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The White Rose Club

By: George Meredith

...argarita strode to the door-step. Schwartz Thier was awaiting her, his arm circled out, and his leering face ducked to a level with his victim’s. This... ...brigands and ravishers. A crowd was collecting, but seemed to consider the circle now formed by the horse- men as in a manner charmed, for only one, a... ...but the horses could not be brought a second time to the edge of the magic circle; and the blood of these warriors being thoroughly up, they now came ... ...confirm him, she soon appeared, and hung herself halfway out of one of the upper windows, calling desperately to St. Ursula for aid. He thanked the ol... ...a matter of two hours.’ She rose with a boding lustre. Drifts of thin pale upper- cloud leaned down ladders, pure as virgin silver, for her to climb t... ...boasted his visits in the flesh, and the conqueror of Darkness caused dire Rhenish feuds. The T ailed Infernal repeated his famous Back-blow on Fa- ri...

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Moby Dick; Or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me f... ... He made no advances whatever; ap- peared to have no desire to enlarge the circle of his acquain- tances. All this struck me as mighty singular; yet, ... ... the jaws of the right-whale. Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, a... ...seam sometimes made in the straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twi... ...adows upon the wrinkled sur- face, it may well be supposed that the watery circle surround- ing it somewhat resembles a dial, with its style and wavy ... ...e smooth, medallion- shaped tablet, reserved for that daily purpose on the upper part of his ivory leg. From his complete inattention to the tid- ings... ...elburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious ...

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Moby-Dick or the Whale

By: Herman Melville

...rear of every funeral I meet; and especially whenever my hypos get such an upper hand of me, that it requires a strong moral principle to prevent me f... ...the jaws of the right whale. Planted with their broad ends on the deck, a circle of these slabs laced together, mutually sloped towards each other, a... ...seam sometimes made in the straight, lofty trunk of a great tree, when the upper lightning tearingly darts down it, and without wrenching a single twi... ...shadows upon the wrinkled surface, it may well be supposed that the watery circle surrounding it somewhat resembles a dial, with its style and wavy ho... ...he smooth, medallion shaped tablet, reserved for that daily purpose on the upper part of his ivory leg. From his complete inattention to the tidings, ... ...empty wooden trencher, while Tashtego, knife in hand, began laying out the circle preliminary to scalping him. He was naturally a very nervous, shudde... ...elburgh was always replenished with the most excellent of the wines of the Rhenish valleys, so the tun of the whale contains by far the most precious ...

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The New Machiavelli

By: H. G. Wells

... usual Christian hero, this time with mutton-chop whiskers and a long bare upper lip. The Jesuits, it seemed, were still hard at it, and Heaven fright... ...ind the same type with the slightest modifications in the Pas de Calais or Rhenish Prussia or New Jersey or North Italy. No doubt you would find it in... ...esents for your friends. Presents always seemed to be flying about in that circle; flowers and boxes of sweets were common currency. My cousins were a... ... that afternoon, see her fresh fair face, with the little obliquity of the upper lip, and her brow always slightly knitted, and her manner as of one b... ... For a time, too, I dropped out of the garrulous literary and journalistic circles I had frequented. I put up for the Reform, not so much for the use ... ...unlike them, I was an adventurer and had won and married my way into their circles instead of being naturally there. They couldn’t quite reckon upon w... ...ance furtively at his domestic servants upon his staircase, or stiffen his upper lip against the reluctant, protesting business employee. We imaginati...

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The Talisman

By: Sir Walter Scott

...which he wore on his arm, swinging it as if he meant to oppose its slender circle to the formidable thrust of the Western lance. His own long spear wa... ...ack; and putting his horse to the gallop, once more described two or three circles of a wider extent than formerly, in the course of which he discharg... ...t hardly curled perceptibly the broad, thick moustache which enveloped his upper lip. “It is justly spoken,” he said, instantly composing himself to h... ..., the colour of his hair, and of the mous- taches which thickly shaded his upper lip, while his chin was carefully divested of beard, after the Norman... ...nd is man, firm and entire, his value depending on himself alone; and this circle of lesser jewels are women, borrowing his lus- tre, which he deals o... ...sy, he assisted 57 Sir Walter Scott the Saracen to disrobe himself of his upper garments, that he might sleep with more convenience, was, on his side... ... upon him! He a leader of chivalry to deeds of glory! Give him a flagon of Rhenish to drink with his besmirched baaren- hauters and lance-knechts.” 8... ...by pages of noble blood, fed upon plate of silver, and drank his Tokay and Rhenish wines from a cup of gold. His ducal mantle was splendidly adorned w...

