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... if it were kept up to the same 8 Some Short Stories high standard as the plate; in his small clear anxious eyes, even in the permitted, though not e... ...nplace and conscious gentility and prosperous density, a full-fed material insular world, 17 Henry James a world of hideous florid plate and ponderou... ...full-fed material insular world, 17 Henry James a world of hideous florid plate and ponderous order and thin conversation. There wasn’t a word said a... ...and now I trust that, with characteristic deliberation, he is changing the plates of the immortal gods. As my depressing visitant also 21 Henry James... ...erwards found that they had cleaned my knives and that my slender stock of plate had an unprecedented surface. When it came over me, the latent eloque... ...late experience, that so complex a product as Addie should have any simple insular tie; but it was a queerer note still that she should have had one s... ...lowed us to embody it in our text, would usefully perform the office of a “plate.” It would enable us to present ourselves as profusely illustrated. B...

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...sing at Sagrado below Goritzia and a 25 H G Wells magnificent rush up the plateau and across the plateau of the Carso. Goritzia itself was not organi... ...retired into a case of brickwork, surmounted by a steep roof of thick iron plates; no aeroplane exists to carry bombs enough to smash that covering; t... ... will go under this fire along the length of the German positions exposing plate after plate; one machine will get a continuous panorama of many miles... ... of many miles and then come back straight to the aerodrome to develop its plates. There is no waste of time about the business, the photo- graphs are... ...e of faintly hostile, faintly contemptuous apathy. It is still so entirely insular that it shudders at the thought of the Channel T un- nel. This is t... ...diate object of self-abandonment? We need a standard so universal that the platelayer may say to the barrister or the duchess, or the Red Indian to th...

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...gs as soon as the equipage drew up opposite Miss Pinkerton’s shining brass plate, and as he pulled the bell at least a score of young heads were seen ... ...all the bills, and the washing, and the mending, and the puddings, and the plate and crockery, and the servants to superintend. But why speak about he... ...bottle of claret besides his Madeira at dinner, and he managed a couple of plates full of strawberries and cream, and twenty- four little rout cakes t... ...d cream, and twenty- four little rout cakes that were lying neglected in a plate near him, and certainly (for novelists have the privilege of knowing ... ...n black worsted stockings. The sideboard was covered with glisten- ing old plate—old cups, both gold and silver; old salvers and cruet-stands, like Ru... ... their side they would.say, “M. de Tapeworm continues his system of stupid insular arro- gance and vulgar falsehood against the greatest nation in the...

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...very nearly the same feelings towards the ocean with me. There now is your insular city of the Manhattoes, belted round by wharves as Indian isles by ... ...eemed purposely sitting apart from the other, as if each silent grief were insular and incommunicable. The chaplain had not yet arrived; and there the... ...t spot of radiance upon the ship’s tossed deck, something like that silver plate now inserted into the Victory’s plank where Nelson fell. “Ah, noble s... ...s, this old seaman, as an insulated Quakerish Nantucketer, was full of his insular prejudices, and rather distrustful of all aliens, unless they haile... ...tween which the slice of beef was locked, Ahab thereby motioned Starbuck’s plate towards him, the mate received his meat as though receiving alms; and... ...tenderly; and a little started if, perchance, the knife grazed against the plate; and chewed it noiselessly; and swallowed it, not without circumspect... ...denly vibrated and tingled, as it were, like the air over intensely heated plates of iron. Beneath this atmospheric waving and curling, and partially ... ...l cruis- ing-grounds; that off the Azores; off the Cape de V erdes; on the Plate (so called), being off the mouth of the Rio de la Plata; and the Carr... ...ing ocean surrounds the verdant land, so in the soul of man there lies one insular Tahiti, full of peace and joy, but encompassed by all the horrors o...

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...fat, aproned French waiter was hovering near. Josephine let him remove the plates and the empty bottle. “Have more wine,” she said to Aaron. But he re... ...roach him quite ordinarily. He put on the kettle, and quietly set cups and plates on a tray. The room was clean and cosy and pleasant. He did the clea... ... small table on the hearth-rug, spread it with a blue-and-white cloth, set plates and glasses. Aaron did not move. It was not his nature to concern hi... ...this quiet predominance over others. He mashed the potatoes, he heated the plates, he warmed the red wine, he whisked eggs into the milk pudding, and ... ...lied Aaron sourly. To which there was no answer. The host cleared away the plates, and put the pudding on the table. He pushed the bowl to Aaron. “I s... ...so- lating himself in their midst, and minding his own business. Upon this insular trick our greatness and our predominance depends—such as it is. Yes...

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... Lupton’s broad face might well wear a smile of complacency as she contem- plated the heir of Hunsden Wood occupied in paying assidu- ous court to her... ... somehow, the art of setting himself quite at his ease, and of allowing no insular timidity to intervene as a bar- rier between him and his convenienc... ...ell to upon some bread and butter and cold beef directly. Having cleared a plateful, I became so far humanized as to intimate to Mr. Hunsden “that he ... ...sted on the green door of a rather large house opposite, where, on a brass plate, was inscribed, “Pensionnat de Demoiselles.” Pensionnat! The word exc... ... their characters, and in less than five minutes I had buckled on a breast-plate of steely indifference, and let down a visor of impassible austerity.... ...e to myself, he civilly despatched a servant to the kitchen, to bring me a plate of “puree aux carottes” (for this was a maigre-day), and before sendi...

