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...ere is nothing more to know; but in a scientific pursuit there is continual food for discovery and wonder. A mind of moderate capacity which closely... ...rived of life, hich, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. Now I was led to examine the cause and progress of th... ...his horror, I felt the bitterness of disappointment; dreams that had been my food and pleasant rest for so long a space were now become a hell to me; ... ...as to the consummation of his happiness. “During the ensuing days, while the preparations were going forward for the escape of the merchant, the zeal ... ...desired his return to complete the negotiation they had entered into for his Indian enterprise. He could not any longer delay his departure; but as hi... ...the room which had been the scene of my odious work, and I must handle those utensils the sight of which was sickening to me. The next morning, at day... ...ipate into an airy dream and leave no trace but deep and everlasting regret. Preparations were made for the event, congratulatory visits were received... ...ollowing day. My father was in the mean time overjoyed and in the bustle of preparation only recog nized in the melancholy of his niece the diffiden... ... a small part, I always presented to those who had provided me with fire and utensils for cooking. My life, as it passed thus, was indeed hateful to m...

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... T ourangian phrase, a “heart of gold.” Cesar received from the Ragons his food, six francs a month as wages, and a pallet to sleep upon in the garret... ... of Paris as from applica- tion to his work. When the passions are without food they change their wants; marriage then becomes, to persons of the midd... ...He may admire the danseuses in a chauderie, as he breathes the odors of an Indian root. Dazzled by the blaze of cochineal, he recalls the poems of the... ... the Indies. Now, isn’t it much better to supply a French prod- uct to the Indians than to send them back what they are supposed to send to us? Make t... ...rested all the idlers and busybodies in the street; gossip, based on these preparations, proclaimed a sumptuous forth- coming event. On Sunday, the da... ...ion and Improvements. “No cosmetic can make the hair grow, and no chemical preparation can dye it without peril to the seat of intelli- gence. Science... ...he length of their hair, used no other rem- edy than this; their method of preparation, which had been lost in the lapse of ages, has been intelligent... ... dinner Cesar could not eat. His stom- ach, violently contracted, rejected food. The evening hours 212 Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau were terrible... ...appartement cost forty thousand; the mere outlay on the manufactories, the utensils, the frames, the boilers, cost thirty thousand. Why! at fifty per ...

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...dy Dedlock’s own windows is alternately a lead coloured view and a view in Indian ink. The vases on the stone terrace in the foreground catch the rain... ...s I was!—and added this, “Submission, self denial, diligent work, are the preparations for a life begun with such a shadow on it. You are different f... ...n the grate, and I saw no articles of clothing any where, nor any kind of food. Upon a shelf in an open cup board were a plate or two, a cup or two,... ...ht, and warmth, and comfort; with its hospitable jingle, at a distance, of preparations for dinner; with the face of its gener ous master brightening... ...r countries, whither he was sent to enlarge his knowledge and complete his preparations for the venture of this life, 88 Bleak House – Dickens stands... ...his pocket money, to the amount of five and threepence, to the T ockahoopo Indians. Oswald, my second (ten and a half ), is the child who contributed ... ...ed absolutely ferocious with discontent. At the mention of the T ockahoopo Indians, I could really have supposed Eghert to be one of the most baleful ... ...s head at me in a melancholy manner over the tray, “to be stationed behind food at such a moment. The soul recoils from food at such a moment, miss.” ... ...oodle and Sir Thomas Doodle— supposing it to be impossible for the Duke of Foodle to act with Goodle, which may be assumed to be the case in conse qu...

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... stood in relief against the corn- flower blue of Northern sky. She saw no Indians now; she saw flour-mills and the blinking windows of skyscrapers in... ...d by Traverse des Sioux, where the first set- tlers made treaties with the Indians, and the cattle-rustlers once came galloping before hell-for-leathe... ...d something to do; They could escape from them- selves. They fell upon the food—chicken sandwiches, maple cake, drug-store ice cream. Even when the fo... ...him on her first view of Main Street. She could not find half the kinds of food she wanted, but that made shopping more of an adventure. When she did ... ...y gossiped sometimes squatted on their heels on the sidewalk, like resting Indians, and reflectively spat over the curb. She found beauty in the child... ...she should always have to petition him for the money with which to buy his food. She caught herself criticizing his belief that, since his joke about ... ... But she was a deliberate and joyous spendthrift in her 77 Sinclair Lewis preparations for her first party, the housewarming. She made lists on every... ...g-chair, which she pantingly tugged to the table. She had finished all the preparations she could think 115 Sinclair Lewis of. She sat and waited. Sh... ... the reason you’re so superior? Why can’t you take folks as they are?” Her preparations for stalking out of the Doll’s House were not yet visible. She...

