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...re very good, madame, but M. de Villefort has so many important and urgent occupations.” “My husband has given me his word, sir,” said Madame de Ville... ...to the good taste of Mercedes, one was sure of finding some devices at her entertainment worthy of de- scribing, or even copying in case of need. Mada... ...er there is anything fresh to be seen. An Acade- mician would say that the entertainments of the fashionable world are collections of flowers which at... ...sufficient to maintain me. Rumor will prob- ably be busy respecting me, my occupations, my manner of living — that will signify but little.” “Mercedes...

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...that boy may not be running into bad company.’ The hay-fields were like an entertainment on purpose for Alfred all day; he watched the shaking of the ... ...b you if I came up alone;’ and he began to inquire into his amusements and occupations, till Alfred became quite at home with him, and at ease, and ve... ...not likely to forget. What he had heard hung on him through all the little occupations of the morn- ing, and made him meek and gentle under them, and ...

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... buffalo to motor car 69 * Conveniences of living 71 * Triumph of home entertainment 73 * Structural change of living environment 75 Pictures ... ... something abnormal; it must be ever more provoking and stimulating art or entertainment, sold to consumers that are ever more perverted and detached ... ...ical world views - national utopias National media lore - national art and entertainment - consumer culture - national heroes and idols - national his... ... boxing, but I don't take part in betting. I go to watch TV programmes for entertainment and to pass the time, and if I had the money, I would by a TV... ... in the mountains, cooking rice over a fire is a part of tourists' evening entertainment. Each morning, ox carts leave village compounds and trundle o... ...ctor. There has been no hierarchical division of labour in village artisan occupations, only the blacksmith's work has belonged exclusively to men. Wo... ...Finnish villages; today, young men are already seen in traditional women's occupations, e.g. as women's hairdressers and make-up artists. Since paid e... ...r the home, and spend their earnings on their own needs. Of villagers' new occupations, tradespeople, such as carpenters, joiners and masons are mostl... ...ers. Vocational training reinforces the division between men's and women's occupations. In Thailand, too, men dominate so-called hard, technological o...

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...e natives in disposing of dead bodies -- Theft of scientific instruments -- An entertainment provided by the natives -- Successful observation of the ... ... 435 CHAPTER XLII. The Female Dancers of Bolabola. -- A unique and pleasurable entertainment -- Costumes of the dancers -- First conflict with New Zea... ...e by beautifully formed women -- Arrival at the Hapaee group -- -- A wonderful entertainment at Hapaee -- Female wrestlers and boxers -- An extraordin... ...Preparation of Kava beer -- A feast in which Cook refused to participate -- An entertainment witnessed by 12,000 natives -- Initiatory ceremonies of r... ..., leaving deserts of desolation in their place, so have inventions, ambitions, occupations, disappeared with scarcely a relic of their former existenc... ...ning the house and its female inmates to any stranger who might choose to seek entertainment. Describing this exceedingly strange practice Marco says:... ... court, and when grown the two sexes were intermarried and then set at various occupations by the Emperor. But while Fanfur had given attention to the...

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...tulance, respecting the opinions of those who do not ap- prove of dramatic entertainments. I have restored what I said, which was meant to be respectf... ... among his other great quali- fications, is well fitted to enliven such an entertainment. His manners are extremely easy, and his style of speaking si... ...and a cue of the kind once called military may serve to show that my civil occupations have been some- times mixed with those of war. Nevertheless, tw... ... produced by Mr. Beauffet, gave a sort of an- tique and foreign air to the entertainment, which rendered it more interesting. It was a great thing to ... ...aying, ‘My dear son, farewell!’ My friend was much pleased with this day’s entertainment, and owned that I had done well to force him out.” * * ... ...ed at free quarters in the houses of his tenants, and received the kindest entertainment. Till the 13th of the month the troops lived in the utmost ha...

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...oud to remember Mike Lambourne, the tapster’s boy. If you will let me have entertainment for my money, so; if not, it is but a short two minutes’ walk... ... in some other of their Roman dens, instead of living in a house of public entertainment, as every honest man and good Christian should. Besides, on F... ... his tapsters and drawers, who were employed in removing the relics of the entertainment, and restoring order to the apartment; and at length, joining... ...well assured that, had he 114 Kenilworth some pretty pastime to array for entertainment of the Queen’s Grace, horse and man would be seeking the humb... ...ide, after half-forcing on the poor, deserted teacher a recompense for the entertainment he had received, which partly allayed that terror he had for ... ...ship of what your own honour demands have a right over your time, whatever occupations you may lay aside in order to indulge them.” “How! my honour? W...

