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...having married many daughters to chief men, and put many sons in places of command in the towns round about him. One of whom named Pittheus, grandfath... ...in it exactly fitting them; and went away making her only privy to it, and commanding her, if she brought forth a son who, when he came to man’s estat... ...n this manner. They write also that this was the reason why Alexander gave command to his captains that all the beards of the Macedonians should be sh... ...dden strange and unaccountable disorders and alterations took place in the air; the face of the sun was darkened, and the day turned into night, and t... ...amongst the other Greeks. The people then being thus assembled in the open air, it was not allowed to any one of their order to give his advice, but o... ...he might take away their over-great tenderness and fear of exposure to the air, and all acquired womanishness, he or- dered that the young women shoul... ...rious and moral; most usually, it was in praise of such men as had died in defense of their country, or in derision of those that had been cowards; th... ...s’ lands, had he ever set limits to his own; for boundaries are, indeed, a defense to those who choose to observe them, but are only a testimony again... ...ch leave in men all that kind of courage that makes them ready to fight in defense of their own, while it destroys the license that breaks out into ac...

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...e colonies were contested. Forts were erected at the different points that commanded the facilities of the route, and were taken and retaken, razed an... ...Washington in this battle was the principal cause of his being selected to command the American armies at a later day. It is a circumstance worthy of ... ...mmer, by an Indian runner, who also bore an urgent request from Munro, the commander of a work on the shore of the “holy lake,” for a speedy and power... ...rning drums, whose rattling echoes were heard issuing, on the damp morning air, out of every vista of the woods, just as day began to draw the shaggy ... ...arance was not altogether that of a warrior. On the contrary, there was an air of neglect about his person, like that which might have proceeded from ... ...g, and partly in disdain, it remained fixed, as if penetrating the distant air. It is impossible to say what unlooked-for remark this short and silent... ...ou an adjunct to the provincial corps, as a master of the noble science of defense and of- fense; or, perhaps, you are one who draws lines and angles,... ...ility, he answered: “Of offense, I hope there is none, to either party: of defense, I make none—by God’s good mercy, having committed no palpable sin ... ...had worn in the soft rock, directly beneath his feet, forming an effectual defense, as he believed, against any danger from that quarter; the water, a...

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...he father of De Witt Clinton, who died governor of the same State in 1827, commanded the brigade employed on this duty. During the stay of the troops ... ...nex- pected report, the buck sprang from the snow to a great height in the air, and directly a second discharge, similar in sound to the first, follow... ...n makes right here, as well as in the old country, for what I can see.” An air of sullen dissatisfaction pervaded the manner of the hunter during the ... ...r thy shot and my own.” The old hunter gathered his tall person up into an air of pride during this dialogue, but he waited until the other had done s... ...ife unless to preside in the councils of the colony or to bear arms in her defense. The latter had from youth been the only employment of Edward’s fat... ...e soldiers who were stationed in the colonies felt, when they obtained the command of a company , that they were entitled to receive the greatest defe... ... and having been, according to the custom of the provinces, intrusted with commands much superior to those to which he was entitled by rank, with repu... ... o the soldier, this was an unpardonable offence. He was fighting in their defense—he knew that the mild prin- ciples of this little nation of practic...

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.... She waded over, and the army followed. So a great Frankish victory or defeat was gained or avoided; and in order to commemorate the epi- sode, Charl... ...nmasked; the secret knight still refused to allow his fea- tures to be seen, till at last the Queen driven by curiosity, and vexed at the obstinate re... ... and horror and terror spread in the saloon, as they said who the sup- posed knight was. It was the executioner of Bergen. But glow- ing with rage, th... ...egan to rain blows down upon each other with such light- ning rapidity that I could not quite tell whether I saw the swords or only flashes they made ... ...understand why the opposing sword was not beaten down under the assault. Presently, in the midst of the sword-flashes, I saw a handful of hair skip in... ...ere not always idle; every now and then we heard a succession of the keen hissing sounds which the sword makes when it is being put through its paces ... ...other came with his knights and Mark Twain 54 soldiers and began a siege. It was a long and tedious busi- ness, for the people made a stubborn and fa...

