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...t, That you your selfe being extant well might show, How farre a moderne quill doth come to short, Speaking of worth, what worth in you doth grow, ... ...ents of your praise richly compil’d, Reserue their Character with goulden quill, And precious phrase by all the Muses fil’d. I thinke good thoughts... ...nely my plague thus farre I count my gaine, That she that makes me sinne, awards me paine. - 143 - 141: In faith I doe not loue thee with mine eyes ...

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...worsted. On his feet were deer-skin moccasins, ornamented with porcupines’ quills, after the manner of the Indians, and his limbs were guarded with lo... ...dating squatter, but as the preserver of his child. CHAPTER XXX “The court awards it, and the law doth give it.” —Merchant of Venice. REMARKABLE PETTI... ...ions of his ears were entwined ornaments of silver, beads, and porcupine’s quills, mingled in a rude taste, and after the Indian fashions. A large dro... ...ompensation for his losses which the British com- missioners had at length awarded. After spending a year in England, he was returning to Halifax, on ...

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..., smooth-faced man, stolid as an ox; inevita- bly dressed in blue serge, a quill tooth-pick behind his ear, a Grand Army button in his lapel. He and J... ... impor- tant committee meeting—something to do with the Art Institute, the award of prizes; was that it?” “Oh, yes,” he answered, indifferently, “some... ...led so often. With Landry or with Curtis Jadwin she was always calm, tran- quilly self-possessed. But Corthell seemed able to reach all that was impet...

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...as the swinging doors of Hulker, Bullock & Co. closed upon Mr. Sedley, Mr. Quill, the cashier (whose benevolent occupation it is to hand out crisp ban... ... that all engage- ments between the families were at an end—when the final award came, it did not shock her so much as her parents, as her mother rath...

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...f your child’s fate. Go your own way, madame; make him a fool, a miserable quill-driver, tie him to a desk, and you’ve murdered him! But I hope, in sp... ...o my nephew Finot,” he said. “Y ou see, Philippe, the reign of phrases and quill-drivers is upon us; we may as well submit. T o-day, scribblers are pa... ...n the eyes of all; and his life and conduct received in one day their just award. Gilet met Captain Potel, who was looking for him, and seemed almost ...

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...less from the lists. The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day’s honours to the Disi... ...nce of the Knight of the Black Armour, to whom, therefore, he persisted in award- ing the prize. T o the surprise of all present, however, the knight ... ...ce by that title only you will consent to be known to us, we a second time award to you the honours of this tournament, and announce to you your right... ... of archery intended for the morrow. T o the best archer a prize was to be awarded, being a bugle-horn, mounted with silver, and a silken baldric rich... ...ng down, transfixed with the arrow. “There, Prior,” said the Captain, “are quills enow to supply all the monks of Jorvaulx for the next hundred years,...

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...The lady’s hand in her physician’s knew. She had not hoped for them as her award, When zig-zag on the tongue electric flew Her charge of counter-motiv... ...ll, From sleep or debate, a mannikin squire With head of a merlin hawk and quill Acrow on an ear. At him rained fire From a blast of eyeballs hotter ...

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...as the swinging doors of Hulker, Bullock & Co. closed upon Mr. Sedley, Mr. Quill, the cashier (whose benevolent occupation it is to hand out crisp ban... ... that all engage- ments between the families were at an end—when the final award came, it did not shock her so much as her parents, as her mother rath... ...y and intense raptures of motherly love, such as God’s marvellous care has awarded to the female in- stinct—joys how far higher and lower than reason—... ...5 Thackeray The child had many more luxuries and indulgences than had been awarded his father. Osborne’s commerce had prospered greatly of late years.... ...wont, with some old story about old times to which Amelia had listened and awarded a patient smile many a time before. She could of late think of her ...

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... “I can sell you a couple of hides a-quiver, ears well pricked, coats like quills, ribs barrel-shaped, and paws so tucked up as scarcely to graze the ... ...heard of a case of vice or seduction. Nay, even to mere frailty they would award the lash without mercy. On the other hand, should any instance of wha... ...ld declare, “are so much rubbish. I respect only good behaviour, and shall award full marks to those who con- duct themselves properly, even if they f... ...: whereas to those in whom I may perceive a tendency to jocularity I shall award nothing, even though they should outdo Solon himself.” For the same r... ... of the State; on the day that he saw legions of handsome gentlemen of the quill-driving profession making loud scratchings with pens, and cocking the... ...er of means could any mortal decide to which of these rubbishy romances to award the palm, since all them presented an equal claim to that honour. Nat...

