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... to the devil, who came to her in the form of ―a proper gentleman, with a laced band.‖ Soon after this a little dog appeared, fat and short in the l... ...ns, centaurs, dwarfs , giants, imps, calcars, conjureres , nymphs, changelings, incubus, Robin Goodfellow, the spoorn, the man-in- the-oak, the hellw... ...it works all its experiments by the carcasses of the slain, and their bones and members, and what is from them. THE MAGIC CRYSTAL is a ball of... ...tches and these procured the accusation and commitment of many. This formidable band of accusers now cried out against two aged females who were chur... ...midable band of accusers now cried out against two aged females who were church members, by the names of Corey and Nurse. Mrs. Nurse belonged to the... ... Scituate, preached for Mr. Parris, it being the Sabbath day, and the bewitched band were present. After the psalm had been sung, Abagail Williams c...

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...Comedy” the close and constant alliance between Italy and France, to which Bandello did honor in the same way in the sixteenth century—Bandello, the b... ...ill be my mis- tress. And it will be; for I expect anything from your hus- band!” Madame Hulot looked at this vulgar intriguer with such a fixed stare... ...” she wondered. “But he sees her every day; will he try to find her a hus- band among his good-for-nothing sluts?” At this moment it was the mother th... ...ixiou; the magnates of the War Office, of the Coun- cil of State, and many members of the two Chambers; also the most distinguished of the Polish exil... ...could not meet the colorless eyes of the Government clerk. Marneffe was an incubus to the Mayor. And the mean rascal, aware of the strange power confe... ...ul, her body was unconscious. For about ten minutes Hortense sat under the incubus of this oppression. Then a vision of her mother appeared be- fore h... ...m the following note:— “Dear Old Man,—Do not go to the Rue du Dauphin. Our incubus is ill, and I must nurse him; but be there this evening at nine. Cr... ...mily feeling; you do not understand the unity of the honor which binds the members of it together. There is no arguing with passion—as I have too much...

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...onskin cap, in summer with a rough straw hat of uncertain shape, without a band. It is doubtful whether he felt himself much superior to his surroundi... ...as in the Legislature and Douglas in the lobby; and again in 1836, both as members of the Legislature. Douglas, a very able politician, of the agile, ... ...power under such circumstances greeted with general confidence even by the members of his party. While he had indeed won much popularity, many Republi... ...der the circumstances. It might indeed have been fore- seen that among the members of a cabinet so composed, troublesome disagreements and rivalries w... ...oke out, and, the Governor of Illinois calling for volunteers to repel the band of savages whose leader bore that name, Lincoln enlisted and was elect... ...hat could not be revoked. It relieved the conscience of the nation from an incubus that had oppressed it from its birth. The United States were rescue... ...whenever the vicious portion of population shall be permitted to gather in bands of hundreds and thousands, and burn churches, ravage and rob provisio...

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...ectrical apparatus on Filmer’s tricycle and giving him a nasty spill. T wo members of the Kent con- stabulary watched the affair from a cart in an uno... ...g shapelessly and trailing out reluctantly into long grappling ribbons and bands, all three horses began to shy and dance. 36 Twelve Stories and a Dr... ...member, and he saw it. I was sitting all alone, wishing I knew more of the members, and suddenly he came, a great rolling front of chins and abdomina,... ...d have fancied he had desisted, and I saw him one day talking to three new members about his fatness as though he was in search of other recipes. And ... ...so we came out upon the Leas. There the thing seemed madder than ever. The band was playing in the upper stand, though all the sound it made for us wa... ... almost natu- ral in their passive poses, but the contorted scarlet of the bandsmen was not a restful thing to see. A purple-faced little gentleman wa... ... to go; my will was all the other way about. I had so newly thrown off the incubus of responsibil- ity: I was still so fresh a renegade from duty that...

