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...Undead Filth and Why They Need to be Killed Pg 1793 The evil of undead Aural Possession and Violation and Poison Pg 1794 The Growth of Poison Thr... ...Leaves and Decomposition and the undead Pg 1865 Sports and Hitting Pg 1867 Possession by the undead and the Origin of all evil Pg 1874 Postscrip... ...-dimensional in nature then the three- dimensional Space of the Universe would possess no curvature at all. This did not happen. If Energy had em... ...son why literally all scientific measurements that try to be exact: end up in insane decimal fractions that never end, and cannot be simplified. Thi... ...son why literally all scientific measurements that try to be exact: end up in insane decimal fractions that never end, and cannot be simplified. Thi... ...lcanoes created the worship of fire and the use of fire by crazed traumatized insane gibbering apes. The use of fire as a destructive tool created t... ...te of pure fear and cowardice. He left Rome in a circus parade; dressed as a clown. Clowning. Smiling. Telling everyone that he had only been ha... ..., that are not funny. Then you start to act out your failings as a perpetual clown. Then you become one-dimensional, shallow, and foolish. But i... ...ces of skippin' reels of rhyme To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind, I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're S...

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...eel and know the superiority of Profes sor Woodensconce? Is Professor Grime insane? or does he wish to be reminded in plain language of his true posi... ...evening party in a full suit of pearls, was suddenly seized with a desire to possess a similar equip Mudfog and Other Sketches Charles Dickens 55 ... ...he would have recovered forthwith. But unhappily the woman concerned did not possess the power of reasoning by analogy, or carrying out a principle, a... ...tion that every member of Parlia ment for a town or borough was supposed to possess a clear freehold estate of three hundred pounds per annum, the ho... ...at once confess to a fondness for pantomimes to a gentle sympa thy with clowns and pantaloons to an unqualified admi ration of harlequins an... ...worldly minded old villain, con stantly enticing his younger companion, the clown, into acts of fraud or petty larceny, and generally standing aside ... ...ss chuckle. The pan taloon to the life! But the close resemblance which the clowns of the stage bear to those of every day life is perfectly extraord...

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..., the said manor, or lordship, was conveyed to one — Owen (I believe), the possessor of Godstow then. “In the hall, over the chimney, I find Abington ... ...en liquor like dust in the sun- beam. But I would rather draw wine for ten clowns than one traveller.—I trust your honour likes the wine?” “It is neat... ...ely mingled, that I know not whether, were it at my choice, I would rather possess or ruin her. But she must not leave this retreat until I am assured... ...netian mir- ror, in a frame of silver filigree, and beside it stood a gold posset-dish to contain the night-draught. A pair of pistols and a dagger, m... ...kened. “The juggler,” said the smith, “played his part so bravely that the clowns and clown-like squires in the company held his art to be little less... ...t, I warrant me. It is honour enough for the daughter of an old Devonshire clown to be the leman of a gay courtier—of Varney too—of Varney, whose gran... ...s of ours, that here is our Duchess of Rutland says he will carry his poor insane wife no farther than the lake, plunge her in to tenant the crystal p... ...nder their command, and where the tale they were pre- pared to tell of the insane Lady Varney would have obtained ready credit had she made an attempt...

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... has a charm that no modern translation, however skilful or correct, could possess. Shelton had the inestimable advantage of belonging to the same gen... ...ommonly said to have been of Galician origin, and unquestionably it was in possession of lands in Galicia at a very early date; but I think the balanc... ...the additional name of Cervatos. His eldest son Pedro succeeded him in the possession of the castle, and followed his example in adopting the name, an... ...I owe him, and before God, and on my soul, he lies.” “Lies before me, base clown!” said Don Quixote. “By the sun that shines on us I have a mind to ru... ...o pay it down immediately, if he did not want to die for it. The trembling clown replied that as he lived and by the oath he had sworn (though he had ... ... so talked him over, and with such persuasions and promises, that the poor clown made up his mind to sally forth with him and serve him as esquire. Do... ...ship, together with the end awaiting those who pursue rashly the path that insane passion opens to their eyes. Last night we learned the death of Chry...