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...nto the houses of my high connexion, sir, or if you want to secure to this entertainment the patronage of my high connexion, sir, you must leave it, i... ...t I tried to excuse myself for the present on the general ground of having occupations to attend to which I must not neglect. But as this was an ineff... ....” Dinner was now announced, and we went downstairs. It was a very genteel entertainment, very handsomely served. But the captain and the professor st... ...e.” “I believe I and my family have also had the honour of furnishing some entertainment in the same grave place,” said my guardian composedly. “You m... ...house appears to be quite full when the works cease. At this period of the entertainment, Guster, who has never recovered her first failure, but has n... ...weed, “three Cheshires,” and to those “three small rums.” This apex of the entertainment happily reached, Mr. Jobling puts up his legs on the carpeted... ...an will be alone together com paring forefingers. It is likely that these occupations are irreconcilable with home enjoyment, but it is certain that ...

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...ness also found I at this time In human life, the life I mean of those Whose occupations really I loved. The prospect often touched me with surprize: ... ...een and scarcely seen, Had felt, and thought of in my solitude. Pass we from entertainments that are such Professedly, to others titled higher, 520 Ye... ...hoice Of time, and place, and object; by his wants, 155 His comforts, native occupations, cares, Conducted on to individual ends Or social, and still ... .... My first human love, 180 As hath been mentioned, did incline to those Whose occupations and concerns were most Illustrated by Nature, and adorned, An... ...nd contentious thought, Or aught of heavier or more deadly weight In trivial occupations and the round Of ordinary intercourse, our minds Are nourishe...

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...ier of the two; but the twentieth, besides reversing this judgement, had the entertainment of thinking all the others aesthetic vulgarians. Isabel had... ... as he now lived was like reading a good book in a poor translation—a meagre entertainment for a young man who felt that he might have been an excelle... ...he had always greatly admired. If his cousin were to be nothing more than an entertainment to him, Ralph was conscious she was an entertainment of a h... ... of nations!” “As regards that,” said Isabel, “I should find in my own nation entertainment for a lifetime. But we’ve a long drive, and my aunt will so... ... entertaining two such passionate pleaders at once, even in a case where the entertainment should consist of dismissing them. She made no reply to Mr.... ... from your house; for I’m really as yet only a child. Oh, yes, I’ve only the occupations of a child. When did you give them up, the occupations 262 P... ...y. Ralph understood well enough, however. “I should think so, with all those occupations you speak of.” “It isn’t that. I’m afraid,” said Isabel. Afte... ...assuming too much when I say that I think I’ve understood from you that your occupations have been—a—commercial? There’s a danger in that, you know; b...

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...d- cuts had been produced by their joint efforts; but these less important occupations had of late been set aside by the en- grossing interest of the ... ...ror at rude jests sufficiently to prevent frightening her from becoming an entertainment. Her father, whom she looked on as a cultivated person in com... ...some lay brothers, arranging for the representation of a mystery—a kind of entertainment which Germany owed to the English who came to the Council of ... ... in all feats of arms that the Schneiderlein could impart. They shared all occupations; and it was by the merest shade that Ebbo excelled with the wea... ...o has been asking shelter from the storm that is drifting up.” “See to his entertainment, then, Hatto,” said the lady. “My lady—Sir Baron,” added Hatt...

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...occa- sions, they seemed to prefer the dirtiest places and the most dismal occupations. But there was no remedy; either I must follow them, or keep en... ...read, or dreamt of anything like it in all your life. The decorations, the entertainment, the supper, the music were indescribable! and then the guest...

