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...y fingers. “That’s not it,” cried my uncle, “there’s no sense in it.” Then darting out like a shot, bowling down stairs like an avalanche, he rushed i... ...” he cried. “You had first writ- ten out your sentence the wrong way.” And darting upon the paper, with eyes bedimmed, and voice choked with emotion, ... ...tiny. I went up again to my room, and rolling my portmanteaus downstairs I darted after him. At that moment my uncle was solemnly investing Grauben wi... ...ed their last farewell. Then the horses, roused by the driver’s whistling, darted off at a gallop on the road to Altona. 39 Jules Verne CHAPTER VIII ... ... dextrine, alco- holic ether, liquid acetate of lead, vinegar, and ammonia drugs which afforded me no comfort. Finally, all the articles need- ful to ... ...d see a hawk balancing himself on his wings under the grey cloud, and then darting away south with rapid flight. I felt melancholy under this savage a...

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... hill-front beyond the pine cluster, and ever and again one of these would dart up into the sky with incredible swiftness and soar off upon some dista... ...em with its great compound eyes, but at an ineffectual shot from Cossar it darted off again. Down in a corner of the field, away to the right, several... ...to build a fire! A great column of smoke, shot with blood- red tongues and darting flashes, rushed up into the sky. It was like some huge giant sudden... ...e should do, turning keys in locks and then unlocking them again, mak- ing darts at door and window and bedroom—when the floor clerk came to him. “The... ...by it, that he must fight against Caterham’s voice as one fights against a drug. Facts had altered and were altering beneath that spell. What was the ...

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...ntry, it had enjoyed a fierce and brilliant life. Now it was moribund. The drug store, the two bar-rooms, the hotel at the corner of the old Plaza, an... ...den hats, went to and fro, invariably in couples, coming in and out of the drug store, the grocery store, and haberdasher’s, or lingering in front of ... ...or the fraction of one instant in the bar of light, then, at sight of him, dart back again. There was a sound of hurried footsteps. Annixter, with rec... ...ter-glow. A little after half-past seven, the first carry-all, bearing the druggist of Bonneville and his women-folk, arrived in front of the new barn... ....” “Rot, rot, I know better. Champagne straight and a dash of brandy.” The druggist’s wife and sister retired to the feed room, where a bureau with a ... ...began, report following report, spurts of pale blue smoke jetting like the darts of short spears between the two men, expanding to a haze and drifting... ...nd, her eyes wide, her bosom swelling; then, all at once, turned and fled, dart- ing across the plank that served for a foot bridge over the creek, ga... ... furious haste, Presley, Annixter, Billy the stable-man, and Dyke himself, dart- ing hither and thither about the yellow mare, buckling, strapping, ci... ... ears flattened; started up again, ran to the side, turned back once more, darted away with incredible swiftness, and were lost to view only to be rep...

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... we may mention to the reader that it was founded on the acquaintance with drugs and simples which Elspat, accomplished in all things belonging to the... ...m, notwith- standing the unusual strength of the potion with which she had drugged his cup. If there remained a hope of mortal man accomplishing the j... ...sleep, which probably car- ried off the greater part of the effects of the drug, for about sunrising she heard him arise, and call to her for his bonn... ...n us.” 148 Chronicles of the Canongate With the speed of an eagle, Hamish darted up the accliv- ity, and stood by the minister of Glenorquhy, who was... ...s so steep and narrow that there was but just room for the meridian sun to dart a few scattered rays upon the gloomy and precarious stream which stole...

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...nue to pass current the illustrious gentleman who was inflamed by Cupid’ s darts to espouse the milkmaid, or dairymaid, under his ballad title of Duke... ...ommitted because of your desire to be rocked in a cradle. Hear me out. The drug you have swallowed to cheat yourself will not bear the shock awaiting ...

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... me about you. Indeed they never do.’ ‘I dare be bound for that,’ he said, darting a bitter look at the grandfather. ‘I dare be bound for that Nell. O... ...invitation until his master was apparently a little off his guard, when he darted in and seizing the weapon tried to wrest it from his grasp. Quilp, w... ...g on at the dance; and unto Mrs and Miss Wackles, Miss Cheggs occasionally darted when her partner was occupied with his share of the figure, and made... ... perated, and wanting somebody to wreak his ill humour upon, determined to dart out suddenly, and favour Mrs Quilp with a gentle acknowledgment of her... ...lp, who stood trembling at a little distance. ‘Humph!’ muttered the dwarf, darting an angry look at his wife, ‘I thought it was your fault! And you, s... ...topped beat ing, that night, if I had been in his secret, or there are no drugs to lull a man to sleep, or no fire to burn him!’ Another draught from...

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...hou hast practised on her with foul charms, Abused her delicate youth with drugs or minerals That weaken motion: I’ll have’t disputed on; ’Tis probabl... ..., I will a round unvarnish’d tale deliver Of my whole course of love; what drugs, what charms, What conjuration and what mighty magic, For such procee... ...Whom passion could not shake? whose solid virtue The shot of accident, nor dart of chance, Could neither graze nor pierce? IAGO: ...