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... has a charm that no modern translation, however skilful or correct, could possess. Shelton had the inestimable advantage of belonging to the same gen... ...ommonly said to have been of Galician origin, and unquestionably it was in possession of lands in Galicia at a very early date; but I think the balanc... ...the additional name of Cervatos. His eldest son Pedro succeeded him in the possession of the castle, and followed his example in adopting the name, an... ...I owe him, and before God, and on my soul, he lies.” “Lies before me, base clown!” said Don Quixote. “By the sun that shines on us I have a mind to ru... ...o pay it down immediately, if he did not want to die for it. The trembling clown replied that as he lived and by the oath he had sworn (though he had ... ... so talked him over, and with such persuasions and promises, that the poor clown made up his mind to sally forth with him and serve him as esquire. Do... ...ship, together with the end awaiting those who pursue rashly the path that insane passion opens to their eyes. Last night we learned the death of Chry... ...se he added some further words that banished all hope of his giving up his insane project. He of the green gaban would have offered resistance, but he...

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...d indicated the channel of communication which, it is now well known, they possessed to all the plots of Charles Ed- ward. But it was equally ill advi... ...that it will be again doubled for the succeeding years, until I enter into possession of my own property. Still I am to refrain from visiting England ... ...ction comes across me, and though I do confess that four hundred a year in possession, eight hundred in near prospect, and the L—d knows how many hund... ...is a mere imagina- tion; but that stormy evening might have proved, as the clown says to Lear, ‘a naughty night to swim in.’ As for the rest, if you c... ... the Lady Green Mantle received them as a princess accepts the homage of a clown. Meantime the floor remained empty, and as the mirth of the good meet... ...stice, where he has made shipwreck of time, means, and understanding. Such insane paupers have sometimes seemed to me to resemble wrecks lying upon th... ...urgess, is now emaciated with poverty and anxiety, and rendered wild by an insane lightness about the eyes; a withered and blighted skin and complexio... ... text under which I was detained in confinement, My demeanour was probably insane enough, while I was agi- tated at once by the frenzy incident to the... ...ry. Latimer was at an age when being an object of general ridicule even to clowns and milkmaids was not a matter of indifference, and he longed hearti...

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... minute of the birth; and I hope to be able to put 4 Guy Mannering you in possession of some particulars, which may influence, in an important manner... ...ire or reward; for I have a competent estate, and only use the knowledge I possess for the benefit of those in whom I feel an interest.” The Laird bow... ...d have required not only more talent than the author could be conscious of possessing, but also involved doctrines and discussions of a nature too ser... ...e and his teacup, the latter being laced with a little spirits. One or two clowns sat at some distance, drinking 86 Guy Mannering their twopenny ale.... ...ck in a small degree;”—and she placed the purse in his hand. “The woman is insane,” thought Brown; but it was no time to debate the point, for the sou... ...nd drink to me, now, Colonel,” he said, as he recovered himself, “to see a clown like this—I must gratify him in his own way,—must assist him to ruin ...

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...ows wet to the skin, laughing, wrestling, linking arms; and some, who were clown-faced with a wipe of scar- let, getting friends to rub their cheeks w... ...f his country, the interests of his class. She respected the high landmark possessing such principles; and she was there- fore enabled to lead without... ...hese were qualifica- tions for Cupid’s business, which his unstrained self-posses- sion accentuated to a note of danger to her chicks, because she lik... ...parison a common rushlight where was a blazing torch, if we see him clap a clown’s cap on the head whose golden helm was fired by Pallas? Nay, and let... ... or fourth, he broke off a streaked thunderpeal, to capitulate his worldly possessions, give the names and degrees of kinship of his relatives, the ex... ...esemble a burning confession. But if this confessed the truth, she was the insanest of women. No woman could be surer that she had her wits. She had c... .... Always near upon madness, there were occasions when he could eclipse the insane. He had a ring- ing renown in his class. Chariot and horsemen arrive...

