Gustav Klimt Portrait of Adele Bloch (gold foil) paintingGustav Klimt Judith II (gold foil) painting
Where was Dumbledore, and what was he doing?
Harry caught sight of the headmaster only twice over the next few weeks. He rarely appeared at meals anymore, and Harry was sure Hermione was right in thinking that he was leaving the school for days at a time. Had Dumbledore forgotten the lessons he was supposed to be giving Harry? Dumbledore had said that the lessons were leading to something to do with the prophecy; Harry had felt bolstered, comforted, and now he felt slightly abandoned.
Halfway through October came their first trip of the term to Hogsmeade. Harry had wondered whether these trips would still be allowed, given the increasingly tight security measures around the school, but was pleased to know that they were going ahead; it was always good to get out of the castle grounds for a few hours.
Thursday, July 31, 2008
William Bouguereau The Song of the Angels painting
William Bouguereau The Song of the Angels paintingLeonardo da Vinci picture of the last supper painting
From all that I have been able to discover, he never mentioned her name or existence from that time forth. The shock of her desertion may have contributed to his early death — or perhaps he had simply never learned to feed himself. Azkaban had greatly weakened Marvolo, and he did not live to see Morfin return to the cottage."
"And Merope? She ... she died, didn't she? Wasn't Voldemort brought up in an orphanage?"
"Yes, indeed," said Dumbledore. "We must do a certain amount of guessing here, although I do not think it is difficult to deduce what happened. You see, within a few months of their runaway marriage, Tom Riddle reappeared at the manor house in Little Hangleton without his wife. The rumor flew around the neighborhood that he was talking of being 'hoodwinked' and 'taken in.' What he meant
From all that I have been able to discover, he never mentioned her name or existence from that time forth. The shock of her desertion may have contributed to his early death — or perhaps he had simply never learned to feed himself. Azkaban had greatly weakened Marvolo, and he did not live to see Morfin return to the cottage."
"And Merope? She ... she died, didn't she? Wasn't Voldemort brought up in an orphanage?"
"Yes, indeed," said Dumbledore. "We must do a certain amount of guessing here, although I do not think it is difficult to deduce what happened. You see, within a few months of their runaway marriage, Tom Riddle reappeared at the manor house in Little Hangleton without his wife. The rumor flew around the neighborhood that he was talking of being 'hoodwinked' and 'taken in.' What he meant
Thomas Kinkade A Perfect Red Rose painting
Thomas Kinkade A Perfect Red Rose paintingThomas Kinkade A New Day Dawning painting
What's that?" said Gaunt sharply, also in Parseltongue, looking from his son to his daughter. "What did you say, Morfin?"
"She likes looking at that Muggle," said Morfin, a vicious expression on his face as he stared at his sister, who now looked terrified. "Always in the garden when he passes, peering through the hedge at him, isn't she? And last night — "
Merope shook her head jerkily, imploringly, but Morfin went on ruthlessly, "Hanging out of the window waiting for him to ride Home, wasn't she?"
"Hanging out of the window to look at a Muggle?" said Gaunt quietly.
All three of the Gaunts seemed to have forgotten Ogden, who was looking both bewildered and irritated at this renewed outbreak of incomprehensible hissing and rasping.
"Is it true?" said Gaunt in a deadly voice, advancing a step or two toward the terrified girl. "My daughter—pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin — hankering after a filthy, dirt-veined Muggle?"
What's that?" said Gaunt sharply, also in Parseltongue, looking from his son to his daughter. "What did you say, Morfin?"
"She likes looking at that Muggle," said Morfin, a vicious expression on his face as he stared at his sister, who now looked terrified. "Always in the garden when he passes, peering through the hedge at him, isn't she? And last night — "
Merope shook her head jerkily, imploringly, but Morfin went on ruthlessly, "Hanging out of the window waiting for him to ride Home, wasn't she?"
"Hanging out of the window to look at a Muggle?" said Gaunt quietly.
All three of the Gaunts seemed to have forgotten Ogden, who was looking both bewildered and irritated at this renewed outbreak of incomprehensible hissing and rasping.
"Is it true?" said Gaunt in a deadly voice, advancing a step or two toward the terrified girl. "My daughter—pure-blooded descendant of Salazar Slytherin — hankering after a filthy, dirt-veined Muggle?"
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Frida Kahlo My Dress Hangs There painting
Frida Kahlo My Dress Hangs There paintingFrida Kahlo Fruits of the Earth paintingFrida Kahlo Diego and I painting
Ah well," said Ron, throwing the cloak back over Hermione. "Worth a try, but you were a bit obvious..."
"Well, next time you can show me how it's done, Master of Mystery!" she snapped.
Ron and Hermione bickered all the way back to Weasleys'
Wizard Wheezes, where they were forced to stop so that they could dodge undetected around a very anxious-looking Mrs. Weasley and Hagrid, who had clearly noticed their absence. Once in the shop, Harry whipped off the Invisibility Cloak, hid it in his bag, and joined in with the other two when they insisted, in answer to Mrs. Weasleys accusations, that they had been in the back room all along, and that she could not have looked properly.
Ah well," said Ron, throwing the cloak back over Hermione. "Worth a try, but you were a bit obvious..."
"Well, next time you can show me how it's done, Master of Mystery!" she snapped.
Ron and Hermione bickered all the way back to Weasleys'
Wizard Wheezes, where they were forced to stop so that they could dodge undetected around a very anxious-looking Mrs. Weasley and Hagrid, who had clearly noticed their absence. Once in the shop, Harry whipped off the Invisibility Cloak, hid it in his bag, and joined in with the other two when they insisted, in answer to Mrs. Weasleys accusations, that they had been in the back room all along, and that she could not have looked properly.
Leonardo da Vinci picture of the last supper painting
Leonardo da Vinci picture of the last supper paintingLeonardo da Vinci picture of last supper paintingGustav Klimt lady with fan painting
He was going in that direction," murmured Harry as quietly as possible, so that the humming Hagrid would not hear them...Cmon...
They scurried along, peering left and right, through shop windows and doors, until Hermione pointed ahead.
"That's him, isn't it?" she whispered. "Turning left?"
"Big surprise," whispered Ron.
For Malfoy had glanced around, then slid into Knockturn Alley and out of sight.
"Quick, or we'll lose him," said Harry, speeding up.
"Our feet'll be seen!" said Hermione anxiously, as the cloak flapped a little around their ankles; it was much more difficult hiding all three of them under the cloak nowadays.
He was going in that direction," murmured Harry as quietly as possible, so that the humming Hagrid would not hear them...Cmon...
They scurried along, peering left and right, through shop windows and doors, until Hermione pointed ahead.
"That's him, isn't it?" she whispered. "Turning left?"
"Big surprise," whispered Ron.
For Malfoy had glanced around, then slid into Knockturn Alley and out of sight.
"Quick, or we'll lose him," said Harry, speeding up.
"Our feet'll be seen!" said Hermione anxiously, as the cloak flapped a little around their ankles; it was much more difficult hiding all three of them under the cloak nowadays.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Titian Bacchus and Ariadne painting
Titian Bacchus and Ariadne painting
Lorenzo Lotto St Catherine of Alexandria painting
people may be forced to conclude that Grindelwald simply conjured a white handkerchief from the end of his wand and came quietly!"
Skeeter refuses to give any more away on this intriguing subject, so we turn instead to the relationship that will undoubtedly fascinate her readers more than any other.
"Oh yes," says Skeeter, nodding briskly, "I devote an entire Chapter to the whole Potter-Dumbledore relationship. It's been called unhealthy, even sinister. Again, your readers will have to buy my book for the whole story, but there is no question that Dumbledore took an unnatural interest in Potter from the word go. Whether that was really in the boy's best interests – well, we'll see. It's certainly an open secret that Potter has had a most troubled adolescence
Lorenzo Lotto St Catherine of Alexandria painting
people may be forced to conclude that Grindelwald simply conjured a white handkerchief from the end of his wand and came quietly!"
Skeeter refuses to give any more away on this intriguing subject, so we turn instead to the relationship that will undoubtedly fascinate her readers more than any other.
"Oh yes," says Skeeter, nodding briskly, "I devote an entire Chapter to the whole Potter-Dumbledore relationship. It's been called unhealthy, even sinister. Again, your readers will have to buy my book for the whole story, but there is no question that Dumbledore took an unnatural interest in Potter from the word go. Whether that was really in the boy's best interests – well, we'll see. It's certainly an open secret that Potter has had a most troubled adolescence
Gustav Klimt Danae painting
Gustav Klimt Danae painting
Salvador Dali The Rose painting
when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry was sure that the Ministry was leaning on the Prophet to suppress news about Voldemort. It was only now, therefore, that he saw what he had missed.
Across the bottom half of the front page a smaller headline was set over a picture of Dumbledore striding along, looking harried:
DUMBLEDORE – THE TRUTH AT LAST?
Coming next week, the shocking story of the flawed genius considered by
Salvador Dali The Rose painting
when he had taken the rolled-up paper from the delivery owl early that morning and thrown it aside, after noting that it said nothing about Voldemort. Harry was sure that the Ministry was leaning on the Prophet to suppress news about Voldemort. It was only now, therefore, that he saw what he had missed.
