He was well rid of her.

He knew that anything a brainy little lady like her had to say would be plumb important, as well as pleasin' to the ear, and he didn't want to miss a word of it.

If it were not that I knew who it was I could have mistaken it for my Aunt so well did her clothes fit him.

He knew her mind pretty well, by now, its quick perceptions and sympathies, its painful insistence on truth and directness, its capacity for love almost too deep for a man to reciprocate, even in part.

Henrietta, however, was at that time engaged in a lengthy correspondence with Joe's older and more serious brother, Morris, who was just about her own age and whom she had got to know well during trips to Philadelphia with Papa, when he substituted for Rabbi Jastrow at Rodeph Shalom Temple there during its Rabbi's absence in Europe.

and in her forthright way, Henrietta, who in her story of Sara had indicated her own unwillingness `` to think of men as the privileged '' and `` women as submissive and yielding '', felt obliged to defend vigorously any statement of hers to which Morris Jastrow took the slightest exception -- he objected to her stand on the Corbin affair, as well as on the radical reforms of Dr. Wise of Hebrew Union College -- until once, in sheer desperation, he wrote that he had given up hope they would ever agree on anything.

In any case, Miss Millay's sweet-throated bitterness, her variations on the theme that the world was not only well lost for love but even well lost for lost love, her constant and wonderfully tragic posture, so unlike that of Fitzgerald since it required no scenery or props, drew from the me that I was when I fell upon her verses an overwhelming yea.

By the time Lilian had been graduated from public school, her parents were doing quite well.

That she was affected by his protestations seems obvious, but since she was evidently a sensible young woman -- as well as an outgoing and sympathetic type -- it would seem that for her the word friendship had a far less intense emotional significance than that which Thompson gave it.

( Judy Tristano now has poems as well as ballads written for her.

Like Mrs. Dalloway, with her regrets about Peter Walsh, he had his moments of melancholy over a youth too well spent.

Since she could not act, one part suited her as well as any other, and so she was the first person to offer Mr. Lincoln a glass of water, holding it up to the box, high above her head, to Miss Harris, who had asked for it.

And while her Adonis did not suffer from inexperience, satiety might well be an equal handicap.

`` Fanny and Mrs. Godwin will probably be glad to hear that Mary has safely recovered from a very favorable confinement, and that her child is well ''.

and finally, the best part of all, simply sit at the plank table in the kitchen with a bottle of wine and the newspapers, reading the ads as well as the news, registering nothing on her mind but letting her soul suspend itself above all wishing and desire.

Not all recent science fiction, however, is dystopian, for the optimistic strain is still very much alive in Mission Of Gravity and Childhood's End, as we have seen, as well as in many other recent popular novels and stories like Fred Hoyle's The Black Cloud ( 1957 ) ; ;

The details of the setting of `` Neutral Tones '' are not, strictly speaking, metaphorical, but they combine to create a mood which is appropriate both to a dismal winter day and to the end of love, and in this way love and weather, the emotions and the elements, symbolize each other in a way that is common to many of Hardy's best poems ( `` Weathers '', `` The Darkling Thrush '', and `` During Wind and Rain '', for example ) and to some moving passages in the novels as well ( Far From The Madding Crowd is full of scenes constructed in this way ).

Before and during his political career, Disraeli was well known as a literary and social figure, although his novels are not generally regarded as a part of the Victorian literary canon.

" Other important predecessors include Alfred Bester's two most celebrated novels, The Demolished Man and The Stars My Destination, as well as Vernor Vinge's novella True Names.

Nonetheless, the creators of comic strips — as well as comic books and graphic novels — are usually referred to as " cartoonists ".

Series of this type include the Famous Five ( 21 novels, 1942 – 1963, based on four children and their dog ), the Five Find-Outers and Dog, ( 15 novels, 1943 – 1961, where five children regularly outwit the local police ) as well as The Secret Seven ( 15 novels, 1949 – 1963, a society of seven children who solve various mysteries ).