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...s 2 minutes south. Twelve of our crew were dead by immoderate labour and ill food; the rest were in a very weak condition. On the 5th of November, whi... ...cency) by putting my finger frequently to my mouth, to signify that I wanted food. The HURGO (for so they call a great lord, as I afterwards learnt) u... ...must contain at least 1724 of theirs, and consequently would require as much food as was necessary to support that number of Lilliputians. By which th... ...d after consult ing awhile with the inn keeper, and making some nec essary preparations, he hired the grultrud, or crier, to give notice through th... ...iversal language, to be understood in all civilised nations, whose goods and utensils are generally of the same kind, or nearly re sembling, so that ... ... I had fifty hands onboard; and my orders were, that I should trade with the Indians in the South Sea, and make what discoveries I could. These rogues... ...aving died since my confinement. They sailed many weeks, and traded with the Indians; but I knew not what course they took, being kept a close prisone... ... and pursued the beaten road, hoping it might direct me to the cabin of some Indian. I had not got far, when I met one of these creatures full in my w...

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...ued to suckle them, while birds of various sorts brought little morsels of food, which they put into their mouths; till a cow-herd, spying them, was f... ...throw of the Ceninensians, the other Sabines still protracting the time in preparations, the people of Fidenae, Crustumerium, and Antemna, joined thei... ...oodshed of that day; the cleansing of them in milk, a remembrance of their food and nourish- ment. Caius Acilius writes, that, before the city was bui... ... a pic- ture, without either life or motion. Nor were they allowed to take food at home first, and then attend the public tables, for every one had an... ...inued consul for the remainder of the year. Now, whilst Tarquin was making preparations in T uscany for a second war against the Romans, it is said a ... ...d an- ger felt by the Athenians against the Aeginetans, he induced them to preparation. So that with this money a hundred ships were built, with which... ...ies of Greece. And Alexander, when he undertook his expedition against the Indians, and found his Macedonians encumbered, and appear to march heavily ... ... to him, though he had enlarged the Roman empire to the Caspian Sea or the Indian Ocean. In a State where there is a sense of virtue, a powerful man o... ...t, Gaul, Germany, and Britain, to advance for his part to the east and the Indian Sea, by the conquest of Asia, to com- plete the incursions of Pompey...

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...the wild beasts reserved for the bloody exhi- bitions of the amphitheatre. Food could be had, and per- haps at no very exorbitant price, but on terms ... ...istant from Rome. The offer was accepted; and the emperor, without further preparation than that of throwing over his person a short mantle of a dusky... ...a connection of absolute dependence. Cæsar it was who provided their daily food, Cæsar who provided their pleasures and relaxations. He char- tered th... ...omposed wholly of rose-leaves; and even of these, not without an exquisite preparation; for the white parts of the leaves, as coarser and harsher to t... ...ere he lay indolently stretched amongst favorite ladies, “And like a naked Indian slept himself away.” He had also tables composed of the same delicat... ...vast repositories of apparel, furniture, jew- els, pictures, and household utensils, valuable alike for the materials and the workmanship. Many of the... ... the guardian- ship of the upright Misitheus, for a time he prospered; and preparations were made upon a great scale for the energetic administration ... ...arus: it has been conjectured by some writers that they were engaged in an Indian war. Carus, it is certain, met with little resis- tance. He insisted...

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...ier, to simmer a stew, such as porters’ wives are expert in. A few kitchen utensils, hung up against the wall, were visible in the twilight. At that h... ...asses, some matches, and a large, cracked white jug. Still, the floor, the utensils, the fireplace, all gave a pleasant sense of the perfect cleanline... ...f claret-colored merinos, a silk bonnet, and striped shawl of an imitation Indian pattern, came out to choose seats in a chaise at the corner of the R... ...arrying the baby in her arms, went into the dining-room to superintend the preparations for dinner. It was the 6th of May 1822, the anniversary of the... ...e always found her seated at a little 40 A Second Home table of some West Indian wood, and engaged in marking the linen of her trousseau. Angelique n... ...er even of the money saved to buy the clothes the children need, and their food for the morrow. Only three days ago she sold her hair, the finest hair...

