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…MIA. You distress me, sir. It is impossible. DELHOMME. Ah, fairest of maidens, well I know your English coyness and modesty! [Taking her hand.] Ah, give me this pure hand for good, for ever! This hand which has been ever open to the misery of the poor, ever closed to box the enemies of your country ! EUPHEMIA. It is not mine! DELHOMME. I do not understand. Iam too worn a slave in the world’s market for my fettered soul to grasp your inno- cence. Ah! you are vowed to Our Lady, perhaps? Yet, believe me: EUPHEMIA. Oh, sir, you distress me—indeed y…
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…ght Ljubov. She, who was like a shoot out of the stem of Jesse, who did not judge after the sight of her eyes, who could stretch out her hand on the den of the basilisk and play on the hole of the asp, without ever coming to grief, fell a-trembling with an unconscious knowledge of that which was going to happen. It dawned upon her that she had come to a point where the road was to become broad under her feet and of an easier walk than the dark path upon which she had of late journeyed. I was hiding behind a tree when Piotr approached her, and s…
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…evise a Word to represent the Universe. Let his Practicus approve thereof. Let the Zelator engrave the same upon his dagger with his own hand and instruments. Let him further gild the wood of the hilt. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of golden yellow. The Cup. Let the Practicus take a piece of Silver, and fashion there- fromacup. The height shall be eight inches, and the diameter three inches. Let him by his understanding and ingenium devise a Number to represent the Universe. Let his Ph…
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…ma- randhra.t This exercise may also be practised with an additional meditation on the Pranava OM. 3. Close with the thumb of your right hand the right ear, and with that of the left hand the left ear. Close with the two index fingers the two eyes, place the two middle fingers upon the two nostrils, and let the remaining fingers press upon the upper and the lower lips. Draw a deep breath, close both the nostrils at once, and swallow the breath. . . . Keep the breath inside as long as you conveniently can; then expire it slowly.t * “Hatha Yoga P…
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…conventionally]. Pray do not leave us yet, Monsieur Delhomme. Lunch is just ready. DELHOMME. I really think that I should go. [He shakes hands. MRS. ossory. Good morning. We are so grateful for your sympathy and kindness. [He turns to the old man.] Grand- father is asleep. [DELHOMME shakes hands coldly with carr, wondering why he does not offer to come with him. He goes to EUPHEMIA. EUPHEMIA. [Jumps up and gives her hand, hiding her tear-stained face. She has a slight lis.) Good morning, monsieur. [He bends over her hand and kisses tt. DELHOMME…
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THE EYES OF ST. LJUBOV Briefly—for the time is approaching which we must better utilize—Piotr’s hand shook so that he missed touching the lobe of little Ljubov’s ear. The jewel he held up to her face touched, instead, one of the empty orbits of his little friend. Our villain, the Man who bought and stole Eyes, must have done his job very properly indeed, for Ljubov, who, in a vain attempt to see that which was shewn her, had opened wide the dark cavities under her eyebrows. Well, I suppose the eye touched a still sensitive nerve. No sooner had …
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…PLEX. Behold, O men: a Tree deep-rooted— A hundred branches from the mighty Trunk, And on each branch a hundred leaves— An Axe—a Child—a Hand—a Will! Tue Mos. Down with the old tree! Simpcex. [Unperturbed.] And Oh, He, Ho, the Will so powerful! (After one million years the tree fell) See the result: Toys, TOys, TOYs, TOYS! Smwpuicissimus. [Dogmatic.] The Spirit of Persistency unborn. THE Mos. Down with the Lords! IV U 281
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…Presently a strange dreamy feeling seemed to come over him, and something velvet soft and soothing and withal lecherous moved across his hand. Suddenly looking up he saw that Mrs. M. had noiselessly quitted her seat and was bending over him; her hair was scattered in a mass of curls over her shoulders, and the tips of her fingers were touching the back of his hand. 174
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52 XIx Tue knight hath found a naked girl Among the dunes of Breton sand. She spinneth in a mystic whirl, And hath a bagpipe in her hand, Wherefrom she draweth dismal groans The while her maddening saraband She plies, and with discordant tones Desires a certain devil-grace. She gathers wreckage-wood, and bones Of seamen, jetsam of the place, And builds therewith a fire, wherein She dances, bounding into space Like an inflated ass’s skin. She raves, and reels, and yells, and whirls So that the tears of toil begin To dew her breasts with ardent p…
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…ore natural theory. She was now twelve, and the boy fourteen years old. And I chanced to be staying in the neighbourhood. I met them, as hand in hand they cautiously crossed a lane, close to the spot where I was meditating. The girl I had seen before the accident, and only 300
