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.... How well I remember the pleasant afternoon when I was raised in bed with pillows for the first time to enjoy a great tea drinking with Charley! The ... ... hours at a time, whatever steps they happen to be upon. They dance in the academy, and at this time of year we do figures at five every morning.” “Wh... ... footstool, a sofa, and plenty of cush ions, an easy chair, and plenty of pillows, a piano, books, draw ing materials, music, newspapers, and a few ... ...leep to be wandering abroad rather than count ing the hours on a restless pillow, strolls hitherward at this quiet time. Attracted by curiosity, he o... ...lf. And I noticed as I kissed my dear that she lay with one hand under her pillow so that it was hidden. How much less amiable I must have been than t... ...that, my dear. Then I told Ada how I had seen her hand concealed under her pillow and had little thought why, my dear. Then they began telling me how ... ...he, when he has a lei sure half hour, think of bestowing it on that Royal Academy sculptor, for the advantage of both parties? Bleak House – Volume...

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...ckinged legs crossed, and her knees up under her chin. She stroked a satin pillow while she read. About her was the clothy exuberance of a Blodgett Co... ...aphs of girls, a carbon print of the Coliseum, a chafing-dish, and a dozen pillows embroidered or beaded or pyrographed. Shockingly out of place was a... ...sle is of bare, splintery, grease-black- ened wood. There is no porter, no pillows, no provision for beds, but all today and all tonight they will rid... ...ied to a small poppy, the correct skeins of embroi- dery-silk lying on the pillow. Inside the shop, a glimpse of bad carbon prints of bad and famous p... ...e tis- sue, which she hung as a panel against the maize wall; a couch with pillows of sapphire velvet and gold bands; 72 Main Street chairs which, in... ...nd noisy and breathless and ghastly expensive. But compared with the moldy academy in which I had been smothered—! I went to symphonies twice a week. ...

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...t to him, “Oh, sir!” and fell a-weeping. Sir Austin turned the lamp on her pillow, and harshly bade her go to sleep, striding from the room forthwith.... ...e; he turned on that. He lay on his back; he tried putting his face to the pillow; and he continued to swell. He wondered the room could hold him—he t... ...hard, you sleep the moment you get into bed!” “The instant my head’s on my pillow, and up the moment I wake. Health’s everything!” “Health’s everythin... ...y whispered, “Sure you’ve got a dearer!” “Ah!” sighed Lucy, sinking on her pillow, overwhelmed by 215 George Meredith the strangeness of her state. M... ...r avowal of her secret, but forth- with leaned her consummate bosom to the pillow, and peti- tioned heaven to bless them both!—Then the little bride w... ...ments with two or three of the delica- cies of language she learnt at your Academy. I rather like to hear a woman swear. It embellishes her!” Mountfal...

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...atural and artificial objects and the customs of the inhabitants. Thus the academy , and court- house, and jail, and inn, and most similar things, are... ... a wood so proverbially soft that it is commonly chosen by the hunters for pillows. But for this awkward dilemma, it is probable that the ambi- tious ... ...been convened, to take into consideration the propriety of establishing an academy . This measure originated with Richard, who, in truth, was much dis... ...in good plain English. From this time until the date of our incidents, the academy was a common country school, and the great room of the building was... ... another de- nomination had previously occupied the field, by engaging the academy , the first Sunday after his arrival was allowed to pass in silence... ...urch, would be held on the night before Christmas, in the long room of the academy in T empleton, by the Rev. Mr. Grant.” This annunciation excited gr... ...or food, but despair sent them at night, enfeebled and wan, to a sleepless pillow. It was not a moment for in action. I purchased cargoes of wheat fro...

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...o the education of officers and engineers for the naval service. The Naval Academy is rendering signal service in preparing midshipmen for the highly ... ...E MANSION, W ASHINGTON, December 15, 1863. MOTHER MARY GONYEAG , Superior, Academy of Visitation, Keokuk, Iowa: The President has no authority as to w... ...E, MANSION, February 19, 1864. COMMANDER GEORGE S. BLAKE, Commandant Naval Academy, Newport, R. I.: I desire the case of Midshipman C. Lyon re-examine... ...true, I fear, has reached us, of the massacre, by the rebel forces at Fort Pillow, in the west end of Tennessee, on the Mississippi River, of some thr... ... ours, might be too serious, too cruel, a mistake. We are having the Fort Pillow affair thoroughly in- vestigated; and such investigation will probab... ...at has been said it shall turn out that there has been no massacre at Fort Pillow, it will be 107 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Seven almost ... ...ome. [There was a massacre of a black company and their offic- ers at Fort Pillow—they were prisoners who later on, the day of their capture, were ord...