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...its most hideous spread of legs covers a space nearly as large as a dinner plate, and radiates from a body as big as 14 Doctor Grimshawe s Secret a d... ...s, and a love for and interest in even the material form of knowledge,—the plates, the print, the binding of the Doctor’s volumes, and even in a bookw... ...d so, whenever crusty Hannah neglected to do so, she herself would fetch a plate, and a little pitcher of water, and set it beside a vacant chair; and... ...on which glittered, gleamed, and shone a good quality of ancient ancestral plate, and an _epergne_ of silver, extending down the middle; also the glea... ...acters in their wine. A printed bill of fare, in gold letters, lay by each plate, on which Redclyffe saw the company glancing with great inter est. T... ...te them, in great measure, to the narrowness of the English view,—to those insular prejudices which have always pre vented them from fully appreciati...

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...umstances. He had amassed a consider- 25 able quantity of gold and silver plate, which was for some time deposited in his bed-room at his parsonage h... ... the first tidings of any such event. And it is to be noted that, from our insular situation, and the multi- tude of our frigates disposable for the r... ...er;) what intense and rapid deglutition! what odious clatter of knives and plates! what silence of the hu- man voice! what gravity! what fury in the l... ...ery grace of the human figure. At a slight distance, the table loaded with plate glittering under a profusion of lamps, and surrounded by couches thus...

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... brose. At the middle table trenchers and bannocks served the pur- pose of plates; and at the third there was nothing interposed between the boards of... ...glass of the great windows. The high table was loaded with gold and silver plate, and Venice glasses even more precious; there were carpets under the ... ...es, whose French was not strong, could hold no conversation with them. T o insular minds, whether Scottish or English, every devia- tion of the Gallic... ...dery on a green ground was spread so as to shelter a cloth glittering with plate and bestrewn with flowers; horses, in all varieties of or- namental h...

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...e, Mazzini’s Duties of Man, and other congenial documents, to break up the insular confines in which they had been reared and to enlarge their new hor... ... told me about your talks on the journey.” Nejdanov blushed, bent over his plate, and mumbled some- thing; he did not feel shy, but was simply unaccus... ...a pas- sion. He seized a large roll, and breaking it in half over his soup plate, in the manner of the stylish Parisian in the “Cafe- Riche,” announce... ...c anecdote, but stopped half-way through. Mariana kept looking down at her plate persistently, not wishing to betray her sympathy with what Nejdanov h... ... the clerk Vasia became so tipsy that he be- gan to giggle and talk to his plate. All at once he jumped up 126 Virgin Soil shouting wildly, “What sor... ...sn’t she a dear!” T atiana appeared with the knives and forks, serviettes, plates and dishes. While laying the table she related all the news about th...

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... to date From daybreak, and when coffin’d at fourscore, Engrave upon the plate, you rose at four. And Haidee met the morning face to face; H... ... mistress quit her bed to trace The sea shore at this hour, must leave his plate, Unless he wish’d to die upon the place— She snatch’d it, and... ...ally Love, though good always, is not quite so good), Ceres presents a plate of vermicelli, For love must be sustain’d like flesh and bloo... ...tissue, Meridian like, were seen all light to issue. Crystal and marble, plate and porcelain, Had done their work of splendour; Indian mats ... ...Their loves, and feasts, and house, and dress, and mode Of living in their insular abode. Their poet, a sad trimmer, but no less In company a ... ...on’s Don Juan “Canto Nine” 208 I ‘ve done. Now go and dine from off the plate Presented by the Prince of the Brazils, And send the sentinel...

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...nter from Brentford, in the disposal of the dishes, and the handing of the plates. George Brown was the more skilled waiter, and as the man who was at... ...he gentle- 139 Yo n g e man the urn and the tea and coffee pots and other plate; but it was a drawback to the pleasure of this munificence that the e... ...growing dark by the time Madge returned with a guttering candle, a cracked plate and wedge of greasy-looking pie, a piece of dry bread, a pewter cup o... ... obeyed her call, and let her make friends, and read the name on the brass plate upon his collar. When she read “Sir A. Belamour, Bart.,” she took the... ...ved a diplomatic appointment at 266 Love and Life Vienna, and in spite of insular ignorance of foreign manners was at a loss for a capable suite. Mr....

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...tand, the buildings, the policemen, the boot- blacks, the paint, gilt, and plateglass of the Black Horse, with 8 Chance the eye of a Conqueror. At th... ...t up on the roof in giant gilt letters, and two enormous shield-like brass-plates curved round the cor- ners on each side of the doorway were the only... ...ed try to smile at the girl, and sitting opposite her with his eyes on his plate and slight quivers passing along the line of his clean-shaven jaw, he... ...ant than warm as is the way of our discreet self-repressed, distinguished, insular sun, which would not turn a real lady scarlet—not on any account. M... ... dog’s composure. Mrs. Fyne seated immovable before the table charged with plates, cups, jugs, a cold teapot, crumbs, and the general litter of the en... ...the bars. The ground floor of the Eastern Hotel was an unabashed pub, with plate-glass fronts, a display of brass rails, and divided into many compart...

