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... was to have been marked in fine stitches, all silk and gold, all pink and silver, that have had to remain, alas, but entwined upon the reel. It isn’t... ...al how right one had been. He looked exactly as much as usual—all pink and silver as to skin and hair, all straightness and starch as to figure and dr... ...ground, they spent their days in prowling, whereas Marian, in garments and shoes that seemed steadily to grow looser and larger, never prowled. There ... ...a term of continuous school at Vevey, with rewards of merit in the form of silver medals tied by blue ribbons and mild mountain-passes attacked with a... ...ant abruptness, her forbearance from gush, her um- brellas and jackets and shoes—as these things sketched themselves to Milly—and something rather of ... ...r, in her caged freedom, had yet done. Brown Pasquale, slip- ping in white shoes over the marble and suggesting to her perpetually charmed vision she ... ...ked five. She gave her attention to the tea- table, where Aunt Maud’s huge silver kettle, which had been exposed to its lamp and which she had not soo... ... to as much at Lancaster Gate—wasn’t the less exquisite for his use of the silver veil, nor on the other hand was the veil, so touched, too much drawn...

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...spersed among the rocks, there lay a young lad on his back, in a stout canvas cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leathern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on the top of the eastern hills, but was gradually fading away, though the sky to the westward still preserved a little pale golden light by the help of ...

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... cassock over his leathern coat, and stout leath- ern leggings over wooden shoes. Twilight was fast coming on; only a gleam of purple light rested on ... ... fair damsel, that a poor Border squire carries about largesse in gold and silver? Let your clown come with us to Greystone, and thence have what meed... ...neither of them greatly at ease, at the long table, which, by the array of silver cups, of glasses and the tall salt cellar separating the nobility an... ...w, sheaf of arrows, strong knife or pike, buff coat, head- piece and stout shoes; also a wallet of provisions for three days, or a certain amount of c... ... and must have gone hunting on the heath, for there was no response to her silver whistle. 105 Yo n g e CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XX C... ...ivering at the least gust of fresh wind, and not daring to wet their satin shoes if there had been a shower of rain in the cloisters. Were we not all ...

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...t: Chapter 1. The towers of Zenith aspired above the morning mist; austere towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beautifully office-buildings....

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...towers of steel and cement and limestone, sturdy as cliffs and delicate as silver rods. They were neither citadels nor churches, but frankly and beaut... ...nd Peking. Through the building crawled the scrubwomen, yawning, their old shoes slapping. The dawn mist spun away. Cues of men with lunch-boxes clump... ...w, in April, 1920, and he made nothing in particu- lar, neither butter nor shoes nor poetry, but he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for mo... ...eaming of the fairy child, a dream more romantic than scarlet pagodas by a silver sea. For years the fairy child had come to him. Where others saw but... ...ltogether royal bathroom of porce- lain and glazed tile and metal sleek as silver. The towel- rack was a rod of clear glass set in nickel. The tub was... ...ous tor- toiseshell, the meek pince-nez of the school teacher, the twisted silver-framed glasses of the old villager. Babbitt’s spectacles had huge, c... ... White piping on the V of the vest added a flavor of law and learning. His shoes were black laced boots, good boots, honest boots, standard boots, ext... ... like baseball or the Republican Party. They included a fountain pen and a silver pencil (always lacking a supply of new leads) which belonged in the ... ...sembled a bath-house un- der a cliff, he commented, “Gosh, ought to get my shoes shined this afternoon. Keep forgetting it.” At the Simplex Office Fur...

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...as Tulrumble was not pretty near right. Time, which strews a man’s head with silver, sometimes fills his pockets with gold. As he gradually performed ... ... to one; and that the prepon derance of Valentine and Orsons over Goody Two Shoeses was as three and an eighth of the former to half a one of the lat...

