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...es, as if one had flung a ball at the me- ridian sun. Arrived at famed St. Stephen’s, he sent in his compliments to the noble patriot and accepted an ... ...re a refinement of castigation was practised on villain poverty by denying leathers to the win- dows, or else buttons to the leathers, so that the win... ...lly the enthusiasm of the booth and bystanders con- verted the flying of a leather ball into a subject of honourable excitement. ‘And why are you doin...

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...rt greet- ings, and then Algernon stepped to a cupboard and tossed out the leather gloves. The room was large and they had a tolerable space for the w... ...table, and worthy of a presentation at any Bank in London. “You stick to a leather purse, brother William John?” he inquired, with an artistic sentime... ...Why, Bob, as a military man, you ought to acknowledge your superiors. Why, Stephen Bilton, the huntsman, says, Bob, you pulled the young gentleman off... ...he hero of the village was cried out to his credit when Sedgett stated, on Stephen Bilton’s authority, that Robert’s errand was the defence of a girl ... ...mer Eccles, to make him side with his son, right or wrong. In the evening, Stephen Bilton, the hunts- man, presented himself at the door of the long p... ...d loud cheers were his greeting from a full company. “Gentlemen all,” said Stephen, with dapper modesty; and acted as if no excitement were current, a... ... said one, to encourage him. “How about Bob, to-day?” said another. Before Stephen had spoken, it was clear to the apprehen- sion of the whole room th...

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...ve bestrapped and bebooted, bearing Joy and Sorrow bagged up in pouches of leather: there, top-laden, and with four swift horses, rolls in the country... ...stoles, albs; chlamydes, togas, Chinese silks, Afghaun shawls, trunk-hose, leather breeches, Celtic hilibegs (though breeches, as the name Gallia Brac... ...he got it bartered for corn or oil,—to take a piece of 30 Sartor Resartus Leather, and thereon scratch or stamp the mere Figure of an Ox (or Pecus); ... ...s pocket, and call it Pecunia, Money. Yet hereby did Barter grow Sale, the Leather Money is now Golden and Paper, and all miracles have been out- mira... ...ed”? And why might he not, did our stern fate so order it, walk out to St. Stephen’s, as well as into bed, in that no-fashion; and there, with other s... ...missiveness to Man,—who, were he but a Swineherd, in darned gabardine, and leather breeches more resembling slate or discolored-tin breeches, is still...

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...om a Guide Book, as the scene of Master Tupper’s great historical novel of Stephen Langton, and it has a delightful castle, all set about with geraniu... ...ice and pursuing the flying couple on a horse. That made ten minutes. Then Stephen, the waiter, who had shown Hoopdriver up, came down and lit wonderf... ...again. “Poor chap!” said the barmaid. “She’s a wicked woman!” “Sssh!” said Stephen. After a pause Bechamel went back to the dining-room. They heard a ... ...ak under him. Interlude of conversa- tional eyebrows. “I’m going up,” said Stephen, “to break the melancholy news to him.” Bechamel looked up from a w... ...from a week-old newspaper as, with- 74 The Wheels of Chance out knocking, Stephen entered. Bechamel’s face suggested a different expectation. “Beg pa... .... Even at this distance the flopping flatness of his cap, the bright brown leather at the top of his calves, and the chequering of his stockings were ...

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...ing costume of long boots, big sheepskin cap, and a short coat girt with a leather belt, the Mr. V . S. (of noble extraction), a man of about thirty-f... ...nworthy churl should es- cape merited censure by hanging on to the stirrup-leather of the sublime caballero. His was a very noble, a very unselfish fa... ...plicity. “Tell me, Nicholas Stepanovitch” (my great-grandfather’s name was Stephen, and the commandant used the Russian form of polite address)—”tell ... ...credit its unsophisticated inspiration deserved. I am alluding to the late Stephen Crane, the author of “The Red Badge of Courage,” a work of imaginat... ...g upon their breasts. They displayed a great variety of caps: cloth, wool, leather, peaks, ear-flaps, tassels, with a picturesque round beret or two p...

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...ing costume of long boots, big sheep-skin cap and a short coat girt with a leather belt, the Mr. V.S. (of noble extraction), a man of about thirty-fiv... ... unworthy churl should escape merited censure by hanging on to the stirrup-leather of the sublime ca- 41 Joseph Conrad ballero. His was a very noble,... ...licity. “Tell me, Nicholas Stepanovitch”—(my great- grandfather’s name was Stephen and the comman- dant used the Russian form of polite address)—”tell... ...edit its unsophisticated inspira- tion deserved. I am alluding to the late Stephen Crane, the author of “The Red Badge of Courage,” a 97 Joseph Conra... ...g upon their breasts. They displayed a great variety of caps: cloth, wool, leather, peaks, ear- flaps, tassels, with a picturesque round beret or two ...