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The Adventures of Harry Richmond

By: George Meredith

...ange lay in a rich watered hollow of the Hampshire heath-country; a lonely circle of enclosed brook and pasture, within view of some of its de- penden... ...robbers had come at last most awfully. A crowd of maids gathered along the upper corridor of the main body of the building: two or three foot- men hun... ...Greenland, untrodden by my Alfred and my Harold. These heroes lived in the circle of 26 The Adventures of Harry Richmond Dipwell, confidently awaitin... ...ed while the dinners lasted, but it was whispered that she had fits in the upper part of the house. No sooner did my father hear the rumour than he ac... ... in the midst of these dreams quite fairly; it was the awakening among the circle of the boys that made me falter during a recital and ask myself why ... ...minute I was curiously perusing the soft shade of a moustache on my aunt’s upper lip; the next, we jumped into the carriage, and she was my dear aunt ... ...y where she appears, like what shall I say? like the moon in a bowl of old Rhenish. And you will drain that bowl to the bottom to seize her, as it wer...

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A Legend of Montrose

By: Sir Walter Scott

...n an open bench, with spectacles on nose, conning over the newspapers to a circle of village politicians, explaining mili- tary terms, and aiding the ... ...s of the Flemings were better than the Provant rye-bread of the Swede, and Rhenish wine was more plenty with us than ever I saw the black-beer of Rost... ...d be,” replied Captain Dalgetty, “con- sidering we had drunk six flasks of Rhenish, and about two mutchkins of Kirchenwasser. Father Fatsides informed... ...ous of a Highland family. A large fire of peats in the huge chimney at the upper end shed a dim light through the apartment, and was rendered neces- ... ...tual resistance, half led and half dragged him to the va- cant seat at the upper end, and having made a mute intima- tion that he should there place h... ...able sat- isfaction. But, by my saul, if I had my provstnt and a bottle of Rhenish under my belt, I should hive stood otherways up to him. And yet it’... ...ch I had my share; we surprised them effectually, by besetting at once the upper and under passes of the country, and made such clean work as is usual... ...is magnificent gallery stood the Marquis himself, the centre of a splendid circle of Highland and Lowland gentlemen, all richly dressed, among whom we... ...ore properly couroultai, of the name of Campbell, and, slipping out of the circle, gave orders for the prisoner to be removed to a place of security. ...

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Kenilworth

By: Sir Walter Scott

... little or no assistance was necessary. The Earl and his lady occupied the upper end of the table, and V arney and Foster sat beneath the salt, as was... ...utes, and was at length hushed by the opening of the folding- doors at the upper end or the apartment, through which the Earl made his entrance, marsh... ...s furnace, regulating it by just measure—compounding his drugs—tracing his circles—ca- joling his patients, et sic et cæteris. Well, right worshipful,... ...nd lay me down your silver groat on that other flat stone, walk out of the circle, sit down on the west side of that little thicket of bushes, and tak... ...dred—or count over a hundred, which will do as well—and then come into the circle; you will find your money gone and your horse shod.” “My money gone ... ...focating, but that by some concealed vent the smithy communicated with the upper air. The light afforded by the red fuel, and by a lamp suspended in a... ...mouth herrings and ale, and Tracy will have his beastly black puddings and Rhenish; those thorough-paced Welsh- men, Thomas ap Rice and Evan Evans, wi... ...own pleasure.” And he quaffed a goblet of water to quench the fumes of the Rhenish wine, retired slowly towards the door, made a pause, and then, find...

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Don Juan

By: George Byron

... her cheek’s pure dye Like twilight rosy still with the set sun; Short upper lip—sweet lips! that make us sigh Ever to have seen such; for s... ...That overpowers some Alpine river’s rush, Checks to a lake, whose waves in circles spread; Or the Red Sea but the sea is not red. And down the... ...grow older. Afar, a dwarf buffoon stood telling tales To a sedate grey circle of old smokers, Of secret treasures found in hidden vales, O... ...sk flowers of silk inlaid; And round them ran a yellow border too; The upper border, richly wrought, display’d, Embroider’d delicately o’er ... ...alone evades Contempt, but from the bathos’ vast abyss Floats scumlike uppermost, and these Jack Cades Of sense and song above your graves m... ...station. But when the levee rose, and all was bustle In the dissolving circle, all the nations’ Ambassadors began as ‘t were to hustle Rou... ...oblet makes me feel quite Danish Or Dutch with thirst—What, ho! a flask of Rhenish. O reader! if that thou canst read,—and know, ‘T is not eno...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...entle- men had been bred in the workhouse, and had not, therefore, a large circle of friends. It wanted only an hour of noon, and the noble Count had ... ... worthy merchant would never have gone thither; if he had not been fond of Rhenish wine and sugar, he never would have called for any such delicacies;... ... all the advances made to her by Silverkoop; if he had not been so fond of Rhenish and sugar, he never would have died; and Mrs. Silverkoop would have... ...how he works—the dreadful conquering Spirit of Ill? Who cannot see, in the circle of his own society, the fated and foredoomed to woe and evil? Some c... ...ears of age, his virtues were necessar- ily appreciated only in his family circle and among those few acquaintances of his own time of life whom a you... ...Grank Turk here! The pair of ‘em, betwixt them, have completely gotten the upper hand of you. Confess that you are beaten, Master Hayes, and don’t lik...

