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...close on the Jubilee, Victoria’s Jubilee, because I remember the seats and flags in Westminster, and the row with the cabman at Chelsea.” “The Diamond... ... Is it indeed true that I?” “You are Master of the World.” “But that white flag—” “That is the flag of the Council—the flag of the Rule of the World. ... ...ouse. For a moment he did not under- stand. And then he perceived that the flagstaff that had car- ried the white banner was bare. “Do you mean—?” he ... ...Ostrog pointed to a coil of black that crept in little jerks up the vacant flagstaff, unfolding as it rose. The oval picture paled as Lincoln pulled t... ...r the irregular oval of ruins about the House of the Council and the black flag of the surrender that fluttered there, the mighty city seen from above... ...in conflict with the workers in some of its huge monopolies, did something flagrantly illegal and that without even the ordinary civility of bribery, ...

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...verley , the two Highlanders drew the boat into a little creek among thick flags and reeds, where it lay perfectly concealed. The oars they put in ano... ...d in sol- emn march, first, the performer upon the drum; secondly, a large flag of four compartments, on which were inscribed the words covenants, rel... ...e party were near the Castle of Stirling, over whose battlements the union flag was bright- 246 Waverley ened as it waved in the evening sun. T o sho... ...at distance in the bay were two square-rigged vessels, bearing the English flag, whose tops and yards were crowded with less timid spectators. When th... ...last, for example, when we marched in, side by side, and hoisted the white flag on these ancient towers. But I am no boy, to sit down and weep be- cau... .... Outrecuidance, presumption. O Vous Qui Buvez, &c. ‘O you, who drink from flagons full, From out this happy fountain cool, Here where, upon the banks... ...irk, a year-old heifer or bullock. Stoor, austere. Stot, bull. Stoup, mug, flagon. Stouthreif, robbery with violence. Stræ, straw. Strath, a valley. S...

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...red sea, with the Red Ensign over the taffrail and at her masthead a house-flag, also red, but with a green border and with a white crescent in it. Fo... .... For an Arab owned her, and a Syed at that. Hence the green border on the flag. He was the head of a great House of Straits Ar- abs, but as loyal a s...

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...interest in inquiring for Lord Fitzjocelyn. As the con- versation began to flag, Mary had recourse to admiring a handsome silver tankard on a side tab... ..., indeed, but seemed to give himself up as a hopeless subject. His spirits flagged as they had not done throughout his illness, and, unwell, lan- guid... ...say was, however, ‘Surely, when I am her own nephew! when our poverty is a flagrant fact—she may be acquitted of anything but caring for me for—for my... ...nd pikes were here and there seen, and once he recognised the sinister red flag. A few distant shots were heard, and the driver would gladly have hast... ...y a dense throng, above whose heads were seen a line of carriages, the red flag planted on the top. Many hands were seizing the horses’ heads, and Lou... ... houses, the summit of another barricade complete, surmounted with the red flag, and guarded by a fierce party of ruffians. All at once, tremendous ye... ...there was sharp firing on both sides, which, however, soon ceased; the red flag and the blouses remaining still in possession. Isabel had stood perfec... ...right arm, which was dripping; with blood, ‘you have made me mount the red flag!’ ‘Ha!’ cried the friendly fishwife, ‘Wounded in the cause of the nati...

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... switch-tailed demirep of a mare called Arab because she has a kink in her flag. Racing leads to the shroff quicker than anything else. But if you hav... ...st’s alive! He’s never been shot at all!” shouted the Colonel. “It’s flat, flagrant disobedience! I’ve known a man broke for less, d——d sight less. Th... ...ign Office firm, and, to keep him up to his duties when he showed signs of flagging, he was made much of by his superiors and told 171 Rudyard Kiplin...