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...ch were in fact a diary of facts, thoughts, and impressions. ‘July 12, St. Stephen’s, Mr. Kissling’s School-house.—You know I am to live here when not... ...n, and think of Mamma and Uncle Frank.’ ‘ August 26, 1855, 10.40 P .M.: S. Stephen’s, Auckland. ‘My dear Arthur,—I am tired with my Sunday work, which... ...ollege, he 128 Life of John Coleridge Patteson came into residence at St. Stephen’s native institution, of which Archdeacon Kissling was then the Pri... ...l’s at 6 P.M., re- minding me of my Sunday’s work when I was living at St. Stephen’s. It is a comfort to have a Sunday in Auckland oc- casionally—more... ...e I dined with the three Bishops; last night with Chief Justice Sir Alfred Stephen, and met the trio again, Bishop everywhere speaking of me as one of... ...wenty miles with no socks; feet sore and shoes worn to pieces, cutting off leather as I came along. Nothing but broken bottles equals jagged coral. Pa...

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...of the day, bade Catalani look to her laurels, and questioned whether Miss Stephens could sing a ballad like his pupil. Mrs. Howard Walker arrived, an... ...th another slight toss and a nod to the postilion, that individual’s white leather breeches began to jump up and down again in the saddle, and the car... ...e furniture of the rooms appertaining to the Berrys, there was a harp in a leather case, and a piano, and a flute-box, and a huge tambour with a Sarac... ...orehead, and im- mense bristling Indian-red whiskers. He wears white wash- leather gloves, drinks fairly, likes a rubber, and has a story for after di...

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...a yell, and three more jays come. They all examined the hole, they all made the sufferer tell it over again, then they all discussed it, and got off a... ...ther room. They were stu- dents panoplied for the duel. They were bareheaded; their eyes were protected by iron goggles which projected an inch or mor... ...e; the surgeon came and turned back the hair from the wound—and re- vealed a crimson gash two or three inches long, and pro- ceeded to bind an oval pi... ...rsuaded that the average ant is a sham. I admit his industry, of course; he is the hard- est-working creature in the world—when anybody is look- ing—b... ...oidered on it in front; nobby short-tailed coat, pantaloons, vest, all trim and neat and up with the fashion; red-striped stockings, very low-quarter ... ...rophe, the remains were cast forth at Mark Twain 244 the foot of the glacier. I find an interesting account of the matter in the Histoire du Mont Bla...

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... application to the clergyman of her parish. She was at feud with the Rev. Stephen Hampton-Evey, and would not take, she said, a man to be a bootblack... ...nite. He was thinking, as he reviewed the frittered appearance of the Rev. Stephen Hampton-Evey in Lady Charlotte’s hinds, of the possibility that Lor... ..., or have been pushed by the roar of contemporaneous applauses to wear the leather-and- gilt uniform of our Immortals, until a more qualmish pos- teri...

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...ed at it. Marks, shindies, prayers and punishments, all flavoured with the leathery stuffiness of time-worn Big Hall… . And then out one would come th... ...the really shabby volumes and had them re-bound in a fine official-looking leather. I can remember sitting down at that desk and looking round me and ... ...ives me a qualm of nostalgia even to name those places now. I think of St. Stephen’s tower streaming upwards into the misty London night and the great... ...dget sittings, at all the piers of the gates of New Palace Yard and at St. Stephen’s Porch, stood women pickets, and watched us silently and reproachf...

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... seasons; I shake my self and crumble the mountains! Contemplate me through leather—don’t use the naked eye! I’m the man with a petri fied heart and... ... oil. Also an ignorant silver watch and a showy brass watch chain. He wore a leather belt and used no sus penders. If ever a youth was cordially admi... ...gh to have a dance in; showy red and gold window curtains; an imposing sofa; leather cushions and a back to the high bench where visiting pilots sit, ... ...lk hats, elaborate shirt fronts, diamond breast pins, kid gloves, and patent leather boots. They were choice in their English, and bore themselves wit... ...icial position placed him out of the reach of criti cism or command, brings Stephen W—— naturally to my mind. He was a gifted pilot, a good fellow, a... ...ed surprise at the discharge. Captain Y—— shuddered at the mere men tion of Stephen. Then his poor, thin old voice piped out something like this:— “W... ...d, and not be meddling with my superiors!” Once a pretty mean captain caught Stephen in New Or leans out of work and as usual out of money. He laid s... ...New Or leans out of work and as usual out of money. He laid steady siege to Stephen, who was in a very “close place,” and finally persuaded him to hi... ... poor fellow. But the boat was not more than a day out of New Orleans before Stephen discov ered that the captain was boasting of his exploit, and th...

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... of Brut. H. Morley, English Writers, London, 1888 1890, III, 206 231. L. Stephen and S. Lee, Dictionary of National Biography , London, 1885 1904, ... ... H. Morley, English Writers , III, 55. G. Paris, Romania, IX, 592 ff. L. Stephens and S. Lee, Dictionary National Biography, under Wace. A Ulbrich,... ...men were naked to their adversaries, having nei ther helmets nor coats of leather nor shields. They knew nothing of archery, and were ignorant of cat...