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...ost lenient critics—that, after all, Rousseau had the soul of a lackey. He possessed, however, many amiable and charm- ing qualities, both as a man an... ...ces were more affluent; she was daughter of a Mons. Bernard, minister, and possessed a considerable share of modesty and beauty; indeed, my fa- ther f... ...ith the passions. An in- finity of sensations were familiar to me, without possessing any precise idea of the objects to which they related—I had conc... ...did me no injury in the opinion of her mistress, fell hard on an overgrown clown, who was my fellow guest, and devoured sufficient to have served at l... ...seau continue my journey. It turned out more agreeable than I expected: my clownish conductor was not so morose as he appeared to be. He was a middle-... ...oly counting-house, empoisoned by the smell and respiration of a number of clowns, the major part of whom were ill-combed and very dirty, what with at... ... went to Madam Dupin, and told her and everybody he met, that I had become insane. I let him say what he pleased, and pursued the plan I had con- ceiv...

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... than a certain rosily oratorical that he was permitted to tell himself he possessed, in bottle if not on draught. Let it only be explosive repartee: ... ...ble, should be: none but the drowsy would fail to jump out and run, or the insane.’ Mr. Radnor was taken with the illustration of his case. ‘For the s... ... smoking royally to the open skies, builds images of a dusty epic fray for posses- sion of the portly dames. There is immensity, swinging mo- tion, co... ...-house; and now we have two-or three. We have also a distracting couple of Clowns and Pantaloons in our Pantomimes: though Colney says that the multip... ...s he is for enjoying the coveted reality through the partial simulation of possessing it. And this is not a task to us when we have looked our actor i... ...half-a-minute, she could have uttered the answer herself. He perceived the insane eagerness through her mask, and despised it, pitying the woman. ‘ An... ...nakes—of whom one or more might be in the assembly now: all because of his insane itch to be the bobbing cork on the wave of the minute! Colney’s rapi... ...ptuously, to be- come in the active, while it is exacted of hero Comedy of Clowns!—that in the passive she be a rockfortress impreg- nable, not to spe... ...bull-dogs in its fashion of assisting the master; for when once at it, the clownish-looking thing reflects upon him creditably, by developing a refine...

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...e more agreeably to purchasers such trifles as they had to sell. To the first of these advantages I could lay no claim, for my fingers were all thumbs... ... Perhaps he was too clean; he seemed to bear about with him the smell of soap. Cleanliness is good, but I cannot bear a man’s nails to seem japanned. ... ... by argument; but if they had good reasons why some one else should make the trial, they had better still why it should not be themselves. Others, aga... ...ly into other topics. It is impossible to exaggerate the pleasure I took to be thus sitting at the same table with Flora, in the clothes of a gentle- ... ...ut if you’ll do me the favour to stand up, you’ll find I can hit dam hard.’ ‘Which is a point, if you will observe, that I had never called in questio...

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...itude. Even towards persons who had been his greatest benefactors, and who possessed the greatest share of his good-will, he frequently displayed much... ...r works; and there is no state perhaps so utterly desolate, which does not possess some source of gratification peculiar to itself, This poor man, who... ...ith some qualities which made him appear, in the eyes of the vulgar, a man possessed of supernatural power. Common fame paid David Ritchie a similar c... ...either dog nor devil; he looked at the priming of his piece, and, like the clown in Hallowe’en, whistled up the warlike ditty of Jock of the Side, as ... ... the slavish and bestial doctrine,” said the Dwarf, his eyes kindling with insane fury,—”I spurn at it, as worthy only of the beasts that perish; but ...

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...rops of right reason, wisdom’s light- 5 George Meredith ning; and no soul possessing and dispensing it can justly be a target for the world, however ... ...nt on the reviewers’ unanimous eulogy of her humour and pathos:—the ‘merry clown and poor pantaloon demanded of us in every work of fiction,’ she says... ... a civil contention between the English gentleman and him- self, as to the possession of the loveliest of partners for this particular ensuing dance, ... ...nstant solution. By dint of read- ing solid writers, using the brains they possessed, it was re- vealed to them gradually that their particular impati... ...the cream of the choicest men of the time was away wasting herself in that insane modern chase of the picturesque! He called her a perverted Celimene.... ...mma—as good as to the heavens! and that of itself would stay me from being insane again.’ She released herself. ‘Signor Percy, you teach me to suspect... ... machinery of our species; any amount of theatrical he- roics, pathos, and clown-gabble. A panorama of scenes came sweeping round her. She was, howeve... ...nds were hinted.’ ‘You are hardly practical on points of business.’ ‘I was insane.’ ‘I think you said you slept well after it,’ Dacier remarked. ‘I ha... ...liers escorting dames—an exaggeration of honest zeal; a present example of clownish goodness, it might seem; until entering the larch and firwood alon...