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...nt to the dogs— who have consequently died out rather—though this house of entertainment is conveniently situated for themselves. Their young families... ...afterwards, only remark- able for appearing to have nothing to do with the entertainment beyond being in its way. The Chief Butler, the Avenging Spiri... ...am as well as I—yes, I am as well as I usually am,’ said Mr Merdle. ‘Y our occupations must be immense.’ ‘Tolerably so. But—Oh dear no, there’s not mu... ...s to look at her—so curious that I felt it to be one of the few sources of entertainment left to me. I travelled a little: travelled until I found mys... ...son, and how he had gone away from those antecedents. How, at the house of entertainment called the Break of Day at Chalons on the Saone, he had been ...

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...ugh, but she contrived to set Cis off into a girl’s chatter about her home occupations, and would not let her be hushed. “You little know the good it ... ...and pining, so much inclined to despise and neglect the ordinary household occupations which befitted the daughter of the family, that her adopted mot... ...It will be enough to say that the wedding itself was the least part of the entertainment. It was gone through with very few spectators in the early mo... ...house of good Master Heatherthwayte, where we received good and hospitable entertainment. The voyage was a fair one, and the old Mastiff is as brave a...

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... it shows how you react to successes and failures. ―The choices we make help us design our lives. We have a great deal of choice in the occupa... ...icensing process. Physical violence is frowned on throughout our society. And we keep out of our media the Hollywood emphasis on violence for entert...

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...ce from among the many young men whom her father’s politics brought to his entertainments. Though so young, she asserted in society all the freedom of... ... the various deputations from departments could offer. The splendor of his entertainments, the luxury of his dining-room, and his dinners, fragrant wi... ... to express a wish to play at be- ing common folk at this gleeful suburban entertainment, and promised herself immense pleasure in mingling with the c... ...esture, or a single word, which could indicate a vul- gar origin or vulgar occupations; nay more, his manner of discussing things revealed a man devot... ...de Fontaine to the Comte de Kergarouet. The young Countess gave splen- did entertainments to drown thought; but she, no doubt, found a void at the bot...

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...our bore some ingeniously appropriate symbol characteristic of the various occupations of the day. It is now easy to understand the extraordinary atta... ...st- poned our happiness, my dear Daddy, and have given a re- ally splendid entertainment; but when a whole family is set against a match, my dear, dec... ...ope has dined, a splendid sil- ver service was spread, made on purpose for entertainments where vanity pays the bill in bank-notes. A flood of light f... ...evitable circle of racing, horses, hammerings on the Bourse, the different occupations of the lions themselves, and the scandals of the town, showed a... ...unlawful union. As soon as Madame Hulot had recovered, she returned to her occupations. And then it was that the admirable Ma- dame de la Chanterie ca...

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... do ing; and the rest of the court resumed their previous indus tries and entertainments. As a rule, the speech and behavior of these people were g... ...embled Chaucer’s in this: that it had in it a sample of about all the upper occupations and professions the country could show, and a correspond ing... ... these people were arranging a little surprise party for us. We could expect entertainment about dawn, possibly earlier. A Connecticut Yankee in King ...

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...y described in the foregoing chapter, they were likewise furnishing out an entertainment for their good friends in the kitchen. And this in a double s... ... part of the Pro voked Husband; and it was indeed a very grave and solemn entertainment, without any low wit, or humour, or jests; or, to do it no mo... ...s wife Joan, and such idle trumpery, were at last brought to be a rational entertainment. I remember,” said he, “when I first took to the business, th... ...s Egyptian majesty, after many thanks for his courteous behaviour and kind entertainment, and set out for Coventry; to which place (for it was still d... ...s or profes sion of those gentlemen to whom fortune had made all use ful occupations unnecessary. Play houses, coffee houses, and taverns were the s... ..., and taverns were the scenes of their rendezvous. Wit and humour were the entertainment of their looser hours, and love was the business of their mor...

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... with her uncle and saw her father’s cabin, and looked with a dull kind of entertainment at all the curious arrangements of the big ship. It seemed mo... ...se of all intimacy with such an unworthy household. Moreover, the evenings entertainment could not be given up and Gillian was despatched to summon th... ...the kind. ‘I did not like it at first,’ said Bessie, ‘but I have plenty of occupations now, besides all these companions that I’ve made for myself, or...

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...ity could be needed, that poor soul afforded it in the altered company and occupations in which Esmond found her. For days before, her chariot had bee... ...eat or any insult, with which you would like to end this agreeable night’s entertainment?” “I follow the head of our house,” says Castlewood, bowing g...