Full Text Search Details
...upon Brigliador with all speed. I sent him to the guard-room, where he now waits in case you would see him.” “Ay,” said old Chandos, “a man would have...

Excerpt Details
Excerpt: Tom Sawyer Abroad by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens).

Full Text Search Details
...rsity The Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity University. TOM SAWYER ABROAD By Mark Twain CHAPTER I. TOM SEEKS NEW ADVENTURES DO Y... ...adventures we had down the river, and the time we set the darky Jim free and Tom got shot in the leg. No, he wasn’t. It only just p’isoned him for mor... ...es, and everybody hurrah’d and shouted, it made us heroes, and that was what Tom Sawyer had always been hankering to be. For a while he was satisfied... ... his nose and stepped around the town as though he owned it. Some called him Tom Sawyer the T raveler, and that just swelled him up fit to bust. You s... ...dy admiring and gawking over his travels, and it just give the poor old man Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 3 the high strikes. It made him sick to l... ...e den a bluebird en a jaybird, Tom Sawyer Abroad Mark Twain 27 but ef you waits till you catches dem birds together, you’ll —” “Oh, give us a rest!...

Full Text Search Details
...rom the platform, spare ye not To fire a noble salvo-shot: Lord Marmion waits below!” Then to the castle’s lower ward Sped forty yeomen tall, Th... ...e that bore him best, His shoulder, hoof, and arching crest: For, like mad Tom’s, our chiefest care, Was horse to ride, and weapon wear. Such nights w... ...- ‘My mother sent me from afar, Sir King, to warn thee not to war - Woe waits on thine array; If war thou wilt, of woman fair, Her witching wiles a...

Full Text Search Details
... Posky’s wife, who joined two months before you, my dear, has quarl’d with Tom Posky a score of times, till you can hear’m all over the bar’ck (they s... ...an hear’m all over the bar’ck (they say they’re come to broken pleets, and Tom never accounted for his black oi), and she’ll go back to her mother, wh... ...is chest is all wool, and that his hair, because it never grows, is a wig. Tom Tufto, with whose father he quarrelled ever so many years ago, declares... ...the French theatre, pulled his grandpapa’s hair off in the green-room; but Tom is notoriously spiteful and jealous; and the General’s wig has nothing ... ..., however, but it was the next best thing: it was news of him. It was poor Tom Stubble, who had marched out of Brussels so gallantly twenty-four hours... ...ch he examines these feeble works of art. He looks askance at the lady who waits in the shop, and ties up the cards again in their envelope of whitey-...

Full Text Search Details
...ittle book. As for Thomas and Jeremiah (it is only my witty way of calling Tom and Jerry), I went to the British Museum the other day on purpose to ge... ... it; but somehow, if you will press the question so closely, on reperusal, Tom and Jerry is not so bril- liant as I had supposed it to be. The picture... ...as ever; and I shook hands with broad-backed Jerry Hawthorn and Corinthian Tom with delight, after many year’s absence. But the style of the writing, ... ...d being measured for a fashionable suit at Corinthian House, by Corinthian Tom’s tailor. Then away for the career of pleasure and fashion. The park! d... ... perhaps to Temple Bar, to knock down a Charley there! There are Jerry and Tom, with their tights and little cocked hats, coming from the opera — very... ...lly they become at Christmas time. What was- sail-bowls, robin-redbreasts, waits, snow landscapes, bursts of Christmas song! And then to think that th...

Full Text Search Details
...s, being the inevitable seasons which bring us bills instead of pleasures. Tom, who comes bounding home from school, has the doctor’s account in his t... ...eat mixture of blue and clouds in the air, a strong fresh breeze stirring, Tom’s jacket flapping in the same, in order to bring down the insect queen ... ...collection be similarly indebted to him; may “Jack the Giant Killer,” may “Tom Thumb,” may “Puss in Boots,” be one day revivified by his pencil. Is no... ...t, lively look. The same style was adopted in the once famous book called “Tom and Jerry, or Life in London,” which must have a word of notice here, f... ...Cruikshank’s best work, his repu- tation was extraordinarily raised by it. Tom and Jerry were as popular twenty years since as Mr. Pickwick and Sam We... ...top, John Gilpin! Here’s the house!’ They all at once did cry; ‘The dinner waits, and we are tired—’ Said Gilpin—’So am I!’ “Six gentlemen upon the ro...

Full Text Search Details
...h his bronze tipped club and grasped the trunk with both hands at the bot tom, relying on his strength; and he pressed it against his broad shoulder ... ...al portion with air, seeing that they bury the women; for that is the cus tom of their land. (ll. 210 259) And as they went Hera with friendly thoug... ...nd a curved sickle, newly sharpened, and hastily cuts the unripe crop, and waits not for it to be parched in due season by the beams of the sun; so at...

