She received from two of these friends many delicate marks of sympathy, despite the gossip of the neighbors who were astonished that Madame de Rouville and her daughter should have different names, and shocked by their very suspicious behavior. — from Repertory of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A — Z by Anatole Cerfberr
dwell more on
And Edmund, silenced, was obliged to acknowledge that the charm of acting might well carry fascination to the mind of genius; and with the ingenuity of love, to dwell more on the obliging, accommodating purport of the message than on anything else. — from Mansfield Park by Jane Austen
This same man, after failing through intimidation to elicit from me the names of our editorial contributors, against giving which he knew me to be pledged, beat himself weary upon me with a raw hide, I not resisting, and then pantingly threatened me with permanent disfiguring mayhem, if ever again I should introduce his name into print, and who but a few minutes before his attack upon me assured me that the only reason I was “permitted” to reach home alive on Wednesday evening last (at which time the PEOPLE’S TRIBUNE was issued) was, that he deems me only half-witted, and be it remembered the very next morning I was knocked down and kicked by a man who seemed to be prepared for flight. — from Roughing It by Mark Twain
The eddying of her garments caught from thee The light of thy great presence; and the cope Of the half-attain'd futurity, Though deep not fathomless, Was cloven with the million stars which tremble O'er the deep mind of dauntless infancy. — from The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
Dawns Mên (Cornwall), 256 Day spring, day star, 220 De Candolle, Augustin de, on age of yews, 364 , 365 , 366 , 368 , 369 , 371 , 375 ; his Physiologie végétale , 370 ; Fortingal yew, 375 ; Brabourne yew, 376 ; Fountains yew, 377 Deccan, meaning of the word, 326 Declination of magnetic needle, 228 Deddington (Oxford), 272 n. Dedication festivals, 191 , 192 Dedications of churches, to St Michael, 129 ; lost, 191 ; connection with alinements, 209 , 225-6 , 227 , 234-5 ; double, 234-5 Defensive towers, 107-18 , 150 Deflected chancels, theories concerning, 232-9 ; and rebuilding of church, 232-4 , 237 ; and double dedications, 234-5 ; symbolism of, 235-7 ; aesthetical explanation, 238-41 Defoe, Daniel, on carriage oxen, 484 , 484 — from Byways in British Archaeology by Walter Johnson
It has been observed, that broiling is the most difficult manual office the general cook has to perform, and one that requires the most unremitting attention; for she may turn her back upon the stewpan or the spit, but the gridiron can never be left with impunity. — from The Book of Household Management by Mrs. (Isabella Mary) Beeton
debar myself of
"But I tell you that—" "My good friend," interrupted M. Verduron, "I must admit that I am too gallant, or rather not sufficiently unselfish, to debar myself of the pleasure of waiting here for the return of—" "Very well, very well," interposed Segoffin, quickly, "we won't say any more about it. — from Avarice--Anger: Two of the Seven Cardinal Sins by Eugène Sue
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