... safety. At least half a dozen more
were severally drawn forth from the same box, and surveyed with equal
pleasure; besides rings, brooches, bracelet, and other articles of jewellery, of
such magnificent...
... found some trial of her
patience in weather which totally suspended the improvement of her
acquaintance with Mr. Wickham; and nothing less than a dance on Tuesday,
could have made such a Friday,...
... keeps it so well lubricated
with booze that his worst kicks sound like an invitation to split a quart. But
it's poetry," says Idaho, "and I have sensations of scorn for that truck ... if you had stepped up to
me suddenly and said: "Sanderson Pratt, what would it cost per square foot
to lay a roof with twenty by twenty- eight tin at nine dollars and fifty cents
per ... invited out to the most dressed-up and
high-toned entertainments. It was at a piano recital and quail-eating contest
in the city hall, for the benefit of the fire company, that me and Idaho first...
... in and have some
refreshment."
However, Lestrade was anxious to get his man into safe quarters,
so within a few minutes our cab had been summoned and we were
all four upon our way...
... limpid, salubrious: no gush of bilge water had turned it to
fetid puddle. I was your equal at eighteen quite your equal. Nature meant
me to be, on the whole, a good man, Miss Eyre; one of the better ... combinations of circumstances demand unheard-of rules."
ascertained that I was myself in my usual Quaker trim, where there was
nothing to retouch all being too close and plain, braided locks included, ... of your future
life you will often find yourself elected the involuntary confidant of your
acquaintances' secrets: people will instinctively find out, as I have done, that
it is not your...
... your plebeian bride in the attributes of a
peeress. I though how I would carry down to you the square of
unembroidered blond I had myself prepared as a covering for my low-born
head, and ask ... will go forward and meet him."
I set out; I walked fast, but not far: ere I had measured a quarter of a mile, I
heard the tramp of hoofs; a horseman came on, full gallop; a dog ran by his ... whom as yet I knew not. The cards of address
alone remained to nail on: they lay, four little squares, in the drawer. Mr.
Rochester had himself written the direction, "Mrs. Rochester, Hotel,...
... passengers as they turn the corners, rousing
up the dogs, and astonishing the fowls: and streets, squares, and courts, re-
echo with the sound.
’Stop thief! Stop thief!’ The cry is taken up by a ... rushed upon the boy’s mind.
Oliver Twist
Charles Dickens
CHAPTER X
OLIVER BECOMES BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH
THE CHARACTERS OF HIS NEW ASSOCIATES;
AND PURCHASES EXPERIENCE AT A HIGH
PRICE. ... good
citizens.
Although Oliver had been brought up by philosophers, he was not
theoretically acquainted with the beautiful axiom that self-preservation is the
first law of nature. If he had...
... of the scene.
Mr. Fang was a lean, long-backed, stiff-necked, middle-sized man, with no
great quantity of hair, and what he had, growing on the back and sides of his
head. His face was stern,...
... of parents in your
goodness and affection, but that I might have done so, and might have been
equally helpless and unprotected with this poor child, have pity upon him
before it is too late!’...
... Of
having another daughter married to Mr. Collins, she thought with equal
certainty, and with considerable, though not equal, pleasure. Elizabeth was
the least dear to her of all her children; ... only. Mr. Bingley’s
defense of his friend was a very able one, I dare say; but since he is
unacquainted with several parts of the story, and has learnt the rest from that
friend himself, I shall ... the
temptation, added, ‘When you met us there the other day, we had just been
forming a new acquaintance.’
The effect was immediate. A deeper shade of hauteur overspread his
features, but...
... unhappily so small that it will in all
likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications. As
happiness on the chance of being asked a second time. I am perfectly serious ... your friend
Lady Catherine to know me, I am persuaded she would find me in every
respect ill qualified for the situation.’
‘Were it certain that Lady Catherine would think so,’ said Mr. Collins ... her again, I
shall speak in the very highest terms of your modesty, economy, and other
amiable qualification.’
‘Indeed, Mr. Collins, all praise of me will be unnecessary. You must give me
leave...