Not only were Chandler's novels turned into major noirs — Murder, My Sweet ( 1944 ; adapted from Farewell, My Lovely ), The Big Sleep ( 1946 ), and Lady in the Lake ( 1947 )— he was an important screenwriter in the genre as well, producing the scripts for Double Indemnity, The Blue Dahlia ( 1946 ), and Strangers on a Train ( 1951 ).

His experiences at Hyde's, where he worked a thirteen-hour day and slept in a dormitory with other apprentices, later inspired his novels The Wheels of Chance and Kipps, which portray the life of a draper's apprentice as well as providing a critique of society's distribution of wealth.

Moreover, film adaptations of some novels are in preproduction, such as David Farland's The Runelords, and also Terry Brooks ' Magic Kingdom of Landover as well as The Elfstones of Shannara.

Taking a page from the German phenomenological movement, he believed that our ideas are the product of experiences of real-life situations, and that novels and plays can well describe such fundamental experiences, having equal value to discursive essays for the elaboration of philosophical theories such as existentialism.

A 1995 edition of all three completed Gormenghast novels includes a very short fragment of the beginning of what would have been the fourth Gormenghast novel, Titus Awakes, as well as a listing of events and themes he wanted to address in that and later Gormenghast novels.

Additionally, the war continues well into the year UC 0080 in the novels, whereas it concludes at the beginning of that year in the anime series.

In his earlier novels Stephenson deals heavily in pop culture-laden metaphors and imagery and in quick, hip dialogue, as well as in extended narrative monologues.

As well as in Shakespeare, Glyndŵr, has been featured in a number of works of literature and is the subject of several historical novels, including:

The American Old West was a mainstay genre of early turn of the 19th to 20th century novels as well as later pulp magazines, and lasted longest of all the traditional pulps.

He used this library as a setting for much of his novel Something Wicked This Way Comes, and depicted Waukegan as " Green Town " in some of his other semi-autobiographical novels — Dandelion Wine, Farewell Summer — as well as in many of his short stories.

Creating a total of over 400 cover paintings, his personal preference was for science fiction jackets ( for example see Robert Silverberg's Majipoor novels and Kirby's own Voyage of the Ayeguy ) and his work on the covers of Terry Pratchett's Discworld series of novels is well known.

Anthropomorphized rabbits have appeared in a host of works of film, literature, and technology, notably the White Rabbit and the March Hare in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; in the popular novels Watership Down, by Richard Adams ( which has also been made into a movie ) and Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson, as well as in Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit stories.

Smuggling is a common trope or theme in literature and can be found in a wide range of works – from the 18th century novels of Charlotte Turner Smith to Prosper Mérimée's 19th century novella, Carmen ( the inspiration for numerous films as well as Bizet's opera, Carmen ) to the James Bond novel ( and later film ) Diamonds are Forever.

Telepathy is commonly used in fiction, with a number of superheroes and supervillains, as well as figures in many science fiction novels, etc., use telepathy.

* BattleTech-( FASA, 1984 )-initially conceived as a board game, it has created a brand that now includes various different boardgames ( tactical as well as strategic ), miniature game rules, a role-playing game, computer games, flip-book games ( by Nova Games ) as well as novels and a TV series.

McDermid said of the project, " At its heart it's a teen novel, and a satire-that's something which fits really well with contemporary fiction.

This absence of investment contributes to the marginalisation of these zones. When unfavourable agro-climatic conditions are combined with an absence of infrastructure and access to markets, as well as poorly adapted production techniques and an underfed and undereducated population, most such zones are excluded from development.

The pectoral fins are movable and used in maneuvering ; the dorsal fin is fixed and contributes stability, and the tail is used for propulsion, as well as maneuvering.

Both through his charitable foundation and individually, Hefner also contributes to charities outside the sphere of politics and publishing, throwing fundraiser events for Much Love Animal Rescue as well as Generation Rescue, a controversial autism campaign organization supported by Jenny McCarthy.

