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...d. 15 Charles Dickens CHAPTER 2. IN WHICH TIMELY PROVISION IS MADE FOR AN EMERGENCY THAT WILL SOMETIMES ARISE IN THE BEST-REGULATED FAMILIES ‘I SHALL... ...ad a charmed life, and must become the man with whom he held such constant communication in his thoughts, and for whom he planned and projected, as fo... ...and monthly, on that subject, from the native who kept himself in constant communication with Miss T ox’ s maid for that purpose; came to the conclusi... ...omitting that, she had omitted one of its leading merits. ‘I have had some communication with the Doctor, Mrs Pipchin,’ said Mr Dombey , hitching his ... ...ult, and were glad to find that they must be in 172 Dombey & Son constant communication. Paul withdrew with the top task, as he was told, and laboure... ... would yield a handsome premium. Solomon Gills was at first stunned by the communication, which fell upon the little back-parlour like a thunderbolt, ...

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...een raised. But the man of railways prided himself on being equal to every emergency. Since he was met by the inimical senti- ment of blind conservati... ...uld it was humiliating. At any rate, it was dangerous. In the confidential communications passing between Charles Gould, the King of Sulaco, and the h... ...nandez the Robber! And this was not enough; he seemed to have entered into communication with the most au- dacious criminal the country had known for ... ... politician, too, whose name I have forgotten. Thence they have is- sued a communication to us, the Goths and Paralyt- ics of the Amarilla Club (who h... ... somehow to escape the vigilance of his captors, who had tried to stop the communication with the outer world. He did manage it. How it was done I don... ...had seen Hernandez eye to eye. Father Corbelan employed him. He opened the communications first. It is a pity that—” His voice was covered by the boom...

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...hibited, but which did some times escape him in the moments of their frank communications. “Have I lived five months under your roof to be a stranger?... ... of the world, unless— unless—it be far from T empleton.” “I will make the communication, sir, in your name (with your own qualifications), as your ag... ...njamin, who came in with a dis- contented air, as if he felt that he had a communication to make that would be out of season. “Here is Squire Doolittl... ... descend to the shore with a deputy, to take charge of that point; and all communications must be made directly to me, under the bank in front of the ... ...les. No better materials to feed the fire could be found, had there been a communication with the flames; but the ground was destitute of the brush th... ... The sturdy notions of independence maintained by Billy neither suited the emergency nor the impatience of Mr. Jones, who was burning with a desire to...

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...tairs and laid him on my bed. Ada and I had two upper rooms with a door of communication between. They were excessively bare and disorderly, and the c... ...er to Mr. Pardiggle, would Mr. Pardiggle, in return, make any confidential communication to Mr. Jellyby? I was quite con fused to find myself thinkin... ...e and having to deal with drunken men occasionally, exchanges confidential communications with the policeman and has the appear ance of an impregnabl... ...ved) to Krook himself, regularly in her presence. This has brought me into communication with Krook and into a knowledge of his house and his habits. ... ...ng expletives addressed to the unconscious partner of his bosom, who holds communication with nothing on earth but the trivets. As thus: “If your fath... ... out with an air of native gentility; and Mr. Bucket, to whom it is, on an emergency, as natural to be groom of the ceremonies as it is to be anything...

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...apses. Now let us put Daisy’s things together, for she must have as little communication with home as possible.’ Ethel silently and rapidly moved abou... ...ad always made him the champion of things as they were; and in the present emergency the battle whether the enemy had travelled by infection, or was t... ...ought a change. Aubrey was indeed open and bright, bursting out with eager communications the mo- ment the song ceased, then turning round with winnin... ...cuse for idle young rascals to be always out of the way. Then followed her communication to the prisoner at half- past nine, when she saw him go into ... ...e field of America, disguising his very name, as Warden, and keeping up no communication with the prisoner except un- der cover to Dr. May. To this un... ...e would have dropped the correspondence had it not been her sole medium of communication with her imprisoned brother, since Henry would not permit let...

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...e avail; and where such innocence as man is capable of does yet in a moral emergency not al- ways sharpen the faculties or enlighten the will. However... ... custody and bidding the marine there to withdraw for the time. Beyond the communication of the sentence what took place at this interview was never k... ... being of all men the greatest sticklers for usage. For similar cause, all communication between Captain Vere and the condemned one ended with the clo... ...the sentry placed over the pris- oner had strict orders to let no one have communication with him but the Chaplain. And certain unobtrusive mea- sures...