Across the bottom half of the front page a smaller headline was set over a picture of Dumbledore striding along, looking harried:
DUMBLEDORE – THE TRUTH AT LAST?
Coming next week, the shocking story of the flawed genius considered by
Friday, July 25, 2008
Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
Godward Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder painting
John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus painting
I believe that the world is changing fast, and I don't think this Administration has shown the foresight, has shown the knowledge, has been identified with the great fight which these people are waging to be free, to get a better standard of living, to live better The average income in some of those countries is 25 dollars a year The Communists say come with us, look what we have done. And we've been, on the whole, uninterested. I think we are going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about us being the strongest country in the world, I think we are today But we were far stronger relative to the Communists five years ago, and what is of great concern is that the balance of power is in danger of moving with them. They made a break-through in missiles, and by 1961, 2, and 3, they will be out-numbering us in missiles. I am not as confident as he is that we will be the strongest military power by 1963.
John William Waterhouse Echo and Narcissus painting
I believe that the world is changing fast, and I don't think this Administration has shown the foresight, has shown the knowledge, has been identified with the great fight which these people are waging to be free, to get a better standard of living, to live better The average income in some of those countries is 25 dollars a year The Communists say come with us, look what we have done. And we've been, on the whole, uninterested. I think we are going to have to do better. Mr. Nixon talks about us being the strongest country in the world, I think we are today But we were far stronger relative to the Communists five years ago, and what is of great concern is that the balance of power is in danger of moving with them. They made a break-through in missiles, and by 1961, 2, and 3, they will be out-numbering us in missiles. I am not as confident as he is that we will be the strongest military power by 1963.
Claude Monet Sunflowers painting
Claude Monet Sunflowers painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Bri tain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. An d for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. JOHN HANCOCK, President our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Bri tain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. An d for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the Protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. JOHN HANCOCK, President our Governments: For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
Vincent van Gogh Irises painting
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Over all India the word spread like wildfire. Minutes after the flash was received in Bombay rioting broke out, with Hindu extremists attacking Moslems. A panic-stricken Moslem woman echoed the thoughts of thousands with a cry: "God help us all !"In Delhi itself, in the quick-gathering gloom of the night, the news set the people on the march.They walked slowly down the avenues and out of the squalid bazaars, converging on Birla House. There by the thousands they stood weeping silently or moaning a wailing. Some sought to scale the high walls and catch one last glimpse of the Mahatma. Strong troop contingents strove to keep order. Tonight in response to the insistent demand of the people, his body was shown to them.
Wassily Kandinsky Farbstudie Quadrate painting
Over all India the word spread like wildfire. Minutes after the flash was received in Bombay rioting broke out, with Hindu extremists attacking Moslems. A panic-stricken Moslem woman echoed the thoughts of thousands with a cry: "God help us all !"In Delhi itself, in the quick-gathering gloom of the night, the news set the people on the march.They walked slowly down the avenues and out of the squalid bazaars, converging on Birla House. There by the thousands they stood weeping silently or moaning a wailing. Some sought to scale the high walls and catch one last glimpse of the Mahatma. Strong troop contingents strove to keep order. Tonight in response to the insistent demand of the people, his body was shown to them.
Ford Madox Brown The Coat of Many Colors painting
Ford Madox Brown The Coat of Many Colors painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir La Loge painting
The victim, 2-year-old James Bulger, had been led away from a shopping mall near Liverpool, tormented and beaten to death.After the boys’ attorneys appealed, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in December that Britain violated the rights of the defendants by trying them as adults. It also agreed with a 1997 decision by the House of Lords that former Home Secretary Michael Howard was wrong in overruling the trial judge and raising the minimum prison terms from eight years to 15 years.Woolf said Thompson and Venables had done everything possible to redeem themselves following their “horrendous” crime.“The one overriding mitigating feature of the offense is the age of the two boys when the crime was committed,” Woolf said.“However grave their crime, the fact remains that if that crime had been committed a few months earlier, when they were under 10, the boys could not have been tried or punished by the courts.”
Pierre Auguste Renoir La Loge painting
The victim, 2-year-old James Bulger, had been led away from a shopping mall near Liverpool, tormented and beaten to death.After the boys’ attorneys appealed, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in December that Britain violated the rights of the defendants by trying them as adults. It also agreed with a 1997 decision by the House of Lords that former Home Secretary Michael Howard was wrong in overruling the trial judge and raising the minimum prison terms from eight years to 15 years.Woolf said Thompson and Venables had done everything possible to redeem themselves following their “horrendous” crime.“The one overriding mitigating feature of the offense is the age of the two boys when the crime was committed,” Woolf said.“However grave their crime, the fact remains that if that crime had been committed a few months earlier, when they were under 10, the boys could not have been tried or punished by the courts.”
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Edgar Degas Absinthe painting
Edgar Degas Absinthe painting
Frida Kahlo The Broken Column painting
Despite the continuing clashes, the day passed without any casualties, a rarity in the weeks of fighting. At least 343 people have been killed in the violence, mostly Palestinians.Earlier, the mutilated body of a Palestinian was found near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Palestinian authorities said they were investigating the death of Sarhan Abu Irmeileh, 30.Members of Irmeileh's family said they believed Jewish settlers killed him, but could provide no evidence.Israel Radio said Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, who briefed Barak on the Washington talks as senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat updated Arafat in Bethlehem, advised the Israeli leader to accept Clinton’s proposals as a basis for talks.
Frida Kahlo The Broken Column painting
Despite the continuing clashes, the day passed without any casualties, a rarity in the weeks of fighting. At least 343 people have been killed in the violence, mostly Palestinians.Earlier, the mutilated body of a Palestinian was found near the West Bank town of Ramallah. Palestinian authorities said they were investigating the death of Sarhan Abu Irmeileh, 30.Members of Irmeileh's family said they believed Jewish settlers killed him, but could provide no evidence.Israel Radio said Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, who briefed Barak on the Washington talks as senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat updated Arafat in Bethlehem, advised the Israeli leader to accept Clinton’s proposals as a basis for talks.
Thomas Kinkade Spirit of Christmas painting
Thomas Kinkade Spirit of Christmas painting
Thomas Kinkade San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf painting
Actor Tom Hanks has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Cast Away, which debuted in top place this holiday weekend.
Dec. 24 — Tom Hanks had a lot of company on his desert island over the weekend. Hanks' new movie Cast Away, in which he plays a man stranded for four years after a plane crash, took in $30.1 million this weekend to debut as the top film. The movie reunites Hanks and Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.Last weekend's No. 1 movie, Mel Gibson's What Women Want, slipped to second place with $16.3 million, pushing its total to $64.9 million in 10 days of release, according to studio estimates today.
Thomas Kinkade San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf painting
Actor Tom Hanks has been nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Cast Away, which debuted in top place this holiday weekend.
Dec. 24 — Tom Hanks had a lot of company on his desert island over the weekend. Hanks' new movie Cast Away, in which he plays a man stranded for four years after a plane crash, took in $30.1 million this weekend to debut as the top film. The movie reunites Hanks and Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis.Last weekend's No. 1 movie, Mel Gibson's What Women Want, slipped to second place with $16.3 million, pushing its total to $64.9 million in 10 days of release, according to studio estimates today.
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Edward Hopper Nighthawks painting
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
Woods started off slowly in the year's first major, the Masters, and although he moved back into contention, he didn't win. Overrated hack. Even his name -- come on, Tiger Woods?!? -- was straight out of a fairy tale. Speaking of fairy tales, the No Fun League was overwhelmed by the St. Louis Rams, maybe pro football's most surprising champions ever. The Rams completed their journey from outhouse to penthouse with a Super Bowl victory over the Tennessee Titans that came down to the last play. The Rams' triumph notwithstanding, it was mostly a year for traditional powers. The Lakers won the NBA title. The Yankees won the World Series. Florida State rang in the new year by winning the national college football title -- and ended it preparing to win another one.
Frederic Edwin Church Sunset painting
Woods started off slowly in the year's first major, the Masters, and although he moved back into contention, he didn't win. Overrated hack. Even his name -- come on, Tiger Woods?!? -- was straight out of a fairy tale. Speaking of fairy tales, the No Fun League was overwhelmed by the St. Louis Rams, maybe pro football's most surprising champions ever. The Rams completed their journey from outhouse to penthouse with a Super Bowl victory over the Tennessee Titans that came down to the last play. The Rams' triumph notwithstanding, it was mostly a year for traditional powers. The Lakers won the NBA title. The Yankees won the World Series. Florida State rang in the new year by winning the national college football title -- and ended it preparing to win another one.
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Flamenco Dancer dance series painting
Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting
Democrats to put in his Cabinet and for issues with broad support, in hopes that some quick successes on the easy problems will yield the capital for the harder ones. So the first election of the new millennium is finally over, and the cast has scattered and the chads swept away, but in a few weeks the characters will all come together one last time on a plywood platform on the West Front of the Capitol: Bush, Cheney, Chief Justice Rehnquist and the rest of the court, the Gores, the Clintons, the parents Bush, the winners, losers and refugees of the strangest election in more than a century. All through the campaign, George W. Bush practiced for this moment, the very first act of a new President, when he put his hand in the air and swore to uphold the Constitution and the honor and dignity of the office, so help him God. This time it will be for real, the easiest part of the job and yet harder than he could have imagined, because while the office has at last been won, the honor remains to be earned.
Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting
Democrats to put in his Cabinet and for issues with broad support, in hopes that some quick successes on the easy problems will yield the capital for the harder ones. So the first election of the new millennium is finally over, and the cast has scattered and the chads swept away, but in a few weeks the characters will all come together one last time on a plywood platform on the West Front of the Capitol: Bush, Cheney, Chief Justice Rehnquist and the rest of the court, the Gores, the Clintons, the parents Bush, the winners, losers and refugees of the strangest election in more than a century. All through the campaign, George W. Bush practiced for this moment, the very first act of a new President, when he put his hand in the air and swore to uphold the Constitution and the honor and dignity of the office, so help him God. This time it will be for real, the easiest part of the job and yet harder than he could have imagined, because while the office has at last been won, the honor remains to be earned.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
Steve Hanks Beauty of the Hot Tub painting
the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns."The TWA merger is not happening in a vacuum," said Miller. "The merger would help United pass antitrust muster because it includes the nation's biggest airline (United) divesting some of its assets." In addition, American would take over TWA's St. Louis hub, which should help passengers by easing congestion and delays at American's hubs in Dallas and Chicago.TWA, the only airline to lose money in 1999, is short of cash, with big debt payments due this week. The merger would no doubt be a boon to the long-struggling airline.If federal regulators approve, American and United would control more than half the commercial flights in the country.
Steve Hanks Beauty of the Hot Tub painting
the Department of Justice over antitrust concerns."The TWA merger is not happening in a vacuum," said Miller. "The merger would help United pass antitrust muster because it includes the nation's biggest airline (United) divesting some of its assets." In addition, American would take over TWA's St. Louis hub, which should help passengers by easing congestion and delays at American's hubs in Dallas and Chicago.TWA, the only airline to lose money in 1999, is short of cash, with big debt payments due this week. The merger would no doubt be a boon to the long-struggling airline.If federal regulators approve, American and United would control more than half the commercial flights in the country.
Guan zeju paintings
Guan zeju paintings
Gustav Klimt paintings
might just stop using Napster and try to get these other services,'' said Alex Densmore, a 20-year-old engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley.Song trading on the Internet is not expected to die anytime soon -- there are too many sources besides Napster."As other people are driven away from Napster, more people will go to these alternative file-sharing programs,'' Densmore said.The demand for free music was never more evident than Saturday. On just one of Napster's 80 servers, 11,000 users traded nearly 2.2 million songs like Metallica's "Unforgiven,'' which the band requested be blocked from the service.Napigator, an alternative system that directs the Napster program to servers around the world, listed hundreds of thousands of users logged on sharing music.
Gustav Klimt paintings
might just stop using Napster and try to get these other services,'' said Alex Densmore, a 20-year-old engineering student at the University of California, Berkeley.Song trading on the Internet is not expected to die anytime soon -- there are too many sources besides Napster."As other people are driven away from Napster, more people will go to these alternative file-sharing programs,'' Densmore said.The demand for free music was never more evident than Saturday. On just one of Napster's 80 servers, 11,000 users traded nearly 2.2 million songs like Metallica's "Unforgiven,'' which the band requested be blocked from the service.Napigator, an alternative system that directs the Napster program to servers around the world, listed hundreds of thousands of users logged on sharing music.
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Tropical paintings
Tropical paintings
Venice paintings
Slideshow: Oscars, Stars, and Salaries"She has both critical and commercial acclaim," says David Davis, an entertainment industry analyst for the investment bank Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin.But Crowe, who has had a far lower profile for years before breaking through with Best Actor nominations for The Insider last year and Gladiator this time around, could find his reputation and earnings power further solidified by an Academy Award. Already the Australian has signed on to star in the upcoming movie A Beautiful Mind for $15 million."Your price tag naturally goes up," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. "It's the crown
Venice paintings
Slideshow: Oscars, Stars, and Salaries"She has both critical and commercial acclaim," says David Davis, an entertainment industry analyst for the investment bank Houlihan, Lokey, Howard and Zukin.But Crowe, who has had a far lower profile for years before breaking through with Best Actor nominations for The Insider last year and Gladiator this time around, could find his reputation and earnings power further solidified by an Academy Award. Already the Australian has signed on to star in the upcoming movie A Beautiful Mind for $15 million."Your price tag naturally goes up," says Paul Dergarabedian, president of the box-office tracking firm Exhibitor Relations. "It's the crown
Friday, July 18, 2008
Horace Vernet paintings
Horace Vernet paintings
Irene Sheri paintings
Firing on these survivors of a plane crash when they are in the water is absolutely an outrageous and inappropriate action to take," Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., said.U.S. law requires the Peruvians to make radio contact, flash hand signals at the pilot, rock their wings, or, if all else fails, fire a warning shot if the interdicted plane refuses to land. Whether those procedures were followed will be at the heart of an investigation. Surveillance Flights CanceledThe U.S. surveillance flights in Peru have since been halted for the first time in seven years pending the investigation."We suspended such flights until we get to the bottom of the situation to fully understand all the facts," President Bush told reporters as he departed the Summit of the Americas in Quebec.
Irene Sheri paintings
Firing on these survivors of a plane crash when they are in the water is absolutely an outrageous and inappropriate action to take," Rep. Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., said.U.S. law requires the Peruvians to make radio contact, flash hand signals at the pilot, rock their wings, or, if all else fails, fire a warning shot if the interdicted plane refuses to land. Whether those procedures were followed will be at the heart of an investigation. Surveillance Flights CanceledThe U.S. surveillance flights in Peru have since been halted for the first time in seven years pending the investigation."We suspended such flights until we get to the bottom of the situation to fully understand all the facts," President Bush told reporters as he departed the Summit of the Americas in Quebec.
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Fabian Perez white and red painting
Fabian Perez white and red painting
Jacques-Louis David Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass painting
I wish Billy would have gone along with my plan to involve him in the government," President Carter once told an audience. "I was going to reorganize and put the FBI and the CIA together. But Billy said he didn't want to join any agency he couldn't spell." Adams hadn't attended the burial, but he had appeared at numerous public events since then."had problems with a step-grandson, a party-hardy Princeton University student known as "Little Wash."President Washington noted that his namesake had "an almost unconquerable disposition to indolence being leader of the free world doesn't exactly make you all-powerful in controlling your kids. "My children give me more pain than all my enemies," lamented John Adams, the nation's second president.
Jacques-Louis David Napoleon at the St. Bernard Pass painting
I wish Billy would have gone along with my plan to involve him in the government," President Carter once told an audience. "I was going to reorganize and put the FBI and the CIA together. But Billy said he didn't want to join any agency he couldn't spell." Adams hadn't attended the burial, but he had appeared at numerous public events since then."had problems with a step-grandson, a party-hardy Princeton University student known as "Little Wash."President Washington noted that his namesake had "an almost unconquerable disposition to indolence being leader of the free world doesn't exactly make you all-powerful in controlling your kids. "My children give me more pain than all my enemies," lamented John Adams, the nation's second president.
Peter Paul Rubens The Crucified Christ painting
Peter Paul Rubens The Crucified Christ painting
John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting
Tax Cut 'Fails American People,' Say DemsA total of 28 Democratic representatives and 12 Democratic senators voted to approve the tax cut last month. But most congressional Democrats say the plan relies on overly optimistic projections of federal budget surpluses and will ultimately leave many key domestic spending priorities badly underfunded."Today we have a sound fiscal policy … a sound Social Security system, a sound Medicare system, a sound future for education and health benefits for our elderly … Tomorrow you won't," Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the the House Ways and Means Committee, said at a Capitol Hill press conference following the signing ceremony.
John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting
Tax Cut 'Fails American People,' Say DemsA total of 28 Democratic representatives and 12 Democratic senators voted to approve the tax cut last month. But most congressional Democrats say the plan relies on overly optimistic projections of federal budget surpluses and will ultimately leave many key domestic spending priorities badly underfunded."Today we have a sound fiscal policy … a sound Social Security system, a sound Medicare system, a sound future for education and health benefits for our elderly … Tomorrow you won't," Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, the ranking Democrat on the the House Ways and Means Committee, said at a Capitol Hill press conference following the signing ceremony.
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
Lord Frederick Leighton Leighton Idyll painting
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
NASA is bracing for a flood of radio signals as more than 25 spacecraft exploring the solar system all phone home.
With Japan, Europe and the United States all launching probes to Mars and other destinations, the stress on the web of antennas tuned to space will only increase, scientists say.The crunch time will be during late 2003 and early 2004, when many of the missions reach crucial points in their journeys, according to NASA. 'More Than We Can Support'"The sum of all the missions is more than we can support," says Rich Miller, head of planning and commitments for the Deep Space Network, the part of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., that manages the network.
Steve Hanks Comfort in Solitude painting
NASA is bracing for a flood of radio signals as more than 25 spacecraft exploring the solar system all phone home.
