 | 1843 - 832 sidor
...of thousands. " How the great Bastile clock ticks (inandihle) in its inner court there, at its t'ae, hour after hour, as if nothing special, for it or the world, were passing! It tolled one when the filing hegan; and is now pointing towards five, and still the firing slakes not. Far donn in their... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1837 - 424 sidor
...real cannoneers. Usher Maillard is busy; half-pay Elie, half-pay Hulin rage in the midst of thousands. How the great Bastille Clock ticks (inaudible) in...pointing towards Five, and still the firing slakes not.—Far down, in their vaults, the seven Prisoners hear muffled din as of earthquakes ; their Turnkeys... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1838 - 442 sidor
...cannoneers. Usher Maillard is busy ; half-pay Elie, half-pay Hulin rage in the midst of thousands. How the great Bastille Clock ticks (inaudible) in...as of earthquakes ; their Turnkeys answer vaguely. Wo to thee, de Launay, with thy poor hundred Invalides ! Broglie is distant, and his ears heavy : Besenval... | |
 | 1849 - 468 sidor
...when the States General had assembled, though as yet the great clock of the Bastile still " ticked in its inner court there, at its ease, hour after...if nothing special for it or the world were passing !" " Is it true ?" repeated the lady, with an air half listless half earnest, for it had become the... | |
 | 1843 - 1380 sidor
...is busy ; half • pay Elie, half-pay Hulin rage in the midst of thousands. " How the great Bastile clock ticks (inaudible) in its inner court there,...as of earthquakes ; their turnkeys answer vaguely. * * * " For four long hours now has the world-bedlam roared : call it the worldchimera, blowing fire... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1862 - 344 sidor
...believe them : they return with justified rage, the whew of lead still singing in their ears. .... How the great Bastille clock ticks (inaudible) in...is now pointing towards five, and still the firing slacks not. Far down, in their vaults, the seven prisoners hear muffled din as of earthquakes; their... | |
 | Walter Scott Dalgleish - 1866 - 170 sidor
...4. In animated description, it is used for the past, and is then called the historic present; as, " Far down, in their vaults, the seven prisoners hear...as of earthquakes; their turnkeys answer vaguely." — Corlyle. 164. The Present Progressive is used in two senses : — 1. To express what is actually... | |
 | Archibald Hamilton Bryce - 1869 - 344 sidor
...dare not believe them : they return with justified rage, the whew of lead still singing in their ears How the great Bastille clock ticks (inaudible) in...is now pointing towards five, and still the firing slacks not. Far down, in their vaults, the seven prisoners hear muffled din as of earthquakes ; their... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1873 - 344 sidor
...dare not believe them: they return with justified rage, the sound of lead still singing in their ears. How the great Bastille clock ticks (inaudible) in...is now pointing towards five, and still the firing slacks not. Far down in their vaults the seven prisoners hear muffled din as of earthquakes; their... | |
 | Hargrave Jennings - 1873 - 382 sidor
...Elie, Hulin rage in the midst of thousands. " How the great Bastille Clock ticks (inaudible) in the Inner Court there, at its ease, hour after hour ;...is now pointing towards five, and still the firing slacks not. Far down, in their vaults, the Prisoners hear muffled din as of earthquakes. " Woe to thee,... | |
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Elie, half-pay Hulin rage in the midst of thousands. How the great Bastille Clock ticks (inaudible) in its Inner Court there, at its ease, hour after hour; as if nothing special, for it or the world, were passing! It tolled One when the firing began;... 
