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Time passed merrily in the large town which was his capital; strangers arrived every day at the court. One day, two rogues, calling themselves weavers, made their appearance. They gave out that they knew how to weave stuffs of the most beautiful colors and elaborate patterns, the clothes manufactured from which should have the wonderful property of remaining invisible to everyone who was unfit for the office he held, or who was extraordinarily simple in character.
"These must, indeed, be splendid clothes!" thought the Emperor. "Had I such a suit, I might at once find out what men in my realms are unfit for their office, and also be able to distinguish the wise from the foolish! This stuff must be woven for me immediately." And he caused large sums of money to be given to both the weavers in order that they might begin their work directly.
So the two pretended weavers set up two looms, and affected to work very busily, though in reality they did nothing at all. They asked for the most delicate silk and the purest gold thread; put both into their own knapsacks;and then continued their pretended work at the empty looms until late at night.
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She, supposing Edgar could not see her, snatched the cloth from my hand, and pinched me, with a prolonged wrench, very spitefully on the arm. I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then: besides, she hurt me extremely; so I started up from my knees, and screamed out, `Oh, miss, that's a nasty trick! You have no right to nip me, and I'm not going to bear it.'
`I didn't touch you, you lying creature!' cried she, her fingers tingling to repeat the act, and her ears red with rage. She never had power to conceal her passion, it always set her whole complexion in a blaze.
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`What's that, then?' I retorted, showing a decided purple witness to refute her.
She stamped her foot, wavered a moment, and then irresistibly impelled by the naughty spirit within her, slapped me on the cheek a stinging blow that filled both eyes with water.
`Catherine, love! Catherine!' interposed Linton, greatly shocked at the double fault of falsehood and violence which his idol had committed.
`Leave the room, Ellen!' she repeated, trembling all over.
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She, supposing Edgar could not see her, snatched the cloth from my hand, and pinched me, with a prolonged wrench, very spitefully on the arm. I've said I did not love her, and rather relished mortifying her vanity now and then: besides, she hurt me extremely; so I started up from my knees, and screamed out, `Oh, miss, that's a nasty trick! You have no right to nip me, and I'm not going to bear it.'
`I didn't touch you, you lying creature!' cried she, her fingers tingling to repeat the act, and her ears red with rage. She never had power to conceal her passion, it always set her whole complexion in a blaze.
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`What's that, then?' I retorted, showing a decided purple witness to refute her.
She stamped her foot, wavered a moment, and then irresistibly impelled by the naughty spirit within her, slapped me on the cheek a stinging blow that filled both eyes with water.
`Catherine, love! Catherine!' interposed Linton, greatly shocked at the double fault of falsehood and violence which his idol had committed.
`Leave the room, Ellen!' she repeated, trembling all over.
Tuesday, December 25, 2007
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'Mr. Peggotty!' says I. ¡¡¡¡'Sir,' says he. ¡¡¡¡'Did you give your son the name of Ham, because you lived in a sort of ark?' ¡¡¡¡Mr. Peggotty seemed to think it a deep idea, but answered: ¡¡¡¡'No, sir. I never giv him no name.' ¡¡¡¡'Who gave him that name, then?' said I, putting question number two of the catechism to Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Why, sir, his father giv it him,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'I thought you were his father!' ¡¡¡¡'My brother Joe was his father,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Dead, Mr. Peggotty?
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' I hinted, after a respectful pause. ¡¡¡¡'Drowndead,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡I was very much surprised that Mr. Peggotty was not Ham's father, and began to wonder whether I was mistaken about his relationship to anybody else there. I was so curious to know, that I made up my mind to have it out with Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Little Em'ly,' I said, glancing at her. 'She is your daughter, isn't she, Mr. Peggotty?' ¡¡¡¡'No, sir. My brother-in-law, Tom, was her father.' ¡¡¡¡I couldn't help it. '- Dead, Mr. Peggotty?' I hinted, after another respectful silence. ¡¡¡¡'Drowndead,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡I felt the difficulty of resuming the subject, but had not got to the bottom of it yet, and must get to the bottom somehow. So I said:
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'Mr. Peggotty!' says I. ¡¡¡¡'Sir,' says he. ¡¡¡¡'Did you give your son the name of Ham, because you lived in a sort of ark?' ¡¡¡¡Mr. Peggotty seemed to think it a deep idea, but answered: ¡¡¡¡'No, sir. I never giv him no name.' ¡¡¡¡'Who gave him that name, then?' said I, putting question number two of the catechism to Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Why, sir, his father giv it him,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'I thought you were his father!' ¡¡¡¡'My brother Joe was his father,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Dead, Mr. Peggotty?
