...t by the nose.’ The little man took another pinch of snuff as he made this communication, and nodded mysteriously to Mr. Pickwick. ‘They have subpoena... ...eldom collected in this happy valley; the rents are dubious; and the water communication is very frequently cut off. Mr. Bob Sawyer embellished one si... ...the language of affectionate attachment. They are covert, sly, underhanded communications, but, fortunately, far more conclusive than if couched in th... ...d about a quarter of a pint of smelling salts in the other, ready for any emergency . Mrs. Sanders, whose eyes were intently fixed on the judge’s fac... ...id Sam. ‘Left the house early this morning, without the slightest previous communication with me,’ replied Mr. Pickwick. ‘And is gone, I know not wher... ... there. He took up his quarters at the Bush, and designing to postpone any communication by letter with Mr. Pickwick until it was probable that Mr. Do... ... that learned gentleman, in case it should be, at any time, required on an emergency; his next proceeding was, to in vest his whole stock of ready mo...

...g changed its position, lay rather further out towards the sea. In such an emergency, when the next moment might plunge him into eternity, he determin... ...urteen years, my house has been made as regular a Receiving House for such communications as any one of the great branch Post Offices is for general c... ...on begging letter,—and for the next fortnight you will have a rush of such communications. Steadily refuse to give; and the begging letters become An ... ...ut I am always sick, even when it is impos sible to be so.’ The means of communication between the French capital and our French watering place are ... ...o an inner cell, to be examined as to passports; and across the doorway of communication, stands a military creature making a bar of his arm. T wo ide... ...y, and at intervals long slants and flaws of light made mountain steeps of communication between the ocean and the sky. A walk of ten miles brought me...

...rtant person in our affairs. My mother, who never chose to have any direct communication with her ser- vants, always had a housekeeper for the regulat... ...ng under a very aristocratic father, recoiled as austerely from all direct communication with her servants as the Pythia at Delphi from the attendants... ...wering a question which has si- lently been insinuated by you.” Freedom of communication, unfettered movement of thought, there can be none under such... ..., doubtless, as regards merely the treatment of convivial or purely social communication of ideas, (which also is a great art,) this practice is right... ...try, needs, beyond most other men, to keep himself in a continual state of communication, as it were, by some vital and organic sympathy, with the mos... ...is personal comfort by halting for the night, though aware of the dreadful emergency, at a station sixteen miles short of Wexford. A small detachment,...

...ne has only to say, that it does not add to the national force, in case of emergency. I look to that. And I am particu- lar in proposing an exercise i... ...ere!” Live, she may. There’s room enough.’ Nataly saw the door of a covert communication pointed at in that remark. She gathered herself for an effort... ...p between him and Mrs. Burman: and Fenellan opined, that there had been no communication upon private affairs. What, then, was the object in going to ... ...n their natural di- vinity. And between him and that dear woman, since the communication made by Skepsey in the town of Dreux, nightly the dividing sp... ...rk thing in the dark; reading syllables by touch; keeping silence over the communications to a mind not yet actively speculative, as it is a way with ... ...tship. No laughter came. The gentleman talked on. All fancies and internal communications left her. Slowness of motion brought her to the plain piece ...

...r nations,” he said, in the lingua franca commonly used for the purpose of communication with the Crusaders; “wherefore should there be war betwixt th... ...thout any corresponding object being gained; convoys were intercepted, and communications were cut off. The Crusaders had to purchase the means of sus... ...ed and singular—for it was customary to leave all flags of truce and other communications from the enemy at an appointed place without the barriers—th... ...len and lowering port which seems to say, “I know thee, but I will hold no communication with thee.” But his purpose was defeated by the Northern Knig... ..., rendered it most unlikely that our envoy should, on his return, hold any communication with the sick-bed of Richard, to whom his presence was ever u... ... more of it,” said the Marquis; “I see thy policy— it is dreadful, but the emergency is imminent.” “I only told thee of it,” said the T emplar, “that ...