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...still and mute! And when the midnight moon should lave Her forehead in the silver wave, How solemn on the ear would come The holy matins’ distant hum,... ... and slow, The beach of pebbles bright as snow. The boat had touched this silver strand Just as the Hunter left his stand, And stood concealed amid t... ...ugh upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear! XIX.... ... birch-trees wept in fragrant balm; The aspens slept beneath the calm; The silver light, with quivering glance, Played on the water’s still expanse,— ... ...and banks of T weed, Where the lone streams of Ettrick glide, And from the silver T eviot’s side; The dales, where martial clans did ride, Are now one... ...e same above our said ankles. So, and please your noble grace, we make our shoes. Therefore, we using such manner of shoes, the rough hairy side out- ...

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...i- can revolution. The fellow had actually managed to steal a lighter with silver, and this, it seems, only because he was implicitly trusted by his e... ...g. I don’t care for that. Now and then I go away quietly and lift a bar of silver. I must get rich slowly—you un- derstand.” There was also another cu... ...m: “What’s to prevent me reporting ashore what you have told me about that silver?” The cynical ruffian was not alarmed in the least. He actually laug... ...d. And who’s to prove the lighter wasn’t sunk? I didn’t show you where the silver is hidden. Did I? So you know nothing. And suppose I lied? Eh?” Ulti... ...cond of the two racially and socially contrasted men, both captured by the silver of the San Tome Mine, I feel bound to say something more. I did not ... ...), as these barefooted people of Costaguana will address anybody who wears shoes; but it was Basilio, Mr. Gould’s own mozo and the head servant of the... ...his cravat, the style of his clothing, from the round hat to the varnished shoes, suggested an idea of French elegance; but otherwise he was the very ... ... more sound.” The priest nodded and turned on the heels of his square-toed shoes with big steel buckles. Again, with his hands clasped behind his back... ...ig armchair—his own smoking armchair— thoughtful, contemplating her little shoes. And she did not raise her eyes when he walked in. “Tired?” asked Cha...

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...the fingers of the rain, To drink into my eyes the shine Of every slanting silver line, To catch the freshened, fragrant breeze From drenched and drip... ...iform, Beloved beauty over me, That I shall never, never see Again! Spring-silver, autumn-gold, That I shall never more behold! Sleeping your myriad m... ... and I could see,— A drenched and dripping apple-tree, A last long line of silver rain, A sky grown clear and blue again. And as I looked a quickening... ...d brown: Standing up or sitting down Little matters, or what gown Or what shoes I wear. T T T T Tav av av av avern ern ern ern ern I’ll keep a little...

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...ucculent stores; he was served by the gravest waiters, in dress coats, and shoes with swan-skin soles, who proffered the viands in special porce- lain... ...enty-two minutes after eleven,” returned Passepartout, drawing an enormous silver watch from the depths of his pocket. “You are too slow,” said Mr. Fo... ...o be laid out for wearing; and the same system was applied to the master’s shoes. In short, the house in Saville Row, which must have been a very temp... ...lic. There are neither guards nor gratings to protect its treasures; gold, silver, banknotes are freely exposed, at the mercy of the first comer. A ke... ...on the way. Bring down my mackin- tosh and traveling-cloak, and some stout shoes, though we shall do little walking. Make haste!” Passepartout tried t... ...eat hurry, then?” “I am not, but my master is. By the way, I must buy some shoes and shirts. We came away without trunks, only with a carpet-bag.” “I ... ...n danc- ing-girls, clothed in rose-coloured gauze, looped up with gold and silver, danced airily, but with perfect modesty, to the sound of viols and ... ...eath the silken folds of her tunic she seems to have been modelled in pure silver by the godlike hand of Vicvarcarma, the immortal sculptor.” It is en... ...and a sort of one-sided turban, faded with long use. A few small pieces of silver, moreover, jingled in his pocket. Good!” thought he. “I will imagine...