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...who that had seen him there, upon a winter night, alone, surrounded by his drugs and instruments and books; the shadow of his shaded lamp a monstrous ... ...y’s had tried its hand at several things. It had once made a feeble little dart at the toy business; for, in another lantern, there was a heap of minu... ...arlour in the Lodge, and waiting to see you.” He pressed her hand, and was darting off, but she detained him. “Mr. Redlaw is much altered, and has tol...

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...eir basket under an aged walnut with a riven trunk out of which bumblebees darted. The sun had grown hot, and be- hind them was the noonday murmur of ... ...numerous were the glass doors swinging open on saloons, on restaurants, on drug-stores gush- ing from every soda-water tap, on fruit and confectionery... ...s she stepped from the gang- plank she stopped short, her dark-ringed eyes darting malice. “Hullo, Charity Royall!” she called out; and then, looking ... ...y from the mountain. Pres- ently the clouds lowered again, and a few white darts struck her in the face: it was the first snow falling over Hamblin. T...

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...r arrows upon my face and hands, which were all in blisters, and many of the darts still sticking in them, and observing likewise that the number of m... ..., and so astonishing! it looked as if ten thousand flashes of lightning were darting at the same time from every quarter of the sky. I was curious to ... ...ve invented imaginary cures; these have their several names, and so have the drugs that are proper for them; and with these our female Yahoos are al... ...ed, and Gulliver’ s Travels – Swift 254 paddling out of the reach of their darts (being a calm day), I made a shift to suck the wound, and dress it ...

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...part putres- cent; even the clean sea and the bright fish about it poi- soned, the most stubborn boulder burrowed in by worms, the lightest dust venom... ... I had the same impression; he seemed always drowsy, yet always to hearken and start; and, whether from remorse or fear, there is no doubt he seeks a ... ...more likely key. The poor buzzards sat alone in their houses by an open case; they drank; their brain was fired; they stumbled towards the nearest hou...

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... rapid fall and extinction, and then tracked the course of the sparks that darted from it, one ris- ing and gleaming high in air till it shone like a ... ... won’t be a nun. I’ll be married! You shall be my husband,” and she made a dart at the nearest youth, who happened to be Ebbo. “Ay, ay, you shall have... ...n the name of the elder house of Adlerstein.” He held himself upright as a dart, but was infinitely an- noyed by the little mocking bow and smile that... ... they kept me three days a pris- oner in a ‘pothecary’s shop stinking with drugs. Why, I have cured myself with one pitcher of water of a raging fever...

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...here he was nap- ping, he ordered him to clear away another boat, and then darted into the cabin to tell the captain the news. Springing on deck agai... ... forth; the larger sort racing over the chests and planks; winged monsters darting to and fro in the air; and the small fry buzz- ing in heaps almost ... ...n heaps almost in a state of fusion. On the first alarm, all who were able darted on deck; while some of the sick who were too feeble, lay perfectly q... ... their holes peering at you like old grandfathers in a doorway. Often they darted in upon us at meal-times, and nibbled our food. The first time they ... ...d to and fro in deep thought, every now and then looking to wind- ward, or darting into the cabin and quickly returning. With all our light sails wooi... ...ly in pitiful little rolls. Then they had no “grog”; as a substitute, they drugged the poor fellows with a thin, sour wine—the juice of a few grapes, ... ...ghast. There was now a mighty commotion. Powders and pills were voted mere drugs in the market, and the holders of vials were pronounced lucky dogs. J... ...ft I knew not. The doctor maintained, however, that one who was capable of drugging an innocent traveller with “ Arva Tee” was capable of anything. Bu...

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... drawing-room, should be admitted. “He can come in with the doctor and his drugs,” was the reply. The bed has a canopy and well-stuffed back, and the ... ... of fire before my eyes, now assailing my mind, each with its own poisoned dart. When the groom and the horses were far away, I stopped Gaston, and, l...

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...rldly considerations, and were fain to hold on tight, to keep himself from darting skyward like a rocket, ‘I tell you without fear or favour, that it ... ...ark passage 46 Martin Chuzzlewit into which a spiral ray of light usually darted through the same keyhole, was astonished to find no such ray visible... ...e was out again. In a word, as often as he was shut up in his own room, he darted out afresh, charged with some new moral senti- ment, which he contin... ...nishing. Yet what could he do? At times an agony came over him in which he darted forth again, though he was but newly home, and, returning 213 Charl... .... The instant this sound struck upon their ears, the colonel and the major darted off, dashed up the steps and in at the street-door (which stood ajar... ...m. He said, immediately, that he wanted me to get him some of two sorts of drugs. One that was instantaneous in its effect; of which he wanted very li... ...ed more. While he was speaking to me he still read the newspaper. He said “Drugs,” and never used any other word. Neither did I.’ ‘This all agrees wit... ...ave heard before,’ observed John Westlock. ‘I asked him what he wanted the drugs for? He said for no harm; to physic cats; what did it matter to me? I... ...g in. But, next night, under exactly similar circumstances, I gave him the drugs, on his saying I was a fool to think that he should ever use them for...