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... The people were savages serving God and the King after the fashion of Red Indians. T o make this sketch of the struggle exact and true at all points,... ...her lips seemed to quiver on the verge of pronouncing it. Like an American Indian, she watched every muscle of the face of her enemy, tied, as it were... ...The Chouans Francine saw the long hedge undulating like one of those great Indian serpents of fabulous size and shape. Here and there, among the gorse... ... lamp hanging from the ceiling. It was easy to see that the miser had made preparations to spend more than one day in this retreat if the events of th... ...y cradle, a spinning-wheel, common chairs, and a carved chest on which lay utensils, were about the whole of Galope-Chopine’s domestic possessions. In... ...eft Paris, and I have had them!” Francine asked if she should get her some food, observing that she must be in great need of it. 178 The Chouans “No,... ...icturesque manner. Giving a last glance of satis- faction at these various preparations she sent Francine to the commandant with a request that he wou... ...n he found him in a little square, where he was busy with certain military preparations. The brave veteran had made a sacri- fice, the full merit of w...

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...d not stop to see what was left within, as he knew Ben would be crying for food, but he carried his foaming pail back to Goody Grace’s as fast as he c... ...t as well as for themselves, since they would find it a hard matter to get food even for the more necessary animals in the winter, and the poor beast ... ...t was either disposed of among the neighbours, who took it in exchange for food of other kinds; or else was salted and dried for the winter’s fare, la... ...om, and he gave out that there was to be a week of fasting, preaching, and preparation for the Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper. The better sort of peop... ...ould be one market day first, and on that Stead would come and explain his preparations, and hear what the Doctor had arranged. And so it was. The tim... ...made some furni- ture—a chair and table, some stools, bedding, and kitchen utensils, and she toiled to keep things clean, but still it was a mere hove... ... honest well-wisher to King and Church to boot?” “Master Henshaw, the West Indian merchant? His is a good, well-ordered household, and he holds with t... ...ay and night, but at that instant Goody Grace, who had been to her home in preparation for spending the night in nursing, walked in. “How now, mistres...

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...een my two days’ inmate, and hath never spoken a word, save to ask for his food and his reckoning—gives no more trouble than a very peasant—pays his s... ...ou, too, Master Foster. Give orders that all is fitting, and that suitable preparations be made for my lord’s reception to-night.” With these words sh... ...nted to the guests various sorts of spices, or condiments, to season their food withal. The third apartment was called the withdrawing-room. It was hu... ...endants of the great and wealthy nobleman, for whose use these magnificent preparations had been made. The divinity for whose sake this temple had bee... ...idence at Cumnor Place formed the cause of the mystery observed in all the preparations for opening these apartments, it was sedu- lously arranged tha... ...n of the house to accom- modate you with a platter of furmity—an wholesome food for which I have found no Latin phrase—your horse shall have a share o... ..., and resorted to this vault, where I found the fires extinguished and the utensils in confusion, with a note from the learned Doboobius, as he was wo... ... “Thou business at court!” they both exclaimed at once, “and thou make the Indian voyage!” 165 Sir Walter Scott “Why, T ressilian,” said the younger ... ... for fear, nay, even for uncer- tainty, and she slept. Yes, she slept. The Indian sleeps at the stake in the intervals between his tortures; and menta...

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...he paper, drinking his beer, and smoking his huge porcelain pipe while his food digested; crop-full, stupid, and warm. By and by, gorged with steam be... ...x of a house vibrated with excitement and confusion, for not only were the preparations for Trina’s marriage to be made, but also the preliminaries we... ...e importance of his undertaking, than was Mr. Sieppe during this period of preparation. From dawn to dark, from dark to early dawn, he toiled and plan... ...es, and tips were calculated to two places of decimals. Even the amount of food that it would be necessary to carry for the black greyhound was deter-... ...n; expressmen tramped up and down the stairway. Mrs. Sieppe stopped in the preparation of the lunches to call “Hoop, Hoop” to the greyhound, throwing ... ...is enormous mouth. There was but little conversation, and that only of the food; one exchanged opinions with one’s neighbor as to the soup, the egg-pl... ...and invoking a familiar whom he called “Edna,” and whom he asserted was an Indian maiden. The evening was a period of relaxation for Trina and McT eag... ...the abrupt descent of the canyon, debouching into a grav- elly river bed. “Indian River,” muttered the dentist. “I remember—I remember. I ought to hea... ...rn part of Inyo County, while they were halted at a water tank, an immense Indian buck, blanketed to the ground, ap- proached McTeague as he stood on ...