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... between themselves and the boys must have been some- thing like the tight band—call it corset—over the chest, try- ing to lift and stretch for draugh... ... their eaves. He forsook the hunt to roam the Continent, one of the vulgar band of tour- ists, honouring town only when Mayflies had flown, and London... ...ly deeds done in a moment; they were somewhere ahead and over the hills: a band of brigands rather than a homely shining mansion, it was true; but dis... ...e day stricken by a bolt from overhead; containing, as it did, such wicked members as that really indefensible brazen Mrs. Amy May, who was only the d... ...had tales of uxorious men, of men who mar- ried mistresses, of the fearful incubus the vulgar family of a woman of the inferior classes ever must be; ... ...enators, or great lawyers, great 163 George Meredith doctors, professors, members of governing bodies—that lot. Policy seems to petrify their minds w...

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...t them down, Aristocracy and People, men and women, Latin and Anglo-Saxon, bandit and politician, with as cool a hand as was possible in the heat and ... ...—the true reason is that I have mod- elled her on my first love. How we, a band of tallish schoolboys, the chums of her two brothers, how we used to l... ...ore- over, expired under him at the end of the Alameda, where the military band plays sometimes in the eve- nings between the revolutions. “Sir,” Capt... ...n the guest of the Le- gation, and had been kept busy negotiating with the members of Don Vincente’s Government—cultured men, men to whom the conditio... ... father desired ardently to “tear and fling into the faces” of presidents, members of judicature, and ministers of State. And this desire persisted, t... ... memories of proscrip- tions and of at least one wholesale massacre of its members, sadly assembled for a banquet by the or- der of a zealous military... ...e played his part fairly well at the time. He saved us all from the deadly incubus of Sotillo, where a more particular man might have failed—” His arm...

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...e dark apparatus, he perceived, had been re- moved from his arm, which was bandaged. The white frame- work was still about him, but the greenish trans... ...g. He perceived women and girls with flowing hair, beautifully robed, with bands crossing between the breasts. These first came out of the confusion. ... ...ot beard trimmed to a point, and his hair, its blackness streaked now with bands of grey, arranged over his forehead in an unfamiliar but graceful man... ...ristian sects, the Mahomedans, Buddhists, Gnostics, Spook Worshippers, the Incubus Wor- shippers, the Furniture Worshippers, and so forth; and to the ... ...the Council was in a minority, but it made a desper- ate fight—and how the members came crowding out upon the terrace to see these great unfamiliar wi... ...n the Victorian period to feed with every pre- caution of privacy that its members, when occasion con- fronted them with a public meal, would usually ...

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...ly back, seeming with the contraction of his brows to frown, on the little band of observant Samaritans; in the centre of whom a man who knew himself ... ...are reckoned for a favourite candi- date: excepting on the part of a small band of black dissen- tients in a corner, a minute opaque body, devilish in... ...of his breast, to yield him subservient responses. The world, or Puritanic members of it, had pushed him to the trial once or twice—or had put on an a... ...ly fashion, accusing him of obscureness of speech:— princes and the louder members of the grey public are frater- nally instant to spurn at the whip o... ...sitive name. Say, an ornamental City Square, flowers, fountains, afternoon bands of music—com- fortable seats in it, and a shelter, and a ready supply... ...99 George Meredith BOOK 2 CHAPTER XII TREATS OF THE DUMBNESS POSSIBLE WITH MEMBERS OF A HOUSEHOLD HAVING ONE HEART TWO THAT LIVE together in union are... ...ouble, and amid the beauty of a disenchanted scene, she resumed the London incubus. ‘You told him of her being at the Wells? in the neighbourhood, Vic...