With Japan, Europe and the United States all launching probes to Mars and other destinations, the stress on the web of antennas tuned to space will only increase, scientists say.The crunch time will be during late 2003 and early 2004, when many of the missions reach crucial points in their journeys, according to NASA. 'More Than We Can Support'"The sum of all the missions is more than we can support," says Rich Miller, head of planning and commitments for the Deep Space Network, the part of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., that manages the network.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
George Owen Wynne Apperley paintings
George Owen Wynne Apperley paintings
Gustave Courbet paintings
He called the deliberate aerial assaults an ``apparent terrorist attack'', and ordered a full-scale investigation. Early speculation about the source of the attack centered on Saudi-born guerrilla leader Osama Bin-Laden.It was the most dramatic and deadly attack on the U.S. mainland in modern history. The attacks forced the evacuation of all government buildings in Washington, including the White House and other tall buildings around the country, cut cell phone communications on the East Coast and grounded all commercial planes in the United States.Early reports said all three planes used in the attacks were hijacked, one of them from Boston and one from Washington. It was not immediately known who flew the planes and what happened to them.The day of horror began around 9 a.m. in New York when the first plane plowed into the south tower of New York's World Trade Center, as thousands
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He called the deliberate aerial assaults an ``apparent terrorist attack'', and ordered a full-scale investigation. Early speculation about the source of the attack centered on Saudi-born guerrilla leader Osama Bin-Laden.It was the most dramatic and deadly attack on the U.S. mainland in modern history. The attacks forced the evacuation of all government buildings in Washington, including the White House and other tall buildings around the country, cut cell phone communications on the East Coast and grounded all commercial planes in the United States.Early reports said all three planes used in the attacks were hijacked, one of them from Boston and one from Washington. It was not immediately known who flew the planes and what happened to them.The day of horror began around 9 a.m. in New York when the first plane plowed into the south tower of New York's World Trade Center, as thousands
Diane Romanello paintings
Diane Romanello paintings
Diego Rivera paintings
national embarrassment after failing six times to reach the World Cup finals.A soccer-mad nation cringed every time its star players stumbled against lowly opposition. The agony was made more unbearable by the sight of Chinese gymnasts, table tennis players and middle-distance runners sweeping gold in successive Olympic Games.Sunday's dull match was an anti-climax in terms of entertainment, but when Yu clipped the ball home from five metres after a centre was nodded back across goal by the joint efforts of two of his team mates China were on their way.Early in the second half, they squandered an opportunity to seal the match against an Omani side that had scored only once while conceding 11 goals in their five group B qualifiers.Yang Chen skipped past Omani goalkeeper Sulaiman Al Mazroi only to see his weak shot from a narrow angle blocked.
Diego Rivera paintings
national embarrassment after failing six times to reach the World Cup finals.A soccer-mad nation cringed every time its star players stumbled against lowly opposition. The agony was made more unbearable by the sight of Chinese gymnasts, table tennis players and middle-distance runners sweeping gold in successive Olympic Games.Sunday's dull match was an anti-climax in terms of entertainment, but when Yu clipped the ball home from five metres after a centre was nodded back across goal by the joint efforts of two of his team mates China were on their way.Early in the second half, they squandered an opportunity to seal the match against an Omani side that had scored only once while conceding 11 goals in their five group B qualifiers.Yang Chen skipped past Omani goalkeeper Sulaiman Al Mazroi only to see his weak shot from a narrow angle blocked.
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oil painting for sale
By Monday, some six billion bank notes and 37 billion coins worth 144 billion euros ($127.5 billion) had been distributed in advance to banks, shops and businesses, or sold as starter kits of coins.The Deutschemark's simple exchange rate against the euro -- about two to one -- makes it easier for Germans to get used to the new money than the French, who must multiply by 6.56 to get the franc price, or the Austrians, who multiply by 13.76.In France, the cash launch will be complicated by planned strikes by banking and postal workers called for Wednesday.One Italian survey found bank and shopworkers were suffering headaches, insomnia and even loss of sex drive due the stress of the launch. Dermatologists have warned the high nickel content of the coins could cause skin irritations.The euro has also been dogged by concern about its depreciation in exchange markets since its 1999 introduction.
By Monday, some six billion bank notes and 37 billion coins worth 144 billion euros ($127.5 billion) had been distributed in advance to banks, shops and businesses, or sold as starter kits of coins.The Deutschemark's simple exchange rate against the euro -- about two to one -- makes it easier for Germans to get used to the new money than the French, who must multiply by 6.56 to get the franc price, or the Austrians, who multiply by 13.76.In France, the cash launch will be complicated by planned strikes by banking and postal workers called for Wednesday.One Italian survey found bank and shopworkers were suffering headaches, insomnia and even loss of sex drive due the stress of the launch. Dermatologists have warned the high nickel content of the coins could cause skin irritations.The euro has also been dogged by concern about its depreciation in exchange markets since its 1999 introduction.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
street painting
street painting
sunset painting
Volvo achieves an auto-industry first with its new "YCC" (Your Concept Car), a car designed by and for women. The car works for drivers other than tall men, and can help itself...
Volvo achieves an auto-industry first with its new "YCC" (Your Concept Car), a car designed by and for women.Volvo's silver, stylish YCC is a sports car and very practical at the same time. The car works for drivers other than tall men. The seats and pedals automatically adjust to the driver's height. There are even grooves in the headrests for drivers with ponytails. Engineers also created lots of storage space for cellphones and shopping bags. They also installed gull-wing doors for graceful exits.
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Volvo achieves an auto-industry first with its new "YCC" (Your Concept Car), a car designed by and for women. The car works for drivers other than tall men, and can help itself...
Volvo achieves an auto-industry first with its new "YCC" (Your Concept Car), a car designed by and for women.Volvo's silver, stylish YCC is a sports car and very practical at the same time. The car works for drivers other than tall men. The seats and pedals automatically adjust to the driver's height. There are even grooves in the headrests for drivers with ponytails. Engineers also created lots of storage space for cellphones and shopping bags. They also installed gull-wing doors for graceful exits.
Angel painting
Angel painting
animal paintings
Enjoys cooking? How about a new gourmet cook book, state-of-the-art blender, pastemaker, or a colorful spice rack loaded with exotic blends.Knitter? Buy her a knitting book and some yarn in her favorite colors. You might even reap the reward of this gift in the end!Got a greenthumb? How about garden tools, gardening books, gardening gloves, or decorations such as a water feature, birdbath or bird feeder? Workaholic? Get her an organizer or calendar to keep her appointments straight. Volunteer to be her personal assistant for the day, crossing phone calls, errands, or mailings off her list. Treat her to a spa package to relax!Has an ability for photography? Try a new digital camera, photography book, dark room supplies, printing paper, camera case, or a new specialty lens. Desire for hiking? Try a nice backpack, regional hiking guide, new hiking
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Enjoys cooking? How about a new gourmet cook book, state-of-the-art blender, pastemaker, or a colorful spice rack loaded with exotic blends.Knitter? Buy her a knitting book and some yarn in her favorite colors. You might even reap the reward of this gift in the end!Got a greenthumb? How about garden tools, gardening books, gardening gloves, or decorations such as a water feature, birdbath or bird feeder? Workaholic? Get her an organizer or calendar to keep her appointments straight. Volunteer to be her personal assistant for the day, crossing phone calls, errands, or mailings off her list. Treat her to a spa package to relax!Has an ability for photography? Try a new digital camera, photography book, dark room supplies, printing paper, camera case, or a new specialty lens. Desire for hiking? Try a nice backpack, regional hiking guide, new hiking
Monday, July 14, 2008
Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting Their voices breaking, parents and grandparents of those lost on September 11 stood at the World Trade Center site and marked the third anniversary of the attacks by reciting the names of the 2,749 people who died there. The list took more than three hours, punctuated by tearful dedications when the readers reached the names of their own lost loved ones."We miss you very much, we love you very much, and we'll never forget you because you're in our hearts forever," said Stewart D. Wotton, looking skyward and remembering his son, Rodney James Wotton. Four moments of silence were observed at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. — the precise times that the two planes slammed into the buildings and when they collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. Both President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry spoke on the anniversary of the attacks to pledge to root out terrorists who would attack the United States.At sundown, two powerful light beams inspired by the twin towers were projected upward, to remain on through the night. The memorial lights were first seen six months after the attack, with a plan to light them each year for the anniversary.
Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting Their voices breaking, parents and grandparents of those lost on September 11 stood at the World Trade Center site and marked the third anniversary of the attacks by reciting the names of the 2,749 people who died there. The list took more than three hours, punctuated by tearful dedications when the readers reached the names of their own lost loved ones."We miss you very much, we love you very much, and we'll never forget you because you're in our hearts forever," said Stewart D. Wotton, looking skyward and remembering his son, Rodney James Wotton. Four moments of silence were observed at 8:46, 9:03, 9:59 and 10:29 a.m. — the precise times that the two planes slammed into the buildings and when they collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001. Both President Bush and Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry spoke on the anniversary of the attacks to pledge to root out terrorists who would attack the United States.At sundown, two powerful light beams inspired by the twin towers were projected upward, to remain on through the night. The memorial lights were first seen six months after the attack, with a plan to light them each year for the anniversary.