Full Text Search Details
...ere is, you are aware, an unfailing aboriginal democratic old monster that waits to pull us down; certainly the branch, possibly the tree; and for the... ...n. But what were the Fates about when they planted a man of the ability of Tom Redworth in a Government of- fice! Clearly they intended him to remain ... ...needed a sister, and should have one in her. Emma’s recol- lected talk of ‘Tom Redworth’ painted him from head to foot, brought the living man over th... ...e, held nothing to her mind of the intimacy of calling the gentleman plain Tom in mere contemplation of him. Her friend and champion was a volunteer, ... ... able figure of twenty-nine runs; himself clean-bowled the first ball. But Tom Redworth had got fast hold of his wicket, and already scored fifty to h... ... ‘Well reckoned; and mind you’re up at Copsley for the re- turn match.—And Tom Redworth says, they may bite their thumbs to the bone—they don’t hurt u... ... the lady, she’s a sensible girl and won’t be jealous. I ‘d swear she only waits for asking.’ ‘Then you don’t guess the lady,’ said Redworth. ‘Mary Pa...

Full Text Search Details
... to the severity of his sentence; he hazarded a guess. ‘He says his name’s Tom White, your worship,’ said the kind hearted thief taker. ‘Oh, he won’t ... ...es of port wine would have done him a great deal more good. Wouldn’t they, Tom White, eh?’ ‘My name is Oliver, sir,’ replied the little invalid: with ... ...n the table. ‘I—I—don’t know, sir,’ replied Oliver. ‘Who’s that?’ inquired Tom Chitling, casting a contemp tuous look at Oliver. ‘A young friend of m... ...uch gratified thereby, saluted him cordially. ‘Bull’s eye’s gone home with Tom,’ observed Sikes, as he lighted them up. ‘He’d have been in the way.’ ‘... ...onstrated that he was at no loss to understand the reason. ‘Try ‘em again, Tom; try ‘em again.’ ‘No more of it for me, thank ‘ee, Fagin,’ replied Mr. ... ...ie, embracing her tenderly. ‘Come, come, my love, remember who this is who waits to 391 OLIVER TWIST clasp you in his arms, poor child! See here—look...

Full Text Search Details
...on…. And I saw, too, that as yet there was no such intelligence. The world waits for intelligence. That intelligence has still to be made, that will f... ...ustained a dense industrious population. An intricate web of laws and cus- tom and tradition ensured a perpetual vigilance and a per- petual defence a... ... The old game’s up. But, I say, we mustn’t stand here, you know. The world waits. Don’t you think the old game’s up, Firmin?’ Firmin adjusted a strap,...

Full Text Search Details
...es of the shallow sea, had amongst his fel- lows the nickname of “Red-Eyed Tom.” He was proud of his luck but not of his good sense. He was proud of h... ...is independence, his love—and his anxiety. He had often heard men say that Tom Lingard cared for nothing on earth but for his brig—and in his thoughts... ... Lingard laid a heavy hand on his shoulder. “Look here, young fellow. I am Tom Lingard and there’s not a white man among these islands, and very few n... ...ion while a slightly ironical voice said deliberately—”You are a made man, Tom, if you get on the right side of that Rajah of yours.” “Go in—and look ... ...u can stop with me,” said Lingard, looking at the man searchingly. “Hassim waits,” was the curt answer. ‘Did he tell you to return?” asked Lingard. “N... ...and exchanged the ghost of a wistful smile. V “WHAT’S THE MATTER with King Tom of late?” would ask someone when, all the cards in a heap on the table,... ... luminous vastness. The encompassing night, too, was there, the night that waits for its time 113 Joseph Conrad to move forward upon the glitter, the...

Full Text Search Details
...e incident occurred. Capt. Boldheart found himself obliged to put his cousin Tom in irons, for being disrespectful. On the boy’s promising amend men... ...yor, ‘I have ascertained that the young lady is going to bathe. Even now she waits her turn for a machine. The tide is low, though rising. I, in one o... ... is human nature in some cous ins) that Capt. Boldheart’s unmannerly Cousin Tom was ac tually tied up to receive three dozen with a rope’s end ‘for...

Full Text Search Details
...ide at the distinction. “Night is the same as day to Le Subtil, when Munro waits for him.” “And what account will Le Renard give the chief of William ... ... calmness of countenance; “go to the dark-haired daughter, and say, ‘Magua waits to speak’ The father will remember what the child promises.” Duncan, ... ... you slew!” “’Tis true in part,” returned the scout, “and yet, at the bot- tom, ’tis a wicked lie. Such a treaty was made in ages gone by, through the...

Full Text Search Details
...t can keep most of the carcass, with the skin in the bargain. ‘Marky, tell Tom to give him the skin too, and in the morning bring the skin to me and I... ...ing across the lake. But come, gentlemen, our way is clear, and the sleigh waits. Good- evening, Mr. Grant. Good-night, young lady— remember you dine ... ... will call him enemy?” said Mohegan. “The Delaware warrior sits still, and waits the time of the Great Spirit. He is no woman, to cry out like a child... ...ional knots were laid on the grating, and the light penetrated to the bot- tom, Elizabeth then saw a fish of unusual size floating above small pieces ... ...nce created by this scene, and by gazing in that unusual manner at the bot tom of the lake, be the hoarse sounds of Benjamin’ s voice, and the dashing... ...come, old Fritz,” said the Judge; “you are seventy, not seventeen; Richard waits for you with a bowl of eggnog, in the hall.” “Richart! ter duyvel!” e...