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... the shore, we turned and saw from the vessel’s mast her name signalled in flags of joyous colours, and fluttering by their side the beautiful America... ...trumpet; the officers take their stations; all hands are on the alert; the flagging hopes of the passengers re vive; the cooks pause in their savoury... ...s of snow; white wooden houses; people at their doors; telegraphs working; flags hoisted; wharfs appearing; ships; quays crowded with people; distant ... ... his success, at least in gaining approbation. His attention then began to flag, and I commenced playing with him. It was evident that in all this he ... ... shipping, in one of the narrow, old, water side streets, with a gay blue flag waving freely from its roof. In the gallery opposite to the pulpit wer... ...done to the others. No harm at all. Those that want to be safe, must hoist flags. That’s all they’ll have to do. They must hoist flags. ’ Even while h... ...reground a forest of ships’ masts, cheery with flap ping sails and waving flags. Crossing from among them to the opposite shore, were steam ferry—boa... ...indow at the little dog below. You wonder what may be the use of this tall flagstaff in the by street, with something like Liberty’s head dress on its... ... Liberty’s head dress on its top: so do I. But there is a passion for tall flagstaffs hereabout, and you may see its twin brother in five minutes, if ...

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...arned away by the authorities; we were declared in quarantine; and a great flag was solemnly run up to the mast head on the wharf, to make it known to... ...rom my window, I looked down on boats and barks; on masts, sails, cordage, flags; on groups of busy sail ors, working at the cargoes of these vessels... ...ns formed part of this enchanted scene; and, here and there, gay masts for flags rose, tapering, from the pavement of the unsubstantial ground. I thou... ... said. Indeed, it seemed a very wreck found drifting on the sea; a strange flag hoisted in its honourable stations, and strangers standing at its helm... ...assing and repassing, and where idlers were reclining in the sun shine, on flag stones and on flights of steps. Past bridges, where there were idlers ... ...er which was set against the cross, the crown of thorns, the instrument of flagella tion, the lanthorn with which Mary went to the tomb (I suppose), ... ...th his head downwards. The rising of the moon soon afterwards, revives the flag ging spirits of the bearers. Stimulating each other with their usual ...

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... the enclosure, the sheds and workshops, the Venetian masts and fluttering flags that Banghurst had considered essential, black and limp in the breeze... ...ed about, trying to get a foot- hold somewhere. It was very like holding a flag on a windy day. “That table,” he said, pointing, “is solid mahogany an... ... the promenaders put their feet down and walked their ways, the papers and flags began flapping, smiles passed into words, the winker finished his win... ...el Bingham was the Hithergate bank manager, I find, and guilty of the most flagrant embezzlement. Please, please burn this letter when read—I trust yo... ...normous 149 H G Wells capacity for admiration were insatiable. They never flagged— through pictures and sculpture galleries, immense crowded churches... ...would be a matter of bright uniforms and shouting charges and triumphs and flags and bands—in a time when half the world drew its food supply from reg...

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... feelings. A stone’s throw beyond it was the lofty tent; over it drooped a flag, and flags were on poles round a wide ring of rope guarded by forester... ...our cheeks. Goodness me! what’s the meaning of it? Why, you answer me like flags, banners, uhlans’ pennons, fullfrocked cardinals !’ My father stepped... ...oved by me, and he was an Englishman. He died in the uniform and under the flag I reverence.’ ‘I rejoice that your Highness has had this experience of... .... It appeared, that driven hard by the squire, who would have no waving of flags and lighting of fireworks in a matter of business, and whose ‘commone... ...and landing between the drawing-rooms. ‘Oh, yes, Government has struck its flag to him,’ Jorian said. ‘Why weren’t you here to dine? Alphonse will nev... ...post,’ he said, as we turned into the Durstan grounds. The girl was like a flag-staff on the upper line of heathland. Heriot was strolling, cigar in m...

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...return. Nothing occurred during dinner-time except smiling Mr. Frederick’s flagging confidential whispers, and the clinking of plate and china, to int... ...e kitchen and smiled a “God bless you.” Amelia could hardly walk along the flags and up the steps into the parlour. How the floodgates were opened, an... ...shed to the churches, and crowded the chapels, and knelt and prayed on the flags and steps. The dull sound of the cannon went on rolling, rolling. Pre... ...tment where Regulus still sate on the kitchen table, and clung fast to his flagon of beer. In the best French which he could muster, and which was in ... ...peared the young ensign in the leg, who fell, still bravely holding to his flag. At the conclusion of the engagement, a place had been found for the p... ...ered with swans, and barges containing ladies in hoops, and musicians with flags and penwigs. Indeed Raggles thought there was no such palace in all t... ...ing in the great old fire-place—a carpet was down over the chequered black flags—”It’s the old Turkey one that used to be in the Ladies’ Gallery,” tho... ...s (the Honourable G. Ringwood) passes with a wooden box, containing silver flag- ons, and cries “Pots” with such exquisite humour and natural- ness th... ...never survive the voyage, and that he would pass some morning, shrouded in flag and hammock, over the ship’s side, and carrying down to the sea with h...