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...ere was little to be done but to admire their costume, armlets, necklaces, plates of mother-of-pearl, but no nose ornaments. They had strips of a kind... ...use the character of its population, the salubrity of its climate, and its insular position, make it the fittest place for the purpose. ‘Your affectio... ... the floor had been brought from New Zealand, the heavy posts on which the plates were laid were cut in Vanua Lava, and the thatch was of cocoa-nut le... ...y will.’ ‘In a postscript is mentioned the arrival of some exquisite altar plate for the College chapel, which had been offered by a lady, who had als... ...et altar cloth, Lady S. in Sydney gives all the white linen: our Communion plate, you know, is very handsome. Some day Joan must send me a solid block... ...dles, books, and my hut has a table and a stool, and I have a cup, saucer, plate, knife, fork, and spoon. My good friend George, who I think is on the...

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...hat part which fell immediately behind the heels, there were attached thin plates of gold; or, by way of variety, it was studded with golden stars and... ... a character as the archdeacon, but on the spirited appropriator of church plate. We were sur- prised lately to find, in a German work of some authori... ...s; one of those, as originally invented upon the encouragement of the Pen- insular campaigns from 1809 to 1814, and subsequently improved, would meet ...

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...en and women gathered in one spot, walking upon real pavements in front of plate- glass-windowed shops, and talking something that at first hearing wa... ...nderous Irish gentleman, with priest’s cords in his hat and a small nickel-plated badge on his fat bosom, emerged from the knot supporting a Chinaman ... ...s so? Then I am very sorry for you.” That made him angry, and he said that insular envy made me unresponsive. So, you see, I could not make him under-... ...lines of the Palmer House (but with all the gilding real gold, and all the plate-glass diamond), and set in the centre of it a loud-voiced, argumentat...

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...d then sat still with downcast eyes, looking at the piece of cheese on his plate for a whole minute. At the end of that time he got up, and went out—w... ... trust you.” And she went on with her methodical proceedings. She laid two plates, got the bread, the butter, going to and fro quietly between the tab... ...e buried in special books up to our necks— whole shelves full of them—with plates… . It’s a noxious, ras- cally-looking, altogether detestable beast, ... ... words fell into water, but the shortcomings of time- tables remained. The insular nature of Great Britain obtruded itself upon his notice in an odiou...

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...table and he stood behind her. Oth- ers were wrangling for places, chairs, plates, glasses, game- pie, champagne: she had them; the lady under his cha... ... the table, saying: ‘An argument between one at supper and another handing plates, is rather unequal if eloquence is needed. As Pat said to the consta... ...erings; happy in being the pic- ture of them. ‘I’m not hungry,’ said he. A plate of Andrew Hedger’s own would not have tempted him. The foolish frizzl... ...rries the decanter, ma’am, and Mrs. Bridges the biscuits, and Bartlett the plate of fruit, and they march out in order.’ ‘The man at the head of the p... ..., if not exactly aristocratic by birth, stood well for that aristo- cratic insular type, which seems to promise the husband of it a casket of all the ... ...vers busied her hands to supply her mistress a cup of refreshing tea and a plate of biscuits. Diana had stunned herself with the strange weight of the...

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...e traveller in such a coun- try. A coat of linked mail, with long sleeves, plated gauntlets, and a steel breastplate, had not been esteemed a sufficie... ..., in flexible mail, securing the legs and thighs, while the feet rested in plated shoes, which corresponded with the gauntlets. A long, broad, straigh... ...assive and unwieldy than those of the rider. The animal had a heavy saddle plated with steel, uniting in front with a species of breastplate, and behi... ... were secured by chain-work, and the front-stall of the bridle was a steel plate, with apertures for the eyes and nostrils, having in the midst a shor... ... the blood of the servants of the Lord, and therefore do we come hither in plate and mail, with sword and lance, to open the road to the Holy Sepulchr... ...el, those of other nations concurred in casting the greater blame upon the insular haughtiness and assuming character of Richard. “Thou seest,” said t...

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...ge from London on a principal north road), encum- bered with a quantity of plate. How he came by it, or whither he was going, he steadfastly refused t... ... the Assyrian cruelty in the treatment of military captives. In one of the plates of Chap xx., at page 456, is exhibited some unknown torture applied ... ...ase had been previously recorded in human literature, and illustrated by a plate. It occurs in a Dutch voyage to the islands of the East. The subject ... ...hat, in a library containing a fair pro- portion of books illustrated with plates, about ten shillings a volume might be taken as expressing, upon a s... ... beyond recall, even in the case of Greek, in spite of the Asiatic and the Insular Greeks—what we de- manded in vain was any pronunciation whatever th... ...in his privileged character of Armiger, need- ing those door (coffin-door) plates, which all reasonable people had supposed to be reserved for the man...