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Catriona (The Sequal to Kidnapped)

By: Robert Louis Stevenson

...f the two thieves. A little beyond we made a useful beacon, which was a light in an upper window of Lochend. Steering by this, but a good deal at rand... ...and cast me on a tussock of bent. There they sat about their captive in a part of a circle and gazed upon him silently like something dangerous, perha... ...of the sermon, came to the kirk doors of Inverary. The rain had somewhat washed the upper parts of me, but I was still bogged as high as to the knees;... ...ive, in view of a conveyance due to leave that very evening in the direction of the Upper Ger- many. This, with the present half-gale of wind, the cap... ...bargain; and the cause of this was soon to appear. For at the ordinary, calling for Rhenish wine and drinking of it deep, he soon became unutterably t... ...it at home is perhaps the most entirely wholesome; but as that is not come-at-able, Rhenish or a white wine of Burgundy will be next best.” “I shall m...

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Autobiography Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life

By: Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

.... He had a great influence upon him, chiefly in introducing him to a wider circle of German, French, English and Italian poetry. But the person who ha... ...aroline, the wife of the landgrave, had surrounded herself with a literary circle, of which Merck was the moving spirit. She had collected and private... ...kind of con- nection. Bestow this labor for the gratification of a limited circle, and perhaps it may give rise to something that will be entertaining... ...p a new house from the ground, should confine his projections to the first upper story, and carry the others up perpendicularly. My father, that he mi... ...d to the expedient which others had employed before him, of prop- ping the upper part of the house, until one part after another had been removed from... ...ed. He had the notion that it was precisely the same with pictures as with Rhenish wines, which, though age may impart to them a higher value, can be ... ...t served to fix the recollection of that which was to be retained; e.g.,— “Upper-Yssel has many a fen, Which makes it hateful to all men.” The forms a...

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The Works of Aristotle

By: Aristotle

...r what part of the body the disease possesseth; for if it chance to be the upper part that is afflicted, as the head or stomach, then it will not so t... ...m for a man’s instrument of generation. The Clitoris is a substance in the upper part of the division where the two wings meet, and the seat of venere... ...s, arteries, sinews and great ligaments; and is long and round, and on the upper side flattish, seated un- der the os pubis, and ordained by Nature pa... ...omach. T en or twelve days after she feels giddy and her eyes dim and with circles round them; the breasts swell and grow hard, with some pain and pri... ...atercresses and goose-grass bruised, of each a hand- ful, adding a pint of Rhenish wine. Make a close infusion for two hours, then strain out the liqu... ...e and noble. The less pure are cast to the outside, and with these seed is circled round and the membrane made, in which that seed that is most pure i... ..._; and the other is the windpipe. Q. Why is the artery made with rings and circle? A. The better to bow and give a good sounding. Of the Shoulders and...

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Biographical Essays

By: Thomas de Quincey

...of his familiar presence, nor the recollections of that brilliant literary circle with whom he lived in the metropo- lis, have yielded much more than ... ...ut that style of liberal house-keep- ing, which has ever distinguished the upper yeomanry and the rural gentry of England. Probable enough it is, that... ...oet. In some legends of saints, we find that they were born with a lambent circle or golden aureola about their heads. This angelic coronet shed light... ...on of comedians ac- quainted with books, fresh from the keen and sparkling circles of the metropolis, and filled with racy anecdotes of the court, as ... ...lectual merit, which places him in our judgment at the head of the T rans- Rhenish literature. But we add in concluding, that Frederick von Schiller w...