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...dom and softly,—who looks always as though he had just been sent home in a bandbox. Ferdinand Lopez was not a little man, and moved freely enough; but... ...verett Wharton at a new club, called the Progress, of which they were both members. The Progress was certainly a new club, having as yet been open har... ...nd smoked and played billiards and pre- tended to read. Some few energetic members still hoped that a good day would come in which their grand ideas m... ...uld come in which their grand ideas might be realized,—but as regarded the members generally, they were content to eat and drink and play billiards. I... ... for years. On this quarrel, Mrs Roby was always harping with her own hus- band,—not taking his part. Her Roby, her Dick, hd indeed the means of suppo... ...he world of this day did not, he thought, care whether its daughter’s hus- bands had or had not any fathers or mothers. The world as it was now didn’t... ... pounds demanded if he could rid himself and his daughter of this terrible incubus, even if it were only for a time. If Lopez would but once go to Gua... ... make up his mind what step he must now take in reference to this dreadful incubus. Of course he could turn the man out of his house, but in so doing ... ...Arthur Fletcher the fact of the man’s death was always present. A dreadful incubus had come upon his life, blighting all his prospects, obscuring all ...

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...able roared at his enumeration of the sickly little beings, consumptive or bandy- legged, within a radius of five miles of Steynham. Action was what h... ...a recantation will save you from it? Why not break the excruciating faggot-bands, and escape, when you have only to decide to do it? We naturally ask ... ...f the vot- ers, and settle arrears. They reckon up the health of their two members and the chances of an appeal to the country when they fix the rents... ...no is the Constitutional bourgeois. Match them with the trained orchestral band of skilled individual performers, indoors or out, where each grasps hi... ... to his inability to follow her allusion. ‘Thou art a Liberal—then rise to membership,’ she said. ‘ Accept my creed, and thou art of the chosen. Yes, ... ...erned by the head with a vengeance: all the rest of the country being base members indeed; Spartans—helots. Criticism, now so help- ful to us, would w... ...anging upon wealth, all ageing the rich, and all bearing upon labour! it’s incubus on incu- bus. In point of fact, the rider’s too heavy for the horse...

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...would swear, but all the rest was as smooth and rhythmic as breathing. The band ran shouting over the shaft, and ever behind one as one watched was th... ...would go and stand close to the colossus, and look up at the great leather band running overhead. There was a black patch on the band 72 The Country ... ...a-zi suddenly walked across the centre of the shed above which the leather bands were 74 The Country of the Blind running, and went into the shadow b... ... to go; my will was all the other way about. I had so newly thrown off the incubus of responsibil- ity: I was still so fresh a renegade from duty that... ...member, and he saw it. I was sitting all alone, wishing I knew more of the members, and suddenly he came, a great rolling front of chins and abdomina,... ...d have fancied he had desisted, and I saw him one day talking to three new members about his fatness as though he was in search of other recipes. And ...

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...informed that they were intended for this position; but they, on the other band, are too good for such a place, and are also too numerous. This set of... ...o save the secretaries who sit in the bu- reaus from a too rapid influx of members of Congress. This statement I by no means indorse; but it is undoub... ...would be very fatal to the society of Washington. It was not only that the members of Congress were not there. As to very many of the Representatives,... ...it. This may be done for a house consisting of about two hundred and forty members, but could hardly be con- trived with us. These desks are arranged ... ...ure that we complain, but of the search also. An hon- est man is not to be bandied by a policeman while on his 40 North America V ol. 2 daily work, l... .... The manner in which the Creator’s name and the authority of His Word was banded about the house on that occasion did not strike me favorably. The qu... ... going to do. It is, as I have said, shaking off from itself that terrible incubus, the franking privilege. And the expediency of introducing a money-...

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...yings rebound on her reputation. Nevertheless the world, as Christian, re- members its professions, and a portion of it joins the burly in morals by e... ...ment by Phryne, as you know …. And then he relates an anecdote of the hus- band, said to have been not a bad fellow before he married his Diana; and t... ...nd the bad manners of a Saxon fired his antagonism to the race; individual members of which he boasted of forgiving and embracing, honouring. So the m... ...hat sort at my supper. If I’m struck, I strike back. I keep my pistols for bandits and law-breakers. Here,’ said Mr. Redworth, better inspired as to t... ...n order of heroes. Lady Dunstane was quick-witted and had a talkative hus- band; she knew a little of the upper social world of her time. She was hear... .... At present a relaxed austerity is represented; and still the bulk of the members are of fair repute, though not quite on the level of their pretensi... ...n the wizard-circle of my popularity and subscribe to its laws or waken to incubus and the desert. Have I been rash? You do not pronounce. If I have b... ...cheerfuller liveliness. Arthur was flattered by an idea of her casting off incubus—a most worthy gentleman, and a not perfectly sympathetic associate....