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...in concealment, lest, by divulging them, they had indicated the channel of communication which, it is now well known, they possessed to all the plots ... ...I should less regard this pe- culiar species of deprivation, The necessary communication of master and servant would be at least a tie which would att... ...here are the brook and the fens to cross.’ I was a little dismayed at this communication of such dif- ficulties as my habits had not called on me to c... .... They were already finished, and I was considering how I should open some communication with the mute inhabitants of the mansion, when my conductor r... ...ow that we have met, I find it will be much better that I should commit my communication to writing.’ ‘I hope, madam, you will not be so cruel—so tant... ...isobedience on my part would lead to some wild explosion. I felt, from the emergency of the occasion, a sudden pres- ence of mind, and resolved to do ... ...e elsewhere. There is a privilege of party as of parliament—men cannot, in emergency, stand upon picking phrases. Gentlemen, if you will extend your c... ...rn yourself about me,’ said the unfortunate prince; ‘this is not the worst emergency in which it has been my lot to stand; and if it were, I fear it n...

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...It is not a deliberate State act, but a consequence of the interruption of communications, the diversion of productive energy, the increased demand fo... ...ore the Carthaginian Empire. There is a new economic Great Britain to-day, emergency made, jerry-built no doubt, a gawky, weedy giant, but a giant who... ...to disband this great system of national facto- ries and nationally worked communications? Moreover, we have already risked the prophecy that this war... ... improvised State factories, commandeered railways, substituted labour and emergency arrangements. Our vague-minded, lax, mod- ern democracy has to pu...

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...e all they wanted. There was a contest who should decamp the last. All our communications were cut off with Philipsburg, so that we could not repass t... ...French people in Rome from seeing Cardinal de Bouillon, or from having any communication with him. M. de Monaco, who hated the Cardinal, hastened will... ..., and who was irritated because it had not been given to him. They were in communication with Chamillart, Minister of War, who aided them, as did othe... ... of this position in order to advance his own interests, and entering into communication with the 206 Saint-Simon generalissimo of the Republic, prom... ...stant) minister of Charenton, without acquainting them that he was thus in communication with both. In the end the arguments of Bossuet so convinced h... ...y the King and Queen of Spain, who supported their favourite through every emergency. In the first place, then, a simple reprimand was sent to the Pri... ...enter, without fighting either inside or out, seemed im- possible. In this emergency it was suggested that our ships should go on to Inverness, about ...

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...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...

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...ed in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messen- ger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor. Those allied powers were consider... ...er-room where it had been left, which was deserted and dark. But a door of communication between that and the Doctor s study, where there was a light,... ...not before, I mentioned about the young man with the donkey-cart. To these communications Peggotty replied as promptly, if not as concisely, as a merc... ...esent (to say the least of it), extremely problematical. This is the last communication, my dear Copperfield, you will ever receive From The Begga... ...has sunk beneath the horizon, and the undersigned is Crushed. The present communication is penned within the per- sonal range (I cannot call it the s...

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...bore a charmed life, and was proof against unholy spells. John received this communication with much com posure, and said in a few words, that it wou... ...ld be a very good place in which to pink him neatly. ‘Thou art here, and the emergency is desperate. I pro pose his task to thee. Convey the body (no... ...al times, to return any reply to the question whether he approved of railway communication, not withstanding that it would appear from the answer whi... ...e that he had spent a most charming and delightful evening. Having made this communication with an air of the strictest secrecy, he took Jack Redburn ...

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...any full and unimpeachable books) carried well-furnished purses in case of emergency, and likewise carried shirts and a little box of ointment to cure... ... in the end it was agreed that for the present we should wait for a second communication from Zoraida (for that was the name of her who now desires to... ...r bid them: with Christian captives they permit freedom of intercourse and communication, even more than might be considered proper. But for my part I... ...e one to say as many for them, whenever they found themselves in a similar emergency. At this Don Quixote exclaimed, “Art thou on the gallows, thief, ... ...u have for me and whatever you wish, saving only, as I said, all seductive communications.” “I carry nobody’s messages, señor,” said the duenna; “litt... ...nd communicated with the throat and neck of the head, and the whole was in communication with another room underneath the chamber in which the head st...