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...son, the professor, is his idol; he thinks him capable of attaining to the Academy of Sciences. Thuillier, between the audacious nullity of Minard, an... ...e uncle, we have decided to nominate Doctor Horace Bianchon, member of the Academy of Sci- ences, as you are aware, and one of the most distinguished ... ...myself to death,” said Felix to Madame Thuillier. “I’ll be a member of the Academy of Sciences; I’ll make some great discovery, and win her hand by fo... ...e entered, Cerizet gave a rapid glance at the old man, whose head lay on a pillow brown with grease and without a pillow-case; his angular profile, li... ...ardinal to Perrache. Nevertheless, to exhibit solicitude, she arranged the pillow under the patient’s head, saying:— “There! uncle, don’t you feel bet... ...ndeserving of that prize.” “It is certainly under such conditions that the Academy selects its candidates,” said la Peyrade. “What is your master’s na... ...r long devotion to this old man, and I will then draw up a memorial to the Academy and take the necessary steps to present it.” “How good monsieur is!...

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...l like bread; all the more if it has the sanction, as it will have, of the Academy of Sciences. My good Monsieur Vauquelin will perhaps help me once m... ...alysis of hair?” He took up a little paper. “I am about to read before the Academy of Sciences a monograph on that subject. Hair is composed of a rath... ...ho use it will probably preserve their hair.” “Do you think that the royal Academy of Sciences would approve of—” “Oh! there is no discovery in all th... ...t,” said V auquelin. “Be- sides, charlatans have so abused the name of the Academy that it would not help you much. My conscience will not allow me to... ... at its right medium. CEPHALIC OIL, based upon principles laid down by the Academy of Sciences, produces this impor- tant result, sought by the ancien... ... demonstrative perfumer, who told his dear Constance, with his head on her pillow, the smallest 167 Balzac thoughts and feelings of his whole life, l... ...he debtor proudly, “I am very rich. I shall lay my head this night upon my pillow with the happi- ness of knowing that I have paid you in full.” This ...

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...rannis?” inquired Maria, stand- ing in the door, a very dirty, half-filled pillowcase over one arm. “No, nothing—nothing that I can think of, Maria,” ... ...ing Miss Baker’s door wide open, as if maliciously. She had left the dirty pillow- case on the floor in the hall, and she stood outside, be- tween the... ...her search. The flat was cleaned of its junk from top to bottom. The dirty pillow-case was full to bursting. She took advantage of the supper hour to ... ...nce in the affair. Then a long wrangle began. Every bit of junk in Maria’s pillow-case was discussed and weighed and disputed. They clamored into each... ...s concluded. But Zerkow still had something to say. As Maria folded up the pillow-case and rose to go, the old Jew said: “Well, see here a minute, we’... ...to its full length. The cloth was laid, the chairs—rented from the dancing academy hard by—drawn up, the dishes set out, and the two bouquets of cut f...

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...eries of delays in coming to America. Old Grammont as he appeared upon the pillow of his bed by the light of a rose-shaded bedside lamp, was a small- ... ...mories of Rome, Florence, Milan, Paris, the National Gallery and the Royal Academy, amidst which splendours a competent staff administers modern comfo... ...t stand him. No one else.” He was lying on a narrow little bed with a hard pillow that the doctor replaced by one from Lady Hardy’s room. He had twist... ...fatigue, may take very rapid and unexpected turns.” Sir Richmond, cheek on pillow, seemed to assent. “I think if you want to be sure that Lady Hardy s...

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...k on a gray background. The clas- sic divan was there, of course, with its pillows and footstools. The plant-stands, taken care of by the head-gardene... ...te, the illustrious sister of our head-clerk and leading lady of the Royal Academy of music and dancing, having obligingly put at the disposition of t...

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...eep! I lie for hours, and can’t sleep. She binds her hair in a knot on the pillow, just as she used to in the old farm days!” Rhoda knew that her sist... ...e lived here as if I had no more fire in me than old Gammon snoring on his pillow up aloft; and who kept me to it? Did you see I never touched liquor?... ...inted. Quelling her first impulse to scream, she dropped him gently on the pillow, and rapped to rouse up her maid. The two soon produced a fire and h... ...a lot of lightnings I see in the back of my head!” Robert fell back on the pillow. Mrs. Boulby wiped her eyes. Her feelings were overwhelmed with mour... ...to war with the elements, and so long as we fight them, we’re in the right academy for learnin’ how the game goes. Our vulner- ability commences when ... .... A man who can, in such extremities of despair, go premeditatingly to his pillow, obeys an animal instinct in pursuit of oblivion, that will befriend...

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... 49 Thackeray morning, as she wakes and looks at the face, snoring on the pillow by her side—every morning, I say, she blesses that dull ugly counten... ...e betook herself, under Podmore’s advice, to the singing school. Baroski’s academy was, after the passages between them, out of the question, and she ... ... card through life; ladies can trust their daughters at Sir George Thrum’s academy. “A good musician, madam,” says he to the mother of a new pupil, “s... ... pre-eminent for a mile round Cavendish Square. By the young pupils of the academy he was called Sir Charles Grandison; and, indeed, fully deserved th...