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...the morning, and we were to encounter our Bedouins outside the gate of St. Stephen, down the hill, where the road turns, close to the tomb of the Virg... ... explained this to him, taking hold of his leg by the calf to show how the leather would chafe him; but it seemed to me that he did not quite like my ... ... not with us, but we were to meet them, as I have said before, outside St. Stephen’s gate. “And if they are not there,” said Joseph, “we shall be sure... ...haff, let them stay at home,” I answered. And then we rode out through St. Stephen’s gate, having the mountain of the men of Galilee directly before u...

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...little finger with some monstrous hooks on it, and a roll of buckskin, and a leather dog collar, and a horseshoe, and some vials of medicine that did... .... It was very good poetry. This is what she wrote about a boy by the name of Stephen Dowling Bots that fell down a well and was drownded: ODE TO S... ...well and was drownded: ODE TO STEPHEN DOWLING BOTS, DEC D And did young Stephen sicken, And did young Stephen die? And did the sad hearts t... ...cken, And did the mourners cry? No; such was not the fate of Young Stephen Dowling Bots; Though sad hearts round him thickened, Twas ... ... Nor measles drear with spots; Not these impaired the sacred name Of Stephen Dowling Bots. Despised love struck not with woe That head o... ... That head of curly knots, Nor stomach troubles laid him low, Young Stephen Dowling Bots. O no. Then list with tearful eye, Whilst I hi... ...ed every which way, and had gates that didn’t generly have but one hinge — a leather one. Some of the fences had been whitewashed some time or anothe... ...f signs to the duke with his hands, and the duke he looks at him stupid and leather headed a while; then all of a sudden he seems to catch his meani... ...think, I don’t know. What was it?” “Why, it’s because you ain’t one of these leatherface people. I don’t want no better book than what your face is. A...

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.... Said James, with his long face, lank hair, and very long pig-tail in its leathern strap, was placed, as usual, at the back of my father’s chair, upr... ...ll Doomsday Book—I am clear it has been a rental of back-ganging tenants. ‘Stephen,’ said Sir John, still in the same soft, sleekit tone of voice—’Ste... ...son, ye are down here for a year’s rent behind the hand—due at last term.’ STEPHEN. ‘Please your honour, Sir John, I paid it to your father.’ 120 Red... ...r father.’ 120 Redgauntlet SIR JOHN. ‘Ye took a receipt, then, doubtless, Stephen; and can produce it?’ STEPHEN. ‘Indeed I hadna time, an it like you... ...e paid it in the presence of somebody, I want but a talis qualis evidence, Stephen. I would go ower strictly to work with no poor man.’ STEPHEN. ‘T ro... ...ur honour kens, he has e’en followed his auld master. ‘Very unlucky again, Stephen,’ said Sir John, without al- tering his voice a single note. (The m... ...e. Exit James, and presently re-enters, bending under the load of two huge leathern bags, full of papers to the brim, and labelled on the greasy backs... ...ons, as again picking up the fatal scroll, he threw himself into his son’s leathern easy-chair, and bestowed upon it a disjointed commentary, ‘Bring b... ...the upper end of the same table, in an ample easy-chair covered with black leather, reposed a fat personage, about fifty years old, who either was act...

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...s second husband, the Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I. and competitor of Stephen, and became father of Henry II., first of the Plantagenet kings, bo... ...air of shoes; he had, instead of a hempen scourge round his waist, a stout leather thong, and he carried with him a very profane little valise. He als...

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...rth fruits in the revolution in Illinois, and in the passage of the 3 Mr. Stephen Myers, of Albany, deserves mention as one of the most persevering a... ...ersity . My hands had been furnished by nature with something like a solid leather coating, and I had bravely marked out for myself a life of rough la... ...t was the excitement in Lynn, on the subject, that the superintendent, Mr. Stephen A. Chase, or- dered the trains to run through Lynn without stopping...

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...g papers on the table, and then I broke bread and drank wine with the kind family before I left them. As I brought the Coast-guard down, so I took the... ...hout the name of the clergyman to whom—I hope, not without carrying comfort to some heart at some time— I have referred, my reference would be as noth... ...olical aspect, with coaling for the Antipodes; he was washing decks barefoot, with the breast of his red shirt open to the blast, though it was sharpe... ...r. I had two ample Imperials on the roof, other fitted storage for luggage in front, and other up behind; I had a net for books overhead, great pocket... ...own by Squire Pouncerby’s own hand as wold not tell a lie fur no man. He then produces from under his dark frock (being always very slow and per- plex... ... it up in my mind as the model on which the Genie of the Lamp built the palace for Aladdin. A mean little brick heap, like a de- mented chapel, with a...

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...ed their refulgent beams on feet cased in elegantly made boots of polished leather, over which de- scended fashionably cut trousers of black cloth. Fr... ... a fresh creation, fabricated in Tuscany by the aid of a commandery of St. Stephen, and who would not have taken the trouble had I not been told that ... ...-day, has founded a commandery. You know the same thing was done for Saint Stephen of Florence, Saint George, Constantinian of Parma, and even for the... ...l I be dressed?” demanded Andrea. “Oh, very simply; black trousers, patent leather boots, white waist- coat, either a black or blue coat, and a long c...