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The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

By: Charles Dickens

...f an attached and faithful rascal, and take that, in exchange, as a feeble mark of our respect and esteem, and don’ t open it until you go to bed, and... ...nge as never man had yet. By God, I will. Acci- dent favouring him, he has marked me for a week or two, but I’ll put a mark on him that he shall carry... ...ent. A glare of light in the distance, cast- ing a warm glow upon the sky, marked where the huge city lay. Solitary fields, divided by hedges and ditc... ...untry but new-laid eggs and flowers? I can buy new-laid eggs in Leadenhall Market, any morning before breakfast; and as to flowers, it’s worth a run u... ...EMENT OF SNOW HILL had been baking and frying all day in the heat, and the twain Saracens’ heads guarding the entrance to the hostelry of whose name a... ...go a kidnapping of boys, will you? T ake care their fathers don’ t turn up—mark that—take care their fathers don’ t turn up, and send ‘em back to me t...

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Thus Spake Zarathustra

By: Friedrich Nietzsche

...................................................... 53 XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE ............................................................... ...erhaps the Great Seriousness only com- mences, when the proper interrogative mark is set up, the fate of the soul changes, the hour-hand moves, and tr... ...g the rope which was stretched between two towers, so that it hung above the market-place and the people. When he was just mid- way across, the little... ...wn- wards faster than it, like an eddy of arms and legs, into the depth. The market-place and the people were like the sea when the storm cometh on: t... ...e hand of Zarathustra in gratitude. 7 MEANWHILE THE EVENING came on, and the market-place veiled itself in gloom. Then the people dispersed, for even ... ...stairs to the Superman. To the lone-dwellers will I sing my song, and to the twain-dwellers; and unto him who hath still ears for the unheard, will I ... ...neth the earth for great souls. Empty are still many sites for lone ones and twain ones, around which floateth the odour of tranquil seas. Open still ... ... wheel—a creating one shalt thou create. Marriage: so call I the will of the twain to create the one that is more than those who created it. The rever... ...se superfluous ones—ah, what shall I call it? Ah, the poverty of soul in the twain! Ah, the filth of soul in the twain! Ah, the pitiable self-complace...

............................................................................................................................... 53 XII. THE FLIES IN THE MARKET-PLACE ................................................................................................................ 55 XIII. CHASTITY ....................................................................................

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The Kalevala the Epic Poem of Finland Translated into English

By: John Martin Crawford

...se traits can scarcely be rendered in English; for, as Robert Ferguson re marks: “The English language is not strong in diminutives, and therefore it... ...in eternal freedom.” Wainamoinen thus made answer: “Take thy corn to other markets, Give thy garners to the needy; I have corn in great abundance, Fie... ... a hollow cover; Nowhere see we hammer traces, Nowhere find a single tongs mark.” Thus replied the hostess, Louhi: “Him alone I’ll give my daughter, P... ...at the day break, Grinds a measure fit for eating, Grinds a second for the market, Grinds a third one for the store house. Joyfully the dame of Northl... ... at the day dawn, Grinds a measure fit for eating, Grinds a second for the market, Grinds a third one for the store house. Louhi has the wondrous Samp... ... From the cruel staff of iron; Bites with mighty force the metal, Bites in twain the softer iron, Cannot bite the steel asunder, Opens wide his mouth ... ... utters: “With this broadsword I could quickly 373 The Kalevala Cleave in twain the mount of Pohya, Cut the flinty rocks asunder.” Spake the blacksmi...

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The First Book of Samuel

By: Anonymous

...12 And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 13 Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips move... ...Saul said to David, Thou shalt this day be my son in law in the one of the twain. 22 And Saul commanded his servants, saying, Commune with David secre... ...0 And I will shoot three arrows on the side thereof, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And, behold, I will send a lad, saying, Go, find out the arrows. I...

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Our Mutual Friend

By: Charles Dickens

...o be bought, and at what prices? Y ou have got your list of what’ s in the market?’ ‘Sir, a long list,’ replied Riah, taking out a pocket-book, and se... ...is won’t improve with talking about. If we ever find out who did it, we’ll mark that person. There’s nothing more to be said, except that you undertoo... ...Mr Fledgeby took it, saying, ‘ And if we ever find out who did this, we’ll mark that person. And in the most friendly manner, let me mention one thing... ... Fledgeby, when he had had his laugh out, ‘you’ll buy up these lots that I mark with my pen- cil—there’s a tick there, and a tick there, and a tick th... ...sweet—or short and sour, according as it may be and as opinions vary—’ re- marked Miss Abbey, ‘and that’s about all I have got to say, and enough too.... ...usband’s discovery and inexpressible astonishment. Perhaps the V eneerings twain may deem the last unutterable feeling par- ticularly due to their rep...

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The Book of Mormon : An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi

By: Transcribed by Joseph Smith, Jr

... 2 Nephi 16:2 2 Above it stood the seraphim; each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twa... ...re, because of their blindness, which blindness came by looking beyond the mark, they must needs fall; for God hath taken away his plainness from them... ...:4 4 And the Amlicites were distinguished from the Nephites, for they had marked themselves with red in their foreheads after the manner of the Laman... ...th. Alma 3:6 6 And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because ... ...sought to destroy them, therefore they were cursed; and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael, a... ...o be led away by the Lamanites was called under that head, and there was a mark set upon him. Alma 3:11 11 And it came to pass that whosoever would n... ...on; and the earth shook mightily, and the walls of the prison were rent in twain, so that they fell to the earth; and the chief judge, and the lawyers... ...man 10:8 8 And thus, if ye shall say unto this temple it shall be rent in twain, it shall be done. Helaman 10:9 9 And if ye shall say unto this moun... ...lid mass, shall be broken up; Helaman 14:22 22 Yea, they shall be rent in twain, and shall ever after be found in seams and in cracks, and in broken ...

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Sartor Resartus the Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdr Ockh

By: Thomas Carlyle

... of new ideas, then might the arrival of Professor Teufelsdr¨ ockh’s Book be marked with chalk in the Editor’s calendar. It is indeed an “extensive V ... ...k Sterne’s words] but as ‘turkeys driven, with a stick and red clout, to the market:’ or if some drivers, as they do in Norfolk, take a dried bladder ... ...fullest insight,” we find—Six considerable PAPER BAGS, carefully sealed, and marked successively, in gilt China ink, with the sym bols of the Six sou... ... a rather eloquent Oration, “On receiving the Doctor’s Hat,” lie wash bills, marked bezahlt (settled). His Travels are indicated by the Street Adverti... ...e, Russian Autocrat, or English Game Preserver, is probably not far from the mark),—what almost prodigious saving may there not be anticipated, as the... ...h, as if it were a firm substance: fool! the Earth is but a film; it cracks in twain, and warrior and war horse sink beyond plummet’s sounding. Plummet’...

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Where Angels Fear to Tread

By: E. M. Forster

...ked up the place in “Childe Harold,” but Byron had not been there. Nor did Mark Twain visit it in the “Tramp Abroad.” The resources of literature were... ...p the place in “Childe Harold,” but Byron had not been there. Nor did Mark Twain visit it in the “Tramp Abroad.” The resources of literature were exha... ... full of simplicity and charm.” And the re- 16 Where Angels Fear to Tread mark of Baedeker, “The inhabitants are still noted for their agreeable mann...

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