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40 XV Sir PaLaMeEDE the Saracen Hath come to an umbrageous land Where nymphs abide, and Pagan men. The Gods are nigh, say they, at hand. How warma throb from Venus stirs The pulses of her worshippers ! Nor shall the Tuscan God be found Reluctant from the altar-stone : His perfume shall delight the ground, His presence to his folk be known In darkling grove and glimmering shrine— O ply the kiss and pour the wine! Sir Palamede is fairly come Into a place of glowing bowers, Where all the Voice of Time is dumb: Before an altar crowned with flowers …
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SIR PALAMEDES, THE SARACEN KNIGHT His hand upon the Beast. Then blew Each angel on his trumpet, then All Heaven resounded that it knew Sir Palamede the Saracen Was master! Through the domes of death, Through all the mighty realms of men And spirits breathed the Beauteous Breath : They taste the Goodly Gift of Grace. —Now ’tis the chronicler that saith: Our Saviour grant in little space That also I, even I, be blest Thus, though so evil is my case— Let them that read my rime attest The same sweet unction in my pen— That writes in pure blood of m…
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…thy male caress. Will not God grant us Paradise to end the music Earth began? We play with loaded dice! He cannot choose but raise right hand to bless. EI Arabi! El Arabi! Great is the love of God and man While I am trembling in thine arms, wild wanderer of the wilderness! El Arabi! Hiitpa NorFo_k. 38
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…vise a symbol to represent the Universe. Let his Zelator approve thereof. Let the Neophyte engrave the same upon his plate, with his own hand and weapon. Let it when finished be consecrated as he hath skill to perform, and kept wrapped in silk of emerald green. The Dagger. Let the Zelator take a piece of pure steel, and beat it, grind it, sharpen it, and polish it, according to the art of the swordsmith. Let him further take a piece of oak wood, and carve a hilt. The length shall be eight inches. IV B 17
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…. The soul Of each knight stirred. With vigour rude, The blast tore down the tapestry That hid the door. All ashen-hued The knights laid hand to sword. But he (Sir Palamedes) in the gap Was found—God knoweth—bitterly Weeping. Cried Arthur: “Strange the hap! My knight, my dearest knight, my friend ! What gift had Fortune in her lap Like thee? Embrace me!” “ Rather rend Your garments, if you love me, sire!” (Quod he). “Iam come unto the end. All mine intent and my desire, My quest, mine oath—all, all is done. Burn them with me in fatal fire! For …
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THE EQUINOX I o. The Unicorn is speech. Man, rule thy Speech! How else shalt thou master the Son, and answer the Magician at the Right Hand Gateway of the Crown? 1. Here are practices. Each may last for a week or more. a. Avoid using some common word, such as “and” or “the” or “but”; use a paraphrase. &. Avoid using some letter of the alphabet, such as “t” or ” or “m”; use a paraphrase. y. Avoid using the pronouns and adjectives of the first person; use a paraphrase. Of thine own ingenium devise others. 2. On each occasion that thou art betraye…
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…able; CARR aud DELHOMME cold and hot respectively in their expression of sympathy. MR. TopD is at the door, his cloak on, his hat in his hand. ossory. It is kind of you to have come so far to break the sad news, my dear sir. I hope that we shall see you again soon under—under—under happier circumstances. [Topp bows very low to the company as if deeply sympathis- ing; but turning his face to the audience, smiles as if at some secret jest. The actor should study hard to make this smile significant of the whole character, as revealed in the comple…
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…r two. carr. Well, if you really wish it, I will try and be of what service I can. [carr, with his back to the audience, laughs with his hands, behind it. MRS. ossory. That is indeed kind of you, Professor! [carr’s hand-laugh grows riotous. GRANDFATHER. Where is Nurse? I want my whisky and milk. MRS. ossory. [Riugs.] I shall go down to lunch, Alfred. Lunch when you like, please, everybody. I fear the house will be much upset for a day or two. You must go down to. the mortuary at once. I am really too upset to do anything more. CARR. [Over L. To…
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…m: Time and the gods shall pass darkling before thee.” There in the silence I lay, and I heeded The slow voice that called me, the grave hand that beckoned, That beckoned me on through the hall of the silence. There in the silence there was a green goddess, Folden her wings, and her hands dumbly folden, Lying in her lap, as though asleep in the darkness. Then did I hail her: ‘‘O mother, my mother, Syren of the silence, dumb voice of the darkness, 21
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…ong, curved twice, the edges upwards, an angry purple, the lips flat. Her smile was like the snarl of a wild beast. She stood, violin in hand, before the wall. Against it was a large tablet of mosaic; many squares and many colours. On the squares were letters in an unknown tongue. She began to play, her gray eyes fixed upon one square on whose centre stood this character, N. It was in black on white; and the four sides of the square were blue, yellow, red, and black. She began to play. The air was low, sweet, soft, and slow. It seemed that she …