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... it him- self and led the animal into the alley to the right of the kitchen-garden, opened a side door which conducted him to a bridle road, shut it a... ...but in three months it should be repeated, when Pistache would have learned a few new tricks. Three days afterward Pistache was found dead—poisoned. T... ...ison. Did this proposed breakfast cover some stratagem? He reflected, but he remembered that he himself would have charge of the food and the wine and... ... the lieutenant. “The lights again! this time I, too, saw them,” said Porthos. “On! on! forward! forward!” cried D’Artagnan, in his sten- torian voice... ...assaulted the foe with such violence that, al- though his sword was thrust aside, the enemy was thrown off his horse and fell about ten steps from it.... ...Royale. “The gate is shut,” said Aramis, “but if these gentlemen like a cool retreat under the trees, and perfect seclusion, I will get the key from t... ... the ball entered the heart of the old cavalier, who with one bound on his saddle fell back into the arms of Athos, murmuring: “He is avenged!” “Think...

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...e. Adam walked round the house, and still saw nothing ex- cept a rat which darted into the woodshed as he passed. He went in again, wondering; the sou... ...ght under the great boughs, and the hare looked black as it 128 Adam Bede darted across his path. He was feeling much more strongly than he had done ... ... method by which he could reduce the expense of crimsons and scarlets. The druggist at Treddleston had given him a notion that he might save himself ... ...mending her to strengthen herself with cold water as he did, and avoid all drugs. Mrs. Poyser curtsied and thanked him with great self- command, but w... ...eatest kindness he could do to her. And across all this re- flection would dart every now and then a sudden impulse of passionate defiance towards all... ...ot noticing the effect of her words on Adam. He rose and followed her, and darted an eager glance into the little room with its narrow bed, the portra... ...iscovering that Hetty had not been to Snowfield, the thought of Arthur had darted through Adam like a sharp pang, but he tried for some time to ward o...

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... teeth gnashed with rage; and fire, such as sparkles from a smith’s forge, darted from her eyes. So that, alto gether, this Amazonian heroine might h... ...ence, modesty, and tenderness, breathing sweetness from her rosy lips, and darting brightness from her spar kling eyes, the lovely Sophia comes! Re... ...d, and, if possible, to secure her retreat. And now Thwackum, having first darted some livid lightning from his fiery eyes, began to thunder forth, “F... ...while tears of joy trickled from those eyes which a few moments before had darted fire and rage against the dear object of all his affec tion. Inst... ...e extremely sparing. These are in deed, like arsenic, and other dangerous drugs in physic, to be used with the utmost caution; nor would I advise the... ...isdom, and of his goodness? It is not necessary that the rising sun should dart his fiery glo ries over the eastern horizon; nor that the boisterous ...

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...ly knocked against and tumbled over by that excited young gentleman, as he darted about the room attempting to accomplish twenty things at once, and d... ...on, under pretence of having seen an extraordinary hackney-coach pass: and darting out into the road when W alter went upstairs to take leave of the l... ...saw a faded face he knew, looking in at the door, and 277 Charles Dickens darted towards it. ‘Mr Carker!’ cried W alter, pressing the hand of John Ca... ...he Major no sooner heard the voice, than he relinquished Mr Dombey’ s arm, darted forward, took the hand of the lady in the chair and pressed it to hi... ...t the Captain suffered next day, whenever a bonnet passed, or how often he darted out of the shop to elude imagi- nary MacStingers, and sought safety ... ...ntioned, and roast fowls, raised pies, and lobster-salad, have become mere drugs. The very tall young man has recov- ered his spirits, and again allud...

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...prejudiced their own cause by running headlong upon those they attack, and darting those shafts against their enemies, that are more properly, and wit... ...g hinder the motion of the body, and yet were of such resistance, that our darts hitting upon them, would rebound” (these were the coats of mail our f... ...h I understood that she had been secured by her destiny; and, that neither darts nor swords can wound without the permission of fate, which we can nei... ...ous words at random, and without choice, and never consider pertinently to dart my language where I think it will deepest wound, for I commonly make u... ...he enemy’s encounter; and seeing the enemy had already approached within a dart’s cast, he gave the signal for battle; and going suddenly thence else-... ...f physic; and, with them, whatever was not ordinary diet, was instead of a drug. Physic is grounded upon experi- ence and examples: so is my opinion. ... ...rsion to physic by some occult and natural instinct; for the very sight of drugs was loath- some to my father. The Seigneur de Gaviac, my uncle by the... ...lve, and bring it to its end. The violent gripings and contest betwixt the drug and the disease are ever to our loss, since the combat is fought withi... ...ver to our loss, since the combat is fought within ourselves, and that the drug is an assistant not to be trusted, being in its own nature an enemy to...