...nt out, than could have been easily replaced. The Jew stepped back in this emergency, with more agility than could have been anticipated in a man of h... ... this day, Oliver was seldom left alone; but was placed in almost constant communication with the two boys, who played the old game with the Jew every... ...ays find that spirits comes home warmer to the feelings.’ This interesting communication was addressed to Mrs. Maylie, who received it very graciously... ...l come and see me when you return. But, to speak seriously, Harry; has any communication from the great nobs produced this sud den anxiety on your pa... ... of his impor tance, faithfully promised to be secret and explicit in his communications. Mr. Maylie took leave of him, with many assurances of his r... ...’ observed the woman with much delib eration. ‘The first is, what may the communication be worth?’ ‘Who the devil can tell that, without knowing of w... ...ood friend.’ ‘Mr. Bolter,’ replied Noah, who had prepared himself for such emergency. ‘Mr. Morris Bolter. This is Mrs. Bolter.’ ‘Mrs. Bolter’s humble ...

...n the open sea,’ Roland ad- dressed the valet. ‘Monsieur has cut loose his communications with land,’ Francois responded, and bowed from the landing. ... ... ting courage. In fine, Rosamund abandoned her task of plead- ing. Nevil’s communications gave the case a worse and worse aspect: Renee was prepared t... ... within an hour after Mr. Romfrey’s eyebrows had made acute play over this communication. CHAPTER XII AN INTERVIEW WITH THE INFAMOUS DR. SHRAPNEL IN T... ...l him uncle: he is my guardian, madam.’ It is perhaps excuseable that this communication did not cause the doctor to shine with added lustre in Rosamu... ...a. She betook herself to Mrs. Lespel, to give and re- ceive counsel in the emergency, while Beauchamp struck across the lawn to Mr. Dollikins, who had... ...ea. Providence has done that for us, and may be relied on to do more in an emergency.—The children of wealth and the children of the sun alike believe... ...ncle to withdraw with him, and Mr. Romfrey had bidden him postpone private communications. 298 Beauchamp’s Career Rosamund gathered from one or two w... ... his nature, which ran to strokes of craft and blunt decision whenever the emergency smote him and he felt himself hailed to show generalship. While t...

...– Dickens 3 relate, have proved more important to the human race than any communications yet received through any of the chick ens of the Cock lane ... ...in. Y our plate was stowed away among the neighbouring cesspools, and evil communications cor rupted its good polish in a day or two. Your deeds got ... ...st enough forehead to knuckle, and he knuckled it in acknowedgment of this communication and a shilling. Mr. Carton came up at the moment, and touched... ...ng bed cham ber to be lighted. It now shone brightly, through the door of communication. The Marquis looked that way, and listened for the retreating... ...s.” “In this prison that I am going to so unjustly, shall I have some free communication with the world outside?” “You will see.” “I am not to be buri... ... in this arrangement the hope of rendering real ser vice in that pressing emergency, Miss Pross hailed it with joy. She and Jerry had beheld the coac...

...ly along a line of deep dry ditch that gave a 69 H G Wells means of inter-communication, he had had the earth scat- tered over the adjacent field, an... ...epopulation was to be avoided, and their transportation and the revival of communications generally absorbed a certain proportion of the soldiery and ... ...on architecture; the cultivations of foodstuffs that were to have supplied emergency rations, were presently, with synthesisers, fertilisers, actinic ... ... institutional precautions, freedom of inquiry, freedom of criticism, free communications, a common basis of education and understanding, and freedom ...

...and they’ll be thrown on our hands.’ Mrs. Durbeyfield looked unequal to the emergency. ‘Some young feller, per haps, would go? One of them who were so... ...s quite unfit for use as a beverage, but as valuable as rum or brandy in an emergency; so I have put it in my medicine closet.’ ‘We never drink spirits... ...t hens and turkeys, and rear chickens, to direct a field of labourers in an emergency, and estimate the value of sheep and calves?’ ‘Yes; a farmer’s wi... ...her mother the very next day, and by the end of the week a response to her communication arrived in Joan Durbeyfield’s wandering last century hand. DEA... ...ougher man, might not be re ceived with the same feeling by him. But this communication brought no reply from Mrs. Durbeyfield. Despite Angel Clare’s ... ...Angel’s bearing towards her still remained in no whit al tered by her own communication rendered Tess guiltily doubtful if he could have received it.... ...ld be amply sufficient for her wants just at present, particularly as in an emergency she had been directed to apply to his father. He deemed it best n... ...cted to apply to his father. He deemed it best not to put his parents into communication with her by in forming them of her address; and, being unawa... ...nd two bottles of wine — enough to last them for a day or more, should any emergency arise. They sat down upon some dead boughs and shared their meal....

