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...uring rather to our young woman on exit and entrance as a guard-house or a toll-gate. The lioness waited—the kid had at least that consciousness; was ... ...e impression left Milly to wonder if, in the general connexion, it were of bridges or of intervals that the spirit not locally disci- plined would fin... ...life huddled, stranded and wageless, bored and cynical, under archways and bridges. Our young man’s mute exchange with his friend contained meanwhile ...

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...n a King’s officer coming on board to weigh the fleeces, and obtaining the toll on them. But Sunderland either had no King, or had two just at that ti... ...THE CIT CHAPTER XXII—THE CIT CHAPTER XXII—THE CIT CHAPTER XXII—THE CITY OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES Y OF BRIDGES So for long hou... ...heirs, and on they went under, one after another, the numerous high-peaked bridges to which Bruges owes its name, while tall sharp-gabled houses, wall... ...several streets in a barge, watching the motley crowds thronging banks and bridges—a far more brilliant crowd than in these later centuries, since bot...

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...the stillness attend it as it flows where houses cluster thick, where many bridges are reflected in it, where wharves and shipping make it black and a... ...cted. Preparations are afoot, measurements are made, ground is staked out. Bridges are begun, and their not yet united piers desolately look at one an... ...hat he seeks is not among them. Other solitaries he perceives, in nooks of bridges, looking over; and in shadowed places down by the river’s level; an... ...oughfares chequered by docks and basins, high piles of ware houses, swing bridges, and masts of ships. At length we stopped at the corner of a little... ...foot this evening about eight or nine. I heard of her first at the archway toll, over at Highgate, but couldn’t make quite sure. Traced her all along,... ...ry bar and tap, friendly with every waggoner, wheelwright, blacksmith, and toll taker, yet never seeming to lose time, and always mounting to the box ... ... day. Presently he proposed to accompany him in a short walk on one of the bridges, as it was a moonlight airy night; and Richard readily consenting, ...

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...imes: “Die or retake the village; it is a question of saving the army; the bridges are destroyed.” The Author. Now, I must tell you that the Comtesse ... ...us editor of the “Journal des Debats” knew by heart the Chinese kiosk, the bridges, the isles, the hermitage, the dairy, the ruined temple, the Babylo... ...ition a formi- dable one, essentially seignorial, convenient for enforcing tolls across the bridges and for protecting his rights of profit on all gra... ...ble one, essentially seignorial, convenient for enforcing tolls across the bridges and for protecting his rights of profit on all grains ground in the...

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...ments on her mistress’s behaviour. Lady Dunstane’s maid Bartlett, and Mrs. Bridges the housekeeper, and Foster the butler, con- trived to let her know... ...tom?’ observed her mistress. ‘Foster carries the decanter, ma’am, and Mrs. Bridges the biscuits, and Bartlett the plate of fruit, and they march out i... ... the Opera was over: not at his Club, nor at his cham- bers: on one of the bridges—Westminster, he fancied. There was no need for Redworth to run hunt... ... ‘Take my word for it, the groves of Academe won’t compare with one of our bridges at night, if you seek philosophy. You see the London above and the ... ... Yes, I must go. If I were to impart the news to you, your head would be a toll- ing bell for a month.’ ‘You will take a cab, ma’am.’ ‘We must walk ou... ...ld have lowered her—or frozen. Dacier was a coldly luminous image; still a tolling name; no longer conceivably her mate. Recollection rocked, not she....

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...e had left behind us, two days since, off the Isle of Wight. The bell kept tolling its half-hours, and the mate explained the mystery of watch and dog... ... AS FINE and calm as the night; at seven bells, sud- denly a bell began to toll very much like that of a country church, and on going on deck we found... ...us for a while. They sank darkly into their berths when the steward’s bell tolled for tea. 23 Thackeray At Lisbon, where we came to anchor at midnigh... ...in Hollar’s print London river is so studded over with wherry-boats, which bridges and steamers have since destroyed. Here the caique is still in full... ...pretty prattling graces Of those small heathens gay. And so the hours kept tolling, And through the ocean rolling, Went the brave “Iberia” bowling Bef... ...ight on the deck, when the stars were shining overhead, and the hours were tolled at their time, and your thoughts were fixed upon home far away. As t...

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...ill, forest- clad, and beyond that a nobler and loftier one. The Castle looks down upon the compact brown-roofed town; and from the town two picturesq... ...mass of the Castle, the town lay, stretched along the river, its intricate cobweb of streets jeweled with twinkling lights; there were rows of lights ... ...r whom I could name if I wanted to—but after thinking it over, I didn’t buy him a clock. I couldn’t injure his mind. We visited the two long, covered ... ...hat day, but had not chipped out ice enough to impair the glacier per- ceptibly. I have heard of a good many soft sinecures, but it seems to me that k...

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...ent his time in wan- dering about London by gas-light, and standing on the bridges, or trying how far it was on each side to green fields, and how muc... ...y religious duties” as if they were a 71 Charlotte M. Yonge sort of toll or custom to be paid to God, not as if one’s whole life ought to be on...

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...as, rows of cottages, streets of shops, under railway arches, over railway bridges. I have forgotten the detailed local char- acteristics—if there wer... ...gement followed from that. These cramping cults do indeed take an enormous toll of human love and happiness, and not only that but what we Machiavelli...

