Elizabeth accepted their company, and the three young ladies set offtogether.<>
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But he was set right there by Mrs.<>
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Atthat moment, Sir William Lucas appeared close to them, meaning to passthrough the set to the other side of the room; but on perceiving Mr.Darcy, he stopped with a bow of superior courtesy to compliment him onhis dancing and his partner.<>
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Having resolved to do it without loss of time, ashis leave of absence extended only to the following Saturday, and havingno feelings of diffidence to make it distressing to himself even atthe moment, he set about it in a very orderly manner, with all theobservances, which he supposed a regular part of the business.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run awaywith by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she couldnot use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further,and he continued:"My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing forevery clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the exampleof matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it willadd very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly--which perhaps I oughtto have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice andrecommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of callingpatroness.<>
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Miss Lucasperceived him from an upper window as he walked towards the house, andinstantly set out to meet him accidentally in the lane.<>
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I only wantto think you perfect, and you set yourself against it.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The wedding took place; the bride and bridegroom set off for Kent fromthe church door, and everybody had as much to say, or to hear, onthe subject as usual.<>
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ColonelFitzwilliam's occasionally laughing at his stupidity, proved that he wasgenerally different, which her own knowledge of him could not have toldher; and as she would liked to have believed this change the effectof love, and the object of that love her friend Eliza, she set herselfseriously to work to find it out.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Chapter 39It was the second week in May, in which the three young ladies set outtogether from Gracechurch Street for the town of ----, in Hertfordshire;and, as they drew near the appointed inn where Mr. Bennet's carriagewas to meet them, they quickly perceived, in token of the coachman'spunctuality, both Kitty and Lydia looking out of a dining-room up stairs.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) "A little sea-bathing would set me up forever.<>
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Forster to Meryton,from whence they were to set out early the next morning.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) Elizabeth was excessively disappointed; she had set her heart on seeingthe Lakes, and still thought there might have been time enough.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) The Gardiners stayed only one night at Longbourn, and set off thenext morning with Elizabeth in pursuit of novelty and amusement.<>
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Fatigued as she had been by the morning's walk theyhad no sooner dined than she set off again in quest of her formeracquaintance, and the evening was spent in the satisfactions of aintercourse renewed after many years' discontinuance.<>
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But,though this might be imaginary, she could not be deceived as to hisbehaviour to Miss Darcy, who had been set up as a rival to Jane.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) They had just been preparing to walk as the letters came in; andher uncle and aunt, leaving her to enjoy them in quiet, set off bythemselves.<>
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, who, instantly taking the alarm, set off from B.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) If he could anyhowdiscover at what house the coachman had before set down his fare, hedetermined to make inquiries there, and hoped it might not be impossibleto find out the stand and number of the coach.<>
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Mr.Gardiner had waited only for the letters before he set off.<>
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(Jane Austen - Pride and prejudice ) His daughter's request, for such it might be considered, of beingadmitted into her family again before she set off for the North,received at first an absolute negative.<>
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But, luckily, hecame back again in ten minutes' time, and then we all set out.<>
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They both set off, and the conjectures of the remaining threecontinued, though with little satisfaction, till the door was thrownopen and their visitor entered.<>
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And her neighboursat Lucas Lodge, therefore (for through their communication with theCollinses, the report, she concluded, had reached Lady Catherine), hadonly set that down as almost certain and immediate, which she had lookedforward to as possible at some future time.<>
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But whether shewere violently set against the match, or violently delighted with it, itwas certain that her manner would be equally ill adapted to do creditto her sense; and she could no more bear that Mr. Darcy should hearthe first raptures of her joy, than the first vehemence of herdisapprobation.<>
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"I can comprehend your going on charmingly, whenyou had once made a beginning; but what could set you off in the firstplace?""I cannot fix on the hour, or the spot, or the look, or the words, whichlaid the foundation.<>
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"' said the stranger--'queer set out--old fellow's likeness, and"P.<>
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The lethargic youth contrived without any additional rousing to set outtwo card-tables; the one for Pope Joan, and the other for whist.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) '"Father--devil!" murmured the convict between his set teeth.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) So sending forward one of the boys on horseback, to procure a freshchaise and horses, and leaving the other behind to take care of thebroken one, Mr. Pickwick and Mr. Wardle set manfully forward on thewalk, first tying their shawls round their necks, and slouching downtheir hats to escape as much as possible from the deluge of rain, whichafter a slight cessation had again begun to pour heavily down.<>