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...s, with the purse and tokens that Sir James had given him for them, with a flag of truce to the enemy’s camp. Then came still darker days—my father’s ... ...upulously clean and well-washed, pavement and all, as if they had been the flags of an English kitchen, and as silent, he said, as a Sunday morning in... ...ed general to the mob, who filled the whole place. It was a regular storm. Flags with ‘Arret d’Union’ were displayed, shots fired, the soldiers got in...

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.... The deck was deserted, and he crawled to the extreme end of it, near the flag- pole. There he doubled up in limp agony , for the Wheel- ing “stag” j... ...eling cross-trees, and let his eye rove till it caught the tiny black buoy-flag on the shoulder of a mile-away swell. “She’ s all right,” he hailed. “... ...r home, envying their good fortune. At last she cleared decks, hoisted her flag, – as is the right of the first boat off the Banks, – up-anchored, and... ...and the shaken air tingled under the stars as it got back to silence. “The flag, the flag!” said Disko, suddenly , pointing upward. “What is it?” said... ...ied to this fall.” “Mary pity her!” said Long Jack, and lowered the little flag half-mast for the sake of Otto, swept overboard in a gale off Le Have ... ...heyne’ s neck, and toiled up the long, long grades, past Ash Fork, towards Flagstaff, where the forests and quar- ries are, under the dry , remote ski... ...ne thought she could. Accordingly , the great fire-horse was “let ut” from Flagstaff to Winslow , till a division superintendent protested. But Mrs. C... ...ause I couldn’t find the bills in my pocket.” “ A sailor found them by the flagstaff that-that night,” sobbed Mrs. Cheyne. “That explains it, then. I ... ... s oilskins to Wouverman’ s wharf where the We’re Here rode high, her Bank flag still flying, all hands busy as beavers in the glorious morning light....

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....’ ‘She is a merry creature,’ said Lady Morton, ‘her spirits never seem to flag, and I think she is looking stronger than when I saw her last.’ ‘Indee... ...lizabeth; ‘I do not like words to be twisted for the sake of the rhyme.’ A flag,’ said Helen. ‘I never doubted that you intended it for a flag,’ said ... ... that it is a transmogrified pennon.’ ‘I believe a pennant to be a kind of flag,’ said Helen. ‘Let us refer the question to Papa,’ said Anne, ‘as soon... ...iends are naval. I can see where your pennant came from.’ ‘But is it not a flag, Uncle Edward?’ asked Helen. ‘A flag it is,’ said Sir Edward, ‘and pro... ...oke,’ said Eliza- beth; ‘it is really only a poetical license to use a sea-flag for a land-flag, and Helen had the advantage of us, since we none of u...

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... had a little key-bugle in his pocket, on which, whenever the conversation flagged, he played the first part of a great many tunes, and regularly brok... ...s with great alacrity, and pending their execution, it may be presumed his flagging spirits revived; inasmuch as he several times observed, below his ... ...’s exposure of the Washington Gang, and the Sewer’s exclusive account of a flagrant act of dishonesty committed by the Secretary of State when he was ... ... as from the arm of a degraded soldier. Do anything for dollars! What is a flag to them! One who rides at all hazards of limb and life in the chase of... ...ttering before a window which he passed. ‘Tut!’ said Martin. ‘You’re a gay flag in the distance. But let a man be near enough to get the light upon th... ... hand upon his shoulder. What’s that upon the arm of every man, and on the flag?’ ‘Spiders, p’raps,’ said Mrs Gamp. ‘Crape! Black crape! Good God! why... ...Wolf) of conversation; rather highly spiced and strongly seasoned. When it flagged, Jonas took it up and showed considerable humour in appraising the ... ...nce. Mr Nadgett took an interest in his lightest proceedings; and it never flagged or wavered. He watched him in and out of the Assurance Office, wher... ... him unconscious, for a moment, of the lightest sound. Any footstep on the flags without set him listening attentively and when it turned into that ho...