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...nce — once — I found myself on deck. I don’t know how I got there, or what possessed me to go there, but there I was; and completely dressed too, with... ...omething; and I never turned a corner suddenly without looking out for the clown and panta loon, who, I had no doubt, were hiding in a doorway or beh... ...s – Dickens 46 that he is thirteen years of age; and that he was in full possession of all his faculties, until three years and four months old. He ... ...utions are clustered together. One of these, is the State Hospital for the insane; admirably conducted on those enlightened principles of conciliation... ...f the mills are particularly careful to allow no persons to enter upon the possession of these houses, whose characters have not undergone the most se... ...af and Dumb. I very much questioned within myself, as I walked through the Insane Asylum, whether I should have known the attendants from the patients... ...a low crowned, broad brimmed, black hat: faintly shadowing forth a kind of insane imitation of an English coachman! But somebody in authority cries ‘G...

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... you, for oh, my heart is so very sorrowful. A husband writes: My dear kind sir. Will you kindly inform me whether there are any initials upon the rin... ... another train of thought to ease my heart. But, I don’t know that I did it, for I was so full of paupers, that it was, after all, only a change to a ... ...o called in to his aid their old arch enemy Rust, and who would have got the better of them if the Spirit of Liberty had not in the nick of time trans... ...nd subdued by the moral disadvan- tage at which I stand, I turn my disconsolate eyes on the refreshments that are to restore me. I find that I must ei... ... the creature; and that had so curiously and strongly painted itself upon my brain, that I could not get rid of it until it was worn out. I noticed th... ... Westminster; partly, because I had a night fancy in my head which could be best pursued within sight of its walls and dome. And the fancy was this: A... ...ain drew up, dread- ful doubts of Mr. Barlow’s considering the costumes of the Nymphs of the Nebula as being sufficiently opaque, obtruded themselves ... ... 326 him better acquainted with the properties of incandescent iron, on which he (Barlow) would fully expatiate. I pictured Mr. Barlow’s instituting a...

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...dians, and the cattle-rustlers once came galloping before hell-for-leather posses. As she climbed along the banks of the dark river Carol listened to ... ...of this job of liking the ash-pile out there! … I must shut up. I’m mildly insane. I’m going out for a walk. I’ll see the town by myself. My first vie... ...e sounded hysterical to herself; she fancied that to Sam Clark she sounded insane. But he chuckled, “Now you just cuddle under Sam’s wing, and if anyb... ...e a shop-window of flexible toys, comic mandarins and judges and ducks and clowns, set quivering by a breeze from the open door: “All this profit-shar... ...r earning more than 78 Main Street twenty-five hundred dollars a year, or possessed of grand- parents born in America. Even while they were removing ... ...heir first names. He was known as “The Red Swede,” and considered slightly insane. Bjornstam could do anything with his hands—solder a pan, weld an au... ...ed, a high-church cult, with electric sparks for candles, and piston-rings possessing the sanctity of altar-vessels. His liturgy was composed of inton... ...irch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol’s hat, dropped an ant down 36...

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...wnstairs come rather late.’ The squire reca- pitulated the intelligence to possess it thoroughly. ‘Rather late, eh? Oh! Shove him into a bed, and give... ...as. He informed me that he was a lawyer, and ready to be panta- loon to my clown, if I would engage him. ‘Are you in the Peerage?’ said I. ‘Not yet,’ ... ...d hugged for I know not how long, until the smell of Riversley took entire possession of me, and my old home seemed nearer than the one I lived in; bu... ...ered a benefaction, in its way, some recompense to the boys, for their not possessing one like mine. My anxiety was relieved by my writing letters to ... ...oh! enormous folly. Pierce it, slay it, trample it under. Is that what the insane heart is big with? Throughout my night-watch I had been free of it, ... ... a petty German prince, and per- forming his antics, cutting capers like a clown at a fair. ‘Shame!’ said Janet. ‘Hear her!’ The squire turned to me. ... ...y call him Mr. Ik Dine in town. Ik Dine and a Dauphin! They made a regular clown and pantaloon o’ the pair, I’m told. Couple o’ pretenders to Thrones ... ...ainst undue influence and against bribery—a day of beer and cheers and the insanest of tricks to cheat the polling-booth. Old John Thresher of Dipwell... ...of parsi- mony on my behalf at such a time as this, was to my concep- tion insanely comical, and her manner of expressing it was too much for me. I ke...