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Saying which, the man in the white hat set to work upon a top-boot withincreased assiduity.<>
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By the timethey reached the last-named place, the violence of their grief hadsufficiently abated to admit of their making a very excellent earlydinner; and having procured the necessary information relative to theroad, the three friends set forward again in the afternoon to walk toCobham.<>
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The seventeen learned societies unanimously votedthe presumptuous Blotton an ignorant meddler, and forthwith set to workupon more treatises than ever.<>
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Cladin a tight suit of corduroy, spangled with brass buttons of a veryconsiderable size, he at first stood at the door astounded anduncertain; but by degrees, the impression that his mother must havesuffered some personal damage pervaded his partially developed mind, andconsidering Mr. Pickwick as the aggressor, he set up an appallingand semi-earthly kind of howling, and butting forward with his head,commenced assailing that immortal gentleman about the back and legs,with such blows and pinches as the strength of his arm, and the violenceof his excitement, allowed.<>
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Knowing the deep reliance to be placed on every noteand statement of Mr. Pickwick's, and not presuming to set up ourrecollection against the recorded declarations of that great man, wehave consulted every authority, bearing upon the subject, to which wecould possibly refer.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) The Pickwickians had no sooner dismounted than they were surrounded bya branch mob of the honest and independent, who forthwith set up threedeafening cheers, which being responded to by the main body (for it'snot at all necessary for a crowd to know what they are cheering about),swelled into a tremendous roar of triumph, which stopped even thered-faced man in the balcony.<>
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Fromthat contest, Sir, although it may unsettle men's minds and excite theirfeelings, and render them incapable for the discharge of the everydayduties of ordinary life; from that contest, sir, I will never shrink,till I have set my heel upon the Eatanswill INDEPENDENT.<>
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Both expressed their opinion that amore independent, a more enlightened, a more public-spirited, a morenoble-minded, a more disinterested set of men than those who hadpromised to vote for him, never existed on earth; each darkly hintedhis suspicions that the electors in the opposite interest had certainswinish and besotted infirmities which rendered them unfit for theexercise of the important duties they were called upon to discharge.<>
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He had a great notion of taking thechair at convivial dinners, and he had often thought how well he couldpreside in a room of his own in the talking way, and what a capitalexample he could set to his customers in the drinking department.<>
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"'"Lor, Sir!" said the widow--as well she might; Tom's mode of commencingthe conversation being rather unusual, not to say startling; the fact ofhis never having set eyes upon her before the previous night being takeninto consideration.<>
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Mr. Pickwick saluted thecount with all the reverence due to so great a man, and the count drewforth a set of tablets.<>
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Thedoor was just going to be closed in consequence, when an inquisitiveboarder, who had been peeping between the hinges, set up a fearfulscreaming, which called back the cook and housemaid, and all the moreadventurous, in no time.<>
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Jingle suspected my design, and set that fellow on you, with thisstory, I suppose?' said Mr. Pickwick, half choking.<>
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Even old Lobbs himself, in the very height of his ferocity,couldn't resist the coaxing of his pretty daughter; and when she,and her cousin Kate--an arch, impudent-looking, bewitching littleperson--made a dead set upon the old man together, as, to say the truth,they very often did, he could have refused them nothing, even had theyasked for a portion of the countless and inexhaustible treasures, whichwere hidden from the light, in the iron safe.<>
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There is not a panel inthe old wainscotting, but what, if it were endowed with the powersof speech and memory, could start from the wall, and tell its tale ofhorror--the romance of life, Sir, the romance of life! Common-place asthey may seem now, I tell you they are strange old places, and I wouldrather hear many a legend with a terrific-sounding name, than the truehistory of one old set of chambers.<>
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Yes, funny, are theynot?' replied the little old man, with a diabolical leer; and then,without pausing for an answer, he continued--'I knew another man--let me see--forty years ago now--who took an old,damp, rotten set of chambers, in one of the most ancient inns, that hadbeen shut up and empty for years and years before.<>
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But she would quickly set him down, and hiding her face inher shawl, give vent to the tears that blinded her; for no expressionof interest or amusement lighted up his thin and sickly face.<>
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He liftedthe light to his face, set it gently down, and left the apartment.<>
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Here Mr. Pickwick smiled again,a broader smile than before, and was about to continue the process ofundressing, in the best possible humour, when he was suddenly stoppedby a most unexpected interruption: to wit, the entrance into the room ofsome person with a candle, who, after locking the door, advanced to thedressing-table, and set down the light upon it.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Wery good power o' suction, Sammy,' said Mr. Weller the elder, lookinginto the pot, when his first-born had set it down half empty.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) If the middle-aged lady had mingled much with the busy world, or hadprofited at all by the manners and customs of those who make the lawsand set the fashions, she would have known that this sort of ferocityis the most harmless thing in nature; but as she had lived for the mostpart in the country, and never read the parliamentary debates, shewas little versed in these particular refinements of civilised life.<>