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...s with the union and cross wiped out; by that cancellation transmuting the flag of founded law and freedom defined, into the enemy’s red meteor of unb... ...ies not only inadmissible but aggressively insolent, indicated- if the Red Flag did not sufficiently do so- what was the spirit animating the men. Fin... ...ugh never injudiciously so. For his gallantry in the West Indian waters as Flag-Lieuten- ant under Rodney in that Admiral’s crowning victory over De G... ...er it be worded in the announcement, will be plain homicide committed in a flagrant act of mutiny. What penalty for that should follow, they know. But...

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...gentle parle— KING JOHN : For our advantage; therefore hear us first. These flags of France, that are advanced here Before the eye and prospect of yo...

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...ound order. 4 Wuthering Heights ‘No wonder the grass grows up between the flags, and cattle are the only hedge-cutters.’ Joseph was an elderly, nay, ... ...limb. Being unable to remove the chain, I jumped over, and, running up the flagged causeway bordered with straggling gooseberry-bushes, knocked vainly... ...time to express his feelings further, for a horse’s feet were heard on the flags, and having knocked gently, young Linton entered, his face bril- lian... ...ring which I perceived a drop or two trickle from Catherine’s cheek to the flags. Is she sorry for her shameful conduct?—I asked myself. That will be ... ...ian kicked and trampled on him, and dashed his head repeatedly against the flags, holding me with one hand, meantime, to prevent me summoning Joseph. ... ... her? I cannot look down to this floor, but her features are shaped in the flags! In every cloud, in every tree—filling the air at night, and caught b...

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...em had read books, and one of them had travelled; so their sto- ries never flagged. But once on a time they got into a dispute about politics, and the... ...s the Reine Blanche, last from the Marquesas, and carrying at the fore the flag of Rear-Admiral Du Petit Thouars. Hardly had we made her out, when the... ... matter of it. 64 Omoo For my own part, I felt that I was under a foreign flag; that an English consul was close at hand, and that sailors seldom obt... ...he bay: a green lawn slopes off to the sea: and in front waves the English flag. Across the water, the tricolour also, and the stars and stripes, dist... ...missionaries must appear, it is not the only one, and by no means the most flagrant, which might be pre- sented. But I forbear to mention any others; ... ...izure of the island. In addition to other things, he also charged that the flag of Merenhout, the consul, had been 106 Omoo repeatedly insulted, and ... ...n was well pounded. Occupying a high seat in the synagogue, and stiff as a flag- staff, was our beloved guardian, Wilson. I shall never forget his loo... ...in the hold in case the chest should give out. Away they sailed; hoisted a flag of their own, and gave three times three, as they staggered out of the...

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... at his gun, grown doubly hot by the service of Four fierce hours. A white flag from within the fortress, and a parley this dimly perceptible through ... ...come to their minds as the footsteps of a people, tumultu ous under a red flag and with their country declared in dan ger, changed into wild beasts,... ... Death, declared for victory or death against the world in arms; the black flag waved night and day from the great towers of Notre Dame; three hundred... ...elf, or one of its rooms or passages. Over the chair they had thrown a red flag, and to the back of it they had bound a pike with a red cap on its top...

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...the looks they cast about—the church bells rang out their noisy peals, and flags streamed from win dows and house tops. In the large inn yards waiter... ... doors to see the stroller woman dance, and add their uproar to the shrill flageo let and deafening drum. Through this delirious scene, the child, fr... ...h. And in any one of these his many cares, from first to last, Quilp never flagged nor faltered. At length, when they had played a great many rub ber... ...em and the spot they had left, the child could even discern the fluttering flags and white tops of booths; but no person was approaching towards them,... ...ich the Brigand usually made his perambula tions being gaily dressed with flags and streamers, and the Brigand placed therein, contemplating the mini...