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...’t now de chillen—so dat’s all right. When I takes de chillen out to git de air, de minute I’s roun’ de corner I’s gwine to gaum dey mouths all roun’... ...hing and everything he saw, simply saying, “Awnt it!” (want it), which was a command. When it was brought, he said in a frenzy, and motioning it away ... ...rit, and at last he shoved the canoe underneath Chambers while he was in the air—so he came down on his head in the ca noe bottom; and while he lay u... ... touching people on the raw, but he did it with a good natured semiconscious air that carried it off safely, and kept him from getting into trouble. H... ...you.” When they were parting, T om said, in the most persuasive way he could command: “Ma, would you mind telling me who was my father?” He had suppos... ...ver, and he was better than nothing. Her strong character and aggressive and commanding ways compelled Tom’s admiration in spite of the fact that he g... ...to jail. Wilson told them to keep heart, and promised to do it best in their defense when the case should come to trial. Justice Robinson came present... ...n held with Judge Driscoll on the last day of his life, that counsel for the defense had brought him a challenge from the person charged at the bar wi... ...r be killed the first time he should meet Judge Driscoll. If counsel for the defense chose to let the statement stand so, he would not call him to the...

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...oles. At the same time the school children invaded the street, filling the air with a clamor of shrill voices, stopping at the stationers’ shops, or i... ...et were abroad, strolling idly from shop window to shop window, taking the air after the day’s work. Groups of girls collected on the corners, talking... ...uished. At one o’clock the cable stopped, leaving an abrupt silence in the air. All at once it seemed very still. The ugly noises were the occasional ... ...ty. He was alone with her, and 23 Frank Norris she was absolutely without defense. Suddenly the animal in the man stirred and woke; the evil instinct... ... you hear what’s happened to sister?” “Kiss your mommer, T rina,” suddenly commanded Mrs. Sieppe. “What efer will you do mit all dose money, eh, Trina... ...tickets, and, of course, general supervision. The twins would be under the command of Owgooste, who, in turn, would report for orders to his father. D... ...arking: “I tell you, I’ve been doing chores for my board.” “To der table!” commanded Mr. Sieppe. The company sat down with a great clatter, T rina at ...

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...oard. But the Babbitt whose god was Modern Appliances was not pleased. The air of the bathroom was thick with the smell of a heathen tooth- paste. “Ve... ...tiful indolence on a Sunday morning, there were no signs of it. It had the air of being a very good room in a very good hotel. One expected the chambe... ...se bums—” The zest of the spring morning was smothered in the stale office air. Normally he admired the office, with a pleased surprise that he should... ...nough to never whoop the ante I’d get the credit for lying anyway! In self-defense I got to toot my own horn, like a lawyer defending a client—his bou... ... with Paul in an admission which contra- 59 Sinclair Lewis dicted all his defense of duty and Christian patience, and at each admission he had a curi... ...hamed if you can’t take her part? Well, can you? ‘We teach boxing and self-defense by mail. Many pupils have written saying that after a few lessons t... ...of the spirit while the men warred against base things material, they took command and cried, “Oh, let’s!” In the dimness the men were rather solemn a... ... ought to have been a high-ranking officer, he had that natural ability to command that so very, very few men have—and this man came out into the road... ...ale and without expression. He moved timorously in response to the guard’s commands; he meekly pushed Babbitt’s gifts of tobacco and magazines across ...

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...was an absent-minded person with a mathematical imagi- nation. Mathematics commands all my respect, but I have no use for engines. Give me the right w... ...f the horizon. Y es! I, too, would like to hold the magic wand giving that command over laughter and tears which is declared to be the highest achieve... ...r was not placated. These were good rea- sons for not writing at all—not a defense of what stood written already, he said. I admit that almost anythin... ... writing at all. But since I have written them, all I want to say in their defense is that these memories put down without any regard for established ... ...n idle, strolling custom house guard, belted over his blue capote, had the air of being depressed by exposure to the weather and the monotony of offic... ...V . S. (of noble extraction), a man of about thirty-five, appeared with an air of perplexity on his open and mustached counte- nance. I got up from th... ...oving, wide- browed, silent, protecting presence, whose eyes had a sort of commanding sweetness; and I also remember the great gath- ering of all the ... ... bald-headed man sat down gravely at the head of the table. It all had the air of a family party. By and by, from one of the vigorous servant- girls i...