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...the mother, long since dead. Under her supervision, Howard blacked his own shoes every morning before breakfast, changed his underclothes twice a week... ...teen; was long-legged, and endowed with all the awkwardness of a colt. Her shoes were still in- nocent of heels; but on those occasions when she was a... ...e didn’t see why he had to wear that little old pink tie; and, oh! his new shoes were too tight and hurt his sore toe; and he wouldn’t, he wouldn’t—no... ...reading a cover of blue denim edged with white braid, which showed off the silver and the set of delft—her great and never-end- ing joy—to great effec... ...alls were painted blue and hung with vertical Cantonese legends in red and silver, while all around the sides of the room small ebony tables alternate... ...f the water: scales all gleaming, hackles all a-bristle; a sudden flash of silver, a sweep as of a scimitar in gray smoke, with a splash, a turmoil, a... ...talk about sport!” Yard by yard Blix reeled in until they began to see the silver glint of the trout’s flanks through the green water. She brought him... ...do it for? I don’t know.” While speaking he had been kicking off his tight shoes and such of his full dress as he had already put on, and with a feeli... ...nts upon the blue denim table-cover—two or three gold pieces, some fifteen silver dollars, and a handful of small change. Disregarding all Condy’s inq...

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....” A second witness testified to having seen him wearing “a blue coat with silver buttons, a red waistcoat, black shag breeches, tartan hose, and a fe... ...the Forest of Ettrick. “Mr. Campbell,” I stammered, “and if you were in my shoes, would you go?” “Of a surety,” said the minister, “that would I, and ... ...r some pressure of time, and to throw out little darting glances now at my shoes and now at my home-spun stockings. Once only, when he had ventured to... ...d thirty golden guinea pieces; the rest was in his hand, in small gold and silver; but his heart failed him there, and he crammed the change into his ... ... and alarming; and when he took off his great-coat, he laid a pair of fine silver- mounted pistols on the table, and I saw that he was belted with a g... ...h feathers, a red waistcoat, breeches of black plush, and a blue coat with silver buttons and handsome silver lace; costly clothes, though somewhat sp... ...lf most lovingly; and taking a knife from the table, cut me off one of the silver buttons from his coat. “I had them,” says he, “from my father, Dunca... ...n to-morrow, what better would ye be? There would be another factor in his shoes, as fast as spur can drive.” “Ye’re a good lad in a fight,” said Alan... ...I dared not sit down (for I thought I should have frozen), but took off my shoes and walked to and fro upon the sand, bare-foot, and beating my breast...

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...n the shades of the next evening but one were beginning to fall, ere yet the silver beams of Luna touched the earth, that four forms might have been d... ...n it to his father, as he himself should so soon be ninety, when he thought shoes would be more convenient. The colo nel also told me, with his han... ...carriage and four (pea cocks), with Mr. Pickles’s boy up behind, dressed in silver and gold, with a cocked hat, powdered hair, pink silk stock ings... ...uisitely dressed, like a little bride, with a wreath of orange flowers and a silver veil. After that, the kitchen dresser changed of itself into a war... ...The wedding cake was delicately ornamented with white satin ribbons, frosted silver, and white lilies, and was forty two yards round. When Grandmarina...

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... to her even when they lived in the same house. From those early brown and silver days and from her independence of relatives Carol retained a willing... ...uccess in the real-estate business. She took walks, and was sensible about shoes and diet. And never did she feel that she was living. She went to dan... ...reeably broad turn- down linen collar, and frivolous ankles above athletic shoes. The High Bridge crosses the Mississippi, mounting from low banks to ... ...kmen going to new jobs; traveling salesmen with derbies and freshly shined shoes. They are parched and cramped, the lines of their hands filled with g... ...he floor. A large brick-colored Norwegian 23 Sinclair Lewis takes off his shoes, grunts in relief, and props his feet in their thick gray socks again... ...She made a pretense of busying herself with unpack- ing. The chintz-lined, silver-fitted bag which had seemed so desirable a luxury in St. Paul was an... ...fferent kinds colored glass stuck together; and the soda spouts, they were silver, and they came right out of the bottom of the lamp-stand! Behind the... ...der’s red and white English setter, a complacent dog with a waving tail of silver hair which flickered in the sunshine. As they started, the dog yelpe... ... partridges in a rim of woods, little woods, very clean and shiny and gay, silver birches and poplars with immaculate green trunks, encircling a lake ...