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...e sav ages, La Salle set up a cross with the arms of France on it, and took possession of the whole country for the king—the cool fashion of the time... ...igns,” for the saving of the sav ages; thus compensating them with possible possessions in Heaven for the certain ones on earth which they had just b... ...y tran sient. When a circus came and went, it left us all burning to become clowns; the first negro minstrel show that came to our section left us al... ...the skids once more. My father was a justice of the peace, and I supposed he possessed the power of life and death over all men and could hang anybody... ...e yet—town littered with their children.” I asked about Miss —— “Died in the insane asylum three or four years ago—never was out of it from the time s...

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...nd haggard; but an indescribable air of jaunty impudence and perfect self possession pervaded the whole man. Such was the individual on whom Mr. Pick... ...nacquainted with the place and its inhabitants, and the stranger seemed to possess as great a knowledge of both as if he had lived there from his infa... ...ng the chair every night, at some low theatrical house, at once put him in possession of a few more shillings weekly, and enabled him to gratify his o... ... turned round. He was dressed for the pantomimes in all the absurdity of a clown’s costume. The spectral figures in the Dance of Death, the most frigh... ...terous gallery, writhing under the tortures of a burning fever—I heard the clown’s shrill laugh, blending with the low murmurings of the dying man. ‘I... ...’ echoed Mr. Pickwick, taking off his hat and dashing it on the floor, and insanely casting his spectacles into the middle of the kitchen. At this hum... ...some rampacious animal with flowing mane and tail, distantly resembling an insane cart horse, which is elevated above the principal door. The Great Wh...

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...mous Malin de l’Aube, the repre- sentative of the people, in order to hold possession of the estate of Gondreville. [See “ An Historical Mystery.”] Co... ...on against him set in. Although for thirty years this provincial Aristides possessed the confidence of the whole town,—having been mayor of Arcis from... ...whether in Paris or at Cinq-Cygne. Until 1823 the Comte de Gondreville had possessed sufficient power over Louis XVIII. to prevent this appointment of... ...dame,” replied Achille Pigoult; “but he is, with- out knowing it, like the clown of a circus, the centre of the eyes of the two thousand inhabitants o... ...hed London, he was surprised to learn that Hanwell was the most celebrated insane asylum in Great Britain. Had he reflected on the mental condition of... ...n rose, Sallenauve, who had spent the last two weeks at Hanwell, among the insane, could all the more appreciate the remarkable dra- matic talent his ...

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...dible discovery, known to nobody else on earth. A strange trans- port took possession of her, all her veins were in a paroxysm of violent sensation. ‘... ...ot there. A terrible storm came over her, as if she were drowning. She was possessed by a devas- tating hopelessness. And she approached mechanically ... ... now she held Birkin by the arm. And he was expression- less, neutralised, possessed by her as if it were his fate, with- out question. Gerald Crich c... ...over the party, Birkin was mad with irritation, Halliday was turning in an insane hatred against Gerald, the Pussum was becoming hard and cold, like a... ...ice of Hermione. But under the straying voice, what a persis- tent, almost insane will! ‘I think he’s in his room, madam.’ ‘Is he?’ Hermione went slow... ...ned row.’ 91 Birkin was silent. ‘Of course,’ he said, ‘Julius is somewhat insane. On the one hand he’s had religious mania, and on the other, he is f... ...a- tion of the soul of a flea. She wanted to fit it to Loerke. Blake was a clown too. But it was necessary to answer Gerald. ‘Don’t you think the unde...