The afflicted person's eyes may look, as well as feel abnormally " wide " or " open ", rarely blinking ; this sometimes contributes to clinicians ' misconception that a manic patient is under the influence of a stimulant drug when the patient is either not on any mind-altering substances, or is in fact under the influence of a depressant drug in a misguided effort to stave off destructive and unwanted manic impulses.

The CST also contributes to distinguishing causal factors, both natural and human, with a view to combating desertification and achieving improved productivity as well as the sustainable use and management of resources.

If the employee contributes more than the maximum pre-tax / Roth limit to 401 ( k ) accounts in a given year, the excess as well as the deemed earnings for those contributions must be withdrawn or corrected by April 15 of the following year.

Examples of how the park contributes to the village can be seen at the large and successful Mayday fete, as well as the local pub football matches occasionally held there.

The sustainable economic development programme of GTZ in Bangladesh contributes to the competitiveness of the ready-made garments ( RMG ) sector, as well as other export-oriented sectors like silk, leather and jute.

Launched in November 2008, the Institute combines scholarship with major speakers and an extensive community engagement programme, and so contributes to the Hall's founding vision to be a centre of the social as well as the sacred sciences.

The current lineup includes guitarist Chris Isom, who has played with members of The Fiery Furnaces and The Negatones, as well as bass player Reno Bo, who contributes to Albert Hammond, Jr. and The Fame.

The sizable number of Asian Canadians living in Metro Vancouver contributes to the large number of flights as well.

Though Miller and Conley handled most of the singing and songwriting, Prescott contributes a few songs per record as well ; he usually sings in a tuneful, drill sergeant's bellow.

Racing is one of the most popular forms of dinghy sailing, and it contributes to the development of sailing skills as well as to improvements in dinghy and sail construction and design.

" Those readings may well be based on science but even non-scientific research contributes to enriching our landscapes.

On Challengers, released on August 21, 2007, Case contributes lead vocals to the title song as well as " Go Places ", in addition to her backing vocals on the other tracks.

I plot, loosely, usually a chapter or two ahead, going back to make sure that everything fits-all the clues are in the right places, all the bodies are accounted for ...( I ) believe strongly in the long arm of coincidence because I know cops well, I know how much it contributes to the solving of real police cases.

Thus by unencumbered attention to business alone, Adam Smith's Invisible Hand will ensure that business contributes most effectively to the improvement of all areas of society, social and environmental as well as economic.

Bender's excessive drinking contributes to his characterization as an alcoholic (" Hell Is Other Robots " reveals that robots can function equally well on mineral oil instead of alcohol, also contributing to the perception of Bender's alcohol use as a vice ).

Industry contributes modestly to the economy ( about 10 %) and includes textiles ( produced from local cotton ), oil mills, and coal production, as well as sugar, alcohol and paper ( all produced from sugar cane ).

The authors attempt to contribute to the “ intelligibility in the history of literary argument ” as well as “ contributes to a distinct point of view ,” which, they argue, is a necessary part of any historical literary studies ( vii ).

As well as seeking to improve population health through the implementation of specific population-level interventions, public health contributes to medical care by identifying and assessing population needs for health care services, including:

Currently, Steinberg contributes a weekly column to Forbes, The Huffington Post, and Daily Pilot, as well as occasionally contributing a guest column to The New York Times and Sporting News.

Gravitational blueshift contributes to cosmic microwave background ( CMB ) anisotropy via the Sachs – Wolfe effect: when a gravitational well evolves while a photon is passing, the amount of blueshift on approach will differ from the amount of gravitational redshift as it leaves the region.

The Council describes its mission as " to encourage and promote a U. S. foreign policy in the Middle East that is consistent with American values, protects our national interests, and contributes to a just solution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, as well as to restore a political environment in America in which voters and their elected officials are free from the undue influence and pressure of foreign countries, namely Israel.