Douglas Hofmann beverley disrobing painting
Douglas Hofmann beverley disrobing painting
Pino pino_color painting
Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents.Under the new dress code, they are barred from revealing their bodies in sexy transparent clothes or soliciting business on the streets."Don't put on any dissipated poses such as dancing outside the sales booths," a policeman said while promoting the new dress code. Instead, he suggested several young saleswomen to wear white navy tops, tight short pants and the same type of hats worn by singer Feng Fei-fei, a local diva in the 1980s. Police consider the so-called "betel nut beauties" a likely cause of traffic accidents in the central city as drivers are often diverted by saleswomen in flashy revealing clothes.A young sales girl said the tighter dress code sounded reasonable. "But it's really not my business, it's my boss's problem," she shrugged.
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Recently, Taiwan police has ordered the city's betel nut saleswomen to dress more conservatively to help reduce car accidents.Under the new dress code, they are barred from revealing their bodies in sexy transparent clothes or soliciting business on the streets."Don't put on any dissipated poses such as dancing outside the sales booths," a policeman said while promoting the new dress code. Instead, he suggested several young saleswomen to wear white navy tops, tight short pants and the same type of hats worn by singer Feng Fei-fei, a local diva in the 1980s. Police consider the so-called "betel nut beauties" a likely cause of traffic accidents in the central city as drivers are often diverted by saleswomen in flashy revealing clothes.A young sales girl said the tighter dress code sounded reasonable. "But it's really not my business, it's my boss's problem," she shrugged.
Guillaume Seignac The Wave painting
Guillaume Seignac The Wave painting
Steve Hanks Interior View I painting
A Georgia woman who vanished just days before her wedding was found in New Mexico early Saturday after she called her fiance from a pay phone and said she had been kidnapped, authorities said.
A Georgia woman who vanished just days before her wedding was found in New Mexico early Saturday after she called her fiance from a pay phone and said she had been kidnapped, authorities said.Wilbanks was picked up by police on the corner of a main street near the 7-Eleven. She was tired and thirsty, but was not complaining of any injuries, Ahrensfield said. Her hair, which was long in pictures released by her family, was shoulder-length. Mason and Wilbanks' family planned to fly to Albuquerque later Saturday — the same day that the couple had been planning to marry. The couple had mailed 600 invitations for their wedding, and the ceremony was to feature 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen. On Saturday, Ann Wilbanks said her stepdaughter's wedding would probably be rescheduled, but it would still happen. "We will definitely have a wonderful, big, beautiful wedding," she said, "and everybody will be happy and smiling."
Steve Hanks Interior View I painting
A Georgia woman who vanished just days before her wedding was found in New Mexico early Saturday after she called her fiance from a pay phone and said she had been kidnapped, authorities said.
A Georgia woman who vanished just days before her wedding was found in New Mexico early Saturday after she called her fiance from a pay phone and said she had been kidnapped, authorities said.Wilbanks was picked up by police on the corner of a main street near the 7-Eleven. She was tired and thirsty, but was not complaining of any injuries, Ahrensfield said. Her hair, which was long in pictures released by her family, was shoulder-length. Mason and Wilbanks' family planned to fly to Albuquerque later Saturday — the same day that the couple had been planning to marry. The couple had mailed 600 invitations for their wedding, and the ceremony was to feature 14 bridesmaids and 14 groomsmen. On Saturday, Ann Wilbanks said her stepdaughter's wedding would probably be rescheduled, but it would still happen. "We will definitely have a wonderful, big, beautiful wedding," she said, "and everybody will be happy and smiling."
Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings
Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings
Jehan Georges Vibert paintings
But what if your job is equivalent to a Vice President of Technology and your job title is “Senior project leader”? Is changing your job title on your résumé to reflect your responsibilities lying?The crucial line between marketing and lying on a résumé isn’t always clearly drawn. But for those wondering how much résumé puffery is too much, heed these tips from 25-year HR leadership veteran and workplace commentator Liz Ryan:1. You CANNOT change your dates of employment. 2. You CAN, to a limited degree, change the titles on your résumé.3. You CANNOT mess around with academic credentials. 4. You CAN leave out irrelevant jobs. 5. You CANNOT get away with lying if your company went under. Some
Jehan Georges Vibert paintings
But what if your job is equivalent to a Vice President of Technology and your job title is “Senior project leader”? Is changing your job title on your résumé to reflect your responsibilities lying?The crucial line between marketing and lying on a résumé isn’t always clearly drawn. But for those wondering how much résumé puffery is too much, heed these tips from 25-year HR leadership veteran and workplace commentator Liz Ryan:1. You CANNOT change your dates of employment. 2. You CAN, to a limited degree, change the titles on your résumé.3. You CANNOT mess around with academic credentials. 4. You CAN leave out irrelevant jobs. 5. You CANNOT get away with lying if your company went under. Some
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Camille Pissarro paintings
Camille Pissarro paintings
Carl Fredrik Aagard paintings
them as liberators. Top Kurdish officials have practically begged the U.S. military to make itself at home in their land. "I do not ask that Americans build bases in Kurdistan—I demand it," says Abdel Beg Perwani, a Kurdish member of Iraq's Parliament and deputy head of the defense committee.It gets better: Kurdistan is the one area of Iraq that's stable and prosperous. "People feel good," says Stafford Clarry, an adviser to the regional government who previously worked for the United Nations. "It's just money, money, money." With the approach of a referendum on Iraq's national constitution on Oct. 15, bombs were going off to the south in Baghdad, Taji and Al Hillah, killing scores of people and wounding hundreds. But the Kurds were in a festive mood. "It's going to be embarrassing," says Clarry of the referendum. In Kurdistan, "there's probably going to be a 97 percent turnout."
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them as liberators. Top Kurdish officials have practically begged the U.S. military to make itself at home in their land. "I do not ask that Americans build bases in Kurdistan—I demand it," says Abdel Beg Perwani, a Kurdish member of Iraq's Parliament and deputy head of the defense committee.It gets better: Kurdistan is the one area of Iraq that's stable and prosperous. "People feel good," says Stafford Clarry, an adviser to the regional government who previously worked for the United Nations. "It's just money, money, money." With the approach of a referendum on Iraq's national constitution on Oct. 15, bombs were going off to the south in Baghdad, Taji and Al Hillah, killing scores of people and wounding hundreds. But the Kurds were in a festive mood. "It's going to be embarrassing," says Clarry of the referendum. In Kurdistan, "there's probably going to be a 97 percent turnout."
Mary Cassatt paintings
Mary Cassatt paintings
Maxfield Parrish paintings
your duties as hostess. Good morning,girls! You look lovely. Good morning, Scarlett.SCARLETT: India Wilkes. What a lovely dress. I just can't take my eyes off it.(Scarlett enters the hall with her family.)MAN1: Good morning, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Morning.MAN2: Look mighty fine this morning, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Thank you.MANS: Morning Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Good Morning.MAN4: Pleasure to see you, Miss Scarlett.MANS: Howdy, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Ashley!ASHLEY: Scarlett! My dear!SCARLETT: I've been looking for you everywhere. I've got something I must tell you. Can't we go some place where it's quiet?ASHLEY: Yes I'd like to, but... I've something to tell
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your duties as hostess. Good morning,girls! You look lovely. Good morning, Scarlett.SCARLETT: India Wilkes. What a lovely dress. I just can't take my eyes off it.(Scarlett enters the hall with her family.)MAN1: Good morning, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Morning.MAN2: Look mighty fine this morning, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Thank you.MANS: Morning Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Good Morning.MAN4: Pleasure to see you, Miss Scarlett.MANS: Howdy, Miss Scarlett.SCARLETT: Ashley!ASHLEY: Scarlett! My dear!SCARLETT: I've been looking for you everywhere. I've got something I must tell you. Can't we go some place where it's quiet?ASHLEY: Yes I'd like to, but... I've something to tell
Friday, July 11, 2008
Vladimir Volegov Sun Drenched Garden painting
Vladimir Volegov Sun Drenched Garden painting
Guillaume Seignac Jeune femme denudee sur canape painting
better world. On the third day we started on, hoping that we might one day return to dig up our buried ivory, and in due course, after a long and wearisome tramp, and many adventures which I have not space to detail, reached Sitanda's Kraal, near the Lukanga River, the real starting-point of our expedition. Very well do I recoiled our arrival at that place. To the right was a scattered native settlement with a few stone cattle kraals and some cultivated lands down by the water, where these savages grew their scanty supply of grain, and beyond it great tracts of waving "veldt" covered with tall grass, over which herds of the smaller game were wandering To the left was the vast desert. This spot appeared to be the outpost of the fertile country, and it would be difficult to say to what natural causes such an abrupt change in the character of the soil was due. But so it was. Just below our encampment flowed a little stream, on the farther side of which was a stony slope, the same down which I had twenty years before seen poor Silvestre creeping back after his attempt to reach Solomon's Mines, and beyond that slope began the waterless desert covered with a species of karoo shrub. It was evening when we pitched our camp, and the great fiery ball of the sun was sinking into the desert, sending glorious rays of many-colored light flying over all the vast expanse. Leaving Good to superintend the
Guillaume Seignac Jeune femme denudee sur canape painting
better world. On the third day we started on, hoping that we might one day return to dig up our buried ivory, and in due course, after a long and wearisome tramp, and many adventures which I have not space to detail, reached Sitanda's Kraal, near the Lukanga River, the real starting-point of our expedition. Very well do I recoiled our arrival at that place. To the right was a scattered native settlement with a few stone cattle kraals and some cultivated lands down by the water, where these savages grew their scanty supply of grain, and beyond it great tracts of waving "veldt" covered with tall grass, over which herds of the smaller game were wandering To the left was the vast desert. This spot appeared to be the outpost of the fertile country, and it would be difficult to say to what natural causes such an abrupt change in the character of the soil was due. But so it was. Just below our encampment flowed a little stream, on the farther side of which was a stony slope, the same down which I had twenty years before seen poor Silvestre creeping back after his attempt to reach Solomon's Mines, and beyond that slope began the waterless desert covered with a species of karoo shrub. It was evening when we pitched our camp, and the great fiery ball of the sun was sinking into the desert, sending glorious rays of many-colored light flying over all the vast expanse. Leaving Good to superintend the
Julien Dupre paintings
Julien Dupre paintings
Julius LeBlanc Stewart paintings
Well, I wish you all manner of happiness too, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert, solemnly; "but," he added, unable to resist the temptation to tease Miss Cornelia, despite Anne's imploring eyes, "I fear your day of independence is done. As you know, Marshall Elliott is a very determined man."
