood and the heirs- male of his body, in default of which issue the ranks and digni- ties were to pass to Francis aforesaid. This was the paper...

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...o caricature one of those meetings; the lecturer floundering about with an air of exquisite illumination, the audience attentive with an expression of... ...nt, we shall continue to live at intellectual cross purposes and waste the forces of our species needlessly and abundantly. This persuasion is a very ... ...the fundamental nature of oneself and one’s mind and its processes, one is forced into autobiography. I begin by asking how the conscious mind with wh... ...of mental activity—regrettable conditions rather than essential facts. The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps and crush the truth a little in tak... ...mplying infinite knowl- edge, impresses me as being a word with a delusive air of being solid and full, when it is really hollow with no content whate... ... to the thrill of a dog going into a fight or the delight of a bird in the air. And not simply in the heroic field of war and the air do I want to und... ...I find it impossible to condemn on any ground, except that it is “breaking ranks” and mak- ing a confusion, those who by anticipating such wide facili... ... sinned by existing standards. How far and in what manner such breaking of ranks is to be con- doned I will presently discuss. But it is clear it is a...

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...came unsafe for his wife and children to remain at home, so that they were forced to go about with him, and suffer all the hardships of the sieges and... ...or any badge of party, the long locks, the set of the hat, and the general air of the soldier were not those of a rebel. He must be a cavalier, but, a... ...ard, and a few more of us, charged down Sidbury Street, and broke into the ranks of the rebels, while the King had time to make off by S. Martin’s Gat... ...children, and his eyes fell on the pale face, mourning dress, and graceful air of the lady of the house, he changed his tone, removed his hat, and sai... ...ley, who instantly perceived that this was an officer of the Parliamentary force, and was only thankful to see that he was a gentleman, and en- forced... ...d himself, as he joined Charles in his last desperate attempt to rally his forces, and then charged down Sidbury Street with a few bold spirits who we... ...her vehemence. “I won’t speak to a Roundhead,” returned Lucy, with a droll air of petulance, pleased at being courted. Her mother spoke gravely. “You ... ...field on the bank of the river?” “A y. ” 25 Yo n g e “There you left your ranks, you rogue; that was the way you lost sight of your master!” said the...