... Signorina Vittoria speak to the lady?” “No.” “Not a word?” “No.” “Not one communication to her?” “No: she sat under her straw hat.” “She concealed he... ...ith ‘Do you mean to tell me, Count Medole, that you attach importance to a communication of this sort?’ said Carlo, forcing an amazement to conceal hi... ...to feed With sops of vinegar and sops of oil?’ Michiella’s further communications to the audience make it known that she has allowed the progr... ...Luciano returned to his party to inform them that they held the key of the emergency. ‘Stick fast,’ he said. ‘None of you move. Whoever takes the firs... ... case of her being on the extreme limit of the Swiss frontier. Keeping his communications alert, Weisspriess bore that way to meet him. Fortune smiled... ...Meran. Vittoria strained her ears to the colonel’s German; she fancied his communication to be that he suspected Angelo’s presence in Meran. The offic... ... was in Laura whether an Englishman’s wits were to be relied on in such an emergency; but she admitted that the doctor had looked full enough of serio...

...on before there was time to miss his presence at the lodge, or to hold any communication with him. Frank caused horses to be brought round, and the Ea... ...een of Scots a fair and gracious lady. Did he believe that Antony ever had communication with her or her people unheard by others? “Assuredly! Wherefo... ...uck the mistress of the house that there was a certain avoidance of direct communication with her, and a preference for the servants and children. Thi... ... to be Richard kept an absolute secret by special desire, in order that no communication should be kept up through any of the household. He was to avo... ... of honour with every good housewife to have a store of linen equal to any emergency, and, indeed, as there were no washing days in the winter, the st... ...d been given to every member of it not to discuss the prisoner or make any communication about her habits. The younger generation who had grown up in ...

... with all the bitterness of Hotspur himself, there were moments when these communications in- terested his fancy and rewarded his attention. The deeds... ...s and even enthusiastic turn of mind. It was whispered that a supernatural communication, of a nature obvious even to the exterior senses, had produce... ...of his chair, placed at three feet distance from the table, and achieved a communication with his plate by projecting his person towards it in a line,... ...s habits of self-respect flattered by it; and sometimes also by reciprocal communications, which inter- ested Mr. Bradwardine, as confirming or illust... ... own family.’ The Bailie, as prime minister, having received this decisive communication from his sovereign, durst not press his own opinion any furth... ... 243 Sir Walter Scott assumed arms from some pressing motive of unexpected emergency. Their uniform, which was blue and red, an af- fected imitation o...

...visit to the place of her residence to-morrow, and to seek a more detailed communication with her than I have had to-day . She must indeed be widely c... ...the confidence necessary to render him a useful attendant upon the present emergency. Ere he had come to a determination, the trampling of a horse was... ... as he judged from the glances which the Queen threw towards him, Varney’s communications, be they what they might, were operating in his favour. Eliz... ...thine own lodging; tend him heedfully in all things, but see that he holds communication with no one. Varney bowed, and the astrologer kissed the Earl... ...hout fear. T ell me at once, how came thine art to fail thee at this great emergency?” “The Earl of Sussex’s horoscope intimates,” replied the astrolo... ...t of jewels, which she wisely judged might prove of service in some future emergency . The Countess of Leicester next changed her dress for one which ... ... almost all England, was intimate with all the by-roads, as well as direct communications, through the beautiful county of Warwick. For such and so gr... ...ss of Richard Badnall Esq. of Olivebank, near Liverpool. From his obliging communication, I learn that the original sketch was found among the manuscr...