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...!’ This note was written upon gilt edged paper With a neat little crow quill, slight and new: Her small white hand could hardly reach the tape... ... none will know The conqueror at least; who, ere Time renders His last award, will have the long grass grow Above his burnt out brain, and sap... ...ght, in country much the same— Because bold Britons have a tongue and free quill, At which all modern nations vainly aim; And the Lord Henry w... ...etty name as one would wish to read, Must perch harmonious on my tuneful quill. There ‘s music in the sighing of a reed; There ‘s music in t...

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...eutenant-general—made marshal of France six months be- fore his death—this quill-driver had risen to unhoped-for dignity as head-clerk of his office; ... ...This is the reason why the same prize, the same triumph, the same bays are awarded to great poets and to great generals. Wenceslas, by nature a dreame... ..., gave rise to a series of over-free jests, to which the Academy could not award the Montyon prize; but among which the name was taken up, to rest the...

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...d them. One of them would call it her little dille, her staff of love, her quillety, her faucetin, her dandilolly. Another, her peen, her jolly kyle, ... ...rrowed from the beggars of St. Innocent, and cast them with small canes or quills to write with into the necks of the daintiest gentlewomen that he co... ...temon, and that merely out of a spite and spleen for having pronounced his award more veritable than she, upon the question which was merrily proposed... ...intelligences, blunt the spindles, joint the wherves, slander the spinning quills, reproach the bobbins, revile the clew-bottoms, and finally ravel an... ...ly instanced against him in a certain decree, judgment, or sentence lately awarded, given, and pronounced by him; and that, therefore, he had taken ho... ...ed the determination of their variance and debate to the discretion of his award and arbitrament, after that the reasons on either side whereupon was ... ... proper business, without cost and charges, and for a cause. This verdict, award, and arbit- rament of the Parisian fool did appear so equitable, yea,... ... use is made thereof by tippling sweet-lipped bibbers, who out of it frame quills and pipes, through which they with their liquor-at- tractive breath ... ...e it, as little concerning you, when it is general. Then we knights of the quill are a stiff- necked generation, who as seldom care to seem to doubt t...

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...sacred Muse, my haughty thoughts inspire, And make a trumpet of my slender quill To thunder out this furious combat shrill. XL These sons of Mayors bo... ... was bent; Argantes at his face a thrust did throw, Which while the Prince awards and doth prevent, His ready hand the Pagan turned so, That all defen...

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...nd in this way somewhat softened the hard sharpness of the old porcupine’s quills. But after all this, there was very little to be learned from the ol... ...t after the expiration of such pun- ishment as the law of this country may award him.’ Dr T empest looked at Mrs Proudie, thinking that she might perh... ...ase was constantly in Lily’s ears, and as constantly she heard high praise awarded to Johnny for his kindness in going after the Arabins. ‘He must be ... ...tinued the doc- tor, ‘there will arise the question whether the punishment awarded to him by the judge should suffice for ecclesiastical purposes. Sup... ...urn to his cure after the expiration of such punishment as the judge might award, without a further decision from an ecclesiastical court. This decisi...

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...your report, That you yourself being extant well might show How far a modern quill doth come too short, Speaking of worth, what worth in you doth grow... ...omments of your praise, richly compiled, Reserve their character with golden quill And precious phrase by all the Muses led. I think good thoughts wh... ... be: Only my plague thus far I count my gain, That she that makes me sin awards me pain. Shakespeare’s Sonnets 77 142 Love is my sin and thy dear...