Full Text Search Details
...guard every evening before the Petit-Matelot, watching for a look as a dog waits for a bone at the kitchen door, indifferent to the derision of the cl... ... min- isters—” “Ministers?” said Pillerault, determined to get to the bot- tom of this co-associate. “Yes, monsieur, ministers.” “Well, then the newsp...

Full Text Search Details
...sympathizing words blew off at once the whole mists of nonsense and fancy. Tom was the sound, good, reli- gious man to whom her heart and her troth we... ...except Miss Ponsonby. ‘Good-bye, Louis; I will not forget your messages to Tom Madison. My love to your father and Aunt Catharine.’ ‘Good-bye, Mary; I... .... My love to your father and Aunt Catharine.’ ‘Good-bye, Mary; I shall see Tom and Chimborazo yet.’ CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER CHAPTER V V V V V ... ...ould prove so. And, before he could sleep that night, he wrote a letter to Tom Madison, warning him to let no temptation nor bad example lead him asid... ... and acted with dignified con- tempt and silence, relieved to imagine that Tom had never been in danger from such a rival. Marianne did not divulge th... ...e like saya y manto ready for you. Come, we will be on the Alameda; Xavier waits to attend us. Your Senor Ouard will be at his evening walk.’ But Mary... ...dren from inconveniencing you.’ ‘Clara is set on it, I’ll warrant.’ ‘Clara waits to be guided by your wishes; but my wife and I should esteem it as th...

Full Text Search Details
...e is your daughter, isn t she, Mr. Peggotty? No, sir. My brother-in-law, Tom, was her fa- ther. I couldn t help it. - Dead, Mr. Peggotty? I hinte... ...lessed little room, Roderick Random, Per- egrine Pickle, Humphrey Clinker, Tom Jones, the Vicar of Wakefield, Don Quixote, Gil Blas, and Robinson Crus... ... Mr. and Miss Murdstone into all the bad ones which I did too. I have been Tom Jones (a child s Tom Jones, a harmless crea- ture) for a week together.... ... these books, and stood for some locality made famous in them. I have seen Tom Pipes go climbing up the church- steeple; I have watched Strap, with th... ...he same, at first, as read- ing to himself. However, it passed into a cus- tom too; and Mr. Dick, listening with a face shining with pride and pleasur... ... my dear Copperfield, said Mr. Micawber, tasting it, like time and tide, waits for no man. Ah! it is at the present moment in high flavour. My love,...

Full Text Search Details
...e most intensely national. “Manon Lescaut” is not more thoroughly French, “Tom Jones” not more English, “Rob Roy” not more Scotch, than “Don Quixote” ... ...an give repose To him that ever fears to be forgot; And death, inevitable, waits in hall. But I, by some strange miracle, live on A prey to absence, j... ...d what greater misfortune can there be,” replied Panza, “than the one that waits for time to put an end to it and death to remove it? If our mishap we... ...d to come. Sancho followed him on foot, leading by the halter, as his cus- tom was, his ass, his constant comrade in prosperity or adversity; and adva... ...world, than another takes his place; and if he too falls into the sea that waits for him like an enemy, another and another will succeed him without a...

Full Text Search Details
...es the imagi- nation of young girls so that they need not dive to the bot- tom of their hearts for other numerous and inquisitive rea- sons which seal... ...o sits in your midst, On that ivory ball how his sharp eye is fixt; He waits and he watches with keenest attention, Its least little movement in...

Full Text Search Details
...d, not to be quite forgotten. CHAPTER XLVI Stop Him! DARKNESS RESTS UPON Tom All Alone’s. Dilating and dilat ing since the sun went down last night... ...a time there were some dungeon lights burning, as the lamp of life hums in Tom all Alone’s, heavily, heavily, in the nauseous air, and winking—as that... ...ily, heavily, in the nauseous air, and winking—as that lamp, too, winks in Tom all Alone’s—at many horrible things. But they are blotted out. The moon... ...lackest nightmare in the infernal stables grazes on T om all Alone’s, and Tom is fast asleep. Much mighty speech making there has been, both in and o... ...nd out of Parliament, concerning T om, and much wrathful dis putation how Tom shall be got right. Whether he shall be put into the main road by const... ...nity itself can be—more so than it often is. Allan, very patient with her, waits until she has no more raptures to express, then points out Jo, trembl... ...atever the subject of the conversation, he keeps a tender eye upon him. He waits to walk home with him. He is interested in his very boots and observe... ...eavy heart obeys. “For I dread, George,” the old lady says to her son, who waits below to keep her company when she has a little leisure, “I dread, my...