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...ry agreeable, too, to go on a chair-mending tour. What judges we should be of rushes, and how knowingly (with a sheaf and a bottomless chair at our ba... ...ess shadow would fall upon the stones that pave the way to Waterloo-bridge; it being in the houseless mind to have a halfpenny worth of excuse for say... ... the toll-keeper, and catching a glimpse of his fire. A good fire and a good great-coat and a good woollen neck-shawl, were comfortable things to see ... ...because it goes round—so I am told by the politest authorities—it goes well.’ Thus I reflected, one day in the Whitsun week last past, as I floated do... ...way, eloquent respecting the change that had fallen on the road. The T urnpike-house was all over- grown with ivy; and the Turnpike-keeper, unable to ... ...per, unable to get a living out of the tolls, plied the trade of a cobbler. Not only that, but his wife sold ginger-beer, and, in the very window of e... ...t how to improve T urnpike business?’ said I. ‘There’s a way, master,’ said he, with the air of one who had thought deeply on the subject. ‘I should l...

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...d, and an order came to me at half after twelve o’clock at night to go and toll the pass ing bell.’ There was a movement in the little group of liste... ...; as the old gentleman had often made it a request that the bell should be tolled as soon as possible after the breath was out of his body, and he had... ...se candles, and at last I persuaded myself that this must be a corpse bell tolling of itself at midnight for the dead. I tolled my bell—how, or how lo... ...l the turnpike gate was opened, and had cried a lusty ‘good night!’ to the toll keeper; but then he awoke out of a dream about picking a lock in the s... ... ‘What does he call money—guineas? Hasn’t he got money? Over and above the tolls, hasn’t he one and sixpence?’ ‘One and sixpence!’ repeated his son co... ..., and were prepared, as had been arranged, to cross the river by different bridges, and make for the House of Commons in separate detach ments. At th...

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... prancing poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without oppress of toll; How frugal is the chariot That bears a human soul! 60 ... ...e. Some keep the Sabbath in surplice; I just wear my wings, And instead of tolling the bell for church, Our little sexton sings. God preaches,—a noted... ...n the rivers overflow, And the snows come hurrying from the hills, And the bridges often go. And later, in August it may be, When the meadows parching... ...cross my soul With those same boots of lead, again. Then space began to toll As all the heavens were a bell, And Being but an ear, And I and sil... ... ride to the Judgment, And it ’s partly down hill. But never I mind the bridges, And never I mind the sea; Held fast in everlasting race By m... ...nd larks and June Go down the fields to hay! 241 CXXV IF tolling bell I ask the cause. “A soul has gone to God,” I ’m answered in...

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...- per and lower Loire. At the period when this story begins the suspension bridges at Cosne and at Saint-Thibault were al- ready built. Travelers from... ... shows that Sancerre will be left more and more lonely in spite of the two bridges connecting it with Cosne. Sancerre, the pride of the left bank, num... ...ished at their own expense, “I have your book always in my hands!” He took toll from van- ity in the form of drawings or pictures. Every day had its e...

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... increased. So much the better for him. He had suffered. Now he would take toll of the ills of others. The fog was driven apart for a moment, and the ... ...orderly lights of the Thames. A train rolled out across one of the railway bridges, and its thunder drowned for a minute the dull roar of the streets....

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... hill, where the object of his contemplation now halted for the payment of toll. About twenty steps still remained between him and the gate, when he h... ...concerning twopence between the persons with the waggon and the man at the toll bar. ‘Mis’ess’s niece is upon the top of the things, and she says that... ...in the sunshine of a few days earlier. Norcombe Hill — not far from lonely Toller Down — was one of the spots which suggest to a passer by that he is ... ... arm, with which he strode moodily along the road, resting occasionally at bridges and gates, whereon he deposited his burden for a time. Midway on hi...

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...rushes, carried deli- cate feet across to lawns at Rotherhithe. “They want bridges now,” he said, indicating the mon- strous outline of the Tower Brid... ...phs from old Italian masterpieces hung on the walls, and views of Venetian bridges and Swedish waterfalls which members of the family had seen years a... ...kle in her eyes prob- ably had reference to bugs. Then Helen was reciting “Toll for the Brave” to St. John Hirst, in order apparently to win a sixpenc...

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...nder? M. Oh, a shell never falls twice in the same place. You’ve paid your toll to misfortune—why should your wife be picked out more than anybody els... ...s prefer.’ Gallio departed to risk his life in mending the rotten bam- boo bridges of his people, in killing a too persistent tiger here or there, in ... ...f zeal, and said ‘Dam-Dam’ after the custom of the English people, and ex- tolled the Havildar. Yunkum Sahib lay still in his long chair. ‘Have the me...

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...oposed turnpike- act; while Balmawhapple, in notes exalted above both, ex- tolled his horse, his hawks, and a greyhound called Whistler. In the middle... ... and summoned to attend the Prince. The distant village-clock was heard to toll three as they hastened to the place where he lay. He was already sur- ... ...carriages, dead horses, unroofed cottages, trees felled for palisades, and bridges destroyed, or only partially repaired,—all indicated the movements ... ...eard, and its melancholy sounds were mingled with those of a muffled peal, tolled from the neighbouring cathedral. The sound of the military music die... ... see, to hear him, and to sing his praises. Mr. Pembroke, who secretly ex- tolled his spirit and courage in embracing the genuine cause of the Church ...

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...tainous countries, and the inhabitants stop- ping the way, and demanding a toll and money for passage, those who were with him were out of all patienc... ... crossing the line, he either caused them to be filled up with rubbish, or bridges to be built over them, so well leveled, that all be- ing of an equa...

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...rcy fills the Khyber hills — his grace is manifold; He has taken toll of the North and the South — his glory reacheth far, And the... ...drawn from the hole, They bellow one to the other, the frighted ship-bells toll, For day is a drifting terror till I raise the shroud with my breath, ... ...— they roll down the khud, Reporting, etc. Kipling 280 We make ‘em their bridges, their wells, an’ their huts, An’ the telegraph-wire the enemy cuts...