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...the reader will discover why—and I am in fact the only person in the world possessed of its contents. I have mastered them in not a few hours of earne... ...ulaco one of their ports of call for the Republic of Costaguana. The State possesses several harbours on its long seaboard, but except Cayta, an impor... ... Sta. Marta, which was like one great battlefield of the parties, with the possession of the capital for a prize and an outlet to another ocean. They ... ...erficiality is covered by the glitter of universal blague, like the stupid clown- ing of a harlequin by the spangles of a motley cos- tume, induced in... ...ration of a will haunted by a fixed idea. A man haunted by a fixed idea is insane. He is dangerous even if that idea is an idea of justice; for may he... ...y under arrest already, shut up together with Don Carlos. He laughed aloud insanely. Ha! ha! ha! ha! It was Pedrito Montero who would get the informat... ...rn Costaguanero. “Ramirez came up to me on the wharf. He reeled— he looked insane. He took his head into his hands. He had to talk to someone—simply h...

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...oned, and lastly isolated from the other houses of the street. Towards the middle of the reign of Louis XIII. only, an Italian, named Cropoli, escaped... ...to the chamber des- tined for him. The apartment was the same that had been occupied by Henry III. during his sojourn in the States. Monsieur had give... ...ed his speech the first. “Sire,” said he, “your reply? I wait for it as a criminal waits for his sentence. Must I die?” “My brother,” replied the Fren... ...e, monsieur, as the place of his destination.” “Come, Blaisois, come, search.” “Monsieur doubts my sincerity? Ah, monsieur, that grieves me much.” “Th... ...tory, I held my peace; but from the very moment she stepped on French ground, and now that we have received her in the name of the prince, I warn you,...

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...ting 7 Ray McBride English 4 – York campus ABNER ONE OF MY most meaningful possessions is an old baseball cap; it is faded navy blue and has a torn br... ...has been escalating for the past four or five years between Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse. Though these artists share many similarities, they have... ...n escalating for the past four or five years between Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse. Though these artists share many similarities, they have many m... ...lating for the past four or five years between Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse. Though these artists share many similarities, they have many more di... ...ve many more differences that they cannot over- come. While Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) share their home town and their shock ap- proach, ... ... more differences that they cannot over- come. While Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) share their home town and their shock ap- proach, they ha... ...differences that they cannot over- come. While Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse (ICP) share their home town and their shock ap- proach, they have had... ...ng sued by gay rights activists. The members of ICP paint their faces like clowns as do their le- gions of fans, and they drench two thirds of their a... ... the members of the group only moderately wealthy. Although Eminem and The Insane Clown Posse are all white rappers from the same town, with the same ...

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... no worse because I did it, instead of somebody else; and if putting me in posses- sion of a house would put me in possession of three and sixpence a ... ...arcely to feel them at all. I re- member the very first place I was put in possession of, was a gentleman’s house in this parish here, that every- bod... ...t table, and gammoned the servants, and nobody had the least idea I was in possession, though it very nearly came out after all; for one of the last g... ...e whole character of the place was the same, the pieces were the same, the clown’s jokes were the same, the riding-masters were equally grand, the com... ...e youngest child present; and actually join in the laugh which follows the clown’s shrill shout of ‘Here we are!’ just for old acquaintance’ sake. Nor... ...elf of our old feeling of reverence for the riding-master, who follows the clown with a long whip in his hand, and bows to the audience with graceful ... ...either looks remarkably unhappy for the next six weeks, or becomes legally insane, and goes mad, as it were, by Act of Parliament. But these trades ar...

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...ted Convict—you murderer, though haply you have slain no one— you Felon in posse if not in esse—deal gently with one who has used the Opportunity that... ...ress you may have for half de monish,” Rafael replied; “there’s a splendid clown for eight bob; but for dat Spanish dress, selp ma Moshesh, Mistraer L... ...RY ROLLICKER. I THE GABION WA S OURS. After two hours’ fighting we were in possession of the first embrasure, and made ourselves as com- fortable as c... ...arronades, loaded with marline-spikes, swept the gun-deck, of which we had possession, and decimated our little force; when a rifle-ball from the shro... ...ed as I read these cutting lines. I stamped,—I swore,—I don’t know to what insane lengths my rage might have carried me, had not at this moment a sold... ...tences at its close would have denoted how the lovely Lady Theodora became insane in the convent, and how Sir Ludwig determined, upon the de- mise of ... ...f the subject) at the way in which that humblest of romance heroes, Signor Clown, when he wants anything in the Pantomime, straight- way finds it to h... ...h a string of sausages and a bundle of bladders unconsciously helps Master Clown to a necklace and a tournure, and so on through the whole toilet? Dep...

