...d, the sun, red and very large, halted motionless upon the horizon, a vast dome glowing with a dull heat, and now and then suffering a momentary extin... ... ebb away. At last, more than thirty million years hence, the huge red-hot dome of the sun had come to obscure nearly a tenth part of the darkling hea...

...d be unable to scatter unscrupulous bribes 14 The Point of View among the domestics; but at least I am a PERSON, with personal rights.” In this count... ... it plays upon her brilliant dress; her large parasol shines like a silver dome. The long lines of the far shores are soft and pure, though they are p... ...nteriors (no one speaks French); but if the newspapers give an idea of the domestic moeurs, the moeurs must be curious. The passport is abolished, but... ...d ages ago, and the solemnity with which they propound to you their little domestic embarrassments makes a heavy draft on one’s good nature. In Englan...

... fictitious, and probably disguised on purpose: yet the Spanish names of the domestics seem to indicate that this work was not composed until the esta... ...interesting pas sions. Some persons may perhaps think the characters of the domestics too little serious for the general cast of the story; but besid... ...than enraged at the procrastination of the nuptials, and at the folly of his domestic, asked imperiously what was the matter? The fellow made no answe... ...that dropped from Manfred’s lips were, “Take care of the Lady Isabella.” The domestics, without observing the singularity of this direction, were guid... ...er, after locking the gates of the castle, in which he suffered none but his domestics to remain. In the meantime, the care and zeal of the young La ... ...f Hippolita, whom she tenderly recommended to Isabella; and inquiring of the domestics for her father, was in formed that he was retired to his chamb... ...error; yet more she dreaded to hear the wrathful voice of Manfred urging his domestics to pur sue her. She trod as softly as impatience would give he... ...avoiding her gave her a sort of courage. It could only be, she thought, some domes tic belonging to the castle. Her gentleness had never raised her a... ...aults. As the sound approached, he distinguished the clamours of some of his domestics, whom he had dispersed through the castle in search of Isabella...

..., go far to make the charm of this ex- quisite sentence. But it is fair to own that S and R are used a little coarsely. ‘In Xanady did Kubla Khan (KAN...

.... So they go to work very cautiously, and, somewhere or other, they get their information. They know a great deal about you. They know that you have b...

...ther: and 867 shee bade me tell your worship, that her husband is sel-dome 868 from home, but she hopes there will come a time. 869 I n...

... the bosom of the cliff. Though the Sea-horse in the ocean Own no dear domestic cave; Yet he slumbers without motion On the calm and silent wa... ...me old British Chief: ’tis nothing more Than the rude embryo of a little dome Or pleasure-house, which was to have been built Among the birch-tr...

..., and the grander the Sphinx got, till at last it was only a clothespin on a dome, as you might say. That’s the way perspective brings out the cor re...

...isbeth jingled her keys in and out, and soon that harmony drew a number of domestics with platters of swine flesh, rolls of white wheaten bread, the p... ...parison, ‘may ad- mire and delight in fair blossoming dales under the blue dome of peace; but ’tis the rare lofty heart alone comprehendeth, and is he...

...ting with him and sat down on his left. Stout and pale, with a great shiny dome of a bald forehead and promi- nent brown eyes, he might have been anyt... ...on duty so late, away from their gambling, from their girls, or their pure domestic joys. “I say! His own launch. What have you done to him?” His star...

... “Quite,” she said, but she volunteered no further informa- tion about her domestic circumstances, “I like London,” she generalised, “and especially i... ... sound as Ethel appeared shyly through the folding-doors. She was suddenly domestic. Hitherto he had seen her with- out a hat and jacket only on one i... ...ngs…. I wish I knew more.” At the time Lewisham regarded her confession of domes- tic ignorance as a fine basis for facetiousness. He developed a fres... ...articularly insistent upon the importance of 125 H G Wells economy in her domestic disbursements and deplored her general ignorance very earnestly. I... ...ned standing for awhile, sat down in the basket chair as if to resume some domestic needlework that lay upon the table, then rose and went back into t...