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...republic will be all the stronger to resist, if the kings of Europe should band themselves together to reduce it.’ I know not which of the two I shoul... ... bilious, selfish, inornate, he sits upon this court and coun- try like an incubus. But it is probable that he preserves softer gifts for neces- sary ... ... box of toys, this Grunewald? And when I found I was distasteful as a hus- band, could any husband have been less intrusive? Y ou will tell me that I ... ...d quarrel and pick faults? You call it love to thwart her to her face, and bandy insults? Love!’ ‘Gotthold, you are unjust. I was then fighting for my... ...t, the government was sitting, – the new government, of which at least two members must be known to you by name: Sabra, who had, I believe, the benefi...

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...lk about Dr Proudie; but he saw that he would have to talk about the other members of his household, the coadjutor bishops, who had brought his lordsh... ...dbads cannot shake off, the nightmare that disturbs our Sunday’s rest, the incubus that overloads our religion and makes God’s service distasteful. We... ...s, to preach to each other; they would work slippers and cushions, and hem bands for Mr Slope, make him a happy martyr, and stick him up in some new S... ... the hierarchs of the church with reference to the absence of its clerical members, that it behoved Dr Vesey Stanhope not to allow his name to stand a... ...ion the father may have had, the children were at any rate but indifferent members of the church from which he drew his income. Such was Dr Stanhope. ... ...ty was of a peculiar kind. Her copious rich brown hair was worn in Grecian bandeaux round her head, dis- playing as much as possible of her forehead a... ...m, and the same round the armlets of her dress. Across her brow she wore a band of red velvet, on the centre of which shone a magnificent Cupid in mos...

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...o doubt he will be amply satis- fied with a slight sketch of the different members of the fam- ily, and a general view of the first year or two of my ... ...it, little less than all things will suffice” to break it. As in the outer members of our frame, there is a vital power inherent in itself that streng... ...kely to be very dull. You know I never had a fancy for living with my hus- band like two turtles in a nest, were he the most delightful creature that ... ...ith her experience; never dreaming she would prove a usurper, a tyrant, an incubus, a spy, and every- thing else that’s detestable. I wish she was dea... ...e your faithful friend, and a comfort and support to you, in- stead of the incubus you describe her.’ But I fear my advice had little effect upon the ...

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... its tradition from Magna Charta onward, the legal training of most of its members, all make towards a reverence for private ownership and private cla... ... of the situation in bringing the American mind to the realisation of this band of common interests and of its compatibility with the older idea of an... ...triotic intrigue and more racial self-respect. They are not only Poles but members of a greater brotherhood. My impression is that Poland will “go Sla... ...l classes will join hands with the social democrats to remove the decaying incubus of the Hohenzollern system, and Germany will become a more modern a...

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...to the offices of the Haven of Philanthropy, and put your name down as a Member and a Professing Philanthropist. Then, you were to pay up your subscri... ..., you gentlemen! Fie for shame, that you are so hard upon us poor maligned disciplinarians of our sex, for your sakes! But as Miss Ferdinand is at pre... ... buttoned coat, and yellow or sombre drab continuations, announced their portly forms, in printed capitals, as Walnut, Gherkin, Onion, Cabbage, Caulif... ...eir unmendable shoes, or giving them to the city kennels as a hopeless job, and seeking others in the bundles that they carry, along with their yet un...