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...ce before everything. Thanks, thanks!” And he went on writing, so that his quill splut- tered and squeaked. “If you have anything to say, say it. Thes... ... was joyfully received. A thanksgiving service was ar- ranged, Kutuzov was awarded the Grand Cross of Maria Theresa, and the whole army received rewar... ...orts of tempting wares. The Pavlograds held feast after feast, celebrating awards they had received for the campaign, and made expeditions to Olmutz t... ...icers, and also Kutuzov’s, collected in groups and began to talk about the awards, about the Austrians and their uni- forms, about their lines, about ... ...ssars, in a jacket laced with silver, and wearing the Cross of St. George, awarded to soldiers for bravery in action, and in the company of well-known... ...nt’s dissatisfaction with the wording of the Note. “One would have thought quill drivers enough had sprung up,” remarked the old prince. “There in Pet... ... consultations and conversations, the count at last devised means to tran- quillize her. He got Petya transferred from Obolenski’s regiment to Bezukho... ...ng time. I felt you come in. No one else gives me that sense of soft tran- quillity that you do... that light. I want to weep for joy.” Natasha drew c... ...r- vous movement of his fingers he unconsciously broke the sealing wax and quill pens his hands came upon on his uncle’s table. “It is not at all what...

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.... Then thus the prince: “Let no disputes arise: Where fortune plac’d it, I award the prize. But fortune’s errors give me leave to mend, At least to pi... ...cause. Nor want they lots, nor judges to review The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Minos, the strict inquisitor, appears; And lives and crimes, w... ...stands conspicuous in his flowing vest; His flying fingers, and harmonious quill, Strikes sev’n distinguish’d notes, and sev’n at once they fill. Here...

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... of faculties, from those who have done nothing in their lives but drive a quill, or sell goods over a counter. Still more salutary is the moral part ... ...liament as they can be in any transaction of men. The electors have not to award something which either candidate has a right to, nor to pass judgment... ...s, to a most serious extent, upon adherence to certain fixed principles in awarding relief. Though it belongs essen tially to the local functionaries...

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...he feathers well his arrows From the plumage of the swallow, From the wing quills of the sparrow; Hardens well his feathered arrows, And imparts to ea... ..., hostess of Pohyola, Thus replied to the magician: “What reward wilt thou award me, Should I take thee where thou willest, To thy native land and kin...

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...sacred Muse, my haughty thoughts inspire, And make a trumpet of my slender quill To thunder out this furious combat shrill. XL These sons of Mayors bo... ... was bent; Argantes at his face a thrust did throw, Which while the Prince awards and doth prevent, His ready hand the Pagan turned so, That all defen...

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...town as a gra- cious indication that a more manifest blessing is now to be awarded to my efforts, which have hitherto been much with stood. With regar... ...ng particular to say, and they sat down near each other. Nevertheless, the quilling inside Rosamond’s bonnet was so charming that it was impossible no... ...and Mrs. Bulstrode’s eyes, which were rather fine, rolled round that ample quilled circuit, while she spoke. “I have just heard something about you th... ...rch as the editor of the `Pioneer.’ There are stories going about him as a quill-driving alien, a foreign emissary, and what not.” “Casaubon won’t lik... ...e strength of his mind as well as constitution; and he was not backward in awarding credit to the medical man who had discerned the quality of patient... ...itent?—yet the law decided on their fate. Should Provi- dence in this case award death, there was no sin in contem- 640 Middlemarch plating death as ... ... I’ve always said; and three folds at the bottom of your skirt and a plain quilling in your bonnet—and if ever anybody looked like an angel, it’s you ... ...in your bonnet—and if ever anybody looked like an angel, it’s you in a net quilling—is what’s consistent for a second year. At least, that’s MY thinki...

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...s town as a gracious indication that a more manifest blessing is now to be awarded to my efforts, which have hitherto been much with Middlemarch 99 s... ...ng particular to say, and they sat down near each other. Nevertheless, the quilling inside Rosamond’s bonnet was so charming that it was impossible no... ... and Mrs. Bulstrode’s eyes, which were rather fine, rolled round that ample quilled circuit, while she spoke. “I have just heard something about you th... ...rch as the editor of the ‘Pioneer.’ There are stories going about him as a quill driving alien, a foreign emissary, and what not.” “Casaubon won’t lik... ...e strength of his mind as well as constitution; and he was not backward in awarding credit to the medical man who had discerned the quality of patient... ...enitent?—yet the law decided on their fate. Should Providence in this case award death, there was no sin in contemplating death as the desirable issue... ...’ve al ways said; and three folds at the bottom of your skirt and a plain quilling in your bonnet— and if ever anybody looked like an angel, it’s you... ...n your bonnet— and if ever anybody looked like an angel, it’s you in a net quilling— is what’s consistent for a second year. At least, that’s my think...