...wives in Bruges or Ghent, in Liege or in Holland; so that the time-honored domestic customs 9 Balzac might be perpetuated around their hearthstones. ... ...ollow existence which suited neither his ardent soul nor his loving heart. Domestic life, so calm, so tender, which the very name of Flanders re- call... ...tling its affairs. His first grief over, he wished to marry; he needed the domestic happiness whose every religious aspect had fastened upon his mind.... ...ielded herself to happiness. She asked herself if Claes were not seeking a domestic slave,—one who would necessarily keep the house? whether he had hi... ...ears and the terror that marked her face at the moment when this tale of a domestic drama then lowering over the quiet house begins, were caused by th... ... them known at the moment of success. When the day of triumph came, surely domestic happiness would return, more vivid than ever when Balthazar became... ...ar’s condi- tion grew rapidly worse. The man formerly so wrapped up in his domestic happiness, who played for hours with his children on the parlor ca... ... emotion which the simple play caused her,—simple apparently, but to her a domestic revolution. “Let me see how you can walk,” said Balthazar, putting... ...it a symbol of virtue. It was to them a habit contracted from childhood, a domestic superstition, rendering the bedroom a delightful sanctuary of tend...

... dictated the little notes his wife wrote to her friends. If he did, these domestic activities were privately performed, and he presented to the world... ...ee one’s only son safe past the Siren Isle and in the haven of a blameless domesticity. All this Mrs. Archer felt, and her son knew she felt; but he k... ...is light simplified his own case and surprisingly furbished up all the dim domestic virtues. He could not picture May Welland, in whatever conceivable... ... go with him on his annual journey to the south. To preserve an unbro- ken domesticity was essential to his peace of mind; he would not have known whe... ...ere installed for the win- 101 Edith Wharton ter. Mr. Welland’s sensitive domesticity shrank from the dis- comforts of the slovenly southern hotel, a... ... artistic and intellectual life would go on, as it always had, outside the domestic circle; and within it there would be nothing small and stifling—co... ...g the sunshade with a powerful hand she unfurled it and suspended its rosy dome above her head. “Y es, Ellen was called away yesterday: she lets us ca... ...et Club for breakfast. Even the fashionable quarters had the air of untidy domesticity to which no excess of heat ever degrades the Eu- ropean cities.... ...er husband’s wish to have her back as proof of an irresistible longing for domestic life.” M. Riviere paused, and then added: “Whereas it’s far from b...

... That weakens her, and makes her party strong: But Iustice, though her dome she doe prolong, Yet at the last she will her owne cause right....

...e same date, Which the proud Humber vnto them had donne, By equall dome repayd on his owne pate: For in the selfe same riuer, where he ...

... you had to scour pans, Herr Von Gondremark, you would call it, I suppose, Domestic Courage?’ ‘I would, madam,’ said the Baron stoutly, ‘if I scoured ... ...e, they were so hued and scented, they were so beset and cano- pied by the dome of the blue air of heaven. At length, when she was well weary, she cam...

...y ornamented ruth or family bul lock cart, with a broidered canopy of two domes, like a double humped camel, which had just been drawn into the par. ... ...ion of old woman talking so much and unanxious residing Saharunpore in any domestic capacity.” Now what in the world does that mean?’ 97 Rudyard Kipl...

...etter yet—and would divide thus:— BUTARITATI. I. A Town asleep. II. The Three Brothers. III. Around our House. IV . A Tale of a Tapu. V . The Five D... ... so I put in a month over my Lives of the Stevensons with great pleasure and profit and some advance; one chapter and a part drafted. The whole promis... ... CHAPTER XI SEPT. 28. MY DEAR COLVIN,- Since I last laid down my pen, I have written and rewritten The Beach of Falesa; some- thing like sixty thousan... ... horse had come to grief—but my Jack is a clever fencer; and altogether we made good time, and got to Malie about dark. It is a village of very fine n... ... Swan, Ardchapel, Helensburgh—mark it private and confidential—one to yourself; and come on with criticisms!But I’ll have to see. The total plan of th...

...ures borne si- lently by souls whose tender roots find stony ground in the domestic soil, whose earliest buds are torn apart by rancor- ous hands, who... ...e elevation of Napoleon, he took refuge in the quietude of the country and domestic life, accepting the unmerited accusations that fol- lowed him as t... ...st family in Europe.” The count’s good taste, or perhaps the advice of his domes- 74 The Lily of the Valley tic genius, appeared under his altered ci... .... He was charming to behold. All the servants clustered round to share the domestic joy. The little heir smiled at his mother as he passed her, sittin... ... signal justice; alone with us he gave judgment on all things, foreign and domestic, yet we had no legitimate influence; often we were consulted like ... ... exhausted the patience of the servants, accustomed to the beaten track of domestic service and unable to conform to the require- ments of his conflic... ...nd increased the wound. What did I find? ceaseless fears for the children, domestic jars, a fortune to remake, economies which required great privatio...

...d to whom she dorste hir mone. Criseyde was this lady name a right; As to my dome, in al Troyes citee 100 Nas noon so fair, for passing every wight So...