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...to keep it secret. I have no secrets from my friends. I am to learn in the academy at Milan.” “Would you not rather let me take you?” “Not quite.” She... ...wrote from Milan to say that he has made arrangements for her to enter the Academy there, and will come to fetch her in a few days?” Emilia’s wrists c... ...at there was a tragic back- ground to this outward placidity; tears on the pillow at night and long vigils. Emilia had surprised her weeping, and thou... ...my father about Italy and his black-yellow Tedeschi, this man came over my pillow and made me call him Master, Master. And he is. He seems as if he we... ...to propitiate her and get her to utter some words that would not haunt his pillow. “My dear girl! it’s not my doing. I like you. I wish you well and h... ...ive sensation of pity or startled self-love. She went to smooth Mr. Pole’s pillow, as to a place of forgetfulness. The querulous tyrannies of the inva... ...ld reply. “To school!” Emilia throbbed, “while they are fighting!” “To the Academy. My brother’s first thought is to further your progress in Art. Whe... ... there, don’t you see it? And you look none of the freshest. A nap on your pillow’ll do you no harm.” “I wanted to talk to you a little, sir,” said Wi...

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...d a some- what graver mood had come over Minna as she laid her head on her pillow, for she asked the difficult question, ‘Can mamma see us now?’ which... ...rence between the staff of the middle school and of the private commercial academy. He evidently was pleased to stand upon his rights, to disap- point... ...it in the mornings, when bathing and fishing were more attractive than the pillow! Moreover, the moonlight disclosed what appeared like a figure in th... ... own notes. Ave has all that he has written to her from Whitford under her pillow, and she kept spreading them out, and making us read them, and—oh! t... ... robust, with revived spirits, but bent on standing an examination for the academy at Woolwich. He had written about it several times before his retur... ...n. When she roused herself and turned her head, she per- ceived on Minna’s pillow two eyes above the bed-clothes, intently fixed on her. Should she se... ...pt;’ and he made an attempt at thrusting his hand under 360 The Trial the pillow, but failing, swore, shouted, howled with his last strength, that he...

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...of his life, was pronounced after his death in 1772 on behalf of the Royal Academy of Sciences in the Hall of the Nobles at Stockholm, by Monsieur San... ...d your reflections! Dear Monsieur Becker, you have laid your head upon the pillow of Doubt, because it is the easiest of solutions; acting in this res...

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...ter from the head which it supported, ‘art thou so effeminate as to need a pillow?’ The officer of engineers, whose curious Letters from the Highlands... ...she casts, or doth change her feathers” 197 Sir Walter Scott (R. Holmes’s Academy of Armory, etc.). Spenser has both noun and verb; as in F . Q. i. 5...

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...re closed; that which contains the famous Murillos has been turned into an academy of the fine arts; but the English guide did not think the pictures ... ...tells me he goes to sleep every night with the keys of Gibraltar under his pillow. It is an awful image, and somehow completes the no- tion of the slu...

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... game (the innocence of which is only surpassed in the nomenclature of the Academy by that of La Bataille) a passion corresponding to that of the hunt... ...anticists palpitated on all sides,—in the newspapers, at the clubs, at the Academy, everywhere. Since then, Camille Maupin has written several plays a... ...ll-treated. “They go to work like La Fontaine, when he wanted to enter the Academy,” said Camille. Madame de Rochefide had unbounded power to restrain... ...ad seen her on the night of her illness, and there he laid his head on the pillow where hers had lain. “I am committing follies,” he said, grasping Ca...

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...ed at his face, as it lay there laughing and bitter and indifferent on the pillow, and he 90 could not go away. ‘I don’t suppose you will see very mu... ...rings. ‘Are you sure you were quite comfortable?’ she said, press- ing the pillow. ‘Perfectly,’ he replied coldly. ‘And were you warm? There is no dow... ... the agonised being. The tense body relaxed, the head fell aside, down the pillow. Gerald stood transfixed, his soul echoing in horror. He would move,... ...ed her. This picture she entitled ‘Home.’ It would have done for the Royal Academy. ‘Come with us to tea—do,’ said Ursula, as they ran nearer to the c... ...with trembling, excited hands she put the coveted stockings under Ursula’s pillow. ‘One gets the greatest joy of all out of really lovely stock- ings,...

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...Excerpt: On a January evening of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New York. Though there was already talk of the erection, in remote metropolitan distances ?above the Forties,? of a new Opera House which should compete in costliness and splendour with those of the great ...

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...NING of the early seventies, Christine Nilsson was singing in Faust at the Academy of Music in New Y ork. Though there was already talk of the erectio... ...assemble every winter in the shabby red and gold boxes of the sociable old Academy. Conservatives cher- ished it for being small and inconvenient, and... ...cence gested nose of one’s own coachman gleamed under the por- tico of the Academy. It was one of the great livery-stableman’s most masterly intuition... ... accord with the prima donna’s stage-manager he could not have entered the Academy at a more significant moment than just as she was singing: “He love... ...he bath-room of a nervous aunt, and saw in the small hours by joining in a pillow-fight that ranged from the nurseries to the basement. But on Sunday ... ...e of her cheeks seemed to show that it had recently been pressed against a pillow, and her half-awakened eyes stared at him hospitably but confusedly.... ...sually slept like a baby), had found their mistress sitting up against her pillows with a crooked smile on her face and one little hand hanging limp f...