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...e one to say as many for them, whenever they found themselves in a similar emergency. At this Don Quixote exclaimed, “Art thou on the gallows, thief, ... ...u have for me and whatever you wish, saving only, as I said, all seductive communications.” “I carry nobody’s messages, senor,” said the duenna; “litt... ...nd communicated with the throat and neck of the head, and the whole was in communication with another room underneath the chamber in which the head st...

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... a fine invention For gentlemen who see; But microscopes are prudent In an emergency! 38 LVII EXCEPT the heaven had come so near,... ... CX SPEECH is a symptom of affection, And Silence one, The perfectest communication Is heard of none— Exists and its endorsement Is had within— B...

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...olly refused to be a party in the enterprise, though he never revealed his communications, nor disclosed the conspiracy to any man, either hoping that... ...s reported, that the succeeding kings, in whose reigns there was a greater communication between the Greeks and Persians, when they invited any con- s... ...ized upon the Athenians, but upon all oth- ers, too, that held any sort of communication with the army. Finding after this the Athenians ill affected ... ...ar, and therefore was necessitated to make use of the Thessalians upon the emergency. At the same time, also, Macedon was in confusion again, as Ptole... ...readi- ness. And further, perceiving that Pausanias was carrying on secret communications with the barbarians, and writing let- ters to the king of Pe...

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...s, and probably disbelieved the Trinity! Mr Harding saw what an effect his communication had made, and almost repented the openness of his disclo- sur... ...on’t ex- actly appreciate the taste which induced you to make any personal communication to me on the subject; but I dare say I’m wrong, I dare say yo... ...t to our lawyers, you will excuse me if I ask you to hear my reply to your communication. ’ ‘I am in no hurry, Dr Grantly.’ ‘Well, I am, Mr Bold; my t... ...re anxiously to press the matter; but he disliked counting on Bold in this emergency, brought on, as it had been, by his doing. He did not like saying... ... to wish them good-bye. With 176 The Warden Bunce he had been in frequent communication since his return from London, and had been at much pains to e...

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...were just the thing to hold them in some sort of noisy subjection. Upon an emergency, he flew in among them, show- ering his kicks and cuffs right and... ...fe anchorage is concerned it hardly deserves the title. Before we held any communication with the shore, an in- cident occurred which may convey some ... ...n fact, it was a sort of “sulky,” meant for a solitary paddler, but, on an emergency, capable of floating two or three. The outrigger was a mere switc... ...he trees. Glancing round, for an instant, to discover a retreat in case of emergency, I raised my piece, when a voice cried out, from the wood, “Eight... ... or less of the shore. The smooth canal within furnishes the best means of communication with the different settlements; all of which, with the except...

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...given more means of riches. I have spoken of the enormous mileage of water communication of which she is the center. The country around her produces I... ...the railways, meeting them at this point or that, and thus maintaining the communication of the country. Now the railways were of course in the hands ... ...ms, were not absolutely useless even as weapons of war. “Consider- ing the emergency of the times?” a competent witness considered them to be worth “1... ...f citizens; to coin money, and protect it when coined; to establish postal communication; to make laws for defense of patents and copyrights; to const... ...ly a make- shift, showing by its existence the absolute necessity of close communication between the executive and the leg- islative, but showing also... ... showing also by its imperfections the great want of some better method of communication. In the first place, the chairman of the committee is in no w... ... any serviceable resort can be had to direct taxation. And yet, at such an emergency as that now existing, direct taxation would probably give more re...

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...! what an extraordinary case!’ gasped Mrs. Bloss, as if she understood the communication in its lit- eral sense, and was astonished at a gentleman wit... ...to announce the expected arrival of Mrs. Bloss. The gentlemen received the communication with stoical indifference, and Mrs. Tibbs devoted all her ene... ...actly opposite him, with the stick ready for immediate ac- tion in case of emergency. Long and dreary were the hours that followed. The bell of Great ... ...Watkins Tottle had been suddenly arrested for 33£. 10S. 4D., and dated his communication from a lock-up house in the vicinity of Chancery-lane. ‘Unfor... ...ing attention of that individual, which was dis- tracted by a confidential communication between Mrs. Parsons and Martha, accompanied by the delivery ... ...ing attention of that individual, which was dis- tracted by a confidential communication between Mrs. Parsons and Martha, accompanied by the delivery ...