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...ched me with his pipe, and shut up one eye, as a caution. She and her hus- band came in immediately afterwards. Their report was, that Mr. Barkis was ... ...about to cast my lot among strangers; and I am also aware that the various members of my family, to whom Mr. Micawber has written in the most gentlema... ...bling out, tumbling over his own growls, under the impression that I was a Bandit; and we all three went in, as happy and loving as could be. I soon c... ...e too. As our house now wanted business on any terms, we joined this noble band; and threw out lures to the hangers-on and outsiders, to bring their b... ...inking, said Mrs. Micawber, with an air of deep sagacity, that there are members of my family who have been apprehensive that Mr. Micawber would sol... ...t in your absence Mr. Wickfield has considerably improved. Relieved of the incubus that had fastened upon him for so long a time, and of the dreadful ... ...ut ostentation, on the sleeve of his coat. Mrs. Micawber and the two elder members of the fam- ily I now found to be provided with similar for- midabl...

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...so fair and bright, so tranquil and so contented, that her sister and hus- band could not help pausing to contemplate her as an abso- lutely new creat... ...n to the more important home duty. Alas! alas! she only knew that her hus- band thought his daughter beyond her management, and for that very reason s... ...ut flinching, and she, having been previously informed that Albinia’s hus- band was the most silent and shy man in existence, began to doubt her siste... ...r two. As to Gilbert, it was as if this departure had relieved him from an incubus; he was in better spirits from that moment, and returned to his hab... ... thorough-going, because practice is more painful than theory, and one re- members consequences that have made themselves felt. It is just as well tha...

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...f his coachman’s wife, and was accused of compassing the death of the hus- band. He was not hanged for it, so we are bound to think him not guilty. Th... ...ot quite so well. So the Old Buccaneer was ever after that her lawful hus- band, and as his wedded wife, not wedded to a fool, she was an example to h... ...ad fellows leaned and stood upright in the midst of scattered fire-stained members, and through their skeleton limbs the sheer precipice of slate-rock... ... waters took the leap in a silvery radiance to gloom; the bright and dark- banded valleys were like night and morning taking hands down the sweep of t... ...ot the habit of reflecting upon the indigestion of ideas they receive from members of their community, sometimes upon exchange. They compare a view of... ...d, galloped, outflying the wind, but not the dismal rider. Marriage is our incubus now. No expla- nation is offered of why we are afflicted; we have s... ... transient; woman had them fast. Compelled to think of them as not serious members of our group, he assisted at the crush-room exit, and the happy rid...

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... in which mar- kets are held and county balls are carried on; which return members to Parliament, generally—in spite of Reform Bills, past, present, a... ...belonged to the club of which his father had been one of the most honoured members, and in the days of the great battle got his head broken in a row, ... ...ber of Parlia- ment, and in the autumn of 1834 the dissolution came. Young members of three had four-and-twenty do not think much of dissolutions, for... ...tribute so much more towards the proposed future partnership than her hus- band would do. ’Twas thus that Miss Gresham spoke of her match to her dear ... ...t, but with sound judgment. She bought things that were rich, for her hus- band was to be rich, and she meant to avail herself of his wealth; she boug... ...at twenty shillings a day in looking up some four hundred other voters; no bands were to be paid for; no 198 Dr Thorne carriages furnished; no ribbon... ...ne well home to the offender. He made a desperate effort to throw off that incubus round his neck and rush again to the combat. ‘Harry—Harry; don’t le... ...etimes to great wretchedness. He could not love this 431 Anthony Trollope incubus that was on his shoulders; he could not do other than be very far f...

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... so called con 47 John Stuart Mill sisted at first of no more than three members, one of whom, being Mr. Bentham’s amanuensis, obtained for us permi... ...s I probably should never have known, had they not joined it. Those of the members who became my intimate companions—no one of whom was in any sense o... ...ies; the entire identification of the more independent portion, the county members, with the great landholders; the differ ent classes whom this narr... ... and philosophical opinions. The notion that Bentham was sur rounded by a band of disciples who received their opinions from his lips, is a fable to ... ...f what is called Philo sophical Necessity weighed on my existence like an incubus. I felt as if I was scientifically proved to be the helpless slave ... ...et part of the country, and only occasionally in town, with her first hus band, Mr. Taylor. I visited her equally in both places; and was greatly ind...