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... no worse because I did it, instead of somebody else; and if putting me in posses- sion of a house would put me in possession of three and sixpence a ... ...arcely to feel them at all. I re- member the very first place I was put in possession of, was a gentleman’s house in this parish here, that every- bod... ...t table, and gammoned the servants, and nobody had the least idea I was in possession, though it very nearly came out after all; for one of the last g... ...e whole character of the place was the same, the pieces were the same, the clown’s jokes were the same, the riding-masters were equally grand, the com... ...e youngest child present; and actually join in the laugh which follows the clown’s shrill shout of ‘Here we are!’ just for old acquaintance’ sake. Nor... ...elf of our old feeling of reverence for the riding-master, who follows the clown with a long whip in his hand, and bows to the audience with graceful ... ...either looks remarkably unhappy for the next six weeks, or becomes legally insane, and goes mad, as it were, by Act of Parliament. But these trades ar...

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...ng fellows whose existence was problematical, since they were not known to possess either stock or landed estates, yet they lived, and lived well. The... ...ot, the self-made man in question, stiff, taciturn, cold, and dull-witted, possessed the sort of spirit which will not shrink from groveling before an... ...ous chronicle, embellished by added waggeries of his own. He sprang like a clown upon everybody’s back, only to do his utmost to leave the executioner... ...ions. If the squan- dered filthy lucre is never to be found again in their posses- sion, you find the remains of floral relics hoarded in dainty cedar... ...nd become a metropolis, forsooth, and the octroi duties accord- ingly were insanely high. The Republicans got wind of this bread riot, they organized ... ...d they are sending him metal in return; old Spanish cannon cast in such an insane fashion that they melted down gold and bell-metal and church plate f...

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...ish young gentleman in gloves must measure his scholarship with the plain, clownish laddie from the parish school. They sepa- rate, at the session’s e... ...like old family servants. Here is indeed a servant, whom we forget that we possess; who does not wait at the bright table, or run at the bell’s sum- m... ...od dogs that he had known, and the one really good dog that he had himself possessed. He had been offered forty pounds for it; but a good collie was w... ...n to mix it: Jack is that madman. I know not which is more remarkable; the insane lucidity of his conclusions the humorous eloquence of his language, ... ...the vigour with which he sets about the task, it were hard to fancy. He is possessed by a demoniac energy, welding the elements for his life, and bend... ...eply seated than this demand for fit and striking incident. The dullest of clowns tells, or tries to tell, himself a story, as the feeblest of childre...

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...re. He con- sidered his friend a model of perfection because Prince Andrew possessed in the highest degree just the very qualities Pierre lacked, and ... ...nd the firm pressure of the lean sinewy hand, showed that the prince still possessed the tenacious en- durance and vigor of hardy old age. After a few... ...esides been recognized as legitimate; so that he is now Count Bezukhov and possessor of the finest fortune in Russia. It is rumored that Prince V asil... ...’s favor. Now he alone was blamed for what had happened, he was said to be insanely jealous and subject like his father to fits of bloodthirsty rage. ... ...nefit. The chief steward, who considered the young count’s attempts almost insane—unprofitable to himself, to the count, and to the serfs—made some co... ...old lady in a hooped skirt— this was Nicholas. A Turkish girl was Petya. A clown was Dimmler. An hussar was Natasha, and a Circassian was Sonya with b... ...s and voices of new arriv- als in the vestibule. Hussars, ladies, witches, clowns, and bears, after clear- ing their throats and wiping the hoarfrost ... ...estibule, came into the ballroom where candles were hurriedly lighted. The clown—Dimmler—and the lady—Nicholas—started a dance. Surrounded by the scre... ... steppes of Muscovy alike, was enough to dumfound people and impel them to insane self-oblivion. He called for his horse and rode to his quarters. Som...