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...ouls, would far have preferred to eat plain bread rather than the choicest food if she had to prepare it for herself; a woman capable of accomplishing... ...of 1830. If the same things were invariably done at the same hours, if the food was subjected to the regu- larity of times and seasons, this monotony,... ...t officers of the old navy. He had won the confidence of de Suffren in the Indian Ocean, and the friend- ship of the Comte de Portenduere. His splendi... ...e du Guenic her array of keys in order to obtain some necessary article of food outside of the meal hours, there was no other means of doing it than t... ... imagination, souls like his have been known to pass through all phases of preparation and to reach in silence and solitude the very heights of love, ... ... fault,” she said to him very gravely. “Go, now, and make 150 Balzac your preparations for to-morrow.” She made a gesture which Calyste did not ventu... ... des Touches, who read a book of theological mysticism while Calyste read “Indiana,”—the first work of Camille’ s celebrated rival, in which is the ca... ...laimed Sabine, as she woke the next morning, “Calyste wanted some of those Indian sauces they serve in England in cruets. Madame de Rochefide accustom... ... but it soon became impossible for her to make such discoveries in all the preparations invented by her rival. This period lasted some months; which i...

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... winter and many very fine balls, at which latter I danced. By the spring, preparations were ready for fresh campaigns. My regiment (I had bought one ... ... escaped being arrested, and upon his report these hopes were built. Great preparations were made, but they came to nothing, as was always the case wi... ...rs of age. In the mean time she was to be sent to the Court of France, and preparations were at once made there to provide her with a suitable establi... ...n of the interior, show- ing the precise position of the furniture and the utensils; and, when all was done, pulled down the house and removed it a sh... ...ght or ten days; and took care in future not to gorge himself so much with food. Had this accident happened a quarter of an hour later, the chief vale... ...sand pounds of powder left; very little of other munitions, and still less food. In the town and the citadel they had eaten eight hundred horses. Bouf... ...ight hundred horses. Boufflers, as soon as the others were reduced to this food, had it served upon his own table, and ate of it like the rest. The Ki... ...money and all our jewels; and this idea was in no way con- cealed, for the Indian Company was allowed to visit every house, even Royal houses, confisc... ...the issue of this decree an edict was drawn up for the establishment of an Indian commercial company, which was to undertake to reimburse in a year si...

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...nan not only as her husband, but as her God, he was so handsome and had so fierce a mustache. Then along toward the fourth year came the expedition of... ...o yonder shed, my friend,” said Aramis, pointing to a low building on the plain; “there you will find hay and straw for them; then come back here and ... ... conveying an allusion to the cardinal—so that he might have the pleasure of hang- ing Mazarin in effigy without being accused of having hung anything... ...o set. Monsieur de Beaufort had said that he had forty ways of getting out of prison. Did this proposed breakfast cover some stratagem? He reflected, ... ...mte,” replied Scarron, “I suppose 180 Twenty Years After you wish to propose to her an alliance offensive and defen- sive.” Raoul blushed again. “You... ...er, young man! so much the better! Don’t try to under- stand it—you will only lose your time.” “You forgive me, then, sir,” said Raoul, “and you will ... ...ons that lives— Mademoiselle Frances d’Aubigne.” “Does she belong to the family of the celebrated Agrippa, the friend of Henry IV .?” “His granddaught... ...lmost the whole of the night without sleeping. Contrary to the custom of a man so firm and decided, there was this morning in his personal ap- pearanc... ...and to the tone in which they stated them? Patience! They have selected a field of battle on which I am an abler general than they—that of a conferenc...

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...uded dell by the side of a rivulet. There, after they had partaken of such food as they brought with them, one of the party fell asleep; the other, un... ...his frenzy; we had better leave him, and send some one to provide him with food and necessaries.” They did so. The servant dispatched for this purpose... ...s and vegetables, he confined himself almost entirely to those articles of food. He accepted, notwithstand- ing, a pair of she-goats from Earnscliff, ... ...y of the world, are preparing for him? Why should I play the compassionate Indian, and, knock- 45 ing out the brains of the captive with my tomahawk,... ...f hurlyburly innovation. —Henry the Fourth, Part II. T here had been great preparations made at Ellieslaw Castle for the entertainment on this importa... ...ful clergy,” said the divine. “Think of the piracies committed on our East-Indian trade by Green and the English thieves,” said William Willieson, hal... ...ld collect around him. Several of the guests retired to make the necessary preparations; and Ellieslaw made a formal apology to the others, who, with ... ...brace it,” said Ellieslaw; “and I will leave you to talk upon our military preparations, while I go to prepare my daughter for so sudden a change of c... ...ed sympathy and help from no one. These stones are of my own piling; these utensils I framed with my own hands; and with this”—and he laid his hand wi...