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The Arrow of Gold : A Story between Two Notes

By: Joseph Conrad

...marine beauties: for they knew I had a footing in both these -shall we say circles? As to themselves they were the bohemian circle, not very wide— hal... ...give her. But I am sure he got something out of her. Two peasants from the upper valley were sent for by military authorities and she saw them, too. T... ... Dominic’s general scorn for the beliefs, and activities, and abilities of upper-class people covered the 65 Joseph Conrad Principle of Legitimacy am... ...ad taken some- thing? Anything. Some small object. I thought suddenly of a Rhenish-stone match-box. Perhaps it was that. I didn’t re- member having se... ...aron and the ribbon of some order or other. The gossip of the Le- gitimist circles appreciated those favours with smiling indul- gence. He was the man... .... Once or twice, by common inspiration, masks rushed forward and forming a circle danced round us uttering discordant shouts of derision; for we were ... ...hen I got to the foot of the stairs there was Therese coming down from the upper regions in her nightgown, like a sleep-walker. How- ever, it wasn’t t...

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Leaves of Grass

By: Walt Whitman

... eidolons. Ever the dim beginning, Ever the growth, the rounding of the circle, Ever the summit and the merge at last, (to surely start again,) ... ...wood duck on my distant and day long ramble, They rise together, they slowly circle around. I believe in those wing’d purposes, And acknowledge red, y... ...sun, Making a fetich of the first rock or stump, powowing with sticks in the circle of obis, Helping the llama or brahmin as he trims the lamps of the... ...106 The coats and caps thrown down, the embrace of love and resistance, The upper hold and under hold, the hair rumpled over and blinding the eyes; T... ...manly beard, scapula, hind shoulders, and the ample side round of the chest, Upper arm, armpit, elbow socket, lower arm, arm sinews, arm bones, Wrist ... ...ng set of thighs, well carrying the trunk above, Leg fibres, knee, knee pan, upper leg, under leg, Ankles, instep, foot ball, toes, toe joints, the he... ...mples, Prouder than Milan’s statued, spired cathedral, More picturesque than Rhenish castle keeps, We plan even now to raise, beyond them all, Thy gre...

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Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...inheritance; I had reason to think myself popular amongst the very slender circle of my acquaintance; and finally, which perhaps was the crown- ing gr... ...at the summit of my happiness, whilst for herself she thus com- pleted the circle of her relations to this life’s duties, by pre- senting me with a so... ...rophetess; and very extraordinary instances were cited amongst the highest circles of her success in the art which she professed. So ample were the pe... ... most unerring of all languages, from each to the other what thoughts were uppermost in our panic- stricken hearts. If to any person it should seem th... ...ences of the three women. That one, whom I suspected, I heard rais- ing an upper window to look out and reconnoitre. The af- fectionate Rachael, on th... ...ey have a strange spectacle to see; such as few places could show, but the upper chambers of the Cordille- ras. They had reached a billowy scene of ro... ...wallow what he called a dram, which consisted either of Hungarian wine, of Rhenish, of a cordial, or (in default of these) of Bishop. A flask of this ...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...hich his ferocious tribe took its designation, was painted a light-blue, a circle of green and orange was drawn round each eye, while serpentine strip... ...TTERS. A LUCKY SPECULATOR. “CONSIDERABLE SENSATION has been excited in the upper and lower circles in the West End, by a startling piece of good fortu... ...PECULATOR. “CONSIDERABLE SENSATION has been excited in the upper and lower circles in the West End, by a startling piece of good fortune which has bef... ... He came down at full gallop, his own sword making ten thou- sand gleaming circles in the air, shrieking his cry of battle. The contest did not last a... ... of that month I had been wounded (a trifling scratch, cutting off my left upper eyelid, a bit of my cheek, and my under lip), and I was obliged to le... ...wo districts or towns: the lower Cotwal, inhabited by the natives, and the upper (which is fortified slightly, and has all along been called Futtyghur... ... would have been ennuye’d to death before they could have marched from the Rhenish, the Maritime, the Alpine, or the Pyrenean frontier upon the capita...

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Autobiography

By: John Stuart Mill

...se for the opposite. In England it is only of the best bred people, in the upper or upper middle ranks, that anything like this can be said. In my way... ... a young man formed by a particular mode of thought or a particular social circle. His younger brother, Charles Austin, of whom at this time and for t... ...ourneys or excur sions, alone or with other friends. France, Belgium, and Rhenish Germany were within easy reach of the annual holi day: and two lon... ...neral turning upside down of the opinions of European thinkers had brought uppermost, these in particular: That the human mind has a certain order of ... ...ded itself according to the received type of feminine genius. To her outer circle she was a beauty and a wit, with an air of natural distinction, felt... ... was one of inward meditation, varied by familiar intercourse with a small circle of friends, of whom one only (long since deceased) was a person of g... ... imagined with what feelings I contem plated the rush of nearly the whole upper and middle classes of my own country even those who passed for Libera...

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