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...ch the Germans do seem to be in some measure delivered, still presses with incubus force on the greater part of Europe; and nation after nation, each ... ...nscoting, and raised one step above the floor for the accommodation of the members of the assembly. This readily suggested to us why the order of rank... ...ion to manage his horse, or keep himself in the saddle. The most important bands returned by the bridge-gate, where the pressure was consequently the ... ... for the advantage of our opponents was denied or depreciated; and, as the members of the family on the other side did the same, they could not meet i... ... for the wants of one person only, and could furnish several of the little band with every requisite, and thus made myself more and more indispens- ab... ...on. The old brown wood, though slightly ornamented, was crossed with broad bands of brass wrought both in relief and intaglio. The foliage on these, w... ...h I had heard strange things since my earliest years, and of some of whose members I myself lived to see a great deal that was wonderful,—I mean the S...

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... number of antiquated notions; and then, too, upon conversing with several members of the company, my apprehensions were immediately and fully dispell... ...elf under the side-board. I had expected more resolution at his hands. The members of the orchestra, who, for the last fifteen min- utes, had been see... ...ce, it met with no very great success until I joined it. The truth is, the members indulged in too flippant a tone of discussion. The papers read ever... ...of creatures! She had a quantity of hair over her one eye, and a blue rib- band tied fashionably around her neck. Diana was not more than five inches ... ... the Baron Ritzner von Jung. the demon of the dolce far niente lay like an incubus upon the university. Noth- ing, at least, was done beyond eating an... ...ning with indignation, I burst, at a single effort, the fastenings and the bandage. Stalking across the room I cast a glance of contempt at the bellig... ...sions, gasping for breath, and tearing off, with a desperate exertion, the bandage around its jaws—“how can you, Mr. Lackobreath, be so infernally cru... ...ion. We saw it not as an astronomical phenomenon in the heavens, but as an incubus upon our hearts, and a shadow upon our brains. It had taken, with i...

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...ry ineluctable facts of the birth and death of each one of the constituent members in a social group determine the necessity of education. On one hand... ...there 7 John Dewey is the contrast between the immaturity of the new-born members of the group —its future sole representatives— and the maturity of ... ... the group —its future sole representatives— and the maturity of the adult members who possess the knowledge and customs of the group. On the other ha... ...tation, we find not unity, but a plurality of societies, good and bad. Men banded together in a criminal conspiracy, business aggregations that prey u... ...s of “Society” which hold it together. There is honor among thieves, and a band of robbers has 87 John Dewey a common interest as respects its member... ...rms of association? If we apply these con- siderations to, say, a criminal band, we find that the ties which consciously hold the members together are... ...es of average human nature permit, the difficulty is that we lie under the incubus of a superstition. We have set up the notion of mind at large, of i...

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............................................................. 74 STORY OF THE BANDBOX ...................................................................... ...eserved the composure of ordinary life. There was little decency among the members of the club. Some boasted of the disgraceful actions, the consequen... ...th again to freedom.” “For my part,” said a second, “I wish no more than a bandage for my eyes and cotton for my ears. Only they have no cotton thick ... ...gether, the Prince was disappointed by the bearing and conversation of the members. “It does not seem to me,” he thought, “a matter for so much distur... ...at thickly, and he was con- scious of an unpleasant heat in his bosom. The members were all very quiet and intent; every one was pale, but none so pal... ...al, we shall now begin the series to which he refers with the Story of the Bandbox.) 74 Robert Louis Stevenson THE RAJAH’S DIAMOND: STORY OF THE BAND... ...at it was still com- paratively early in the day. Anxious to be rid of his incubus, he walked somewhat faster than his ordinary, and he was already so...