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...top with a band of barber’s blue, on which could be read, on the sides, in silvery 9 Balzac white letters, “Isle-Adam, Paris,” and across the back, “... ...reen taffetas lined with pink, a white gown with violet spots, and leather shoes. The count recognized the wife of some poor, half-pay captain, a puri... ... a brown bonnet, an old French cashmere shawl, raw-silk stockings, and low shoes; and in her hand she carried a straw bag and a blue umbrella. This wo... ...se of the poorest families and provoked pity, the forks and spoons were of silver. Monsieur Clapart, clothed in a shabby surtout, his feet in broken s... ...nee, were fastened round the ends of his velveteen breeches and secured by silver buckles. His hob- nailed shoes weighed two pounds each. In his hand,... ...s of his velveteen breeches and secured by silver buckles. His hob- nailed shoes weighed two pounds each. In his hand, he held a small reddish stick, ... ...e was enough to amuse those thoughtless youths in the odd contrasts of the silvery hair, the burning face, and the thick, tufted eye-brows which were ... ...e Serizy had handsome arms and showed them much), together with bronze kid shoes and thread stockings, gave Madame Moreau all the appearance of an ele... ... salon without an answer, for Rosalie appeared again, to ask for linen and silver, and to beg she would go herself and see that the multiplied orders ...

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...umn broke, 6 Marmion The beacon-light is quenched in smoke, The trumpet’s silver sound is still, The warder silent on the hill! Oh think, how to h... ...hou flower of English land!” XI. T wo pursuivants, whom tabarts deck, With silver scutcheon round their neck, Stood on the steps of stone, By which... ...t draught of sleep, Where wine and spices richly steep, In massive bowl of silver deep, The page presents on knee. Lord Marmion drank a fair good r... ...heer, the mountains sink At once upon the level brink; And just a trace of silver sand Marks where the water meets the land. Far in the mirror, bright... ...of the mountain North, Now in a torrent racing forth, Now winding slow its silver train, And almost slumbering on the plain; Like breezes of the Autum... ...re A pointed cap, such as of yore Clerks say that Pharaoh’s Magi wore: His shoes were marked with cross and spell, Upon his breast a pentacle; His zon... ... of rule aside, And Ceremony doffed his pride. The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The lord, underogating, sha...

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...ses?” “There was a lady loved a swine; ‘Honey,’ says she, ‘I’ll give you a silver trough.’ ‘Hunks!’ says he,” continued Hal; “that shows his disintere... ...sping her hands. “I should like to do a very little, if you will take this silver threepenny; but I do not think it would be right for me to spare one... ...g of the cup was at the top of his head, and into this was dropped all the silver and pence at present mustered, and computed to be about four shillin... ...ver get fined,” cried Hal joyfully. “Except for running up stairs in dirty shoes,” said Sam. “Oh! there’s no dirt now.” “Let me see, what are the fine... ...crying. For unnecessary words in lesson-time. For running up stairs in wet shoes. For leaving things about. Each of these bits of misbehaviour caused ... ...oyous cry behind her— “I’m on T ommy Tittler’s ground, Picking up gold and silver,” she turned about, and laughed as she saw the gold-finders stooping... ...turned back, Miss Fosbrook was as heedfully and warily picking up gold and silver as any of the rest of them. He was resolved on capturing her; but fi... ...his way. She laid hold of him, and he began fighting and kicking, in stout shoes, whose thumps were no joke. She held fast, but she felt frightened, a... ...gh they made good speed, the dust turned into mud, and clung fast to their shoes. David, never the best runner, was only in time to catch Johnnie by t...

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...worthy priest felt the deep- est aversion was the sudden sprinkling of his shoes, adorned with silver buckles, and the wetting of their soles. Notwith... ...he deep- est aversion was the sudden sprinkling of his shoes, adorned with silver buckles, and the wetting of their soles. Notwith- standing the wooll... ...h for nothing in this world but good lodg- ing, good food, clean garments, shoes with silver buckles, a sufficiency of things for the needs of the ani... ...ng in this world but good lodg- ing, good food, clean garments, shoes with silver buckles, a sufficiency of things for the needs of the animal, and a ... ...ing showered; but the drip from the roof fell precisely on the toes of his shoes, and the wind blew gusts of rain into his face that were much like a ... ...ew mo- ments, he heard, not without some pleasure in his wrath, the wooden shoes of the servant-woman clacking along the paved path which led to the o...