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...at least I distinguished a chat- ter of tongues, and a clatter of culinary utensils, deep within; and I observed no signs of roasting, boiling, or bak... ...e. I no longer felt inclined to call Heathcliff a capital fellow. When the preparations were finished, he in- vited me with—‘Now, sir, bring forward y... ...hanging civilities with me as with my companion the cat. I guessed, by his preparations, that egress was allowed, and, leaving my hard couch, made a m... ...ed her to the fire; and I left her, as merry as she could be, dividing her food between the little dog and Skulker, whose nose she pinched as he ate; ... ...melt the rich scent of the heating spices; and admired the shining kitchen utensils, the polished clock, decked in holly, the silver mugs ranged on a ... ...sguise. Who knows but your father was Emperor of China, and your mother an Indian queen, each of them able to buy up, with one week’s income, Wutherin... ...ll!’ ‘No, you forget, Mrs. Linton,’ I suggested, ‘that you have eaten some food with a relish this evening, and to-morrow you will perceive its good e... ...l, and he turned to plunge his hand into the bowl; I conjectured that this preparation was probably for our supper, and, being hungry, I resolved it s... ... it!’ answered Linton, snappishly. ‘T ake it away.’ Joseph snatched up the food indignantly, and brought it to us. ‘Is there aught ails th’ victuals?’...

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... to Livorno. 22 Catherine dé Medici Catherine herself, judging by all the preparations she be- held, began to suspect that her marriage was in questi... ... he lived too well to be ignorant of the great movements which were now in preparation. He saw clearly, and he saw justly, and knew that the kingdom w... ...the old man and kissed him on both cheeks. “I don’t want any one to see my preparations for depar- ture, and I have put them on a counter in the shop,... ...tion to a prisoner who had been left in his dark dungeon for hours without food, struck the poor lad as singular. One of the provost’s men bound his h... ...ct about him that he dared not allow any one but himself even to bring him food. This severity, which placed him virtually in solitary confinement, am... ...rived at the same time as Strozzi, whom she herself had summoned, gave her food for thought. Strong in the strength of her political combination, Cath... ... on the floor were books, instruments for distill- ing, chests filled with utensils for magic and astrology; in 253 Balzac one place I saw horoscopes... ...ence, sire, which is a very different thing. Materialism is the outcome of Indian doctrines, transmitted through the mysteries of Isis to Chaldea and ...

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...oman, even the most candid, seems to have at her command. During all these preparations—odd, to say the least—the National Guardsman studied the furni... ...nce. In the course of the following night, Lisbeth hearing over- head some preparations for suicide, went up to her pensioner’s room, and gave him the... ...l of commonness on every detail, from the cast-iron stove to the household utensils, and his gorge rose as he said to him- self, “And /this/ is virtue... ...itant prices calculated on the diffi- 124 Cousin Betty culty of procuring food, and the dangers to which every form of transport is exposed. That is ... ...ar in rent, we have four servants, we eat thirty thousand francs’ worth of food in a year. If you want me to pay off my bills—for I have pledged my sa... ...y single thing. T o say nothing of fifty per cent charged on every form of food, they demand large New Year’s premi- ums from the tradesmen. The best ... ...r taper fingers to admiration? As to rouge—the consciousness of guilt, the preparations for a deliberate fall, threw this saintly woman into a state o... ...lutches—” “In God’s hands, my child—” Lisbeth dressed in the famous yellow Indian shawl and her black velvet bonnet, and put on her boots; in spite of...

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...f the regular customers, and were pro- vided with comfortable fireside tin utensils, like models of sugar-loaf hats, made in that shape that they migh... ...uttering of his bread, and on the mixing of his tea, and other such little preparations. ‘You must leave father to me, Charley—I will do what I can wi... ... man’s bench. A Wice. T ools. Bones, warious. Skulls, warious. Pre- served Indian baby. African ditto. Bottled preparations, warious. Everything withi... ... warious. Skulls, warious. Pre- served Indian baby. African ditto. Bottled preparations, warious. Everything within reach of your hand, in good pres- ... ...ns’s yawning, falling asleep, and waking insensible), and there is hurried preparation for the nuptial journey to the Isle of Wight, and the outer air... ..., and procured him some offices to discharge there, which were repaid with food and lodging. Such were the circumstances that had brought together, Br... ...ce, if he took his supper after a hard day, to the Dead March in Saul, his food might be likely to sit heavy on him. Or, if he was at any time incline... ...urchased her and fitted her expressly for this voyage, being married to an Indian Prince, who was a Something-or-Other, and who wore Cashmere shawls a... ...ence grew stronger on her as she grew weaker, and it found more sustaining food than she did in her wanderings. Now, she would light upon the shameful...