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...oth- ing moved, nothing lived, not a canoe on the water, not a bird in the air, not a cloud in the sky. In this breathless pause at the threshold of a... ... sea for spectators and for judges. There must have been some glare in the air to interfere with one’s sight, because it was only just before the sun ... ... no particular significance, except to myself, I had been appointed to the command only a fortnight before. Neither did I know much of the hands for-... ...e me on the high seas—everything! . . . except the novel responsibility of command. But I took heart from the reasonable thought that the ship was lik... ... quarter-deck. I don’t know that I meant to do anything. A breath of fresh air was all I wanted, I believe. Then a sudden temptation came over me. I ... ...Seven-and-thirty virtuous years at sea, of which over twenty of immaculate command, and the last fifteen in the Sephora, seemed to have laid him under... ...d to restrain the man. But there was the danger of his breaking through my defense bluntly. I could not, I think, have met him by a direct lie, also f...

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...ck blew wild. A girl on a hilltop; credulous, plastic, young; drinking the air as she longed to drink life. The eternal aching comedy of expectant you... ...with plaster of river mud, and ropes of twisted grass for laths. It has an air of centuries. In its solid rooms Carol and Kennicott found prints from ... ... string of croppies. One winter picture of the edge of Plover Lake had the air of an etching: lustrous slide of ice, snow in the crevices of a boggy b... ...e train, flee on toward the Pacific. Something large arose in her soul and commanded, “Stop it! Stop being a whining baby!” She stood up quickly; she ... ...y was to find when she trekked in was built afterward by the soldiers as a defense against the Sioux. The four cab- ins were inhabited by Maine Yankee... ...g a woman of the harem, with great white warm limbs, she awoke to shudder, defenseless in the dusk of her room. She prayed to Jesus, always to the Son... ...t he had “led a clean life.” She began to call him “Ray,” and to bounce in defense of his unselfishness and thoughtfulness every time Juanita Haydock ... ... more regularly to the Thanatopsis. With Vida as lieutenant and unofficial commander she campaigned for a village nurse to attend poor families, raise... ...gh his boy- hood she had made Cy confess nightly upon the basis of the Ten Commandments; then Carol was dismayed to find the Christian religion, in Am...

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...hat jam alone I’d skin you. Hand me that switch.” The switch hovered in the air — the peril was desperate — 4 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer “My! Look... ...ly Friday. He even wore a necktie, a bright bit of ribbon. He had a citified air about him that ate into Tom’s vitals. The more Tom stared at the sple... ...he locust trees were in bloom and the fra grance of the blossoms filled the air. Cardiff Hill, beyond the village and above it, was green with vegeta... ...se armies, Joe Harper (a bosom friend) General of the other. These two great commanders did not condescend to fight in person — that being better sui... ... hymn book in his hand and his fore finger inserted between its leaves, and commanded atten tion. When a Sunday school superin tendent makes his cus... ...ducting this thing in an unpiratical way. They shoved off, presently, Tom in command, Huck at the after oar and Joe at the forward. Tom stood amidship... ...ted there was a general rush upon the owner of it; a struggle and a gallant defense followed, but the candle was soon knocked down or blown out, and ...

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...fortuitous as the fluttering apart of two seed-vessels on a wave of summer air... The very slightness, vagueness, of the memory gave it an added poign... ...arn many things about her. The storm of the previous night had cleared the air, and Paris shone in morning beauty under a sky that was all broad wet w... ..., he divined, was the mere fact of being free to walk abroad in the bright air, her tongue rattling on as it pleased, while her feet kept time to the ... ...dered his bondage more intolerable. Hitherto he had felt for Sophy Viner’s defenseless state a sympathy profoundly tinged with compunction. But now he... ...emor as she spoke, as though some instinct deeper than reason surged up in defense of its trea- sure. But Darrow’s face was unstirred save by the flit... ...have offended her; but her heart rose at the call to her courage. “I’ve no defense to make,” he went on. “The facts are mis- erable enough; but at lea... ... came straight back,” she heard the latter tranquilly explaining. His self-command helped to steady her, and she smiled at Owen. “W e’ll all go back t...