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...en with large buttons was visible. Some of the com- pany marched in wooden shoes; others, by way of economy, carried them in their hand. This costume,... ...s the corn- flowers and poppies in a wheat-field. Some of them wore wooden shoes, which the peasants of Brittany make for them- selves; but the greate... ...gion. Wearing round hats, or flapping brims or caps, high-topped boots, or shoes and gaiters, they exhibited as many and as remarkable differences in ... ... curi- osity. Not a cloud could be seen on the wide horizon to mark by its silvery whiteness that the vast blue arch was the firma- ment; it seemed, o... ...k slate roofs above which puffs of white smoke were rising. The glittering silver threads of the winding brooks caught the eye, here and there, by one... ...d of a draft in this region. The Assembly had much better stop voting more shoes and money and ammu- nition, and see that we get what belongs to us.” ... ...er. Since she had been standing there, erect, in the midst as it were of a silver mine, the spring of her mind, held down by these strange events, rec... ...wing here and there in their depths the transparencies of a lake of molten silver. Suddenly the north wind swept this phantasmagoric scene and scatter... ...y heard a confused noise of distant voices and the tinkling of a bell, the silvery tones of which did not have the monotonous sound given by the movem...

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... you remember when I stood on the steps Of the Court House and talked free-silver, And the single-tax of Henry George? Then do you remember that, when... ...are dumped, And abortions are hidden. Eugene Carman RHODES, slave! Selling shoes and gingham, Flour and bacon, overalls, clothing, all day long For fo... ... cage. One time I entered my blacksmith shop And shook as I saw some horse-shoes crawling Across the floor, as if alive— Walter Simmons had put a magn... ...t fish and about leopards too, And you didn’t know any more than the horse-shoes did What moved you about Spoon River. Hildrup Tubbs I MADE two fights... ... lunar mountains, And the thrilling heat and cold, And the ebon valleys by silver peaks, And Spica quadrillions of miles away, And the littleness of m... ... at rest Under cities of cloud and under 123 Edgar Lee Masters Spheres of silver and changing worlds— Until I saw a flash of trumpets Above the battl... .... Then ,mid applause she hastened toward the stage And flung both gold and silver to the cause And swiftly left the hall. ... ...80 Reverend Wiley advised me not to divorce him 50 Rhodes, slave! Selling shoes and gingham, 67 Rich, honored by my fellow citizens, 55 S Samuel is...

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... street. It was in the month of November, and Marcas had no cloak; he wore shoes with heavy soles, corduroy trousers, and a blue double-breasted coat ... ...Then we will solve an elegant chemical problem by trans- muting linen into silver.” “But we must live till we get the answer.” “Well, I will go and br... ...eed, his daily bread, but he had neither linen, clothes, nor 22 Z. Marcas shoes. He did not make himself out any better than he was; his dreams had b...

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... as the knot of the tiny scabbard of the semblance of a sword at his side, shoes with silver buckles, and altogether he might have been a full-grown C... ...t of the tiny scabbard of the semblance of a sword at his side, shoes with silver buckles, and altogether he might have been a full-grown Comte or Vic... ...unty little cap on her dark hair, gay trimmings to the black apron, dainty shoes and stockings that came tripping down the path. His tongue instantly ... ...ong gloves fitted exquisitely, no gems in the buck- les of the high-heeled shoes, and the only ornament in the carefully rolled and powdered hair, a w... ...tumbled on along the rocky paths which cut their feet cruelly, since their shoes had all been taken from them. Lanty gave what help he could to the Ab... ...resented by crowned heads, howled over by savages ignorant of its use. The silver they seemed to value; but there were three precious gold cups which ... ... of coffee, tobacco, pipes, prepa- rations of sugar, ornaments in gold and silver, jewellery, charms, pistols, and a host of other articles in stock, ... ... say that, sir. Forty piastres of T unis, and eight mules, and twa pair of silver-mounted pistols. The extortionate rogue wad hae had the little dagge... ...ough for ye, Maister Arthur—giving half my beasties, and more than half my silver? Canna ye be content without that whining bairn?’ ‘I should be a for...