Centre
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From Dodson & Fogg's it flew off at a tangent, to the very
centre
of the history of the queer client; and then it came back to the Great White Horse at Ipswich, with sufficient clearness to convince Mr. Pickwick that he was falling asleep.
As they turned into a lane they had to cross, the sound of many voices burst upon their ears; and before they had even had time to form a guess to whom they belonged, they walked into the very
centre
of the party who were expecting their arrival--a fact which was first notified to the Pickwickians, by the loud 'Hurrah,' which burst from old Wardle's lips, when they appeared in sight.
From the
centre
of the ceiling of this kitchen, old Wardle had just suspended, with his own hands, a huge branch of mistletoe, and this same branch of mistletoe instantaneously gave rise to a scene of general and most delightful struggling and confusion; in the midst of which, Mr. Pickwick, with a gallantry that would have done honour to a descendant of Lady Tollimglower herself, took the old lady by the hand, led her beneath the mystic branch, and saluted her in all courtesy and decorum.
It was a pleasant thing to see Mr. Pickwick in the
centre
of the group, now pulled this way, and then that, and first kissed on the chin, and then on the nose, and then on the spectacles, and to hear the peals of laughter which were raised on every side; but it was a still more pleasant thing to see Mr. Pickwick, blinded shortly afterwards with a silk handkerchief, falling up against the wall, and scrambling into corners, and going through all the mysteries of blind-man's buff, with the utmost relish for the game, until at last he caught one of the poor relations, and then had to evade the blind-man himself, which he did with a nimbleness and agility that elicited the admiration and applause of all beholders.
'When Gabriel Grub had had time to fetch his breath, which the rapidity of his descent had for the moment taken away, he found himself in what appeared to be a large cavern, surrounded on all sides by crowds of goblins, ugly and grim; in the
centre
of the room, on an elevated seat, was stationed his friend of the churchyard; and close behind him stood Gabriel Grub himself, without power of motion.
With an accuracy which no degree of dexterity or practice could have insured, that unfortunate gentleman bore swiftly down into the
centre
of the reel, at the very moment when Mr. Bob Sawyer was performing a flourish of unparalleled beauty.
'Oh, no, I'm sure it wouldn't,' replied the clerk, moving a little more into the
centre
of the doorway.
'Now, Betsy,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer, with great suavity, and dispersing, at the same time, the tumultuous little mob of glasses the girl had collected in the
centre
of the table--'now, Betsy, the warm water; be brisk, there's a good girl.''You can't have no warm water,' replied Betsy.
The crockery having been removed, the table with the green baize cover was carried out into the
centre
of the room, and the business of the evening was commenced by a little emphatic man, with a bald head and drab shorts, who suddenly rushed up the ladder, at the imminent peril of snapping the two little legs incased in the drab shorts, and said--'Ladies and gentlemen, I move our excellent brother, Mr. Anthony Humm, into the chair.'
My uncle, with a loud shout of triumph, and a strength that was irresistible, made his adversary retreat in the same direction, and plunging the old rapier into the very
centre
of a large red flower in the pattern of his waistcoat, nailed him beside his friend; there they both stood, gentlemen, jerking their arms and legs about in agony, like the toy-shop figures that are moved by a piece of pack-thread.
The crimson flag was carefully tied in an erect position to the rail of the dickey; and Mr. Samuel Weller, decorated with Bob Sawyer's hat, was seated in the
centre
thereof, discussing a twin sandwich, with an animated countenance, the expression of which betokened his entire and perfect approval of the whole arrangement.
We boldly state, now that we are goaded to the disclosure, and we throw ourselves on the country and its constables for protection--we boldly state that secret preparations are at this moment in progress for a Buff ball; which is to be held in a Buff town, in the very heart and
centre
of a Buff population; which is to be conducted by a Buff master of the ceremonies; which is to be attended by four ultra Buff members of Parliament, and the admission to which, is to be by Buff tickets!
Wilkins Flasher, Esquire, was balancing himself on two legs of an office stool, spearing a wafer-box with a penknife, which he dropped every now and then with great dexterity into the very
centre
of a small red wafer that was stuck outside.
A blow was struck, and in an instant the lady, who had stepped from her carriage, was the
centre
of a little knot of flushed and struggling men, who struck savagely at each other with their fists and sticks.
Then it lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, without any warning or sound, a gash seemed to open and a hand appeared, a white, almost womanly hand, which felt about in the
centre
of the little area of light.
He held out his snuffbox of old gold, with a great amethyst in the
centre
of the lid.
seven in. in height; strongly built, sallow complexion, black hair, a little bald in the centre, bushy, black side-whiskers and moustache; tinted glasses, slight infirmity of speech.
Ordering my cab to wait, I passed down the steps, worn hollow in the
centre
by the ceaseless tread of drunken feet; and by the light of a flickering oil-lamp above the door I found the latch and made my way into a long, low room, thick and heavy with the brown opium smoke, and terraced with wooden berths, like the forecastle of an emigrant ship.
He held out his hand and displayed upon the
centre
of the palm a brilliantly scintillating blue stone, rather smaller than a bean in size, but of such purity and radiance that it twinkled like an electric point in the dark hollow of his hand.
Turning round we saw a little rat-faced fellow standing in the
centre
of the circle of yellow light which was thrown by the swinging lamp, while Breckinridge, the salesman, framed in the door of his stall, was shaking his fists fiercely at the cringing figure.
"This, I take it, belongs to the room in which you used to sleep, the
centre
one to your sister's, and the one next to the main building to Dr. Roylott's chamber?""Exactly so.
These articles, with two small wicker-work chairs, made up all the furniture in the room save for a square of Wilton carpet in the
centre.
It was a quiet, little, plainly furnished room, with a round table in the centre, on which several German books were scattered.
Bradstreet had spread an ordnance map of the county out upon the seat and was busy with his compasses drawing a circle with Eyford for its
centre.
He placed his finger in the
centre
of the circle.
Down the
centre
of Baker Street it had been ploughed into a brown crumbly band by the traffic, but at either side and on the heaped-up edges of the foot-paths it still lay as white as when it fell.
Then, suddenly springing to his feet, he beat his head against the wall with such force that we both rushed upon him and tore him away to the
centre
of the room.
The
centre
door was closed, and across the outside of it had been fastened one of the broad bars of an iron bed, padlocked at one end to a ring in the wall, and fastened at the other with stout cord.
As to Miss Violet Hunter, my friend Holmes, rather to my disappointment, manifested no further interest in her when once she had ceased to be the
centre
of one of his problems, and she is now the head of a private school at Walsall, where I believe that she has met with considerable success.
Their estate was large, and their residence was at Norland Park, in the
centre
of their property, where, for many generations, they had lived in so respectable a manner as to engage the general good opinion of their surrounding acquaintance.
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