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If the authority of the king'sofficers is set at naught, we must have the riot act read.<>
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The willin!And leave off his evil ways, and set up in the chandlery linearterwards,' said the housemaid.<>
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He had scarcely set foot without thehouse, when his father stood before him.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Well,' said Sam, 'of all the cool boys ever I set my eyes on, this hereyoung gen'l'm'n is the coolest.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'He took off his coat, set down his lantern, and getting into theunfinished grave, worked at it for an hour or so with right good-will.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Now,' said Jack Hopkins, 'just to set us going again, Bob, I don't mindsinging a song.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Mr. Weller having obtained leave of absence from Mr. Pickwick, who, inhis then state of excitement and worry, was by no means displeased atbeing left alone, set forth, long before the appointed hour, and havingplenty of time at his disposal, sauntered down as far as the MansionHouse, where he paused and contemplated, with a face of great calmnessand philosophy, the numerous cads and drivers of short stages whoassemble near that famous place of resort, to the great terror andconfusion of the old-lady population of these realms.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Well, I never see sitch an old ghost in all my born days,' exclaimedSam, rubbing the old gentleman's back, hard enough to set him on firewith the friction.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Upon this, the women set up a loud and dismal screaming; and rushing insmall parties before their favourite brothers, flung their arms aroundthem to preserve them from danger.<>
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Of course, an interchange of friendly salutations followed this graciousspeech; and the fierce gentleman immediately proceeded to inform thefriends, in the same short, abrupt, jerking sentences, that his name wasDowler; that he was going to Bath on pleasure; that he was formerly inthe army; that he had now set up in business as a gentleman; that helived upon the profits; and that the individual for whom the secondplace was taken, was a personage no less illustrious than Mrs.<>
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A gold eye-glasswas suspended from his neck by a short, broad, black ribbon; a goldsnuff-box was lightly clasped in his left hand; gold rings innumerableglittered on his fingers; and a large diamond pin set in gold glistenedin his shirt frill.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) And lastly, seated on some of the back benches, where they had alreadytaken up their positions for the evening, were divers unmarried ladiespast their grand climacteric, who, not dancing because there were nopartners for them, and not playing cards lest they should be set down asirretrievably single, were in the favourable situation of being able toabuse everybody without reflecting on themselves.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Just at the very moment of their entrance, the Dowager Lady Snuphanuphand two other ladies of an ancient and whist-like appearance, werehovering over an unoccupied card-table; and they no sooner set eyesupon Mr. Pickwick under the convoy of Angelo Bantam, than they exchangedglances with each other, seeing that he was precisely the very personthey wanted, to make up the rubber.<>
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They werevery glad to set the chair down, and give a good round loud double-knockat the street door.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Wot, and leave three-quarters of a bowl of punch behind you!' said Sam;'nonsense, set down agin.<>
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As Sam Weller said this, he tucked up his wristbands, at theimminent hazard of falling off the wall in so doing, to intimate hisreadiness to set to work immediately.<>
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How he would bother the commissioners! He'd set 'em at defianceif they talked of committing him, Sir.<>
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The first night's generally rather unsettled, butyou'll be set all squares to-morrow.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) It was getting dark; that is to say, a few gas jets were kindled in thisplace which was never light, by way of compliment to the evening, whichhad set in outside.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) Long before these elegant extracts from the biography of a gentlemanwere concluded, Mr. Mivins had betaken himself to bed, and had set insnoring for the night, leaving the timid stranger and Mr. Pickwick tothe full benefit of Mr. Smangle's experiences.<>
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Mr. Pickwick then once againdropped off to sleep, with a confused consciousness that Mr. Smanglewas still engaged in relating a long story, the chief point of whichappeared to be that, on some occasion particularly stated and set forth,he had 'done' a bill and a gentleman at the same time.<>
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The officiating damsel, who had anticipated the order before it wasgiven, set the glass of spirits before Pell, and retired.<>
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The coachman he not likin' the job, Set off at full gal-lop, But Dick put a couple of balls in his nob, And perwailed on him to stop.<>
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"See arter the TIMES, Thomas;let me look at the MORNIN' HERALD, when it's out o' hand; don't forgetto bespeak the CHRONICLE; and just bring the 'TIZER, vill you:" and thenhe'd set vith his eyes fixed on the clock, and rush out, just a quarterof a minit 'fore the time to waylay the boy as wos a-comin' in withthe evenin' paper, which he'd read with sich intense interest andpersewerance as worked the other customers up to the wery confines o'desperation and insanity, 'specially one i-rascible old gen'l'm'n as thevaiter wos always obliged to keep a sharp eye on, at sich times, fear heshould be tempted to commit some rash act with the carving-knife.<>