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...Sowerby, Esq, who, at the moment supposed to be now present, is one of the members for the Western Division of Barsetshire. But this Western Division ... ...as it was evident that Mr Robarts lived among nice people—titled dowagers, members of Parliament, and people of that sort—she was quite willing to ins... ...is, ’ replied Mrs Smith. ‘—so much as to many noble and talented lords and members of the Lower House who have lately from time to time devoted themse... ...ortunely, might enable him to rid himself at once of that dreadful Sowerby incubus. And then the will went on to declare that Mary, and Gerald, and Bl... ... All this interfered greatly with Mark’s wise resolution as to the Sowerby incubus. In the first place, he could not get to Barchester as soon as he h... ...s’s own fears, however, were running entirely in the direction of her hus- band;—and, indeed, Lady Lufton had a word to two to say on that subject als... ...thought had passed through her mind which she had not shared with her hus- band. But now all this had come upon her so suddenly, that she was unable t... ...e become, dangling at her heels there, known only to the world as the hus- band of the richest woman in the town? The kind of life was one which would...

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...t drinking iced drinks and smoking penny cigars under great old trees. The band place, cov- ered walks, etc., are all lit up. And you can’t fancy how ... ... model, just as my dear Meddowes is an ode in the name and for the sake of Bandusia. (13) Whatever you do, you’ll give us the Greek V ase. (14) Do you... ...tter pleased by nothing than to learn that you had thrown off your present incubus, largely consisting of letters I believe, and had sailed into some ... ...refore, I think, not out of place in this long-shore story. As for the two members which you thought at first so ill-united; I confess they seem per- ... ...- ful), and his society is my great stand-by. Did you see I had joined the band of the rejected? ‘Hardly one of us,’ said my confreres at the bar. I w... ...one, I am so stupid that I can only boldly recapitulate. A phrase of three members is the outside of my syntax. First, I liked the Rover better than a...

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...e before cock- crowing, she took care to awaken the good monarch, her hus- band (who bore her none the worse will because he intended to wring her nec... ...adually pervaded my frame; and, at length, there sat upon my very heart an incubus of utterly causeless alarm. Shaking this off with a gasp and a stru... ...ook down upon all, — I love to regard these as themselves but the colossal members of one vast animate and sentient whole—a whole whose form (that of ... ...d. The first stroke of the razorlike cres- cent athwart any portion of the band, would so detach it that it might be unwound from my person by means o... ...d not foreseen and provided for this possibility! Was it probable that the bandage crossed my bosom in the track of the pendulum? Dreading to find my ... ...led, I remembered, in a cloak; and none had been worn at all by any of the members of our party with the exception of myself. Retaining some presence ...

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...urnish matter for painful feelings and irritating words. The youthful hus- band, whose mind would be expanding as rapidly as the leaves and blossoms o... ...e other a gross carnal monster, like the Miltonic Asmodai, “the fleshliest incubus” among the fiends, and yet so far ennobled into interest by his int... ... torpor still demanded. There is a memorable correspondency throughout all members of Protestant Christendom in whatsoever relates to literature and i...

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...st of his friends whom he met. She was crossing from field to field with a band of school-children, gathering wild flowers for the morrow May-day. He ... ...daughter paid a flying visit to the Hall, where they were seen only by the members of the Patterne family. Young Crossjay had a short conversation wit... ...perienced the power in him which could threaten and wrestle to subject the members of his house- hold to the state of satellites. Though she had in fa... ... they would be for returning it, at least partially, as though it could be bandied to and fro without emulgence of the po- etry; or they would be piti... ...losion that would have sullied his conception of the purity of the younger members of the sex hauntingly. That she, a young lady, maiden, of strictest... ... (for purely undirected impulse all within us is not, though we may be eye-bandaged agents under direc- tion) it became necessary for an honourable ge... ... her to sound it: and it was of course to go, to be liberated, to cast off incubus and hurt her father? injure Crossjay? distress her friends? No, and...