"I like a man who can stick to a thing," retorted Miss Cornelia. "Amos Grant, who used to be after me long ago, couldn't. You never saw such a weather-vane. He jumped into the pond to drown himself once and then changed his mind and swum out again. Wasn't that like a man? Marshall would have stuck to it and drowned."
"And he has a bit of a temper, they tell me," persisted Gilbert.
"He wouldn't be an Elliott if he hadn't. I'm thankful he has. It will be real fun to make him mad. And you can generally do something with a tempery man when it comes to repenting time. But you can't do anything with a man who just keeps placid and aggravating."
"You know he's a Grit, Miss Cornelia."
"Yes, he is," admitted Miss Cornelia rather sadly. "And of course there is no hope of making a Conservative
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Well, I wish you all manner of happiness too, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert, solemnly; "but," he added, unable to resist the temptation to tease Miss Cornelia, despite Anne's imploring eyes, "I fear your day of independence is done. As you know, Marshall Elliott is a very determined man."
"I like a man who can stick to a thing," retorted Miss Cornelia. "Amos Grant, who used to be after me long ago, couldn't. You never saw such a weather-vane. He jumped into the pond to drown himself once and then changed his mind and swum out again. Wasn't that like a man? Marshall would have stuck to it and drowned."
"And he has a bit of a temper, they tell me," persisted Gilbert.
"He wouldn't be an Elliott if he hadn't. I'm thankful he has. It will be real fun to make him mad. And you can generally do something with a tempery man when it comes to repenting time. But you can't do anything with a man who just keeps placid and aggravating."
"You know he's a Grit, Miss Cornelia."
"Yes, he is," admitted Miss Cornelia rather sadly. "And of course there is no hope of making a Conservative
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
William Bouguereau The Abduction of Psyche painting
Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
And at other times that hideous feeling would mar it all. There were times when everything about you and your house hurt me. You had so many dear little things I couldn't have. Do you know--it's ridiculous-- but I had an especial spite at those china dogs of yours. There were times when I wanted to catch up Gog and Magog and bang their pert black noses together! Oh, you smile, Anne--but it was never funny to me. I would come here and see you and Gilbert with your books and your flowers, and your household goods, and your little family jokes--and your love for each other showing in every look and word, even when you didn't know it--and I would go home to--you know what I went home to! Oh, Anne, I don't believe I'm jealous and envious by nature. When I was a girl I lacked many things my schoolmates had, but I never cared--I never disliked them for it. But I seem to have grown so hateful--"
"Leslie, dearest, stop blaming yourself. You are not hateful or jealous or envious. The life you have to live has warped you a little, perhaps-but it would have ruined a nature less fine and noble than yours. I'm letting you tell me all this because
Thomas Stiltz BV Beauty painting
And at other times that hideous feeling would mar it all. There were times when everything about you and your house hurt me. You had so many dear little things I couldn't have. Do you know--it's ridiculous-- but I had an especial spite at those china dogs of yours. There were times when I wanted to catch up Gog and Magog and bang their pert black noses together! Oh, you smile, Anne--but it was never funny to me. I would come here and see you and Gilbert with your books and your flowers, and your household goods, and your little family jokes--and your love for each other showing in every look and word, even when you didn't know it--and I would go home to--you know what I went home to! Oh, Anne, I don't believe I'm jealous and envious by nature. When I was a girl I lacked many things my schoolmates had, but I never cared--I never disliked them for it. But I seem to have grown so hateful--"
"Leslie, dearest, stop blaming yourself. You are not hateful or jealous or envious. The life you have to live has warped you a little, perhaps-but it would have ruined a nature less fine and noble than yours. I'm letting you tell me all this because
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Pablo Picasso Card Player painting
Pablo Picasso Card Player painting
Tamara de Lempicka The Musician in Blue painting
Anne found that she could go on living; the day came when she even smiled again over one of Miss Cornelia's speeches. But there was something in the smile that had never been in Anne's smile before and would never be absent from it again.
On the first day she was able to go for a drive Gilbert took her down to Four Winds Point, and left her there while he rowed over the channel to see a patient at the fishing village. A rollicking wind was scudding across the harbor and the dunes, whipping the water into white-caps and washing the sandshore with long lines of silvery breakers.
"I'm real proud to see you here again, Mistress Blythe," said Captain Jim. "Sit down--sit down. I'm afeared it's mighty dusty here today--but there's no need of looking at dust when you can look at such scenery, is there?"
"I don't mind the dust," said Anne, "but Gilbert says
Tamara de Lempicka The Musician in Blue painting
Anne found that she could go on living; the day came when she even smiled again over one of Miss Cornelia's speeches. But there was something in the smile that had never been in Anne's smile before and would never be absent from it again.
On the first day she was able to go for a drive Gilbert took her down to Four Winds Point, and left her there while he rowed over the channel to see a patient at the fishing village. A rollicking wind was scudding across the harbor and the dunes, whipping the water into white-caps and washing the sandshore with long lines of silvery breakers.
"I'm real proud to see you here again, Mistress Blythe," said Captain Jim. "Sit down--sit down. I'm afeared it's mighty dusty here today--but there's no need of looking at dust when you can look at such scenery, is there?"
"I don't mind the dust," said Anne, "but Gilbert says
Monday, July 7, 2008
Rudolf Ernst paintings
Rudolf Ernst paintings
Robert Campin paintings
look like that -- DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT! We didn't mean to tell you so suddenly."
"Is -- it -- true?" asked Anne in a voice that was not hers.
"Gilbert is very ill," said Mrs. Lynde gravely. "He took down with typhoid fever just after you left for Echo Lodge. Did you never hear of it?"
"No," said that unknown voice.
"It was a very bad case from the start. The doctor said he'd been terribly run down. They've a trained nurse and everything's been done. DON'T look like that, Anne. While there's life there's hope."
"Mr. Harrison was here this evening and he said they had no hope of him," reiterated Davy.
Marilla, looking old and worn and tired, got up and marched Davy grimly out of the Oh, DON'T look so, dear," said Mrs. Rachel, putting her kind old arms about the pallid girl. "I haven't given up hope, indeed I haven't. He's got the Blythe constitution in his favor, that's what."
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look like that -- DON'T LOOK LIKE THAT! We didn't mean to tell you so suddenly."
"Is -- it -- true?" asked Anne in a voice that was not hers.
"Gilbert is very ill," said Mrs. Lynde gravely. "He took down with typhoid fever just after you left for Echo Lodge. Did you never hear of it?"
"No," said that unknown voice.
"It was a very bad case from the start. The doctor said he'd been terribly run down. They've a trained nurse and everything's been done. DON'T look like that, Anne. While there's life there's hope."
"Mr. Harrison was here this evening and he said they had no hope of him," reiterated Davy.
Marilla, looking old and worn and tired, got up and marched Davy grimly out of the Oh, DON'T look so, dear," said Mrs. Rachel, putting her kind old arms about the pallid girl. "I haven't given up hope, indeed I haven't. He's got the Blythe constitution in his favor, that's what."
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painting in oil
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his happiness lies very near my heart."
"Of course," said Anne stupidly. For the first time in her life she was stupid. Yet she could not imagine why. She seemed to have absolutely nothing to say to this sweet, smiling, angelic old lady who was patting her hand so kindly.
"Come and see me soon again, dear Janet," said Mrs. Douglas lovingly, when they left. "You don't come half often enough. But then I suppose John will be bringing you here to stay all the time one of these days." Anne, happening to glance at John Douglas, as his mother spoke, gave a positive start of dismay. He looked as a tortured man might look when his tormentors gave the rack the last turn of possible endurance. She felt sure he must be ill and hurried poor blushing Janet away.