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' I hinted, after a respectful pause. ¡¡¡¡'Drowndead,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡I was very much surprised that Mr. Peggotty was not Ham's father, and began to wonder whether I was mistaken about his relationship to anybody else there. I was so curious to know, that I made up my mind to have it out with Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡'Little Em'ly,' I said, glancing at her. 'She is your daughter, isn't she, Mr. Peggotty?' ¡¡¡¡'No, sir. My brother-in-law, Tom, was her father.' ¡¡¡¡I couldn't help it. '- Dead, Mr. Peggotty?' I hinted, after another respectful silence. ¡¡¡¡'Drowndead,' said Mr. Peggotty. ¡¡¡¡I felt the difficulty of resuming the subject, but had not got to the bottom of it yet, and must get to the bottom somehow. So I said:
Thursday, December 20, 2007
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the fact. Whatever the truth of it might be, and far as Elinor was for feeling thorough contentment about it, yet while she saw Marianne in spirits, she could not be very uncomfortable herself. And Marianne was in spirits; happy ill the mildness of the weather, and still happier in her expectation of a frost. The morning was chiefly spent in leaving cards at the houses of Mrs. Jennings's acquaintance, to inform them of her being in town; and Marianne was all the time busy in observing the direction of the wind, watching the variations of the sky, and imagining an alteration in the air.
oil paintingDon't you find it colder than it was in the morning, Elinor? There seems to me a very decided difference. I can hardly keep my hands warm even in my muff. It was not so yesterday, I think. The clouds seem parting too; the sun will be out in a moment, and we shall have a clear afternoon." Elinor was alternately diverted and pained; but Marianne perserved, and saw every night in the brightness of the fire, and every morning in the appearance of the atmosphere, the certain symptoms of approaching frost.
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the fact. Whatever the truth of it might be, and far as Elinor was for feeling thorough contentment about it, yet while she saw Marianne in spirits, she could not be very uncomfortable herself. And Marianne was in spirits; happy ill the mildness of the weather, and still happier in her expectation of a frost. The morning was chiefly spent in leaving cards at the houses of Mrs. Jennings's acquaintance, to inform them of her being in town; and Marianne was all the time busy in observing the direction of the wind, watching the variations of the sky, and imagining an alteration in the air.
oil paintingDon't you find it colder than it was in the morning, Elinor? There seems to me a very decided difference. I can hardly keep my hands warm even in my muff. It was not so yesterday, I think. The clouds seem parting too; the sun will be out in a moment, and we shall have a clear afternoon." Elinor was alternately diverted and pained; but Marianne perserved, and saw every night in the brightness of the fire, and every morning in the appearance of the atmosphere, the certain symptoms of approaching frost.
Monday, December 17, 2007
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Jude," she said brightly, when he had finished and come back to her; "will you let me make you a NEW New Testament, like the one I made for myself at Christminster?" ¡¡¡¡ "Oh yes. How was that made?" ¡¡¡¡ "I altered my old one by cutting up all the Epistles and Gospels into separate BROCHURES, and rearranging them in chronological order as written, beginning the book with Thessalonians, following on with the Epistles, and putting the Gospels much further on. Then I had the volume rebound. My university friend Mr. ---- --but never mind his name, poor boy--said it was an excellent idea. I know that reading it afterwards m
oil paintingade it twice as interesting as before, and twice as understandable." ¡¡¡¡ "H'm!" said Jude, with a sense of sacrilege. ¡¡¡¡ "And what a literary enormity this is," she said, as she glanced into the pages of Solomon's Song. "I mean the synopsis at the head of each chapter, explaining away the real nature of that rhapsody. You needn't be alarmed: nobody claims inspiration for the chapter headings. Indeed, many divines treat them with contempt. It seems the drollest thing to think of the four-and-twenty elders, or bishops, or whatever number they were, sitting with long faces and writing down such stuff." ¡¡¡¡ Jude looked pained. "You are quite Voltairean!" he murmured.
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Jude," she said brightly, when he had finished and come back to her; "will you let me make you a NEW New Testament, like the one I made for myself at Christminster?" ¡¡¡¡ "Oh yes. How was that made?" ¡¡¡¡ "I altered my old one by cutting up all the Epistles and Gospels into separate BROCHURES, and rearranging them in chronological order as written, beginning the book with Thessalonians, following on with the Epistles, and putting the Gospels much further on. Then I had the volume rebound. My university friend Mr. ---- --but never mind his name, poor boy--said it was an excellent idea. I know that reading it afterwards m
oil paintingade it twice as interesting as before, and twice as understandable." ¡¡¡¡ "H'm!" said Jude, with a sense of sacrilege. ¡¡¡¡ "And what a literary enormity this is," she said, as she glanced into the pages of Solomon's Song. "I mean the synopsis at the head of each chapter, explaining away the real nature of that rhapsody. You needn't be alarmed: nobody claims inspiration for the chapter headings. Indeed, many divines treat them with contempt. It seems the drollest thing to think of the four-and-twenty elders, or bishops, or whatever number they were, sitting with long faces and writing down such stuff." ¡¡¡¡ Jude looked pained. "You are quite Voltairean!" he murmured.
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