...attler had essayed to get a few words with the Duchess, beginning with the communication of some small political secret. But the Duchess did not care ... ...—but hardly of calibre sufficient not to regret his own honesty in such an emergency as the present. It is easy for most of us to keep our hands from ... ...w,—and alas, his heir,—was a needy spendthrift, with whom he would hold no communication. The family settlement for his wife and daughters would leave... ...yet commenced. But there was some excuse made for this, over and above the emergency of his own love, in the fact that his brother John, with Mrs Flet... ...by men with good courage. Yours always Ferdinand Lopez These were the only communications between our mar- ried couple and their friends at home with ... ...ge, if you’ve only cheek enough, there is nothing you cannot get.’ On this emergency the Major certainly was not deficient in cheek. ‘If I might be 2... ...r me. I have no doubt that some understrapper from the Castle has had some communication with Mr Sprugeon. The fact is that the Duke won’t be seen in ... ...ton thought he would probably consent to leave his wife behind him. In his emergency the barrister went to his attorney and told him everything. The t... ...any rate con- solation into the ears of his unhappy friend. In the present emergency, it was the falsehood and general baseness of Sir Orlando which n...

... shall pronounce the contrary. And respecting language, I will- ingly hold communication in that spoken by my respected grandmother, Hilda of Middleha... ...ecca, at first sight, some hopes of escaping; but she soon found it had no communication with any other part of the battlements, being an isolated bar... ...stody by the order of Cedric.”—And then ob- serving the distress which her communication gave to Wilfred, she instantly added, “But the steward Oswald... ... fortress, so that, in case of its being taken, it was easy to cut off the communication with the main building, by withdrawing the temporary bridge. ... ...ed the knights to place senti- nels from space to space along the walls in communication with each other, who might give the alarm whenever danger was... ...elite and his brethren. This deficiency was likely to prove perilous in an emergency so critical. It was on the morning after the fall of T orquilston...

...end’s intimate affection, we pledge our own, as to be relied upon in every emergency. And what sadder, more desperate emer- gency could there be, than... ...ost bewildered his reason, could have led him for a moment to entertain. A communication reached him by an unknown hand, in consequence of which, and ... ...h, as long as she remained in Italy, there was a remarkable reserve in her communications upon this subject, even to her most intimate friends. Either...

...ne another for a moment, while Miriam collected herself for the unexpected emergency. “Explorations menanderings,” said Mr. Polly, indicating the bicy... ... any lottery that was ever planned. The secular development of transit and communications has made the 113 H G Wells organisation of distributing bus... ...ct, and little Polly seemed to have exhausted her impressions in her first communication, and engaged her mind now with a simple directness in the stu...

... malice which glistened in his half-closed eye, and an- swered, — “Captain Van Deken, I request you to go and look after my troops, that they may be a... ..., the child of our love? Rosa, we must pursue, we must overtake him!” 157 Dumas “But how can we do all this, my friend, without letting my father kno... ...ked with rage. “Ah! this dastardly fellow, this monster, this 158 The Black Tulip gallows-bird of a conspirator, is your own dear Cornelius, is he? A...

... ‘I mean private lessons’; and here he repeated one of T emple’s pieces of communication: ‘so much more can be imparted in a private lesson!’ Boddy sp... ...m if he missed me. The image of Rippenger’s school overshadowed me at this communication. With some 72 The Adventures of Harry Richmond melancholy I ... ... T emple assured me, you never had a headache after a carouse overnight: a communication that led me to think 102 The Adventures of Harry Richmond th... ...attentive to your interests, have I not?’ He hung waiting for confidential communications on my part, but did not press for them; he preserved an unva... ...at the time that Ottilia now stood free to make ap- pointments and receive communications, and moreover that I was too proud to condescend to subterfu... ...sed laughter or triumph resulting from the natural exercise of craft in an emergency. ‘But my hand- some gentleman he won’t tell on us, will he, when ... ...roitness to take advantage of occurrences: and because he was prompt in an emergency, and quick to profit of a crisis, he was deluded to imagine that ...