"Isn't old Mrs. Douglas a sweet woman?" asked Janet, as they went down the road.
"M -- m," answered Anne absently. She was wondering why John
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his happiness lies very near my heart."
"Of course," said Anne stupidly. For the first time in her life she was stupid. Yet she could not imagine why. She seemed to have absolutely nothing to say to this sweet, smiling, angelic old lady who was patting her hand so kindly.
"Come and see me soon again, dear Janet," said Mrs. Douglas lovingly, when they left. "You don't come half often enough. But then I suppose John will be bringing you here to stay all the time one of these days." Anne, happening to glance at John Douglas, as his mother spoke, gave a positive start of dismay. He looked as a tortured man might look when his tormentors gave the rack the last turn of possible endurance. She felt sure he must be ill and hurried poor blushing Janet away.
"Isn't old Mrs. Douglas a sweet woman?" asked Janet, as they went down the road.
"M -- m," answered Anne absently. She was wondering why John
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Pino Purity painting
Pablo Picasso Girl with Mandolin Fanny Tellie painting
Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis' garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone. It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon. The world was in a splendor of out-flowering. The idle valleys were full of hazes. The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.
Anne had given up a moonlight drive to the White Sands beach that she might spend the evening with Ruby. She had so spent many evenings that summer, although she often wondered what good it did any one, and sometimes went home deciding that she could not go again.
Ruby grew paler as the summer waned; the White Sands school was given up -- "her father thought it better that she shouldn't teach till New Year's" -- and the fancy work she loved oftener and
Pablo Picasso Girl with Mandolin Fanny Tellie painting
Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis' garden after the day had crept lingeringly through it and was gone. It had been a warm, smoky summer afternoon. The world was in a splendor of out-flowering. The idle valleys were full of hazes. The woodways were pranked with shadows and the fields with the purple of the asters.
Anne had given up a moonlight drive to the White Sands beach that she might spend the evening with Ruby. She had so spent many evenings that summer, although she often wondered what good it did any one, and sometimes went home deciding that she could not go again.
Ruby grew paler as the summer waned; the White Sands school was given up -- "her father thought it better that she shouldn't teach till New Year's" -- and the fancy work she loved oftener and
Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting
Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Ingres The Source painting
roof and diving off into the straw with whoops and yells.
But even unlawful pleasures must come to an end. When the rumble of wheels over the pond bridge told that people were going home from church Davy knew they must go. He discarded Tommy's overalls, resumed his own rightful attire, and turned away from his string of trout with a sigh. No use to think of taking them home.
"Well, hadn't we a splendid time?" he demanded defiantly, as they went down the hill field.
"I hadn't," said Dora flatly. "And I don't believe you had -- really -- either," she added, with a flash of insight that was not to be expected of her.
"I had so," cried Davy, but in the voice of one who doth protest too much. "No wonder you hadn't -- just sitting there like a -- like a mule."
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Ingres The Source painting
roof and diving off into the straw with whoops and yells.
But even unlawful pleasures must come to an end. When the rumble of wheels over the pond bridge told that people were going home from church Davy knew they must go. He discarded Tommy's overalls, resumed his own rightful attire, and turned away from his string of trout with a sigh. No use to think of taking them home.
"Well, hadn't we a splendid time?" he demanded defiantly, as they went down the hill field.
"I hadn't," said Dora flatly. "And I don't believe you had -- really -- either," she added, with a flash of insight that was not to be expected of her.
"I had so," cried Davy, but in the voice of one who doth protest too much. "No wonder you hadn't -- just sitting there like a -- like a mule."
Sunday, July 6, 2008
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
William Bouguereau The Virgin with Angels painting
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anybody but you and Mr. Harrison. HE wasn't very encouraging -- he said there was far too much trash written nowadays as it was, and he'd expected something better of me, after a year at college."
"What does Mr. Harrison know about it?" demanded Diana scornfully.
They found the Gillis home gay with lights and callers. Leonard Kimball, of Spencervale, and Morgan Bell, of Carmody, were glaring at each other across the parlor. Several merry girls had dropped in. Ruby was dressed in white and her eyes and cheeks were very brilliant. She laughed and chattered incessantly, and after the other girls had gone she took Anne upstairs to display her new summer dresses.
"I've a blue silk to make up yet, but it's a little heavy for summer wear. I think I'll leave it until the fall. I'm going to teach in White Sands, you know. How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky. But I like something brighter for myself. Did you notice those two ridiculous boys downstairs? They've both come determined to sit each other out. I
Gustav Klimt lady with hat and feather boa painting
anybody but you and Mr. Harrison. HE wasn't very encouraging -- he said there was far too much trash written nowadays as it was, and he'd expected something better of me, after a year at college."
"What does Mr. Harrison know about it?" demanded Diana scornfully.
They found the Gillis home gay with lights and callers. Leonard Kimball, of Spencervale, and Morgan Bell, of Carmody, were glaring at each other across the parlor. Several merry girls had dropped in. Ruby was dressed in white and her eyes and cheeks were very brilliant. She laughed and chattered incessantly, and after the other girls had gone she took Anne upstairs to display her new summer dresses.
"I've a blue silk to make up yet, but it's a little heavy for summer wear. I think I'll leave it until the fall. I'm going to teach in White Sands, you know. How do you like my hat? That one you had on in church yesterday was real dinky. But I like something brighter for myself. Did you notice those two ridiculous boys downstairs? They've both come determined to sit each other out. I
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Gustav Klimt Beethoven Frieze painting
Gustav Klimt Beethoven Frieze painting
Eduard Manet Flowers In A Crystal Vase painting
misunderstanding?"
"Yes, it's beautiful," said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, "but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding. . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?"
For a moment Anne's heart fluttered queerly and for the first time her eyes faltered under Gilbert's gaze and a rosy flush stained the paleness of her face. It was as if a veil that had hung before her inner consciousness had been lifted, giving to her view a revelation of unsuspected feelings and realities. Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps. . . perhaps. . .love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.
Eduard Manet Flowers In A Crystal Vase painting
misunderstanding?"
"Yes, it's beautiful," said Gilbert, looking steadily down into Anne's uplifted face, "but wouldn't it have been more beautiful still, Anne, if there had been no separation or misunderstanding. . . if they had come hand in hand all the way through life, with no memories behind them but those which belonged to each other?"
For a moment Anne's heart fluttered queerly and for the first time her eyes faltered under Gilbert's gaze and a rosy flush stained the paleness of her face. It was as if a veil that had hung before her inner consciousness had been lifted, giving to her view a revelation of unsuspected feelings and realities. Perhaps, after all, romance did not come into one's life with pomp and blare, like a gay knight riding down; perhaps it crept to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways; perhaps it revealed itself in seeming prose, until some sudden shaft of illumination flung athwart its pages betrayed the rhythm and the music, perhaps. . . perhaps. . .love unfolded naturally out of a beautiful friendship, as a golden-hearted rose slipping from its green sheath.
Claude Monet The Red Boats painting
Claude Monet The Red Boats painting
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
something very important. Can you guess what it is?"
Anne never supposed that Miss Lavendar could guess; but Miss Lavendar's face grew very pale and Miss Lavendar said in a quiet, still voice, from which all the color and sparkle that Miss Lavendar's voice usually suggested had faded.
"Stephen Irving is home?"
"How did you know? Who told you?" cried Anne disappointedly, vexed that her great revelation had been anticipated.
"Nobody. I knew that must be it, just from the way you spoke."
"He wants to come and see you," said Anne. "May I send him word that he may?"
"Yes, of course," fluttered Miss Lavendar. "There is no reason why he shouldn't. He is only coming as any old friend might."
Anne had her own opinion about that as she hastened into the house to write a note at Miss
Gustav Klimt The Friends painting
something very important. Can you guess what it is?"
Anne never supposed that Miss Lavendar could guess; but Miss Lavendar's face grew very pale and Miss Lavendar said in a quiet, still voice, from which all the color and sparkle that Miss Lavendar's voice usually suggested had faded.
"Stephen Irving is home?"
"How did you know? Who told you?" cried Anne disappointedly, vexed that her great revelation had been anticipated.
"Nobody. I knew that must be it, just from the way you spoke."
"He wants to come and see you," said Anne. "May I send him word that he may?"
"Yes, of course," fluttered Miss Lavendar. "There is no reason why he shouldn't. He is only coming as any old friend might."
Anne had her own opinion about that as she hastened into the house to write a note at Miss
Albert Bierstadt On the Saco painting
Albert Bierstadt On the Saco painting
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
good and necessary in the years that were before them to live their lives finely and graciously, holding fast to truth and courtesy and kindness, keeping aloof from all that savored of falsehood and meanness and vulgarity. They were, perhaps, all unconscious of having learned such lessons; but they would remember and practice them long after they had forgotten the capital of Afghanistan and the dates of the Wars of the Roses.
"Another chapter in my life is closed," said Anne aloud, as she locked her desk. She really felt very sad over it; but the romance in the idea of that "closed chapter" did comfort her a little.
Anne spent a fortnight at Echo Lodge early in her vacation and everybody concerned had a good time.