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Onenight he wos took very ill; sends for a doctor; doctor comes in a greenfly, with a kind o' Robinson Crusoe set o' steps, as he could let downwen he got out, and pull up arter him wen he got in, to perwent thenecessity o' the coachman's gettin' down, and thereby undeceivin' thepublic by lettin' 'em see that it wos only a livery coat as he'd goton, and not the trousers to match.<>
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I'd hardly doneit, when one nevy brings an action to set the will aside.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Good-night, my dear Sir!' said Mr. Winkle between his set teeth.<>
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Brought to my office by another woman atnine o'clock this morning, before I had set foot in this place, or heldany communication with Mrs.<>
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This, Mr. Winkle, who had been for some seconds scratching hisnose with the brim of his hat, in a penitent manner, did; whereupon Mr.Pickwick slapped him on the back several times, and then shook handsheartily with Perker, who, not to be behind-hand in the compliments ofthe occasion, saluted both the bride and the pretty housemaid with rightgood-will, and, having wrung Mr. Winkle's hand most cordially, wound uphis demonstrations of joy by taking snuff enough to set any half-dozenmen with ordinarily-constructed noses, a-sneezing for life.<>
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I don't quite recollect how many tumblers ofwhiskey-toddy each man drank after supper; but this I know, that aboutone o'clock in the morning, the bailie's grown-up son became insensiblewhile attempting the first verse of "Willie brewed a peck o' maut";and he having been, for half an hour before, the only other man visibleabove the mahogany, it occurred to my uncle that it was almost time tothink about going, especially as drinking had set in at seven o'clock,in order that he might get home at a decent hour.<>
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IN WHICH Mr. PICKWICK ENCOUNTERS AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE--TOWHICH FORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCE THE READER IS MAINLY INDEBTED FOR MATTER OFTHRILLING INTEREST HEREIN SET DOWN, CONCERNING TWO GREAT PUBLIC MEN OFMIGHT AND POWERThe morning which broke upon Mr. Pickwick's sight at eight o'clock,was not at all calculated to elevate his spirits, or to lessen thedepression which the unlooked-for result of his embassy inspired.<>
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Awed by these threats, and quite out of breath, the INDEPENDENT sufferedhimself to be disarmed; and Mr. Weller, removing the extinguisher fromPott, set him free with a caution.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'My DEAR SAMMLE,'I am werry sorry to have the pleasure of being a Bear of ill news yourMother in law cort cold consekens of imprudently settin too long on thedamp grass in the rain a hearing of a shepherd who warnt able to leaveoff till late at night owen to his having vound his-self up vith brandyand vater and not being able to stop his-self till he got a little soberwhich took a many hours to do the doctor says that if she'd svallo'dvarm brandy and vater artervards insted of afore she mightn't have beenno vus her veels wos immedetly greased and everythink done to set heragoin as could be inwented your father had hopes as she vould havevorked round as usual but just as she wos a turnen the corner my boy shetook the wrong road and vent down hill vith a welocity you never see andnotvithstandin that the drag wos put on directly by the medikel manit wornt of no use at all for she paid the last pike at twenty minutesafore six o'clock yesterday evenin havin done the journey wery muchunder the reglar time vich praps was partly owen to her haven taken inwery little luggage by the vay your father says that if you vill comeand see me Sammy he vill take it as a wery great favor for I am werylonely Samivel n.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'Dear, dear,' said Arabella, taking up the defence, 'what is the use ofasking all that now, especially when you know you had set your covetousold heart on a richer son-in-law, and are so wild and fierce besides,that everybody is afraid of you, except me? Shake hands with him, andorder him some dinner, for goodness gracious' sake, for he looks halfstarved; and pray have your wine up at once, for you'll not be tolerableuntil you have taken two bottles at least.<>
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He had been revolving in his mindwhether any business was to be transacted, or whether he had been merelyinvited to partake of a glass of brandy-and-water, or a bowl of punch,or any similar professional compliment, and now the doubt was set atrest without his appearing at all eager for its solution.<>
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Inone instant, the mottled-faced gentleman depressed his hand again,and every glass was set down empty.<>
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( Dickens The Pickwick papers ) 'A pike!' rejoined Mr. Weller, through his set teeth; 'I'll keep a pike.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Flambeau came forward and filled a great goblet with Spanish wine andset it before his friend, as he had already set one before his fellowguest.<>
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"(Chesterton The secret of father Brown ) Mr Carver's mouth set into a smile that may have been meant to begracious, but looked rather grim.<>
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By creating amysterious magician from the end of the earth, he set everybody'sthoughts wandering far afield to Arabia and India, so that you yourselfcan hardly believe that the whole thing was so near home.<>
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They were not merely metaphoricallyoutstanding; something prominent and almost bulging about them wasperhaps the only disproportion in his features; but his lips weresensitive and set a little tightly, as if by an act of will.<>
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He set a wall of sandand silence between you and what really happened on that horrible redshore, abandoned to the raging spirits of Judas and of Cain.<>
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Now I set myself conscientiously down to be a revolutionary poet.<>
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