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...les, your hat no more belongs to you now than you belong to yourself. Play possesses you, your fortune, your cap, your cane, your cloak. 4 The Magic ... ...ures; but by dint of using his eyes, thinking and musing, a fever began to possess him, caused perhaps by the gnawing pain of hunger. The spectacle of... ...ofound knowledge of life. There was no de- ceiving this man, who seemed to possess a power of detect- ing the secrets of the wariest heart. The wisdom... ... sum-up of all reli- gious, political, or literary dissertations? Man is a clown danc- ing on the edge of an abyss.” “You would make out that I am a f... ...er. I imagine that women reputed virtuous, must often fall a prey to these insane tempests of desire and passion, which rise in us in spite of ourselv... ...ond cousins, and finally to build an asylum on purpose for impoverished or insane mathematicians.” “That would be exceedingly useful,” Planchette repl...

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... my voyage of discovery through the wilderness of thought. I married in an insane fit of belief that I had a share of the natural affection which carr... ... flying from her, and am for a hermit’s cave until I die. Love cannot keep posses- sion of me: all my strongest powers rise up against it and will not... ...he girls who shared the coach with her. But Jane declared that Agatha only possessed threepence in the world, and therefore could not possibly have gi... ...f despair and death; and often endured the mortification of the successful clown who believes, whilst the public roar with laughter at him, that he wa... ...n do so and not starve is nowa- days not even a paradox. Every halfpenny I possess is stolen money; but it has been stolen legally, and, what is of so... ...d, unruffled, “if you insist on Smilash, you shall have Smilash; I take an insane pleasure in personating him. If you want Sidney—my real Christian na...

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...of human virtue or fault, success or failure, wisdom or folly that did not possess its own peculiar psychological aspect and therefore demanded analys... ...particular illusion. Salient points in De Maupassant’s genius were that he possessed the rare faculty of holding di- rect communion with his gifts, an... ... hearing this, Lieutenant Otto and Sub-lieutenant Fritz, who pre-eminently possessed the grave, heavy German countenance, said: “What, Captain?” He th... ... through the eye of a needle, I believe I should take a jump at it, like a clown through a hoop. I shall die like that; it is in the blood. I am an ol... ...I felt as if I had received a blow from a dagger in my heart, and I had an insane hallucination. Lucy had moved, and her pretty head was in profile, i...

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...en by her, for she was a hot-tempered, bold, dark-browed, impatient woman, possessed of remarkable physical strength. Finally, she left the house and ... ...isease which is most frequently found in peasant women who are said to be “possessed by devils.” At times after terrible fits of hysterics she even lo... ... the type of religious enthusiast, who, if they were suddenly to come into possession of a large fortune, would not hesitate to give it away for the a... ...sh his old age, and I find nothing but a depraved profligate, a despicable clown!” “ A duel!” yelled the old wretch again, breathless and splut- terin... ...oment the thought struck him that Dmitri was mad. “What is it? I’m not insane,” said Dmitri, looking intently and earnestly at him. “No fear. I am... ..., with his family—an un- happy family of sick children, and, I believe, an insane wife. He has been living here a long time; he used to work as a copy... ...eeps the floor, puts mamma to bed. And mamma is capricious and tearful and insane! And now I can get a servant with this money, you understand, Alexey... ...k for his clothes, and it’s not my doing that they’ve dressed me up like a clown.” “He understands that, and is sorry… I mean, not sorry to lend y...

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...iated to the old Monastery, and since its dissolution hav- ing fallen into possession of a Body that never did anything for the town. The incumbent, M... ...was much afraid of some answer that would rouse him, but she kept her self-possession beautifully, and seemed to com- pose him in a moment.” “She is v... ...a.” “Daisy—papa’s Daisy—your vows are made,” whispered Ethel, gaining sole possession of the babe for a minute. “You have promised to be good and holy... ...ng more like Greek than anything else, except where here and there it made insane efforts to become running-hand, and thereby lost its sole previous g... ... him, but deeming all his powers well bestowed in fifty years’ teaching of clowns!” “Yes,” replied Ethel, very low. “One soul is worth—” and she pause...