She took Miss Lavendar on a shopping expedition to town and persuaded her to buy a new organdy
Andrew Atroshenko The Fan Dancer painting
good and necessary in the years that were before them to live their lives finely and graciously, holding fast to truth and courtesy and kindness, keeping aloof from all that savored of falsehood and meanness and vulgarity. They were, perhaps, all unconscious of having learned such lessons; but they would remember and practice them long after they had forgotten the capital of Afghanistan and the dates of the Wars of the Roses.
"Another chapter in my life is closed," said Anne aloud, as she locked her desk. She really felt very sad over it; but the romance in the idea of that "closed chapter" did comfort her a little.
Anne spent a fortnight at Echo Lodge early in her vacation and everybody concerned had a good time.
She took Miss Lavendar on a shopping expedition to town and persuaded her to buy a new organdy
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
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Miss Sarah threw up her head importantly, with a proud flush on her thin cheeks -- "I'm going to be married -- to Luther Wallace. He wanted me twenty years ago. I liked him real well but he was poor then and father packed him off. I s'pose I shouldn't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father. Besides, I didn't know men were so skurse."
When the girls were safely away, Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap, the green, rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter.
"I'll amuse your Aunt Josephine with the `strange eventful history' of this afternoon when I go to town tomorrow. We've had a rather trying time but it's over now. I've got the platter, and that We're not home yet," said Diana rather pessimistically, "and there's no telling what may happen before we are. You're such a girl to have adventures, Anne."
"Having adventures comes natural to some people," said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't."
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Miss Sarah threw up her head importantly, with a proud flush on her thin cheeks -- "I'm going to be married -- to Luther Wallace. He wanted me twenty years ago. I liked him real well but he was poor then and father packed him off. I s'pose I shouldn't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father. Besides, I didn't know men were so skurse."
When the girls were safely away, Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap, the green, rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter.
"I'll amuse your Aunt Josephine with the `strange eventful history' of this afternoon when I go to town tomorrow. We've had a rather trying time but it's over now. I've got the platter, and that We're not home yet," said Diana rather pessimistically, "and there's no telling what may happen before we are. You're such a girl to have adventures, Anne."
"Having adventures comes natural to some people," said Anne serenely. "You just have a gift for them or you haven't."
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Theodore Robinson paintings
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Anne shook her head hopelessly.
"No. . .the splinters hurt too badly. If you can find an axe you might chop me out, though. Oh dear, I do really begin to believe that I was born under an ill-omened star."
Diana searched faithfully but no axe was to be found.
"I'll have to go for help," she said, returning to the prisoner.
"No, indeed, you won't," said Anne vehemently. "If you do the story of this will get out everywhere and I shall be ashamed to show my face. No, we must just wait until the Copp girls come home and bind them to secrecy. They'll know where the axe is and get me out. I'm not uncomfortable, as long as I keep perfectly still. . . not uncomfortable in body I mean. I wonder what the Copp girls value this house at. I shall have to pay for the damage I've done, but
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Anne shook her head hopelessly.
"No. . .the splinters hurt too badly. If you can find an axe you might chop me out, though. Oh dear, I do really begin to believe that I was born under an ill-omened star."
Diana searched faithfully but no axe was to be found.
"I'll have to go for help," she said, returning to the prisoner.
"No, indeed, you won't," said Anne vehemently. "If you do the story of this will get out everywhere and I shall be ashamed to show my face. No, we must just wait until the Copp girls come home and bind them to secrecy. They'll know where the axe is and get me out. I'm not uncomfortable, as long as I keep perfectly still. . . not uncomfortable in body I mean. I wonder what the Copp girls value this house at. I shall have to pay for the damage I've done, but
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Tamara de Lempicka paintings
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Lean on the window sill," advised Diana, and Anne accordingly leaned. Much to her delight, she saw, as she peered through the pane, a willow-ware platter, exactly such as she was in quest of, on the shelf in front of the window. So much she saw before the catastrophe came. In her joy Anne forgot the precarious nature of her footing, incautiously ceased to lean on the window sill, gave an impulsive little hop of pleasure. . .and the next moment she had crashed through the roof up to her armpits, and there she hung, quite unable to extricate herself. Diana dashed into the duck house and, seizing her unfortunate friend by the waist, tried to draw her down.
"Ow. . .don't," shrieked poor Anne. "There are some long splinters sticking into me. See if you can put something under my feet. . .then perhaps I can draw myself up."
Diana hastily dragged in the previously mentioned keg and Anne found that it was just sufficiently high to furnish a secure resting place for her feet. But she could not release herself.
"Could I pull you out if I crawled up?" suggested Diana.
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Lean on the window sill," advised Diana, and Anne accordingly leaned. Much to her delight, she saw, as she peered through the pane, a willow-ware platter, exactly such as she was in quest of, on the shelf in front of the window. So much she saw before the catastrophe came. In her joy Anne forgot the precarious nature of her footing, incautiously ceased to lean on the window sill, gave an impulsive little hop of pleasure. . .and the next moment she had crashed through the roof up to her armpits, and there she hung, quite unable to extricate herself. Diana dashed into the duck house and, seizing her unfortunate friend by the waist, tried to draw her down.
"Ow. . .don't," shrieked poor Anne. "There are some long splinters sticking into me. See if you can put something under my feet. . .then perhaps I can draw myself up."
Diana hastily dragged in the previously mentioned keg and Anne found that it was just sufficiently high to furnish a secure resting place for her feet. But she could not release herself.
"Could I pull you out if I crawled up?" suggested Diana.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Douglas Hofmann beverley disrobing painting
Douglas Hofmann beverley disrobing painting
Pino pino_color painting
They are not going around until next Saturday and it will be too late by then," said Anne firmly. "The novelty will be worn off. Lorenzo White is dreadfully mean but he will subscribe to anything just now. We mustn't let such a golden opportunity slip, Diana." The result justified Anne's foresight. Mr. White met them in the yard, beaming like the sun upon an Easter day. When Anne asked for a subscription he agreed enthusiastically.
"Certain, certain. Just put me down for a dollar more than the highest subscription you've got."
"That will be five dollars. . .Mr. Daniel Blair put down four," said Anne, half afraid. But Lorenzo did not flinch.
"Five it is. . .and here's the money on the spot. Now, I want you to come into the house. There's something in there worth seeing. . . something very few people have seen as yet. Just come in and pass your opinion."
"What will we say if the baby isn't pretty?" whispered Diana in trepidation as they followed
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They are not going around until next Saturday and it will be too late by then," said Anne firmly. "The novelty will be worn off. Lorenzo White is dreadfully mean but he will subscribe to anything just now. We mustn't let such a golden opportunity slip, Diana." The result justified Anne's foresight. Mr. White met them in the yard, beaming like the sun upon an Easter day. When Anne asked for a subscription he agreed enthusiastically.
"Certain, certain. Just put me down for a dollar more than the highest subscription you've got."
"That will be five dollars. . .Mr. Daniel Blair put down four," said Anne, half afraid. But Lorenzo did not flinch.
"Five it is. . .and here's the money on the spot. Now, I want you to come into the house. There's something in there worth seeing. . . something very few people have seen as yet. Just come in and pass your opinion."
"What will we say if the baby isn't pretty?" whispered Diana in trepidation as they followed
Douglas Hofmann Model painting
Douglas Hofmann Model painting
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Anne said, educate the public sentiment generally.
There was some disapproval, of course, and. . .which the Improvers felt much more keenly. . .a good deal of ridicule. Mr. Elisha Wright was reported to have said that a more appropriate name for the organization would be Courting Club. Mrs. Hiram Sloane declared she had heard the Improvers meant to plough up all the roadsides and set them out with geraniums. Mr. Levi Boulter warned his neighbors that the Improvers would insist that everybody pull down his house and rebuild it after plans approved by the society. Mr. James Spencer sent them word that he wished they would kindly shovel down the church hill. Eben Wright told Anne that he wished the Improvers could induce old Josiah Sloane to keep his whiskers trimmed. Mr. Lawrence Bell said he would whitewash his barns if nothing else would please them but he would not hang lace curtains in the cowstable windows. Mr. Major Spencer asked Clifton Sloane, an Improver who drove the milk to the Carmody cheese factory, if it was true that everybody would have to have his
Claude Monet La Japonaise painting
Anne said, educate the public sentiment generally.
There was some disapproval, of course, and. . .which the Improvers felt much more keenly. . .a good deal of ridicule. Mr. Elisha Wright was reported to have said that a more appropriate name for the organization would be Courting Club. Mrs. Hiram Sloane declared she had heard the Improvers meant to plough up all the roadsides and set them out with geraniums. Mr. Levi Boulter warned his neighbors that the Improvers would insist that everybody pull down his house and rebuild it after plans approved by the society. Mr. James Spencer sent them word that he wished they would kindly shovel down the church hill. Eben Wright told Anne that he wished the Improvers could induce old Josiah Sloane to keep his whiskers trimmed. Mr. Lawrence Bell said he would whitewash his barns if nothing else would please them but he would not hang lace curtains in the cowstable windows. Mr. Major Spencer asked Clifton Sloane, an Improver who drove the milk to the Carmody cheese factory, if it was true that everybody would have to have his
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