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...dation, of equal travail; and as it was Christmas Eve, every click of the air conditioner turning on in the hot day or the furnace at night, every fl... ...he furnace at night, every flight of the pigeons from the nest behind the air conditioning unit, every thud of the cat jumping from a table, and she ... ...where she could hardly see the bayou in all this drapery. It seemed to be commandeering the eternal, and in its coup d’état, replacing itself into t... ...pulsed by her (most of her human interaction just in reacting to official commands to a multitude to get up when the lights were turned on in the war... ...g would be the basest of conjecture. Chapter Four Vacuous edifices commandeered her impressions: an alloyed structure topped with an effervesc... ...ration such as her so lacking in material substance was she: the patch of air, dust, and the ripple of water had once been something--something much... ...ing to integrate enough to maintain a fairly consistent consciousness as a defense of the organism, there were regions, lobes, that would dispense wi... ...n individual that one could place upon herself for meaning, a sentiment in defense of the inalienable worth of man. However, to be tenable, each per... ...it, the corporeal is so tepid, perhaps I am just trying to give a rational defense of celibacy when so repugnant that nobody would touch me [She guff...

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...ingers to Kelly's neck then sadly shook his head. Amire's wail pierced the air again. Wait a minute, wait a minute. How come he hadn't felt that? And ... ...rby pillar and slid down until he had plopped onto the ground, gasping for air and holding his side as if he had just finished running a marathon. Sev... ...meras, all grim-faced and teary-eyed. The studio anchor's voice filled the air. "There are no leads in the case at this time. The police however do be... ...tone or the street attitude in this room." Angela stepped to her husband's defense. "Ay Dios mio ... for the love of God..." Tyler sighed and ran a ha... ...came in here and put a bullet in both our heads." "Boy, you sound like his defense attorney." "I'm serious, Edge. And I got no intentions on becoming ... ...raws him towards the sink. "Lean back." He closes his eyes and does as she commands. Her fingers are like feathers, relaxing him, working magic and de... ...y didn't defend, could think of nothing she wanted or needed to say in her defense. "Here comes your new best friend now," Jordan drawled as she stare...

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...se or other fumigation against the devil than by being engaged upon God’ s commandments and words, and speaking, singing, or thinking of them. For thi... ...ad the Catechism daily, yet we should feel sufficiently constrained by the command of God alone, who solemnly enjoins in Deut. 6, 6 ff. that we should... ... mighty enemies as the devils are, we nevertheless despise our weapons and defense, and are too lazy to look at or think of them! And what else are su... ...ed in them and familiar with them. These are the following: First. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 1. Thou shalt have no other gods before Me. 2. Thou sh... ...are for the service of man. There you have everything good, protection and defense in the Lord, a joyful conscience and a gracious God besides, who wi... ...necessities of life — sun, moon and stars in the firmament, day and night, air, fire, water, earth, and whatever it bears and produces, birds and fish... ...ary that there be those who build and govern well, but also those who make defense, afford protection and maintain it firmly, so here likewise, althou... ...and war also lightning and hail to destroy grain and cattle, to poison the air, etc. In short, he is sorry that any one has a morsel of bread from God...

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...other. And so to these instances let us further add, that the most warlike commanders, and most remarkable for exploits of skillful stratagem, have ha... ...shed man and a stranger at the head of a body of barbar- ians. Among Greek commanders, Eumenes of Cardia may be best compared with him; they were both... ... Cardia may be best compared with him; they were both of them men born for command, for warfare, and for stratagem; both ban- ished from their countri... ...e temperate, and the transitions from one to another so moderate, that the air is almost always serene and pleasant. The rough northerly and easterly ... ...ode through it back- ward and forward, and raised a cloud of dust into the air: there with the wind the whole of it was carried away and blown into th... ...ir lungs, and all but choked them, whilst they strove to draw in the rough air mingled with dust and powdered earth. Nor were they able, with all they... ...s army; for he had already spent his own money 25 Plutarch’s Lives in the defense of Italy. T o these extremities, the chiefest and the most powerful... ...ave recourse to arms, and to espouse the wars as a necessary guard for the defense of his person. His negotiations with king Mithridates further argue... ...ered; and being summoned, refused to obey, and put himself in a posture of defense. Here Eumenes first found the benefit of his own foresight and cont...

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...whim- sical contrast. This meagre figure, small, sallow countenance, heavy air, and supine gait, excited the ridicule of the chil- dren, who, in the g... ...sponded with her age, her height, nor her manner; she had a lofty imposing air, which agreed extremely well with the character she assumed, but the mo... ...I would not have offended Miss Vulson for the world; but if Miss Goton had commanded me to throw myself into the flames, I think I should have instant... ...rown myself into the water 33 Rousseau after her, and absolutely rent the air with my cries. The week following she sent me sweetmeats, gloves, etc. ... ...ve on terms of perfect equality, to be witness of no pleasures I could not command, to see no dish I was not to partake of, or be sensible of a desire... ...y grow up, and find themselves in a situation where everything is at their command, lose this shameful propensity. As I never experi- enced the advant... ... my conduct in favor of my natural disposition. I had no need of any other defense against my calumniators. They might under my name describe another ...

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... amateur of an observing turn likely to prove oppressive to the officer in command of the vessel. Five months later his place at home knew him again, ... ...fresh complexion, however, was always suffused with an 10 Roderick Hudson air of apathetic homesickness, and she played her part in American society ... ..., was narrow; the jaw and the shoulders were narrow; and the result was an air of insufficient physical substance. But Mallet afterwards learned that ... ...rnamented with parterres bordered with high box hedges. The mansion had an air of antiquated dig- nity, but it had seen its best days, and evidently s... ...e had just taken part. He had laughed and talked and braved it out in self-defense; but when he reflected that he was really meddling with the simple ... ...You will have to take to violence, to contortions, to romanticism, in self-defense. This sort of thing is like a man trying to lift himself up by the ... ... that Roderick, while rhapsodizing about Miss Light, should have it at his command to look at you with eyes of the most guile- less and unclouded blue... ...faltering ardor. The Cavaliere was summoned, and he stook to re- ceive her commands hat in hand, with his eyes cast down, as if she had been a princes... ... delicate instincts. He had preceded Chris- tina as a sort of van-guard of defense, and she now slowly advanced from a neighboring room. “You will be ...

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... more clear than ever. There stood one in physical proportions and stature commanding and exact— in intellect richly endowed—in natural eloquence a pr... ...ter shell. His days, when the weather is warm, are spent in the pure, open air, and in the bright sunshine. He always sleeps in airy apartments; he se... ...cts by which I now found myself surrounded. There was a windmill (always a commanding object to a child’s eye) on Long Point—a tract of land dividing ... ...d supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur. It was a treat to my young and gradually opening mi... ...ee him boil over with rage at the revolting deed, and to hear him fill the air with curses upon the brutual Plummer; but I was disap- pointed. He ster... ...nce of all provocation, look with plea- sure upon the bleeding wounds of a defenseless slave-woman. When he drives her from his presence without redre... ... course, broken. A woman’s love is not to be annihilated by the peremptory command of any one, whose breath is in his nostrils. It was impossible to k... ...en to ten years old, I should think) they gallantly came to their mother’s defense, and gave the overseer an excellent pelting with stones. One of the... ...aded, in extenuation of this revolting crime, just as it had been cited in defense of a thousand similar ones. He argued, that if one slave refused to...

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...epoch of which we write, you would have noticed in him the coldly resigned air of one who has buried the illusions of his youth and renounced every se... ...to admi- rals and marshals when both were employed to one end, namely, the defense of the nation, the overthrow of an en- emy, and the security of the... ...olitical mediocrity by putting into their mouths, at a crisis, the word of command for which men of real talent were listening. It must not be thought... ...to his ministry and Master of petitions. What he now wanted was to be made commander of the Legion of honor, gentleman of the bed-chamber, count, and ... ...ushed with good living, powdered head, delicate spectacles, and a worn-out air; the natural skin blond, as shown by the hand, puffy like that of an ol... ...ld assuredly have, to those who did not see its purport and connection, an air of treachery and police espial. If a single page of these papers were t... ...ficial letters were writ- ten with the utmost gravity, and transmitted the commands of the minister in solemn phrases. Monsieur Phellion’s face was th...